NAME: | Lodewyk Bendikson |
DATES: | 1875-? |
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WORKED AT: | New York Public Library; Huntington Library |
OTHER INFORMATION: | In 1910, Bendikson joined the staff of the New York Public Library through the influence of John Shaw Billings. He became a cataloger. In 1916, he joined staff at Huntington Library (initially in NY, 1920 moved to San Marino, CA). He later set up a photo lab and completed research and publications on photographic techniques in documentation, including microprint (inspiring Fremont Rider), detecting alternations to documents and deciphering of damaged documents. He was a founding member of the Board of editors of the Journal of Documentary Reproduction. He retired 1943. |
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PAPERS AT: LOCATION #1 |
Huntington Library and Art Gallery, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108. |
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INCLUDES: | Professional papers including correspondence, articles, experimental photographs, lantern slides, etc. These papers are in the Huntington Library and Art Gallery's institutional archives and are not yet in the library's special collections. |
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SOURCE: | Email correspondence from Michael Buckland, 7/96. |