Archival Image Collections
Resources located in JRL 420
- Max Epstein
Photographic Archive: The Department of Art
History's study collection of over 740,000 reproductions of works
of art. Includes 168,000 mounted photographs of Eastern and Western
art dating from the Neolithic period to the 20th century.
Additional resources housed with this collection
include:
- The "Illustrated Bartsch." A collection of 4 x
6" photographs of Dutch, Flemish, French and Italian prints through
the early 18th century.
- Papal medals. A collection of 4 x 6"
photographs of the collection in the British Museum.
- WPA Survey of Connecticut Architecture
(1930s)
- Master's Papers in Art History and the Visual Arts, completed
by students at the University of Chicago since the
1920s.
Resources located in other UC Library
Collections
- University of Chicago Archival Photographic
Files: The Archival Photographic Files (the Photofiles) is
a record group in the University Archives containing most of its
photographic holdings. Some 30,000 in number, the photographs are
arranged in five series which visually document different aspects
of the University's history: Faculty, staff, and alumni;
architecture and campus plans; events; student activities; and
sports.
Online finding aid and
description
Access to University
Archives
- Middle East
Photograph Archive: The library's Middle East
Department manages an archive of photographs, most of which date to
the second half of the nineteenth century. Antique photographs, of
course, stand now as important documents of the history of
photography. However, the significance of these artifacts is
enriched by their utility as historical documents of the
architectural and social history of the Middle East. The archive is
particularly strong in photographs of nineteenth century
Cairo.