485 black and white photographs by Ansel Adams documenting the land, building sites, and early activities of the University of California Santa Cruz campus.

Ansel Adams (February 20, 1902 - Aprril 22, 1984), was an American photographer and environmentalist known for his landscape photography of the American West.This photographic project was created in part, to document the building of the University of California Santa Cruz campus, known as the "Campus Site Project", and in part for the Fiat Lux commission.

12 Linear Feet 21 boxes

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Collection open for research.