Arrangement
This finding aid describes collection material available for ready reference service. These include photographic prints (over 4,900 prints) and contact sheet frames (over 3,200) measuring under 2x2 inches.
Prints and Contact Sheets: Black and white photographic prints and contact sheet frames are grouped by format and size into the following numbered series (with the call number designation "LOT").
- LOT 14188 (Personalities file: Photographic prints, 8x10 in.)
- LOT 14189 (Subjects file: Photographic prints, 8x10 in.)
- LOT 14190 (Oversize: Photographic prints grouped by occupation and format, over 8x10 in.)
- LOT 14190-1 (Academics and authors)
- LOT 14190-2 (Architects and artists)
- LOT 14190-3 (Celebrities)
- LOT 14190-4 (Musicians)
- LOT 14190-5 (Poets)
- LOT 14190-6 (Political figures)
- LOT 14190-7 (Religious leaders)
- LOT 14190-8 (Subjects)
- LOT 14190-9 (Mounted prints)
- LOT 14191 (Contact sheet frames - Personalities file, under 2x2 in.)
- LOT 15023 (Contact sheet frames - Subjects file, under 2x2 in.)
Color Slides: 8,803 color slides are in numerical sequence under the filing series designation: LC-GB05. All slides in LC-GB05 have been digitized. To see already digitized images from this collection, search our Online Catalog by filing series designation or descriptive words.
Negatives: Corresponding negatives (35mm) for contact sheet frames in LOT 14191 and LOT 15023 are filed under two LC assigned filing series designations: LC-GB15 and LC-GB15-SUBJ. Negatives within series LC-GB15 (corresponding to LOT 14191) are organized alphabetically by first letter in surname, then sub-arranged sequentially by roll number. Negatives within series LC-GB-SUBJ (corresponding to LOT 15023) are organized in numerical order throughout.