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INVENTORY OF THE BEAUMONT AND NANCY NEWHALL PAPERS, 1843-1993 (bulk 1929-1993)

Inventory prepared by Michael Baker. The Getty Research Institute Research Library Special Collections and Visual Resources 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100 Los Angeles, California 90049-1688 Phone: (310) 440-7390 Fax: (310) 440-7780 Email Requests: http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/library/reference_form.html URL: http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/library ©2003 J. Paul Getty Trust.

INVENTORY OF THE BEAUMONT 920060 1 AND NANCY NEWHALL PAPERS, 1843-1993 (bulk 1929-1993) INVENTORY OF THE BEAUMONT AND NANCY NEWHALL PAPERS, 1843-1993 (bulk 1929-1993)

Accession no. 920060

Inventory prepared by Michael Baker Getty Research Institute Contact Information: The Getty Research Institute Research Library Special Collections and Visual Resources 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100 Los Angeles, California 90049-1688 Phone: (310) 440-7390 Fax: (310) 440-7780 Email Requests: http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/library/reference_form.html URL: http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/library/ Processed by: Michael Baker Date completed: 1997, rev. 2004 Encoded by: Apex Data Services and J. Gibbs ©2003 J. Paul Getty Trust.

Descriptive Summary Title: Beaumont and Nancy Newhall papers Dates: 1843-1993 Dates: 1929-1993 Collection number: 920060 Creator: Newhall, Beaumont, 1908- Creator: Newhall, Nancy Wynne Extent: ca. 150 lin. ft. (268 boxes, 3 flat file folders) Repository: Getty Research Institute Research Library Special Collections and Visual Resources 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100 Los Angeles, California 90049-1688 Abstract: The archive documents the work of Beaumont and Nancy Newhall, two key figures in the history of photography, through correspondence, extensive research files, published and unpublished writings, and photographs, slides and audiotapes. Beaumont Newhall's papers (136 lin. ft.) date from ca. 1843-1993, Nancy Newhall's papers (14 lin. ft.) date from ca. 1920-1989. Request Materials: To access physical materials on site, go to the library catalog record for this collection and click "Request an Item." Click here for access policy . Language: Collection material in English Access Open for use by qualified researchers, except the audiotapes that have not yet been reformatted. Publication Rights

INVENTORY OF THE BEAUMONT 920060 2 AND NANCY NEWHALL PAPERS, 1843-1993 (bulk 1929-1993) Contact Library Rights and Reproductions Preferred Citation Beaumont and Nancy Newhall papers, 1843-1993 (bulk 1929-1993), Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 920060. Acquisition Information This collection was acquired in 1992, and supplements were received in 1993 and 1996. Additional material was moved into the collection from Special Collection Accession nos. 920082, 940082, 930036, and 93.R.23. Processing History Michael Baker began processing the collection in December 1995 and nearly completed it in August 1996. He compiled a draft of this finding aid and Annette Leddy extensively edited the front essays. Kelly Nipper completed processing and re-housing the collection, and revised the finding aid in 1999. Jocelyn Gibbs and Alan Tomlinson completed the final editing of the finding aid. Biographical / Historical Note Beaumont Newhall is perhaps the first champion of the study of photography as art, and of its history. He was born in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1908 and graduated from Harvard University in 1932. After an internship at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Newhall became the Librarian at the Museum of Modern Art. In 1937, at the request of Director Alfred Barr, Newhall organized the museum's first exhibition of photographs. His History of Photography, published for the exhibition, introduced formal criteria for judging photography as a fine art. Revised five times and translated into several languages, it remains a widely read textbook on the history of photograp