Bruce Mondschain photographs
odd: label: Shared Stewardship of Collections
content: The Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage acknowledges and respects the right of artists, performers, Folklife Festival participants, community-based scholars, and knowledge-keepers to collaboratively steward representations of themselves and their intangible cultural heritage in media produced, curated, and distributed by the Center. Making this collection accessible to the public is an ongoing process grounded in the Center's commitment to connecting living people and cultures to the materials this collection represents. To view the Center's full shared stewardship policy, which defines our protocols for addressing collections-related inquiries and concerns, please visit https://doi.org/10.25573/data.21771155.
name: label: Creator
content: Mondschain, Bruce
label: Names
content: Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014
creator: label: Creator
content: Mondschain, Bruce
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Bruce Mondschain Photographs compiled by Illinois-based photographer Bruce Mondschain are a collection of 5 photographs of Pete Seeger taken at his home in Beacon, NY, on November 3, 2005.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Bruce Mondschain has been an active photographer in the Chicago area for over 30 years. His work focuses on portraiture and fine arts figure study.

In the fall of 2005, Mondschain was invited to photograph folk singer Pete Seeger at his home in Beacon, NY after writing him a fan letter. 
Mondschain and his wife Ellen donated five of the photographs to the Center of Folklife and Cultural Heritage in 2008.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 10 Digital images (5 shots; each shot has a sepia-toned version and a black and white version. )
label: Extent
content: 10 Photographic prints (5 shots; each shot has a sepia-toned print and a black and white print.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2005 November 3
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Photographs donated by the photographer and his wife, Ellen Mondschain, March 21, 2008.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Identifier
content: CFCH.MOND
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Digital images
label: Type
content: Photographic prints
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: Digital files are maintained in the Smithsonian's Digital Asset Management System.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Born digital photographs and prints were processed by archivist Stephanie Smith in 2008.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Digital images
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographic prints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Bruce Mondschain Photographs are a collection of 5 born digital photographs and corresponding photographic prints of Pete Seeger taken at his home in Beacon, NY, on November 3, 2005. Each photograph (prints and digital files) has a sepia and a black-and-white toned version as prepared by the photographer. The shots include close-up portraits of Seeger, and close-up shots of his hands playing his banjo.