Cynthia Ellen Elbaum Papers, 1994-2000
5 boxes (4 linear ft.)
Collection number: MS 560
Terms of Access and Use:
The papers are open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection.
This collection has not been fully processed and therefore may be difficult to use.
Access to audiovisual materials may first require production of research copies.
The material in this collection is protected by copyright. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights for permission to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use." Permission must also be obtained from the Sophia Smith Collection as owners of the physical property.
Cynthia Ellen Elbaum grew up in Ashfield, Massachusetts and attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston before graduating from Smith College in 1989, where she pursued her interest in photography and also studied Russian. She taught English while studying on a scholarship in Moscow, and then moved to New York where she taught English to Russian refugees. Elbaum began her career as a photojournalist in 1992, after she witnessed dead bodies on a Moscow street following Boris Yeltsin's takeover of the Russian parliament. On December 1, 1994, she went to Chechnya to cover the gathering of Russian forces there; she was killed three weeks later by a Russian bomb.
The Cynthia Ellen Elbaum Papers document Elbaum's career as a photojournalist, notably in Chechnya during the war with the Soviet Union. It consists primarily of biographical information and documentation of photo exhibits compiled and curated, respectively, after her untimely death in 1994.
The papers are open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection.
This collection has not been fully processed and therefore may be difficult to use.
Access to audiovisual materials may first require production of research copies.
The material in this collection is protected by copyright. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights for permission to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use." Permission must also be obtained from the Sophia Smith Collection as owners of the physical property.
Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:
Cynthia Ellen Elbaum Papers, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.
Processed by Burd Schlessinger
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Sophia Smith Collection
Smith College
Northampton, MA 01063 Phone: (413) 585-2970 Fax: (413) 585-2886 Email Reference Form: http://www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/ssc/emailform.html URL: http://www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/ssc/ |
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Biographical information: obituaries, tributes, photographs, articles, VHS tapes, and clippings,
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circa 1994-95, n.d.
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Box 1
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Diary,(spiral bound notebook, only a few pages of writing)
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1994
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Box 1
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Jude Elbaum (mother of Cynthia): correspondence about Cynthia Elbaum,
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circa 1995-97
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Box 1
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Elbaum's photojournalism career
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Box 1
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Information about exhibits of Elbaum's photographs,
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circa 1994-97
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Box 1
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Correspondence, clippings, articles, VHS tape, and audiocassette, 00
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circa 1996-20
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Box 1
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Clippings, articles, newspapers and VHS tape,00
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1994-20
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Box 2
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Photographs and negatives,
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circa 1992-94
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Box 3
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OVERSIZE MATERIALS
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Clippings, and photographs from exhibit,
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1995-97
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Box 4
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Mounted exhibit of Elbaum's photographs,
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1997
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Box 5
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ON SHELF
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Mounted exhibit of Elbaum's photographs,
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1997
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Box 5
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