Guide to the Ansel Adams Papers M0359
Processed by Special Collections staff ; machine readable finding aid created by
Steven Mandeville-Gamble
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
1997
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Ansel Adams Papers
Creator:
Waters, George
Creator:
Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984
Identifier/Call Number: M0359
Identifier/Call Number: 1535
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1932-1984
Scope and Contents Note:
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.
Arrangement note
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.
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.
Processed by:
Brita Jaffe, June 1985
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item], Ansel Adams Papers, M359, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
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.
Access Restrictions:
None
Provenance:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. George Waters, 1983 and
1984.
Series 1. Correspondence, 486249
1954-1973
Box 1, folder 1
Ansel Adams-George Waters, 486265
1954-1971
Box 1, folder 2
Ansel Adams-George Waters, 486263
1972
Box 1, folder 3
Ansel Adams-George Waters, 486261
1973-1976
Box 1, folder 4
Ansel Adams-George Waters, 486259
1977
Box 1, folder 5
Ansel Adams-George Waters, 486257
1978
Box 1, folder 6
Ansel Adams-George Waters, 486255
1979
Box 1, folder 7
Ansel Adams-George Waters, 486253
1980-1983
Box 1, folder 8
Incoming correspondence to Waters from others, 486251
1964-1983
Series 2. Subject files, 486229
1971-1979
Box 1, folder 9
Clarence Kennedy Photographs, 486247
1971
Box 1, folder 10
Photographs of the Southwest, correspondence, 486245
1976-1977
Box 1, folder 11
Photographs of the Southwest, photographic record, 486243
1976-1977
Box 1, folder 12
The Polaroid Land Manual, 486241
1978
Box 1, folder 13
Taos (facsimile), 486239
1976-1978
Box 1, folder 14
Yosemite and the Range of Light, 486237
1978 Apr-1978 Aug
Box 1, folder 15
Yosemite and the Range of Light, 486235
1978 Sep-1978 Dec
Box 1, folder 16
Yosemite and the Range of Light, 486233
1979 Jan-1979 Jul
Box 1, folder 17
Yosemite and the Range of Light, photographic record, 486231
circa 1979 Jul 30
Series 3. Photographs 486223
Box 1, folder 18
1 polaroid portrait each of Adams and Waters. 486227
Box 1, folder 19
Ansel and Virginia Adams on a trip to Mojave Desert and the Grand Canyon
taken by Waters,
486225
1946-1947
Series 4. Awards, Keepsakes, Reproductions 486217
Box 2, folder 1
Award, American Institute of Graphic Arts,
Images
1923-1974
486221
Box 2, folder 2
Reproductions and keepsakes, photolithography by George Waters. 486219
Series 5. Publications 486209
General note
Photolithography by George Waters
Box 2, folder 3
"Don Wort : Photographs 1956-1972", introduction by Ansel Adams. 486215
Box 2, folder 4
"Photographs by Clarence Kennedy", portrait and technical advice by Ansel
Adams.
486213
Box 2, folder 5
"Polaroid Corporation, 1978", Adams and Kennedy photographs. 486211
Series 6. Other Publications 486201
Box 2, folder 6
"A chance to be involved", National Park Foundation, photographs by Ansel
Adams.
486207
Box 2, folder 7
Articles about Adams 486205
Box 2, folder 8
Articles by Adams, (Fortnightly Review, 1932) 486203
Series 7. Miscellany 486193
Box 2, folder 11
Tee-shirt, "Photographs of the Southwest." 486197
Box 3
Hills Bros. coffee can with an Ansel Adams photograph 486195
Box 4
Promotional Materials for "Ansel Adams and Wallace Stegner: A Conversation"
at Stanford University Libraries
October 24, 1982
Scope and Contents
Includes event information; reprint of Adams' and Stegner's writing on photography;
and print of Adams' "Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada, from Lone Pine, California, 1944".
All of this is included in mock-up and final form.
