Guide to the Ansel Adams Papers,
1932-1984.
Processed by Special Collections staff ; machine readable finding aid created by Steven Mandeville-Gamble
Department of Special Collections
Green Library
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, CA 94305-6004
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Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
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Guide to the Ansel Adams Papers,
1932-1984.
Collection number : M359
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, California
Contact Information
- Department of Special Collections
- Green Library
- Stanford University Libraries
- Stanford, CA 94305-6004
- Phone: (650) 725-1022
- Email: speccoll@sulmail.stanford.edu
- URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/
- Processed by:
- Special Collections staff
- Encoded by:
- Steven Mandeville-Gamble
© 1997
Descriptive Summary
Title: Ansel Adams Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1932-1984.
Collection Number: Special Collections M359
Creator:
Waters, George,
Adams, Ansel
Extent:
1.5 linear ft.
Contributing Institution:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Provenance:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. George Waters,
1983 and 1984.
Access Restrictions:
None
Publication rights:
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For
permission to reproduce or publish, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item], Ansel Adams Papers, M359, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Processed by:
Brita Jaffe,
June 1985
Biographical Note:
Friend and business associate of American photographer Ansel Adams, George Waters corresponded with Adams over a period of
almost forty years. Waters supervised the photolithography work for many of Adams' publications; the correspondence reflects
both Adams' and Waters' attention to detail and the creation of fine reproductions.
Scope and Contents Note:
Arrangement
Correspondence is arranged chronologically, with letters from Adams and Waters interfiled. Incoming correspondence to Waters
from others, primarily concerning the production of Adams' books, follows the Adams-Waters correspondence. Subject files for
the books Waters worked on are arranged alphabetically by title of book.
There are awards, keepsakes, and reproductions of Adams' photographs, as well as two Adams photographs by George Waters of
Ansel Adams, 1946-1947, 1974, and 1979. Ephemeral publications and objects including a tee-shirt and coffee can decorated
with Adams' photos complete the collection.
Container Listing
Series 1. Correspondence,
1954-1973
Box 1, Folder 1
Ansel Adams-George Waters,
1954-1971
Box 1, Folder 2
Ansel Adams-George Waters,
1972
Box 1, Folder 3
Ansel Adams-George Waters,
1973-1976
Box 1, Folder 4
Ansel Adams-George Waters,
1977
Box 1, Folder 5
Ansel Adams-George Waters,
1978
Box 1, Folder 6
Ansel Adams-George Waters,
1979
Box 1, Folder 7
Ansel Adams-George Waters,
1980-1983
Box 1, Folder 8
Incoming correspondence to Waters from others,
1964-1983
Series 2. Subject files,
1971-1979
Box 1, Folder 9
Clarence Kennedy Photographs,
1971
Box 1, Folder 10
Photographs of the Southwest, correspondence,
1976-1977
Box 1, Folder 11
Photographs of the Southwest, photographic record,
1976-1977
Box 1, Folder 12
The Polaroid Land Manual,
1978
Box 1, Folder 13
Taos (facsimile),
1976-1978
Box 1, Folder 14
Yosemite and the Range of Light,
1978 April -1978 Aug.
Box 1, Folder 15
Yosemite and the Range of Light,
1978 Sept. -1978 Dec.
Box 1, Folder 16
Yosemite and the Range of Light,
1979 Jan. -1979 July
Box 1, Folder 17
Yosemite and the Range of Light, photographic record,
[ca. 1979 July 30]
Box 1, Folder 18
1 polaroid portrait each of Adams and Waters.
Box 1, Folder 19
Ansel and Virginia Adams on a trip to Mojave Desert and the Grand Canyon taken by Waters,
1946-1947.
Series 4. Awards, Keepsakes, Reproductions
Box 2, Folder 1
Award, American Institute of Graphic Arts,
Images 1923-1974
Box 2, Folder 2
Reproductions and keepsakes, photolithography by George Waters.
Series 5. Publications
Note
Photolithography by George Waters
Box 2, Folder 3
"Don Wort : Photographs 1956-1972", introduction by Ansel Adams.
Box 2, Folder 4
"Photographs by Clarence Kennedy", portrait and technical advice by Ansel Adams.
Box 2, Folder 5
"Polaroid Corporation, 1978", Adams and Kennedy photographs.
Series 6. Other Publications
Box 2, Folder 6
"A chance to be involved", National Park Foundation, photographs by Ansel Adams.
Box 2, Folder 8
Articles by Adams, (Fortnightly Review, 1932)
Box 2, Folder 11
Tee-shirt, "Photographs of the Southwest."
Box 3
Hills Bros. coffee can with an Ansel Adams photograph
