Rodger Birt papers
name: label: Creator
content: Birt, Rodger C.
label: Names
content: Van Der Zee, James, 1886-1983
topic: label: Occupation
content: Photographers -- California -- San Francisco
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- California -- San Francisco
label: Topic
content: African American artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated in 2025 by Rodger Birt.
creator: label: Creator
content: Birt, Rodger C.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Rodger Birt (1940-) is an educator and photographer in San Francisco, Calif., Oakland, Califorina, Beirut, Lebanon, and London, England.­ Birt specializes in the history of African American photography, with a special interest in James VanDerZee.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.6 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1940-2024
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.birtrodg
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of photographer and educator Rodger Birt (1940- ) measure 2.6 linear feet and date from circa 1940-2024. Included is biographical material, interview transcripts, personal correspondence with family members and friends and professional correspondence with museums and Karl Kopp, writings, teaching files, printed material, scrapbooks and photographs by Birt. Also included is a sketch by Roberta Tsang.