Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Irene Poon photography archive
- Dates:
- 1963-2022
- Creators:
- Poon, Irene
- Extent:
- 24.1 Linear Feet (36 flat boxes, 13 manuscript boxes, and 1 carton) and 2.62 gigabyte(s) (26 Zip disks, 3 optical discs, and 1 3.5-inch floppy disk)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item], Irene Poon photography archive (M3019). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Irene Poon photography archive consists of, photographic prints, negatives, contact sheets, slides, ephemera, research notes, correspondence, newspaper clippings and other materials.
A significant portion of the materials cover Leading the Way, a book and exhibition by Irene Poon about Asian American artists.
There are also photographic prints of San Francisco, including Chinatown, the Mission and street scenes.
Many of the prints are matted, some have captions on the back or front, and some also have prices listed on the back.
- Biographical / historical:
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Irene Poon Anderson was born in 1941 in San Francisco, California. She graduated from San Francisco State College (later San Francisco State University) with a Bachelor of Arts in Art in 1964 and a Master of Arts in Photography in 1967.
She worked at San Francisco State College School of Art as a visual resource librarian. She was also a photographer documenting daily life in San Francisco, particularly in Chinatown.
She was the curator for a number of exhibitions including at San Francisco State University and the Chinese Historical Society of America where she also served on the Board of Directors. Her photographs have been shown at museums and galleries, in a number of exhibitions including With New Eyes: Toward an Asian American Art History in the West, and Moving Pictures: the Photography of Irene Poon, 1960s to present. The With New Eyes exhibition later evolved into a book by Irene Poon, Leading the Way: Asian American Artists of the Older Generation.
- Physical location:
- Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged three business days in advance. For more information on paging collections, see the department's website: https://library.stanford.edu/libraries/special-collections.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-10-07 11:34:19 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research, with the exception of born-digital materials, which are closed until processed. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use
- Terms of access:
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While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item], Irene Poon photography archive (M3019). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Department of Special Collections, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6004, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022