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Archives related to: Gee, Helen, 1919-2004

titleGee, Helen : [photography bio file].
repositoryThe Museum of Modern Art
descriptionThe file may include announcements, clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, small exhibition catalogs, and other ephemeral material filed through 2000; after 2000 all material is filed in the Library's artist files.

Location: MoMA Queens Photo Bio File
Call Number: Gee, Helen
extent1 folder
formatsEphemera
accessContact repository for restrictions and policies.
record sourcehttps://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991012200989707141
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titleReminiscences of Helen Gee : oral history, 1982.
repositoryColumbia University Libraries
descriptionPhotograph restoration and retouching work, 1939-54; Limelight Gallery and cafe, 1954-61: discussion of status of photographic work, patrons, photographs, photographers Robert Frank, Eugene Smith, Ken Heyman, Lisette Model, Sid Grossman, Alfred Stieglitz.

Biographical/ Historical Note:
Gallery owner, photographer.

Notes:
Interviewed by Alexandra Mezey.

Location (guide): Oral History, 801 Butler (Non-Circulating)
Call Number: NXCP89-A160

extentTranscript: 105 leaves. Tape: 2 cassettes.
formatsInterview Sound Recording Transcript
accessOpen. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
record sourcehttp://clio.cul.columbia.edu:7018/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=4076669
finding aidName index available.
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title[Helen Gee] : artist file
repositoryThe John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Library
descriptionAssembled file includes clippings, photographs, reproductions from books and auction catalogs, postcards, press releases, slides, resumes, reviews, exhibition ephemera.

Organization:
Artist file/ Item-level control./ Local database may provide access to selected items in the file.
extent1 folder
formatsEphemera
accessAvailable at the Ringling Art Library.Photocopies of items and accompanying documentation are available upon request, subject to fees and other current guidelines for reproduction.
acquisition informationThe Library continues to add to the file.
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titlePapers of Helen Gee, 1939-[ongoing].
repositoryThe University of Arizona, Center for Creative Photography
descriptionCorrespondence, daybooks, exhibition files, interviews, printed material including periodicals, and audio tapes, relating to personal and business activities of Gee and her husband, Yun Gee (1906-1963), and her daughter, Li-Lan Gee (b. 1943), both painters;

together with records (1954-1961) of Gee's New York City photography gallery and coffeehouse, Limelight Gallery,

including correspondence with Ansel Adams, Bill Brandt, Reva Brooks, Imogen Cunningham, Eliot Porter, Minor White, and others, gallery advertisements, announcements, press releases, financial records, scrapbook, mailing lists, clippings, menus, and other records.

Bio/History:
Photographer, gallery owner, and author, of New York, N.Y.; b. 1926.

Location:
CCP Research Center

Call Number:
AG 074
extent6 linear ft.
formatsBusiness Papers Personal Papers Correspondence Financial Records Exhibition Catalogs
accessAccess restricted.
record linkhttp://sabio.library.arizona.edu.ezproxy2.library.arizona.edu/record=b3402819~S9
record sourcehttp://www.library.arizona.edu/
finding aidFinding aid in the repository.
acquisition informationGift of Helen Gee, 1984 and after.
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