Duke Photography, job number records, 1960-2018

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Summary

Creator:
Duke University. Photography
Abstract:
Duke Photography, formerly called Duke University Photography, was the official photographic service of Duke University. The Duke Photography Records include many of the original photographs taken by the service from the 1960s through the 2010s.
Extent:
129 Linear Feet
Language:
Materials in English
Collection ID:
UA.12.03.0002
University Archives Record Group:
12 -- Public Affairs and Government Relations
12 -- Public Affairs and Government Relations > 03 -- Duke Photography

Background

Scope and content:

The collection includes many of the photographs taken by Duke Photography in the course of its work as the official photographic service of Duke University. Photographs include images of administrators, students, faculty, staff, visiting speakers, artists, and celebrities, campus and classroom scenes, athletic events, buildings and construction on campus, theatrical and other performances, members of the Board of Trustees, parties and events, and many other subjects.

Photographs include both analog and digital formats; the majority of the analog photographs are on 35-mm, 120-mm, and 4x5 film, although other photographic mediums may be present. Most jobs include all or most of the original images and may or may not indicate which images were selected for use. Some indication of which images were selected for use were written on the original storage envelopes, which have not been kept as part of the collection. These notes may be indicated in the scope and contents note for that job number. Also included are notes when it is known there are missing items, instances of mislabeled photographs, and any additional materials included with the job number.

Job numbers may contain images from multiple events. Multiple job numbers are listed in the finding aid but only the first listing of each job contains a physical description of what is included in the folder. Some folders may contain multiple job numbers. It may not be indicated which images are from which event.

The description for images included in this finding aid was provided by Duke Photography in the course of their record-keeping and is incomplete. Broad subject categories divised by Duke Photography were often applied to jobs, but this categorization was not always applied or consistent. The vast majority of job numbers have some description indicating the topic, event, or individuals featured, but does not include identification of every individual, event, or date. Some job numbers do not have any description provided.

Biographical / historical:

Duke Photography was the official photography service for Duke University from the mid-twentieth century through 2018. The service accepted requests for photographs from offices and individuals around campus, assigning each request a job number, and staff photographers took pictures on a variety of photographic formats, recording some information about the subjects of the images as well as the requesting departments.

Acquisition information:
The Duke Photography Records were received by the Duke University Archives as a series of transfers in 2007, 2013, 2014, and 2018.
Processing information:

Rehousing and updated description by Rachael Brittain, July 2022

Processed by Tracy M. Jackson, February 2019.

Rehousing and updated description by Sara Barclay, May 2023

Rehousing and updated description by Shaina Leverett, February 2024

Accessions described in this collection guide: UA2007.0035, UA2014.0042, UA2018.0007, UA2018.0039.

Arrangement:

The collection is divided into groups as organized by Duke Photography during different spans of time. A large portion of the collection was organized by job number; this finding aid organizes those photographs numerically by job number. Some job numbers repeat and contain images from multiple events and some folders contain multiple jobs. Not all job numbers are present, some are missing or may be incomplete.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects

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Subjects:
College students -- North Carolina -- Durham
Names:
Duke University. Photography
Duke University -- Students
Duke University -- Faculty
Duke University -- Administration
Duke University -- Buildings

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Collection contains fragile audiovisual/photographic formats that may need to be reformatted before use. Contact Research Services for access.

Access restricted. Portions of this collection are closed for processing as of November 2021. Materials are being made available as possible.

Terms of access:

Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Duke Photography Records, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.