Box 5: Ken Proper Photographic Materials, 1910s - 1970s
Abstract
Box includes photographic materials from Ken Proper in several different folders:
Miscellaneous, unorganized photographs from around the world, including Taiwan and Europe
Historic glass plate negatives of people outdoors in American West style garb
One historic tintype portrait of a man in formal wear
Misc. photographs of unidentified people engaging in American west activities such as horseback riding
Photographs of Portia and her sister on a tour of western Europe from around 1910
Photographs of a trip Perry, Mansfield, and possibly Smith took to Bangkok in 1964
Photographs of a trip Perry took to Mexico city, presumably in the 1970s
Photographic negatives of an unknown family
Four folders of empty photo sleeves annotated with numbers and subjects, some of which were involved with the dance camp
Seventeen folders of postcards from unidentified countries, Austria, Britain, Cambodia, China, Egypt, France, Greece, Haiti, Italy, Japan (including the only card sent as a letter to the Perry-Mansfield-Smith household), Mexico, Portugal, Spain, Thailand, and the U.S. and Puerto Rico.
Dates
- 1910s - 1970s
Extent
1 Items
Scope and Contents
This collection materials related to the Perry-Mansfield Dance Camp along with personal papers of Charlotte Perry, Portia Mansfield, and Ingrid Wekerle. Camp materials include administrative papers, teaching materials, scripts, production notes, props, publicity, outreach, clippings, artwork, photographs, photo albums, scrapbooks, tapes, and more. Personal papers include family records; correspondence; research; legal documents; memorials for Perry, Mansfield, and Smith; a map of the Rocky Mountain National Park; and photos taken by Ken Proper.
This collection can be added to in the future.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository