Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Akers, Sibylle von Kaskel
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Akers, Sibylle
- Sibylle Akers
- Sibylle von Kaskel Akers
- von Kaskel Akers, Sibylle
- von Kaskel, Sibylle
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Description area
Dates of existence
1905-2005
History
Sibylle Akers was born in Dresden, Germany. She left Germany after the Second World War and moved to Texas. She was a well-known photographer. In September of 1959, she visited Gethsemani and took 26 photographs of Merton that are now part of the Merton Center collection. Akers sends letters and postcards from a visit to Europe in the mid-sixties. In 1965, she moved to Washington, D.C., because her husband was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson as Director of the U.S. Information Agency.