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Center For Creative Photography

 Collection
Identifier: AG 1

Scope and Contents

The quality and quantity of documentation in the Director's Subject Files make them central to an understanding of CCP activities. In the Center's early years (1975 ca.1979), these files represented the entirety of CCP records, with all staff members putting their records in these files. Although the Center's records have become more dispersed since 1979, it is important to check the Director's Subject Files, in addition to other series that might seem more relevant, when searching for records pertaining to any CCP activities.

The Center's active exhibition and publication programs are well documented by printed materials (publications, posters, exhibition announcements, checklists, etc.), correspondence, press releases, news clippings, and other records. Through the use of Exhibition and Publication Registers (in the form of single pages for each CCP exhibition and publication), an attempt has been made in this finding aid to bring together the location of all records relevant to a particular exhibition or publication. Someone interested in a CCP exhibition or publication can consult one page which will give the location and quantity of all relevant records. But no attempt has been made to list records from the Director's Subject Files in these Registers which underscores the importance of checking the Subject Files for additional material.

As the staff and programs of the Center grew, staff members began to create files separate from the Director's Subject Files. Around 1980, the Exhibitions Curator and the Publications Coordinator began to maintain their own files. The arrangement of the records in the Archive reflects these changes separate subgroups have been created for both the Exhibitions Curator and Publications Coordinator, and similar records that were previously placed in the subject files have been separated and combined with later exhibition and publication records. All of the records of the Curator/Librarian are filed in the Director's Subject Files.

The size and duties of the staff continue to change from year to year. Some of the subgroups created for the initial transfer of CCP records will have to be modified, and new ones added, to meet these changes.

Dates

  • 1975 - 2016

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

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

Conditions Governing Use

As an institution funded by the State of Arizona, the Center's records are public and are open to research with a few exceptions. All personnel files are restricted. Some confidential correspondence is restricted. Some financial records are restricted. Consult the Archivist for further information.

Extent

206.5 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Metadata Rights Declarations

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

Abstract

Records, 1975 , of the Center for Creative Photography. Includes records pertaining to all phases of the Center's operation exhibitions, publications, acquisitions, and administrative activities which evidence the evolution of the Center through its growth in programs and collections. The collection is still active. 206.5 linear feet.

Processing Information

Inventory written by Charles Lamb, 1983. Revised July 1988 by Leslie Calmes.

Title
Finding aid for the Center for Creative Photography
Author
Finding aid created by Erica Gulledge
Date
2021
Description rules
Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard)
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Center for Creative Photography Archives Repository

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