Marjory Collins

Marjory Collins (1912–1985) was an American photojournalist. She is remembered for her coverage of the home front during World War II.

Marjory Collins
Marjory Collins (c. 1943)
Born1912
Died1985
NationalityAmerican
Alma materAntioch University (San Francisco)
Occupationphotojournalist

Personal life

Marjory Collins was born March 15, 1912, to Elizabeth Everts Paine and writer Frederick Lewis Collins in New York City, and grew up in nearby Scarsdale, Westchester County.

She died in 1985 at the age of 73.[1]

Education

She studied at Sweet Briar College and the University of Munich. In 1935, Collins moved to Greenwich Village, and over the next five years she studied photography informally with Ralph Steiner and attended Photo League events. In the 1980s she moved to San Francisco where she obtained an M.A. in American Studies at Antioch College West.

Career

Her work as a documentary photographer was taken up by major agencies. As a result of a contribution for U.S. Camera and Travel about Hoboken, New Jersey, she was invited to work for the Foreign Service of the United States Office of War Information. She completed some 50 assignments there with stories about the American way of life and support for the war effort. In line with new emphasis on multiculturalism, she contributed to photographic coverage of African Americans as well as citizens of Czech, German, Italian and Jewish origin.[1]

In 1944 Collins worked freelance for a construction company in Alaska before travelling to Africa and Europe on government and commercial assignments. Thereafter she worked mainly as an editor and a writer covering civil rights, the Vietnam War and women's movements. In the 1960s she edited American Journal of Public Health.[1] Collins was very active politically; a feminist, she founded the journal Prime Time (1971–76) "for the liberation of women in the prime of life."[2] In 1977 Collins became an associate of the Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press.[3]

Her work is included in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.[4]

  • New York, N.Y. Children's Colony, German refugee child, reading a Superman comic book
    New York, N.Y. Children's Colony, German refugee child, reading a Superman comic book
  • 200 high school students chosen for their intellectual alertness visited Washington for a week
    200 high school students chosen for their intellectual alertness visited Washington for a week
  • Children waiting in line to buy defense stamps at public school from mothers who volunteer to guard doorways and perform other duties in schools
    Children waiting in line to buy defense stamps at public school from mothers who volunteer to guard doorways and perform other duties in schools
  • Emma Dougherty who does a man's work for a man's pay, cleaning out her end-grinding machine
    Emma Dougherty who does a man's work for a man's pay, cleaning out her end-grinding machine

References
  1. Beverly W. Brannan, "Marjory Collins (1912-1985): Biographical Essay", The Library of Congress. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  2. "Papers of Marjory Collins, 1904-1985". Archived from the original on October 17, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  3. "Associates | The Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press". www.wifp.org. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
  4. "Marjory Collins: Washington, D.C. Negro barbershop on U Street, N.W." mfah.org.
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