Resources

In addition to Fisk University, O’Keeffe gifted portions of Alfred Stieglitz’s collection to five other institutions:  The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Library of Congress, the National Gallery of Art, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Later she gave her correspondence to Yale University, along with photographs and artworks.

Sources for Additional Information about Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O’Keeffe:

The Crystal Bridges Library
Our library has dozens of books about Stieglitz, O’Keeffe, and the artists who comprised their circle. The Library’s holdings also include various ephemera related to Stieglitz’s life and career, and access to subscription services and online resources for further research.  Please search the library catalog online, or come up and browse. Our librarians are eager to assist you in your search!

The Alfred Stieglitz / Georgia O’Keeffe Archive:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Archive, Yale University
Photographs, paintings and drawings, letters, and ephemera documenting the lives and careers of Stieglitz and O’Keeffe.
http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/collections/highlights/alfred-stieglitzgeorgia-okeeffe-archive

The Gift: The Alfred Steiglitz Collection at Fisk University
This website features video interviews with key Fisk University staff members and administrators regarding the value and impact of Georgia O’Keeffe’s gift to Fisk and its students. Excerpted from a full-length video about the Stieglitz Collection, produced by Fisk University.
http://www.wnpt.org/productions/thegift/theprogram.html

Alfred Stieglitz – PBS American Masters series
This website, built to accompany the PBS film The Eloquent Eye, includes a feature essay, timeline of Stieglitz’s career, additional interviews not included in the final film, and an interview with the filmmaker, Perry Miller Adato, who also produced an hour-long documentary on Georgia O’Keeffe (also included in the American Masters series).
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/stieglitz_a.html

Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico
The museum’s website offers information about O’Keeffe and a browsable online collection of the artist’s correspondence with Alfred Stieglitz and others.
http://www.okeeffemuseum.org/

Alfred Stiegtliz and His Circle, Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The site provides an overview of Stieglitz’s career, select images from his collection, and links to related timelines and essays.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/stgl/hd_stgl.htm

Modern Art and America: Alfred Stieglitz and his New York Galleries,
National Gallery of Art
A digital version of the brochure accompanying this temporary exhibition, featuring images from the National Gallery’s Stieglitz Collection, and overviews of the artists and exhibitions featured in each of Stieglitz’s galleries.
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/modart_1.shtm

Information about Fisk University:

A timeline and brief history of Fisk University
http://www.fisk.edu/about/history

Carl Van Vechten Gallery
Hours and information about the gallery, as well as information about the Stieglitz and other collections in Fisk University’s permanent holdings.
http://www.fisk.edu/services-resources/fisk-university-galleries/the-carl-van-vechten-gallery