Photographs and Other Material Related to Egypt
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 2116
Scope and Contents
Photographs and other material related to Susannah Hays, Egypt (San Francisco: Susannah Hays, 1993) and other associated projects created from 1992 to 2008, with the bulk from the period of 1992 to 1993.
The collection includes thirteen photographs reproduced in the volume that document sites in Egypt including Abū Sunbul, Cairo, Idfū, Imbāba, and Luxor with significant documentation of the Great Temple at Abū Sunbul, the Temple of Horus at Idfū, and street photography in Cairo and Luxor.
Related material includes copy photographs of the printed volume and images therein as well as front matter specimens, in addition to associated photographic postcards documenting the project and others as well as discrete photographic portraits of Hays created by Matt Phillips in 1992 and of book designer Peter Rutledge Koch created by Hays in 1994.
The collection includes thirteen photographs reproduced in the volume that document sites in Egypt including Abū Sunbul, Cairo, Idfū, Imbāba, and Luxor with significant documentation of the Great Temple at Abū Sunbul, the Temple of Horus at Idfū, and street photography in Cairo and Luxor.
Related material includes copy photographs of the printed volume and images therein as well as front matter specimens, in addition to associated photographic postcards documenting the project and others as well as discrete photographic portraits of Hays created by Matt Phillips in 1992 and of book designer Peter Rutledge Koch created by Hays in 1994.
Dates
- 1992-2008
- Majority of material found within 1992-1993
Creator
- Hays, Susannah (Photographer)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Susannah Hays, Photographs and Other Material Related to Egypt is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Susannah Hays on the Arthur Corbitt Hoskins Memorial Fund, 2022.
Arrangement
Organized into two series: I. Photographs from Egypt, 1992-1993. II. Material Related to Egypt and Other Projects, 1992-2008.
Extent
2.0 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
Photographs and other material related to Susannah Hays, Egypt (San Francisco: Susannah Hays, 1993) and other associated projects created from 1992 to 2008, with the bulk from the period of 1992 to 1993.
Susannah Hays (born 1959)
Susannah Hays is an experimental photographer, book artist, and educator. She is known for using camera-less and historical photographic processes in her experimentation in visual media.
Hays was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and earned a Bachelor of Arts from Mills College in 1982 and a Master of Fine Arts in photography from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1991 as well as a Master of Arts in Visual Studies in 2002 and doctoral degree in Interdisciplinary Studies in 2016 from the University of California, Berkeley.
From 1990 to 2012 Hays was the sole proprietor of Works on Paper, a paper conservation laboratory specializing in the preservation of photographs and the production of Artist's books. She was also a faculty member of the San Francisco Art Institute from 2001 to 2012.
From 1991 to 1997 she was married to artist Matt Phillips. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Hays was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and earned a Bachelor of Arts from Mills College in 1982 and a Master of Fine Arts in photography from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1991 as well as a Master of Arts in Visual Studies in 2002 and doctoral degree in Interdisciplinary Studies in 2016 from the University of California, Berkeley.
From 1990 to 2012 Hays was the sole proprietor of Works on Paper, a paper conservation laboratory specializing in the preservation of photographs and the production of Artist's books. She was also a faculty member of the San Francisco Art Institute from 2001 to 2012.
From 1991 to 1997 she was married to artist Matt Phillips. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Processing Information
Collections are processed to a variety of levels, depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived research value, the availability of staff, competing priorities, and whether or not further accruals are expected. The library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit.
These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards. For more information, please refer to the Beinecke Manuscript Unit Processing Manual.
These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards. For more information, please refer to the Beinecke Manuscript Unit Processing Manual.
- Abū Sunbul (Egypt) -- Pictorial works
- Cairo (Egypt) -- Pictorial works
- Color transparencies
- Egypt -- Pictorial works
- Gelatin silver prints
- Hays, Susannah -- Portraits
- Idfū (Egypt) -- Pictorial works
- Imbāba (Egypt) -- Pictorial works
- Luxor (Egypt) -- Pictorial works
- Photographs
- Picture postcards
- Street photography -- Egypt -- Luxor -- Pictorial works
- Street photography -- Egypt -- Cairo -- Pictorial works
- Title
- Guide to Photographs and Other Material Related to Egypt
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Matthew Daniel Mason
- Date
- January 2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
Access Information
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