Stephen H. Willard Photography Collection & Archive, Bulk 1908-1947

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Summary

Creators:
Stephen H. Willard
Abstract:
Extent:
43 linear feet plus Permanent Collection
Language:
Preferred citation:

Stephen H. Willard Photography Collection & Archive. Palm Springs Art Museum

Background

Scope and content:

An extensive finding aid is available for consultation. Attached is the Summary Version of the aid. There are 19 series in this collection. Series I: Exhibition Prints; Series II: Photograph Albums; Series III: Non-Exhibition Prints; Series IV: S.H. Willard Archives (dated to 1966); Series V: Note Cards and Postcards; Series VI: Lantern Slides; Series VII: Glass Transparencies; Series VIII: Glass Negatives; Series IX: Black & White Transparencies; Series X: Film Negatives; Series XI: S.H. Willard Posthumous Records/Files (circa 1967 to 1999/2000); Series XII: Family & Documentary Photographs; Series XIII: Color Transparencies; Series XIV: Prepared Photos for Painting; Series XV: S.H. Willard Museum Records/Files (post 1999/2000 gift); Series XVI: Photographic Equipment; Series XVII: Misc. original envelopes, boxes, etc.; Series XVIII: Posthumous Prints and Negatives; Series XIX: Colored Photographs;

Acquisition information:
In 1999, Dr. Beatrice Willard donated her father's life's work to the museum (then called the Palm Springs Desert Museum) #54-1999. This gift of over 16,000 items includes original glass and film negatives; vintage photographs; hand-colored lantern slides; photo-paintings; postcards; stereographs; cameras, lenses and other photographic equipment; and personal papers and memorabilia including maps, traveling cases, correspondence, and publications.

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open to qualified researchers by appointment only and requires approval.

Terms of access:

No interpretive restriction is placed on material. Separate permissions to be obtained for publishing material. Property rights to the physical object belong to the Palm Springs Art Museum. 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 Palm Springs Art Museum does not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

Stephen H. Willard Photography Collection & Archive. Palm Springs Art Museum

Location of this collection:
101 Museum Dr.
Palm Springs, CA 92263, US
Contact:
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