Personalities and Activities in the Self-Help Cooperatives of California: Photographs from the Exhibition, 1933-1934, 1933-1934
Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Personalities and Activities in the Self-Help Cooperatives of California: Photographs from the Exhibition,
- Dates:
- 1933-1934
- Extent:
- 80 mounted photographic prints : black and white ; various sizes 72 digital objects
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Personalities and Activities in the Self-Help Cooperatives of California: Photographs from the Exhibition, BANC PIC 1905.17139:1-80--A, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Personalities and Activities of the Self-Help Cooperatives of California collection contains 80 mounted silver gelatin prints taken from 1933-34. The prints were originally included in the "Exhibition of Photographs and Etchings of Personalities and Activities in the Self-Help Cooperatives of California," held in 1934 at The University of California at Berkeley. The exhibition was organized by University of California Professor of Economics Paul Schuster Taylor, following his study of the self-help cooperative organizations formed in California during the early years of the Great Depression. The intent of the exhibition was to document the diverse range of individuals (often referred to as "cooperators"), activities, and challenges which characterized the cooperative effort. Among the organizations represented in the exhibition were the Unemployed Exchange Association, the Pacific Cooperative League, the Orange County Cooperatives, the Unemployed Citizens' League, and the Unemployed Cooperative Relief Association. The exhibition photographs were provided by the California State Emergency Relief Administration and by the photographers. Also featured in the exhibition were etchings by Dayton Brown of Los Angeles.
The collection includes the work of such notable California photographers as Dorothea Lange, Willard Van Dyke, Blanding Sloan, and Imogen Cunningham. Other photographers featured in the collection include Mary Jeanette Edwards, C.F. Adam, and Professor Taylor.
- Acquisition information:
- The Personalities and Activities of the Self-Help Cooperatives of California photographs were given to The Bancroft Library by Paul Schuster Taylor in 1957.
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid was created using various methods. The container list was automatically generated from the California Heritage Digital Image Access Project control database using perl; the contextual information was partially derived from existing text, with additional information added during the editing process. Date of source: May 1997 . Machine-readable finding aid created by Campbell J. Crabtree
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Original photographs are restricted. Use viewing prints with call number BANC PIC 1905.17139:1-80--PIC.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to reproduce photographs must be submitted in writing to the Curator of Pictorial Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Personalities and Activities in the Self-Help Cooperatives of California: Photographs from the Exhibition, BANC PIC 1905.17139:1-80--A, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft LibraryBerkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
- Contact:
- 510-642-6481