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.
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)
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