Guide to the Teledyne Geotronics photograph collection Mss 344
Finding aid prepared by Alison Gillum and Zachary Liebhaber, 2018.
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
special@library.ucsb.edu
2018 January 9
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
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.
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.
[Identification of Item], Teledyne Geotronics photograph collection, Mss 344. Department of Special Research Collections,
UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Gift of the Teledyne Foundation, 1986.
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.
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.
Box 1-35: Frames 1-12999; Box 36-167: numbering scheme in these boxes switches to year-number (i.e. yy-####).
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
Teledyne Geotronics photograph collection, images
Teledyne Geotronics photographs collection
