William Silano collection

Separated into four subseries: Correspondence, Writings, Portfolios, and Awards.

Project Files 1965-1978, 1994 is separated into 4 subseries: Harper’s Bazaar, Nudes, Miscellaneous, Notebooks, and Original Folders. Project files include negatives, proofs, contact prints, work notes, and receipts. The original, non-archival, project file folders have been photocopied and the originals are stored in box 7, Photocopies are with appropriate materials. Boxes 3-6 are arranged by project number while Boxes 7-8 contain Nude and Misc. projects organized by date due to the inconsistency of project numbers. Business materials such as invoices and receipts are included in their respective folders. Negatives are currently included but will be isolated in cold storage for preservation

Printed Materials 1961-1994, 2011, 2015 is is separated into 4 subseries: Periodicals, Tearsheets Booklets & Publication Proofs, Mockups, and Photocopied Articles. A maximum of 3 copies of each periodical issue are kept if duplicates are present based on condition. Periodicals are organized by publication first, then year.

Photographic Materials 1965-1982 is separated into 7 subseries: Color Slides, Negatives, Polaroids, Photographs, Prints, Transparencies, and Personal Photographs. Slides housed in plastic boxes have been rehoused into archival slide boxes to be properly preserved, while slides in original Kodak boxes remain there due to cost and time restrictions of rehousing this portion of the collection. Materials will eventually need to be in cold storage for ideal preservation. The slides and negatives located in project files will remain there until collection is surveyed for cold storage. Slides with suspected mold have been separated for conservation assessment. Subseries 5: Prints is housed in an oversized drawer labeled accordingly. Negatives and slides require advanced notice.