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UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Ansel Adams papers
Creator:
Adams, Ansel
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0696
Physical Description:
1 unknown
(1 oversize box)
Date (inclusive): 1938-1944
Abstract: Ansel Easton Adams (1902-1984) was born in San Francisco, California. A photographer and conservationist, he helped to establish
photography as an art form and is known for his detailed, panoramic photos of the American West. The collection consists of
typescripts, correspondence, photographs, proof sheets, and ephemera related to the creation and publication of two of Adams's
books:
Born Free and Equal (1944) and
Sierra Nevada, the John Muir Trail (1938).
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[Identification of item], Ansel Adams Papers (Collection 696). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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Processed by Yvonne Schroeder, November 1960.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Ansel Easton Adams was born on February 20, 1902 in San Francisco, California; a photographer and conservationist, he helped
to establish photography as an art form and is known for his detailed, panoramic photos of the American West; co-founder,
Group f/64 (1932-34); author of seven portfolios and thirty books, including
Born Free and Equal (1944),
Yosemite (1960), and
Images: 1923-74 (1975); director, Sierra Club, 1934-71; died near Carmel, California, on April 22, 1984.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of typescripts, correspondence, photographs, proof sheets, and ephemera related to the creation and publication
of two of Adams's books:
Born Free and Equal (1944) and
Sierra Nevada, the John Muir Trail (1938). Most of the collection relates to his work for
Born Free and Equal, and it contains photographs and other materials from his visit to the Manzanar War Relocation Center to document the experiences
of interned Japanese Americans. Includes a Manzanar High yearbook and two different copies of the
Manzanar Free Press from 1943 & 1944. Also includes 3 letters from Dorothea Lange.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
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Born Free and Equal (Boxes 1-2).
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Sierra Nevada - the John Muir Trail (Box 3).
Related Material
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Conservationists -- California -- Archives.
Photographers -- California -- Archives.
Photographs.
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Manuscripts for publication
Online resources.
Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984--Archives.
Lange, Dorothea--Correspondence.
Manzanar War Relocation Center
Lange, Dorothea