Guide to the Patricia and Richard Shirk collection of photographs
Debra Roussopoulos
University of California, Santa Cruz
2011
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz 95064
speccoll@library.ucsc.edu
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Santa Cruz
Title: Patricia and Richard Shirk collection of photographs
Creator:
Weston, Brett
Creator:
Adams, Ansel,
1902-1984
Creator:
Weston, Edward,
1886-1958
source:
Shirk, Patricia Ramsey, 1927-2011
source:
Shirk, Richard K., 1924-1984
Identifier/Call Number: MS.118
Physical Description:
13 Linear Feet
13 flats
Date (inclusive): 1865-1992
Abstract: Black and white photographs of various
sizes, mounted and unmounted.
Physical Location: Stored in Special Collections &
Archives: Advance notice is required for access to the papers.
Language of Material:
English
Access
Collection open for research.
Use Restrictions
Copyright for the items in this collection is owned by the creators and their heirs.
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. For more
information see UCSC Special Collections and Archives policy on Reproduction and Use.
Preferred Citation
Patricia and Richard Shirk collection of photographs. MS 118. Special Collections and
Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection includes photographic prints from several prominent photographers noted for
their contributions to the history of photography. The photographs range from 1865 to 1992
and were collected by Patricia and Richard Shirk.
The photographs are from the following artists: Ansel Adams, Eugene Atget, Bill Brandt,
Harry M. Callahan, Julia Margaret Cameron, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Imogene Cunningham,
Frederick H. Evans, Michael Kenna, Andre Kertesz, Aaron Siskind, Frank M. Sutcliffe, Brett
Weston, Edward Weston, and Neil Weston.
Prints are in various sizes and mediums including: albumen, carbon, platinum, and silver
gelatin.
Arrangement
Items in the collection are arranged by size.
Separated Material
Books have been separated from the collection and cataloged separately.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Photography, Artistic
Shirk, Patricia Ramsey, 1927-2011
Shirk, Richard K., 1924-1984
Box 3,6,11,12,13
Adams, Ansel
ca. 1920-1960
Box 3
East Vidette, Southern Sierra
ca. 1920-1927
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Scope and Contents note
Photograph with portfolio "Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras," plate no. 17.
Box 3
Sierra Junipers, Upper Merced Basin, Yosemite Valley
ca. 1920-1927
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Scope and Contents note
Photograph with portfolio "Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras," plate no. 1.
Box 6
Banner Peak, Thousand Island Lake, Central Sierra
ca. 1923
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Scope and Contents note
Photograph with portfolio, "Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras," plate no. 12.
Box 6
From Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley
ca. 1927
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Scope and Contents note
Photograph with portfolio, "Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras," plate no. 4.
Box 6
Marion Lake, Southern Sierra
ca. 1920-1927
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Scope and Contents note
Photograph with portfolio, "Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras," plate no. 10.
Box 6
Madrone Bark
1932
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 11
Iron and Slag
1937
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 11
Spanish American Woman
1937
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 12
Glass Shards
1939
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 12
Grass in Rain
1948
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 13
Cracked White Paint and Boards
1960
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 13
Sequoia Gigantea Roots
1950
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 4
La Petite Maison
ca. 1901
General Physical Description note: albumen
print
Box 7
Versailles, France
1901
General Physical Description note: albumen
print
Box 11
Northumbrian Miner at His Evening Meal
1937
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 11
Rainswept Rooftops
1933
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 2,3,10,12
Callahan, Harry M.
1947-1959
Box 2
Eleanor
1948
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 3
Chicago
1958
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 3
Grasses, Wisconsin
1959
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 10
Eleanor, Chicago
1947
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 10
Eleanor, Chicago [abstraction]
1947
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 10
Eleanor and Barbara
1953
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 10
Chicago [two windows]
1949
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 10
Chicago [many windows]
1949
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 10
Aix en Provence
1958
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 12
Eleanor, Chicago
1949
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 4, 7
Cameron, Julia Margaret
1865-1867
Box 4
Mary Spring-Rice O'Brien
1867
General Physical Description note: albumen
print
Box 7
Sir Henry Taylor
1865
General Physical Description note: albumen
print
Box 8
Cartier-Bresson, Henri
1932-1934
Box 8
Hyeres, France
1932
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 8
Mexico
1934
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 5, 8
Cunningham, Imogene
1910-1971
Box 5
Alfred Stieglitz
1934
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 5
Barbara at the Door
1965
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 5
Stan
1954
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 8
Ansel Adams
1953
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 8
Coffee Gallery, San Francisco
1950
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 8
Fence in Mendocino
1971
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 8
Pierro Betrubt
1910
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 8
Northwest Native
1934
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 8
Three Heads and Four Hands
1964
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 1
Southwell Cathedral Nave, Norman Capital
1898
General Physical Description note: platinum
print
Box 1
Southwell Cathedral, Chapter House Capital [1]
1898
General Physical Description note: platinum
print
Box 3
Frederick Evans with Geoffrey
ca. 1898
General Physical Description note: platinum
print
Box 5
S.C. Ashton Jonson
1898
General Physical Description note: platinum
print
Box 5
Southwell Cathedral, Chapter House Capital [2]
1898
General Physical Description note: platinum
print
Box 9
Rancho San Carlos
1992
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 1
Elizabeth and I
1931
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 1
Landing Pigeon
1960
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 1
Armonk
1941
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 1
Colette
1930
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 9
Chez Mondrian, Paris
1926
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 3
Kentucky
1951
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 3
Lima 128
1975
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 3
Rome Hieroglyph 5
1963
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 3
Roma 162 (Homage to F.K.)
1973
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 3
Jerome, Arizona
1949
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 9
Lima 137
1975
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 9
Progresso 2
1974
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 9
Progresso 4
1974
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 13
Chicago
1949
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 13
Los Angeles
1949
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 2,3,4,7
Sutcliffe, Frank M.
ca. 1875-1910
Box 2
Sheep by the Heath
ca. 1875-1910
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 3
Boat Group
ca. 1875-1910
General Physical Description note: carbon
print
Box 4
Retired Couple
ca. 1875-1910
General Physical Description note: platinum
print
Box 4
Whitby Harbor
ca. 1875-1910
General Physical Description note: albumen
print
Box 4
Two Fisherman
ca. 1875-1910
General Physical Description note: carbon
print
Box 7
Retired from the Sea
ca. 1875-1910
General Physical Description note: albumen
print
Box 13
Roots
1976
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 5
Tracks in Sand
1935
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 5
Barn, Castroville
1934
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 11
Robinson Jeffers
1929
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
Box 5
Dad
1945
General Physical Description note: gelatin silver
print
