Broadcasting Photograph collection (ARA), 1912-1996

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Summary

Abstract:
The Broadcasting Photograph collection consists of about 4,300 photographs taken throughout the twentieth century and encompasses 15 record boxes.
Extent:
15 Linear Feet; (15 record boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Broadcasting Photograph collection, PA Mss 227. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

The Broadcasting Photograph collection consists of about 4,300 photographs pertaining to the history of Broadcasting in the 20th centruy. Most of the photographs are prints, but there are some negatives and clippings found in the collection as well. Some photographs also contain accompaning material or are inscribed.

Custodial history:

This collection forms part of the American Radio Archives (ARA), which documents the early history of broadcasting, with an emphasis on California. The ARA was formerly housed at the Thousand Oaks Public Library and was owned and administered by the Thousand Oaks Library Foundation. It was transferred to the UCSB Library in 2021.

Arrangement:

The materials in this collection are arranged into two series by type. Sereis 1: Photographs; Series 2: Oversized Photographs.

Physical location:
Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and are retained by the creator and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.

All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@ucsb.edu. Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or their assigns for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Broadcasting Photograph collection, PA Mss 227. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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