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Powers (David) Photograph Collection
MSS.2009.15
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Contributing Institution:
University of California, San Francisco Archives & Special Collections
Title: David Powers photograph collection
Creator:
Powers, David
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.2009.15
Physical Description:
16 Linear Feet
(12 cartons, 1 oversize box)
Date (inclusive): 1975-2003
Abstract: This collection contains photographs created by freelance photographer David Powers while on assignment for the University
of California, San Francisco between 1975 and 2002. The collection includes negatives, slides, contact sheets, and a small
number of prints. Photographic subjects include UCSF students, researchers, patients, campus buildings, and events.
Language of Material:
English
David Powers is a photographer in the San Francisco Bay Area. He worked as a freelance photographer for the University of
California, San Francisco (UCSF) for over 25 years, notably between 1975 and 2002. Powers worked for various UCSF offices,
including the News Office and the Office of Development and Alumni Relations, and his work appeared in UCSF publications including
UCSF Magazine, UCSF News, annual reports, and course catalogs and announcements.
This collection contains photographs created by freelance photographer David Powers while on assignment for the University
of California, San Francisco (UCSF) between 1975 and 2002. Images in the collection were completed for various UCSF offices,
including the News Office and the Office of Development and Alumni Relations, and appeared in UCSF publications including
UCSF Magazine, UCSF News, annual reports, and course catalogs and announcements. The collection contains negatives, slides,
contact sheets, and a small number of prints. Photographic subjects include UCSF researchers, patients, administrators, students,
doctors, nurses, and health care professionals. Also included are images of campus buildings, laboratories, and university
events.
The collection is arranged chronologically by year. Within each year, folders are arranged in ascending order according to
job number followed by subject-headed folders. Original folder names have been maintained. For most of the collection, folders
are named according to job number. The first two numbers in the job number represent the year of the photographic assignment.
For instance, folder 88221 includes images created in 1988. Other folders in the collection are named according to subject
and/or date, for instance "patient care, 1985." Scope and content notes have been added at the folder level to better illustrate
some of the photographic subjects. These notes are derived from writings on the original folders and/or from notes taken by
various processing archivists.
Collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the UCSF Library and Center for Knowledge Management. David Powers retains copyright during
his lifetime; it passes to the Regents of the University of California upon his death. All requests for permission to publish
material must be submitted in writing to the UCSF Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Library
and Center for Knowledge Management as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
David Powers photograph collection, 1975-2003, MSS 2009-15. Archives and Special Collections, University of California, San
Francisco.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of David Powers received in 2010.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Publicity photographs.
University of California, San Francisco -- Alumni and alumnae
University of California, San Francisco -- Students