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Connecticut -- Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Helen Foster Snow negatives, approximately 1875-1991

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 5 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents Contains negatives and copy negatives of various sizes for the photographs found throughout the Helen Foster Snow photographs series. Box 177 contains negatives #1-3610, Box 197 contains negatives #3627-9621, box 200 contains negatives #9267-9705, box 201 contains negatives in larger sleeves from #448-9355, and box 163 contains various other negatives, mostly from the higher range of photograph numbers. Box 195 and 196 contain glass slide negatives for #11,143-11, 248. Materials date from...
Dates: approximately 1875-1991

Helen Foster Snow photographs, approximately 1853-2000

 Series
Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 5
Scope and Contents Contains photographs, including slides and negatives, taken by or collected by Helen Foster Snow throughout her life. Photographs of Helen’s personal life include family members, friends, vacations in the United States, Europe, and other destinations, and trips she took throughout Asia with her husband, Edgar Snow. The bulk of the photographs come from her professional life, documenting her time as a photojournalist in China beginning in 1931 and later returns to China in 1972 and 1978. Also...
Dates: approximately 1853-2000

Helen Foster Snow photographs distributed by Magnum Photos, Inc., approximately 1933-1937

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 5 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains photographs taken during Helen's time as a photojournalist in China and distributed by Magnum Photos, Inc. Duplicates of these photographs are also found throughout the subseries "Helen Foster Snow photographs of Asia." Also included are photocopies of the original typed captions for the photographs. Materials dated 1933 to 1940.

Dates: approximately 1933-1937

Helen Foster Snow photographs of family and friends, approximately 1853-2000

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 5 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents Contains photographs, including slides, pertaining to the life of Helen Foster Snow. Photograph subjects include Helen's ancestors, family members, Utah childhood, friends, pets, and domestic animals. Photos of Helen's adulthood are mainly located at her home in Connecticut or in the eastern United States. Photographs are mainly unrelated to Helen's time working in China, although some depict friends visiting from China. Many photographs have accompanying captions written on the front or...
Dates: Other: approximately 1853-2000

Helen Foster Snow photographs of family, friends, and vacations, approximately 1853-2000

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 5 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents Contains photographs, including slides, pertaining to the life of Helen Foster Snow. Photographs include Helen's ancestors, family members, Utah childhood, friends, animals, and vacations. Photos of Helen's adulthood are mainly located at her home in Connecticut or in the eastern United States. Photographs are mainly unrelated to Helen's time working in China, though some depict friends visiting from China. Vacations include a European tour, places throughout the United States, Egypt, and...
Dates: approximately 1853-2000

Helen Foster Snow vacation photographs, approximately 1930-1988

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 5 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents Contains photographs depicting Helen Foster Snow on various vacations, including a European tour (England, Paris, and Greece), India, and Egypt, and places throughout the United States, such as Nantucket, the Grand Canyon, Idaho, and the Tetons. Also includes a few photographs of Helen at home in Connecticut, and a scrapbook kept by Helen documenting her trip on the American Mail Line from Seattle to Shanghai in 1931. Many photographs have accompanying captions written on the front or back,...
Dates: approximately 1930-1988