Photographers' collection, 1863

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Photographers' Collection

Summary

Abstract:
Collection consists of original photographs and negatives of various 19th and 20th century photographers covering a broad range of subjects and includes portraits, landscapes, panoramic views, cityscapes and buildings from various geographic locations and photographs from various historical periods.
Extent:
3.0 linear feet (6 boxes and 125 oversize boxes)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Photographers' Collection (Collection 98). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of original photographs and negatives of various 19th and 20th century photographers including, Berenice Abbott, Ansel Adams, Felix Bonfils, Paul Caponigro, Imogen Cunningham, Ralph Dalton Cornell, Louis Fleckenstein, William Henry Jackson, George Wharton James, Charles Fletcher Lummis, Julia Margaret Cameron, Burton Frasher, Burton Holmes, Eadweard Muybridge, Barbara Brooks Morgan, Eliot Porter, Marilyn Sanders, Napoleon Sarony, I West Taber, James Van der Zee, Carl Van Vechten, Carlton Watkins, Henry Hebard West, Brett Weston, Edward Weston, and Garry Winogrand. Contains photographs covering a broad range of subjects and includes portraits, landscapes, panoramic views, cityscapes and buildings from various geographic locations and photographs from various historical periods.

Biographical / historical:

The collection contains photographs from the 19th and 20th century covering a broad range of subjects from various geographical locations and historical periods.

Processing information:

Processed by Mike Roy and UCLA Library Special Collections staff.

Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.

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Arrangement:

Arranged alphabetically by photographer.

Physical / technical requirements:

PORTIONS OF THIS COLLECTION HAVE BEEN DIGITIZED. See the Online Items Availabble note for the link to the digitized materials.

Physical location:
Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Photographs may not be photocopied.

Florence Yoch garden view slides available on copy slides in UCLA Library Special Collections. Originals not available for consultation due to fragile condition.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Photographers' Collection (Collection 98). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
AskLSC@library.ucla.edu
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