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Archives and Special Collections at Ozuna Library: PAC Photographs Collection

Finding Aid

A Guide to the Palo Alto College
Photographs Collection

 

Descriptive Summary

Creator: Donated by Public Relations Department

Identification: PAC-013

Dates: 1983-2015

Extent: 15 linear ft.

Language: English

Repository:  Palo Alto College Archives at the Ozuna Library, San Antonio, Texas

 

Scope and Content Note

Includes photographic negatives, prints, framed prints, slides, DVDs with digital images, and commemorative photo albums.

 

Arrangement

The collection is primarily arranged by item type, then in chronological order.  

Series 1 includes negatives and proofs, color and black and white. Organized mostly chronologically.

Series 2 includes college activities and events, buildings and campuses, students, faculty, and staff, campus construction, and scenes of campus activities. Organized chronologically.

Series 3 includes mostly formal photographs of college faculty, administrators, staff, and students. Photographs are arranged alphabetically by name, and they are often accompanied by news clippings, resumes, or other biographical information.
 

Restrictions

Use: The collection is open for research

Access:  Access to the collection is available by appointment only.  Please contact archivist to make an appointment

 

Administrative Information

Copyright: Copyright maintained by the original authors

Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], Palo Alto College Photographs Collection, PAC-013. Palo Alto College Archives, San Antonio, Tx.

Processing Information: 

               Processed by Darin Spelber (December 2014) and Sara Schmidt (October 2020, September 2024)

               Finding Aid edited by Sara Schmidt (October 2024)

 

Inventory

Box        Folder Title/Dates

Series I: Negatives, contact sheets and slides (1985-2005)
01        Photographic Negatives and Proofs, 1985-1992 
02        Photographic Negatives and Proofs, 1993 
03        Photographic Negatives and Proofs, 1994 
04        Photographic Negatives and Proofs, 1995-1996 
05        Photographic Negatives and Proofs, 1997 – May 1998 
06        Photographic Negatives and Proofs, June 1998 – Dec. 1999 
07        Photographic Negatives and Proofs, Jan. 2000 – Dec. 2001 
08        Photographic Negatives and Proofs, Jan. 2002 – Aug. 2005; Staff portrait negatives, 1993-94, 1996-97
09        Slides, Dec. 5-7, 1996

Series II: Prints (1985-2004, n.d.) 
10        Photographs, August 1985 – April 1993
11        Photographs, 1994 - Jan. 1995
12        Photographs, February - December 1995
13        Photographs, January 1996 – February 1998
14        Photographs, March 1998 – October 1999
15        Photographs, October 1999 – April 2002
16        Photographs, May 2002 – May 2011

17        Photographs, library, March 1995 – May 1997
18        Photographs, library, August – November 1997
19        Learning Resources Center (unprocessed, from white lid box) MOVE to LRC

20          Staff Photos. Public Relations donation, 1990-1999, Alphabetical A-Ma
21        Staff Photos. Public Relations donation, 1990-1999, Mc – Z; 2000-2015, all; non-staff portraits
OS 22        Oversized Prints – includes aerial photographs and “class” pictures from the child center

Box    Folder    Contents    Dates
23                       Large prints, 8” x 10”: Early years
           1    Early years; first faculty; first president, 1985 – 1987, n.d.
           2    Early years: exterior, including first office on Billy Mitchell Drive, 1985-1986
           3    Early years: people; first graduating class; groundbreaking; Elizabeth Aguillar, 1985-1988
           4    April 1997
           5    April 1997, second roll shot for catalog cover
           6    Ciro Rodriguez, May 2, 1997
           7    Exterior, March 1998
           8    SACS site visit celebration 2002; PACfest 2001, 2003; Strategic planning retreat, 2002
           9    Portraits of past Palo Alto College Presidents, 1985-1996, n.d.
         10    Misc., no date
24        Large prints, 8” x 10” (formerly PAC-009, Box 38)
           1    Photos with overlays
           2    Aerial photography
           3    Exterior color photography
           4    Exterior black and white, with dates
           5    Exterior black and white, no dates
           6     Building: Natatorium
           7    Elevations, floor plans, and architectural models
           8    With dates, 1990-1995
           9    With dates, 1996-2000
          10    Students, black and white
          11    Color photograph mounted on foam core
          12    Color photograph mounted on foam core
          13    Color photograph mounted on foam core
          14    Color photograph mounted on foam core

25                 CDs and DVDs of digital images

27                 Graduation photographs, not taken by PAC staff, 2007-2013:  Black commemorative album: 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013; flashphotography (company) DVDs: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013