title: Louis Walton Sipley
text: # Louis Walton Sipley
  
  Louis Walton Sipley (April 10, 1897 - October 18, 1968) was a writer, inventor museum proprietor and an author of books on photography. His museum's collection of photographs and his papers were donated to the George Eastman Museum which has a collection and conservation center named for him. The museum of photography he established was the first of its kind. He also created a hall of fame at it for photography innovators and pioneers.
  
  He was part of the Bucknell University class of 1918.
  
  With his wife Alice Gertrude Moïse (May 24, 1906 - April 26, 2003), he directed the American Museum of Photography in Philadelphia.
  
  A collection of his work and papers was donated to the George Eastman Museum by 3M in 1977.
  
  He reviewed an art book.
  
  He is buried in a Jewish cemetery.
  
  