Massillon Museum

The Massillon Museum will conduct a research project focused on two important American photographers, Belle Johnson and Henry Clay Fleming, whose works represent more than 1,500 images in the Museum’s permanent collection. These photographers operated their studios in the early 20th century in Monroe City, Missouri, and Ravenswood, West Virginia. Museum staff will visit the towns in which these photographers practiced their craft in order to collect oral histories. The Museum will work in collaboration with libraries and historical societies in these towns to facilitate the project, which will result in scholarly articles, exhibits and corresponding catalogs, and online educational components.