Credits:

This website is dedicated to the memory of Hedda Morrison nee Hammer (1908-1991). The Powerhouse Museum would like to express sincere gratitude to Alastair Morrison for his very generous donations of objects over many years. In 2002 Alastair Morrison was made a Life Fellow of the Powerhouse Museum in recognition of his significant contribution to the Museum.

Much of the information on this website is the result of research conducted by Claire Roberts, Senior Curator, Asian Decorative Arts and Design, for the Hedda Morrison exhibitions held at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, in 1993 and 2002.

The Museum acknowledges the contributions made by Alastair Morrison; the Bildarchiv Foto Marbug, Marburg; Elaine Engst, Curator of Rare Manuscripts and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, Ithaca, USA; Professor Roland Fürst, Fachhochschule Für Gestaltung, Mannheim; the late Herta Imhof; Raymond Lum, Harvard-Yenching Library, Harvard University, Cambridge Massachusetts, USA; Narelle Jubelin;  Franz Lazi, Stuttgart; Sang Ye and Ann Stephen.

Content: Claire Roberts, Senior Curator, Asian Decorative Arts and Design; assisted by Rachel McMullan as internship project for a Master of Arts in Museum Studies at the University of Sydney during 2005.

Content editor: Irma Havlicek, Web Services

Technical lead & project management: Sebastian Chan, Manager, Web Services

Programming: Giv Parvaneh, Programmer, Web Services

Design: Jason Gee, Producer, Web Services

Registration lead: Lynne McNairn, Systems Administrator, Collection Information System

Registration: Julius Medgyessy, Myfanwy Eaves, Terry Mooney

Image support: Ryan Hernandez, IRC Coordinator, Image Resource Centre

Photography: Sotha Bourn, Sue Stafford

Photography Library: Kathy Hackett

Site content sourced directly from the Powerhouse Museum's collection management and image management systems. Original content authored by Powerhouse Museum curatorial and photography departments.

92/1414-204 Photograph, 'Looking back to Coal Hill from the wall of the Forbidden City', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946. 92/1416-10 Photograph, 'Young man in fur cap at the Stuttgart Folk Festival', black and white, negative, by Hedda Hammer (Morrison), Stuttgart, Germany, 1931. 92/1414-264 Photograph, 'Looking north from Taihe Gate towards Taihe Hall inside the Forbidden City', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946. 92/1414-217 Photograph, 'Qianmen Boulevard and the memorial archway at Zhengyang Bridge after snowfall', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946. 91/1078-2 Papercut, red paper, maker unknown, The lotus of continuity (Lian lian bu duan), China, 1930-1940
92/1414-224 Photograph, 'Chinese New Year painting and calligraphy stall, Haiwang Village, east of Liulichang', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946. 92/1416-3 Photograph, 'Woman in wide-brimmed hat with broad ribbons at the Stuttgart Folk Festival', black and white, negative, by Hedda Hammer (Morrison), Stuttgart, Germany, 1931. 91/1099 Papercut, handcoloured paper, 'Astride a deer may you ascend in rank' (Lu wei gao shen), China, 1930-1940 92/1416-4 Photograph, 'Woman with a bead and flower headdress at the Stuttgart Folk Festival', black and white, negative, by Hedda Hammer (Morrison), Stuttgart, Germany, 1931. 93/178/11 Photograph, 'Study of fish', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Adolf Lazi, Stuttgart, Germany, 1950.
91/1107 Papercut, handcoloured paper, Boat with money, China, 1930-1940 93/179/4 Booklet (offprint), 'Folklore studies', black and white, paper, Museum of Oriental Ethnology, The Catholic University of Peking, Peking, China, 1945, with photographs by Hedda Hammer (Morrison). 91/1124 Papercut, green paper, Sons and vase (Ping sheng gui zi), China, 1930-1940 93/179/5-8 Photograph of Mrs Hammer, Hedda Morrison's mother, black and white, silver gelatin print, Germany, early 1900s. 93/179/2-5 Photograph, 'Portrait of Hedda hammer (Morrison)', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Adolf Lazi, Stuttgart, Germany, 1931/32.
92/1414-207 Photograph, 'Young woman from the outer suburbs of Peking with a Southern Chinese style hairstyle', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1936. 92/1414-222 Photograph, 'Furnace in a glass grape making workshop', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946. 91/1076 Papercut, red paper, `Phoenix and peony' (Feng huang mu dan), China, 1930-1940 93/179/5-7 Photograph, 'Hedda Hammer and Alastair Morrison, Peking', black and white, silver gelatin print, Peking, China, 1941. 92/1414-211 Photograph, 'Rickshaws', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946.
91/1096 Papercut, handcoloured paper, `Lion playing with a ball', China, 1930-1940 92/1416-8 Photograph, 'Portrait of woman in white bonnet and shawl at the Stuttgart Folk Festival', black and white, negative, by Hedda Hammer (Morrison), Stuttgart, Germany, 1931. 92/1416-51 Photograph, 'Couple outdoors in regional dress at the Stuttgart Folk Festival', black and white, negative, by Hedda Hammer (Morrison), Stuttgart, Germany, 1931. 92/1416-44/1 Photograph, 'Man with moustache at the Stuttgart Folk Festival', black and white, negative, by Hedda Hammer (Morrison), Stuttgart, Germany, 1931. 92/1414-210 Photograph, 'Decorative street signs for a cake shop', black and white, silver gelatin print, by Hedda Morrison, Peking, China, 1933-1946.