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Teledyne Geotronics photograph collection
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  • Access Restrictions
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  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquistion Information
  • Historical Note
  • Scope and Content
  • Arrangement
  • Related Material

  • Title: Teledyne Geotronics photograph collection
    Identifier/Call Number: Mss 344
    Language of Material: English
    Contributing Institution: UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
    Physical Description: 167 Linear Feet (167 document boxes)
    Creator: Teledyne Geotronics
    Date (inclusive): 1946-1979
    Physical Location: Geospatial Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library

    Access Restrictions

    The collection is open for research. Photographs re-housed and digitized with a grant from the John Randolph and Dora Haynes Foundation, and may be accessed at the UC Santa Barbara Library Alexandria Digital Research Library.

    Use Restrictions

    Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of Item], Teledyne Geotronics photograph collection, Mss 344. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

    Acquistion Information

    Gift of the Teledyne Foundation, 1986.

    Historical Note

    Teledyne Geotronics was the aerial photograph component of Teledyne, Inc., and their office was located in Long Beach, California. The Teledyne Geotronics aerial photography was part of a major gift from the Teledyne Foundation to the Library in 1986. This gift comprised photography from the following companies: Fairchild Aerial Surveys, Teledyne Geotronics & Geotronics of Monrovia, International Mapping Company, Pacific Air Industries, Universe Air, and Watson Photo Studios.

    Scope and Content

    Approximately 65,000 negatives of oblique aerial and ground photographs taken by various companies that became Teledyne Geotronics.
    Formats are 4 x 5 inch negatives and prints. Locations covered in this collection include the United States and Mexico. Listed by state and county, these are:
    California: Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Humboldt, Imperial, Kern, Los Angeles, Monterey, Napa, Orange, Plumas, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Sacramento, Shasta, Sierra, Tulare, Ventura.
    Arizona (190 images): Coconino, La Paz, Maricopa, Pima, Pinal.
    Colorado (8 images): Rio Blanco.
    Mexico (58 images).
    Nevada (172 images): Clark, Washoe.
    New Mexico (46 images): Santa Fe.
    Oregon (8 images): Marion.
    Texas (21 images): Nueces, San Patricio.
    Utah (101 images): Beaver, Ducheshe, Iron, Juab, Millard, Salt Lake, Utah, Wasatch, Washington.

    Arrangement

    Box 1-35: Frames 1-12999; Box 36-167: numbering scheme in these boxes switches to year-number (i.e. yy-####).

    Related Material

    Hugh Mitchell oblique aerial photographs, Mss 341. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library.
    Pacific Air Industries photograph collection, Mss 345. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library.
    Southern California aerial photography collection, Mss 309. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library.
    Watson Airfotos Inc. photograph collection, Mss 343. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    California -- Aerial photographs
    Arizona -- Aerial photographs
    Colorado -- Aerial photographs
    Mexico -- Aerial photographs
    Nevada -- Aerial photographs
    New Mexico -- Aerial photographs
    Oregon -- Aerial photographs
    Texas -- Aerial photographs
    Utah -- Aerial photographs
    Aerial photographs
    Negatives (photographs)
    Photographs
    Teledyne Geotronics -- Archives