Orange County Aerial Photograph Collection, 1938-1965

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Summary

Title:
Orange County aerial photograph collection
Dates:
1938-1965
Creators:
United States. Dept. of Agriculture.
Abstract:
This collection consists of approximately 721 black-and-white aerial photographs of Orange County, California produced on behalf of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The bulk of this collection consists of 9 x 9 inch and 23 x 23 inch photographic prints produced in 1938-1949, and 1965.
Extent:
7.0 linear feet (4 document boxes and 15 oversize folders)
Language:
Preferred citation:

Orange County aerial photograph collection. MS-R087. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.

For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of approximately 721 black-and-white aerial photographs of Orange County, California produced on behalf of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The bulk of this collection consists of 9 x 7 inch, 9 x 9 inch and 23 x 23 inch photographic prints produced in 1938-1949, and 1965.

Biographical / historical:

The photographs were produced for the United States Department of Agriculture in conjunction with the Agriculture Adjustment Administration (1942), Soil Conservation District of California (1952-1953) and the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service (1965) and provide regional historical information regarding land use and development in Orange County, California.

Acquisition information:
Accession 2001.032 was acquired in 1988 from the Apache Corporation (Denver, Colorado) via University of California Santa Cruz. Accession 2012.019 was acquired in 2002 and 2003 from University of California Berkeley’s Geography Department via the Earth Sciences and Map Library.
Processing information:

Minimally processed by Carole McEwan, 2011. Further processing by Brandee Idleman, 2012.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged in six series:

  • Series 1. Aerial photographs, 1938, 2.5 linear feet
  • Series 2. Aerial photographs, 1942, 1.0 linear foot
  • Series 3. Aerial photographs, 1947, 0.5 linear foot
  • Series 4. Aerial photographs, 1949, 0.5 linear foot
  • Series 5. Aerial photographs, 1952-1953, 1.0 linear foot
  • Series 6. Aerial photographs, 1965, 1.5 linear feet

Each photograph is stamped with a uniquely identifying number at the top right including a three letter prefix indicating the county.

  • AXJ = Los Angeles County
  • AXK = Orange County
  • AXL = San Bernardino County
  • AXM = Riverside County
Several photographs have two prefixes indicating the aerial view is of two bordering counties.

Most photographs are organized sequentially by the identifying number scheme within the respective year; however, there are gaps in the numbering sequence. The range of items within each folder is indicated by the folder title that includes the identifying number scheme of the first and last photograph in the folder. Folder titles in document boxes do not include the three letter county prefix.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Carole McEwan and Brandee Idleman.
Date Prepared:
© 2012
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2012-06-14T14:51-0700

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to the 1965 photographs is limited under the supervision of an Archivist or designated staff due to fragile and adhered photographs in oversize folders 1-2.

Terms of access:

Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.

Preferred citation:

Orange County aerial photograph collection. MS-R087. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.

For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.

Location of this collection:
P.O. Box 19557
Irvine, CA , US
Contact:
(949) 824-3947
spcoll@uci.libanswers.com
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