]> mnsss405 Cynthia Ellen Elbaum Papers, 1994-2000 Finding Aid Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College

Northampton, MA

2007

Finding aid exported into EAD from InMagic DB/Textworks 7.01. Encoded by Margaret Jessup. 2007-05-04 Finding aid written in English. Sophia Smith CollectionSmith College Cynthia Ellen Elbaum Papers, 1994-2000 Finding Aid MS 560 2007

Collection Overview Elbaum, Cynthia Ellen, 1966-1994 Cynthia Ellen Elbaum Papers1994-2000 MS 560 5 boxes (4 linear ft.) English Sophia Smith Collection

Smith College Northampton, MA

Photojournalist. The Papers document Elbaum's career as a photojournalist, notably in Chechnya during the war with the Soviet Union and include biographical information and photographs. Biographical Note

Cynthia Ellen Elbaum grew up in Ashfield, Massachusetts and attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston before graduating from Smith College in 1989, where she pursued her interest in photography and also studied Russian. She taught English while studying on a scholarship in Moscow, and then moved to New York where she taught English to Russian refugees. Elbaum began her career as a photojournalist in 1992, after she witnessed dead bodies on a Moscow street following Boris Yeltsin's takeover of the Russian parliament. On December 1, 1994, she went to Chechnya to cover the gathering of Russian forces there; she was killed three weeks later by a Russian bomb.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Cynthia Ellen Elbaum Papers document Elbaum's career as a photojournalist, notably in Chechnya during the war with the Soviet Union. It consists primarily of biographical information and documentation of photo exhibits compiled and curated, respectively, after her untimely death in 1994.

Information on Use Terms of Access and Use

The papers are open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection.

This collection has not been fully processed and therefore may be difficult to use.

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The material in this collection is protected by copyright. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights for permission to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use." Permission must also be obtained from the Sophia Smith Collection as owners of the physical property.

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Cynthia Ellen Elbaum Papers, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.

History of the Collection

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Search Terms Chechnia (Russia)--History--Civil War, 1994-1996 Russia (Federation)--Politics and government--1991- --Sources Photojournalists--Biography--Sources Elbaum, Cynthia Ellen, 1966-1994 1 Biographical information: obituaries, tributes, photographs, articles, VHS tapes, and clippings, circa 1994-95, n.d. 1 Diary, 1994 (spiral bound notebook, only a few pages of writing) 1 Jude Elbaum (mother of Cynthia): correspondence about Cynthia Elbaum, circa 1995-97 1 Elbaum's photojournalism career 1 Information about exhibits of Elbaum's photographs, circa 1994-97 1 Correspondence, clippings, articles, VHS tape, and audiocassette, circa 1996-2000 2 Clippings, articles, newspapers and VHS tape, 1994-2000 3 Photographs and negatives, circa 1992-94 OVERSIZE MATERIALS 4 Clippings, and photographs from exhibit, 1995-97 5 Mounted exhibit of Elbaum's photographs, 1997 ON SHELF 5 Mounted exhibit of Elbaum's photographs, 1997