Finding Aid for the Collection about Barbara Morgan, 1960-1972
Processed by Sukey Garcetti in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Kelley Wolfe Bachli,
2010-2011; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Collection about Barbara Morgan
Date (inclusive): 1960-1972
Collection number: 1112
Creator:
Morgan, Barbara
Extent:
1 box (.5 linear ft.)
Abstract: Barbara Brooks Morgan (1900-1992) was an accomplished designer, author, artist, and photographer. She is best known for her
photographs of American modern dancers, among them, Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Pearl Primus, Jose Limon, and Charles Weidman.
She attended UCLA and was on the art faculty there. This collection contains exhibit announcements, invitations, catalogs,
price lists at various galleries and museums. It also includes magazine articles about her, miscellaneous brochures, and books
and booklets which include her photographs.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of
the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.
Processing Note
Sukey Garcetti in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Kelley Wolfe Bachli, 2010-2011.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Collection about Barbara Morgan (Collection Number 1112). Department of Special Collections, Charles
E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Biography
Barbara Brooks Morgan was born in Buffalo, Kansas on July 8, 1900, but grew up in Los Angeles, CA. She attended UCLA from
1919 to 1923, and later joined the art faculty (1925-30). She married Willard D. Morgan (ca. 1925) and relocated to New York
(1930). After the birth of her two sons, Douglas (1932) and Lloyd (1935), she began to concentrate on her photography career.
An accomplished designer, author, artist, and photographer, she is best known for her photographs of American modern dancers,
among them, Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Pearl Primus, Jose Limon, and Charles Weidman. She contributed articles and reviews
to various publications and published several books including,
Martha Graham: Sixteen Dances in Photographs (1941),
Summer's Children: A Photographic Cycle of Life at Camp about Camp Treetops (1951), and
A Collection of Material about Barbara Morgan (1972), as well as having a photo in
Family of Man (1955). She died August 18, 1992 in Scarsdale, NY.
Scope and Content
This collection contains exhibit announcements, invitations, catalogs, price lists at various galleries and museums. It also
includes magazine articles about her, miscellaneous brochures (including a memorial to her husband, Willard D. Morgan), and
books and booklets which include her photographs.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Publications
- Brochures
- Photographs
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Morgan, Barbara Brooks,--1900-
Women photographers.
Women artists.
Related Material
Barbara Morgan Wight Gallery Collection, 1938-1967. Collection 1872. Available at Library Special Collections, UCLA.
Container List
Box 1, Folder 1
An Appointment Calendar with Photographs from the Collection of the Museum of
Modern Art, New York
1963
Scope and Content Note
Barbara Morgan photograph, "Lloyd's Head" 1944 p. 43
Box 1, Folder 2
Life Library of Photography: The Art of Photography
1940
Scope and Content Note
Barbara Morgan photograph, "Pregnant" 1940 p. 41
Box 1, Folder 3
The Family of Man, by Edward Steichen for the Museum of Modern Art
1955
Scope and Content Note
Barbara Morgan photographs: Marie p. 80, Girl Playing Recorder p. 98,
Children Dancing p. 198
Box 1, Folder 3
The Story of Louis Horst and the American Dance by Ernestine Stodelle, Photographs
Barbara Morgan
1964
Scope and Content Note
Tribute to Louis Horst
Box 1, Folder 4
Quadrille, Bennington College, Vol. 5, No. 4
1971
Scope and Content Note
"Barbara Morgan: Inner Dialogues with the External World" pp. 10-17
Box 1, Folder 4
Dance Magazine July, 1971
1971
Scope and Content Note
Barbara Morgan: One of America's "Great Photographers Reflects a Decade of
Dance - 1935-1945" pp. 43-56, 1 portrait of Barbara Morgan, annotations by Barbara Morgan of the
photos
Box 1, Folder 4
Photography Annual
Scope and Content Note
Interview by Jacob Deschin; pp. 6-24, 170-171; Photographs pp. 108-113, 182
Box 1, Folder 5
Aperture: A Collection of Photographs, Vol 14, No. 2
Scope and Content Note
2 Barbara Morgan photographs, "Fossil in Formation" and "Torso, Martha
Graham"; unpaged
Box 1, Folder 5
Aperture: Barbara Morgan Monography
1964
Scope and Content Note
Aperture, Vol 11, No. 1 ; Chronology from Aperture Monograph; Supplement to
Aperture Chronology updated Sept. 1971
Box 1, Folder 6
Barbara Morgan Photography Exhibit, Arizona State University Art Gallery
March 1962
Scope and Content Note
Tempe, AZ; Exhibit catalog; "Echoes: conversations with the photographs of
Barbara Morgan" by Van Deren Coke, Associate Professor of Art, Arizona State University,
Tempe, AZ
Box 1, Folder 6
Barbara Morgan Exhibit, Ruth Sherman Gallery
Scope and Content Note
Exhibit brochure; Ruth Sherman Gallery, New York City
Box 1, Folder 6
Barbara Morgan Exhibit , Ceeje Galleries
May 1965
Scope and Content Note
Exhibit catalog; Paintings and Photographs; Ceeje Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
Box 1, Folder 6
Photographs by Barbara Morgan, Naomi Savage, Nancy Sirkis Exhibit, The Witkin
Gallery
April 1969
Scope and Content Note
Announcement; Price List; The Witkin Gallery, New York, NY
Box 1, Folder 6
Barbara Morgan: Women, Cameras and Images IV Exhibit, Smithsonian Hall of
Photography
Oct. 1969
Scope and Content Note
2 copies Exhibit catalog; Washington DC
Box 1, Folder 6
Barbara Morgan Exhibit, The Friends of Photography Gallery
Oct. 1970
Scope and Content Note
Announcement; The Friends of Photography Gallery, Carmel, CA
Box 1, Folder 6
Barbara Morgan and Richard Arentz Exhibit, Tom Halsted's 831 Gallery
Feb. 1971
Scope and Content Note
Announcement; Tom Halsted's 831 Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Box 1, Folder 6
Barbara Morgan Exhibit, Montclair Art Museum
March 1971
Scope and Content Note
Reception invitation; Lecture invitation; Exhibit catalog; Artist's statement;
Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
Box 1, Folder 6
Barbara Morgan Exhibit, The Perspective Gallery, Ltd.
April 1971
Scope and Content Note
Announcement; The Perspective Gallery, Ltd. Poughkeepsie, NY
Box 1, Folder 6
Barbara Morgan, Exhibition of Photography, Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
March 1972
Scope and Content Note
4 copies of Catalog; Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New York, NY
Box 1, Folder 6
Drawings by Barbara Morgan Exhibit, New Canaan Library
May 1960
Scope and Content Note
Exhibit announcement; Exhibit catalog; Exhibit list; New Canaan, CT
Box 1, Folder 7
"Workshops in Photography," Yosemite National Park
1971
Scope and Content Note
Workshop #4: Ansel Adams with guest instructor, Barbara Morgan.
Box 1, Folder 7
Morgan & Morgan, Inc. Publishers of Standard Photographic Books
1971
Scope and Content Note
Catalog; p. 29 "Summer's Children" by Barbara Morgan 1951
Box 1, Folder 7
Notecard with "Photogram" by Barbara Morgan
1971
Scope and Content Note
Notecard with "Photogram" by Barbara Morgan
Box 1, Folder 7
"Willard D. Morgan, May 30, 1900 - September 18, 1967"
Sept. 1967
Scope and Content Note
2 copies of "A Friend's Remembrance" by Douglas Haskell (Director, Camp
Treetops)
Box 1, Folder 8
Letter from Barbara Morgan to James Mink with photos
Scope and Content Note
Barbara Morgan snapshots of UCLA Library construction in 1929
Box 1, Folder 9
Barbara Morgan, photograph by James Mink, Los Angeles
1972
Scope and Content Note
Note on verso: Barbara Morgan, July 1972. Taken at Annita Delano's home.
