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Aaron Siskind Foundation collection

 Collection
Identifier: AG 141

Scope and Contents

Books, exhibition announcements, clippings, and other materials documenting activities related to Aaron Siskind and the Aaron Siskind Foundation.

Dates

  • undated
  • 1990s-2010s

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

Copyright clearance and Foundation business is handled by the Aaron Siskind Foundation. info@aaronsiskind.org

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

Historical Note

Aaron Siskind directed that his estate become a resource that would support contemporary photography and reward and encourage excellence in its practitioners. Since his death in 1991, the Aaron Siskind Foundation provides cash grants to individual photographic artists on a yearly basis. In addition, the Foundation works to preserve and protect Siskind's artistic legacy, and foster knowledge of and appreciation for his art through new books, exhibits, educational events and scholarly research.

Extent

2 Linear Feet

3 Boxes

Metadata Rights Declarations

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

Abstract

Books, exhibition announcements, clippings, and other materials documenting activities related to Aaron Siskind and the Aaron Siskind Foundation

Custodial History

Gift of Charles Traub, President of the Aaron Siskind Foundation, 2012.

Related Materials

AG 30 Aaron Siskind collection; AG 26 Aaron Siskind Miscellaneous Acquisitions

Processing Information

Finding aid updated by Alexis Peregoy in 2019. Updated in 2022 by Elias Larralde

Title
Aaron Siskind Foundation collection
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