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mnsss435 Cary Herz Papers, 1950s-2008 Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by Burd Schlessinger. Sophia Smith Collection

Smith College Northampton, MA

2008

Finding aid exported into EAD from InMagic DB/Textworks 7.01. Encoded by Margaret Jessup. June 17, 2008 Finding aid written in English. February 23, 2012 Finding aid content updated to reflect recent additions to collection. Collection Overview Herz, Cary Cary Herz Papers1950s-2008 MS 574 33 boxes (26 linear ft.) English Sophia Smith Collection

Smith College Northampton, MA

Photographer. Photographic prints, slides, and contact sheets documenting events of political, social and economic significance in the U.S., circa 1970s to the early 2000s. Topics include musicians and musical events, theater performances, political gatherings and demonstrations (including anti-Vietnam War), rape and sexual violence, religion and women in the ministry, homelessness, the ERA, women in sports, the rights of flight attendants, the National Organization for Women, and women artists. Copies of Herz's published books are also in the collection, with related reviews and some original photographs. Biographical Note

International Women's Day Demonstration, photo by Cary Herz, n.d.

Cary Herz was born June 15, 1947 in New York City and has lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico since the 1980s. She has been a photographer since the early 1970s when she began documenting the women's movement and women's sports in New York City for Ms. magazine as well as other publications. She worked for eight years as a staff photographer for the Newark Star-Ledger. She became an award-winning professional photographer specializing in corporate and editorial photography. She was a photo correspondent for The New York Times since 1985 and contributed photos to Time, Newsweek, PC World, People, Ms., Garden Design, and tv's Discovery Channel. Herz's images have been published in many books including Stones of Remembrance: The Historic Jewish Cemetery in Las Vegas, New Mexico (1990); Street Gangs in America (1993); The Pilgrimage to Chimayo: Contemporary Portrait of a Living Tradition (1999); and her own book, New Mexico's Crypto-Jews: Image and Memory (2007). In the spring of 2001, her work was exhibited at the Smithsonian Institution in "Game Face: What Does a Woman Athlete Look Like." Since 1987, she has run her own business, Cary Herz Photography. In 2007 Herz received the New Mexico Press Women's Woman of Achievement Award. Cary Herz died of ovarian cancer in 2008.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The collection includes photographic prints, slides, and contact sheets by Carry Herz, documenting events of political, social and economic significance in the U.S., circa 1970s to the early 2000s. There is an emphasis on women and women's issues. Topics include musicians and musical events, theater performances, political gatherings and demonstrations (including anti- Vietnam War), rape and sexual violence, religion and women in the ministry, homelessness, the ERA, women in sports, the rights of flight attendants, the National Organization for Women, and women artists. Copies of Herz's published books are also in the collection, with related reviews and some original photographs.

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The papers are open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection with the following caveats: Partially restricted access - contact the Sophia Smith Collection for more information. Portions of collection are stored offsite; researchers must give 48 hours advance notice. This collection has not been fully processed and therefore may be difficult to use.

The Sophia Smith Collection owns copyright to the unpublished works in this collection created by Cary Herz. Copyright to materials authored by others may be owned by those individuals or their heirs or assigns. Permission must be obtained to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use." It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.

Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

Cary Herz Papers, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.

The papers were donated to the Sophia Smith Collection by Cary Herz in 2007.

Accessioned by Burd Schlessinger, 2007-2009.

Demonstrations--United States--Photographs Equal rights amendments--United States--Photographs National Organization for Women--Photographs Feminists--United States--Photographs Photojournalists Women--Photographs Women photographers--United States--Biography--Sources Women musicians--Photographs Sports for women--United States--History--20th century Herz, Cary