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Photography Services Photographs (University of California, Santa
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Contributing Institution:
University of California, Santa Cruz
Title: University of California, Santa Cruz, Photography Services Photographs
Creator:
University of California, Santa Cruz. Photography
Services
Identifier/Call Number: UA.050
Physical Description:
42 Linear Feet
43 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1965-2004
Language of Material:
English .
Collection is open for research. Selected images from this collection have been digitized
and are available online through
UCSC Library Digital Collections. .
The materials are arranged by format, following the job numbering of the photo shoots,
which is roughly chronological.The job number is used as the unique identifier for images in
all represented formats, including digital file names.
University of California, Santa Cruz, Photography Services, commonly known as the "Photo
Lab," began operations under the auspices of Instructional Services when the campus opened
in 1965. Initially run by local photographer J. Alexander "Al" Lowry, various photographers
and technicians were employed over the years, including Alan Donaldson, Gypsy Ray, Catharina
Marlowe, Don Fukuda, Shmuel Thaler, Don Harris, Victor Schiffrin, and Angelika Frebert.
Photography Services closed in 2005.
UCSC Photography Services photographs. UA 50. Special Collections and Archives, University
Library, University of California, Santa Cruz
Finding aid revision statement
This finding aid was revised in the Reparative Archival Redescription Project in 2021-2022.
Previous versions of this finding aid are available upon request.
The UCSC Photography Services photographs is a collection of more than 200,000 images. It
contains primarily 35mm black and white negatives, contact sheets, prints, and slides
created by staff photographers employed by the University of California, Santa Cruz. The
collection visually documents the history of UCSC from the campus opening in 1965, until the
department was closed, in 2005. Images include aerial and landscape photographs of the
campus and neighboring Santa Cruz, construction views, scenes from daily campus life and
activities, classrooms, labs, and curricular materials, and people and events significant to
UCSC history.
Copyright for the items in this collection is owned by Regents of the University of
California. Reproduction or distribution of any work protected by copyright beyond that
allowed by fair use requires permission from the copyright owner. It is the responsibility
of the user to determine whether a use is fair use, and to obtain any necessary permissions.
UCSC Special Collections and Archives can grant permission to publish materials to which it
holds the copyright. For more information see UCSC Special Collections and Archives policy
on Reproduction and Use.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Photographs