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Photographs, negatives, and a photo-Christmas card of Warner Taylor (1880-1958), photographer, amateur ornithologist, and a faculty member in the English Department at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

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This collection contains information pertaining to photography and specifically to the life and career of Edward Weston (1886-1958), photographer.

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Text, dummy, and layout to an exhibition catalog for Edmund Teske(1911-1996), photographer and teacher, relating to his show at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery in 1974.

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Photographs and contact prints by Dody Thompson Weston, undated, circa 1940-1991; one photograph by John Sexton and one photograph by Jerome Baker.

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Papers and memorabilia, 1960–1988, of George Tice (1938- ), photographer. Certificates and awards document his many successes in competitions sponsored by local photography clubs in the United States and abroad. Included also are some exhibition catalogs; printed materials from his limited edition portfolios with introductions by Jacob Deschin and Lee D. Witkin; and book dummies. The collection is still active.

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Six photographs of Aaron Siskind taken by Charles Traub.

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Photography props, correspondence, manuscripts, book layouts, publicity, exhibition materials, and books created and collected by photographer Arthur Tress (born 1940). The bulk of the collection consists of props used by Tress in his series “Fish Tank Sonata” and “Tea Pot Opera.” Additional materials include publications annotated by Tress with notes, underlining, and sketches. There is also a small quantity of correspondence, 1986-1988.

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Papers and photographic materials, ca. 1955 - , of Jerry N. Uelsmann (1934 - ), photographer and teacher. Includes correspondence, writings, book maquettes, publications, posters, videotapes, memorabilia, and portraits. Of particular interest are the extensive files of contact sheets and proof prints. Files of clippings, announcements, and catalogs document many of Uelsmann’s exhibitions and books. The collection is still active.

Abstract Papers, ca. 1942 – 1958, of Bea Ullrich-Zuckerman (August 26, 1907- April 30, 1987). The donor was formerly known as Beatrice Prendergast. She and her husband James Donald Prendergast met Edward Weston in New Orleans in 1941 when he was working on the Leaves of Grass project. Don Prendergast later studied photography with Weston. He and Beatrice moved to Tucson and divorced in the late 1940s, around the time that Weston and his wife Charis split up. This collection includes correspondence...

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Photographic equipment of Doris Ulmann (1882-1934), American photographer. Includes tripods, lens, film holders, and camera.

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Papers, photographic materials, and audio-visual materials, 1915-1986, of Willard Van Dyke (1906-1986) photographer, filmmaker, curator, and teacher. Includes correspondence, memoranda, writings, biographical information, exhibition announcements, clippings, publications, financial, insurance and medical records, negatives, study and contact prints, and other materials documenting the life and career of Van Dyke.

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This collection contains miscellaneous materials (1984-1992) documenting the life and career of Willard Van Dyke (1906-1986), photographer, filmmaker, teacher, and curator. Each group of materials is described separately.

Abstract Papers, 1941-2007, of photograph collectors Marjorie (1922-1998) and Leonard (1918- 2007) Vernon, the bulk of which relates to the Vernon’s collecting activities, 1980 – 1999. Included in the collection is correspondence, hand written notes, clippings, publications, book jackets, an audio cassette, and several photographs. A small portion of the collection relates to photographer Max Yavno. The Vernons were executors of the Max Yavno Estate and handled reproductions of Yavno photographs...

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The papers and photographic materials of photographer and educator Laura Volkerding (1939-1996). The collection contains correspondence, biographical materials, negatives, contact sheets, 35mm slides, audio visual materials, work prints, visual artifacts, publications, and ephemera of and about Laura Volkerding.

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Materials in this collection are related to educator and photographer Laura Volkerding.

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Papers, artist's books, and photographic materials, circa 1959-1998, of Todd Walker (1917-1998), photographer, professor, and book artist. Bulk of the collection includes self-published monographs with limited amounts of biographical materials, exhibition announcements, tearsheets periodicals, ephemera collected by Walker, writings, and photographic materials including negatives, collotypes, and prints. The collection has unprocessed materials that may not appear in the finding aid.

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Postcards, photographs, and audiovisual materials about or by Todd Walker, acquired by miscellaneous donors.

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Materials in this collection relate to Harvey Wang’s documentary film and book project, From Darkroom to Daylight, 2015.

Scope and Contents The Richard M. Warner collection is composed of 8"x10" negatives taken between 1964 and 1976, with the bulk being circa 1960s. Negatives were arranged by content, which were mentiond on his photographer notes. There are three subseries within the Photographic Materials series: Biographical Material, Negatives, and Test Prints. Subseries 1, biographical materials, are comprised of three folders. One folder contains 3 color photographs and 1 black and white photograph...

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This collection contains miscellaneous materials pertaining to the career and life of [Henry] Bradford Washburn, Jr. (1910-January 10, 2007), photographer, mountain climber, museum director, and teacher. Washburn is known for high-altitude aerial photography done in remote regions. The collection is active.

Scope and Contents The Water in the West collection (AG 172) holds biographical materials about the project directors Robert Dawson and Ellen Manchester, and about the participants Laurie Brown, Gregory Conniff, Terry Evans, Geoff Fricker, Peter Goin, Wanda Hammerbeck, Sant Khalsa, Mark Klett, Ellen Land-Weber, Sharon Stewart and Martin Stupich. The collection also holds notes, research materials, press coverage, clippings, catalogs, contact sheets, photographs and other records related to the individual and...

Abstract Papers and photographic materials, circa 1880-2008 (mainly 1943-2002), created and collected by photographer Todd Webb (1905-2000) and his wife Lucille Webb (1906-2008) documenting Webb’s career in photography. The collection includes correspondence with prominent photographers, artists, galleries, and curators including Harry Callahan, Ansel Adams, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Grace Mayer as well as correspondence relating to a number of Webb’s photographic projects including the Texas...

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The Brian Weil archive, 1970-1996, contains materials made or collected by photographer Brian Weil (1954-1996) which document his career. Included in the collection are exhibition labels, transparencies, and photographic prints from the exhibition, "Brian Weil: The AIDS Photographs."

Abstract Papers and photographic materials (1936-1993) of Dan Weiner (1919-1959), American photographer and writer. Includes correspondence, pocket calendars, project files, publications, negatives, color transparencies, and contact sheets. Of special note are the materials related to the Photo League and to Weiner's book projects. A broad selection of American popular magazines of the fifties such as McCall’s, Collier’s, ...

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Correspondence, biographical files and activity files, 1969-2007, of photographer, teacher, lecturer, and author Jack Welpott (1923-2007). Includes correspondence with noted photographers Ansel Adams, Jerry Uelsman and students Judy Dater, Michael Bishop, Darwin Marable, Catherine Wagner as well as art galleries/museums.

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Materials documenting the life and career of the photographer Brett Weston (1911-1993), son of Edward Weston, including personal papers, letters, activity files, exhibition files, publications, photographic materials, and photographic equipment. The papers offer significant information on the exhibition, publication and sale of Weston’s photographs.

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Miscellaneous materials documenting the life and career of Brett Weston (1911-1993), photographer. Each group of materials is described separately.

Abstract Papers, 1916 to 1938, of Edward Weston (1886-1958) and Johan Hagemeyer (1884-1962), photographers. The bulk of the collection consists of letters from Weston to Hagemeyer between 1918 and 1938. There are also published and unpublished manuscripts, clippings, notes, and brochures about Weston. Notable are manuscript fragments, sent as enclosures with letters, relating to Weston’s trip to New York City and visit with Alfred Stieglitz in 1922, and his trip to Mexico in 1923. Correspondents...

Abstract Nearly all periods of Weston's life and work are represented in the archive. Little documentation exists, however, regarding his childhood (1886-1906), early years in California (1906-1923), or life after he was stricken with Parkinson's disease (1947-1958). The archive is particularly rich in documentation of his years in Mexico (1923-1926), and years after he returned to California (1927-1940s). It also contains significant examples of Weston's writing. Many of his letters to his sons are...

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Miscellaneous materials documenting the life and career of Edward Weston (1886-1958), photographer. Includes correspondence, publications, photographic materials, artifacts, manuscripts and other materials. Each group of materials is described separately. The collection is still active.