Finding Aid for the Ansel Adams Papers, 1938-1944
Processed by Yvonne Schroeder; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
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Note
Arts and Humanities --Fine Arts--Photography
Social Sciences--Area and Interdisciplinary Studies --Asian American Studies
History --World War I
History --History, California --History, Central Valley/Sierra
Geographical (By Place) --California --Central Valley/Sierra
Finding Aid for the Ansel Adams Papers, 1938-1944
Collection number: 696
UCLA Library Special Collections
UCLA Library Special Collections staff
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- UCLA Library Special Collections staff
- UCLA Library Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
- Processed by:
- Yvonne Schroeder, 8 November 1960
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
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- Josh Fiala, May 2002
- Amy Shung-Gee Wong, July 2002
- Caroline Cubé, July 2006
© 1998 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
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.
Administrative Information
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.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Ansel Adams Papers (Collection 696). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
462137
Biography
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.
Scope and Content
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.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
-
Born Free and Equal (Boxes 1-2).
-
Sierra Nevada - the John Muir Trail (Box 3).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
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.
Genres and Forms of Material
Manuscripts for publication.
Photographs.
Related Material
Container List
Boxes 1-2
Born Free and Equal
Scope and Content Note
[First published by U.S. Camera, New York, 1944]
Box 1
2 typescripts.
Physical Description: One 37 leaves the other 71 leaves, both with extensive holograph corrections. Boxed in brown cloth slip case.
Box 1
3 typescripts (carbon).
Physical Description: Varying slightly in pagination, with minor holograph corrections. About 50 leaves each. Together in one envelope.
Box 1
Preliminary typescript to text.
Physical Description: 118 leaves, in mixed order.
Box 1
Proofs of photographs used in book.
Physical Description: 23 sheets.
Box 1
1 folder of data used in book.
Physical Description: 29 leaves of typescript (some carbon) and mimeograph.
Box 1
Proof corrections, typescript (carbon).
Physical Description: 12 leaves.
Box 1
Titles for photographs.
Physical Description: 23 leaves.
Box 2
Manzanar Relocation Center photographs.
Physical Description: Cleared prints, 196 pieces.
Box 2
Correspondence regarding photographs used - mostly authorization for their use.
Physical Description: 132 pieces.
Box 2
Correspondence regarding publication of book.
Physical Description: 104 pieces.
Note
Among the 104 pieces are three letters from Dorothea Lange.
Box 1
Manzanar High Yearbook
Scope and Content Note
Containing photographs of the Senior play, by Ansel Adams.
Box 1
Pictorial Edition of the
Manzanar Free Press, vol.4 no.1, September 10, 1943.
Box 1
Manzanar Free Press, vol.5 no.9, January 29, 1944.
Oversize Box 3
Sierra Nevada - The John Muir Trail
Oversize Box 3
Title page and specifications. Published by the Archetype Press, Berkeley, 1938.
Physical Description: In wine-colored, cloth slipcase.
