Guide to the Rosario Mazzeo Photographs
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Guide to the Rosario Mazzeo Photographs
Collection number: MS 311
The University Library
Special Collections and Archives
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, California
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Rosario Mazzeo photographs
Dates: 1952-2006
Collection number: MS 311
Creator:
Mazzeo, Rosario
Collection Size:
6 boxes
Repository:
University of California, Santa Cruz. University Library.
Special Collections and Archives
Santa Cruz, California 95064
Abstract: This collection includes 50 gelatin silver photographs with 40 negatives taken by Mazzeo.
Physical location: Stored offsite: Advance notice is required for access to the papers.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
Collection open for research.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permission to publish or to reproduce the material, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Preferred Citation
Rosario Mazzeo photographs. MS 311. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of
California, Santa Cruz.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Katie Clare Mazzeo, December 8, 2006.
Biography
Rosario Mazzeo (Born: April 5, 1911, Pawtucket, Rhode Island - Died: July 19, 1997, Monterey, California)
Rosario Mazzeo was an internationally renowned clarinetist, musical educator, and accomplished photographer. In his earlier
years he served as faculty at the New England Conservatory, where he was Chair of the Woodwind Department. He was also the
Personnel Manager and bass clarinetist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra during this time.
As he grew older his life-long love of photography began to occupy more of his creative energy and blossomed into a note-worthy
practice. His first solo exhibit was held at the Carl Siembab Gallery in Boston when he was 40 years old. Unknown to Mr. Mazzeo
at the time Ansel Adams purchased three prints from this show. Shortly after this exhibition Mr. Mazzeo began correspondence
with Edward Weston and began to travel every September to California to study with Mr. Weston and Ansel Adams. When he retired
from the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1966 he moved to Carmel, CA with his wife Katie Clare Mazzeo. While living there he
became very close with Mr. Adams, Mr. Weston and Mr. Weston's son Brett. During this time he continued to produce and exhibit
his photography while also teaching at Stanford, and the University of California, Santa Cruz.
The combination of his musical career and a personal passion for travel took him to every continent except Antarctica. Most
of the 14,000 negatives he made contain imagery derived from his extensive travels and an acute interest in both ornithology
and the natural world.
His photographic work has been exhibited nationally at venues such as Princeton University, the Philadelphia Museum, and the
Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection includes a small collection of 50 gelatin silver photographs with 40 negatives taken by Rosario Mazzeo.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Mazzeo, Rosario--Archives
Gelatin silver prints
Collection Contents
box 1-5
Photographs
1952-2006
Physical Description: 50 photographs
Scope and Content Note
This series contains fifty gelatin silver photographs taken by Mazzeo from 1952-1997.
There are no negatives for prints #6, 7, 15, 17, 20, 21, 23, 30, 42, 45.
box 1:1
Machu Pichu, Ecuador
1960
box 1:2
Staircase, Ca' D'Oro, Venice, Italy
1986
box 1:3
Stairs, Les Baux, Bouches-du-Rhine, France
1986
box 1:4
Fire escape, Shasta, CA
1984
box 1:5
Staircase to Nowhere, Waipio Valley, HI
1980
box 1:7
Cemetery, Aricun, Spain
1972
box 1:8
Chinese Theater, Locke, CA
1977
box 1:9
Title roof, Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico
1985
box 1:10
Trulli House, Apulia, Italy
1970
box 1:11
Oast Houses, Kent, United Kingdom
1984
box 1:12
St. Martin de Canigou, French Pyrenees, France
1980
box 1:13
Church and mountain road, Eastern Pyrenees, Andorra
1982
box 1:14
Katsura Palace, Japan
1960
box 2:16
Wayside Shrine, Baja, Mexico
1989
box 2:17
Omen of Doom, Baja, Mexico
1971
box 2:18
Somber House, Auvergne, France
1970
box 2:19
Lambeth Fields Colonnade, VA
1985
box 2:20
Mysterious Barricade
1983
box 2:23
Sandstone, Point Lobos, CA
1954
box 3:27
Landing Stage, Aran Islands, Ireland
1956
box 3:28
Mother and Child, Brazil
1957
box 3:31
Iceland Horseman, Mount Hekla, Iceland
1989
box 3:32
Eskimos, Baffin Island, Canada
1988
box 3:35
Egret in flight, [Japan]
1960
box 4:40
Winged Victory, Pebble Beach, Monterey, CA
1954
box 4:41
Forest Path, Pebble Beach, Monterey, CA
1987
box 4:42
Budding Tree, Topsfield, MA
1962
box 4:43
Lycopodia, New England, USA
1957
box 4:46
Wheat Fields, Mexico
1982
box 4:49
Zabriskie Point, Death Valley, CA
1981
box 6:1-50
Negatives
1952-2006
Physical Description: 40 negatives
Scope and Content Note
This series contains forty negatives taken from 1952-1997.
There are no negatives for #6, 7, 15, 17, 20, 21, 23, 30, 42, 45.
box 6:1
Machu Pichu, Ecuador
1956
box 6:2
Staircase, Ca'D'Oro, Venice - (Neg code #5546)
1957
box 6:3
Stairs, Les Baux - (Neg code #928)
1970
box 6:4
Fire Escape [uncertain] - (Neg code #57-22)
1984
box 6:5
Staircase to Nowhere Waipio Valley, HI - (Neg code #1582)
1980
box 6:8
Chinese Theater Locke, CA - (Neg code #22.5.71)
1977
box 6:9
Tiled Roof Uruapan, Mexico - (Neg code #4155)
1968
box 6:10
Trulli House Apulia - (Neg code #5495)
1970
box 6:11
Oast Houses, Kent - (Neg code #8125)
1984
box 6:12
St. Martin de Canigou French Pyrenees - (Neg code #1228)
1972
box 6:13
Church and Mountain Road Andorra - (Neg code #1245)
1972
box 6:14
Katsura Palace Japan - (Neg code #1950)
1960
box 6:16
Wayside Shine Baja, CA - (Neg code #4667)
1968
box 6:18
Somber House Auvergne, France - (Neg code #45.1131)
1970
box 6:19
Lambeth Fields Colonnade, VA - (Neg code #1323)
1985
box 6:22
Cricket Cages - (Neg code #45.836)
1958
box 6:24
Lumber Pile - (Neg code #9)
1952
box 6:25
Irish Fisherman - (Neg code #705)
1956
box 6:26
Moment of Decision - (Neg code #810)
1956
box 6:27
Landing Stage Aran Islands [Ireland] - (Neg code #792)
1956
box 6:28
Mother and Child, Brazil - (Neg code #1255)
1957
box 6:29
Monk, Ecuador - (Neg code #1346)
1956
box 6:31
Icelandic Horsemen Mount Hekla - (Neg code #297)
1955
box 6:32
Eskimos, Baffin Island, AK - (Neg code #628)
1955
box 6:33
Taiwan Gardeners - (Neg code #1979)
1960
box 6:34
Egret Ascent, Japan - (Neg code #2084)
1960
box 6:35
Egret in Flight, [Japan] - (Neg code #45.941)
1960
box 6:36
Cross section trunk - (Neg code #36)
1952
box 6:37
Redwood Stump - (Neg code #2610)
1975
box 6:38
Knothole - (Neg code #16)
1954
box 6:39
Burnt Redwood - (Neg code #23)
1958
box 6:40
Winged Victory, Pebble Beach - (Neg code #25)
1954
box 6:41
Forest Path, Pebble Beach - (Neg code #45.647)
1953
box 6:43
Lycopodia, New England - (Neg code #A97)
1957
box 6:44
Succulent [wood rose] - (Neg code #15)
1952
box 6:46
Wheat Fields, Mexico - (Neg code #1198)
1971
box 6:47
"Tired" Landscape - (Neg code #83)
1977
box 6:48
Aerial Landscape - (Neg code #580)
1985
box 6:49
Zabriske Point [CA] - (Neg code #864)
1981
box 6:50
Mount Danali, AK - (Neg code #8989)
1988
box 6:51-52
Announcements
1980-1999
Physical Description: 2 folders
Scope and Content Note
This small series contains announcements and flyers advertising Mazzeo's music and photographic shows.
box 6:51
Photographic announcements
1980-1999
box 6:52
Music announcements
1980-1999
