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Call Number:

PH-01251

Collection Name:

Ferne Koch Papers and Photography Collection

Creator:

Baker, Jameson

Greenberg, Paul A. (1935 - 2022)

Hunter, Debora

Koch, Arthur C., 1912-1999

Koch, Ferne, 1913-2001 (1913 - )

No. of Items:

7 document boxes, 7 cartons, 11 drop front boxes (28.3 linear feet)

Span Dates:

1931-2000

Description:

Photographic prints, negatives, slides, correspondence, printed material, scrapbooks, and ephemera document the life and work of Ferne Koch. The collection is organized into the following four series: I. Photographic Materials; II. Fashion Files; III. Personal Files; and IV. Works by Others.

Koch's photographic output is arranged chronologically, with materials being grouped by location per the creator's original order. Large prints are housed together in flat boxes, and all negatives have been separated to box 14. Featured prominently are photographs taken in Daleville, Alabama, Blakely, Georgia, and Paris, France. Also present are photographs taken during several trips to Europe, throughout the United States, Mexico, and the Far East, among others.

Koch devoted most of her professional life to fashion. Series II. documents her work in this field with both photographic, print, and manuscript materials. Included are 35nn slides that Koch used as presentation tools. Also present are research materials and materials relating to her involvement with Fashion Group, a professional organization that caters to those working in the fashion industry.

Series III. contains materials pertaining to the exhibition of Ferne Koch's photographs, several of the Koch family's homes, their travels and involvement in the arts, as well as family photographs, scrapbooks, and correspondence. The exhibition materials contain mostly snapshot photographs of Koch at events in the 1980s and related printed materials. Some of these appear again in scrapbooks, as do an array of materials related to travel, fashion, and the arts. The correspondence, which dates from 1942 to 1997, pertains to all areas of Koch's life and work.

Included in Series IV. are prints by other photographers, including Jameson Baker, P. Greenberg, and Debora Hunter.

Titles of loose prints follow:

2003:0045:0001 -- Cimetière de Montmartre, Paris, 1948;
2003:0045:0002 -- Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, 1948;
2003:0045:0003 -- Salon Dior, Paris, 1948;
2003:0045:0004 -- Avenue de l'Opéra, 1948;
2003:0045:0005 -- Café de la Paix, 1948;
2003:0045:0006 -- Place de la Madeleine, Paris, 1948;
2003:0045:0007 -- Salon de Haute Couture Jacques Heim, Paris, 1955;
2003:0045:0008 -- Sitting - Reading Free, Blakely, Georgia, 1951;
2003:0045:0009 -- Plutocrat, Blakely, Georgia, 1951;
2003:0045:0010 -- Boy and Borden’s, 1951;
2003:0045:0011 -- Southern Alabama Grist Mill, 1951;
2003:0045:0012 -- Boy in Church, Southern Alabama, 1950;
2003:0045:0013 -- Great Rocker, 1950;
2003:0045:0014 -- Southern Alabama, 1950;
2003:0045:0015 -- Porch Barber, Daleville, Alabama, 1950;
2003:0045:0016 -- Alabama, 1950;
2003:0045:0017 -- Youth, Alabama, 1950;
2003:0045:0018 -- Daleville, Alabama, 1950;
2003:0045:0019 -- Their First Picture, 1950;
2003:0045:0020 -- Goin’ Fishin’, 1950;
2003:0045:0021 -- Southern Alabama, 1950;
2003:0045:0022 -- Pickin’ a Chicken, Alabama, 1951;
2003:0045:0023 -- Daleville Jeweler, Alabama, likely 1950 or 1951;
2003:0045:0024 -- Drummer Boy, Southern Alabama, 1951;
2003:0045:0025 -- Left Behind, Alabama, 1951;
2003:0045:0026 -- Easter Sunday, 1951;
2003:0045:0027 -- Alabama Boy, 1950;
2003:0045:0028 -- Left Behind, Alabama, 1950;
2003:0045:0029 -- Easter Sunday, 1950;
2003:0045:0030 -- Pickin’ a Chicken’, 1951;
2003:0045:0031 -- [Cat and dog seated near potted plants];
2003:0045:0032 -- Company A, 2nd Engineer School Regiment, 1942.

Accession No(s):

2003:0045:0001-0032

Finding Aid URL:

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Location(s):

Koch, F., Box 24 (2003:0045:0001, 0008-0010, 0018-0027)
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Koch, F., Box 25 (2003:0045:0002-0006; 0011-0017)
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Flat File (2003:0045:0007, 0028-0032)
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Curatorial permission required Box 14 (Negatives and transparencies)
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Off-site Storage -- Advance notice required Koch, F., Boxes 1-13, 15-23)
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Item(s):

Artist/Maker	Koch, Ferne, 1913-2001 (1913 - )
Title	Cimetière de Montmartre, Paris
Date	1948
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	27.7 x 27.74 cm; 10 9/10 x 10 9/10 in
Accession Number	2003:0045:0001

Artist/Maker	Koch, Ferne, 1913-2001 (1913 - )
Title	Jardin des Tuileries, Paris
Date	1948
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	37.7 x 27.6 cm; 14 4/5 x 10 9/10 in
Accession Number	2003:0045:0002

Artist/Maker	Koch, Ferne, 1913-2001 (1913 - )
Title	Salon Dior, Paris
Date	1948
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	35.5 x 27.7 cm; 14 x 10 9/10 in
Accession Number	2003:0045:0003

Artist/Maker	Koch, Ferne, 1913-2001 (1913 - )
Title	Avenue de l'Opéra, Paris
Date	1948
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	35.5 x 27.7 cm; 14 x 10 9/10 in
Accession Number	2003:0045:0004

Artist/Maker	Koch, Ferne, 1913-2001 (1913 - )
Title	Café de la Paix, Paris
Date	1948
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	35.5 x 27.7 cm; 14 x 10 9/10 in
Accession Number	2003:0045:0005

Artist/Maker	Koch, Ferne, 1913-2001 (1913 - )
Title	Place de la Madeleine, Paris
Date	1948
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	35.5 x 27.7 cm; 14 x 10 9/10 in
Accession Number	2003:0045:0006

Artist/Maker	Koch, Ferne, 1913-2001 (1913 - )
Title	Salon de Haute Couture Jacques Heim, Paris
Date	1955
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	50 x 40.5 cm; 19 7/10 x 15 9/10 in
Accession Number	2003:0045:0007

Artist/Maker	Koch, Ferne, 1913-2001 (1913 - )
Title	Sitting - Reading Free, Blakely, Georgia
Date	1951
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	35.5 x 27.7 cm; 14 x 10 9/10 in
Accession Number	2003:0045:0008

Artist/Maker	Koch, Ferne, 1913-2001 (1913 - )
Title	Plutocrat, Blakely, Georgia
Date	1951
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	35.5 x 27.7 cm; 14 x 10 9/10 in
Accession Number	2003:0045:0009

Artist/Maker	Koch, Ferne, 1913-2001 (1913 - )
Title	Boy and Borden’s
Date	1951
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	35.5 x 27.7 cm; 14 x 10 9/10 in
Accession Number	2003:0045:0010

Artist/Maker	Koch, Ferne, 1913-2001 (1913 - )
Title	Southern Alabama Grist Mill
Date	1951
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	35.4 x 27.7 cm; 13 9/10 x 10 9/10 in
Accession Number	2003:0045:0011

Artist/Maker	Koch, Ferne, 1913-2001 (1913 - )
Title	Boy in Church, Southern Alabama
Date	1950
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	29.3 x 27.9 cm; 11 1/2 x 11 in
Accession Number	2003:0045:0012

Artist/Maker	Koch, Ferne, 1913-2001 (1913 - )
Title	Great Rocker
Date	1950
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	35.5 x 27.7 cm; 14 x 10 9/10 in
Accession Number	2003:0045:0013

Artist/Maker	Koch, Ferne, 1913-2001 (1913 - )
Title	Southern Alabama
Date	1950
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	35.4 x 27.6 cm; 13 9/10 x 10 9/10 in
Accession Number	2003:0045:0014

Artist/Maker	Koch, Ferne, 1913-2001 (1913 - )
Title	Porch Barber, Daleville, Alabama
Date	1950
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	35.5 x 27.7 cm; 14 x 10 9/10 in
Accession Number	2003:0045:0015

Artist/Maker	Koch, Ferne, 1913-2001 (1913 - )
Title	Alabama
Date	1950
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	35.3 x 27.7 cm; 13 9/10 x 10 9/10 in
Accession Number	2003:0045:0016

Artist/Maker	Koch, Ferne, 1913-2001 (1913 - )
Title	Youth, Alabama
Date	1950
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	35.5 x 27.7 cm; 14 x 10 9/10 in
Accession Number	2003:0045:0017

Artist/Maker	Koch, Ferne, 1913-2001 (1913 - )
Title	Daleville, Alabama
Date	1950
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	41.9 x 40.4 cm; 16 1/2 x 15 9/10 in
Accession Number	2003:0045:0018

Artist/Maker	Koch, Ferne, 1913-2001 (1913 - )
Title	Their First Picture
Date	1950
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	35.3 x 27.7 cm; 13 9/10 x 10 9/10 in
Accession Number	2003:0045:0019

Artist/Maker	Koch, Ferne, 1913-2001 (1913 - )
Title	Goin’ Fishin’
Date	1950
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	35.3 x 27.9 cm; 13 9/10 x 11 in
Accession Number	2003:0045:0020

Artist/Maker	Koch, Ferne, 1913-2001 (1913 - )
Title	Southern Alabama
Date	1951
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	28.3 x 27.7 cm; 11 1/10 x 10 9/10 in
Accession Number	2003:0045:0021

Artist/Maker	Koch, Ferne, 1913-2001 (1913 - )
Title	Pickin’ a Chicken, Alabama
Date	1951
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	27.8 x 35.5 cm; 10 9/10 x 14 in
Accession Number	2003:0045:0022

Artist/Maker	Koch, Ferne, 1913-2001 (1913 - )
Title	Daleville Jeweler, Alabama
Date	1950 or 1951
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	35.5 x 27.8 cm; 14 x 10 9/10 in
Accession Number	2003:0045:0023

Artist/Maker	Koch, Ferne, 1913-2001 (1913 - )
Title	Drummer Boy, Southern Alabama
Date	1951
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	28.6 x 27.7 cm; 11 3/10 x 10 9/10 in
Accession Number	2003:0045:0024

Artist/Maker	Koch, Ferne, 1913-2001 (1913 - )
Title	Left Behind, Alabama
Date	1951
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	35.4 x 27.7 cm; 13 9/10 x 10 9/10 in
Accession Number	2003:0045:0025

Artist/Maker	Koch, Ferne, 1913-2001 (1913 - )
Title	Easter Sunday
Date	1951
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	27.8 x 35.3 cm; 10 9/10 x 13 9/10 in
Accession Number	2003:0045:0026

Artist/Maker	Koch, Ferne, 1913-2001 (1913 - )
Title	Alabama Boy
Date	1950
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	35.5 x 27.7 cm; 14 x 10 9/10 in
Accession Number	2003:0045:0027

Artist/Maker	Koch, Ferne, 1913-2001 (1913 - )
Title	Left Behind, Alabama
Date	1950
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	50.5 x 40.5 cm; 19 9/10 x 15 9/10 in
Accession Number	2003:0045:0028

Artist/Maker	Koch, Ferne, 1913-2001 (1913 - )
Title	Easter Sunday
Date	1950
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	40.4 x 50.5 cm; 15 9/10 x 19 9/10 in
Accession Number	2003:0045:0029

Artist/Maker	Koch, Ferne, 1913-2001 (1913 - )
Title	Pickin’ a Chicken’
Date	1951
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	25.6 x 88.9 cm; 10 1/10 x 35 in
Accession Number	2003:0045:0030

Artist/Maker	Koch, Ferne, 1913-2001 (1913 - )
Title	[Cat and dog seated near potted plants]
Date	circa 1950
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	52.4 x 41.6 cm; 20 3/5 x 16 2/5 in
Accession Number	2003:0045:0031

Artist/Maker	Koch, Ferne, 1913-2001 (1913 - )
Title	Company A, 2nd Engineer School Regiment
Date	1942
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	25.3 x 88.7 cm; 10 x 34 9/10 in
Accession Number	2003:0045:0032

Title	Ireland I
Date	1981-1982
Accession Number	2005579

Title	Scandinavia
Date	1960
Accession Number	2005580

Title	Hong Kong
Date	1981
Accession Number	2005581

Title	Scandinavia
Date	1960
Accession Number	2005582

Title	Chalene
Date	1956 July
Accession Number	2005583

Title	Greece, Spain and Lisbon
Date	1982
Accession Number	2005584

Title	Bangkok
Date	1981
Accession Number	2005585

Title	Morrocco
Date	1981
Accession Number	2005586

Title	Zihuatanejo [Mexico] -- ferry to Lapas
Date	1957
Accession Number	2005587

Title	Topolobompo [Mexico] - seals , birds, whales, seashore, gone fishing
Accession Number	2005588

Title	Jamaica and Haiti
Date	1940s?
Accession Number	2005589

Title	BWI - St. Ta...(?)
Accession Number	2005590

Title	San Blas - Bus from Ixtapa to Uruapan Patzcuaro... Train through Copper Canyon to Juarez
Date	1958
Accession Number	2005591

Title	Puerto Vallarta Silver wings 1965 - Casamin...1970 - Cozumel 1969
Date	1965-1970
Accession Number	2005592

Title	Acapulco 1950-1970; Old merio, Cancun 1969
Date	1950-1970
Accession Number	2005593

Accession Number	2005594

Title	Italy
Date	1982 April
Accession Number	2005595

Title	Tea City ...Samuri... [Japan]
Date	1983?
Accession Number	2005596

Title	(?) illegible
Accession Number	2005597

Title	Ireland II
Date	1982
Accession Number	2005598

Title	Bay Ridge pt. 1
Accession Number	2005599

Title	Bay Ridge pt. 2
Accession Number	2005600

Title	Lou...
Date	1963
Accession Number	2005601

Title	Dorset, [England]
Date	1982
Accession Number	2005602

Title	British Antigua - Sail Safari
Accession Number	2005603

Title	J(amacia?)...[inside note]
Date	1947?
Accession Number	2005604

Title	Over Brook
Accession Number	2005605

Title	1st Broken reel Haey(?)
Accession Number	2005606

Title	Port Aransas
Accession Number	2005607

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See Also:

Ferne Koch Photography Collection: An additional print (991:0028:0001) by Koch is located in the Ferne Koch Photography Collection (PH-02458).