This bibliography was prepared primarily in connection with
my article, "Elias Goldensky: Wizard of Photography,"
cited below. A few items were discovered subsquently and added.
I would appreciate learning of omissions so that they could be
included.
SPEECHES AND WRITINGS BY GOLDENSKY - CHRONOLOGICAL LIST
Goldensky, Elias. "Individuality," Association Review
(Convention annual of the Photographers' Association of America),
1908, 31-33; reprinted in Bulletin of Photography, 3:59
(September 23, 1908), 198, 200. (Possibly reprinted from the Association
Review [Photographers Association of Ohio and Michigan], [1905?].)
Goldensky, Elias. Transcript of speeches in "The National
Convention at St. Paul, July 24th to 29th, 1911," Bulletin
of Photography, 9:209 (August 9, 1911), 90-91. [Concerns role
of the president of the Photographers' Association of America.]
Goldensky, Elias. Transcript of speech in "The National Convention
at St. Paul, July 24th to 29th, 1911," Bulletin of Photography,
9:210 (August 16, 1911), 99. [Concerns copyrights in photography.]
Goldensky, Elias. Transcript of speech in "The National Convention
at St. Paul, July 24th to 29th, 1911," Bulletin of Photography,
9:211 (August 23, 1911). [Nomination of William H. Rau for president
of the Photographers' Association of America; Rau declined.]
Goldensky, Elias. Transcript of speech in "Fourteenth Annual
Convention of the Photographers' Association of New England, Bridgeport,
Conn., September 12 to 15th," Bulletin of Photography,
9:216 (September 27, 1911), 199-200. [Description of working method.]
Goldensky, Elias. "Synopsis of Goldensky Lecture. Illuminating
Engineering Society," April 19, 1912. Typescript, Goldensky
file, IMP/GEH Library.
WORKS ABOUT GOLDENSKY OR INCLUDING PHOTOGRAPHS BY HIM -
ALPHA LIST
Ackerman, Carl E. [att.]. Editorial, Daily Photographic News
(July 25, 1912), [page unknown, clipping in Goldensky file, IMP/GEH
Library.] [Re Goldensky's Five O'clock Club.]
Allan, Sidney [Sadakichi Hartmann]. "Elias Goldensky, Maker
of Gum Prints," Wilson's Photographic Magazine, 49
(June 1912), 257-267. [Includes eight portraits by Goldensky,
none identified in text, although woman with dog is Mrs. Albert
Rosenthal.]
Allan, Sidney [Sadakichi Hartmann]. "In the Proletarian Interest,"
Wilson's Photographic Magazine, 42 (December 1905), 541-544,
reprinted in Harry W. Lawton and George Knox, eds., The Valiant
Knights of Daguerre (Berkeley: University of California Press,
1978), 215-220. [Includes portrait of Goldensky by William S.
Ellis and four portraits by Goldensky: "The Artist"
(Albert Rosenthal), "Portrait" (also known as "Italian
Type"), "Imber, Esq." (Naphtali Herz Imber), and
"Gum Print" (unidentified man).]
Allan, Sidney [Sadakichi Hartmann]. "The Unconventional in
Portrait Photography," Photo-Era, 13:2 (August 1904), 129-132.
Reprinted in Jane Calhoun Weaver, ed., Sadakichi Hartmann:
Critical Modernist (Berkeley: University of California Press,
1992), 176-181. [Includes Goldensky among nine top portrait photographers:
Steichen, Käsebier, White, Eugene, Weil, Eickemeyer, Day,
Goldensky, Coburn.]
American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times Almanac
(New York: Tennant & Ward, 1911- 1913). [Goldensky photographs:
1911, 87, woman with statue; 1912, 21, "Girl with Fan";
1913, 127, "The Artist" (a.k.a. "Albert Rosenthal."]
American Art Annual, 1912. [Who's Who in Art includes Goldensky
portrait of Charles H. Davis.]
American Photography, May 1916. [Includes "Ellen Adair" by Goldensky.]
Anthony's Photographic Bulletin, Volume 32, 1901, pp. 167-168. [Reports that Goldensky was elected Secretary of the Photographers' Association of Pennsylvania and was awarded the Grand Prize (a silver loving cup) and First Prize (a gold medal) in Class A - Six Portraits, at the annual convention at Reading, Apr. 30-May 3.]
Association Review [Convention annuals of the Photographers'
Association of America], [Goldensky photographs: 1905, 20a, man
with magazine, "Character Study"; 1909, n.p., untitled
(young woman with long hair), photo from 1908 convention salon.]
Barrett, Jean. "Beauty Is No Stronger Than Its Weakest [?];
Photographer, Who's Hunted the Ideal for Years, Advises Girls
to Seek Quality of Illusion Instead," [source unknown, ca.
1940, clipping in Goldensky file, Library Company of Philadelphia].
Barrows, Frank R. "July Will Be a Live Month in Detroit;
Photographers' Association of America Holds Forth in the Light
Guard Armory, July 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th," Bulletin of
Photography, 2:43 (June 3, 1908), 419-422. [Goldensky, to
speak at convention, described as "our friend, the inimitable
exponent of originality, Mr. Goldensky! A man who knows and wants
to tell it. An extremist in portraiture who seeks first the individuality
of his subject and gets it. The man who would rather make good
pictures than own a bank." Includes portrait of Goldensky
by Ryland Phillips.]
Barrows, Frank R. "The First Congress of Photography and Its Purpose,"
Photographic Progress 1:3 (1909), 93-95. [Notes that Goldensky exhibited
six photographs at National Convention of Professional Photographers of America
in Rochester, NY.]
Batchelor, John. The Sadakichi Hartmann Papers. A Descriptive Inventory of
the Collection in the University of California, Riverside, Library (Riverside,
California: University of California, Riverside, 1980). [Lists three articles
about and five photographs by or of Goldensky.]
Boasberg, Leonard W. "A Fading Picture; The Photographic Society of Philadelphia,
Probably the Oldest Camera Club in America, Has an Illustrious History But Is
Down to About 20 Members. . . .," Philadelphia Inquirer (January
26, 1991), D01.
Brey, William and Marie Brey. Philadelphia Photographers, 1840-1900 (Cherry
Hill, New Jersey: Willowdale Press, 1992).
Brown, Warren Wilmer. "Photographic Club Exhibits Fine Prints; Elias Goldensky's
Works Reveal Harmony of Arrangement," Baltimore News (May 8, 1924),
[page unknown, Goldensky file, IMP/GEH Library]. [Concerns Goldensky exhibit
of portraits and nudes.]
Buerger, Janet. The Last Decade: The Emergence of Art Photography in the
1890s (Rochester: IMP/GEH, 1984).
Bulletin of Photography, 1:11 (October 23, 1907), 201. [Goldensky portrait,
"Home Portraiture," of two women; platinum print on Jacobi Tissue.]
Bulletin of Photography, 3:69 (December 2, 1908), 364 . [Goldensky portrait,
"Henry C. Phillips, Oldest Active Photographer in Philadelphia."]
Bulletin of Photography, 4:81 (February 24, 1909), cover. [Goldensky portrait
of a woman, "Photo Made at the School P.A. of A. (Photographers' Association
of America) at Dayton, O., 1908."]
Bulletin of Photography, 4:86 (March 31, 1909), cover. {Goldensky portrait
of a woman, "Made at the Detroit convention, P.A. of A. (Photographers'
Association of America)".]
Bulletin of Photography, 5:107 (August 25, 1909), 114. [Goldensky portrait
of a woman. Reprinted 6:129 (January 26, 1910), frontis.]
Bulletin of Photography, 6:157 (August 10, 1910), 82. [Goldensky portrait
of woman with long neck.]
Bulletin of Photography, 8:194 (April 26, 1911), 258. [Goldensky portrait,
"Frank S. Noble." Reprinted without credit in Bulletin of Photography,
22:552 (March 6, 1918), 225. Noble was the Assistant Treasurer of the Eastman
Kodak Company in 1918, when he was appointed to head the Western New York district
for the production of munitions.]
The Bystander, Feb. 6, 1907, 290. [Goldensky portrait of a young woman,
"A Study," with heading, "The New Photographic Portraiture.]
The Camera, June 1922, n.p. [Goldensky photograph of a matron, "Mrs.
C."]
Camera & Darkroom [journal], 1904, 159. [Goldensky photograph, "Character
Study."]
Chait, Elias, "Professional Photographers' Club of New York," Bulletin
of Photography, 6:132 (February 16, 1910), 114-115. [Pirie MacDonald reviewed
"Loan Exhibition" at meeting on January 27, which included three Goldensky
"portraits of different subjects differently handled, a rugged man, a society
lady, and the transparent Mary Garden."]
Chambers, Frank V. [att.]. "A Most Worthy Project," Bulletin of
Photography, 9:216 (September 27, 1911), 207. [Goldensky appointed to committee
to explore the creation of a home for aged photographers by John H. Garo, President
of the Photographers' Association of New England.]
Chambers, Frank V. [att.]. "A Photographic Treat," Bulletin of
Photography, 8:186 (March 1, 1911), 144. [Mentions Goldensky's exhibit at
Wanamaker's.]
Chambers, Frank V. [att.]."A Scottish Photographer in America [William
Crooke]," Bulletin of Photography, 8:196 (May 10, 1911), 293-294.
[Crooke stated that Goldensky was the only professional he met on his trip
to America who works only in gum bichromate, and that Goldensky gets good
prices, serves a better class of clientele, and composes each picture according
to the subject. Crooke, from Edinburgh, visited the U.S. along with H. Walter
Barnett of London. Crooke said he also met President Taft, George Eastman, and
photographers Cramer, Falk, Harris, MacDonald, Rau, and Strauss. Reprinted from
British Journal of Photography.]
Chambers, Frank V. [att.]. "Another Photographic Scheme," Bulletin
of Photography, 15:377 (August 19, 1914), 235-237. [McClure Publications
planning "monster album" of 30,000 portraits of women subscribers
to The Ladies World; Goldensky to do the work in the Philadelphia region,
from "the edge of the Pittsburgh territory, north almost to New York, and
in neighboring territory to the south." H.H. Pierce to cover Massachusetts.]
Chambers, Frank V. [att.]. "Awards in the 1908 Kodak Photographic Advertising
Contest," Bulletin of Photography, 3:66 (November 11, 1908), 316.
[Goldensky one of five judges in contest for which ten awards are listed in
professional and amateur classes. Rudolf Eickemeyer was awarded $50 fifth prize
in the former; other photographers listed are now unknown.]
Chambers, Frank V. [att.]."Composite Portraits," Bulletin of Photography,
1:3 (July 8, 1908), 46-47. [Concerns Goldensky combination of faces of six sisters
into one composite portrait; two illustrations.]
Chambers, Frank V. [att.]."Detroit Convention Programme," Bulletin
of Photography, 1:3 (July 8, 1908), 23. [Goldensky to teach a class at the
convention of the Professional Photographers of America, July 15, 1908.]
Chambers, Frank V. [att.]. Editorial, Bulletin of Photography, 3:67 (November
18, 1908), 322. [In part reprinted from "Elias Goldensky, Artist-Photographer,"
The Camera, 11:08 (August 1907), 286.]
Chambers, Frank V. [att.]. "Elias Goldensky, Artist-Photographer,"
The Camera, 11:08 (August 1907, 286-290, 297, 298. [Appreciative essay plus
six Goldensky photographs: 1) "Study" (child with fish bowl, outdoors);
2) "Study," (female nude with drapery, sitting on floor); 3) "Carmen";
4) untitled (woman with necklace and ribbons); 5) untitled (portrait of N.H.
Imber); 6) "The Late Dr. John Watson (Ian Maclaren) Copyrighted 1907 by
Elias Goldensky."]
Chambers, Frank V. [att.]. "Forerunner of the Thirty-Third Annual Convention
of the Photographers' Association of America, convention Hall, Kansas City,
Mo., July 21 to 26, 1913," Bulletin of Photography, 12: 307 (June
25, 1913), 806-809. [Includes portrait of Goldensky and notice that he will
give two demonstrations ("Versatility in Portraiture" and "Portraiture")
"using his new electric flashlight." Follow up article in the July
16 Bulletin, 13:310, 67-68, mentions the times for the lectures but with
no other details.]
Chambers, Frank V. [att.]. "General Program, Fourteenth Annual Convention
and Exposition, Photographers' Association of New England, Steeplechase Island,
Bridgeport, Conn., Week of September 11," Bulletin of Photography,
9:213 (September 6, 1911), 153. [Goldensky to demonstrate at convention.]
Chambers, Frank V. [att.]. "Get Your Art in Focus," Bulletin of
Photography, 181 (January 25, 1911),
51-52.
Chambers, Frank V. [att.]. "News and Notes," Bulletin of Photography,
3:47 (July 1, 1908), 11. [Goldensky to open new studio at 1705 Chestnut on September
1; ten-year lease signed and renovations in progress.]
Chambers, Frank V. [att.]. "News and Notes," Bulletin of Photography,
3:67 (November 18, 1908), 333. [Account of surprise party on November 7 for
Goldensky at his studio held by his Philadelphia friends, the Bohemians (Ryland
W. Phillips, William H. Rau, William Shewell Ellis, Alfred Holden, J. Mitchel
Elliot, Louis Kubey, Albert E. Lipp, and Frank V. Chambers), and also attended
by out-of-town friends A.F. Bradley, Pirie MacDonald, B.J. Falk, and E.B. Core
of New York; G.W. Harris of Washington, and Meredith Janvier of Baltimore.]
Chambers, Frank V. [att.], "News and Notes," Bulletin of Photography,
6:131 (February 9, 1910), 96. [Goldensky and Richard T. Dooner to exhibit at
School of Industrial Art, Philadelphia, February 14-28. A "musical tea"
will be held on February 24, with soloists Marie Zeckwer, soprano, and David
Griffin, basso.]
Chambers, Frank V. [att.]. "Pennsylvania Photographers," Bulletin
of Photography, 2:39 (May 6, 1908), 354-355. [Goldensky listed as an exhibitor
with three prints (unidentified) at convention of Professional Photographers'
Society of Pennsylvania, held in Philadelphia on May 5-6.]
Chambers, Frank V. [att.], "Philadelphia Photographers," Bulletin
of Photography, 4:90 (April 28, 1909), 272. [At monthly meeting of Professional
Photographers of Philadelphia held at the Phillips studio at 1206 Chestnut Street,
"Goldensky gave a review of the recent New York State Society meeting and
spoke in his usual forceful manner."]
Chambers, Frank V. [att.]. "Philadelphia Photographers; The Second of a
Series of Six Short Talks on Prominent Photographers," Bulletin of Photography
(Special Goldensky Number), 31 (March 11, 1908), 211. [Includes portrait of
Goldensky by William Shewell Ellis. Issue also includes frontispiece by Goldensky
and his portrait of S. Hudson Chapman on page 210.]
Chambers, Frank V. [att.]. "Philadelphia Section," Bulletin of
Photography, 3:64 (October 28, 1908), 286-287. [Report of meeting of Professional
Photographers' Society of Philadelphia in Wilmington on October 21, at which
Goldensky was one of the speakers. Goldensky described his print varnishing
method: "White Spirit of Varnish (not shellac) diluted one-half Denatured
Alcohol. Prints were totally submerged in this and allowed to stay in the varnish
for from three to ten minutes. . . no brush being used. . ."]
Chambers, Frank V. [att.]. "Photographers of Pennsylvania; A Heart-to-Heart
Talk to Everybody," Bulletin of Photography, 2:36 (April 15, 1908),
305-306. [Goldensky to demonstrate how to get 'individuality of the sitter'
at annual meeting of Professional Photographers' Society of Pennsylvania on
May 5 and 6.]
Chambers, Frank V. [att.]. "Professional Photographers' Society of New
York; Proceedings of the Convention in New York, April 1 to 3," Bulletin
of Photography, 2:35 (April 8, 1908), 295-297. [Goldensky "gave an
amusing description of his hand and foot power cutting machine," which
allowed the operator to have both hands free while cutting paper or board. Description
of apparatus given. Goldensky also gave a demonstration of portrait-making.]
Chambers, Frank V. [att.], "Professional Photographers' Society of Pennsylvania,"
Bulletin of Photography, 4:83 (March 10, 1909), 150; 4:84 (March 17,
1909), 171; 4:85 (March 24, 1909), 183; 4:86 (March 31, 1909), 203; 4:88 (April
14, 1909), 237; 4:90 (April 28, 1909), 265, 268, 269; 4:94 (May 26, 1909), 326.
[Notices and program of annual meeting in Philadelphia on May 4-6, 1909. The
first four notices state, "Goldensky's studio will undoubtedly be one of
the objective points for visiting members, and 'Goldie' [sic] has offered to
open his doors to them on the afternoons of the 5th and 6th of May, at which
time the studio will be closed to the public." The third and fourth notice
also includes the erroneous statement, "Goldy is going to demonstrate,
and he will be assisted by Ryland W. Phillips and William Shewell Ellis."
The program (p. 268) indicates that Dudley Hoyt, A.F. Bradley and Pirie MacDonald
demonstrated at Goldensky's studio, but Goldensky did not. A photograph at the
George Eastman House depicts this event. A photograph of "Goldy" by
Phillips (uncredited) appears on page 268. A photo made by Bradley on this occasion
appears on page 326.]
Chambers, Frank V. [att.]. "Professional Photographers' Society of Pennsylvania;
Full Report of the Convention Held in Philadelphia, May 5th and 6th," Bulletin
of Photography, 2:40 (May 13, 1908), 376-379. [Includes summary of Goldensky's
comments concerning J.E. Mock's proposal concerning presentation albums. Goldensky
also co-authored a resolution and spoke at the 'Planked Shad Dinner.']
Chambers, Frank V. [att.]. "Professional Photographers' Society of Pennsylvania;
Summary of the Pennsylvania Convention of May 4, 5 and 6," Bulletin
of Photography, 4:92 (May 12, 1909), 300-308. [Resolution thanking Goldensky,
who had made his premises available on two afternoons for skylight demonstrations
by other photographers, for "the placing of his magnificent studio at the
disposal of the Society at great pecuniary sacrifice to himself; he also received
a gift, which Mrs. Goldensky appropriated on the spot.]
Chambers, Frank V. [att.]. "Report of the Meeting of the Professional Photographers'
Club of New York," Bulletin of Photography, 12:287 (February 5,
1913), 173. [Report of Goldensky's electric light demonstration. Using his "new
invention of Tungsten Light Control" with about 30 lamps, he made portrait
exposures in one-quarter of a second with "beautiful results." Goldensky
then elected as an honorary member of the Club.]
Chambers, Frank V. [att.]. "The 'Better Business' Convention," Bulletin
of Photography, 26:677 (August 4, 1920), 102-105. [Goldensky will give a
talk and demonstration at the national convention of the Photographers' Association
of America, Milwaukee, August 23-28. "Elias Goldensky, of Philadelphia,
will tell you more about the making of a portrait than you ever dreamed there
was to know."]
Chambers, Frank V. [att.], "The Coming Convention at Rochester, July 19-24;
A Bit of Advance Information," Bulletin of Photography, 4:96 (June
9, 1909), 360-361. [Ryland W. Phillips to lecture about Goldensky, Barrows,
Hoyt, MacDonald, Garo, Strauss, Doty and others at national convention of Photographers'
Association of America.]
Chambers, Frank V. [att.]. "The Falk Convention, New York, February 12th,
13th, 14th," Bulletin of Photography, 12:287 (February 5, 1913),
182. [Goldensky to exhibit at convention of New York professional photographers.]
Chambers, Frank V. [att.], "The National Convention, Milwaukee, July 12
to 16th," Bulletin of Photography, 6:147 (June 1, 1910), 349-350.
[Goldensky listed as one of many "print exhibitors."]
Chambers, Frank V. [att.]. "The Rochester Convention; The Greatest in the
History of the National Association. . .," Bulletin of Photography,
5:103 (July 28, 1909), 53-59. [Includes account of Ryland Phillips' lecture
about Goldensky and other photographers, although Goldensky not mentioned in
summary; Goldensky listed as exhibitor of six photographs (also listed as planning
to exhibit in 4:95 {June 2, 1909}, 352).]
Chat (Philadelphia), 4:9 (January 1918), 6, 13, 14, 19, 20. [Includes the
following Goldensky photographs: "The Offering," "Maude Fulton,"
"Mrs. Frank C. Knowles," "Mrs. Richard E. Norton," "Jules
Falk," "Albert Rosenthal [aka 'The Artist']," "Giuseppi
Donato," "George Gibbs." See also citation for Jaeger.]
Claudy, C.H. "A Master Workman and His Studio; Elias Goldensky's New Departure,"
Bulletin of Photography 3:67 (November 18, 1908), cover, frontis, 319-329.
[Detailed account of Goldensky's new studio at 1705 Chestnut; includes ten photographs
of studio and portrait of Goldensky by Ryland W. Phillips on cover.]
Claudy, C.H. "Art in the Showcase," Bulletin of Photography,
8:180 (January 18, 1911), 43. [Considers Goldensky and Käsebier as artistic
portrait photographers.]
Claudy, C.H. "Awards in the 1908 Kodak Prize Competition," Bulletin
of Photography, 4:87 (April 7,
1909), frontis, 213-217. [Reproduces award winners; Goldensky one of the judges
but not mentioned in article.]
Claudy, C.H. "A Thousand Dollars a Portrait," Bulletin of Photography,
2:36 (April 15, 1908), 304, 309-310. [Report and photo of when civil engineer
Charles Henry Davis, who sat for Goldensky after being told that "Goldensky
did the best character portrait work in the country." Includes details
of Davis' recommendation to Goldensky that he use only hidden cameras in the
studio. (In his new studio, to which Goldensky moved soon thereafter, he did
install hidden cameras but did not use them exclusively.) Davis also told Goldensky
that he should charge $1,000 a portrait, by taking many negatives from the hidden
cameras, printing the best one once, and breaking the negative. Goldensky laughed.
Also account of Claudy's conversation with Goldensky, in which the latter said
he should have been able to have charged $1,000 for "a painterlike study
of an artist at her easel," but got only $25 for the home portrait, which
Goldensky said was "better than a painting in some ways." ]
Claudy, C.H. "Making Portraits at Home," Bulletin of Photography,
2:24 (January 22, 1908), 65. [Discusses Goldensky and Pierce (of Boston) as
unusual professionals because they do home portraits.]
Claudy, C.H. "Originality In Styles," Bulletin of Photography,
8:196 (May 10, 1911), 295-296. [States that while nine out of ten photographers
do the "same grade of work. .. . the tenth man--Goldensky, Garo, Strauss--will
get something else in his picture. . . .."]
Claudy, C.H. "Portraiture with the Camera," The World Today (June 1910), 627-637. [Includes "Portrait of a Boy" by Goldensky, as well as images by Frances Benjamin Johnston, John Garo, Charles Wesley Hearn, Gertrude Kasebier, J.C. Strauss, Ryland Phillips, Rudolph Eickemeyer, Frederick I. Monson, and Harris & Ewing.]
Cleveland Leader Sunday Magazine, article "Worth While Folk" on Felix Adler with Adler photo by Goldensky, January 3, 1915 [page unknown].
The Critic, ed. by Jeanette Leonard Gilder and Joseph Benson Gilder, 47 (1905), 201. [Includes Goldensky portrait of Anne Hollingsworth Wharton, curiously credited to Llias & Goldnsry.]
"Dorothy Hicks [obituary]," Intelligencer, Apr. 22, 2003, B7. [States that Hicks, who died at age 95, modeled for Goldensky in his studio "in her younger years."]
Editors of Popular Photography, "American Museum of Photography Portfolio,"
Popular Photography Annual (New York: Ziff-Davis, 1968), 32-39. [Photographs
by or of Goldensky on pages 33 (Italian Type), 34 (Lumière dinner), 37
(Maxim Gorki), and 39 (Goldensky by Strauss).]
El Paso Herald, March 17, 1910, p. 4. [Goldensky exhibits three gum bichromate portraits in the Feldman Photographic Exhibition at gallery of photographer Fred J. Feldman, 308 San Antonio Street, El Paso, Texas.]
Ellis, William Shewell, Letter to Editor, Bulletin of Photography, 4:88
(April 14, 1909), 237-238. [Ryland W. Phillips' lecture, "Methods Under
the Skylight," to be given at annual meeting of Professional Photographers'
Society of Pennsylvania, May 4-6, 1909, will include lantern slides of 'the
most important studios,' including Goldensky's. This lecture, which was repeated
at the national convention in Rochester in 1909 and elsewhere, became the basis
for Phillips' book, With Other Photographers, 1910.]
Evening Telegraph (October 22, 1898), [page unknown, clipping in 1898 Salon
album, IMP/GEH Library]. [Discusses Goldensky work at First Philadelphia Photographic
Salon.]
Ferguson, E. Lee. "Philadelphia Photographic Salon," The Photographic
Times, 31:1 (January 1899), [page unknown, clipping in 1898 Salon album,
IMP/GEH Library]. [Discusses Goldensky work at First Philadelphia Photographic
Salon.]
Finkel, Kenneth. Nineteenth Century Photography in Philadelphia (New
York: Dover, 1980). [Includes brief biographical information about Goldensky
and Goldensky portrait of Naphtali Herz Imber, the poet who wrote Hatikvah,
later set to music for the Israeli national anthem.]
Frank, Lan. "Goldensky - An Appreciation," Boardwalk Illustrated
News (March 1, 1926), 14. [Includes portrait of Goldensky and photograph
of his studio.]
Garrett, Susan. Quick-Eyed Love: Photography and Memory (Dallas, TX: SMU Press, 2005). [Includes Goldensky's "Italian Type," ca. 1898, and discussion, 119-121.]
Gazette (Stevens Point, Wis.), February 10, 195, 8. [Goldensky portrait of Miss Alice Riddle, artist and prize winner.]
Hartmann, Sadakichi. "A Walk Through the Exhibition of the
Photographic Section of the American Institute," Camera
Notes, 2 (January 1899), 86-89.
Hartmann, Sadakichi. "A Painter-Photographer -- J.H. Garo,"
Wilson's Photographic Magazine, 43 (March 1906), 99-102,
reprinted in Harry W. Lawton and George Knox, eds., The Valiant
Knights of Daguerre (Berkeley: University of California Press,
1978), 221-226, under the title, "J.H. Garo, Wanderer on
New Roads." [Mentions Goldensky as an artistic photographer
precursor of John H. Garo.]
Hartmann, Sadakichi. "Charles Rohlfs: A Worker in Wood,"
Wilson's Magazine, 49:662 (1912), 70, 74-76. [Includes
photograph of Goldensky's showcase, built by Rohlfs, in front
of Goldensky's studio at 1227 Walnut Street, 1903-1904.]
Hartmann, Sadakichi. "Exhibition of Photographs by Elias
Goldensky at the New York Camera Club, Feb. 10-27, 1904,"
American Amateur Photographer, 16 (April 1904), 146, 148,
150-157, 159, 160. [Nine portraits by Goldensky, including "Admiral
[George Wallace] Melville," "Adolph Grant," "Israel
Zangwill," "Miss Katherine Grey," "Study of
a Child," "Character Study" (also known as "Italian
Type,"), "Portrait, Miss E.W.," "A Difficult
Problem (also known as "Two Old Hebrews Reading,"),
and "Francesca De Rimini,"(the actor Otis Skinner).
The citation for this article in Hartmann's bibliography published
in Valiant Knights of Daguerre omits the pages with four
of the illustrations.]
Hartman, Sadakichi. “A Review of the Picture Exhibit at the Philadelphia Convention,” The Photographic Times, 44 (September 1912): 329-334. [Hartman praises Goldensky's nude studies.]
Hartmann, Sadakichi. "Sadakichi Hartmann Says Ansco Exhibit
of Individual Collections Is Surpassing." Portrait,
4:4 (August 1912), 8-9. [Notes Goldensky's unusual lighting effects
and praises nudes printed on Cyko paper, in exhibit at Professional
Photographers of America convention, Philadelphia. Other comments
on exhibit elsewhere in this issue. See also Unattributed. "The
Philadephia Convention."]
Holland, Elizabeth. "Reflections of the Community: Through
the Eyes of Jewish Photographers," in Gail F. Stern, ed.,
Traditions in Transition: Jewish Culture in Philadelphia, 1840-1940
(Philadelphia: Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, 1988), 64-81
[subsection on Goldensky, 74-76]. [Includes six illustrations
by or of Goldensky, including portrait of Naphtali Herz Imber.]
Homer, William Innes. Pictorial Photography in Philadelphia:
The Pennsylvania Academy's Salons, 1898-1901 (Philadelphia:
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1984).
Hoppé, E.O. "The Dresden Photograph Exposition. English
and American Work," Photo Era, 23:2 (August 1909),
74-77. [Favorable mention of Goldensky's work, exhibited in both
professional and amateur categories.]
Hoppé, E.O. "Awards at Budapest," Photo-Era,
25:3 (September 1910), 153. [Goldensky receives silver medal.]
International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House. Annual
Report 1993 (Rochester, New York: IMP/GEH, 1994). [Includes
Goldensky photo, "Three women, ca. 1915, on page 10.]
Ives, Frederick E. "A New System of Trichromatic Photography,"
Bulletin of Photography, 7:160 (August 31, 1910), 141-143.
[Similar process patented by Ives in 1911. In this article, he
describes the plates as being sensitized with bichromated fish
glue, while the patent called for bichromatic gelatin. Ives later
invited Goldensky to test the process; examples at IMP/GEH.]
Ives, Frederick E. The Autobiography of an Amateur Inventor
(Philadelphia: privately printed, 1928). [Frontispiece portrait
of Ives by Elias Goldensky. Also includes information on Hi-Cro
color camera used by Goldensky.]
Jaeger, A. H., Jr. "The Morgan Dancers," Chat
(Philadelphia), 4:9 (January 1918), 8-11. [Includes subsection
on Goldensky, four photographs by him, and a caricature of him
by "Vet" Anderson.]
Jewish Exponent (Philadelphia), 1899-1900. [Goldensky advertisements,
"Modern Photography," April 21, May 19 and 26, June
9 and 16, July 28, September 8, 15, and 29, October 6, 20, and
27, and November 10, 1899; and "Modern High-Class Photography,"
December 29, 1899 and January 5, March 23 and 30, and April 19,
1900. The April 21, 1899, ad is reprinted in Seventy-Five Years
of Continuity and Change, supplement to the Jewish Exponent
(March 12, 1976), 11.]
Keiley, Joseph T. "The Philadelphia Salon," Camera
Notes, 2:3 (January 1899), 113-132, reprinted in Peter C.
Bunnell, ed., A Photographic Vision: Pictorial Photography,
1889-1923 (Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith, 1980), 541-544.
Kendrick, Alexander. "All About the Town," Philadelphia
Inquirer ([?], 1937). [Clipping, Goldensky file, Library Company
of Philadelphia. Concerns portraits of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
and his mother by Goldensky and his son, Milton.]
Krips, H.A. "Philadelphia Photographers," Bulletin
of Photography, 2:45 (June 17, 1908), 461. [Goldensky declines
nomination of vice-president, Professional Photographers' Society
of Philadelphia, at annual meeting on May 20; election results
given.]
Kubey, Louis. "Pennsylvania Photographers," Bulletin
of Photography, 9:209 (August 9, 1911), 82. [Re meeting of
Executive Board of Professional Photographers' Society of Pennsylvania
on August 3, 1911. Goldensky, who was not on the board but invited
to attend, "obliged the board with a lengthy and interesting
talk on the subject of the Professional Photographers' Society
of Pennsylvania, merging its convention with that of the National
Convention, to be held in Philadelphia, 1912, and by a unanimous
vote the executive board decided to do so."]
Lawton, Harry W. and George Knox, eds. The Valiant Knights
of Daguerre (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1978).
[Biography and anthology of Sadakichi Hartmann's writings on photography.]
Lester, William R. "Camera Art Work Put on Public View; Exhibition
of Pictures by Goldensky and Dooner is Opened; Brought from Dresden,"
North American (February 15, 1910), [?]. [Clipping in Goldensky
file, IMP/GEH Library. Includes two portraits by Goldensky, "Miss
Barnes" and "Julius Falk."]
MacDonald, Pirie, "To the Members of the Professional Photographers'
Society of New York, Bulletin of Photography, 2:32 (March
18, 1908), 236-238. [At forthcoming convention on May 5-6, Goldensky
will show "how he finds the individuality of the sitter."
"'Goldy' is a strong man, of original ideas, of unique methods
and forceful results."]
Matthies-Masuren, F. "Pictorialism at the International Photographic
Exhibition, Dresden, 1909," Photographic Progress,
1:1:5 (October 1909), 146-153. ["Superb" work of a few
American professional exhibitors (Core, Dooner, Eugene, Goldensky,
Hoyt, Hutchinson, and Käsebier) praised by German reviewer
as "perhaps finer and more artistic" than German work,
but "Germans showed the best average."]
Miller, Dr. Malcolm Dean. "Old Masters by Strauss,"
American Photography, 6:6 (June 1912), 310- 327 passim.
[Includes portraits by J.C. Strauss of noted photographers in
the garb of old masters, such as Goldensky as Dante; Edward S.
Curtis as Vandyck's Portrait of Himself; Pirie McDonald as Holbein's
The Merchant; Lewis Godlove as Delaroche's Napoleon; S. Dundas
Todd as Figure from Raphael's Sistine Madonna; and Henry Havelock
Pierce as Franz Hals' Knight Errant. Previously published in English
magazine, The Sketch, October 18, 1911.]
Mills, Charles P. [att.], "Commercial Society of Philadelphia,"
The Camera, 51 (July-December 1935), 356. [Mentions Elias'
son, Milton Goldensky.]
Newhall, Beaumont. "The Search for Color - A Short History,"
in Bruce Downes, ed., Color Photography Annual, 1956 Edition.
(NY: Ziff-Davis, 1956, 19-25, 167-169). [Includes color portrait
of woman with rose taken by Goldensky in 1916 with Hess-Ives Hicro
Camera.]
"New York State Convention of Professional Photographers' Society of New York, Hotel McAlpin [New York City], February 29, March 1-2," Photo-Era, 36:4 (April 1916), 197. [Includes summary of Goldensky's speech with his memorable truism, "It's very easy to make pleasing pictures of handsome, graceful and well-formed models who are experienced in posing before the camera. Many of us have to struggle with awkward sitters that have potato-faces."]
New York Times, Sept. 13, 1931, p. X7. [Goldensky portrait of Leopold Stokowski.]
New York Times, Dec. 13, 1931, p. 3. [Goldensky portraits of Carl B. Allendoerfer and Edward F. Drake, Rhodes Scholars.]
New York Times, Jan. 19, 1939, p. 40. [Goldensky portrait of Maurice Spector, President, Blum Store, Philadelphia.]
New York Times, July 9, 1940, p. 29 and September 29, 1945, p. 22. [Goldensky portrait, 1939, of William H. Harrison, Vice President, AT&T.]
New York Times, Mar. 11, 1943, p. 21. [Obituary of Elias Goldensky.]
Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art. The Twenty-third Annual Report of the Trustees with the List of Members fo the Eighteen Months ending May 31, 1899. Philadelphia, 1899. [Records gift by Goldensky of his photograph, "An Italian Type."]
Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art. "School
Notes," Bulletin of the Pennslvania Museum, 30 (April
1910), 33. ["Under the auspices of the Alumni Association
an exhibition of the photographic portraits and portrait studies
by Mr. E. Goldensky and Mr. R.T. Dooner was held for two weeks
in the Auditorium of the School, and attracted many visitors."]
Citation courtesy of Sara J. MacDonald, Public Services Librarian,
The University of the Arts - University Libraries and Archives.
Peterson, Christian A. Index to the Annuals of the Pictorial
Photographers of America (Minneapolis: privately printed,
1993).
Phillips, Ryland W. "Photographers Who Have Succeeded,"
Photo-Era, 43:6 (December 1919), 296- 305. [Includes one
unidentified female portrait by Goldensky.]
Phillips, Ryland W. With Other Photographers (Rochester:
Eastman Kodak Company, 1910). [Section on Goldensky on pages 26-29;
six illustrations, including views of 1705 Chestnut Street studio.]
Photo-Era, 1:4 (August-September 1898), 85. [Goldensky's "Italian
Type" is reproduced with a quotation, "The year grows
rich as it groweth old, and life's latest sands are its sands
of gold! -- Dorr."]
Photographers' Association of America. Minutes of Proceedings, Thirty-Ninth Annual Convention, Buffalo, New York, July 18-23, 1921. [Includes one portrait by Goldensky.]
Photographic Journal of America, 52:6 (June 1915). "Goldensky Number," with brief tribute, p. 302 and 12 illustrations, of which two are the same portrait of Goldensky, including one on the cover, and the rest are untitled portraits of women and children.
Photographische Mitteilungen, 1909, 320 opp., 326 opp. [Includes two Goldensky
portraits: "Study" and an untitled portrait, both of women.]
"Photos for Easter at . . . Harpel's," Semi Weekly News, Lebanon, Pa., [date unknown]. [Ad, studio in charge of Ray Stoker, formerly with Goldensky.]
Raymer, Felix. "Class Instruction as I Saw It at Detroit," Bulletin
of Photography, 3:54 (August 19, 1908), 115-117. [Report of demonstrations,
including Goldensky's, at national convention of Photographers' Association
of America in Detroit, July 14-17. Makes point that work of Strauss, Stein,
Schneider, and Goldensky each has distinctive stamp of individuality. Goldensky's
Detroit convention participation also mentioned on the following pages of the
Bulletin: 2:45 (June 17, 1908), 450; 3:47 (July 1, 1908), 4; 3:48 (July
8, 1908), 23-24; 3:50 (July 22, 1908), 50-51 (including on list of those receiving
Salon Honors); 3:51 (July 29, 1908), 72.]
Richardson, H. Starr. "Philadelphia's Tribute to the House of Lumière,"
Bulletin of Photography, 1:20 (December 25, 1907), 389-390. [On occasion
of dinner for A. Lumière in regard to introduction of Autochrome process
to the U.S.; Goldensky included in photo and guest list.]
Saretzky, Gary D. "Elias Goldensky: Wizard of Photography," Pennsylvania
History, 64:2 (Spring 1997), 206-272. [With 17 full-page photographs.]
Sipley, Louis Walton [att.]. "The First Museum of Photography," Arts
and Sciences 5 (1941), 37-66. [Includes "A Daguerreotypist," depicting
Goldensky and Elizabeth Williams, and two images by Goldensky: "Figure
Study" and "Carbon of 1898" (a.k.a. "Italian Type").
The article includes references to Goldensky on pp. 59, 61, 65, and 66. Elsewhere
in the journal, there are passing references to Elias Goldensky and Milton Goldensky
on pp. 9, 23, 67, 95, and 96 and a group photo, including Goldensky, of the
Board of the American Museum of Photography, p. 6.]
Sipley, Louis Walton [att.]. American Museum of Photography (Philadelphia:
American Museum of Photography, 1956). [Includes list and photo of original
Board of the Museum, including Goldensky; description of the Goldensky collection;
and reproduction of Goldensky's "Italian Type."]
Sipley, Louis Walton [att.]. "Portraiture," Pennsylvania Arts and
Sciences 4:1 (July 1937), 45-47. [Includes Goldensky portrait of Frederick
Ives.]
Sipley, Louis Walton. A Half Century of Color (New York: Macmillan, 1951).
Skinner, Cornelia Otis. Family Circle (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1948).
[Goldensky portrait of Otis Skinner, father of Cornelia, as "Matinée
Idol," page 103.]
Sobieszek, Robert A. Masterpieces of Photography from the George Eastman
House Collections. New York: Abbeville Press, 1985. [Compares Helmar Lerski
to Goldensky and Pirie MacDonald, page 256; also mentions that Goldensky photographed
American Indians on page 246.]
Spikol, Art. "The Packrat Inheritance," Philadelphia Magazine
(November 1978). [Concerns how the Goldensky collection came to the George Eastman
House.]
Unattributed. "Movie Beauty Contest Judges Are Meeting to Pick Winners," Evening Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA), June 18, 1921, Night Extra. [Contest sponsored by Betzwood Film Co., which was trying to find three women for "Toonerville Trolley" film comedies. Goldensky one of five judges. Similar articles on May 21, June 8, and June 9. ]
Unattributed. "Mr. Elias Goldensky . . . Will Be at Harpel's Studio," Lebanon Daily News, January 17, 1931, 10. [Ad, states, "The arrangement for the services of Mr. Goldenskhy, we feel sure, has been the greatest achievement of our business career."]
Unattributed. "Photographs of the Year 1906," Camera Craft, 12 (1906), [page unknown]. [Preliminary announcement of annual volume states it will include work by Coburn, Goldensky, Kasebier, Stieglitz, et al.]
Unattributed. "Picture Makers Convene Today," Atlanta Constitution, June 4, 1912, 1. [Goldensky to use living models in his lecture on posing.]
Unattriburted. "Photographers Had a Pleasant Time," Chester Times, January 21, 1909, 1. [Pennsylvania Society of Professional Photographers meeting in Chester.]
Unattributed. "State Photographers in Session Here," Indiana (Pa.) Gazette, September 18, 1913, 1. [Goldensky's work "marvels of style and elegance" and taken with artificial light.]
Parsons, Melinda Boyd. "Edward Steichen's Socialism: 'Millennial
Girls' and the Construction of Genius," History of Photography,
17:4 (Winter 1993), 317-333.
Peterson, Christian A. "American Arts and Crafts. The Photograph
Beautiful, 1895- 1915," History of Photography, 16:3
(Autumn 1992), 189-232.
Pitts, Terence Randolph. William Bell: Philadelphia Photographer,
M.A. Thesis (University of Arizona, 1987).
Stanislawski, Michael. Psalms for the Tsar. A Minute-Book of
a Psalms-Society in the Russian Army, 1864-1867 (New York:
Yeshiva University Library, 1988).
Stickley, Gustav. "Als Ik Kan," The Craftsman,
11 (October 1906 - March 1907), 128-130. [This editorial constitutes
a manifesto of the Arts and Crafts Movement.]
Strauss, J.C. "Photography as Art," Current Literature,
32:3 (March 1902), 355-356.
Tabak, Robert Phillip. The Transformation of Jewish Identity:
The Philadelphia Experience, 1919-1945, Ph.D. dissertation
(Temple University, 1990).
Troyat, Henri. Gorky (New York: Crown Publishers, 1989).
Tussle, Catherine. "Steichen and the Photography-as-Art Debate:
Silencing the Cuckoo's Call," History of Photography,
17:4 (Winter 1993), 343-351.
Unattributed. "Dührkoop, Expert Advertiser," American
Photography, 5:9 (September 1911), 546-547. [Describes reasons
for national renown of Rudolph Dührkoop, who was co-featured
with Goldensky at 1912 Wanamaker exhibition in Philadephia.]
Underwood, Sandra Lee. Charles H. Caffin: A Voice for Modernism,
1897-1918 (Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press, 1983).
Wallace, Linda S. "Home with a view of the river and history,"
Philadelphia Inquirer (March 8, 1989), 1-E. [Concerns Abercrombie
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(Berkeley: University of California, 1990). [Includes biography,
collected writings, and bibliography.]
Webster, Richard J. Philadelphia Preserved (Philadelphia:
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Whelan, Richard. Alfred Stieglitz: A Biography (New York:
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Whiteman, Maxwell. "A Century of Transformation: Philadelphia
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Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, 1988), 10-27.
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