Overview of the Collection
Scope and Contents
Access Terms
Important Information for Users of the Collection
Overview of the Collection
Creator, compiler:
Meacham, Don
Title: Don Meacham photograph collection,
Date (inclusive): 1934-1985
Identification: SPC.00012
Physical Description:
approximately 96 linear feet
1 box + approximately 5600 sheets
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
Repository:
Sonoma County History and Genealogy Library, Sonoma County Library
725 Third Street
Santa Rosa, CA,
Abstract: This collection contains prints, negatives and published examples of commercial work illustrated by Santa Rosa Press Democrat
and commercial photographer, Don Meacham. The majority of the collection is comprised by photographic negatives and prints
produced throughout his career. The commercial works that comprises the remainder of he collection are a set of pamphlets,
folders, reports, etc. containing a variety of Meacham's photographs.
Biography/Organization History
Don Meacham (May 30, 1916-Feb. 28, 2010) was born in Cowell, Contra Costa County in 1916. He lived most of his life in Sonoma
County where he retired as freelance commercial photographer after 50 years in the profession. He worked as a photographer
in the Navy during WWII; was the flagship photographer on the U.S.S. Augusta during the North African invasion; and was Chief
Photographer of the Naval Air Station in Santa Rosa until the war ended. Meacham was a charter member and chairman of the
Santa Rosa Civic Art Commission and was instrumental in establishing Arttrium, the county's first visual and performing arts
festival.
Scope and Contents
Photographs taken by Don Meacham.
Arrangement of the collection
Organized into two series:
- Photographic negatives and prints, 1934-1985
- Examples of photographs included in commercially published pamphlets, folders, reports, 1965-1980
Photographs (Series 1) were originally assigned accession numbers in the general Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection
sequence and prints are interfiled with the remainder of the Photograph Collection; commercial works (Series 2) are numbered
within the series as received from donor, Sonoma County Historical Society.
Access Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection.
Geographic Terms
Sonoma County (Calif.)--Photographs
Santa Rosa (Calif.)--Photographs
Topical Terms
Advertising--California--Sonoma County
Business communication--California--Sonoma County
Business enterprises--California--Sonoma County--Photographs
Genre and Format Terms
Commercial photographs
Brochures
Archival materials
Important Information for Users of the Collection
Conditions Governing Access:
Access Information
Conditions of Use
Collection does not circulate and may be photocopied or photographed by arrangement only.
Publication Rights
Copyrighted. Rights are owned by Tom Heuser. Copyright Holder has given Sonoma County Library permission to provide access
to the digitized work online. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair
use requires the written permission of the Copyright Holder. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted
by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Works
not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user. Consult with the Library for copyright holder contact information:
https://sonomalibrary.quartexcollections.com/about/contact-us
[Identification of item], Don Meacham photograph collection, 1934-1985. SPC.00012, History and Genealogy Library, Sonoma County
Library, Santa Rosa, CA.
(Series 1) Gift: Don Meacham,
Before 1996
(Series 2) Gift: Sonoma County Historical Society,
2011?
Custodial History
Don Meacham donated the photographs and negatives directly to the Sonoma County Library when he retired; he donated the commercial
example print collection to the Sonoma County Historical Society, per the included (undated) note, for the purpose of filling
in "some empty spaces in your ongoing search for history".
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