Grey Silva collection
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Not requestable
Scope and Contents
Papers and photographic materials of Grey Silva (1911-1997), photographer. Silva was a student and friend of William Mortensen. Some of the materials in this collection were given by William Mortensen to Silva. Included are negatives and contact prints of both Silva and Mortensen, correspondence, personal papers, and publications by Mortensen. The CCP print collection includes approximately 400 fine prints acquired at the same time.
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Dates
- 1918-1980
Creator
- Mortensen, William, 1897-1965 (Person)
- Silva, Grey (Person)
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
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
Grey Silva was born July 23, 1911 and died May 1, 1997. His interest in photography began in 1957, during which he studied with Pictorialist photographer and developer of the Metalchrome technique to color black and white photographs. Silva lived in San Diego, California but regularly commuted to Laguna Beach to study with Mortensen until Mortensen’s death in 1965. Silva was an active member of the Photographic Society of America.
Extent
14 Linear Feet
Metadata Rights Declarations
- License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Creative Commons license.
Abstract
Papers and photographic materials of Grey Silva (1911-1997), photographer. Silva was a student and friend of William Mortensen. Some of the materials in this collection were given by William Mortensen to Silva. Included are negatives and contact prints of both Silva and Mortensen, correspondence, personal papers, and publications by Mortensen. The CCP print collection includes approximately 400 fine prints acquired at the same time.
Arrangement
The Collection is arranged into the following series:
- Series 1: Correspondence, n.d, 1965-1976, 1 box
- Series 2: Publications, n.d., 1969, 2 boxes
- Series 3: Exhibition materials, 1963-1980, 1 box
- Series 4: Damaged materials, n.d., 1 box
- Series 5: Artifacts and memorabilia, n.d., 2 boxes
- Series 6: Artwork, n.d., 1 box
- Series 7: Photographic materials, n.d., 10 boxes [?]
- Series 8: William Mortensen materials, n.d., 1920s, 12 boxes
- Series 9: Models, n.d., 1 box
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Grey Silva Collection was acquired from the Silva family in 1998.
Separated Materials
Approximately 400 fine prints by Grey Silva and William Mortensen have been transferred to the Center for Creative Photography fine prints collection.
Processing Information
Amy Linker completed initial processing, September 1998. Final processing has yet to be completed. Finding aid updated by A. Rule, September 2009. Finding aid was updated by Tai Huesgen in 2019.
- Pictorialism (Photography movement) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Grey Silva collection 1918-1980
- Author
- Finding aid created by CCP Archives Staff
- Date
- © 2021
- 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
