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Dorothy Conway photographs, circa 1940s-circa 1980s
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Conway, Dorothy, 1909-2007
- Title
- Dorothy Conway photographs
- Dates
- circa 1940s-circa 1980s (inclusive)19401989
- Quantity
- Prints, negatives and slides (44 boxes and 2 OS folders)
- Collection Number
- PH2012-009
- Summary
- Photographs by Dorothy Conway, a Seattle portrait photographer, who photographed many well-known figures in music, the theater and the arts
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Open to all users.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Dorothy Conway had degrees in drama and in home economics and dress design from the University of Washington. She taught dress design at the University of Washington, San Jose State College, and Kanses State College. She worked as a professional designer and later became a photographer. She was the wife of John Ashby Conway who was a drama professor at University of Washington and she documented many of the theater productions at the University. She was mainly a portrait photographer and photographed many people in the arts and music. In 1956, she had the first one-person show of portrait photography ever held at the Seattle Art Museum. The Conways later opened The Farmhouse, a restaurant in Port Townsend.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Photographs of University of Washington theater productions, portraits of musicians (inlcuding Milton Katims, conductor of the Seattle Symphony), artists, literary figures and others.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The creators' literary rights have been transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Conway, Dorothy, 1909-2007--Photographs