Annie Wells Photographs, 1988-1997

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Summary

Creators:
Wells, Annie
Extent:
12 Linear Feet 7 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Annie Wells Photographs MS 200. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of photographs from Annie Well's professional career in photojournalism.

Biographical / historical:

Annie Wells is photographer known for her photojournalism work at the Los Angeles Times, The Santa Rosa Press Democrat, and the San Francisco bureau Associated Press. Wells won the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography for her photograph of fire fighter Don Lopez rescuing 15-year-old Marglyn Paseka from the flooded Matanzas Creek in Sonoma County, California. Wells received a B.A. from University of California Santa Cruz in science writing, and studied photojournalism at San Francisco State University. Her work is part of the permanent collection in the National Museum of Women in the Arts.

Acquisition information:
Acquired from Annie Wells.
Processing information:

Description of photographs and series provided by Annie Wells.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged into six series:

Series 1: Children Harvesting Grapes

Series 2: Nutcracker Dreams

Series 3: Quinceañera Celebration

Series 4: Alliance Medical Clinic

Series 5: A Death without Fear

Series 6: Features and News

Physical description:
The majority of the photographs are color, 11x14 inches, dry-mounted and matted, with an overall size of 16x20 inches. Some photogrpahs are 16x20 inches dry-mounted and matted, with an overall size of 20x30 inches. Includes some black and white photographs.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Photojournalism

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Property rights for this collection reside with the University of California. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. The publication or use of any work protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use for research or educational purposes requires written permission from the copyright owner. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user. For more information on copyright or to order a reproduction, please visit guides.library.ucsc.edu/speccoll/reproduction-publication.

Preferred citation:

Annie Wells Photographs MS 200. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Location of this collection:
Special Collections and Archives, University Library
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95064, US
Contact:
(831) 459-2547
speccoll@library.ucsc.edu
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