Guide to the University of California, Santa Cruz, Photography Services
Photographs UA.050
Mary deVries
University of California, Santa Cruz
7/29/2015
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz 95064
speccoll@library.ucsc.edu
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Santa Cruz
Title: University of California, Santa Cruz, Photography Services Photographs
Creator:
University of California, Santa Cruz. Photography
Services
Identifier/Call Number: UA.050
Physical Description:
42 Linear Feet
43 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1965-2004
Language of Material:
English .
Conditions Governing Access
Arrangement of collection
The materials are arranged by format, following the job numbering of the photo shoots,
which is roughly chronological.The job number is used as the unique identifier for images in
all represented formats, including digital file names.
Organizational History
University of California, Santa Cruz, Photography Services, commonly known as the "Photo
Lab," began operations under the auspices of Instructional Services when the campus opened
in 1965. Initially run by local photographer J. Alexander "Al" Lowry, various photographers
and technicians were employed over the years, including Alan Donaldson, Gypsy Ray, Catharina
Marlowe, Don Fukuda, Shmuel Thaler, Don Harris, Victor Schiffrin, and Angelika Frebert.
Photography Services closed in 2005.
Preferred Citation
UCSC Photography Services photographs. UA 50. Special Collections and Archives, University
Library, University of California, Santa Cruz
Finding aid revision statement
This finding aid was revised in the Reparative Archival Redescription Project in 2021-2022.
Previous versions of this finding aid are available upon request.
Scope and Contents
The UCSC Photography Services photographs is a collection of more than 200,000 images. It
contains primarily 35mm black and white negatives, contact sheets, prints, and slides
created by staff photographers employed by the University of California, Santa Cruz. The
collection visually documents the history of UCSC from the campus opening in 1965, until the
department was closed, in 2005. Images include aerial and landscape photographs of the
campus and neighboring Santa Cruz, construction views, scenes from daily campus life and
activities, classrooms, labs, and curricular materials, and people and events significant to
UCSC history.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright for the items in this collection is owned by Regents of the University of
California. Reproduction or distribution of any work protected by copyright beyond that
allowed by fair use requires permission from the copyright owner. It is the responsibility
of the user to determine whether a use is fair use, and to obtain any necessary permissions.
UCSC Special Collections and Archives can grant permission to publish materials to which it
holds the copyright. For more information see UCSC Special Collections and Archives policy
on Reproduction and Use.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Photographs
Box 26
Administrative records
1965-2005
Physical Description: 0.5 Linear
Feet (1 box)
Scope and Content
The series contains materials related to the photo shoots, including programs,
itineraries, and schedules of events with the names of attendees, seating charts,
instructions to the photographers, correspondence, and print requests.
Arrangement of series
Arranged in original order, following the job numbering of the photo shoots, which is
roughly chronological.
Box 26, Folder 1
Photography Services photo shoot log book
1965-2004
Box 26, Folder 2
Job number: 0075-0616
3/15/1983
Scope and Contents
Correspondence related to : Studio portraits, Stevenson faculty: Peter Bodenheimer,
astronomy and astrophysics, Allen Goldberg, computer and information science, David A.
Mayers, politics.
Box 26, Folder 2
Job number: 0269-0000
10/30/1985
Scope and Contents
Order form with list of names, costume descriptions,image numbers and a flyer for
"The UCSC Photo Lab presents a Halloween Costume Contest."
Box 26, Folder 3
Job number: 0353-0000
10/31/1986
Scope and Contents
Index of contestants and signed releases: 2nd Annual Photo Lab Halloween photos.
Box 26, Folder 4
Job Number: 0378-5209
3/1/1987
Scope and Contents
List of names with corresponding image numbers: Education Abroad Program (EAP),
passport photos.
Box 26, Folder 4
Job Number: 0396-5390
5/12/1987
Scope and Contents
Note related to: Spring Convocation: Tom Wolfe, A-B: press conference; B-D: speaking
at Quarry Amphitheater; D,E: reception.
Box 26, Folder 4
Job Number: 0414-0000
6/19/1987
Scope and Contents
Staff Appreciation Day. List of names with image number requests.
Box 26, Folder 4
Job Number: 0442-5795
9/2/1987
Scope and Contents
Biology Board graduate brochure: list of names matched to image numbers.
Box 26, Folder 4
Job Number: 0447-5814
9/11/1987
Scope and Contents
Lick Observatory hosting IAU Executive Committee: tour day including Point Lobos
State Park, 17 Mile Drive, Pebble Beach Club, Monterey Bay Aquarium. Related
paperwork, including itinerary.
Box 26, Folder 4
Job Number: 0454-5939
9/29/1987
Scope and Contents
Paperwork related to: Portraits for Music Board graduate brochure: A: Sherwood
Dudley; B: Edward Houghton; C: Leta Miller; D: Julia Zaustinsky; E: David Cope; F:
Fredric Lieberman; G: 7-26, Sherwood Dudley; 27-37, Mary Jane Cope, with 2 others,
unidentified; H: Gordon Mumma; I: EML, Gordon Mumma, Peter Q. Elsea.
Box 26, Folder 4
Job Number: 0455-0000
10/5/1987
Scope and Contents
Related correspondence and order requests: Reception for entering students at
University House: A: Stevenson, B: Oakes; C: Crown; D: Cowell.
Box 26, Folder 4
Job Number: 0498-6454
2/1988-09/1988
Scope and Contents
Three week construction schedules (3) for Natural Sciences III, from February, 1988,
to completion
Box 26, Folder 4
Job Number: 0499-6429
2/1988-4/1988
Scope and Contents
List of names with corresponding image numbers, and other related materials:
Education Abroad Program (EAP) student passport photos.
Box 26, Folder 4
Job Number: 0501-6585
3/1/1988
Scope and Contents
Scheduling calendar: Literature Board graduate brochure: Susan Gillman; Forrest
Robinson; Marsh Leicester; Claire Braz-Valentine; Michael Warren; Sharon Kinoshita;
Jerry Vizenor; graduate students.
Box 26, Folder 4
Job Number: 0530-6894
5/9/1988
Scope and Contents
Schedule for: Portraits: Al Smith; Zoe Ann Orr, for Annual Report.
Box 26, Folder 4
Job Number: 0533-6911
5/1/1988
Scope and Contents
Materials related to: Graduate Program in Education brochure: A: 4-20, Kenji Hakuta's
class, Language, Mind, and Culture, Merrill 3; B: Classroom Analysis and Methods,
Merrill 3; C: Carolyn Nelson; D: Maria Eugenia Matute-Bianchi, on Gender and
Education; E: Ronald Henderson, Introduction to Microcomputers for Education; F:
student teachers, working with Project Life Lab; G:Ellen Moir supervising student
teachers, Alianza Elementary School, Watsonville.
Box 26, Folder 4
Job Number: 0535-6920
5/17/1988
Scope and Contents
UCSC Review and On Campus pages: Guggenheim Fellowship winners, 1988-89: Sucheng
Chan, professor of history and American studies, and Jonathan Beecher, professor of
history, for UCSC Review, summer, 1988, p. 5.
Box 26, Folder 4
Job Number: 0546-7029
6/27/1988
Scope and Contents
Materials related to: California Conservation Corps, bag lunch at Oakes Learning
Center.
Box 26, Folder 4
Job Number: 0556-7176
7/25/1988
Scope and Contents
Sidney Clifton-Brown. Related correspondence.
Box 26, Folder 4
Job Number: 0560-7181
8/16/1988
Scope and Contents
Lick IAU (International Astronomical Union) Symposium , group photo. Related
correspondence.
Box 26, Folder 4
Job Number: 0615-0000
2/1/1989
Scope and Contents
Education Abroad Program (EAP) passport photos. Name/image number list.
Box 26, Folder 4
Job Number: 0629-7050
3/14/1989
Scope and Contents
Correspondence related to: Students posed at colleges, for general catalog : A:
Kresge, B,C: Stevenson, D, E: Porter, F, G: Crown, H, I: Oakes, J,K: College 8, L, M:
Cowell.
Box 26, Folder 4
Job Number: 0631-8203
3/28/1989
Scope and Contents
Invitation to the Science Library site dedication and reception.
Box 26, Folder 4
Job Number: 0643-8314
4/18/1989
Scope and Contents
"Name/image number list: Portraits: Performing Arts production of Mozart's ""The
Marriage of Figaro"", A: 13, Will Russell; 21, Theo van Joolen; 27, Scott Kahler; B:
14, Holly Brown; 23, David Hundsness; 31, Denise Owen; C: 9, June Golveo; 13, Brian
Spencer; 18, Alison Davy; 29, David Graham."
Box 26, Folder 4
Job Number: 0645-8333
4/26/1989
Scope and Contents
Annual Book Collection Essay Contest Winners: S.C. Sentinel photo with names of
pictured winners.
Box 26, Folder 4
Job Number: 0695-8941
9/24/1989
Scope and Contents
Fall Convocation, Upper Quarry Amphitheater: seating chart, name/image list,
correspondence.
Box 26, Folder 4
Job Number: 0720-9437
2/2/1990
Scope and Contents
Program for the Robert Sinsheimer Laboratories dedication
Box 26, Folder 4
Job Number: 0748-8430
4/25/1990
Scope and Contents
Annual Book Collection Essay Contest winners, with Gerald Vizenor: news clipping with
photo and names.
Box 26, Folder 5
Job Number: 0812-0614
2/8/1991
Scope and Contents
Materials related to Stevenson College "Titanic" dance photo shoot.
Box 26, Folder 5
Job Number: 0825-0807
3/13/1991
Scope and Contents
Seaside High School students visit UCSC Performing Arts, materials related to photo
shoot.
Box 24, Folder 5
Job Number: 0830-0000
3/31/1991
Scope and Contents
Education Abroad Program (EAP) student passport photos, List of student names.
Box 26, Folder 5
Job Number: 0833-0960
4/5/1991
Scope and Contents
Material related to photo shoot for: Computer Information Sciences and Computer
Engineering graduate brochure, Baskin Center : Glen Langdon, Joel Ferguson, Jeffrey
Jue, Tracy Larrabee, Ian Barland, William Osser, David Helmbold, Manfred Warmuth,
David Staepelaere, Mark Fitzpatrick, Jackson Kong, Wayne Dai, Kevin Karplus, Martine
Schlag, portrait of Anujan Varma.
Box 26, Folder 5
Job Number: 0849-1233
5/10/1991
Scope and Contents
Event program: First Annual AIRR Awards (Alliance for Improving Race Relations) and
Scholarship showcase
Box 26, Folder 5
Job Number: 0851-1246
5/19/1991
Scope and Contents
Postcard with recipient names: Irwin Scholars event (Susan Benteen Irwin Scholarship)
Porter College.
Box 26, Folder 5
Job Number: 0917-2764
2/9/1992
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and list of requests related to: Valley proposal : A, B: Phil Crews
w/undergrads; C: Frank Drake; D: Frank Drake; Ed Landesman; E: Ed Landesman; F, G:
Center for Teaching, Bill Timpson instructing; H: Classroom Unit II (exterior) I:
Lynda Goff and Henry Hilgard
Box 26, Folder 5
Job Number: 0939-2303
5/2/1992
Scope and Contents
Instructions for photo shoot: Cinco de Mayo celebration at Upper Quarry Amphitheater,
UCSC.
Box 26, Folder 5
Job Number: 0940-2125
5/7/1992 - 5/6/92
Scope and Contents
"Photo shoot schedule, with names: Biology Board graduate brochure : graduate
students in faculty labs: Cindy Lotys, Okamuro's lab; Chuck Merryman, Tracy Ferea,
Noller's lab; Dora Rodriguez, Ares' lab; Jeanette Rollinger, Ray Goralka, Langenheim's
lab; Michele Nishiguchi, Goff's lab; Ellen Hostert, Rice's lab; Jerry Zegers, Soule's
lab; Manuel Osorio, Marcos Garcia-Ojeda, Zuniga's lab; Gary Daubresse, Jianhua,
Tamkun's lab."
Box 26, Folder 5
Job Number: 0943-1986
5/19/1992
Scope and Contents
Brochure, Kresge College Summer Reading 1986: donated by Kresge College, 1992.
Box 26, Folder 5
Job Number: 0943-1988
5/20/1992
Scope and Contents
Brochure, Kresge College Summer Reading 1988: working copy of brochure donated by
Kresge College, 1992.
Box 26, Folder 5
Job Number: 0959-2702
7/20/1992
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding photo shoot for Santa Cruz Summer Workshop on Globular
Clusters.
Box 26, Folder 5
Job Number: 0973-3068
10/8/1992
Scope and Contents
Sequence of events, platform party order of entrance, and seating chart: Colloquium
and investiture, Chancellor Karl Pister, 2 copies
Box 26, Folder 5
Job Number: 0975-3074
10/12/1992
Scope and Contents
UCSC briefing/program and guest list: Celebration of Monterey Bay at University
House. Guests include Chancellor Pister, Norman Mineta, Leon Panetta, Kenneth
Christopher, Sam Farr, Gary Griggs, Mike Field, Julie Packard, Bruce McPherson. 2
copies
Box 26, Folder 5
Job Number: 0984-3225
10/26/1992
Scope and Contents
"Program with names and achievements of recipients: Chancellor's Staff Diversity
Achievement Awards. Include Anita Barringer, Cultural diversity task force of
University Library, Scottland Jacobson, Delia Lopez, Michael McCawley, Esperanza Nee,
Ronaldo Ramirez, Jan Tepper, George Wolfe, M.D., Women in Management Network."
Box 26, Folder 6
Job Number: 1010-3608
2/26/1993
Scope and Contents
Portrait tickets: Stevenson Soiree.
Box 26, Folder 7
Job Number: 1030-3824
6/13/1993
Scope and Contents
Program: Dedication of the Women's Studies Library, with speakers John Lynch, Bettina
Aptheker, Akasha Hull, and Carolyn Martin Shaw, Kresge College provost.
Box 26, Folder 7
Job Number: 1031-3825
6/17/1993
Scope and Contents
Event description and timeline. "Preview", arts event in Elena Baskin Visual Arts
Studios, with speakers Ed Houghton, dean of arts division (acting) and Joyce Brodsky,
chair of the art board.
Box 26, Folder 7
Job Number: 1048-4370
10/20/1993
Scope and Contents
Program: BBQ at Swanton Pacific Ranch: UCSC Foundation, Leadership Opportunity
Awards, Advisory Committee Co-Chairs: Stoddard Johnston and Anne Levin, award
recipients: Catalina Berumen, Victor Enriquez, Donna Kenney.
Box 26, Folder 7
Job Number: 1065-4717
1994-03-09/1994-03-16
Scope and Contents
Materials related to photo shoot: Lick astronomer portraits for graduate brochure: A:
Don Osterbrock; Harland Epps; B: Harland Epps; Lars Hernquist; C: David Koo; E: Graeme
Smith; D: Bill Mathews; F: James Lowenthal.
Box 26, Folder 7
Job Number: 1080-3145
5/31/1994
Scope and Contents
Event program. African American student life, 4th Annual "Lifting as we climb"
Recognition/Appreciation Ceremony.
Box 26, Folder 7
Job Number: 1090-5106
7/7/1994
Scope and Contents
Event program. Fort Ord conveyance, commemorative land transfer ceremony, Ft. Ord
parade field, includes Chancellor Pister, Representative Sam Farr.
Box 26, Folder 7
Job Number: 1142-5926
4/6/1995
Scope and Contents
Mock-up of brochure: Food service advisors' program (FSA) brochure, College 8 Dining
Hall.
Box 26, Folder 7
Job Number: 1150-5993
4/26/95, 5/1995, 10/6/95
Scope and Contents
List, with image numbers, for : Chemistry graduate brochure, A-D: lab shots; faculty
portraits : E, Gene Switkes; F (3-6) Switkes; F (6a-31) David Kliger; F (32-36)
Stanley Williamson; G(2-23) Williamson; G(24-36) Bakthan Singaram; H(3-16) Singaram;
H(17-36) Charles Wilson; I(2-8) Charles Wilson; I(9-33) Olof Einarsdottir; I(34-36)
Joseph Bunnett; J, Joseph Bunnett; K, Sheila David; L, Roger Anderson; M, Roberto
Bogomolni; N, Phil Crews; O, Jin Zhang;P, Dave Deamer:D.H.(A,B,C 1A-27A, E-K, L-O, P);
V.S. (C 28A-36A, D)
Box 26, Folder 7
Job Number: 1209-0875
2/22/1996
Scope and Contents
Detailed agenda: Fuji site visit: Dr. Ueda and other Fuji Corporation representatives
tour UCSC : Cowell, Lick Optics Lab, Elena Baskin Art Center, Music Center.
Box 26, Folder 7
Job Number: 1210-0909
3/1/1996
Scope and Contents
Guest list: University House dinner honoring Anne Levin.
Box 26, Folder 7
Job Number: 1250-1302
8/3/1996
Scope and Contents
Notes for photo shoot: Cajun BBQ at Long Marine Lab, hosted by Anne and Paul Levin,
with Chancellor MRC Greenwood.
Box 26, Folder 7
Job Number: 1258-1407
9/11/1996
Scope and Contents
List of participants: California Consortium for Teacher Development, Dream Inn, Santa
Cruz.
Box 26, Folder 7
Job Number: 1285-1729
1/9/1997
Scope and Contents
Instructions for photo shoot, with tentative agenda for Music Center, Arts Division
convocation/reception: Ed Houghton, Anatole Leikin (performing,) Michael Tanner,
M.R.C. Greenwood, ribbon cutting.
Box 26, Folder 7
Job Number: 0097-2026
5/3/1997
Scope and Contents
Proposed program: Neufield-Levin Holocaust Chair Endowment at Stevenson College and
at University House.
Box 26, Folder 7
Job Number: 0097-2111
4/30/1997
Scope and Contents
Program of event: Karl S. Pister leadership opportunity awards program (LOA)
recipients: A (1-14) Sally Winterberg; A(15-27) Olga Diaz; A(28-36) B(1-4) Maria
Villagomez; B(5-19) Morag Taylor; B(20-36) Vanessa Nunez-Gilfoy; C: Mahshad Kamali; D:
Kinshasa Teresa Curl; E: Joan Wuischpard; F: Erin Broderick;G(1-15) Marjan Rotting;
G(16-34) Maria Reyes; H(1-20) Carol Diaz; H(21-36) Mario Bravo.
Box 26, Folder 7
Job Number: 0097-2245
7/21/1997
Scope and Contents
Program of event: Dedication of the Oiled Wildlife Veterinary Care and Research
Center, at Long Marine Lab.
Box 26, Folder 7
Job Number: 0097-2253
9/4-9/6/97
Scope and Contents
Program of event, UCSC hosted international conference: The Quechua expressive art :
creativity, analysis, and performance.
Box 26, Folder 7
Job Number: 0097-2377
10/11/1997
Scope and Contents
Program: Dedication and groundbreaking for Marine Discovery Center at Long Marine Lab
Program.
Box 26, Folder 7
Job Number: 0097-2468
10/31/1997
Scope and Contents
List of names and image numbers: Student portraits for Admissions website.
Box 26, Folder 7
Job Number: 0098-2787
3/13/1998
Scope and Contents
List of names and image numbers: Scholars Day at College 8
Box 26, Folder 7
Job Number: 0098-3049
6/9/1998
Scope and Contents
Event program : National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Santa Cruz Laboratory,
groundbreaking ceremony at Long Marine Lab, reception at University House.
Box 26, Folder 8
Job Number: 0099-3457
1/27/1999
Scope and Contents
Event program: Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Convocation, featuring Michael Eric
Dyson, Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium.
Box 26, Folder 8
Job Number: 0000-4164
2/1/2000
Scope and Contents
Email, with requests for digital files of images: UC college prep initiative.
Box 26, Folder 8
Job Number: 0000-4317
4/28/2000
Scope and Contents
Email regarding : African American Student Life (AASL) Kite Flying Day &
Community Festival.
Box 26, Folder 8
Job Number: 0000-4570
7/25/2000
Scope and Contents
Email regarding photo shoot: Individual and group portraits: UCSC's Monterey Bay
Education, Science and Technology (MBEST) Center in Marina.
Box 26, Folder 8
Job Number: 0000-4572
7/24/2000
Scope and Contents
Photo order request with names and image numbers. Stevenson College staff: A(2-7)
John Hadley; A(16-23) Jay True; A(33-36) Teresa Huidor; B(9-14) Alma Sifuentes; C(2-9)
Liz Cowan; C(10-14) Greg Speed; C(15-17) Juanita Reyes, Jordan, Ava Snyder; C(18-21)
Juanita Reyes; C(22-25) Ava Snyder; C(26-28) Kristha Lima; C(29-32) Mary Alvarez;
C(33-36) Eric Martinsen.
Box 26, Folder 8
Job Number: 0001-4790
1/7/2001
Scope and Contents
Exhibit brochure. Displacement and Anxious Objects, Sesnon Gallery exhibition,
February 22-March 21.
Box 26, Folder 8
Job Number: 0002-5518
9/3/2002
Scope and Contents
Agenda. Partners in Excellence: Student Affairs planning conference at UCSC Inn.
Box 26, Folder 8
Job Number: 0003-5604
1/21/2003
Scope and Contents
Event program. MLK Convocation : Martin Luther King, Jr. Youth Gospel Choir; Opening
by Professor Tricia Rose; Invocation by Reverend Alex Robinson; Welcome by Chancellor
M.R.C. Greenwood; Introduction by Scott Kennedy; Keynote Address "Chaos or community:
it's our choice" Reverend James Lawson Jr.; city recognition by Mayor Emily
Reilly.
Box 26, Folder 7
Job Number: 0003-5651
5/8/2003
Scope and Contents
Event program. Excellence Through Diversity Awards at University House.
Box 26, Folder 8
Job Number: 0004-5858
6/3/2004
Scope and Contents
Program of speakers. MRC Greenwood appreciation dinner.
Box 26, Folder 8
Job Number: 0005-5981
5/27/2005
Scope and Contents
Program: Excellence in Teaching and Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards
ceremony.
Box 26, Folder 8
"Dear Don and Victor…" letter regarding the closing of the Photo Lab, from
Doreen Schack, Alumni Association
7/15/2005
Box 1-15
Negatives
1965-2005
Physical Description: 16.5 Linear
Feet (15 cartons)
Arrangement of series
Negative envelopes are arranged in original order, following the job numbering of the
photo shoots, which is roughly chronological.
Additional Collection Guide
Box 1
Job number: 18 to 3033
1965-1967
Box 2
Job number: 3034 to 6278
1967-1969
Box 3
Job number: 6279 to SC 2191
1969-1972
Box 4
Job number: SC 2022 to SC 4787
1972-1974
Box 5
Job number: SC 4799 to SC 7744
1975-1978
Box 6
Job number: SC 7786 to 0158-1909
1978-1984
Box 7
Job number: 0159-29698 to 0348-4759
1984-1986
Box 8
Job number: 0350-4825 to 0481-6253
1986-1987
Box 9
Job number: 0482-6293 to 0600-7785
1987-1988
Box 10
Job number: 0601-0000 to 0767-9912
1988-1990
Box 11
Job number: 0768-10095 to 0972-3063
1990-1992
Box 12
Job number: 0973-3068 to 1165-6180
1992-1995
Box 13
Job number: 1166-6193 to 0097-2571
1995-1997
Box 14
Job number: 0098-0592 to 0000-4662
1998-2000
Box 15
Job number: 0001-2650 to 0004-5936
2001-2004
Box 16-25
Contact sheets
1965-2005
Physical Description: 10.5 Linear
Feet (9 cartons, 29 binders)
Arrangement of series
Contact sheet binders are arranged in original order, following the job numbering of
the photo shoots, which is roughly chronological.
Additional Collection Guide
Box 25
Slides
1969-1989
Physical Description: 1 Linear
Feet (1 carton, 2 binders)
Scope and Content
The slides, housed in two binders, were taken by Photography Services photographers Don
Fukuda, Al Lowry, Gypsy Ray, and Shmuel Thaler. They include the colleges and other
campus buildings, Cowell Ranch structures, landscapes, and aerial views of UC Santa
Cruz.
Box 27-42
Prints
1965-2005
Physical Description: 9.5 Linear
Feet (16 boxes)
Arrangement of series
Prints are arranged by size, following the job numbering of the photo shoots, which is
roughly chronological.
Additional Collection Guide
Box 43
Unprocessed prints
Scope and Contents
These prints, all black and white, 8 x 10, have no identifying job number. They are
images of staff, students, and faculty, campus scenes, buildings, and construction,
and photographs of University Extension (UNEX) classes.