Call Number:

PH-02666

Collection Name:

Susan E. Cohen and William S. Johnson Creativity Project Papers and Photography Collection

Creator:

No. of Items:

12 boxes

Span Dates:

1980s

Description:

Manuscripts, correspondence, videotapes, audiotapes, photographs, and research materials produced and collected during the course of a collaborative project, led by Susan E. Cohen (American, born 1948) and William S. Johnson (American, born 1940) in the early and mid 1980s, involving artists Robert Frank (American, born Switzerland, 1924-2019), Robert Heinecken (American, 1931-2006), John Wood (American, 1922-2012), and Dave Heath (American, 1931-2016).

Accession No(s):

Audio taped interviews with Photo League members, recorded by William S. Johnson in 1972. Eleven reel-to-reel audio recordings. Research interviews with Photo League members Aaron Siskind, Walter Rosenblum, Jerome Liebling, Leo Hurwitz, and Ralph Steiner conducted for an exhibition on social documentary photography at the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, 1972. Also included are an interview with Paul Caponigro, a 1963 lecture by Siskind, and two tapes labeled "social doc. 1890s."; Fifteen photographs or prints by the following artists: Robert Frank (3); Dave Heath (2); Robert Heinecken (6); John Wood (3); Joan Lyons (1). See Exhibit A in Acquisition Agreement attached for seller's descriptions.; Purchases and gifts, 2015-2018 (15-06-021-P, 18-03-013-P, 18-08-004-G, 18-08-005-G); Three reel-to-reel audio recordings (one interview with Robert Heinecken, two lectures by Heinecken), four folders of research files, a book illustrated with a photograph by Robert Frank, and a dissertation on Frank; all part of research for Creativity Project.

Location(s):

Special permission required (18-03-013-P)
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Special permission required Miscellaneous Unprocessed Boxes 1-3
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2 osb, Boxes 1-2
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See Also:

The Americans: 81 Contact Sheets

Audio / Visual Photography Collection