Title: “Photographs as Cultural Resources: a Conference in Honor of Paul Vanderbilt” Recorded Sessions
Inclusive Dates: 1983

Creator:

• Photographs as Cultural Resources: a Conference in Honor of Paul Vanderbilt (1983 : Madison, Wis.)

Call Number: Audio 1029A

Quantity: 8 tape recordings

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

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Abstract:

Tape-recorded sessions from a conference held February 26, 1983 in Madison, Wisconsin, honoring Paul Vanderbilt, a former State Historical Society of Wisconsin curator of photographs. Sessions addressed using photographs as research sources.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-audi01029a

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Acquisition Information

Recorded by Historical Society staff, 1983. Accession Number: M83-44

Processing Information

Processed by Karen Baumann, February 2, 1984.

Audio   1029A/1	William Kidd, Robert Irrman Note: No information on Kidd's and Irrman's roles in the conference is included in the conference program.
Audio   1029A/3	Welcome by F. Gerald Ham; Introduction by George Talbot Note: F. Gerald Ham was Assistant Director for Research Services at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin (SHSW); George Talbot was curator of the Visual and Sound Archives, SHSW.
Audio   1029A/2-3	Opening Remarks, John Szarkowski Note: Szarkowski was director of the Department of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City.
Audio   1029A/3-4	Session I: Introductions by Katherine Mead; “Redeveloping the Frontier: Lumbering to Tourism” by Paul Glad; “Bearing Witness: The Photography of History” by Michael Lesy Note: Katherine Mead was director of the Elvehjem Art Museum; Paul Glad was Merrick Professor of American Western History at the University of Oklahoma; Michael Lesy was a historian and author of Wisconsin Death Trip and Time Frames: The Meaning of Family Pictures.
Audio   1029A/4	Session II: Introductions by Christine Schelshorn; “When Photographs Become News: German Picture Magazines Between the Wars” by Karin Becker Ohrn; “World War II and American Vision” by George Roeder Note: Christine Schelshorn was an archivist in the Visual and Sound Archives at the SHSW; Karin Becker Ohrn was associate professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Iowa; George Roeder was on the humanities faculty at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Audio   1029A/5	Session II, continued: George Roeder presentation continues; “Andrew Dahl - Midwestern Cipher: Decoding Nineteenth Century Photographs” by David Mandel Note: David Mandel was a photographic conservation archivist at the SHSW.
Audio   1029A/6	Session III: Introductions by Cavalliere Ketchum; “The Concept of Photographic Illustration” by Joel Snyder; “Along the Linear Path: Photographs as Data Cards and Mash Notes” by Thomas H. Garver Note: Cavalliere Ketchum was professor of art at the University of Wisconsin; Joel Snyder was chairman for the Committee on General Studies in the Humanities at the University of Chicago; Thomas H. Garver was director of the Madison Art Center.
Audio   1029A/6-7	Closing Speaker: Introduction by George Talbot; “Good Questions and Questionable Answers” by Paul Vanderbilt
Audio   1029A/8	Session IV: Roundtable Discussion with Speakers, moderated by George Talbot