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Preferred Citation
Organizational/Biographical History
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Scope and Content of Collection
Arrangement
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
SJSU Special Collections & Archives
Title: George E. Stone Photographic Collection
Identifier/Call Number: MSS-2014-02-28
Physical Description:
3 boxes
(6 linear ft.)
Date (inclusive): 1931-1941
Abstract: The George E. Stone Photographic Collection consists of a catalogue and 95 black and white photographs of ivories, sculptures,
and paintings that he took while visiting Italy.
Access
The collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has been assigned to the San José State University Library Special Collections & Archives. All requests for permission
to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Special Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the SJSU Special Collections & Archives 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 reader. Copyright restrictions also apply
to digital reproductions of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Preferred Citation
George E. Stone Photographic Collection, MSS-2014-02-28, San José State University Library Special Collections & Archives.
Organizational/Biographical History
George E. Stone worked at San Jose State College as an Assistant and Associate Professor in Journalism from 1934 until his
retirement in 1956. In addition to this unpublished work, he wrote a student textbook on photography and illustrated an elementary
school textbook. Stone received his A.B. in 1916 and his A.M. in 1933 from the University of California, and he served as
a Captain in the Photographic Section of the U.S.A.A.E.F from 1918-1919.
An image of the photography instructor beside a view camera can be viewed at the link:
http://digitalcollections.sjlibrary.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/sjsuUA/id/450/rec/5
Processing Information
Described by David von Schriltz. Reviewed by Danelle Moon, Director. Finding aid created in Archivist Tool Kit. Processed
and redescribed by Lauren DeCelle in 2019. Item added as new series by Eilene Lueck in 2023.
Scope and Content of Collection
The George E. Stone Photographic Collection was originally a three-volume set entitled "Ivories, Sculptures and Paintings,"
and documents Italian artwork prior to World War II (c.1941). Stone visited museums in Florence, Italy, and photographed selected
early religious artworks, particularly, renderings of "the Holy Mother", saints, angels, and Christ as an infant and the resurrection.
This three volume set was presented in six portfolios but was rehoused in 2019 into three boxes. The collection includes a
catalogue of his work and 95 photographs: black & white, 16x36 cm.-42 x 24 cm, mounted on 51x41 cm boards.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into one item and three series: Volume 1: Ivories, 1941; Volume 2: Italian Sculptures, 1941; Volume
3: Italian Paintings, 1941.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Relief (Sculpture), Italian -- Italy -- Florence.
Ivories
Sculpture, Italian
Painting, Italian