Overview
Negatives and contact sheets of Lilian Kemp, photographer of many events for Radcliffe College from 1972-1991.
Dates
- Creation: 1972-1991
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the photographs created by Lilian Kemp is held by Lilian Kemp.
Extent
15.09 linear feet (4 file boxes, 2 half file boxes, 17 negative boxes)The collection documents events, students, alumnae, and staff of Radcliffe College from 1972 to 1991. Many images were taken for stories in the Radcliffe Quarterly. Original folder titles were created by Kemp. Information added by the archivist is noted in brackets. Kemp's numbering system was retained, beginning with "Book 5, roll 2." This collection is not a complete representation of all photography taken by Kemp during this time period and this can be seen by the gaps in roll numbers. A few events from GSD [Graduate School of Design] and HGSE [Harvard Graduate School of Education] are included and are noted when these events are present in the collection.
Series I, NEGATIVES, 1972-1991 (#1.5/2-18.59/93), contains black and white negatives of events and people of Radcliffe College. See Series II to locate corresponding contact sheets, if applicable.
Series II, CONTACT SHEETS, 1972-1989 (#19.1-23.3), contains contact sheets of events and people of Radcliffe College. Most contact sheets have corresponding negatives in the collection.
Many images in this collection are duplicates of prints found in other collections of the Radcliffe College Archives. Many of these are digitized and available online.
BIOGRAPHY
Lilian Kemp was a photographer based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Kemp regularly photographed for Radcliffe Quarterly, a publication on the events and people of Radcliffe College.
ARRANGEMENT
The collection is arranged in two series:
- Series I. Negatives, 1972-1991, n.d. (#1.5/2-18.59/93)
- Series II. Contact sheets, 1972-1989, n.d. (#19.1-23.3)
Physical Location
Collection stored off site: researchers must request access 36 hours before use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number: R97-13
The photographs of Lilian Kemp were given to the Schlesinger Library by Lilian Kemp in 1997.
Processing Information
Processed: May 2017
By: Lillianne Keaney
Subject
- Radcliffe College--Students (Organization)
- Title
- Kemp, Lilian. Photographs of Lilian Kemp, 1972-1991: A Finding Aid
- Author
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- Sponsor
- Processing of this collection was made possible by a gift from the Radcliffe Class of 1954 Fund for the Radcliffe College Archives.
- EAD ID
- sch01572
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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