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Group f.64

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1932

Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:

Ansel Adams archive

 Sub-Series
Identifier: AG 31
Description Papers, photographic materials, and memorabilia, 1920s -1984, of Ansel Adams (1902 - 1984), photographer, author, teacher and conservationist. Includes correspondence (1906 - 1984) between Adams and his family, friends, business associates, and other artists; activity files documenting his commercial projects (1930s - 1977); exhibitions (1936 - 1983); his associations with the Sierra Club (1937 - 1984), Friends of Photography (1967 - 1984), and Images and Words Workshop (1967 - 1972);...
Dates: 1906 - 1984

Ansel Adams miscellaneous acquisitions collection

 Collection
Identifier: AG 66
Abstract Memorabilia, papers, audio tapes, compact disks, and photographic materials, 1947 to the present, relating to the career of Ansel Adams (1902 - 1984), photographer. The collection includes correspondence between Adams and the Polaroid Corporation regarding his books on Polaroid processes; a bound compilation of notices, tributes, and editorials relating to his death; a promotional package by Standard Oil Company entitled Scenic Views containing photographs by...
Dates: 1926-1941, 1940s-1960s, 1962-1998, 2000-2004, 2006-2012, 2018

Thomas Barrow archive

 Collection
Identifier: AG 202
Abstract

Collection contains papers, photographic materials, audiovisual materials, ephemera and miscellaneous materials documenting the life and career of American photographer and educator, Thomas F. Barrow (1938- ). Included are correspondence, biographical materials, exhibition announcements, clippings, publications, appointment calendars, memorabilia, teaching materials, writings, fine art, photographic prints, negatives, transparencies, and photographic equipment.

Dates: 1893-2015

Ernest Bloch archive

 Collection
Identifier: AG 11
Abstract

Biographical information, correspondence, memorabilia, audio-visual materials, equipment, and photographic materials, 1897 - circa 1980, of Ernest Bloch (1880 - 1959), composer, teacher, and photographer. The bulk of the collection consists of more than 6,000 negatives and transparencies documenting Bloch's landscapes, cityscapes, and portraits from 1897 until 1951 as well as 2,000 prints.

Dates: 1897 - circa 1980s

Carolyn Caddes collection

 Collection
Identifier: AG 171
Abstract

Research files and interviews by Carolyn Caddes, 1981-1982. Includes research notes, correspondence, photographic materials, and biographical materials about the Weston family. Also included are a script of lecture and a draft of an essay on Flora Chandler Weston.

Dates: 1980-1989

Imogen Cunningham miscellaneous acquisitions collection

 Collection
Identifier: AG 128
Abstract

Miscellaneous materials pertaining to the life and career of Imogen Cunningham (1883-1976), photographer. Each group of materials was collected from a separate source and is described individually as a series.

Dates: 1920s-1974

Faurest Davis collection

 Collection
Identifier: AG 111
Abstract

This collection contains miscellaneous materials documenting the life and career of Faurest Davis (1906-1991), photographer. Each group of materials will be described separately. The collection is active.

Dates: 1937-1987

Friends of Photography collection

 Collection
Identifier: AG 186
Scope and Contents The Friends of Photography records measure approximately 125 linear feet and date from 1964 to 2005, although the bulk of the material falls between 1985 and 2001 when the organization was based in San Francisco, California. Files from earlier years when the organization was located in Carmel, California were most likely lost during the group’s gradual move to San Francisco in the years following Ansel Adams death in 1984. Received in 2002 as a gift collection, records document the founding...
Dates: 1964-2005

Christel Gang collection

 Collection
Identifier: AG 47
Abstract

Correspondence, 1932-1956, primarily to Christel Gang from Edward Weston (1886-1958), photographer. Also includes correspondence from Edward Weston to Seymour Stern; four letters from Brett Weston to Gang; and clippings and brochures relating to Edward, Brett, and Cole Weston, ca. 1950-1967. Gang was a friend of Edward Weston and briefly provided secretarial services to him.

Dates: 1932-1967

Arnold Gassan archive

 Collection
Identifier: AG 58
Abstract Papers, 1945 - 1989, of Arnold Gassan (1930 - 2001), photographer. Correspondents include Minor White, Walter Chappell, Syl Labrot, Ansel Adams, and Ralph Eugene Meatyard. Of interest are a transcription of a journal kept by Gassan during his participation in Adams’ Yosemite workshop in June 1959, a mimeographed review of notes from lectures given by Adams at the Museum of Modern Art (New York), in 1945, an author’s manuscript for a revised edition of A Chronology of Photography, and the...
Dates: 1945-1989

William Holgers archive

 Collection
Identifier: AG 69
Abstract

Printed materials and photographic materials, circa 1930-1980, of William Holgers (1904-1981), California photographer. Most of the clippings, negatives, and photographs relate to Edward and Charis Weston. Of special note are photographs documenting the 1940 U.S. Camera Photographic Forum in Yosemite, a workshop taught by Edward Weston and Ansel Adams. Holgers' short memoir describing the workshop is also included.

Dates: 1930-1980

Images and Words collection

 Collection
Identifier: AG 121
Abstract

Correspondence, photocopies of photographs with text, and photocopies of contact sheets documenting the 1967 workshop “Images and Words” taught by Ansel Adams, and Beaumont and Nancy Newhall at the University of California, Santa Cruz. These materials were assembled in 1990 by Elizabeth Wilcox, a participant in the workshop.

Dates: 1990-1991

Alma Lavenson archive

 Collection
Identifier: AG 212
Abstract

Papers and photographic materials, 1894-1990, of Alma Lavenson (1897-1989), photographer. Includes negatives, prints, biographical materials, correspondence, scrapbooks, travel journals, and photographic equipment. (12 linear feet)

Dates: circa 1894-1990

Alma Lavenson miscellaneous acquisitions collection

 Collection
Identifier: AG 273
Abstract

Materials related to the life and career of Alma Lavenson (1989-1989), photographer.

Dates: 1948-1952

Sarah M. Lowe collection

 Collection
Identifier: AG 269
Scope and Contents Materials in this collection surround research conducted by art historian and author Sarah M. Lowe regarding Italian-born photographer Tina Modotti. The collection includes the following series: Series 1, Correspondence, bulk 1985-1994, includes correspondence both to and from Sarah M. Lowe as she searched for information pertaining to Tina Modotti's life and works for her dissertation, s well as subsequent publications and exhibitions. Series 2, Teaching...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1922 - 2004

Hansel Mieth and Otto Hagel archive

 Collection
Identifier: AG 170
Abstract

Papers and photographic materials, 1911-1998, of Hansel Mieth (1909-1998) and Otto Hagel (1909-1973), photographers. Includes correspondence, writings, exhibition materials, tear sheets, clippings, publications, photographic materials, and audiovisual materials.

Dates: 1911-1998

Wayne Miller archive

 Collection
Identifier: AG 199
Abstract

Papers, publications, and photographic materials, 1942-2001, of the photographer, Wayne Miller (1918 – 2013). Included are correspondence, book dummies, publications, negatives, and contact sheets. Most of Miller’s photographic work was based in Chicago, Illinois and Northern California. Also, included are Miller’s files related to his role in the organization of “The Family of Man” exhibition in 1955.

Dates: 1941-2001

Mortensen/Dunham collection

 Collection
Identifier: AG 43
Abstract

Papers, publications, and photographs, circa 1930 -1964, of William Mortensen (1897 - 1965), photographer, teacher, and writer, as collected by his assistant and co-author George Dunham. The bulk of the collection consists of published monographs and tearsheets, Mortensen’s manuscripts on the aesthetics and the techniques of photography, and his work prints of figure and landscape studies.

Dates: circa 1930-1964

William Mortensen collection

 Collection
Identifier: AG 147
Abstract Papers and photographic materials, 1890s-1986, of William Mortensen (1897-1965), photographer, author, and teacher. The bulk of the collection dates from 1950-1965. Includes manuscripts by and about Mortensen, incoming and outgoing correspondence with publishers, personal letters, family photographs, clippings, tear sheets, and posthumous correspondence between his widow and biographers and researchers including photographic historian Deborah Irmas. Documentation of the 1979 retrospective...
Dates: circa 1890s-1986

Beaumont and Nancy Newhall collection

 Collection
Identifier: AG 48
Abstract Correspondence, writings, and subject files, 1930-1983, of Beaumont Newhall (l908-1993), and Nancy Newhall (l908-1974), art historians, curators, teachers, and authors. Includes correspondence with noted photographers Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, and others; published and unpublished manuscripts by Nancy Newhall concerning Ansel Adams, such as Death Valley (l953), The Eloquent Light (l963), and The Enduring Moment (ca.1971); writings by Beaumont Newhall including Photography: Essays and...
Dates: 1930-1983

Sonya Noskowiak archive

 Collection
Identifier: AG 3
Abstract

Papers and photographic materials, 1928-1974, of Sonya Noskowiak (1900-1975), photographer. Includes correspondence with Edward Weston and other photographers; reviews and announcements of photography exhibitions, including two of Group f/64, of which Noskowiak was member; clippings about Noskowiak, Edward Weston, her photography and other topics; negatives and contact prints made by Noskowiak, and reference prints made by the CCP staff.

Dates: undated, 1928-1974

Portraits of Photographers collection

 Collection
Identifier: AG 73
Abstract

Portraits of photographers, 1872 - 2013, from various sources. The collection includes postcards, transparencies, color, and black-and-white photographs, and snapshots of noted photographers.

Dates: 1872-2013

Naomi Rosenblum collection

 Collection
Identifier: AG 226
Abstract

Papers and research materials (1918-1999, bulk 1976-1998) for books, articles, and reviews by noted photography historian, Naomi Rosenblum (1925-2021). Includes notes, clippings, publications, correspondence, and slides that were collected as research materials for the 2009 revision of Rosenblum’s 1994 monograph A History of Women Photographers; lecture notes; and exhibition materials. Of special note are her research files assembled while writing her 1978 dissertation on Paul Strand.

Dates: 1918-1999

Irene Shwachman collection

 Collection
Identifier: AG 91
Abstract Papers and photographic materials, circa 1930-1992, of and collected by photographer and book artist Irene Shwachman, 1915-1988. In addition to materials by and about Shwachman, the collection also contains materials related to photographer Berenice Abbott, documenting Shwachman’s and Abbott’s working relationship and friendship. The collection includes correspondence, monographs, clippings, book project materials, negatives, transparencies, and contact sheets. Shwachman projects documented...
Dates: circa 1930-1992

Frederick Sommer archive

 Collection
Identifier: AG 28
Abstract

Contains the personal papers, photographic materials, original artwork, audio recordings, and ephemera (1909-1999) of photographer, author, and lecturer Frederick Sommer (1905-1999).

Dates: 1909-1999

Peter Stackpole archive

 Collection
Identifier: AG 169
Abstract

Photographic materials and papers, circa 1920-2000, of Peter Stackpole (1913 - 1997), photographer. Includes photographic materials and a small amount of biographical materials, writings, exhibition materials, publications, and audiovisual materials.

Dates: circa 1920-2000

Paul Strand collection

 Collection
Identifier: AG 17
Abstract

Activity files, biographical information, correspondence, printed materials, and scrapbooks, of Paul Strand (1890-1976), photographer, filmmaker, and writer. Much of the collection is correspondence relating to Strand's publications, exhibitions, films, friends, and colleagues including Ansel Adams, John Marin, Beaumont and Nancy Newhall, Georgia O'Keeffe, Edward Weston, Alfred Stieglitz, and others.

Dates: 1902-1976

John V. Tellaisha collection

 Collection
Identifier: AG 8
Abstract

This collection contains information pertaining to photography and specifically to the life and career of Edward Weston (1886-1958), photographer.

Dates: 1944-1956

Beatrice Ullrich-Zuckerman collection

 Collection
Identifier: AG 75
Abstract Papers, ca. 1942 – 1958, of Bea Ullrich-Zuckerman (August 26, 1907- April 30, 1987). The donor was formerly known as Beatrice Prendergast. She and her husband James Donald Prendergast met Edward Weston in New Orleans in 1941 when he was working on the Leaves of Grass project. Don Prendergast later studied photography with Weston. He and Beatrice moved to Tucson and divorced in the late 1940s, around the time that Weston and his wife Charis split up. This collection includes correspondence...
Dates: circa 1942-1958

Willard Van Dyke archive

 Collection
Identifier: AG 77
Abstract

Papers, photographic materials, and audio-visual materials, 1915-1986, of Willard Van Dyke (1906-1986) photographer, filmmaker, curator, and teacher. Includes correspondence, memoranda, writings, biographical information, exhibition announcements, clippings, publications, financial, insurance and medical records, negatives, study and contact prints, and other materials documenting the life and career of Van Dyke.

Dates: 1915-1987