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Author/Creator:Stieglitz family.
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Title:Flora Stieglitz Straus collection of Stieglitz family papers, 1860-1999.
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Physical Description:5.30 linear feet (18 boxes)
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Links:View a description and listing of collection contents in the finding aid
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Notes:Associated Material: Alfred Stieglitz / Georgia O'Keeffe Papers (YCAL MSS 85) Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Chiefly in English with some letters and documents in German.
Chiefly the bequest of Flora Stieglitz Straus, with subsequent gifts from Sue Davidson Lowe, Elizabeth Davidson Murray, and Ann Straus Gertler.
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Organization:Organized into seven series: I. Stieglitz Family, 1867-1990. II. Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O'Keeffe, 1880-1992. III. Leopold Stieglitz, 1878-1954. IV. Addition (1999), 1920. V. Addition (2000), 1863-1999. VI. Addition (2005), 1915. VII. Addition (2008), 1860-1945.
- Access and use:This material is open for research. Box 10: Restricted fragile material. Reference surrogates have been substituted in the main files. For further information consult the appropriate curator. Folders 181-184 (cold storage): Restricted fragile material. Reference surrogates have been substituted in the main files. For further information consult the appropriate curator.
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Biographical / Historical note:Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946), photographer, publisher, gallery owner, and artists' advocate.
Edward J. Stieglitz (1899-1958), gerentologist, son of Julius Stieglitz; nephew of Alfred Stieglitz.
Edward Stieglitz (1833-1909), merchant, amateur artist; father of Alfred Stieglitz.
Flora Stieglitz Straus (1895-1994), daughter of Leopold Stieglitz; niece of Alfred Stieglitz.
Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986), American artist; second wife of Alfred Stieglitz.
Julius Stieglitz (1867-1937), chemist; brother of Alfred Stieglitz.
Leopold Stieglitz (1867-1956), physician; brother of Alfred Stieglitz.
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Summary:The Flora Stieglitz Straus Collection of Stieglitz Family Papers consists of letters, photographs, printed materials, journals, and a scrapbook documenting the lives of Alfred Stieglitz's extended family. Included in the first series, Stieglitz Family Papers, are letters between family members, a draft of an autobiography by Edward J. Stieglitz, and biographical information about Julius Stieglitz. Series II, Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O'Keeffe, contains a number of letters from Stieglitz and Georgia O'Keeffe to Elizabeth Stieglitz Davidson and Donald Douglas Davidson, and to Flora Stieglitz Straus. Series III, Leopold Stieglitz, consists of material concerning his life, including several journals from the 1880s. Series IV, Addition (1999) contains a group of lantern slides that copy earlier family photographs. Series V, Addition (2000) adds several letters, photographs and family items. Series VI, Addition (2005) contains five autochromes made by Nathan Straus Jr., with their diascope viewers; portraits include Flora Stieglitz Straus, her husband Hugh Grant Straus, and her maternal grandmother Jacobina Staerk Stieffel. Series VII, Addition (2008) includes correspondence, financial papers, photographs, diaries, and albums that document the friends, travels, and activities of the Stieglitz family in Europe and New York City, as well as at their summer home, Oaklawn, just north of the village of Lake George, New York.
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Indexes/Finding aids:Finding aid available.
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Cite as:Flora Stieglitz Straus Collection of Stieglitz Family Papers. Yale Collection of American Literature. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Yale University.
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Subjects:De Casseres, Benjamin, 1873-1945.
Ezekiel, Moses Jacob, 1844-1917.
Hasemann, Wilhelm.
O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986.
Stieffel, Jacobina Staerk.
Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946--Family.
Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946.
Stieglitz, Edward J., 1899-1958.
Stieglitz, Edward, 1833-1909.
Stieglitz, Julius, 1867-1937.
Stieglitz, Leopold, 1867-1956.
Straus, Flora Stieglitz, 1895-1994.
Straus, Hugh Grant, 1890-1961.
Straus, Nathan, 1889-1961.
Stieglitz family--Pictorial works.
Stieglitz family.
Photographers--United States.
Lake George (N.Y.)--Pictorial works.
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Genre/Form:Albums (books)
Autochromes (photographs)
Autograph albums.
Cabinet photographs.
Cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
Diaries.
Diascopes.
Drawings (visual works)
Lantern slides.
Photograph albums.
Photographic prints.
Theater programs--Germany.
Tintypes (prints)
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Occupation:Photographers.
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Also listed under:Straus, Flora Stieglitz, 1895-1994.
Link to this page: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4044091