Scope and Contents
Contributing Institution:
California Museum of Photography
Title: Will Connell Collection
Identifier/Call Number: 1990.0024
Identifier/Call Number: 5
Physical Description:
15000 items
Date (inclusive): 1926-1952
Language of Material:
English
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Scope and Contents
The collection contains approximately 15,000 negatives and prints along with individual periodicals, personal notes, technical
photographic books, manuscripts, and photographic equipment. Will Connell (son of the photographer) donated the body of work
to the UCR/California Museum of Photography in 1990. The collection is organized within box lot numbers, which in turn are
organized by job name. Will Connell, a commercial photographer, arranged his negatives according to the name of the commissioner
of the work; the museum has maintained the original order. The dates of the images range from 1926 through 1952, although
the majority of negatives originated during the 1930s and 1940s. Connell photographed virtually every industry in California
at the time. He also completed a number of literary projects and artistic endeavors.