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Title: Ansel Adams Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1938-1944
Collection number: 696
Creator:
Adams, Ansel, 1902-
Extent: 2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Ansel Easton Adams (1902-1984) was born in San Francisco, California. A photographer and conservationist, he helped to establish
photography as an art form and is known for his detailed, panoramic photos of the American West. The collection consists of
typescripts, correspondence, photographs, proof sheets, and ephemera related to the creation and publication of two of Adams's
books:
Born Free and Equal (1944) and
Sierra Nevada, the John Muir Trail (1938).
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of
the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
[Identification of item], Ansel Adams Papers (Collection 696). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
462137
Ansel Easton Adams was born on February 20, 1902 in San Francisco, California; a photographer and conservationist, he helped
to establish photography as an art form and is known for his detailed, panoramic photos of the American West; co-founder,
Group f/64 (1932-34); author of seven portfolios and thirty books, including
Born Free and Equal (1944),
Yosemite (1960), and
Images: 1923-74 (1975); director, Sierra Club, 1934-71; died near Carmel, California, on April 22, 1984.
Collection consists of typescripts, correspondence, photographs, proof sheets, and ephemera related to the creation and publication
of two of Adams's books:
Born Free and Equal (1944) and
Sierra Nevada, the John Muir Trail (1938). Most of the collection relates to his work for
Born Free and Equal, and it contains photographs and other materials from his visit to the Manzanar War Relocation Center to document the experiences
of interned Japanese Americans. Includes a Manzanar High yearbook and two different copies of the
Manzanar Free Press from 1943 & 1944. Also includes 3 letters from Dorothea Lange.
Arranged in the following series:
- Born Free and Equal (Boxes 1-2).
- Sierra Nevada - the John Muir Trail (Box 3).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Adams, Ansel, 1902- --Archives.
Lange, Dorothea--Correspondence.
Manzanar War Relocation Center.
Photographers--California--Archival resources.
Conservationists--California--Archival resources.
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Archival resources.
Manuscripts for publication.
Photographs.
Japanese American Research Project Collection of Material about Japanese in the United States (Collection 2010)
. Available at the UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.
Manzanar War Relocation Center Records (Collection 122)
. Available at the UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.