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Ben Maxey collection

 Collection
Identifier: AG 112

Scope and Contents

The Ben Maxey collection consists of three folders in one box. Housed in folder one are newspaper advertisements for Maxey’s studio. Folder two contains a typed list of facial expressions for glamour photography, while folder three holds thirty-two black and white photographs of female models in “glamour” poses.

Dates

  • undated

Creator

Language of Materials

Material in English

Conditions Governing Access

To access materials from this collection, please contact CCP-RefDesk@email.arizona.edu

Conditions Governing Use

Some restrictions may apply. See the Archivist for information.

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission from the copyright owner (which could be the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates or literary executors) prior to any copyright-protected uses of the collection.

The user agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents, the University of Arizona, Center of Creative Photography, including its officers, employees, and agents, from and against all claims made relating to copyright or other intellectual property infringement

Biographical Note

Ben Maxey was born in Illinois and raised in Kansas where he graduated from Kansas State University. He was mainly a traveling salesman until him and his wife, Lois Rogers, moved to Tucson, Arizona around 1950 and he pursued his lifelong dream of opening his own photo studio. First Maxey acquired the camera store and photo department of a local photography store, later taking over the portrait studio and photofinishing department. In 1960 he opened Ben Maxey Portrait Studios and remained there until his retirement in 1969. He continued to photograph until his death in 1987.

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet

Metadata Rights Declarations

  • License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Creative Commons license.

Abstract

This collection contains papers and photographic materials of Benjamin T. “Ben” Maxey, Tucson studio photographer (circa 1900-1987). Included are Maxey's newspaper advertisements, notes on facial expressions, and 8 x 10 inch black and white photographs used as samples of "glamour photography." Maxey studied with the California photographer William Mortensen. The collection is inactive.

Arrangement

The Collection is arranged into the following series:

  1. Series 1: Advertisements, n.d., 1 folder
  2. Series 2: Notes, n.d., 1 folder
  3. Series 3: Photographs, n.d., 1 folder

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Alfred Mikesall, 1987.

Related Materials

CCP has several archival collections containing materials documenting the life and career of William Mortensen. Researchers are invited to consult:

  1. William Mortensen archive (AG147)
  2. William Mortensen & George Dunham collection (AG43)
  3. William Mortensen miscellaneous acquisitions collection (AG191)

In addition, CCP has collections acquired from a number of Mortensen’s students:

  1. Robert Balcomb (AG180)
  2. Anson Beman (AG185)
  3. Richard Bennet (AG191)
  4. R. H. Cochran, Jr. (AG191)
  5. Ralph D. Hosenpud (AG227)
  6. Ben Maxey (AG112)
  7. Grey Silva (AG134)

CCP also has collections related to other photographers from the Pictorialist tradition:

  1. Paul Anderson (AG40)
  2. Aubrey Bodine (AG139)
  3. Adolf Fassbender (AG168)
  1. The Arizona Historical Society also has a photographic collection for Ben Maxey (PC 207).

Bibliography

  • Benjamin T. “Ben” Maxey photographic collection. PC 207. Arizona Historical Society, Tucson, Arizona.

Processing Information

Finding aid updated by Meghan Jordan in May 2016 and by Tai Huesgen in November 2020.

Title
Ben Maxey collection n.d.
Author
Finding aid created by CCP Archives Staff
Date
© 2020
Description rules
Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard)
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid encoded in English

Repository Details

Part of the Center for Creative Photography Archives Repository

Contact:
1030 N. Olive RD
Tucson Arizona 85721 United States