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Photographers -- Illinois

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Helen Balfour Morrison papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Morrison
Abstract

Personal and professional papers of American photographer and artist Helen Balfour Morrison. Born in Evanston, Illinois in 1900, Morrison undertook several artistic photography projects that were exhibited throughout the United States during the 1930s and 1940s. Her longtime collaboration with dancer Sybil Shearer involved further artistic endeavors through stage lighting designs and filmmaking.

Dates: 1906-2001; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1984

Helen Balfour Morrison photographs of Kentucky African American communities

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Morrison-KY
Abstract

Prints and negatives by Helen Balfour Morrison from her multiple trips to African American communities in Kentucky during the 1930s and 1940s.

Dates: 1935-1946