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Name and location of repository
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Collectie
Titel
Wilson Hicks Conference Tapes and Transcripts collection
Datum(s)
- 1957-1973 (Vervaardig)
Omvang
17 Boxes
Naam van de archiefvormer
Institutionele geschiedenis
In May 1957, the University of Miami and the American Society of Magazine Photographers held the first Wilson Hicks International Conference on Visual Journalism, nicknamed "The Miami Conference." Co-founded by LIFE executive editor and UM faculty member Wilson Hicks, this photojournalism conference dealt with "problems confronting the photographer, the writer and the editor in taking and making use of the photograph which, next to the word, is the most important instrument of communication in today's world." For three days, editors, writers, and photographers exchanged ideas about creative techniques and processes during panel discussions.
From 1957 to the mid-1970s and again from 1995 to 1997, "The Miami Conference" became a major rendezvous for visual communicators. Countless renowned speakers participated over the years, including Magnum Photos' Ernst Haas, author-photographer David Douglas Duncan, LIFE's Margaret Bourke-White, New York Times' Kathy Ryan, and National Geographic Magazine's Thomas Kennedy
Content and structure elements
Bereik en inhoud
This collection contains audio recordings of the Wilson Hicks International Conference on Visual Journalism, nicknamed "The Miami Conference."
Ordeningstelsel
Box 15 of the collection contains transcripts of the conference in 14 volumes from 1957 to 1973.
Conditions of access and use elements
Voorwaarden voor raadpleging
This collection is open for research.
Physical access
This collection is kept in an off-campus storage facility. Please contact the University Archivist, Nick Iwanicki, at ngi5@miami.edu with the boxes you are interested in prior to your visit, and allow up to 1 week for delivery of materials.
Technical access
Voorwaarden voor reproductie
Requests to reproduce or publish materials from this collection should be directed to ngi5@miami.edu.
Languages of the material
- Engels
Scripts of the material
- Latijn
Taal en schrift aantekeningen
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Aantekeningen van de archivaris
Finding aid updated by Yvette Yurubi, Processing Archivist, 03-07-24.
Trefwoorden
Onderwerp trefwoord
Geografische trefwoorden
Naam ontsluitingsterm
- University of Miami. School of Communication (Onderwerp)
- Hicks, Wilson, 1897-1970 (Onderwerp)