Archival Resources in Wisconsin: Descriptive Finding Aids

Container	Title
Mss 1168	Part 1 (Mss 1168; PH 6789): Original Collection, 1942-1990 (bulk 1954-1990) Physical Description: 1.0 cubic foot (5 archives boxes), 0.3 cubic feet of photographs (1 archives box and 1 oversize folder), and 10 4 x 8-feet panels in 2 oversize cases Scope and Content Note WRITINGS, includes Journals, 1954-1990, photocopied (originals are in the collection of the Archives of American Art), which detail Vanderbilt's personal and professional life. Other writings include published and unpublished book reviews; essays on photography and photographers such as Barbara Crane, Edward Weston, and others; columns for the Wisconsin Academy Review; lectures on photography; essays for “Century of Photographs in the Library of Congress”; technical manuals and reports; and an unpublished manuscript, “Wisconsin: A Pictorial History.” PUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPHS consists of Vanderbilt's photographs published in a book, journals, pamphlets, and other formats. EXHIBITS and WORKSHOPS consist of catalogs and other materials for solo and group shows of Vanderbilt's photographs. HONORS includes materials relating to a conference honoring Vanderbilt's work held at the Wisconsin Historical Society and an honorary doctorate awarded by the University of Wisconsin-Madison as well as biographical statements. Biographical material is also included in this series. CORRESPONDENCE is lightly represented and largely pertains to WHS business. Copies of letters from Roy Stryker regarding Vanderbilt's work at FSA are included, as is a copy of Vanderbilt's retirement letter. NEWS CLIPPINGS relate primarily to Vanderbilt's exhibits. VISUAL MATERIALS consists of photographs and posters of events honoring Vanderbilt and exhibits of his work and panels from the exhibit “There's Always a Way.” Additions to this series are expected; further processing is planned, and an exhibit and other events, “The Archive as a River: Paul Vanderbilt and Photography” took place in Fall 2014.
	Series: Writings
Box 1 Folder 1-14	Journals, 1954-1990
	Other writings
Box 2 Folder 1	Bibliotechnics and photography, book transcript, 1950
	Book reviews
Box 2 Folder 2	“Face of Missouri” / by Elio Lee Battaglio, 1960
Box 2 Folder 3	“Fiat Lux,” 1967
Box 2 Folder 3	“First One Hundred Years,” 1970
Box 2 Folder 4	“Mathew Brady: Historian with a Camera” / by James D. Horan, 1955
Box 2 Folder 5	“Pictorial History of Protestantism: A Panoramic View of Western Europe and the United States” / by Vergilius Ferme, 1957
Box 2 Folder 6	“Revolt of American Women” / by Oliver Jenson
Box 2 Folder 7	“Words and Pictures” / by Wilson Hicks
Box 2 Folder 8	“Century of Photographs in the Library of Congress,” essays, 1980
Box 2 Folder 9	“Comments on a Plan for Documentary Photographs,” 1954
	Crane, Barbara
Box 2 Folder 10	“Barbara Crane: The evolution of a vision,” essay, 1983
Box 2 Folder 11	Introductory letter to Barbara Crane, 1978
Box 2 Folder 12	Précis for Barbara Crane, 1978
Box 2 Folder 13	Discussion of costs of reproduction, 1971
Box 2 Folder 14	“Documentary's Sliding Rules,” 1958
Box 2 Folder 15	“Dome,” 1950
Box 2 Folder 16	“Dust Storm”
Box 2 Folder 17	“Evaluating Historical Photographs: A Personal Perspective,” American Association for State and Local History Technical Leaflet 120, 1979
Box 2 Folder 18	“A Few Alternatives,” Massachusetts Review, 1978
Box 2 Folder 19	“Filing Your Photographs: Some Basic Procedures,” American Association for State and Local History Technical Leaflet 36, 1966
Box 2 Folder 20	“Fresh Linen,” Library of Congress Information Bulletin, 1950
Box 2 Folder 21-23	Guide to special collections and art project
Box 2 Folder 24	“Iconography: A Definition and Interpretation,” 1957-1958
Box 2 Folder 25	“In Here and Out There,” unpublished, about work of Milton Rogovin, 1978
Box 2 Folder 26	“Intuitive Photography: A Feminine Area,” lecture and discussion, 1977
Box 2 Folder 27	“Lantern Slide Production at the Philadelphia Museum of Art,” Journal of Documentary Reproduction
Box 2 Folder 28	“Memorandum on the Photography of America,” 1963
Box 2 Folder 29	“Newspix and the Historical Perspective,” Wisconsin Magazine of History, 1957
Box 2 Folder 30	“No Magic Without Majesty,” “EW100: Centennial Essays in Honor of Edward Weston,” Friends of Photography, 1986
Box 2 Folder 31	“Notes on the Care and Arrangement of Picture Collections,” 1955
Box 2 Folder 32	“Of Time and the Miniature,” Infinity, 1958
Box 3 Folder 1	“On Photographic Archives: Computations for a Viewfinder (1959) and Professional and National Obligations in Photodocumentation (1957),” Afterimage, 1976
	“Our Own Time” exhibit, 1964
Box 3 Folder 2	Correspondence
Box 3 Folder 3	Layout
Box 3 Folder 4	Materials
Box 3 Folder 5	Photograph information
Box 3 Folder 6	“Wisconsin Then and Now” article
Box 3 Folder 7	“Picture Collections and the Local Historical Society,” History News, 1958
Box 3 Folder 8	“Program for the Care of Photographs in the Library of Congress,” 1945
Box 3 Folder 9	“Report, Evaluation and Suggested Plan: Photographic Collections for the Grand Rapids Public Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan,” 1973
Box 3 Folder 10	“Report and Recommendations on the Collection of Graphics: New Jersey Historical Society,” 1978
Box 3 Folder 11	Statement on photography, 1976
Box 3 Folder 12	“Union Library Catalogue of the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area: A Statement of Facts”
Box 3 Folder 13	“Uses of Historical Material in Films,” Journal of the University Film Producers Association, 1960
Box 3 Folder 14	“Wings and Power to Row upon Row of Books,” Library of the Pennsylvania Museum of Art
Box 3 Folder 15	“Wisconsin Perspective” columns, Wisconsin Academy Review, 1973-1975
	“Wisconsin: A Pictorial History,” 1974-1976
Box 3 Folder 16	Introduction, carbon copy
Box 3 Folder 17	Final caption text, carbon copy
Box 3 Folder 18	Captions, carbon copy
Box 4 Folder 1	Credits list, finished
Box 4 Folder 2	Picture procurement
Box 4 Folder 3	“Wisconsin Project: Reflections on Photography and History,” Exposure, 1983
	Series: Published Photographs	⇧
Box 4 Folder 4	“Field,” New Glarus, Wisconsin, photograph, biography, and statement, Naturescapes pamphlet, 1974
Box 4 Folder 5	“Paul Vanderbilt” book and “Paul Vanderbilt II” insert, 1984
Box 4 Folder 6	Portage, Wisconsin, photographs, with “Young Fred Turner,” article, Wisconsin Magazine of History, 1962
Box 4 Folder 7	“Trout Creek Valley, north of Barneveld, Iowa County,” 1960 Note: Also includes “Mt. Horeb (vicinity, Highway J, South), Wisconsin, 1963, photographs on note cards published by State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
Box 4 Folder 8	Untitled photographs, Hudson Review, Volume XXIII, Number 3, 1970 Autumn
Box 4 Folder 9	Washington Island, Wisconsin, photographs, Wisconsin Tales and Trails, 1965
	Series: Exhibits and Workshops	⇧
	Apeiron workshop
Box 5 Folder 1	Longhand drafts of panel texts
Box 5 Folder 2	Notes
Box 5 Folder 3-9	Text
Box 4 Folder 10	“Open Land: Photographs of the Midwest, 1852-1982,” Living Museum, 1983
Box 4 Folder 11	“Paul Vanderbilt: Selected photographs,” Williams College Museum of Art, 1976
Box 4 Folder 12	“Photographs by Paul Vanderbilt,” Sunprint Gallery, 1977
Box 4 Folder 13	“Six Photographers, 1967”
Box 4 Folder 14	“There's Always a Way,” exhibit 1985
	Series: Honors	⇧
Box 4 Folder 15	Honorary doctorate from University of Wisconsin-Madison material, 1984-1985
Box 4 Folder 16	“Photographs as Cultural Resources: A Conference in Honor of Paul Vanderbilt,” 1983
Box 4 Folder 17	Biographical material
	Series: Correspondence, 1941-1976	⇧
Box 4 Folder 18	From Stryker, Roy and others regarding Vanderbilt, 1941-1942
Box 4 Folder 19-21	Vanderbilt, Paul, 1967-1988
	Series: News Clippings	⇧
Box 4 Folder 22	“Confessions of a trivialist,” Sam Rosenberg, Life, 1967
Box 4 Folder 23	Image, 1953
Box 4 Folder 24	“Paul Vanderbilt Describes Photo Magic,” Fourth Estate, 1982
Box 4 Folder 25	“Thematic panels offer a unique vision of history,” Capital Times, 1984
PH 6789	Series: Visual Materials	⇧
	Photographs
	“Photographs as Cultural Resources: A Conference in Honor of Paul Vanderbilt,” 1983
Box 1 Folder 1	Photographs from event
	“There's Always a Way,” 1985
Box 1 Folder 2	Photographs of exhibit
Case 1-2	Photographs mounted on 10 exhibit panels
	Posters
Oversize Folder 1	“Photographs as Cultural Resources: A Conference in Honor of Paul Vanderbilt,” 1983