Mary Wood Forman Photograph Collection
Scope and Content
The collection contains black and white and color images in addition to contact sheets and some negatives. A portion of the images have been mounted and some are signed.
Dates
- undated
Access
The collection is open and available for research.
Restrictions on Use
Permission to publish from these Papers must be obtained in writing from both the University of Connecticut Libraries and the owner(s) of the copyright.
Biography
Mary Wood Forman was born on 17 November 1918 in Mussoorie, India, where her parents served as Presbyterian missionaries. Her family moved in 1923 to Columbus, Ohio. Forman graduated from Ohio State University in 1940 and received a Masters degree in Social Work from Western Reserve University in 1944. After several years abroad and in New York City, Forman moved to Hartford, Connecticut, in 1956. It was here that she developed her interest in photography. A significant number of her images were published in the Hartford Courant. Her favorite photographic subjects in Hartford were the children of the city, although she was also interested in urban structures. She traveled to Europe and the American West, recording what she saw in the photographs she took. She also took two trips to India, resulting in a major show of her work in Hartford. She preferred to develop and print her images herself, in order to bring out her individual perspective.
Forman lived in the Hartford area and worked in the Hartford schools until her death on 22 August 1989.
Extent
10 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Mary Wood Forman was born on 17 November 1918 in Mussoorie, India, where her parents served as Presbyterian missionaries. Her family moved in 1923 to Columbus, Ohio. Forman graduated from Ohio State University in 1940 and received a Masters degree in Social Work from Western Reserve University in 1944. After several years abroad and in New York City, Forman moved to Hartford, CT in 1956. It was here that she developed her interest in photography. She traveled to Europe and the American West, recording what she saw in the photographs she took. She also took two trips to India, resulting in a major show of her work in Hartford. She preferred to develop and print her images herself, in order to bring out her individual perspective. Forman lived in the Hartford area and worked in the Hartford schools until her death on 22 August 1989.
Arrangement
Series I: Subjects A - Z (undated)
Series II: India (undated)
Series III: Images with captions (undated)
Series IV: Contact sheets/Negatives (undated
Oversize images have been listed as appropriate.
Acquisition Information
Unknown. Possibly donated by her brother David Forman of New Haven after her death.
- Animals Subject Source: Fast
- Architecture Subject Source: Fast
- Children Subject Source: Fast
- Connecticut (state) Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Hartford (inhabited place) Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- India (nation) Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Landscape photography Subject Source: Fast
- Photographers Subject Source: Fast
- Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Social workers Subject Source: Fast
- Western United States (general region) Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Title
- Mary Wood Forman Photograph Collection
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Archives & Special Collections staff
- Date
- 1998 March
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library Repository
University of Connecticut Library
405 Babbidge Road Unit 1205
Storrs Connecticut 06269-1205 USA US
860-486-2524
archives@uconn.edu
