DMH Spotlight - A miscellany of tributes for DMH Back

See DMH's first résumé here....

Arnold Newman Topps Chewing Gum card © 1975 Mike Mandel


In preparation for the placing of the Diana Mara Henry photo archive of approximately 100,000 images and related wealth of memorabilia, ephemera and documentation of the liberal personalities and events she photographed in the last third of the 20th century, herewith the beginnings of some tributes over the years to her activities....
 

In 2000, The University of Texas, Library of American History, was ready to accession all of DMH works.

It was an honor.

 

On Nov 19, 2005, at 12:53 PM, Joyce Follet wrote:

Dear Diana,

What important work
you've done in documenting women's activism, and it's wonderful that
you are committed to seeing that it is preserved and available for
future generations.

Best,
Joyce

Joyce Follet
Coordinator of Collection Development
Sophia Smith Collection
Neilson Library
Smith College
Northampton, MA 01063


This page about her photography. Another page about Diana Mara Henry's related or other activities....

On 3/5/12, Grant Hayter-Menzies <grantmenzies@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Ms. Henry,

I am writing a biography of Lillian Carter, with the cooperation and
assistance of Jimmy Carter and his family. I have long admired the
photographs you shot of Lillian the night of the 1976 election. They are
among the most sensitive portraits of Lillian anyone ever captured. I
would like very much to talk to you about that night, if you would be
interested in remembering it for me.

All best regards -

Grant

--
Grant Hayter-Menzies
http://redroom.com/member/grant-hayter-menzies

 and later:

Dear Diana,

I am so thrilled to find your emails this morning and to see the sites you attached. Any of these stories would be a biographer/historian's dream project - which, as you can imagine, Lillian's biography is to me. You can see from my work that I specialize in strong but under-appreciated women, and Lillian certainly is that. She and her family early on got pegged to stereotypes and few who've written about her can get past that to reconstitute the whole person. I hope to redress that imbalance!

(At the train station, Plains, GA, Election night, 1976 - Ms. Lillian hears her son will be President)

"I've seen your photographs of election night in various publications over the years; finding your web site gave me a window not just into the events of that night but into your experience of them. I would love to hear what it was like, from the perspective of a woman and an artist who captured those insights into Lillian at such a critical time in her long life."

Grant Hayter-Menzies
http://redroom.com/member/grant-hayter-menzies

 

Jane De Hart and Linda Kerber's Women's America, published by Oxford University Press, in its first edition with DMh photo on the cover, has gone through 6 editions, each with DMH photo. Thank you, friends!

 

 


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