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Charles Gatewood photographs

 Collection
Identifier: GRA 0144
Abstract

Charles Gatewood (1942-2016) was an American photographer, writer, and videographer, predominantly known for his photographs of Beat generation writers, American musicians and cultural icons, and alt- and countercultural figures and communities. The collection comprises Gatewood’s photographs of musician Bob Dylan, writer William S. Burroughs, artist Brion Gysin, journalist Robert Palmer, sexologist Annie Sprinkle, and body modification and performance artist Fakir Musafar.

Dates: 1966-1980

Paul W. Knauf, Jr. World War II photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0582
Abstract

The Paul W. Knauf, Jr. World War II photograph collection consists of seventy-one black and white photographs depicting events in the European Theater of Operations from 1943 through 1945. Fifteen of the photographs were created using the Army’s radio tele-photograph electronic-transmission system. In addition to the photographs, the collection includes newspapers, a certificate from the Bell Telephone Laboratories School for War Training, and an issue of the publication "Army Talks."

Dates: 1943-1945

Cherie Nutting photographs related to Paul Bowles

 Collection
Identifier: GRA 0121
Abstract

Cherie Nutting is a photographer and musical artist manager known, among other activities, for her photographs of expatriate author and composer Paul Bowles. This collection comprises Nutting’s photographs of Paul Bowles in various settings as well as photos of his residence and several objects of significance to him. The photographs include Nutting’s handwritten captions and contextual inscriptions.

Dates: 1986-1994

Shipley--Bringhurst--Hargraves family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0684
Abstract Shipley, Bringhurst, and Hargraves are the family names associated with Rockwood, a Victorian Rural Gothic Revival mansion and estate that was built in North Wilmington, Delaware, between 1851 and 1854. The Hargraves were the last family to privately own Rockwood before its donation to New Castle County in the mid-1970s as a historic house museum and public park. The Shipley-Bringhurst-Hargraves family papers document the personal and professional lives of several generations of Delawareans...
Dates: 1660-1987; Majority of material found within 1735 - 1975

Willard Stewart photographs of Delaware

 Collection
Identifier: GRA 0139
Abstract

Willard Stewart, one of Wilmington, Delaware's, most prominent professional portrait photographers, became the primary photographer for the Delaware Federal Writers' Project and photographed numerous Delaware buildings and landscapes. These photographs document his contributions to the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS).

Dates: circa 1936-1938

Carl Van Vechten photograph portrait of William Demby

 Collection
Identifier: GRA 0099-F0038
Abstract

Black-and-white photograph portrait of novelist and film translator William Demby (1922-2013) taken by photographer Carl Van Vechten in New York on March 13, 1956.

Dates: 1956 March 13

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