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Title: Susana Millman slide collection
Dates: 1982-1995
Bulk Dates: 1987-1995
Collection number: MS 344
Creator:
Millman, Susana
Collection Size:
2 boxes
1.5 linear ft.
1.5 linear ft.
Repository:
University of California, Santa Cruz. University Library.
Special Collections and Archives
Santa Cruz, California 95064
Abstract: This collection of 1,206 slides is a representative selection of the Grateful Dead photography of Susana Millman. She began
photographing the band in the early 1980s, and from 1985 to 1995, she had extraordinary access to concerts, backstage areas,
and private occasions. These images document not only the band members and fans but also many of the staff, making her collection
a fine overview of the community.
Physical location: Stored in Special Collections and Archives.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection open for research.
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.
Susana Millman slide collection. MS 344. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of
California, Santa Cruz.
The collection was donated by Susana Millman in 2011.
Susana Millman grew up in New York City, where she initially pursued an academic career with a PhD in Social Psychology from
Columbia University. She left her studies to explore shamanism and psychedelics in the Amazon, where she met some San Francisco
Deadheads, returning to Northern California with them. Her fortuitous meeting with future Grateful Dead Vault Archivist Dick
Latvala in the late 1970s, combined with her growing interest in photography, led to her meeting and marrying Dennis McNally,
the Dead's publicist and official biographer, in 1985. In addition to her work photographing the Grateful Dead and its satellite
bands, she has a sizeable portfolio of event, location and performance photography.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection comprises 1,206 images. The majority are concert photographs of Grateful Dead performances at venues such as
the Oakland Coliseum Arena, the Greek Theatre (Berkeley), and the Frost Amphitheatre, among many others. Millman also photographed
events such as the band's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
The collection is arranged chronologically and by subject.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Grateful Dead (Musical group)
Slides