Strand, Paul-Chronological sequence from letters

1916
Aug. 28,1916--Twin Lakes, Conn.
Form letter req. prints-ask Stieglitz whether he's connected with it or not; if so he would submit prints-

1917
July, 3, 1917--New Canaan
Writing to Hartley

1918
Mar. 12, 1918--Thanks Stieglitz for news about the print-Until yesterday too miserable to care-Dr. tho't he was on the verge of pneumonia
Mr. L. really wanted the Wheel.
Mar. 28, 1918--Living at 314 W. 83rd. St.,N.Y.
Will-Stieglitz as executor
May 29,1918--Letter not signed-Waring, Texas
Leah-health. Zeller-sheriff-G. sick-G. painting a picture of
Brack. Sybil and Lucy may come out
Brack goes back tomorrow-G. might go to N.Y. Leah feels she will
come back South

June 8, 1918--Charlotte, N. C.
Tel. to Stieglitz-"will arrive Sunday 7:13

Sept. 4, 1918--Lynchburg, Va.
P.C. on way to Camp Greenleaf-Lytle, Georgia

Sept. 14, 1918--(Friday)
Over a week at Camp Greenleaf. Physical exam. put him in
A class. full military service. Before leaving N.Y. tel. a
Lt. Gregory-Schl. of photog. Columbia. Met Kuttner on way
down. In detention now, and then will be sent to replacement.
This is a medical division on account of his photog. expects
to be shifted to aviation. Address

Co. 22 Battalion 15
Camp Greenleaf
Lytle, Georgia

Oct. 9, 1918--(Wednesday)
Just learned his application for transfer to signal corp.
Columbia School of Photog. was denied-just because War Dept.
won't bother with transfers; therefore means X-rays for
Strand in Medical corp.
Ask Stieglitz if he knows anyone in Wash. or Columbia
New address

Company 1 Battalion 1
Replacement Group
Camp Greenleaf, Georgia

"Camera Work" has been much admired

1918

Oct. 22, 1918--Tuesday-c/o the Armory, Rochester, Minn.

Sent up with 19 men for special medical training at the Mayo clinic. An assignment considered more than fortunate- 6 weeks course in every kind of hospital work. Hardest job taking care of a doctor who went crazy after having influenza. Hard going for 5-6 hours until got him in sttaight jacket "outside of punch in nose and spitting" did them no harm.

Record of Norman Beal-the doctor who went insane.

Nov. 3, 1918--Saturday

Has seen all kinds of operations-cancer-brain-kidney-hernia-bone grafting and operations for infantile paralysis Would like to go overseas.

Letter from Lonquist, the pianist telling Strand that he is going overseas and is upset.

Another letter from Lt. Carl Gregory at Columbia with another blank to fill out and the assurance that if my qualifications were sufficient they would request my transfer-Ask Stieglitz to write to Gregory a statement of Strand's capabilities and that be attached to form which Strand has just sent to Gregory.

Nov. 25, 1918--Sunday

One week from tomorrow leave here for X-ray dept. very different -for exposures etc. than regular photog. Have been showing Camera Works to nurses and doctors. Has old graflex without reversible back. Making a vertical picture virtually impossible.

1919

Jan. 24, 1919--Pavilion C, Hospital 29-Fort Snelling, Minn.

In bed with pleurisy-very ill-nurses-orderlies etc. Father and Mother came right out to see him-Major Silver had sent them word. Strand very ill, but not in danger. Major Silver has promised to recommend Strand for 30 day furlough-Hopes to get up today-His family will wait and travel back to N.Y. with him.

Feb. 1, 1919--

Leaving for N.Y. Mon. eve.

Feb. 6, 1919--

Mother critically ill in hospital with pneumonia, and heart not good-Father coming out.

April 16, 1919--Tuesday

Everyone speaking of discharge-Camera Works his mate sent for from Wanamaker's " 2 modern art numbers-a Hill, Eugene, Annan, DeMeyer and Stieglitz no. 36.

July 27, 1919

He has signed his discharge. Must get his Aunt to the mountains.

Aug. 9, 1919

Back in N.Y.-alone His father and Aunt gone to Bayshore N.Y.-summer dullness Harold still here-met him at train-Herbert doing good work for the advancement of the negro people-writing fot the Nation and N. Rep. Readjusting unpleasant. Still planning to take Aunt to the Mts. Mrs. Shreve-White and his assoc. Trying to get lens 8 x 10 outfit-has a 16" rectilinear on trial

Aug. 9, 1919

Letter to Mrs. Shreve

1919

Aug. 9, 1919

Letter to Mrs. Shreve. Evidently Mrs. Shreve asked Strand to contribute to "Pictorial Workers"-he is not in sympathy with either leadership or values of it. Feels the values he recognizes to be found in only 2 men's work-Charles Sheeler of Phila., and Alfred Stieglitz of N.Y. Does not feel photog. repres. by Pict. Worker can come up to Hill, Cameron, early works of White, Kasebier and DeMeyer

Aug. 29, 1919-Quebec

His Aunt and Mrs. Greengard came up a week ago for vacation. Camp is situated on Lake Memphremagog about 20 miles from Newport, Vt. Enjoy country dances-have fascinating names such as-"Honest John"
Hull's Victory
Charels Jig
Portland Fancy"--Expect to return about Sept. 15th via Lake George~depends on how long ladies want to stay.

Oct. 8, 1919--

Have found a real Carl Zeiss, Jean Protar 9"-14" and 16" foci-cost $80. Haven't had a chance to print yet.

Oct. 22, 1919-Thursday

Been photographing for 4 days trying out Protar on some still lifes-1st since those in Camera Works-used portrait film- have gotten quality and a plasticity which earlier things never had. Camera broke-ask Stieglitz for name of his repair man. Has some Palladio prints 3 or 4 out of 2 dozen that are extraordinarily fine. Biochromate makes a great difference. Davidson called him about a Mrs. Sheridan

1920

Aug. 3, 1921-Wednesday

Stieglitz so Seligman says has been having Stomach trouble-also Georgia's eyes are bothering her.
Frank Presby Co.-man in this advertising agency interested Strand in slow motion picture to be used in showing and analysing athletic form. Strand spoke to Sheeler and made in-quiry about such a camera and one was due in this country from France price $13,000-they got option on it. Talking to Mr. Presbrey about this he proposed Sheeler and Strand try this out West-until-Aug.-29th-se-we-are-bloeked and get a backing from Spalding. Head of latter out West until Aug. 29th "so we are blocked." Feels it has immense possibilities. In fact educ. side of movies has not been scratched. Athletic phase esp. interests Strand and wants Stieglitz opinion. Strand now has many lenses- a Darlot lens and an Aplanat-cost $25. Received Museum bulletin. Feels the Pach's, Craven's and McBrides are stupid and dead. Beck(his wife) is feeling fine now. Baasch has been ill over a month-stomach and fever

1921

Aug. 5, 1921

Beck has month's vacation Sept. 1 wondered about vac. Lake George? She would appreciate any information from Stieglitz. Herbert war married today-Happy about it.

Nov. 18, 1921-Tuesday

Thanks for Photo Miniature-Review very good.

1922

July 4, 1922-Saturday-Address-314 West 83rd. St.
Raining-Beck drawing iris-Strand thinking about Stieglitz question in regard to cataloguing Camera Work. Has acquired the Akeley and made the pictures of the wedding. Last Sun. Baasch and wife were here-photographed each other. Dr. Kraus and he to play tennis, but it rained. Couldn't buy firecrackers for Beck. Marin looks great-Dove too-Herbert collection. Brancusi. Georgia's apples are lovely-Greetings to the Englehards

July 11, 1922-
Stein-Churchill and his wife. Father in Maine fishing for bass out of Belgrade Lake's-Aunt and cousin left for place at Ogonquit. No movie jobs but possible ones. Dr. Wallace wants to do some orthopedic pictures-Dr. Miller TB pictures. Saw one of the men at Heye Museum of American Indian about possibility of recording Indian life. Hear wedding is photographically good.

July 14, 1922-
Looks as tho would have a movie job-Selznick News-at 3:27 we leave for Mamareneck

July 25, 1922-314 West 83rd St.
Beck shortening sleeves on 4 new shirts $1.45 each-Job he wrote about in preceding letter did not materialize. Churchill took 4 prints. Hopeful of pictures of Mrs. C.
Loeb doesn't do as good work as Strand wants-remuneration $10 per photo and 1 cent a word. P. Rosenfeld done an article on Hartley-he is the only critic and feels he's done his best on Hartley article. Enclosing Lippman's letter. Rec'd head rest-Croce book-Aaron's Rod. Enclose check for Dove drawing.

Aug. 5, 1922
Leaving for weekend for Westport to visit Rosenfelds in their new house. Rec'd Stieglitz letter with Bleummer's contrib. Craven and Bloch-Jobs few-Have photog. little-spends time trying to make contacts-one neg. of the Brancusi and negro lady

Aug. 14, 1922
Weather humid-has cold-not going to the beach. At Club in A.M. to develop neg. made Sat. photographs of the Akeley-used mixture of daylight and 500 watt nitrogen bulb-half hour exposures-result 4 very beautiful neg. Eve. developed again several proofs of hands. Called up Archival and learned that your Camera is fixed and will be shipped back today. Contrib. for Mss coming in-one from Miller-one from Waldo-Wrote to Ornestein Rosenfeld has spoken to Anderson who is in N. Y. somewhere writing. Nice Beck can go to Lake G. and that she can stay with Stieglitz until she finds accomodations.

Sept. 14, 1922
Have not written Foggi

Dec. 18, 1922
Letter to Stieglitz from Wm. M. Fisher

1923

Jan. 1, 1923

Ref. to Egyptian jewels that they saw yesterday dating same time B. C.-idea of progress

Fisher sent books to be forearded to Stieglitz delayed because of Xmas rush-Strand wouldn't let Beck take Camera Work into bath tub.

June 28, 1923

Speaks of Broughton whose article appeared June 20th Beck returned from visit to Lake George with glowing pleasure.

Her trip back was awful-she was misinformed about trains.

Letter from Watson-the Dial. Not worth effort to reply-Good head of Stieglitz-Strand took and feels is remarkable.

Butler was quite enthusiastic about the pictures and said he would approach.Sinclair at once-so is in hopes he has struck something that will mean a living.

Zeo cleaned up again on Sat. as an added starter and is slated to run this Sat. at Latonia. Strand doesn't see how he can cover Latonia altho he feels Sinclair if interested would want it.

Strand on to N. Y. Yacht club to see if a chance to film their cruise in Aug.

June 22, 1923

TL-copy

Letter to Strand from Sheeler

June 25, 1923

TL not signed but undoubtedly by Strand to Sheeler

June 25, 1923

TL. not signed to editor of Sun and Globe regarding platinum paper because of its permanence

June 28, 1923--Thursday

Letter published last night-"291" in their blood.

July 9, 1923

Archimal-lens were not sent. Sinclair's arrival in Moscow

Silence from Butler-Watson-Sheeler and N.Y. Yacht club

Speaks of pictures of 2 Marins, my father's and one that Of sent-look well together

Brancusi between the Marins-fine to live with these things

July 20, 1923--Thursday

White lecture

Silence ref. to in preceding letter broken by Butler who spoke to Hildreth who said he would like to see the pictures.

Butler was going to intro. Strand to Hildreth at the race track, but H. had gone home. 2 days later Butler told Strand that Hildreth had gone to Saratoga because some of his horses were sick, but he would return-Strand was to check with Butler every few days, but silence again. Showed his letter which had appeared in the Sun to Moses Joy-latter cut it out and sent to Eastman(ref. to the platinum paper) Wanted new prints of the Akeley.

First prints of Stieglitz portraits made on humid day were better more life than those made on dry day. Beck maybe looking for new job if Dr. Kraus goes to Europe for a year.

Nov. 27, 1923--Monday

Writing this on his way to Richmond, Va.-Small job on an industrial picture(1st part finished a month ago.) It has to do with laying of water pipe, and this part a process for cleaning it. Last Fri. to Yale-Harvard game at Boston-pouring rain all day on my lenses; in my finder...Strand went for Pathe-Went to Latonia orders of Sinclair-to Louisville-has 2000 ft. of pictures-Seligman called for date of Inter. Show

He is getting ready to review Cortizzo's book-

1924

Feb. 26, 1924--Briarcliff Manor, N. Y.
P.C.

June 26, 1924-Tuesday
Going to Lake George Thurs.

Aug. 4, 1924--Friday-Aunt died-funeral ...
Beck inherits from Aunt's will-also Strand's his father and
Emily Opfer remembered

Sept. 17, 1924-Wednesday
Camera returned to Stieglitz-Beck's water colors took a week
Strand took pictures of the Firpo-Wills fight. Worked 3
days at Belmont Park making race materials. Going to the
hospital in Jersey City to get an idea of what to photog.
In addition there is Princeton-wants to sell them idea of
slow motion analysis for football. White asked him to contrib.
a print or w for Paris-decided not to-feels annoyed that people
approach White for repres. Amer. photog. rather than Stieglitz

1925

July 19, 1925--Saturday-Ithaca, N. Y.
Am leaving tonight for N.Y. After a week's work on a Boy's
Club Picture-the Rockefeller organ, expect to continue and
finish it in Sept.

Clarence White died-Mexico city-heart attack. Just finished
reading Norman Douglas "South Wind."

Sept. 4, 1925--Friday
Back in N.Y.-hot and muggy-Weeks in Maine were fine. Found
knapsack in Bath which held 8 x 10, all lenses and 5 plates
holders-Hotel let him use bathroom for dark room. Enjoyed
Lachaise and Madame-Rec'd disbursement from Aunt's estate
so can pay debts-$450 for the Hartley-and 50 for contrib. to
303.

Sept. 28, 1925
Back in Ithaca, N. Y. again-Completing picture started last
July-have been there a week and expect to start back to N. Y.
tomorrow afternoon. Marin-thin but better-Feels he will do
some good things if he has no relapse. Have read Anderson's
book.

1926

July 26, 1926--Friday
Ref. to Stieglitz illness-Beck went to So. Norwalk to the
Lederman's-Not Strand, wasn't in the mood. Not too much
pep after work at Princeton and Jaundice. Saw Marin on
Sun. Lachaise had brought Werner, the man who wrote
"Barnum and Brigham Young." Werner very shy. One picture
of Marin's esp. magnificent.

Aug. 13, 1926--Estes Park, Colo.
Less than 2 weeks since left N. Y.-last letter dated July
Feel this is Marin's country-the variety is infinite. Ref.
to Beck being ill result of her 2 brothers.

Sept. 20, 1926--Taos
A week and are on way back to N.Y. after a great 3 mos.
Beck in good shape-stopped in Denver at Mesa Verde had dark
room in cellar of the hotel-A beautiful Hartley in the
Santa Fe Museum-good to see Paul-Kreymborgs, Dasburgs--
Mrs. Luhan more than kind to Strands-let them live in one of
her houses. May work at Princeton on the 2nd.

1928

July 26, 1928--Five Islands, Maine

Harold Clurman-Lachaise bought copy of N.R. in Bath. Ref.
to comment Stieglitz made re. letter in N.R.

Spent a day with Marin at Small Point. Lachaises, Marins et al
1½ spent day with Strands at beach.

Went to York beach at Paul R's. invitation. Hartley due at
Lachaises. Had to send to N.Y. for new diaphragm. Lachaise
started a larger than life size figure of a woman. Will sculpture
man next.

Aug. 30, 1928--

Not having heard from Stieglitz in over three weeks, they are
apprehensive that Stieglitz finger is still torturing him.
Lachaise suffering whole month with carbuncle on his leg-a
month late in ret. to N.Y. to complete Iselin figure.

Oct. 3, 1928-Five Islands-Maine

Distressed over Stieglitz illness at Lake George

Sept. 10, 1928--Polyanna Lodge-Five Islands, Maine

Stieglitz' ginger better. Paul and Toomer stay fine.

Showed proofs to Paul and he later wrote for the first time no
"sense of unrelieved strain"-now had a vigor of their own-
Hartley is an introvert according to Strand-

Probably stay in Maine thru 1st week in Oct. then home by
way of Quebec. Has always liked Haviland's photog. in
Camera Work-Strand would like to know him.

Oct. 30, 1928-Back in N.Y.

Busy-Maine seems far away-Last week Princeton work started

Marin and he 1st eve. of billiards. Quite a set to with
Holliday-

1929

Jan. 21, 1929-P.C. Jack Strand from Nice (Father of P. Strand)

Oct. 3, 1929-Sunday

Was in Princeton yesterday. Mrs. Norman phoned that they
would give $1000 per yr. for three years-this brings total
pledged to $16, 500 and so guarantees the rent in full.

Father just getting by-(probably ref. to Stock crash of 29)

Mrs. Norman and Strand looking for new location of a gallery.

Marin busy with his frames-Reinhardt has a large French show
centered around a Rousseau-2 Bracques which are nice.

Aug. 27, 1930-Taos

The benefit-Santo Domingo dance

Marin poster went for $71

Oct. 16, 1930-31, West 83rd St.

Had to be in Princeton Sat. 25th photo. football game.

A Marin exhibition being arr. at this time.

1931

June 18, 1931--Thursday-N. Y.

Took pictures of Academic procession at Princeton-$100
for Strand. Lindbergh given degree and Strand got close up
of him. Kootz wanted to borrow prints from owners-Strand
said no since they would not reproduce well nor be really
representative. Strand told Kootz any book without

Stieglitz work would be absurd and one more misrepresentation
of photography. Marin and he played billiards-Marin's
plans for the summer July and Aug. in Maine.

Aug. 22, 1931-Taos

1931

Aug. 22, 1931--Taos

Indian story of gold hidden at Cuesta. Beck working very
hard. Strand feels his own work better-simpler and more
direct. New graphlex just what he needed. Likes extra
fast panchromatic film-faster than Eastman and less inclined
to fog-Edimol developer likes very much

Sept. 13, 1931-Taos

Asks Stieglitz if he is going to allow Kootz to reproduce from
prints in the museums. Englehards on way to Canada.

Fall beginning altho aspens still green. May stay until
Oct. First football game is not until 24th.

Sept. 23, 1931-Taos

Stieglitz must have refused Kootz-Strand is pleased since he
felt there was no real integrity as far as photog. went.

Aug. 28, 1931--TL from Kootz to Strand

Sept. 11, 1931--TL from Strand to Kootz giving his viewpoint of photog.

1933

Feb. 5, 1933-Mexico

Art exhibit fostered by Chavez-the invitation to show his work
actually came from Bassols (close friend of Calles)

Difficulties encountered in hanging pictures in room provided
Only brought 54 prints with him-Marsden helped him hang pic.

Artists are all employed by the gov't.

Hartley has painted a picture about Hart Crane and his death.

Hopes it will stimulate Mrs. Halpert.

1935

Oct. 9, 1935-Hardin, Montana

Has been to Russia brief stop in England and Ireland.

Visa to work in Russia was refused. Steiner and Hurwitz
invited Strand to work with them as a film group. Should
be back early in No.-Leaving tonight for Dalhart, Texas.