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MS 311
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Title: Rosario Mazzeo photographs
Dates: 1952-2006
Collection number: MS 311
Creator:
Mazzeo, Rosario
Collection Size:
6 boxes
Repository:
University of California, Santa Cruz. University Library.
Special Collections and Archives
Santa Cruz, California 95064
Abstract: This collection includes 50 gelatin silver photographs with 40 negatives taken by Mazzeo.
Physical location: Stored offsite: Advance notice is required for access to the papers.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permission to publish or to reproduce the material, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Rosario Mazzeo photographs. MS 311. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of
California, Santa Cruz.
Gift of Katie Clare Mazzeo, December 8, 2006.
Rosario Mazzeo (Born: April 5, 1911, Pawtucket, Rhode Island - Died: July 19, 1997, Monterey, California)
Rosario Mazzeo was an internationally renowned clarinetist, musical educator, and accomplished photographer. In his earlier
years he served as faculty at the New England Conservatory, where he was Chair of the Woodwind Department. He was also the
Personnel Manager and bass clarinetist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra during this time.
As he grew older his life-long love of photography began to occupy more of his creative energy and blossomed into a note-worthy
practice. His first solo exhibit was held at the Carl Siembab Gallery in Boston when he was 40 years old. Unknown to Mr. Mazzeo
at the time Ansel Adams purchased three prints from this show. Shortly after this exhibition Mr. Mazzeo began correspondence
with Edward Weston and began to travel every September to California to study with Mr. Weston and Ansel Adams. When he retired
from the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1966 he moved to Carmel, CA with his wife Katie Clare Mazzeo. While living there he
became very close with Mr. Adams, Mr. Weston and Mr. Weston's son Brett. During this time he continued to produce and exhibit
his photography while also teaching at Stanford, and the University of California, Santa Cruz.
The combination of his musical career and a personal passion for travel took him to every continent except Antarctica. Most
of the 14,000 negatives he made contain imagery derived from his extensive travels and an acute interest in both ornithology
and the natural world.
His photographic work has been exhibited nationally at venues such as Princeton University, the Philadelphia Museum, and the
Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection includes a small collection of 50 gelatin silver photographs with 40 negatives taken by Rosario Mazzeo.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Mazzeo, Rosario--Archives
Gelatin silver prints