Collection about Barbara Morgan, 1960-1972
Finding aid prepared 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 Special Collections
Finding aid last updated 14 December 2016.
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Title: Collection about Barbara Morgan
Collection number: 1112
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.5 linear ft.
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1960-1972
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.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Creator:
Morgan, Barbara
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
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to publish for materials to which it holds the copyright. All requests for permission to publish or quote must be submitted
in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian, UCLA Library Special Collections. Credit shall be given as follows: © The Regents
of the University of California on behalf of UCLA Library Special Collections.
Sukey Garcetti in the
Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT) with assistance from Kelley Wolfe Bachli, 2010-2011.
[Identification of item], Collection about Barbara Morgan (Collection 1112). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E.
Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4232756
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.
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.
Arranged in the following series:
- Publications
- Brochures
- Photographs
Barbara Morgan Wight Gallery Collection, 1938-1967. Collection 1872. Available at Library Special Collections, UCLA.
Barbara Morgan Photographs, 1928-1972. Collection 1873. Available at Library Special Collections, UCLA.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Morgan, Barbara Brooks,--1900-
Women artists.
Women photographers.
1. Publications.
Box 1, Folder 1
Box 1, Folder 2
Box 1, Folder 3
Box 1, Folder 3
Box 1, Folder 4
Box 1, Folder 4
Box 1, Folder 4
Box 1, Folder 5
Box 1, Folder 5
2. Brochures.
Box 1, Folder 6
Box 1, Folder 6
Box 1, Folder 6
Box 1, Folder 6
Box 1, Folder 6
Box 1, Folder 6
Box 1, Folder 6
Box 1, Folder 6
Box 1, Folder 6
Box 1, Folder 6
Box 1, Folder 6
Box 1, Folder 7
Box 1, Folder 7
Box 1, Folder 7
Box 1, Folder 7
3. Photographs.
Box 1, Folder 8