Photographic material includes photographs of Cornell, personal and family photographs, photographs of Cornell's boxes and collages, and an assortment of collected photographic materials and source photographs. Formats include color and black and white snapshots, negatives, glass stereoscopic slides, vintage photographic prints, cabinet cards, cartes-de-visite, daguerreotypes, tintypes, and one opalotype. A number of photographs by other artists are also included, such as photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Hans Namuth, Julia Margaret Cameron, and a photogravure by Alfred Stieglitz. Other collected photographs include images of actors and actresses, ballet dancers, other performers, authors, royalty, and civil war figures, among others.
Arrangement:
This series is arranged as 3 sub-series:
10.1 Personal Photographs, circa 1850s-1971
10.2 Photographs of Artwork by Joseph Cornell, circa 1940-1972
10.3 Collected Photographs and Source Images, circa 1800s-circa 1970s
Collection Restrictions:
Access to the collection requires an advanced appointment. Contact collection staff at least two weeks prior to preferred date, at AmericanArtCornellStudy@si.edu.
Series 9: Artifacts and Ephemera, Series 13: Personal Library and Book Collection, and Series 14: Record Album Collection, are still undergoing processing and preservation and may not be available for research use. Record albums are unavailable for playback. Contact collection staff for full lists of publications and record albums.
Collection Rights:
Unpublished materials are protected by copyright. Permission to
publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
Collection Citation:
Joseph Cornell Study Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing of this collection was generously provided by the Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation.
