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  • Conditions Governing Access
  • Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
  • Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
  • UCLA Catalog Record ID
  • Preferred Citation
  • Processing Information
  • History
  • Scope and Content
  • Organization and Arrangement
  • Related Material
  • Online Items Available

  • Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
    Title: Photographers' collection
    Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0098
    Physical Description: 3.0 linear feet (6 boxes and 125 oversize boxes)
    Date: 1863
    Abstract: Collection consists of original photographs and negatives of various 19th and 20th century photographers covering a broad range of subjects and includes portraits, landscapes, panoramic views, cityscapes and buildings from various geographic locations and photographs from various historical periods.
    Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
    Language of Material: Materials are in English.

    Conditions Governing Access

    Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

    Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use

    Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
    Photographs may not be photocopied.
    Florence Yoch garden view slides available on copy slides in UCLA Library Special Collections. Originals not available for consultation due to fragile condition.

    Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

    PORTIONS OF THIS COLLECTION HAVE BEEN DIGITIZED. See the Online Items Availabble note for the link to the digitized materials.

    UCLA Catalog Record ID

    UCLA Catalog Record ID: 9942335833606533 

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Photographers' Collection (Collection 98). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

    Processing Information

    Processed by Mike Roy and UCLA Library Special Collections staff.
    Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.
    We are committed to providing ethical, inclusive, and anti-racist description of the materials we steward, and to remediating existing description of our materials that contains language that may be offensive or cause harm. We invite you to submit feedback about how our collections are described, and how they could be described more accurately, by filling out the form located on our website: Report Potentially Offensive Description in Library Special Collections.  

    History

    The collection contains photographs from the 19th and 20th century covering a broad range of subjects from various geographical locations and historical periods.

    Scope and Content

    Collection consists of original photographs and negatives of various 19th and 20th century photographers including, Berenice Abbott, Ansel Adams, Felix Bonfils, Paul Caponigro, Imogen Cunningham, Ralph Dalton Cornell, Louis Fleckenstein, William Henry Jackson, George Wharton James, Charles Fletcher Lummis, Julia Margaret Cameron, Burton Frasher, Burton Holmes, Eadweard Muybridge, Barbara Brooks Morgan, Eliot Porter, Marilyn Sanders, Napoleon Sarony, I West Taber, James Van der Zee, Carl Van Vechten, Carlton Watkins, Henry Hebard West, Brett Weston, Edward Weston, and Garry Winogrand. Contains photographs covering a broad range of subjects and includes portraits, landscapes, panoramic views, cityscapes and buildings from various geographic locations and photographs from various historical periods.

    Organization and Arrangement

    Arranged alphabetically by photographer.

    Related Material

    Picture Collection (Collection 99)  . Available at Library Special Collections, UCLA.

    Online Items Available

    Portions of this collection have been digitized and are available online: Photographers Collection (9 items) .

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Panoramic photographs.
    Cityscape photographs.
    Portrait photographs.
    Landscape photographs.
    Photographers -- Archives.
    Photographs -- 20th century.
    Photographs -- 19th century.