Marion Belanger photographs
Scope and Contents
Photographs created by Marion Belanger that document sites and activities in Hawaii, Utah, Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, and the Florida Everglades. Images captured 1998-2004, and printed 1998-2018. Photographs of Hawaii created in 1999 include sites on Hawaii Island and Maui, including Haleakala National Park and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Photographs of Utah created in 2003 include documentation of fowling for swan at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge as well as views of Great Salt Lake and of the Spiral Jetty, an earthwork sculpture built on the northeastern shore of the Great Salt Lake near Rozel Point in April 1970 by sculptor Robert Smithson. Photographs of sites in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, created in 1998 include views of Mammoth Hot Springs and Old Faithful. Photographs of the Florida Everglades created in 2018 include both public and private lands of the tropical wetlands.
Dates
- 1998-2018
Creator
- Belanger, Marion, 1957- (Photographer)
Language of Materials
In English
Conditions Governing Access
The Marion Belanger Photographs are the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Marion Belanger on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2014 and 2018.
Arrangement
Organized into four series: I. Hawaii, 1999-2014. II. Utah, 2003-2014. III. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, 1998-2014. IV. Everglades, 2001-2018.
Extent
7.33 Linear Feet (4 boxes)
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
Photographs created by Marion Belanger that document sites and activities in Hawaii, Utah, Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, and the Florida Everglades. Images captured 1998-2004, and printed 1998-2018. Photographs of Hawaii created in 1999 include sites on Hawaii Island and Maui, including Haleakala National Park and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Photographs of Utah created in 2003 include documentation of fowling for swan at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge as well as views of Great Salt Lake and of the Spiral Jetty, an earthwork sculpture built on the northeastern shore of the Great Salt Lake near Rozel Point in April 1970 by sculptor Robert Smithson. Photographs of sites in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, created in 1998 include views of Mammoth Hot Springs and Old Faithful. Photographs of the Florida Everglades created in 2018 include both public and private lands of the tropical wetlands.
Marion Belanger (born 1957)
Marion Belanger, Yale MFA 1990, is a photographer. Her work focuses on the cultural landscape, particularly where geology and the built environment intersect.
Processing Information
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Each folder in the collection contains a single photographic print or inkjet print.
- Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (Utah) -- Pictorial works
- Black-and-white photographs
- Everglades (Fla.) -- Pictorial works
- Florida -- Pictorial works
- Fowling -- Utah -- Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge -- Pictorial works
- Gelatin silver prints
- Great Salt Lake (Utah) -- Pictorial works
- Haleakala National Park (Hawaii) -- Pictorial works
- Hawaii -- Pictorial works
- Hawaii Island (Hawaii) -- Pictorial works
- Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (Hawaii) -- Pictorial works
- Inkjet prints
- Mammoth Hot Springs (Wyo.) -- Pictorial works
- Maui (Hawaii) -- Pictorial works
- National parks and reserves -- Hawaii -- Pictorial works
- National parks and reserves -- Florida -- Pictorial works
- National parks and reserves -- Wyoming -- Pictorial works
- Old Faithful Geyser (Wyo.) -- Pictorial works
- Photographic prints
- Photographs
- Smithson, Robert
- Smithson, Robert. Spiral Jetty -- Pictorial works
- Swans -- Utah -- Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge -- Pictorial works
- Wyoming -- Pictorial works
- Yellowstone National Park -- Pictorial works
Source
- Belanger, Marion, 1957- (Bookseller)
- Title
- Guide to the Marion Belanger Photographs
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- by Matthew Daniel Mason and Sarah Lerner
- Date
- December 2017, updated October 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
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Access Information
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