PRESENTATION ON MIDDLE EAST PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTIONS FOUND IN U.S.
LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES.
Included is a section by the Director of Hadassah Archives:
Photographs of Hadassah's Medical Care in Jerusalem, 1913-1960
Thursday, August 3, at 12 noon
Whittall Pavilion, ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building,
Library of Congress
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Documenting the Middle East: A Look at Photograph Collections
In the United States
Thursday, August 3, at 12 noon
Whittall Pavilion, ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building,
Library of Congress
The rich Middle East photograph collections found in U.S. libraries
and archives can promote a deeper understanding of the region's
diverse peoples, religions, and cultures. Where are these collections
located and how were they acquired? Who were the photographers and
what influenced their work? How is access provided to these
collections? How are the collections used and what can we learn from
them? During this illustrated presentation, speakers from a number of
repositories will address these questions while showing examples from
their institutions' collections. A bibliography of selected
institutions with Middle East photograph collections will be provided.
The speakers are:
Robert Burton, Mellon Project Cataloger for Photographs, Harvard
University Library,
Weissman Preservation Center: Historical Overview
Ruth Thomasian, Executive Director and Founder of Project SAVE
Armenian Photograph Archives, Inc.: Connecting with the Middle East:
Collecting and Documenting Photographs of Armenians
Susan Woodland, Director of Hadassah Archives: Photographs of
Hadassah's Medical Care in Jerusalem, 1913-1960
Arden Alexander, Cataloger, Library of Congress Prints and
Photographs Division: From Algiers to Samarqand: Online Access to
Middle East Photographs for the General Public
Jeff Spurr, Islamic and Middle East Specialist, Aga Khan Program for
Islamic Architecture, Fine Arts Library, Harvard University: From
Scholars to Missionaries:
The Origins, History, and Organization of Middle East Photograph
Collections at Harvard's Fine Arts Library
Free and open to the public
Sponsored by the Library of Congress
Prints & Photographs Division
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