Weaver, Mike
Variant namesMike Weaver was for some years a lecturer in the School of English at the University of Exeter, with a specialism in American studies. He joined the University in 1967 as a lecturer in American literature, later becoming Reader in American Arts and Letters. He was heavily involved in the work of the American Arts Documentation Centre which was centred at the School of English c1970-1997, and of which he was Director. He left the University c1978, and is now Professorial Fellow Emeritus at Linacre College, University of Oxford. In 2002 he was awarded the J. Dudley Johnston Medal by the Royal Photographic Society.
With his main interests directed towards photography, film and the image, his publications include: The Art of Photography 1839-1989: Catalogue (with Daniel Wolf), 1989; Alvin Langdon Coburn: symbolist photographer, 1882-1966 (with essay); Beyond the craft, 1986; British photography in the nineteenth century: the fine art tradition (ed.) 1989; Henry Fox Talbot: selected texts and bibliography (ed.), 1992; Julia Margaret Cameron, 1815-1870: an exhibition arranged by the John Hansard Gallery, The University, Southampton, and toured by the Arts Council of Great Britain, 1984; William Carlos Williams: the American background, 1971; The photographic art pictorial traditions in Britain and America, 1986; History of photography 1991-2000 (co-ed.)
From the guide to the Weaver Papers, 1966-c1980, (University of Exeter)
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referencedIn | William Carlos Williams collection of papers, 1927-1965 | The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. | |
referencedIn | Poetry and Correspondence, 1964-1967 | University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Department of Special Collections | |
referencedIn | Vincent Ferrini Papers., n.d., 1949-1977. | Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center. | |
creatorOf | Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963. William Carlos Williams collection of papers, 1927-1965. | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
creatorOf | Weaver Papers, 1966-c1980 | University of Exeter | |
referencedIn | New Directions Publishing records | Houghton Library | |
creatorOf | Finlay, Ian Hamilton,. Ian Hamilton Finlay correspondence, 1962-1969. S-Z. | The Sage Colleges Libraries |
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associatedWith | Ferrini, Vincent. | person |
associatedWith | Finlay, Ian Hamilton | person |
correspondedWith | New Directions Publishing Corp. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | University of Exeter | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Weaver Mike fl 1967-2002 | person |
associatedWith | Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963. | person |
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