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This subseries contains files by and about Ruth Bernhard, organized and maintained by the Princeton University Art Museum until their transfer in 2013. These files contain sorted original correspondence, both business and personal, as well as agreements, publicity materials, and other documents related to Bernhard's exhibitions, publications, appearances, workshops, and auctions, organized chronologically within each category. Materials cover most of Bernhard's career, from her early professional work for the Museum of Modern Art's Machine Art catalog in 1934 through the late 1990s.
Box 20, Folder 6
This subseries includes unsorted correspondence, along with any related enclosures such as magazine clippings, articles, pamphlets, and snapshots that Bernhard kept loose in boxes. Most correspondence in this series is of a personal nature, including many birthday and holiday cards, thank-you cards, and postcards from friends, students, and fans, along with unsolicited commercial mailings, including brochures, magazines, catalogs, and other mass mailings from various arts and cultural organizations. Also present are drafts and duplicate copies of Bernhard's "Dear Friends" form letters, which she often mailed out to fans and students after gaining widespread recognition in her later life, as well as accompanying print-outs with inspirational quotes, lists, and manifestos.
This series includes three distinct file runs of correspondence and other personal papers and business files, distinguished by their creator and level of organization. The first run contains vertical files kept by Ruth Bernhard, sorted by topic. The second contains artificial files by and about Bernhard, organized chronologically by topic and maintained by the Princeton University Art Museum, including original correspondence as well as correspondence between museum staff and various parties, along with articles by and about Bernhard, exhibition catalogs, workshop materials and advertisements, reproductions of photographs, publishing agreements, and more. The third contains unsorted correspondence and enclosures that Bernhard kept loose in boxes.
Box 23
Prints were removed from a folder labeled "pix from slides."
This series includes any photographic work and publications produced by Ruth Bernhard that are included with the papers, as well as publicity materials related to her activities as a professional photographer. This series documents the appearance of Bernhard's photographs in her own portfolios and monographs, as well as in major publications, advertisements, and exhibitions, with a single image often appearing and reappearing in these various contexts throughout its lifespan. Some items, such as her publicity folios, provide both evidence of her photographic work in print, as well as her efforts to promote and publicize it. Due to this overlap, and to the fact that Bernhard often stored these materials together, this series includes both works and publicity in order to preserve context.
This series primarily contains props and objects used by Ruth Bernhard for still life photography and teaching, along with some print and audio and visual materials related to her activities as a photography instructor. Some objects, such as the cow skull with embedded rosary pictured in Skull and Rosary (1945) and the Venus murex shell pictured in Venus Comb (1943) can be attributed to specific photographs. Others exemplify the sorts of props Bernhard often photographed and used in student instruction, including doll pieces, animal bones, various seed pods and other plant materials, found objects, and modern decor and kitchen equipment. Insight into Bernhard's use of these objects can be found in pages 87-90 of the draft of Ruth Bernhard: Between Art and Life, a biography written by Margaretta Mitchell in conjunction with the artist (See Box 7, Folder 8-9).
Box 53, Folder 21
This subseries primarily includes photographs and snapshots of Ruth Bernhard with friends, family, students, and colleagues. Photographic materials vary greatly in size and quality, from fine art portraits of Ruth Bernhard taken by various friends and fellow professional photographers, to early black-and-white photographs from Bernhard's childhood in Germany, to amateur contemporary color snapshots taken at various events and parties. Many photographs of Bernhard in her apartment on Clay Street in San Francisco are present in this subseries, including documentation of her collection of natural objects and props, some of which can be found in Series 3. In snapshots from her later life, which make up the majority of materials in this subseries, Bernhard is frequently pictured with her life partner, Price Rice, and Mary Ann Helmholtz (sometimes abbreviated as "MAH"), her close friend and personal assistant. In addition to large, sometimes mounted, prints stored flat and vertical files containing snapshots and small photographs, photograph albums are also included at the end of the subseries.
Slide Collection, 1910s-1990s 3 folders
Box 56, Folder 12-14
Slides include images of Ruth Bernhard's work, work by other friends and photographers, as well as personal photographs from travels and events.
This subseries includes fine art photographs and artwork by others, gifts, personal effects, and other memorabilia collected by Ruth Bernhard for sentimental value. The majority of materials in this subseries consist of photographs and artwork given to Bernhard by others, often personally inscribed to her and occasionally accompanied by related correspondence. Prominently featured are photographers Michael Kenna and Saïd Nuseibeh, both of whom worked as printers for Bernhard for many years and whose independent photographic careers she followed. Works by friends and students Abraham Aronow, Norman Jensen, Peter Adams, and Alfonso Malato de Sousa also appear frequently.
This series includes photographs and artwork by others, gifts, personal effects, awards, and other memorabilia collected by Ruth Bernhard throughout her life for personal or sentimental reasons. These materials include snapshots, photographs, and photograph albums documenting Ruth Bernhard's personal and professional life from childhood until her death in 2006, portraying the photographer as a young woman, in the photography studio working with models and students, and during various events, exhibitions, birthday parties, and travels.
Series 1: Alumni Publications consists of periodicals written by and for graduates of Princeton University. The series consists largely of issues of Prospect Magazine, which was produced by the politically conservative group, the Concerned Alumni of Princeton. The series also includes early issues of the The Alumni Princetonian, which is the precursor to the Princeton Alumni Weekly, and which began as a weekly insert in the The Daily Princetonian in the 1890s.
Series 2: Faculty Publications are those written by current or emeritus faculty.
Series 3: Student Publications, 1800-2017 46 boxes 1 website
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Series 3: Student-generated publications are those documents composed by enrolled undergraduate or graduate students. Several 19th century student publications are present, including some of the earliest known student newspapers, such as The Balance (1802) which provides an account of a Nassau Hall fire, and The Chameleon, written by the Class of 1835. The series also includes special editions and joke issues of the Daily Princetonian, such as The Gaily Printsanything (circa 1920s). In addition, the years 1969 and 1996 saw particular literary flourishing, with the inception of several student-generated magazines consisting of a few issues before the magazines' discontinuation. In a few cases, the records of the creating organization are included with copies of the publications.
Series 4: University Publications, 1866-2018 25 boxes
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University Publications are those written by University academic departments or administrative divisions. A significant portion of publications in this series contains information for students such as freshman and sophomore academic guides; the booklet on academic policies, Rights, Rules and Responsibilities; orientation schedules, and related materials. This series also contains publications intended for potential Princeton students, such as Princeton Profile. Also present in this series are newsletters produced by academic departments and programs, as well as the Princeton Art Museum.
Series 5: Princeton-related Publications and Articles are publiched materials that have authors or publishers that are not connected to the University.
Series 9: Duplicate Publications for Digitization, 1822-2018 81 boxes
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Series 9 contains duplicates of Princeton University publications. These publications include announcements, catalogues, official registers, phone books, reports, student publications and year books. These are incomplete runs to be used for digitization.
Bric-A-Brac, 1875-2013 129 Volumes
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Bric-A-Bracs for the following years could not be located: 1887, 1945, 1947.
Nassau Herald, 1869-2019 149 Volumes
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Nassaue Heralds were not published for the following years: 1945, 1948.
Freshman Herald, 1926-2016 92 Volumes
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Freshman Heralds for the following years could not be located: 2008, 2009.
Consists of class reunion books.
Consists of class reunion books.
