Karl Bissinger papers

Creator:	Bissinger, Karl
Date(s):	1800, 1935-2008
Call Number:	MSS 0682
Language:	Materials entirely in English.
Abstract:	The papers of American photojournalist, restaurateur, and peace activist Karl Bissinger (1914-2008) encompass nearly seventy years of professional activity. This collection not only provides abundant documentation of Bissinger's careers in photography and social activism, but also offers rich visual resources for the history of photography in post-World War II America.
Physical Description:	18 linear feet (40 boxes) 6 oversize boxes 1 oversize removal
Source:	Gift of David Fechheimer, 2009.
Processing:	Processed by Terri Nevins and Anita Wellner, 2010. Updated and completed by Anita Wellner, June-July 2014. Encoded by Dustin Frohlich, June 2014. Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Biographical and Historical Notes

Karl Bissinger (1914-2008) was an American photographer, restaurateur, and peace activist whose fashion, portrait, and travel assignments for several post-World War II magazines captured the style and avant-garde spirit of that period.

In the late 1940s, Bissinger was closely associated with New York's "New Bohemians" of fashion, design, theater, film, and literature through his photographic work as well as through his partnership in the famed Café Nicholson on East 58th Street where the glitterati gathered. Bissinger was a longtime resident of Westbeth Artists' Housing, a nonprofit providing affordable living and creative work space located in the West Village neighborhood of Manhattan. Bissinger was also a committed pacifist during World War II. In the 1950s through the 1960s, he became involved with a number of peace organizations, most notably the War Resisters League, advocating nuclear disarmament and later working full-time as a draft counselor.

Karl Bissinger was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1914, a descendant of Karl Frederick Bissinger, who immigrated to America in 1845 and established Bissinger's, the famed candy shop and chocolatier. In high school, Bissinger studied painting at the Cincinnati Art Museum. He then moved to New York City to continue his artistic studies, joining the Art Students League in the late 1930s.

While attempting to establish a career as a painter, Bissinger worked as a set decorator and prop stylist at Lord & Taylor on Fifth Avenue. He eventually took a job as a stylist for Condé Nast, where he worked with many of the leading fashion photographers of the time, including John Rawlings, George Hoyningen-Huene, Cecil Beaton, Louise Dahl Wolfe, and Irving Penn. During a summer gathering at Cherry Grove on Fire Island, Richard Avedon encouraged Bissinger's interest in photography, lending him a camera and posing for him, as did his wife, Doe Avedon. Another of Bissinger's friends who posed for him was James Baldwin, who was just beginning his writing career. Impressed by Bissinger's work, Avedon sent him to Lillian Bassman, the noted fashion photographer and art director of Junior Bazaar, who gave Bissinger his first professional assignment.

In 1948, Bissinger partnered with Johnny Nicholson, along with chef and later noted chronicler of Southern foods Edna Lewis, to open Café Nicholson on the Upper East Side. Café Nicholson became a favorite gathering place for the post-war Bohemians—artists, actors, writers, and photographers—as well as a frequent setting for Bissinger's portrait photography. Also in the late 1940s, Bissinger met Richard Hanley, a fashion illustrator and fabric designer, who became his life companion until Hanley's death in 1990 at age sixty-four.

During the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s, Bissinger worked on assignments for Junior Bazaar, Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, Theatre Arts, and Town & Country. He was appointed staff photographer at Flair, the short-lived, visually-innovative magazine published and edited by Fleur Cowles between 1950 and 1951. Bissinger not only supplied photographic portraits to these magazines, but also traveled extensively on assignment and contributed photographic essays on the exotic locales he visited, including Morocco, Sicily, Haiti, and Spain.

Bissinger began to participate in political and anti-nuclear demonstrations in the late 1950s, and in 1960, after his first arrest, he met and became friends with Judith Molina and Julian Beck, founders of the Living Theatre. In the early 1960s, he spent time traveling in Europe with the Living Theatre as its official photographer. Bissinger also served as staff photographer for Susan Sherman's radical magazine, Ikon, during its brief run (1967-1968).

As the Vietnam War escalated in the 1960s, Bissinger worked with antiwar and draft counseling groups in The Living Theatre and the Greenwich Village Peace Center. He received training from the American Friends Service Committee as a draft counselor and then joined the staff of the War Resisters League (WRL), where he worked and, after his official retirement, volunteered for the rest of his life. With the exception of his work for The Living Theatre and some film productions, Bissinger's photography shifted entirely from fashion, travel, and portraiture to documentary photography of demonstrations and activists and projects such as the WRL peace calendars.

Late in his life, Bissinger experienced a resurgence of interest in his early photographic work. In 2001, a series of photographs of Morocco taken by Bissinger in 1949 was featured in Elias Canetti's The Voices of Marrakesh, published by San Francisco-based Arion Press. The Luminous Years, a collection of Bissinger's photographic portraits from the late 1940s and 1950s, appeared in 2003. Bissinger died on November 19, 2008, at the age of 94.

Sources

Michael Maronna, "Work As Though You Had Hope: An Interview with Karl Bissinger," in The War Resisters League 2005 Annual Dinner and Presentation of the 40th Peace Award, June 10, 2005. p. 10-15.

Shawn O'Sullivan, "Karl Bissinger," B&W, June 2004: 94-99.

Wendy Shwartz, "Karl Bissinger: A Retrospective," War Resisters League. http://www.warresisters.org/node/636 (accessed May 18, 2010).

William Grimes, "Karl Bissinger, Portraitist, Dies at 94," New York Times, November 25, 2004. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/arts/design/25bissinger.html?ref=arts (accessed August 26, 2010).

Scope and Content Note

The papers of American photojournalist, restaurateur, and peace activist Karl Bissinger (1914-2008) encompass nearly seventy years of professional activity. This collection not only provides abundant documentation of Bissinger's careers in photography and social activism, but also offers rich visual resources for the history of photography in post-World War II America.

The collection comprises 18 linear feet and oversize material that includes negatives, color transparencies, contact sheets, photographs, slides, correspondence, diaries, journals, notes, sketches, paintings, manuscripts, published and unpublished books, magazines, tear sheets, government records, pamphlets, posters, and other ephemera from 1935 to 2008. The collection is arranged into five series: I. Personal papers; II. War Resisters League and peace activities; III. Publications; IV. Photographic work; and V. Book projects.

Series I. Personal papers, contains personal notebooks, journals, correspondence, artwork, media, and personal effects created and/or collected by Karl Bissinger. The series is arranged into three subseries. Subseries I.A. consists of notebooks kept by Karl Bissinger and his life partner, Richard Hanley. The notebooks contain a wide range of material such as itineraries for trips; financial notes and bills; recipes, contact information; lists of clothing; and drawings for home decorations or room arrangements. Particularly significant is Bissinger's notebook which served as a journal for his 1968 trip to Cuba. In it, he mentioned travel companions Jerome Rothenberg, George Cohen, George Hitchcock, Susan Sontag, and Bruce Kendrick, and recorded contact information for people he met. Bissinger also described the communities and farms the group toured, recorded his thoughts on socialism, and mentioned meeting Fidel Castro.

Subseries I.B. includes letters from Bissinger's son, David Fechheimer; from literary figures whom Bissinger photographed such as Paul Bowles and Diane di Prima; and from friends. Correspondence pertaining to Bissinger's activism with the War Resisters League and his efforts toward disarmament is also included.

Subseries I.C. consists of personal documents such as passports, family information, and personal effects kept by Bissinger; artwork; and media.

Series II. War Resisters League and peace activities, documents Bissinger's work on behalf of world peace, nuclear disarmament, and related social concerns. Subseries II.A. contains correspondence, publications, and publicity related to the War Resisters League (WRL), as well as the WRL's series of Peace Calendars, some of which Bissinger provided photographs. Subseries II.B. consists of correspondence and documents related to files the FBI maintained on Bissinger, obtained the Freedom of Information Act inquiries. Subseries II.C. includes publications from other peace organizations, such as the New York Workshop in Nonviolence. Subseries II.D. documents the friendship and collaborative efforts of Bissinger and Grace Paley as fellow activists in the anti-war and peace movements in New York City.

Series III. comprises publications that contain Bissinger's photographs; publications relating to Bissinger's interest in theater; and publications relating to Bissinger and his friends and associates. Subseries III.A. consists of publications that contain Bissinger photographs, including two rare issues of Junior Bazaar, several issues of Flair, and the complete first run of Ikon, edited by Susan Sherman. It also includes newspaper articles, magazine articles, tear sheets, galley proofs, and photocopies from a variety of publications that used Bissinger photographs, such as the book jacket photograph from A Little Original Sin, Millicent Dillon's biography of Jane Bowles.

Subseries III.B. comprises publications by, about, or related to Bissinger. Among these are several published interviews of Bissinger, including one conducted by George Plimpton about Bissinger's friendship with Truman Capote, and Bissinger's article about his recently-deceased friend, Saul Gottlieb, that appeared in The Village Voice.

Subseries III.C. reflects Bissinger's lifelong interest in theater, particularly experimental theater. He kept many playbills and other theater programs, but was especially interested in The Living Theatre, Open Theatre, and Bread and Puppet Theatre.

Subseries III.D. includes a variety of publications and articles, including articles by or about Bissinger's friends, such as Edna Lewis, Tennessee Williams, Helen Morgan, Ken Nordine, Paul Bowles, and Reverend Al Carmines.

Series IV. Photographic work, comprises the major portion of the Karl Bissinger papers. Bissinger's professional photography career was split into two distinct phases. His early career was spent working on assignment for Junior Bazaar, Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, Theater Arts, and Town & Country, and serving as staff photographer at Flair for its entire run (1950-1951). In the 1960s, his focus shifted to photographing experimental theater and political demonstrations and marches and serving as staff photographer for the brief run of Ikon magazine (1967-1968).

Subseries IV.A. Portraits, is arranged alphabetically by individual, and comprises photographic portraits that appeared in a variety of publications. Included among the hundreds of individuals who were photographed by Bissinger were actresses and actors; directors and producers; writers and playwrights; poets; artists; dancers and choreographers; singers and entertainers; musicians and composers; designers; and avant-garde figures difficult to categorize, such as model and Beat muse Sheri Martinelli and Andy Warhol performer Allen Midgette.

Subseries IV.B. comprises Bissinger's photography assignments, which included fashion shoots, travel essays, and advertising work for several magazines.

Subseries IV.C. Performance, features Bissinger's theater, dance, and film photographs. Bissinger was also cinematographer of the 1964 Jonas Mekas filmThe Double Barrelled Detective Story, and his photographic record of the entire seven-week shoot is included in this subseries.

Subseries IV.D. includes photographs Bissinger took at demonstrations, marches, conferences, rallies, and at the War Resisters League offices. Included in this subseries are photographs of Bissinger’s trip to Cuba in 1968-1969 with Susan Sherman, Susan Sontag, Jerome Rothenberg, and others, during which he photographed Fidel Castro giving a speech. The diary Bissinger kept during this trip can be found in Series I.A.

Subseries IV.E. represents Bissinger's participation in experimental therapeutic photography instruction at the Manhattan School for Seriously Disturbed Children, during which he photographed all aspects of the students' activities at the school. He also photographed children at other Manhattan schools for The Urban League and other organizations in New York.

Subseries IV.F. includes Bissinger's personal photographs, ranging from pictures of family and friends to numerous photographs of trips, including summer rentals on Long Island and in New England, sailing trips along the Eastern seaboard, and trips abroad to Brazil, Italy, Ireland, France, and England. Included in this subseries are numerous slides from Bissinger's travels.

Subseries IV.G. contains a variety of photographs arranged by general category; it is unclear whether Bissinger photographed these for professional or personal use. Included among these photographs are those taken by Bissinger during his 1966 visit to Millbrook Estate during Timothy Leary's occupation of the house, located in upstate New York.

Series V. Book projects, comprises realized and proposed projects featuring Bissinger’s photographs and includes the various materials related to each title. Subseries V.A. The Voices of Marrakesh (Arion Press, 2001) project, includes correspondence with Arion Press, offprints, photocopies, and copies of the prospectus. Included in this subseries are negatives and contact sheets from Bissinger's 1949 trip to Morocco. Subseries V.B. The Luminous Years (H. Abrams, 2003), includes contracts, correspondence, papers, proposals, mock-ups, numerous reviews of the book, and research materials compiled by Bissinger's then-photography representative and editor, Catherine Johnson. A significant portion of the book project comprises files for each individual included in the book, and most files contain research conducted by Johnson. This portion of the subseries reflects Johnson's original organization. Subseries V.C. Haiti project, comprises a single file containing correspondence, photocopies of images, and some negatives for a proposed book of Bissinger's photographs of Haiti. Subseries V.D. includes material for Susanna Cuyler's apparently unpublished work on Jeanne Owens, for which Bissinger wrote a paragraph recalling their friendship. Subseries V.E. includes materials gathered by Catherine Johnson for potential projects featuring Bissinger's work.

Shelving Summary

Boxes 1-3; 33-34: Shelved in SPEC MSS record center cartons
Boxes 4-27; 31-32: Shelved in SPEC MSS record center cartons (6 inches)
Boxes 28-30: Shelved in SPEC MSS manuscript boxes (3 inch)
Boxes 35-37: Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (15 inches)
Box 38: Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (17 inches)
Box 39: Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (18 inches)
Box 40: Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (20 inches)
Removals: Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize mapcases
Removals: Shelved in SPEC Media discs
Removals: Shelved in SPEC Media videocassettes

Access Information

The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

MSS 0682, Karl Bissinger papers, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.

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Container List

Series I. Personal papers, 1800, 1952-2008

Series I. contains personal notebooks, journals, and other writings; correspondence; artwork; media; and other personal effects. The series is arranged in three subseries: I.A. Notebooks, journals, and other writings; I.B. Correspondence; and I.C. Artwork, artifacts, media, and miscellaneous.

Subseries I.A. Notebooks, journals, and other writings, 1968-2006

Consists of notebooks kept by Karl Bissinger and his life partner, Richard Hanley. The notebooks contain a wide range of material, including itineraries for trips financial notes and bills, recipes, contact information, lists of clothing, and drawings for home decorations or room arrangements.

Bissinger notebook, 1968-1971	110 pp.	Box 1, F1
Served as a journal for Bissinger during his 1968 trip to Cuba. He mentioned others on the trip such as Jerome Rothenberg, George Cohen, George Hitchcock, Susan Sontag, and Bruce Kendrick. His notes recorded contact information for the people he met and descriptions of the communities and farms the group toured, as well as his thoughts on socialism. He mentioned meeting Fidel Castro. Laid in are related clippings, contact information, letters, invitations, flyers and travel documents. The notebook also recorded notes taken during his attendance of the Southeastern People's Revolutionary Conference (1971) where he met Kathleen Cleaver. The conference was sponsored by the Malcolm X United Liberation Front.
Bissinger notebook, 1973	37 pp.	Box 1, F2
Includes itinerary for a trip to Europe which included Dublin and Paris, journal regarding the flight and individuals he met, notes on a trip to Iowa City and Washington, a list of Massachusetts sites, as well as lists of negatives of literary persons and celebrities. Laid in are bills from Ireland, tearsheets, and a group letter signed by Diane di Prima. Also includes bathroom designs and a dog drawing.
Bissinger notebook labeled "Tickets", 1994-1995	3 pp.	Box 1, F3
The mostly blank notebook has a few telephone numbers and financial notes regarding bank accounts.
Bissinger/Hanley notebook, 2001-2002, undated	7 pp.	Box 1, F4
The mostly blank notebook has a few financial notes by Bissinger and notes by Hanley. Laid in are financial notes, telephone numbers and a cartoon.
Bissinger notebook, 2003-2006	27 pp.	Box 1, F4A
Financial notes by Bissinger, with a few notes and telephone numbers.
Bissinger/Hanley notebook, undated	58 pp.	Box 1, F5
Bissinger's notes regarding conscientious objectors, the draft, deferrments, contact information, and resources. Hanley's notes and drawings are related to 18th- and 19th-century quilts and bed coverings, descriptions of furnishings, the Allen House, ideas for summer wardrobe, and wall fabric.
Bissinger's notes and contact information, 2002-2003		Box 1, F6
Includes contact information, reminder and appointment notes, travel itineraries, and other brief notes on scrap paper and envelopes.
Hanley travel diary, circa 1982	9 pp.	Box 1, F7
Brief notes on a trip, contact information, and laid in ticket stubs for transportation.
Hanley notebook, undated	26 pp.	Box 1, F8
Drawings and notes by Richard Hanley, including lists of clothing; ideas and designs for room arrangements and furnishings; recipes; and notes. Laid in are recipes and blank postcards.
Hanley notebook, undated	24 pp.	Box 1, F9
Drawings and notes by Hanley, including images of his dogs, an incomplete letter, and designs for room arrangements and furnishings. Laid in is a note and a transportation ticket from a trip to Spain in 1948.
Hanley notebook, undated	27 pp.	Box 1, F10
Contains drawings and notes by Hanley for home designs, furniture, and accents, as well as sketches of birds and dogs, to-do lists, and miscellaneous notes.
Hanley notebook, undated	8 pp.	Box 1, F11
Includes designs for wallpaper, one page of autobiographical information, and a letter to Stephanie Chamberlin. Laid in is a "Las Estracas" ticket from Mexico.
Toppy drafts, undated		Box 1, F12
Drafts of a story written by Karl Bissinger.
Toppy drawings, undated		Box 1, F13
Artwork for Toppy.

Subseries I.B. Correspondence, 1952-2008 and undated

This subseries includes letters from Bissinger's son, David Fechheimer; letters from literary persons whom Bissinger photographed, such as Paul Bowles and Diane di Prima; and from friends, particularly letters of condolence after the death of Richard Hanley in 1990. There are also letters written by Bissinger to newspapers regarding peace efforts or disarmament, and letters to Bissinger from peace organizations or individuals Bissinger knew through his activism, such as Julian Beck, Judith Malina, or Muriel Rukeyser.

David Fechheimer to Bissinger, 1978-1991, undated	Box 1, F14
Bissinger's son. Includes several articles about Fechheimer and one review written by him.
Bissinger to Hanley, 1964-1982	Box 1, F15
Written while Bissinger or Hanley were traveling. Includes clippings detailing the filming of 1964 western, The Double-Barrelled Detective Story, for which Bissinger was one of the still photographers.
Richard Hanley to Bissinger, 1970s	Box 1, F16
Letters from Bissinger's life partner.
Richard Hanley notes and information, 1981-1990	Box 1, F17
Articles, notes, and drawings related to Hanley and patterns created by Hanley.
Muriel Rukeyser, 1973-1980	Box 1, F18
Includes an undated letter to Bissinger, a photograph taken by Rukeyser in 1975, plus an article and obituary.
Charles Owens to Bissinger and Jeanne Owens, 1942	Box 1, F19

Ellen McCune correspondence, 1952-1957	Box 1, F20
Includes a McCune letter and IOU to Bissinger, letters to McCune from Hungarian costume designer Marcel Vertes, George Davis and Lotte Lenya.
Ellen McCune correspondence with Tennessee Williams, 1957	Box 1, F21
One letter to McCune from Tennessee Williams and drafts of McCune's letters written to Williams in 1957 regarding his voluntary hospitalization.
Joseph Chaikin correspondence with Hanoch Barton, 1976	Box 1, F22
Photocopies of letters regarding Chaikin's response to Israel's sale of arms to South Africa in 1976.
Letters written by Bissinger, 1974, undated	Box 1, F23
One regarding Westbeth, with a petition signed by Muriel Rukeyser, among others.
Cards and letters of condolence, 1990-1991	Box 2, F35
Letters in response to the death of Richard Hanley, including one from Grace Paley.
Bills, receipts, and invoices, 1971-2002	Box 2, F36
Account sheets for theater tickets.
Blank stationery and envelopes, undated	Box 2, F37

Blank cards, undated	Box 2, F38

Blank postcards, undated	Box 2, F39
Includes images of Ireland, Spain, artwork, and Westbeth.

Letters to Karl Bissinger, 1948-2008

1948-1969	Box 1, F24
Includes letters from Walter Camp, Jr., Ruth Elded, Selden Rodman, Mathaias Goeritz, Ruth Landshoff, Diane di Prima (1966), Harriet Herbst, Paul Goodman and Paul Bowles (circa 1960s). Includes some letters addressed to Hanley regarding their dogs.
1970-1979	Box 1, F25
Includes letters from Ned Rorem, Marlan Beilke, Judith Malina, Grace Paley, Diane di Prima (1974), Shari Martinelli, Julian Beck, and Bissinger's nephew, Frederick (Freddy) Bissinger.
1980-1987	Box 1, F26
Includes letters from Millicent Dillon, Sylvia Braverman, Sandy Campbell, Donald Windham, and Paul Bowles (1989).
1990-1998	Box 1, F27
Includes letters from Norman Rush, Sandy Broyard, and Sam Abrams.
2000-2005	Box 2, F28
Includes a letter from Helene Aylon.
2006	Box 2, F29
Includes a manuscript by Kirsten Lee Soares and letter from Scott Peacock (Edna Lewis).
2007	Box 2, F30

2008	Box 2, F31

2000s	Box 2, F32

undated	Box 2, F33
Includes two letters from Diane di Prima, one letter from Grace Paley, and three poems by Linda Gregg.

Subseries I.C. Artwork, artifacts, media, and miscellaneous, 1800, 1909-2007

The subseries consists of passports, a few artifacts, such as playing cards and buttons, notes regarding the Bissinger family recorded by Dan Murphy, information and printed material regarding Café Nicholson, and Westbeth, the New York City artist housing in which Bissinger lived. The subseries also includes pieces of artwork, such as a original collage by Lucia Vernarelli, which are inscribed to Bissinger.

Passports, 1948-2005	3 items	Box 2, F40
Includes passport used to visit Cuba through Mexico.
Material related to Dan Murphy and family, 1909-1910		Box 2, F41
Material related to Bissinger's maternal grandfather. Includes photographs of Agnes Murphy and Dan Murphy, clipping, membership card for The Jonathan Club in Los Angeles, and an inscribed copy of After Big Game in the Arctic and Tropic by Max C. Fleischmann.
Material related to Café Nicholson, 1949-1999		Box 2, F42
Bissinger and John B. Nicholson formed a partnership in 1949 and opened Café Nicholson, a restaurant which became a popular New York meeting place for the rich and famous, as well as aspiring artists and writers. It was in the courtyard at the café that Bissinger took some of his photographs of Tennessee Williams, Gore Vidal, and others. Includes the business certificate, a menu autographed by actor Louis Calbern, as well as clippings and articles regarding the restaurant and its clientele. Also includes information about Edna Lewis, the café's chef.
Material related to Westbeth Artists Housing, 1970-2007		Box 2, F43
Bissinger was an active participant in the Westbeth community. Includes newsletters, minutes of council meetings, articles and printed material about Westbeth.
Printed material and ephemera, 1977-2006		Box 2, F44
Includes maps, menus, drawings, tearsheets, clippings, articles, and programs.
Tearsheets of Jacob Xaver Schmuzer handcolored printed, circa 1800		Box 2, F45

Collage by Lucia Vernarelli, undated		Box 2, F46
Original collage with a handwritten note by Bissinger.
Artwork, undated		Box 2, F47
Artwork or photocopies of artwork, including copies of a painting by Bissinger, as well as various drawings and painting by unidentified individuals (possibly by Richard Hanley or Bissinger). Items include Bush Design, Palazzo Orsini, Roma, and several untitled paintings.
Artifacts, undated		Box 2, F48
Includes three decks of playing cards, three matchbooks, one small sewing kit, and two buttons.

Media, 1996-2005 [Box 2, F49]

Three Short NYC Films by Rob Garver , 2005	mss0682_dvd_0001
Shelved in SPEC Media discs
The Internationale , 2001	mss0682_vhs_0001
Shelved in SPEC Media videocassettes
Mother Courage III: A MADRE Delegation to Lebanon , 1996	mss0682_vhs_0002
Shelved in SPEC Media videocassettes
Home recordings of Azouz Begog, undated	mss0682_vhs_0003
Shelved in SPEC Media videocassettes
Home recordings of the Art/New York show on photography exhibitions (Hans Namuth, Cindy Sherman and Robert Rauschenberg), 1982	mss0682_vhs_0004
Shelved in SPEC Media videocassettes

Series II. War Resisters League (WRL) and peace activities, 1962-2005

The series documents Karl Bissinger’s work on behalf of world peace, nuclear disarmament, and related social concerns, for which, in 2005, Bissinger (along with Ralph Digia) received the War Resisters League’s annual Peace Award.

Subseries II.A. War Resisters League (WRL), 1962-2005

In this subseries are files of correspondence, a conspiracy statement written in 1967 regarding the burning of draft cards, as well as press releases and statements from the WRL. The series also has a series of War Resisters League Peace Calendars, on which Bissinger worked or in a few instances, provided photographs.

Correspondence, 1962-2004	Box 2, F1

Conspiracy statement, 1967	Box 2, F2
Statement written by Bissinger and others in support of burning draft cards.
Statements and letters to the editor written by Bissinger, 1967, undated	Box 2, F3

Press releases and WRL statements, 1968-1988	Box 2, F4

Notes, articles, and information, 1971-2003	Box 2, F5
Includes a signed piece of artwork by Ira Cohen (1997) and three posters titled Art for WRL.
2005 Annual Dinner and Presentation of the 40th Peace Award: Karl Bissinger and Ralph DiGia , 2005	Box 2, F5A
Karl Bissinger was honored for his work with the War Resisters League. Two copies of the publication.
Theatrum Mundi program for Dry Rain , 1988	Box 2, F6
This Vietnam docu-drama is dedicated to Karl Bissinger.
Clippings and photocopies, 1970, undated	Box 2, F7

WRL blank stationery and cards, undated	Box 2, F8

WRL News , 1975	Box 3, F21

War Resisters League peace calendars, 1972-2005

Bissinger served on the Calendar Committee for the publication of all of the calendars, with the exception of the 1972 calendar. Photographs by Bissinger appear in a number of the calendars. Some of the calendars were used by Bissinger to record appointments, contact information, and notes. Several have only a few or no appointments.

In Woman's Soul: The 1972 Peace Calendar and Appointment Book , 1972	Box 2, F9
Calendar worked on by Grace Paley.
What Did You Learn in School Today…A Statement on the Liberation of Education, The 1977 Peace Calendar , 1977	Box 3, F10
Art direction and selection by Bissinger and Hanley.
365 Reasons Not to Have Another War: 1989 Peace Calendar , 1989	Box 3, F11
The calendar was written by Grace Paley with paintings by Vera B. Williams.
The Peaceful Palate: a year of zestful vegetarian recipes, 1994 Peace Calendar , 1994	Box 3, F12
A recipe by Bissinger is included.
With Peace On Our Wings: 50 years of resistance to The Bomb, 1995 Peace Calendar , 1995	Box 3, F13

Nothing But the Truth: Activists Speak in Court, 1996 Peace Calendar , 1996	Box 3, F14
Introduction by Coretta Scott King.
Womanspirit Moving: Toward Peace and Justice, 1997 Peace Calendar , 1997	Box 3, F15

War Resisters League 1923-1998: 75 Years of Nonviolent Resistance, 1998 Peace Calendar , 1998	Box 3, F16
The calendar is a written and photographic history of the War Resisters League.
Young People Look at the World: War Resisters League 1999 Peace Calendar , 1999	Box 3, F17

Earthshaking Women: 20th-Century Rebels and Peacemakers: War Resisters League 2001 Peace Calendar , 2001	Box 3, F18
2 copies.
Let Us Go Forward Together: Influential writings and art on war, peace, and social justice from 50 years of the WRL Peace Calendar: War Resisters League 2005 Peace Calendar , 2005	Box 3, F19
2 copies.

Subseries II.B. Freedom of Information Act inquiries, 1968-1978

Includes responses by the FBI, including files, to Bissinger's requests for information about his files, most of which related to anti-war and peace activities.

Correspondence and documents from FBI files, 1968-1978	Box 3, F22
Includes a letter from Rudolph W. Giuliani (1977) when he has Acting Deputy Attorney General.
Photocopies of documents from FBI files, 1968-1972	Box 3, F23

Subseries II.C. Other peace organizations, 1962-2000

Bissinger was a participant in the Greenwich Village Peace Center, as well as a regular anti-war demonstrator in New York and Washington, D. C. The series includes the publications of other peace organizations, such as the New York Workshop in Nonviolence.

Russian anti-nuclear protest pamphlet, 1962	Box 3, F24
Two copies of a pamphlet announcing a demonstration in Moscow (in Russian).
Manifesto for Nonviolent Revolution , 1972	Box 3, F25
Reprint of article by George Lakey from WIN magazine.
Greenwich Village Peace Center publications, 1973	Box 3, F26
Includes two copies of Peacemeal, a cook book from the Greenwich Village Peace Center, with introduction by Grace Paley.
WIN , 1966-1973	Box 3, F27
Nine issues of a publication of the New York Workshop in Nonviolence.
WIN , 1974	Box 3, F28
Thirteen issues of a publication of the New York Workshop in Nonviolence.
Theory and Practice of Civil Disobedience , 1961	Box 3, F29
Written by Arthur Harvey.
Notes on a Decade Ready for the Dustbin , 1969	Box 3, F30
Reprint from Liberation of an article written by Carl Oglesby.
Angry Arts Against the War in Vietnam Film Program , 1967 January 29-February 5	Box 3, F31
Poster which includes a list of the participants and sponsors.
Miscellaneous newsletters and printed material by peace organizations, 1974-2000	Box 3, F32
Anti-war/peace material published by the American Friends, Clergy & Laity Concerned, Fellowship of Reconciliation, and the A. J. Muste Memorial Institute.
Newspapers and magazines, 1972-2004	Box 3, F33
Include articles on Vietnam, the war on terror and other political topics.

Subseries II.D. Grace Paley material, 1975-2008

Bissinger and Paley were friends and fellow activists in the anti-war and peace organizations, particularly the War Resisters League in New York. The subseries includes printed material, books, and ephemera.

Photographs of Bissinger and Paley, undated	Box 3, F34
Computer generated copies of photographs with an email from Lisa Miller.
Bitches and Sad Ladies , 1975	Box 3, F35
Anthology which includes Paley's story the long-distance runner
delta , 1982 May	Box 3, F36
Grace Paley issue of the journal.
Climbing Fences , 1987 December 14	Box 3, F37
Special publication of the War Resisters League in New York honoring Grace Paley on her sixty-fifth birthday.
Articles and obituaries, 1989-2008	Box 3, F38
Includes an issue of UR University Review .

Series III. Publications, 1935-2008

Subseries III.A. Containing Bissinger photographs, 1947-2006

This subseries consists of publications containing Bissinger photographs. Included are two rare issues of Junior Bazaar, several issues of Flair, and the complete first run of Ikon.

Junior Bazaar , 1947 February	Box 4, F1
Junior Bazaar existed as a separate publication from Harper's Bazaar from 1945-1948, and surviving issues of the magazine are rare. Part of Bissinger's early professional photographic work was for this publication. Hoagy Carmichael, Philip Dorn, Ann Jeffreys, Cris Alexander, Beatrice Pearson, Patricia Neal, Mary Welch, Frances Reid, June Duprez.
Junior Bazaar , 1947 June	Box 4, F2
Otto Kruger and daughter Ottilie; Moses Soyer studio.
Vogue , 1949 July	Box 4, F3
Juanita Hall and Betta St. John, Robert Lewis Shayon, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Marge and Gower Champion, Elena Nikolaidi, Elizabeth Montgomery (costume designer).
Theatre Arts , 1951 August	Box 4, F10
Jean Renoir.
Harper's Bazaar , 1951 October	Box 4, F11
Jose Greco.
Town Country , 1952 April	Box 4, F12
Bobby Jones at the Masters golf tournament.
Vogue , 1957 November 15	Box 4, F13
James Gould Cozzens.
Kulchur 6, 1962 Summer	Box 4, F14
Photographer for Living Theatre during European tour. Cover is from The Apple.
Art Voices , 1966 Fall	Box 4, F15
Photograph from Living Theatre production of The Brig.
A Little Original Sin book jackets, 1981-circa 1990s	Box 5, F20
Biography of Jane Bowles written by Millicent Dillon, also a friend of Bissinger. Book jackets from several editions of Bowles's biography with Bissinger photograph of Jane Bowles.
Marie Claire , 1992	Box 5, F21
Japanese articles on Paul and Jane Bowles that include Bissinger photographs.
New York , 2003 December 22-29	Box 5, F22
Group photograph of Gore Vidal, Tennessee Williams, Buffie Johnson, Donald Windham, and Tanaquil Le Clercq, at the Café Nicholson.
B , 2004 June	Box 5, F23
Includes article on Karl Bissinger, with photograph of Bissinger by Zachary Fechheimer (his grandson). Also includes Bissinger photographs of Juliette Greco, Jean Cocteau, Anna Magnani, James Baldwin, Montgomery Clift, Ezio Pinza, Hoagy Carmichael, Saul Steinberg, Paul Bowles, Robinson Jeffers, and Jean Marais.
Crossroads: Journal of the Poetry Society of America , 2004 Spring	Box 5, F24
Cover includes Bissinger photograph of Jane Bowles.
Steidl Frühjahr , 2006	Box 5, F25
Bissinger photograph of Maeve Brennan on cover of catalog.
Miscellaneous publications with Bissinger photographs, 1948-2001	Box 5, F26
Includes newspaper articles, magazine articles, tear sheets, and galley proofs.

Flair , 1950-1951 [Box 4]

Bissinger was staff photographer for Flair for its entire run.

1950 February	Box 4, F4
First issue. Includes Gore Vidal group photograph at Café Nicholson, photographs of Duke and Duchess Windsor in Paris, and Morocco travel photographs.
1950 March	Box 4, F5
Includes Max Weber, Manolo Vargas, Spain travel photographs.
1950 April	Box 4, F6
Paris issue. Includes Mouloudji, Juliette Greco, Denise de Rotival Davey, Collete, American businessmen in Paris, and French church art in Vermont.
1950 August	Box 4, F7
College Review issue. Includes jazz at Princeton, Stanford University and Northwestern University students.
1950 December	Box 4, F8
Includes Washington, D.C., personalities.

Ikon , 1967-1968

Magazine founded and edited by Susan Sherman. Stopped publication in 1968; revived by Sherman in 1990.

Bissinger was staff photographer for entire first run.

Vol. I, No. 1-3, 1967	Box 4, F16
Includes multiple copies of issues.
Vol. I, No. 5, 1968 March	Box 5, F17

Vol. I, No. 6-7, 1968-1969	Box 5, F18

Subseries III.B. By, about, or related to Bissinger, 1950-2008

This subseries includes interviews with Karl Bissinger and various articles about him as a photographer and as an activist. Also included is Bissinger's written tribute to his friend, Saul Gottlieb. See also Series V.B. for reviews and articles related to the publication of his photographs.

"Saul Gottlieb," by Karl Bissinger, 1971 January 21	Box 5, F27
Newspaper article Bissinger wrote about Saul Gottlieb, published in The Village Voice.
George Plimpton interview for Smart , 1988 Fall	Box 5, F28
Bissinger interviewed by George Plimpton for article on Truman Capote.
Michael Maronna interview, 1995	Box 5, F29
Originally interviewed by Michael Maronna in 1995. Excerpt published in 2005 for the War Resisters League dinner honoring Karl Bissinger and Ralph DiGia.
Miscellaneous publications about Bissinger as photographer, 1950-2006	Box 5, F30
Includes 2006 Legends of the Village calendar, which featured Bissinger in April.
Miscellaneous publications about Bissinger as activist, 1970-2005	Box 5, F31
Several articles about or featuring Bissinger, including November 29, 1970, article from New York Times Magazine, "From 1-A to 4-F And All Points In Between," by Saul Braun. Also includes notes from Catherine Johnson's speech at 2005 WRL dinner honoring Bissinger.
"Karl Bissinger: A Retrospective", 2008	Box 5, F32
Author Wendy Schwartz was a long-time Bissinger friend and coworker at WRL. Article about Bissinger's life, including information obtained through interviews. Schwartz noted that a shorter version of this article appeared shortly after Bissinger's death, in the Winter issue of WIN as a memorial to him.

Subseries III.C. Theater publications, 1945-2007

This subseries reflects Bissinger's lifelong interest in theater, particularly experimental theater. He kept many playbills and programs, along with a number of magazines containing articles about the Open Theatre, the Living Theatre, and the Bread and Puppet Theatre. He also kept articles about his friends, Joseph Chaikin, Julian Beck, and Judith Malina.

Theatre Arts , 1945 December	Box 5, F33

Theatre Arts , 1950 September	Box 5, F34

Theatre Arts , 1951 February	Box 6, F35

Kulchur 3, 1961	Box 6, F36
Includes article by Julian Beck.
2nd New York Film Festival, 1964 September 14-26	Box 6, F37
Debut of film of the Living Theatre's 1963 production of The Brig
The Drama Review , 1968 Winter	Box 6, F38
New York University Includes an interview with Peter Schumann of the Bread and Puppet Theatre, and an interview with Joseph Chaikin
The Drama Review 14, no. 3, 1970	Box 6, F39
New York University Includes several articles on the Bread and Puppet Theatre, including one by Peter Schumann.
New York Times , "A New Way of Making Theater--and It's Over", 1973 October 7	Box 6, F40
Interview with Joseph Chaikin about announced disbanding of the Open Theatre.
The Living Theatre Retrospectacle , 1986 October 17	Box 6, F41
Performance at the Great Hall of the Cooper Union, New York, featuring scenes from Living Theatre productions 1951-1983.
40th Anniversary Celebration - The Living Theatre, 1991 December 5	Box 6, F42
Program from 40th anniversary celebration benefit for Living Theatre, held at the Great Hall, Cooper Union, New York.
American Writing , 1992	Box 6, F43
Includes an interview with Brenda Dixon about her time with Joseph Chaikin and the Open Theatre.
Performing Arts , 1996 December	Box 6, F44
Program for Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Theatre on the Square.
The Villager , 2006 October 11-17	Box 6, F45
Incomplete article about the Living Theatre's reprise of The Brig.
Miscellaneous theater programs, 1961-2004	Box 6, F53
Includes a program for Peasant Life, an Angry Arts benefit production in which Bissinger played a role. Other programs included are from Judson Poets' Theater, 29th Street Rep, and a postcard for the Living Theatre's A Dream of Water in 2003.

Playbill , 1978-2007

1978	Box 6, F46

1992-1999	Box 6, F47

2000	Box 6, F48

2001	Box 6, F49

2002-2003	Box 6, F50

2004, 2007	Box 6, F51

Subseries III.D. Other publications kept by Bissinger, 1935-2008

Miscellaneous articles kept by Bissinger, 1975-2007	Box 7, F54
Includes articles sent to Bissinger by friends or that were about friends, including Edna Lewis, Tennessee Williams, Helen Morgan, Ken Nordine, Paul Bowles, and Al Carmines.
Vanity Fair , 1935 November	Box 7, F55

Stage , 1937 December	Box 7, F56

Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo , 1940-1941	Box 7, F57

View , 1944 Fall	Box 7, F58

Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo , 1944-1945	Box 7, F59

View , 1945 December	Box 7, F60

Fotocronache di Munari , 1945	Box 7, F61

Dance Index , 1946	Box 7, F62

La Revue du Cinema , 1948 May	Box 7, F63

La Revue du Cinema , 1948 June	Box 7, F64

Horizon , 1948 November	Box 7, F65

Harper's Bazaar , 1950 July	Box 7, F66

Yale French Studies , 1951	Box 7, F67

Harper's Bazaar , 1952 June	Box 7, F68

Harper's Bazaar , 1952 July	Box 7, F69

Harper's Bazaar , 1953 January	Box 7, F70

Harper's Bazaar , 1953 November	Box 7, F71

Harper's Bazaar , 1954 January	Box 7, F72

Realites , 1956 January	Box 7, F73

House and Garden , 1957 April	Box 7, F74

Gebrauchsgraphik , 1958	Box 8, F75

Graphis , 1958 March/April	Box 8, F76

Films in Review , 1959 March	Box 8, F77

Du , 1960 January	Box 8, F78

Kulchur , 1960 Spring	Box 8, F79

Realites , 1961 December	Box 8, F80

Atlantic , 1962 February	Box 8, F81

Film Culture , 1963 Summer	Box 8, F82

Film Culture , 1963-1964 Winter	Box 8, F83

Film Culture , 1964 Spring	Box 8, F84

Tri-Quarterly , 1964 Fall	Box 8, F85

Du , 1964 April	Box 8, F86

Realites , 1964 May	Box 8, F87

Vogue , 1964 November 15	Box 8, F88

Du Atlantis , 1966 March	Box 8, F89

Evergreen Review , 1966 April	Box 8, F90

Art in America , 1966 November, December	Box 8, F91

Vogue , 1966 December	Box 9, F92

Graphis , 1967 May	Box 9, F93

Realites , 1967 August	Box 9, F94

Vogue , 1969 October 15	Box 9, F95

House and Garden , 1970 December	Box 9, F96

House and Garden , 1972 September	Box 9, F97

House and Garden , 1973 April	Box 9, F98

Atlantic Monthly , 1973 May	Box 9, F99

Realites , 1973 July	Box 9, F100

House and Garden , 1975 March	Box 9, F101

City of San Francisco , 1975 August 3	Box 9, F102

The Arts in Ireland , 1975	Box 9, F103

The New Yorker , 1976 March 1	Box 9, F104

House and Garden , 1976 May	Box 9, F105

Vogue , 1976 May	Box 9, F106

Vogue , 1978 August	Box 9, F107

Eastern Review , 1980 October	Box 9, F108

Realites , 1981 April	Box 9, F109

National Geographic , 1995 December	Box 10, F110

Ballet Review , 1996 Spring	Box 10, F111

The New Yorker , 1998 September 14	Box 10, F112

The Nation , 2000 November 27, 2001 January 22	Box 10, F113

The Nation , 2003 June 9	Box 10, F114

The New Yorker , 2004 April 19, 26	Box 10, F115

Monthly Review , 2004 February, March	Box 10, F116

And Then , 2004	Box 10, F117
vol. 12
The Nation , 2004 May 17	Box 10, F118

Manhattan Neighborhood Network , 2004 Spring	Box 10, F119

The New Yorker , 2005 September 12	Box 10, F120

Art in America , 2006 March	Box 10, F121

The New Yorker , 2006 April 10	Box 10, F122

The New Yorker , 2006 April 24	Box 10, F123

Gallery and Studio , 2006 June, July, August	Box 10, F124

The New Yorker , 2006 September 11	Box 10, F125

The New York Times Magazine , 2007 November 11	Box 10, F126

Gallery and Studio , 2007 November, December, 2008 January	Box 10, F127

The New Yorker , 2008 May 5	Box 10, F128

Series IV. Photographic work, 1946-2008

Bissinger continued to practice photography his entire life, although his professional career was split into two distinct phases. His early career was spent working on assignments for major fashion magazines like Junior Bazaar, Harper's Bazaar, and Vogue, and as staff photographer for Flair for its entire run (1950-1951). In the 1960s, his work shifted toward socially-conscious photography, photographing demonstrations and marches, and serving as staff photographer for Ikon magazine (1967-1968).

Subseries IV.A. Portraits, 1946-1973

This subseries includes photographic portraits done on assignment for a variety of publications, including fashion magazines like Flair, Harper's Bazaar, and Vogue, as well as theater publications, particularly Theatre Arts.

Abbott, George, 1947	Box 11, F1
American director, producer, screenwriter, and playwright. Photographed in New York while directing High Button Shoes. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and one print.
Abbott, Mary Lee, 1950s	Box 11, F2
American painter. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and one large format color transparency. Negatives also available in Series V.B.
Adair, Yvonne, 1949	Box 11, F3
American actress. Photographed in New York while appearing in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Includes negatives, large format negatives, contact sheets and prints.
Aiken, Conrad and Mary Hoover Aiken, circa 1950s	Box 11, F4
American writer, poet, and critic. His Cuban-born third wife, Mary Hoover, was a successful artist. Includes contact sheets and prints. Negatives available in Series V.B.
Alda, Alan (and others), circa 1961	Box 11, F5
American actor, writer, director, and activist. Photographed with Ossie Davis, Orson Bean, and an unidentified actress, for Theater People for Peace. Includes negatives and one print.
Alexander, Cris, 1947	Box 11, F6
American actor, performer, and designer. Photographed in New York while appearing in Noel Coward's Present Laughter. Includes negatives and contact sheets. Negatives also available in Series V.B.
Antonio, Rennie di, 1950	Box 11, F7
Includes negatives.
Auden, W.H, 1973	Box 11, F8
American poet. One print.
Avedon, Doe, 1946-1947	Box 11, F9
American actress and model, wife of Richard Avedon in the 1940s. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints. Photographed with husband Richard Avedon and with Leonard Gershe. Negatives also available in Series V.B.
Avedon, Richard, 1947	Box 11, F10
American photographer. Includes negatives and one contact sheet.
Baldwin, James, 1947	Box 11, F11
American writer. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints. Negatives also available in Series V.B.
Bankhead, Tallulah, 1951	Box 11, F12
American actress. Photographed at Polo Grounds, watching Giants with jazz musician Joe Bushkin. Includes three contact sheets and one print.
Barker, George and Oscar Williams, 1950s	Box 11, F13
Barker is a British poet and novelist; Williams is Ukrainian-born American poet and anthologist. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and one print.
Bassman, Lillian, 1948	Box 11, F14
American art director and photographer. Includes photograph with Richard Avedon. Includes negatives and contact sheets. Negatives also available in Series V.B.
Battles, John, 1947	Box 11, F15
American actor and performer. Includes negatives and one contact sheet.
Baxter, Connie, circa 1947	Box 11, F16
American actress and singer. Includes contact sheets and prints.
Beaurepaire, Andre, 1950	Box 11, F17
French artist and designer. Two prints. Negatives also available in Series V.B.
Beck, Julian, circa 1955-1965	Box 11, F18
American actor, director, poet, and painter; founded Living Theatre with Judith Malina. Includes negatives, one black and white slide, and portion of contact sheet.
Bel Geddes, Barbara, circa 1950-1960	Box 11, F19
American actress. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Belmonte, Prince Ferdinando, 1949	Box 11, F20
Italian nobleman. Includes photographs of his son, Gaetano. Photographed at his home in Catania, Sicily. Also includes contact sheets.
Bennett, Robert Russell, 1949	Box 11, F21
American composer, arranger, lyricist, and orchestrator. Includes large format negatives and contact sheets.
Berenson, Bernard, circa 1948	Box 11, F22
American art historian, critic, collector, and connoisseur of Italian Renaissance art. Photographed at I Tatti, Berenson's villa outside Florence. Includes two small prints, one large print, and a single image from a contact sheet.
Bettis, Valerie, 1948	Box 11, F23
Choreographer and dancer. Photographed performing Bettis choreography for As I Lay Dying. Includes contacts from large format negatives, and prints.
Biddle, Margaret Thompson, 1949	Box 11, F24
European editor for Flair magazine, based in London and Paris after her divorce from her diplomat husband, Anthony Biddle. Only daughter of mining millionaire William Boyce Thompson. Photographed in Morocco. Includes negatives, parts of a contact sheet, and one print.
Blitzstein, Marc, 1949	Box 11, F25
American composer. Negatives also available in Series V.B.
Bogin, Meg, 1970s	Box 11, F26
American non-fiction writer. Includes negatives.
Bohanovitch, Dr, 1946-1960	Box 11, F27
Includes negatives and contact sheets containing photographs of unidentified woman.
Borghese family, 1950	Box 11, F28
Flavio Borghese, 12th Prince of Sulmona; his wife, Angela Paternó, 7th Princess of Sperlinga dei Manganelli, children Vittoria and Marcantonio, and mother-in-law. Photographed at home in Palermo, Sicily. Includes negative, contact sheets, and one print.
Bowles, Paul and Jane, circa 1947-1949	Box 11, F29
Jane Bowles is an American writer of novels and short stories; Paul Bowles is an American composer, travel writer, novelist, and translator. Includes negatives, one large format negative, contact sheets, and prints for both Jane and Paul Bowles. Negatives also available in Series V.B.
Boyer, Charles, 1953	Box 11, F30
French actor and philanthropist. Photographed in the library of the French Research Foundation, which he established in California. Negatives also available in Series V.B.
Brando, Marlon, 1948	Box 11, F31
American actor. Photographed in New York while starring in A Streetcar Named Desire. One large format negative made from contact sheet; one 8 x 10 negative, and two photocopies of cover image for The Luminous Years. One print available in Series V.B.
Braverman, Sylvia, 1949	Box 11, F32
American artist. Fashion illustrator for Flair magazine. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Breiseth, Tillman, 1947	Box 11, F33
American playwright. Photographed at the Princess Theatre, home of Experimental Theatre. Includes negatives and contact sheet. See Series IV.A. for additional negatives.
Brennan, Maeve, circa 1948	Box 11, F34
Irish-born American writer. Includes negatives and two 11 x 14 contact sheets.
Brooks, David, circa 1948	Box 11, F35
American actor. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and one print.
Brooks, Stella, 1947-1948	Box 11, F36
American jazz singer. Includes negatives, large-format negatives, and contact sheets.
Brown, Kenneth, circa 1963	Box 11, F37
American actor. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints. Also includes Bissinger's note to send two different 8 x 10 photographs to London agent A.D. Peters, care of Sally Bentlif, who in 1965 married journalist and Nelson Mandela biographer Anthony Sampson.
Brown, Pamela, 1947	Box 11, F38
British actress. Photographed at Café Nicholson while in costume for her role in The Importance of Being Earnest. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Buka, Donald, 1948	Box 12, F39
American actor. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Burr, Ann, 1950	Box 12, F40
American actress. Photographed at the Radio Theatre in Chicago. Includes negatives and contact sheet.
Cabrera, Lydia, 1948	Box 12, F41
Cuban poet, writer, and anthropologist. Photographed at her home near Havana, Cuba. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Capote, Truman, 1947-1948	Box 12, F42
American writer. Photographed in New York, and on set of Jean Cocteau film Les Parents terribles in Paris with Marie-Louise Bousquet, editor of French Harper's Bazaar. Includes negatives, one large-format negative taken from contact sheet, one contact sheet, and prints. Also includes one newspaper clipping of photograph.
Carmichael, Hoagy, 1947	Box 12, F43
American songwriter. Photographed with artist Charles Owens and editor Jean Lavender. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and one print.
Carroll, Helena, 1950s	Box 12, F44
Scottish actress. Includes contact sheets and one print.
Carson, Mindy, circa 1950	Box 12, F45
American pop vocalist. Includes large format negatives and two prints. Negatives also available in Series V.B.
Cavanaugh, Inez, 1944-1945	Box 12, F46
American-born Paris restauranteur and performer. One print.
Cela, Camilo José, 1950	Box 12, F47
Spanish writer. Photographed in Madrid. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
di Cerami, Prince Domenico Rosso, 1949-1950	Box 12, F48
Italian nobleman. Photographed in Catania, Sicily. Includes negatives and cut-up contact sheets.
Chaikin, Joseph, late 1950s-1960s	Box 12, F49
American actor, director, teacher, and author. Founded Open Theatre in 1963. Includes negatives, large-format negatives, and prints.
Champion, Marge and Gower, 1949	Box 12, F50
American dancers, choreographers, and actors. Gower also directed several Broadway musicals. Includes negatives, large-format negatives, and contact sheets.
Channing, Carol, 1949	Box 12, F51
American comic actress and entertainer. Photographed in New York while starring in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Includes large-format negatives and prints.
Chris, Marilyn, 1961	Box 12, F52
American actress. Photographed while performing in the Living Theatre production of The Apple. Fragments of contact sheets. For additional images, see Series IV.A.
Christie, Audrey, Virginia Fields and Phyllis Povah, 1949	Box 12, F53
Audrey Christie and Phyllis Povah are American actresses; Virginia Field is British actress. Photographed in dressing room while performing in Light Up The Sky. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Churchill, Sarah Millicent Hermione, 1950	Box 12, F54
British actress, daughter of Winston Churchill. Photographed in Hollywood with Michèle Morgan. Three prints. For additional images, see Series IV.A.
Claussen, Alma	Box 12, F55
Includes negatives, large-format negatives, and two prints.
Clift, Montgomery, 1948	Box 12, F56
American actor. Photographed on streets of New York City. Includes numerous negatives, contact sheets, and prints. Contact sheets also available in Series V.B.
Cocteau, Jean, 1948	Box 12, 57
French director, poet, novelist, playwright, and artist. Photographed in Paris on the set of Les Parents terribles, along with Josette Day and Gabrielle Dorziat. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Collette, 1948	Box 12, F58
French writer, born Sidonie-Gabrielle Collette. Photographed in her Paris apartment. Includes negatives, cut-up contact sheets, and prints.
Cooper, Gary, 1950	Box 12, F59
American actor. Photographed at home in Brentwood, California. Fragments of contact sheet and one print.
Corbett, Leonora, 1947	Box 12, F60
British actress. Includes negatives.
Corso, Gregory, 1967	Box 12, F61
American poet. Includes negatives and one print. Photographed at May 1967 poetry reading that featured Andrei Voznesensk and included Robert Lowell, The Fugs, and Robert David Cohen. For more images from the 3 Penny Poetry reading, see Series IV.A.
Coy, Walter, 1947	Box 12, F62
American actor. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Cozzens, James Gould, early 1950s	Box 12, F63
Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer. Includes contact sheets and prints.
Crabtree, Paul, 1948	Box 12, F64
American actor, director, writer, and composer. Includes negatives and one contact sheet.
Craus, Arlene, 1950s	Box 12, F65
American fashion model. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Curtiss, Thomas Quinn, circa 1950	Box 12, F66
American writer, film and theater critic. Includes negatives.
Dall, John, 1948	Box 12, F67
American actor. Photographed at various locations in New York. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Daugherty, Charles, 1947-1948	Box 12, F68
American artist. Son of artist and muralist James Daugherty. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
De Liagre, Alfred, Jr., John van Druten and Stewart Chaney, 1947	Box 12, F69
Alfred De Liagre was an American theatre owner, producer, and director. Stewart Chaney was American producer, director, and designer. John van Druten was British-born American writer and director. Photographed in New York during run of The Druid Circle. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
De Mille, Agnes, 1947	Box 12, F70
American dancer, choreographer, director, and actor. Photographed backstage at Allegro, which De Mille choreographed and directed. Also includes photographs from the Princess Theatre, home of Experimental Theatre. Includes negatives and damaged contact sheets. See Series IV.A. for additional negatives.
Dennison, George, late 1960s	Box 12, F71
American teacher, writer and playwright who had close association with the Bread & Puppet Theatre during the 1960s. Includes negatives and newspaper clipping of photograph.
Deste, Luli, 1950	Box 12, F72
Austrian actress, born Luli von Hohenberg. Photographed in New York. Includes negatives and large-format negatives.
Dinesen, Isak (Baroness Karen Blixen), 1959	Box 12, F73
Danish writer. Photographed in New York. Two prints.
Di Prima, Diane, Alan Marlowe, and John Braden, 1966	Box 13, F74
American poet. Editor of The Floating Bear and founder of The Poet's Press; married to Alan Marlowe at time of photographs. Photographed at Millbrook estate during Timothy Leary occupation. Includes negatives.
Dorn, Philip, 1947	Box 13, F75
Dutch actor. Photographed in New York while performing in The Big Two. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Douglas, Susan, 1947	Box 13, F76
Austrian-born American actress. Photographed in New York while performing in The Druid Circle. Includes negatives.
Drake, Alfred, 1947-1948	Box 13, F77
American actor and singer. Includes one contact sheet and two prints.
Duprez, June, 1947-1948	Box 13, F78
British-born American actress. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Evans, Maurice, 1947	Box 13, F79
American actor, director, and producer. Photographed in New York while performing in Man and Superman. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Fabray, Nanette, 1947	Box 13, F80
American actress. Photographed in New York while performing in High Button Shoes. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Ferguson, Claire, circa 1948	Box 13, F81
Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Ferrer, José, circa 1948	Box 13, F82
Puerto Rican-born American actor, director, and producer. Photographed in New York. Includes negatives and one contact sheet.
Field, Betty, 1947-1948	Box 13, F83
Includes contact sheets with "Scotti Field, Voice of Turtle" written on verso. May refer to actress Betty Field, who was a replacement in Voice of the Turtle.
Flanner, Janet, circa 1950	Box 13, F85
American journalist; wrote under pen name "Genêt." Photographed at Park Avenue Armory in New York. Includes negatives and contact sheet.
Fontana Sisters (Zoe, Micol, Giovanna), 1949-1950	Box 13, F86
Italian fashion designers. Photographed in their atelier, with Nelly Corradi modeling several dresses. Includes negatives, large-format negatives, and cut-up contact sheets.
Ford, Connie, 1947	Box 13, F87
American actress. Photographed in New York while performing in Another Part of the Forest. Includes contact sheets.
Francine, Anne, 1954	Box 13, F88
American actress and singer. Photographed in New York, including in costume for Beautiful is the shore. Includes negatives, large-format negatives, and contact sheets. Also includes an example of a negative Bissinger manipulated.
Galleotti, Baroness, 1950s	Box 13, F89
Includes numerous negatives.
Getz, Rhea, 1950-1965	Box 13, F90
Includes negatives, large-format negatives, and one fragmented contact sheet.
Gill, Brendan, 1950s	Box 13, F91
American writer, preservationist, and long-time contributor to The New Yorker. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and two prints.
Gillespie, Pamela, 1947	Box 13, F92
American actress. Photographed in New York while performing in Life With Father. Includes negatives and two contact sheets.
Gillette, Guy P, circa 1967	Box 13, F93
American musician and songwriter; conscientious objector. Photographed at Bissinger's kitchen table. Includes negatives and prints.
Gleason, Jackie, undated	Box 13, F94
Includes negatives of a man who may be American comedian Jackie Gleason.
Goeritz, Mathias, early 1950s	Box 13, F95
Prussian-born artist, architect, and educator residing in Mexico. Photographed in Mexico City, Mexico. Includes negatives and prints.
Goodwin, John, circa 1950-1970	Box 13, F96
Includes negatives.
Gordon, Ruth and Garson Kanin, 1947	Box 13, F97
Gordon is American actress, director, and writer; Kanin is American director, producer, writer, and actor. Photographed in New York during run of How I Wonder. Includes negatives and contact sheets. Also included are negatives and contact sheets of Gordon and Kanin with actor Raymond Massey and writer Donald Ogden Stewart.
Gottlieb, Saul, early 1960s	Box 13, F98
American writer and activist. Photographed with poet David Henderson on street in New York. Gottlieb's wife, Odda, is in background. Includes three prints.
Greco, José, circa 1951	Box 13, F99
Italian-born American dancer and choreographer. Photographed performing in Madrid. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Gréco, Juliette, 1949	Box 13, F100
French singer. Photographed in Paris with friend, poet Anne-Marie Cazalis. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Green, Steve, circa 1950-1965	Box 13, F101
Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Gross, Chaim, 1950	Box 13, F102
Austrian-born American artist. Photographed in studio. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints, with some images of Stanley Hayter and Irene Rice Pereira.
Guinness, Alec, 1949	Box 13, F103
British actor. Photographed at house in Hammersmith, London. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Hagan, Ann, 1950	Box 13, F104
New York City florist. Includes large-format negatives and contact sheets.
Haieff, Alexei, 1949	Box 13, F105
Siberian-born American composer. Photographed in Rome. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Hall, Juanita and Betta St. John, 1949	Box 13, F106
Hall is an American actress and singer, and St. John is an American actress. Photographed in costume for roles in original cast of South Pacific. Includes negatives.
Harriman, John, circa 1967	Box 13, F107
American poet. Photographed at Bissinger's kitchen table. Includes negatives and contact sheet.
Harriman, W. Averell, 1950	Box 13, F108
American diplomat, businessman, former Secretary of Commerce, Special Assistant to President Truman. Includes prints.
Harrison, Rex, 1948	Box 13, F109
British actor. Photographed on stage with Joyce Redman in Ann of the Thousand Days. Includes negatives and prints. See Series IV.A. for contact sheets.
Hartman, Ronnie and Lois Lee, 1947	Box 13, F110
American actresses and singers. Photographed in New York during run of High Button Shoes. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Haskins, Virginia, 1948	Box 13, F111
American soprano. Photographed in New York during run of Carousel. Includes negatives and contact sheet.
Hauser, Dr. Gaylord, 1950	Box 13, F112
German-born American nutritionist, self-help author, and proponent of "natural way of eating." Photographed at villa in Taormina, Sicily. Includes cut-up contact sheets.
Hayter, Stanley William, 1950	Box 13, F113
British artist and printmaker, founder of Atelier 17 in Paris. Includes negatives, one print, and one contact sheet with several images of Irene Rice Pereira.
Hecht, Jenny, mid-1960s	Box 14, F114
American actress. Daughter of Ben Hecht. Includes negatives, large-format negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Henderson, David, 1960s	Box 14, F115
American poet and activist. Includes prints.
Hepburn, Katharine, 1948	Box 14, F116
American actress. Photographed in her New York townhouse garden, along with ex-prizefighter Charles Newhill (Hepburn's bodyguard and butler) and American journalist Shana Alexander. Includes negatives and one print.
Holliday, Judy, 1947-1948	Box 14, F117
American actress. Photographed in New York while appearing in Born Yesterday. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Houghton, Norris, circa 1948	Box 14, F118
American producer and director. Includes contact sheet and print.
Howard, Jennifer, 1948	Box 14, F119
American actress; married Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Hunter, Kim, 1948	Box 14, F120
American actress. Photographed in New York while appearing in A Streetcar Named Desire. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Hunter, Mary, circa 1948	Box 14, F121
American director and producer. Includes large-format negatives and cut-up contact sheets.
Huxley, Aldous and Christopher Isherwood, 1950	Box 14, F122
Huxley is a British-born writer and philosopher; Isherwood is British-born American writer. Photographed at Santa Monica, California. Includes negatives, contact sheets and prints.
Jean, circa 1949	Box 14, F123
Waitress at Café Nicholson. Photographed at Café Nicholson. One print.
Jeffers, Robinson, 1950	Box 14, F124
American poet. Photographed at his home, Hawk Tower, in Carmel, California. Includes views of Big Sur. Also includes negatives, large-format negatives, and contact sheets. Additional negatives available in Series V.B.
Jeffries, Ann, 1949	Box 14, F125
American actress and singer. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Jennings, Darin, 1947	Box 14, F126
American actress. Photographed in New York while performing in Burlesque. Includes contact sheets.
Jessup, Richard, circa 1950-1960s	Box 14, F127
American writer. Includes negatives and contact sheets. Bissinger also photographed the Jessup family, individually and as a group, on several occasions.
Johnson, Buffie, 1949, circa 1972	Box 14, F128
American artist. Photograph in front of mirror in 1949, and later with her painting, Labrys (1972). Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Johnson, Celia, 1949	Box 14, F129
British actress. Photographed in London. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Johnston, Denis, 1948	Box 14, F130
Irish writer and director. Photographed in New York during production of his play The Old Lady Says "No!". Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Jones, James Earl, 1961-1962	Box 14, F131
American actor. Son of Robert Earl Jones. Photographed in costume in Central Park. Includes negatives, contact sheets, prints, and color slides.
Jones, Robert Earl, circa 1973	Box 14, F132
American actor. Father of James Earl Jones. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Kantor, Morris, early 1950s	Box 14, F133
American artist. Photographed in his studio in Union Square. Includes negatives and one contact sheet.
Kay, Hershey, circa 1965	Box 14, F134
American composer, arranger, and orchestrator. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Kell, Reginald, 1950	Box 14, F135
British clarinetist; American swing musician Benny Goodman studied with him. Includes negatives, cut-up contact sheets, and prints.
Keller, Greta, 1971	Box 14, F136
Austrian actress and cabaret singer. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Kirkland, Pat, 1948-1950	Box 14, F137
American actress. Daughter of Nancy Carroll. Includes several photographs on Spanish Steps in Rome. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Knoll, Florence, 1950	Box 14, F138
American designer and architect. Photographed at Knoll Associates showroom. Includes large-format negatives, cut-up contact sheets, and one print. Negatives also available in Series V.B.
Kruger, Otto, 1948	Box 14, F139
American actor. Photographed with his daughter Ottilie, who was appearing with him on Broadway. Includes negatives and one contact sheet.
Lam, Wilfredo, 1948	Box 14, F140
Cuban artist. Photographed at his studio in Havana, Cuba. Includes negatives. Negatives also available in Series V.B.
Lean, David, 1949	Box 14, F141
British filmmaker, director, screenwriter, and editor. Photographed in London outside his mews studio. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Le Brocquy, Louis, 1948	Box 14, F142
Irish artist. Photographed in London. Includes negatives, one contact sheet, and one print.
Le Clercq, Tanaquil, 1949	Box 14, F143
French-born American ballet dancer; married to George Balanchine. Photographed at Café Nicholson. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Leigh, Dorian, 1950s	Box 14, F144
American fashion model. Sister of model Suzy Parker. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
L'Engle, Madeleine, 1948-1949	Box 14, F145
American writer. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Lenya, Lotte, 1951	Box 14, F146
Austrian singer and actress, formerly married to composer Kurt Weill. Photographed with new husband George Davis, an American writer and editor. Includes two large format negatives, cut-up contact sheets, and prints. Negatives also available in Series V.B.
Leslie, Bethel, circa 1950	Box 14, F147
American actress. Includes negatives.
Levenson, Sam, 1950	Box 14, F148
American journalist, humorist, and writer. Includes negatives.
Lillie, Beatrice, 1952	Box 14, F149
Canadian comedienne and entertainer. Includes negatives.
Lippman, Walter, 1950	Box 14, F150
American journalist, author, editor, and political commentator. Includes negatives and prints.
Lippold, Richard, 1950	Box 15, F151
American artist and engineer. Includes negatives, large-format negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Logan, Joshua, 1950	Box 15, F152
American producer, director, and writer. Photographed in New York during run of Mister Roberts. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Lowell, Robert, 1960s	Box 15, F153
American writer and poet. Some photographs with Grace Paley. Includes negatives and one contact sheet.
Lust, Elenore, 1939, 1949	Box 15, F154
American artist and art dealer. Bissinger's fellow student at Art Students League. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and one print.
Lyautey, Captain Pierre, 1949	Box 15, F155
Nephew of Marshal Lyautey, founder of modern Morocco. Photographed with his wife in Morocco at the Nadir's diffa, with Patrick O'Higgins, Flair travel editor, and Margaret Thompson Biddle, European editor at Flair. Includes negatives and cut-up contact sheets.
Magnani, Anna, early 1950s	Box 15, F156
Italian actress. Photographed at her apartment in Rome with Piero Tellini, and at Café Nicholson with Johnny Nicholson. Notation on the verso of one contact sheet in Bissinger's hand "For Frank Merlo," Tennessee Williams's companion. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Mainbocher, 1951	Box 15, F157
French-born American fashion designer, born Main Rousseau Bocher. Photographed in his New York atelier. Includes large-format negatives and contact sheets. Negatives also available in Series V.B.
Malina, Judith, 1960s	Box 15, F158
Austrian-born American actress. Founded the Living Theatre with Julian Beck. Photographed in performance as "Clara." Includes negatives and prints.
Marais, Jean, 1948	Box 15, F159
French actor. Photographed in Paris on the set of Les Parents terribles. Includes negatives and one contact sheet.
Martin, Dean and Jerry Lewis, 1947	Box 15, F160
Martin was American singer and actor; Lewis was American comedian, actor, writer, and director. Includes negatives and two large-format negatives.
Martinelli, Sheri, early 1950s	Box 15, F161
American model, writer, poet, artist, and muse. Photographed in several New York locales. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and negatives.
McCullers, Carson, circa 1950	Box 15, F162
American writer. Photographed at Nyack, New York. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints. Negatives also available in Series V.B.
McLean, Jackie, 1960-1963	Box 15, F163
American jazz saxophonist, composer, band leader, and educator. Wrote songs for the Living Theatre's The Connection. Includes negatives.
McLerie, Allyn Ann, circa 1950	Box 15, F164
Canadian-born American actress, singer, and dancer. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
McNaughton, James, 1950	Box 15, F165
American set designer and art director. Includes negatives.
McNeill, Don, 1950	Box 15, F166
American emcee, creator and host of The Breakfast Club on radio and television. Includes negatives.
Melcarth, Edward, 1950	Box 15, F167
American artist, photographer, writer, and teacher. Photographed with one of his paintings. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Menen, Aubrey, 1949	Box 15, F168
British writer, critic, and essayist. Photographed in Sicily. Includes negatives and cut-up contact sheets.
Midgette, Allen, 1960-1967	Box 15, F169
American actor and artist; appeared in numerous Andy Warhol films, and performed as Andy Warhol. Includes negatives, color negatives, and one color print,
Milford Haven, Duke and Duchess, 1950	Box 15, F170
Includes large-format negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Miller, Alistair, 1950	Box 15, F171
Includes cut-up contact sheet.
Miller, Henry, 1950	Box 15, F172
American writer and painter. Photographed at his home in Big Sur, California. Includes negatives, large format-negatives, and cut-up contact sheets. Negatives also available in Series V.B.
Misterbianco, Duke Di (Nene Trigona), 1950	Box 15, F173
Italian nobleman. Photographed in Sicily with architect Sebastiano Inserra and with son Alberto. Includes cut-up contact sheets.
Mistinguett, 1951	Box 15, F174
French singer, dancer, and entertainer, born Jeanne Bourgeois. Performed frequently with Maurice Chevalier. Photographed in her dressing room at the Club Tropicana, New York. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Molnár, Ferenc, 1949	Box 15, F175
Hungarian playwright and novelist. Photographed at Plaza Hotel, New York. Includes large-format negatives and cut-up contact sheets.
Montealegre, Felicia, 1950	Box 15, F176
Chilean-born American actress; wife of Leonard Bernstein. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and two prints.
Monteux, Pierre, 1950	Box 15, F177
French conductor. Includes negatives.
Montgomery, Elizabeth, 1950	Box 15, F178
British costume and scenic designer for stage and screen. Founding member of Motley Theatre Design Group. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Moore, Gar, circa 1949	Box 15, F179
American actor. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and one print.
Morgan, Michèle, 1950	Box 15, F180
French actress. Photographed in Hollywood, with Sarah Churchill. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Morgan, Norman, 1948	Box 15, F181
American stage manager. Photographed backstage. Includes negatives
Morici, Pietro and Fernanda, 1949	Box 15, F182
Sicilian movie writer. Photographed in Taormina, Sicily. Includes cut-up contact sheets.
Morrow, Bill, circa 1959	Box 16, F183
American artist. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and print.
Mouloudji, Marcel, 1949	Box 16, F184
French actor, singer, and painter. Photographed on streets of Paris. Includes negatives, and cut-up contact sheets.
Mulzac, Captain Hugh, circa 1960-1970	Box 16, F185
British West Indies-born American merchant marine captain and artist. Includes negatives and contact sheet.
Mundy, Meg, 1948	Box 16, F186
British-born American actress. Photographed while performing in The Respectful Prostitute. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Murray, Natalia Danesi, 1949-1950	Box 16, F187
Italian writer and publisher. Married American Charles Murray. Photographed in Italy, with friends including Averell Harriman, Princess Borghese, the Fontana sisters at their atelier, Patrick O'Higgins, and Karl Bissinger himself. Includes negatives, large-format negatives, and contact sheets.
Natkin, Robert, 1967	Box 16, F188
American artist. Includes negatives and contact sheet.
Neal, Patricia, 1948	Box 16, F189
American actress. Photographed in New York while appearing in Another Part of the Forest. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints. Negatives also available in Series V.B.
Neville, Virginia, circa 1949	Box 16, F190
Photographed in New York. Includes contact sheets.
Newell, Laura, 1949	Box 16, F191
American classical and jazz harpist. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Newland, John, circa 1958	Box 16, F192
American director, actor, producer, and screenwriter. Includes negatives.
Nicholson, Johnny, 1946-1955	Box 16, F193
Bissinger's friend and business partner at Café Nicholson. Photographed at Café Nicholson, Fire Island, and other locations. Includes Nicholson with his sister, with Jeanne Owens, with Dick Hanley, and with Bissinger. Also includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Nikolaidi, Elena, 1949	Box 16, F194
Greek-born American mezzo-soprano. Photographed at Café Nicholson. Includes negatives, large-format negatives, contact sheets, and one print.
Odetta, 1965	Box 16, F195
American singer, songwriter, guitarist, actress, and human rights activist, born Odetta Holmes. Includes negatives, prints, and 1965 article with Bissinger photo of Odetta.
O'Donnell, Cathy, 1948	Box 16, F196
American actress. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
O'Dwyer, Sloan Simpson, 1950	Box 16, F197
American fashion model; married New York mayor William O'Dwyer. Includes contact sheets.
O'Higgins, Patrick, 1949-1950	Box 16, F198
Travel editor for Flair. Photographed in Morocco and New York. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1950	Box 16, F199
American theoretical physicist; director of Manhattan Project. Includes contact sheets.
Orlando, Vittorio Emanuele, 1949	Box 16, F200
Italian statesman and jurist, former Senator and former Prime Minister of Italy. Photographed in Palermo, Sicily. Includes large-format negatives and cut-up contact sheets.
Owen, Toni, 1949	Box 16, F201
American fashion designer. Photographed with model wearing Toni Owen dress. Includes negatives.
Owens, Charles, 1946-1950	Box 16, F202
American painter, classmate of Karl Bissinger at Art Students League; married Jeanne Owens. Photographed in New York and Fire Island; also in Italy with Natalia Danesi Murray. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints. Negatives also available in Series V.B.
Owens, Jeanne, 1946-1950	Box 16, F203
Owens was American artist and classmate of Karl Bissinger at Art Students League. She was also National Backstroke Champion in 1938; married Charles Owens. Photographed at various locations in New York City and Fire Island. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Paley, Grace, 1960s	Box 16, F204
American writer, poet, and activist. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Parish, Sister (Dorothy), 1950	Box 16, F205
American decorator, married to Henry Parish II. Photographed in her home. Includes large-format negatives.
Parker, Jean, 1949	Box 16, F206
American actress. Photographed during run of Born Yesterday. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Patton, Jim, 1959	Box 16, F207
American artist. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Pearce, Alice, 1949	Box 16, F208
American actress. Includes negatives and one print.
Pearson, Beatrice, 1947	Box 16, F209
American actress; sublet her apartment to Marlon Brando. Photographed in New York while appearing in The Voice of the Turtle. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Pereira, Irene Rice, 1950	Box 16, F210
American artist. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Peterson, Lenka, 1947	Box 16, F211
American actress. Photographed during run of Years Ago. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Petri, Egon, circa 1950	Box 16, F212
Dutch classical pianist and teacher. Photographed with students at Mills College, California. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Phillips, Margaret, 1948	Box 16, F213
American actress. Photographed during run of Summer and Smoke. Includes negatives and prints.
Picon, Molly, 1950	Box 16, F214
American actress and entertainer. See Series V.B.
Pinza, Ezio, 1949	Box 16, F215
Italian singer and actor. Photographed in dressing room while starring in South Pacific. Includes negatives and one print.
Piper, Phillip, 1960s	Box 16, F216
Photographed at the Guggenheim Museum and other New York locations. Includes negatives.
Potter, Claire, 1950	Box 16, F217
American fashion designer. Includes large-format negatives.
Prince, William, 1951	Box 16, F218
American actor. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Rappeneau, Jean-Paul and Michelle Girardon, 1962	Box 16, F219
Rappeneau is French writer, director, and actor. Girardon is French actress. Photographed in Paris. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Redman, Joyce, 1948	Box 16, F220
Irish actress. Photographed while performing with Rex Harrison in Ann of the Thousand Days. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints. See Series IV.A. for additional negatives and prints.
Reed, Susan, 1948	Box 17, F221
American singer, harpist, and zitherist. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Reid, Frances, 1949	Box 17, F222
American actress. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Renoir, Jean, 1950	Box 17, F223
French director, screenwriter, actor, and author; son of painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Photographed at Café Nicholson. Includes large format negatives.
Robertson, Adele, 1947	Box 17, F224
American actress. Photographed while substituting for Judy Holliday in Born Yesterday. Includes contact sheets.
Robinson, Lennox, circa 1949	Box 17, F225
Irish poet, dramatist, and producer. Includes negatives.
Roosevelt, Theodora, 1948	Box 17, F226
American writer who also published under married name, Theodora Roosevelt Keogh. Granddaughter of Theodore Roosevelt. Photographed in Paris. Includes negatives and cut-up contact sheets.
Ross, Joan, circa 1950	Box 17, F227
Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Rukeyser, Muriel, 1960s	Box 17, F228
American poet and political activist; Westbeth resident and friend of Karl Bissinger. Photographed at Washington Square Methodist Church. Includes negative and print.
Ruta, Peter, 1948	Box 17, F229
German-born American artist. Photographed in Venice. Includes negatives and prints.
Saylor, Bruce and Bo Lawergren, 1971	Box 17, F230
Saylor is American composer and teacher; Lawergren is nuclear physicist and music archeologist. Includes negatives and newspaper clipping of photograph, dated November 7, 1971.
Schnee, Thelma, 1947	Box 17, F231
American actress and writer. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Shaw, Evelyn, 1947	Box 17, F232
American actress. Photographed during run of Call Me Mister. Includes contact sheets.
Seeley, Jason, 1960s	Box 17, F233
American sculptor. Includes negatives and two prints.
Shubert, Lee, circa 1947	Box 17, F234
Polish-born American theater owner and producer. Includes negatives and contact sheet.
Simpson, Babs, 1950s	Box 17, F235
American fashion editor at Harper's Bazaar and Vogue. Includes large-format negatives and contact sheets. Also includes photographs of her brother, Richard Domerico.
Sitwell, Christopher, Ms, circa 1960	Box 17, F236
Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Sonstrom, Arnold, undated	Box 17, F237

Soyer, Raphael, circa 1949	Box 17, F238
Russian-born American artist. His identical twin, Moses, and his brother Isaac are also successful artists. Photographed at studio in New York with fashion models. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Steinberg, Saul, 1950	Box 17, F239
Romanian-born American artist and illustrator, The New Yorker contributor for over fifty years; married to Hedda Sterne at time of photograph. Photographed in Bissinger's Westbeth rooftop garden. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Sterling, Jan, 1949	Box 17, F240
American actress. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Stern, Isaac, circa 1954	Box 17, F241
Ukrainian-born American violinist. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Sterne, Hedda, late 1940s	Box 17, F242
American artist. Married to Saul Steinberg at time of photograph. Photographed at her home in New York. Includes negatives, large-format negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Stevens, May, circa 1970	Box 17, F243
American artist, poet, and writer. Photographed with several of her paintings. Includes negatives and prints.
Stovall, Miriam, 1947	Box 17, F244
American actress. Photographed during run of Man and Superman. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Sundgaard, Arnold, 1947	Box 17, F245
American playwright, librettist, lyricist, and author. Photographed in New York, and at the Princess Theatre, home of Experimental Theatre. Includes negatives and clipping of published photograph. See Series IV.A. for additional negatives and contact sheets.
Tamayo, Rufino, circa 1952	Box 17, F246
Mexican artist. Photographed in New York. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and print.
Taturla, Marilouise, 1949	Box 17, F247
Spanish art critic and writer. Photographed in Spain with her El Greco painting. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Thompson, Marshall, circa 1953	Box 17, F248
American actor. Includes negatives.
Tourel, Jennie, 1950	Box 17, F249
Russian-born American mezzo-soprano. Includes negatives, large-format negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Truffaut, François, circa 1962	Box 17, F250
French director, critic, writer, and actor. Includes negatives, contact sheet, and prints.
Tyler, Richard, 1947	Box 17, F251
American actor. Includes contact sheets.
Ustinov, Peter, 1953	Box 17, F252
British actor, director, composer, playwright, and writer. Photographed in New York during run of The Love of Four Colonels, written by Ustinov. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Van Larkin, Adrian, circa 1950	Box 17, F253
Includes negatives.
Varda, Agnès and Jacques Demy, 1962	Box 17, F254
Both are French directors, married in 1962. Photographed in Paris. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Vargas, Manolo, 1950	Box 17, F255
Mexican dancer. Photographed in Madrid. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Vidal, Gore, 1949	Box 17, F256
American novelist, screenwriter, and essayist. Photographed at Café Nicholson with Tennessee Williams, Buffy Johnson, Donald Windham, and Tanaquil Le Clercq. Includes large-format negatives and prints.
Von Sternberg, Josef, early 1950s	Box 17, F257
Austrian-born American film director. Photographed at Fort Lee, New Jersey. Includes negatives, large-format negatives, and prints.
Vorse, Ellen, 1950s	Box 17, F258
Photographed with Johnny Beauchamp. Includes negatives.
Voznesensky, Andrei, 1967 May	Box 17, F259
Russian poet. Photographed at poetry reading sponsored by Angry Arts, including Gregory Corso, Robert Lowell, The Fugs, and Robert David Cohen. See Series IV.A. for additional negatives from same event.
Wanamaker, Sam, circa 1950	Box 17, F260
American actor, producer, director, and stager. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and one print.
Wayne, David, 1947	Box 17, F261
American actor and producer. Includes negatives, contact sheet, and prints.
Wayne, John, 1950	Box 17, F262
American actor, producer, and director. Photographed at Republic Pictures with director John Ford. Includes cut-cup contact sheets and prints.
Webb, Clifton, 1947	Box 18, F263
American actor. Photographed in New York while starring in Present Laughter. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Weber, Ben, circa 1966	Box 18, F264
American composer, born William Jennings Bryant Weber. Photographed at piano, and with Francis Thorne. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and one print.
Weber, Max, 1948	Box 18, F265
Russian-born American artist. Photographed in studio at Great Neck, Long Island. Includes large-format negatives, cut-up contact sheets, and one print.
Weinstein, Arthur, undated	Box 18, F266
Includes negatives.
Welch, Mary, 1948	Box 18, F267
American actress. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and one print.
Wheel, Patricia, 1947	Box 18, F268
American actress. Photographed during run of Cyrano de Bergerac. Includes negatives and contact sheet.
White, Harriet, 1950	Box 18, F269
American actress. Photographed in Rome. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Whitehead, Robert and Oliver Rea, 1947	Box 18, F270
Whitehead is Canadian-born producer, director, performer, and theater owner; Rea is American producer and theater owner. Photographed in New York during run of Medea. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Whitmore, James, 1947	Box 18, F271
American actor. Photographed while appearing in Command Decision. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Wilder, Clinton, 1948	Box 18, F272
American producer and stage manager. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Williams, Tennessee, 1948	Box 18, F273
American playwright and screenwriter. Photographed in New York. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and one print. Negatives also available in Series V.B.
Willingham, Calder, 1952	Box 18, F274
American novelist, screenwriter, and playwright. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Windsor, Duke and Duchess, 1948	Box 18, F275
Formerly Wallis Warfield Simpson and King Edward VIII. Photographed at home in Paris. Includes large-format negatives, contact sheets, and prints. See Series IV.B. for color transparencies of their Paris home.
Wright, Pamela, 1947	Box 18, F276
American actress. Photographed during run of Lady Windermere's Fan. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Young, La Monte and Marian Zazeela, 1964	Box 18, F277
Young is American minimalist composer and musician, founder of The Theatre of Eternal Music; Zazeela is American light-artist, designer, painter, and musician. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Photographs of unknown women, circa 1950-1970	Box 18, F278
Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Photographs of unknown men, circa 1950-1980	Box 18, F279
Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Photographs of unknown groups (adults), circa 1950-1980	Box 18, F280
Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Photographs of unknown children or family groups, circa 1960-1980	Box 18, F281
Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints.

Subseries IV.B. Magazine work, 1947-1996

This subseries comprises photography assignments, including fashion shoots, travel spreads, and advertising work, for several different publications. Bissinger's first professional assignments were for Junior Bazaar, a publication that lasted only three years (1945-1948), and he was staff photographer for Flair for its entire run, 1950-1951.

Fashion assignments, 1947-1996

Ebony , 1949 February	Box 19, F282
Photographed at Basilica of St. Peter, Vatican City. One print.
Junior Bazaar --Miscellaneous photo shoots, 1947-1948	Box 19, F309
Includes negatives and contact sheets for "Three evening dresses;" also includes three large-format color transparencies, one contact sheet and one print from other shoots.
Town Country --Bobby Jones, 1952	Box 19, F310
Jones was legendary professional golfer and golf course designer. Photographed at the 1952 Masters golf tournament, held annually in Augusta, Georgia, along with Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead, and other notable figures. Includes negatives.
Town Country --Kentucky, circa 1952	Box 19, F311
Photographed architecture and people at various Kentucky thoroughbred horse farms. Includes negatives.
Vogue --Miscellaneous photographs, circa 1949-1950	Box 19, F312
Includes negatives, contact sheets, and one print, for several different Vogue photo shoots.
Miscellaneous photo session, circa 1966	Box 19, F313
Includes large-format negatives, contact sheets, and prints.

Flair , 1950-1951

Bissinger recorded each Flair assignment by job number and often added short descriptions of his subjects.

Job 96--New Orleans, 1949	Box 19, F283
Includes negatives and cut-up contact sheet.
Job 108, 1949	Box 19, F284
Model is Dorian Leigh. Includes large-format negatives and two prints.
Job 124--Denise de Rotival Davey, 1949	Box 19, F285
French supporter and fundraiser for American aid to Free French during World War II. Listed on job envelope as "Denise Duval." Includes large-format negatives.
Job 600--Washington personalities, 1950	Box 19, F302
Individuals serving in various governmental capacities in 1950. Photographed ten men at various locations in Washington, D.C. Includes negatives for Henry A. Byroade, Dale E. Doty, Marx Leva, Ralph S. Trigg, and Eugene M. Zuckert. Also includes negatives for individual identified as "Cunl."
Job 607--Plaza Hotel, New York, 1950	Box 19, F303
Includes negatives.
Job 677--Christmas gifts under $5, 1950	Box 19, F304
One print.
Job 686--Experiment, 1950	Box 19, F305
Photographed in New York. Includes negative and fragments of contact sheet.
Job number unknown--Mirror beauty, 1950	Box 19, F306
Includes large format negatives.
Job number unknown--Duke and Duchess of Windsor, 1948	Box 19, F307A
Includes large format color transparencies of interiors from the Windsors' Paris home. See also Series IV.A. for other photographs from this job.
Best of Flair , 1996	Box 19, F307B
Edited by Fleur Cowles.

Job 163--West Coast, 1949

Bissinger's West Coast trip combined several different assignments that are listed separately by subject.

Arensberg house and art collection, 1949	Box 19, F286A
Louise and Walter Arensberg were notable collectors of contemporary art who gifted their collection to the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1950. The Arensberg collection was photographed in situ at the Arensbergs' California home. Includes negatives, large-format negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Reprints from original negatives, 2013	Box 19, F286B

Chandler house, 1949	Box 19, F287
Includes negative and large-format negatives.
John Jennings, 1949	Box 19, F288
American writer and novelist. Includes negatives.
Mills Stables, 1949	Box 19, F289
Includes negatives and contact sheets.
"Mr. Marchant", 1949	Box 19, F290
Includes negatives, large-format negatives, and cut-up contact sheets.
San Francisco and the Pacific coast, 1949	Box 19, F291
Includes negatives and cut-up contact sheets.
Santa Barbara poets, 1949	Box 19, F292
Photographed several individuals, including a child.
Stanford University, 1949	Box 19, F293
Photographed the campus, the Student Union and retired English professor, Edith Ronald Mirrielees, who was teacher, mentor, and friend of John Steinbeck.
Dolly Walker, 1949	Box 19, F294
Includes negatives and large-format negatives.

Job 372--Midwest, 1950

Bissinger's trip through the upper Midwest, including Chicago and Minnesota.

Tin Pan Alley TV , 1950	Box 19, F296
Television show broadcast live from Chicago on WENR-TV, featuring a different composer's music each week. Includes negatives.
Minnesota, 1950	Box 19, F297
Photographed at University of Minnesota; includes photographs of Tillman Breiseth and Eleanor Rund. Also includes negatives and large-format negatives.

Job 443--New York opulence, 1950 [Box 19]

Maximilian sable coat, 1950	Box 19, F299
Small dog photographed on streets of New York wearing a Maximilian sable coat. Includes negatives and one contact sheet.
Harry Winston diamonds, 1950	Box 19, F300
Includes large-format negatives and one print.

Travel assignments, 1948-1962

Bissinger went on extended travel assignments, primarily for Flair, which featured dozens of Bissinger's travel photographs in articles devoted to individual countries and their respective cultures. Each Flair trip was assigned a job number. Bissinger also sold photographs from these trips to other publications, such as Harper's Bazaar and Vogue, as well as using them in book projects. See Series V.A.

Cuba, 1948

No job number.

Cabalcata, 1948	Box 19, F314
Spanish dance company performing at Teatro Marti in Havana, Cuba. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints. Also includes program from the performance, and a paste-up of the page.
Prints, 1948	Box 19, F315

Complete contact sheets, 1948	Box 20, F316

Fragments of contact sheets, 1948	Box 20, F317
Contact sheets that have been cut or torn apart.
Negatives, 1948	Box 20, F318

France, 1948-1949, 1961-1962

Photographed various locations in Paris; other locations photographed include Chartres, Neuilly, Perpignon, Saint-Remy, Marseilles, Saint-Tropez, and Monte Carlo.

Flair assignment--Contact sheets and prints, 1948-1949	Box 20, F319
Photographed in France while on assignment for Harper's Bazaar, and also under Flair Job 63, as Bissinger photographed in Paris and other French locales before going to Italy.
Flair --Negatives, 1948-1949	Box 20, F320

Second trip to France, 1961-1962	Box 20, F321
Photographed Living Theatre performance and French directors Agnès Varda and Jacques Demy; also photographed demonstration in Paris. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints. See also Series IV.A.

Italy, 1949

Flair Job 63. Bissinger photographed in Rome and other Italian locales, but focused most of his attention on Sicily. He photographed all genres--street scenes, people, festivals, gatherings, gardens, parks, and architecture.

Amalfi coast, Naples, and Pompeii, 1949	Box 20, F322
Includes negatives, contact sheets, and one print.
Paestum, 1949	Box 20, F323
Small prints of Greek temples.
Negatives, 1949	Box 22, F346
Numerous negatives from Job 63 with original envelopes.

Rome, 1949

Prints, 1949	Box 20, F324

Contact sheets (original), 1949	Box 20, F325

Contact sheets (reprints), circa 1949	Box 20, F326

People, 1949	Box 20, F327
Photographed a young Roman director, American actress Jane White, and Italian-American painter Nicolas Carone. Includes contact sheets.
Negatives, 1949	Box 20, F328

Venice, 1949, 2000s

Regatta--contact sheets, 1949	Box 21, F330
Photographed festival gathering of gondolas in Venice.
Regatta--negatives, 1949	Box 21, F331

Contact sheets and prints (original), 1949	Box 21, F332

Contact sheets (reprints), 2000s	Box 21, F333

Negatives, 1949	Box 21, F334

Sicily, 1949

Many Bissinger photographs of Sicily and its inhabitants featured in Flair.

Agrigento and Syracuse, 1949	Box 21, F335
Includes photographs of restoration of Greek temples and the temple ruins at Agrigento, and a series of photographs of folk singers from Syracuse. Includes cut-up contact sheets and several negatives.
Bagheria, 1949	Box 21, F336
Mainly architecture. Includes cut-up contact sheets.
Catania, 1949	Box 21, F337
Bissinger photographed at various locations in Catania, including the Borghese palace, and also photographed the Archbishop of Catania. Includes contact sheets and some negatives.
Catania's Opera dei Pupi , 1949	Box 21, F338
Photographed famed puppets of Catania. Includes cut-up contact sheets, negatives, and one print.
Monreale, 1949	Box 21, F339
Mainly photographs of the monastery, church, and harbor. Includes contact sheets.
Palermo, 1949	Box 21, F340
Mainly city scenes and architecture. Includes cut-up contact sheets.
Taormina, 1949	Box 21, F341
Photographed street scenes, views of Mt. Etna, and group of tarantella dancers in costume. Includes cut-up contact sheets, negatives, and one print.
Sicilian painter, 1949	Box 21, F342
Includes fragments of contact sheet of unnamed Sicilian painter.
Miscellaneous views and genre scenes, 1949	Box 21, F343
Includes contact sheets, negatives, and two prints.
Typescript captions for Sicilian personalities, 1949	Box 21, F344
Typescript captions prepared for Flair spread on Sicily. See Series IV.A. for individual portraits of Prince Belmonte, the Borghese family, Prince Cerami, Duke Misterbianco, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, and Aubrey Menen.

Mexico, undated	Box 22, F347
Two prints

Morocco, 1949

Flair Job 1. Appeared in February 1950, the first issue.

Fez, 1949	Box 22, F348
Includes cut-up contact sheets and negatives.
Marrakesh - Bahia Palace, 1949	Box 22, F349
The palace of the Sultan and Pasha. Mainly photographs of Sultan's and Pasha's dancers in the palace. Includes cut-up contact sheets, negatives, and one large-format color transparency.
Telouret, 1949	Box 22, F350
Mainly photographs of dancers. Includes cut-up contact sheets, negatives, and three prints.
Reserved Quarter, 1949	Box 22, F351
The Reserved Quarter in Moroccan cities is an area designated for prostitutes. Photographed the Reserved Quarters in Meknes, Marrakesh, and Fez. Includes cut-up contact sheets, negatives, and two prints.
Market and craft scenes, 1949	Box 22, F352
Photographs of tanning vats, dyers, barbers, and even a Moroccan "drugstore." Includes cut-up contact sheets and negatives.
Genre scenes, 1949	Box 22, F353
Photographs of landscapes, architecture, and street scenes. Includes cut-up contact sheets, negatives, and three prints.
Karl Bissinger and Patrick O'Higgins, 1949	Box 22, F354
Patrick O'Higgins was travel editor for Flair. Portraits of Bissinger and O'Higgins, photographed at the Bahia Palace and included in the first issue of Flair. Includes three large-format negatives and three contact prints.
Negative/Print envelopes, 1949	Box 22, F355
Empty envelopes with many handwritten notations about subject matter. Negatives had previously been removed for use in book project. See also Series V.B.

Spain, 1948

Flair Job 78. Bissinger combined his Flair trip by taking photographs for Harper's Bazaar assignment.

"Great Ladies of Madrid Society", 1948	Box 22, F356
Subjects include Marquesa de Llanzol, Marquesa de Apezteguia, Condesa de Velayos (Blanca de Borbon), and Marquesa de Casa Valdes. Photographed Madrid society women in Balenciaga dresses for September 1948 issue of Harper's Bazaar. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints. Also includes two tear sheets.
"A Tourist in Spain", 1948	Box 22, F357
Spanish gypsy caves of Granada, home of gypsy performer Lola Medina. Photographed in Granada for September 1948 issue of Harper's Bazaar. Includes negatives, contact sheets, prints, and tear sheet of article.
Bullfighters, 1948	Box 23, F358
Photographed at home and in bull ring. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Miscellaneous views and scenes, 1948	Box 23, F359
Photographed architecture, street scenes, and cityscapes. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints.

Subseries IV.C. Performance, 1950-2001

Bissinger photographed many different theatrical productions, theatre groups, and dance productions in New York and in Europe, even traveling with The Living Theatre during their European tour in the early 1960s. He ventured to Hollywood to serve as a cinematographer in the Jonas Mekas film, The Double Barrelled Detective Story, in 1964.

Bread and Puppet Theatre, circa 1960s
Politically radical puppet theater founded by Peter Schumann in 1962-1963 in New York City; moved to Vermont in 1970.
Contact sheets and prints, circa 1960s	Box 23, F360

Negatives, circa 1960s	Box 23, F361

Green Pastures , 1951	Box 23, F372
Photographed William Marshall in the role of God. Includes negatives and one print.
Theater - Miscellaneous productions, circa 1950-1970	Box 23, F373
Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints from several unidentified productions.
Judson Dancers, 1962-1964	Box 24, F374
Informal dance group at Judson Memorial Church. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints. Also include a flyer for the performance, featuring photograph by Bissinger.
Paul Taylor Dance Company, 1962	Box 24, F375
Photographed in Paris. Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Miscellaneous - Dance, circa 1960s	Box 24, F376
Includes negatives.

Living Theatre, 1962-2001

Experimental theatre group founded in 1947 by Judith Molina and Julian Beck.

Unless otherwise noted, photographs of Living Theatre productions were taken during the group's European tour.

The Connection , 1962, 2001	Box 23, F362
Play debuted in 1959 in New York. Includes negatives and two prints. Also includes a color photograph of Niles Anderson and Shanti Duraux, who performed in the 2001 revival.
Many Loves , 1962	Box 23, F363
Play debuted in 1959 in New York. Featuring Judith Malina and Joseph Chaikin. Includes one print.
The Jungle of Cities , 1962	Box 23, F364
Play debuted in 1960 in New York. Features Judith Malina, Julian Beck, and "Ahmed." Includes two prints.
The Apple , 1962	Box 23, F365
Play debuted in 1961 in New York. Cast included Marilyn Chris, James Earl Jones, Henry Proach, John A. Coe, and others. Includes prints of performance, and negatives of individual cast member portraits.
Man Is Man , 1962	Box 23, F366
Featuring Judith Malina and Joseph Chaikin. Includes four prints.
The Brig , 1963	Box 23, F367
Includes one negative, three contact sheets, and one print.

Open Theatre, 1966-1970

Experimental theatre group founded by Joseph Chaikin in 1963.

Soon Jack November , 1966	Box 23, F368
Play debuted at La Mama Experimental Theatre Club in New York. Includes negatives and one print. Also includes review from January 20, 1966, issue of The Village Voice with Bissinger photograph.
The Serpent , 1969-1970	Box 23, F369
Debuted at Public Theater in New York. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints. Also includes newspaper clipping from May 11, 1969, New York Times regarding the opening of the play, including uncredited Bissinger photograph.
Ubu Cocu , 1969	Box 23, F370
Performed during European tour in late 1969 and directed by Peter Feldman. Includes contact sheets and prints.

The Double Barrelled Detective Story , 1964

Film debuted in 1965.

Film directed by Jonas Mekas. Bissinger served as cinematographer for the movie and documented the entire shoot in photographs.

Contact sheets and prints, 1964

Part 1, 1964	Box 24, F377

Part 2, 1964	Box 24, F378

Part 3, 1964	Box 24, F379

Part 4, 1964	Box 24, F380

Part 5, 1964	Box 24, F381

Negatives, 1964

Bissinger numbered the negatives and kept them in order by week.

Week 1, 1964	Box 25, F382

Week 2, 1964	Box 25, F383

Week 3, 1964	Box 25, F384

Week 4, 1964	Box 25, F385

Week 5, 1964	Box 25, F386

Week 6, 1964	Box 25, F387

Week 7, 1964	Box 25, F388

Subseries IV.D. WRL and Peace Movement activities, 1964-2008

After joining the WRL, Bissinger photographed many of the marches, demonstrations, and conferences that he attended. A large number of these photographs and negatives were removed to Series V.E.

Cuba, 1968-1969	Box 25, F389
Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints. Traveled to Cuba via Mexico as part of group that included Susan Sherman, Jerome Rothenberg, and others. During visit, Bissinger photographed Fidel Castro as he addressed the people. See also Series I. for the journal Bissinger kept during this trip.
Protests and marches, 1970s	Box 25, F390
Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints. Also includes photographs of Bissinger participating in protests and marches.
People's Distribution Center, 1970s	Box 25, F391
Includes contact sheets and prints.
Draft counseling, circa 1964-1972	Box 25, F392
Photographs of Bissinger, along with Paul Zimmer (Open Theatre), Sandra Wolfe, writer Sybil Claiborne, Charles Freehoff, Steve Berkowitz, and Ann Mudge. Includes contact sheets and prints.
Miscellaneous activities, circa 1960-1981	Box 26, F393
Includes contact sheets and prints.
WRL Conference attendees (nude), undated	Box 26, F394
Includes negatives.

Subseries IV.E. School photographic projects, 1960-1968

Bissinger photographed at several schools in Manhattan for The Urban League and other organizations.

The Lighthouse, circa 1960s	Box 26, F395
School for vision-impaired children. Includes negatives, one contact sheet, and several prints.

Manhattan School for Seriously Disturbed Children, 1967-1968 [Box 26]

Bissinger participated in program of therapeutic photography instruction for the children. Included are contact sheets and prints, as well as a typescript carbon copy of January 1968 report on the program.

Contact sheets and prints, 1967-1968	Box 26, F396

Summer camp, 1967-1968	Box 26, F397
Includes negatives.
Field trips, 1967-1968	Box 26, F398
Includes negatives.
Indoor activities, 1967-1968	Box 26, F399
Includes negatives.
Playground and play time, 1967-1968	Box 26, F400
Includes negatives.

Subseries IV.F. Personal, 1947-2008

This subseries comprises images from Bissinger's personal life, including photographs and slides of him, his home, his partner Dick Hanley, his family and friends, and his vacations and trips both within the United States and abroad.

Karl Bissinger, 1947-2008	Box 26, F402
Includes negatives, contact sheets, color photographs, and black and white prints of Bissinger, taken by various people through his life.
Richard Hanley, 1947-1991	Box 26, F403
Includes negatives, contact sheets, color photographs, black and white prints, and several color slides of Bissinger's longtime partner, Dick Hanley. Includes one framed photograph taken in France.
Mike (Michael the Briard), circa 1966	Box 26, F404
Includes negatives, and December 1966 issue of The Dew Claw, published by The Briard Club of America.
Westbeth apartment and garden, 1950s-2008	Box 26, F405
Bissinger's home until his death in 2008. Includes negatives, color contact sheets, color photographs, black and white prints, and several color slides. Also includes tearsheets from two articles featuring Bissinger photographs of the apartment kitchen.
Family photographs, circa 1980-1999	Box 26, F406
Photographs from family trips to Sweden, Spain, and China/Japan. Includes color negatives, color photographs, and color contact sheets of his son, David Fechheimer, as well as David's wife, Dianne Roxas, and Bissinger's two grandsons, Zachary and Sam.
David's dogs, undated	Box 26, F407
Includes negatives, one contact sheet, and several slides of dogs belonging to Bissinger's son, David, taken during visit to San Francisco.
Bissinger Candy Store, St. Louis, MO, undated	Box 26, F408
Bissinger's family was in the candy business in Cincinnati. Includes negatives.
Stephanie "Stuffy" Chamberlin, 1959-1980	Box 26, F409
Sculptor living in Europe; goddaughter of Bissinger and Hanley Includes negatives and two color photographs.
Children of friends, 1956	Box 26, F410
Includes negatives, contact sheets, and one print. Series of pictures of Chris Chamberlin (Stephanie's brother) at Fire Island, and formal pictures of the Welle children.
Lucy Guillet, B.K. and Jacques, 1961	Box 26, F411
Includes negatives.
Friends--miscellaneous, circa 1941-2000	Box 26, F412
Includes negatives, prints, and color photographs by and from Bissinger's many friends.
Washington Square Church, circa 1960-1970	Box 26, F413
Includes negatives and prints.

Summer rentals, 1946-1985

For many years, Bissinger summered at rented houses on Long Island or in New England, often with friends.

Brookhaven (Hawkins Farm), circa 1950s	Box 27, F414
Located on Long Island. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Fire Island, circa 1946-1949	Box 27, F415
Friends included Johnny Nicholson, Babs Simpson, Sheri Martinelli, and Richard Avedon. Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Truro, Massachusetts	Box 27, F416
Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Maine, 1985	Box 27, F417
Includes color negatives.
Miscellaneous summer trips, 1950-1980	Box 27, F418
Includes assorted negatives and contact sheets.

Sailing trips

New York to the Florida Keys, undated	Box 27, F419
Marked as "Series #100." Includes numbered negatives and contact sheets.
Chesapeake Bay, undated	Box 27, F420
Marked as "Series #101." Includes negatives.
Miscellaneous sailing trips, circa 1960-1996	Box 27, F421
Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints of various sailing trips on several different vessels.

Personal travel

Baltimore, Maryland, 1950-1951	Box 27, F422
Includes negatives and fragments of contact sheet.
Southeast U.S. and the Caribbean, undated	Box 27, F423
Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Jamaica, undated	Box 27, F424
Includes negatives.
France, 1990	Box 27, F425
Includes color negatives and color contact sheets.
Italy, 1960s, 1990, 1995, 2003	Box 27, F426
Includes negatives, color negatives, color contact sheets, and prints.
Mexico, circa 1970s	Box 27, F427
Includes color negatives.
Morocco, 1989	Box 27, F428
Visited Paul Bowles and stayed in Jane Bowles's old apartment. Includes color negatives, color contact sheet, and a color photograph of Richard Hanley and Paul Bowles standing at a Phoenician grave near Tangiers.
Spain (Ibiza), late 1980s	Box 27, F429
Visited Stephanie Chamberlin ("Stuffy") in Ibiza, Spain. Includes color negatives and color contact sheets.
Miscellaneous trips, circa 1970-1985	Box 27, F430
Includes negatives and prints from trips to a variety of locations, including Crete.

Slides, circa 1950-2000

Slides are stored in original boxes, measuring 3 x 3 x .75 inches, unless otherwise noted.

Westbeth apartment, 1968-1976

Interiors, 1979	Box 28, F431
Two boxes of slides.
Garden, 1979	Box 28, F432
Three boxes of slides.

Mike (Michael the Briard), 1967	Box 28, F433
Four boxes of slides.
Vermont, 1963-1964	Box 28, F441
Two boxes of slides.
Bread and Puppet Theatre (Vermont), 1972-1981	Box 28, F442
Two boxes of slides.
Oregon, 1971	Box 28, F443
One box of slides.
Poplar Valley, 1969	Box 28, F444
One box of slides.
Puerto Rico, 1981	Box 28, F445
One box of slides.
Miscellaneous, 1962-1978	Box 28, F446
Six boxes of slides.
Brazil, 1971	Box 29, F447
Five boxes of slides.
California, 1965-1973	Box 29, F448
Ten boxes of slides.
England, 1972-1980	Box 29, F449
Five boxes of slides, with one labeled "Oxford," one labeled "Wales," and one labeled "England/Wales."
France, 1972-1980	Box 29, F450
Sixteen boxes of slides. One box, labeled "Sylvia Braverman," contains slides of her home in France, and one box is labeled "France-Venice."
Ireland, 1969-1972	Box 29, F451
Eleven boxes of slides. Includes one box measuring 4 x 2 x 2 inches.

Summer rentals and vacations, 1962-1981, undated

Brookhaven/Long Island, 1962-1978	Box 28, F434
Two box of slides.
Martha's Vineyard, 1972	Box 28, F435
Three boxes of slides.
New Hampshire, 1974	Box 28, F436
One box of slides.
Sailing trip, 1974	Box 28, F437
Two boxes of slides.
New England, 1975-1978	Box 28, F438
Two boxes of slides.
Maine, 1968	Box 28, F439
One box of slides.

Subseries IV.G. Miscellaneous, 1950-1970

This subseries includes photographs of a variety of places and genres, including architecture, street scenes and cityscapes, and landscapes, whose purpose is not specified. These are nearly all undated and many are not labeled.

Series 506, 1961	Box 31, F453
Includes negatives and photographs of unknown couple photographed in several locations.
Boston and Saratoga, undated	Box 31, F454
Includes negatives and contact sheet.
Cincinnati, undated	Box 31, F455
Includes negatives with view of city across the Ohio River.
Southampton, New York, undated	Box 31, F456
One negative and a fragments of contact sheets of the Belcastle estate pool house, designed by J. Edward Elliston in 1911.
Millbrook Estate, New York, 1966	Box 31, F457
Photographs taken during Timothy Leary's occupation of Millbrook. Includes contact sheets and one print.
Oregon commune, undated	Box 31, F458
Includes negatives.
New York City - Barnum Bailey Circus, circa 1950s	Box 31, F459
Includes negatives and contact sheets.
New York City - city scenes and views, circa 1950s	Box 31, F460
Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
New York City - architectural details, undated	Box 31, F461
Negatives for Anonymous Arts project to make photographic record of architectural ornamentation from demolished buildings.
Architecture, circa 1950s	Box 31, F462
Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Cemeteries and graveyards, undated	Box 31, F463
Includes negatives, contact sheets, and one print.
Experimental photography, circa 1950-1970	Box 31, F464
Includes negatives and contact sheets.
Fountains, undated	Box 31, F465
Includes negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
Motherwell exhibit, circa 1960s	Box 31, F466
Includes negatives and one contact sheet.
Voodoo (Susan Sherman), 1970	Box 31, F467
Includes color slides.
Unidentified locations, undated	Box 31, F468
Includes negatives and contact sheets.

Series V. Book projects, 1947-2008

Subseries V.A. The Voices of Marrakesh, 1949, 2000-2003

This subseries includes papers and images for Arion Press 2001 publication of translation of Elias Canetti's The Voices of Marrakesh, featuring photographs by Karl Bissinger.

Paperwork, 2000-2003	Box 31, F1
Includes correspondence, with Andrew Hoyem, offprints, photocopies, and prospectus from Arion Press.
Negatives, 1949	Box 31, F2
Original negatives from Bissinger's 1949 trip to Morocco.
Contact sheets and prints, 1949, circa 2001	Box 31, F3
Includes original contact sheets (cut apart into individual images) and modern prints.
Rejected images, circa 1949	Box 31, F4
Includes negative, large-format color negatives, and cut-up contact sheets.

Subseries V.B. The Luminous Years , circa 1947-2008

This subseries includes contracts, correspondence, papers, proposals, mock-ups and research materials for The Luminous Years: Portraits at Mid-Century by Karl Bissinger, edited by Catherine Johnson (H. Abrams, 2003). See individual entries in Series IV.A. for additional material, including negatives, contact sheets, and prints.

Harry Abrams, 2001-2005	Box 31, F5
Includes correspondence, contracts, and royalty statements.
Mock-up for proposed book, 2001	Box 31, F6
Contained in three-ring binder.
Binder with images from the book, circa 2003	Box 32, F7
Includes photographs, photocopies and tearsheets with images used in The Luminous Years.
Copy of book, 2003	Box 32, F8
This working copy of the book originally had contact sheets laid in (see Series V.B. F9), photocopies have been inserted.
Contact sheets, undated	Box 32, F9
Originally laid in the book (see Series V.B. F8.)
Photographs of Karl Bissinger and James Baldwin, undated	Box 32, F10

Catherine Johnson, 2000-2008	Box 32, F11
Photography historian and editor of The Luminous Years. Includes correspondence, memos, invoices, and other communications regarding the book project and sales of photographic prints.
Reviews and notices, 2003-2007	Box 32, F12
Numerous reviews of the book.
Exhibits, galleries, and photograph sales, 2001-2008	Box 32, F13

Aiken, Conrad Potter, 1889-1973, undated	Box 33, F14

Alexander, Cris, 1920-, 1947	Box 33, F15

Avedon, Doe, 1928-, 1947	Box 33, F16

Avedon, Richard, 1947	Box 33, F17

Baldwin, James, 1924-1987, 1947	Box 33, F18

Bankhead, Tallulah, 1902-1968, 1951	Box 33, F19

Bassman, Lillian, 1917-, 1948	Box 33, F20

Beaurepaire, André, undated	Box 33, F21

Bennett, Robert Russell, 1894-1981, 1949	Box 33, F22

Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959, circa 1948	Box 33, F23

Blitzstein, Mark, circa 1950	Box 33, F24

Bowles, Jane, 1917-1973, circa 1947	Box 33, F25

Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999, circa 1949	Box 33, F26

Boyer, Charles, 1899-1978, 1953	Box 33, F27

Brando, Marlon, 1948	Box 33, F28

Brennan, Maeve, circa 1948	Box 33, F29

Brown, Pamela, 1917-1975, 1947	Box 33, F30

Buka, Donald, undated	Box 33, F31

Capote, Truman, 1924-1984, 1948	Box 33, F32

Carmichael, Hoagy, 1899-1981, 1947	Box 33, F33

Carson, Mindy, circa 1950	Box 33, F34

Cela, Camilo Jose, circa 1955	Box 33, F35

Chaiken, Joseph, undated	Box 33, F36

Champion, Marge and Gower, circa 1951	Box 33, F37

Channing, Carol, 1949	Box 33, F38

Churchill, Sarah, 1914-1982, circa 1950s	Box 33, F39

Clift, Montgomery, 1948	Box 33, F40

Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963, 1948	Box 33, F41

Colette, 1873-1954, 1948	Box 33, F42

Cooper, Gary, 1901-1961, 1950	Box 33, F43

Coy, Walter, undated	Box 33, F44

Cozzens, James Gould, 1903-1978, circa 1950s	Box 33, F45

Crabtree, Paul, undated	Box 33, F46

Dall, John, 1918-1971, circa 1950	Box 33, F47

Davis, Lenya and George, 1951	Box 33, F48

De Liagre, Alfred, 1904-1987, 1947	Box 33, F49

De Mille, Agnes, 1947	Box 33, F50

Deste, Luli, 1950	Box 33, F51

Dorn, Philip, 1905-1975, undated	Box 33, F52

Duke and Duchess of Windsor, 1950	Box 33, F53

Ferrer, José, 1912-1992, circa 1950	Box 33, F54

Flanner, Janet, 1892-1978, circa 1950	Box 33, F55

Fontana Sisters, 1951	Box 33, F56

Ford, John, 1895-1973, 1950	Box 33, F57

Francine, Ann, undated	Box 33, F58

Gershe, Leonard, undated	Box 33, F59

Gill, Brendan, 1914-1997, circa 1950s	Box 33, F60

Goeritz, Mathias, 1915-1990, circa 1950s	Box 33, F61

Gordon, Ruth, 1896-1985, undated	Box 33, F62

Greco, Jose, circa 1951	Box 33, F63

Greco, Juliette, 1927-, 1948	Box 33, F64

Green Pastures , circa 1951	Box 33, F65

Gross, Chaim, 1951	Box 33, F66

Guinness, Alec, circa 1950	Box 33, F67

Hall, Juanita and Betta St. John, 1949	Box 33, F68

Harrison, Rex, 1948	Box 33, F69

Hayter, S. W. (Stanley William), 1901-1988, circa 1950s	Box 33, F70

Hepburn, Katherine, 1948	Box 33, F71

Holliday, Judy, circa 1947	Box 33, F72

Hunter, Kim, 1922-2002, 1948	Box 33, F73

Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963, circa 1950	Box 33, F74

Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986, circa 1950	Box 33, F75

Jeffries, Ann, undated	Box 33, F76

Jeffers, Robinson, 1950	Box 33, F77

Johnson, Buffie, 1949	Box 34, F78

Johnson, Celia, 1908-1982, circa 1950	Box 34, F79

Johnston, Denis, 1948	Box 34, F80

Kantor, Morris, 1896-1974, circa 1950s	Box 34, F81

Kay, Hershy, undated	Box 34, F82

Kell, Reginald, 1906-1981, undated	Box 34, F83

Keller, Greta, undated	Box 34, F84

Knoll, Florence, 1917-, 1950	Box 34, F85

Kruger, Otto, 1885-1974, undated	Box 34, F86

Lam, Wilfredo, 1948	Box 34, F87

Lean, David, 1908-1991, circa 1950	Box 34, F88

Lebroquy, Louis, undated	Box 34, F89

LeClercq, Tanaquil, 1950	Box 34, F90

Leigh, Dorian, 1917-2008, circa 1950s	Box 34, F91

Lenya, Lotte, 1951	Box 34, F92

Lewis, Edna, undated	Box 34, F93

Lewis, Jerry, 1926-, 1947	Box 34, F94

Lillie, Beatrice, 1894-1989, 1952	Box 34, F95

Lippman, Walter, 1889-1974, 1950	Box 34, F96

Lippold, Richard, 1915-, 1950	Box 34, F97

Magnani, Anna, 1908-1973, circa 1950s	Box 34, F98

Mainbocher, 1951	Box 34, F99

Marais, Jean, 1948	Box 34, F100

Martin, Dean, 1917-1995, 1947	Box 34, F101

Martinelli, Sheri, circa 1950s	Box 34, F102

McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967, circa 1950	Box 34, F103

McLean, Jackie, undated	Box 34, F104

McNeill, Donald, undated	Box 34, F105

Mekas, Jonas, 1922-, undated	Box 34, F106

Miller, Henry, 1891-1980, 1950	Box 34, F107

Mistinguett, 1951	Box 34, F108

Molnár, Ferenc, 1878-1952, circa 1950s	Box 34, F109

Monteleagro, Felicia, undated	Box 34, F110

Moore, Gar, undated	Box 34, F111

Morgan, Michèle, 1920-, circa 1950	Box 34, F112

Mouloudgi, Marcel, 1948	Box 34, F113

Mulzac, Captain Hugh, undated	Box 34, F114

Neal, Patricia, 1947	Box 34, F115

Nicholson, Johnny, circa 1950s	Box 34, F116

Oppenheimer, Robert, 1904-1967, undated	Box 34, F117

Orlando, Vittorio, 1949	Box 34, F118

Owens, Charles, 1947	Box 34, F119

Parrish, Sister, 1950	Box 34, F120

Pearson, Beatrice, 1920-, 1947	Box 34, F121

Peireram, Irene Rice, undated	Box 34, F122

Picon, Molly, 1898-, circa 1950	Box 34, F123

Pinza, Ezio, 1949	Box 34, F124

Potter, Claire, circa 1950s	Box 34, F125

Prince, William, circa 1950s	Box 34, F126

Redman, Joyce, 1918-, 1948	Box 34, F127

Renoir, Jean, 1894-1979, 1950	Box 34, F128

Roosevelt, Theodora, 1948	Box 34, F129

Shubert, Lee, 1873?-1953, circa 1950s	Box 34, F130

Soyer, Raphael, 1899-1987, circa 1949	Box 34, F131

Steinberg, Saul, 1950	Box 34, F132

Stern, Isaac, 1920-2001, circa 1954	Box 34, F133

Sterne, Hedda, circa late 1940s	Box 34, F134

Straight, Beatrice, undated	Box 34, F135

Sundstrom, Arnold, undated	Box 34, F136

Tamayo, Rufino, 1899-1991, circa 1952	Box 34, F137

Touret, Jenny, 1950	Box 34, F138

Truffaut, François, circa 1950s	Box 34, F139

Ustinov, Peter, 1953	Box 34, F140

Varda, Agnès, 1928-, undated	Box 34, F141

Vargas, Manolo, 1907-1970, 1950	Box 34, F142

Vidal, Gore (with group), 1949	Box 34, F143

Vogue Sittings, circa 1950s	Box 34, F144

Von Sternberg, Josef, circa 1950s	Box 34, F145

Wannamaker, Sam, circa 1950s	Box 34, F146

Wayne, John, 1907-1979, 1950	Box 34, F147

Webb, Clifton, 1893-1966, 1947	Box 34, F148

Weber, Max, 1950	Box 34, F149

Welch, Mary, circa 1950s	Box 34, F150

Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983, 1948	Box 34, F151

Miscellaneous book-related material, 2001	Box 34, F152

Subseries V.C. Haiti project, 2003

Haiti project, 2003	Box 32, F153
Includes correspondence, photocopies, and negatives for proposed book of Bissinger photographs of Haiti.

Subseries V.D. Jeanne Owens: Pictorial Biography , 1986 and 1998

This subseries comprises material related to the second Xerox printing in 1998 of Jeanne Owens: Pictorial Biography, compiled and originally published in 1986 by Susanna Cuyler (Highland Park, N.J. : B. Rugged Press). Jeanne (Laupheimer) Owens was a championship swimmer, classmate of Karl Bissinger's at the Art Students League, and bohemian friend who frequented Fire Island with Bissinger and others. The publication includes reproduced photographs from Owens's personal papers and reminiscences from friends, including Karl Bissinger.

Material from Susanna Cuyler, 1986	Box 32, F154

Videocassette recording of images from the book, 1998	mss0682_vhs_0005
Removed to SPEC media videocassettes

Subseries V.E. Catherine Johnson potential projects, undated

The contact sheets and negatives found in this subseries were created by Catherine Johnson from photographs taken by Bissinger.

Europe, undated	Box 35, F155

Marches, demonstrations, theater performances, Westbeth and New York, undated	Box 35, F156

People, New York "4-68", undated	Box 35, F157

People, New York "69-108", undated	Box 35, F158

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