Brandeis University photography collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 07-MWalB00286A

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Files in this collection contain prints, contact sheets, and some negatives and slides of images documenting the history and development of Brandeis University (1940-2004, undated; bulk 1946-1997). Most photographs were taken by university photographers Ralph Norman and Julian Brown. The collection complements a much larger photo negative and slide collection, which is cataloged in a separate, in-house database. Many prints and contact sheets in this collection contain negative numbers assigned by the university photographer that correspond to master negatives in the larger negative/slide collection. For contact sheets, the corresponding negative numbers are listed in brackets in the folder title, unless otherwise specified.

Dates

Creation: 1940-2004, undated
Creation: Majority of material found in 1946-1997

Creator

Norman, Ralph (Photographer, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Access to the collection is in accordance with the policies of the Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department, Brandeis University. Please contact the department for more information.

Conditions Governing Use

Requests to reproduce or publish material from the collection should be directed to the Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department, Brandeis University.

Biographical or Historical Information

From 1948-1950, Ralph Norman documented the founding of Brandeis University as a commercial photographer. In 1950, he became the first University Photographer and remained in that position until his retirement in August of 1981. Ralph Norman was followed by Kevin Strauss, a Brandeis 1974 graduate who had previously worked with Ralph, who was University Photographer between August 1981 and the Spring semester of 1983. Julian Brown then served as University Photographer from Fall of 1983 to 2001. Michael Lovett succeeded Brown as University Photographer from November 2001 to October 2022. The current University Photographer is Dan Holmes (December 2022 to the present).

Extent

24.00 Linear Feet

17 record center boxes, 5 manuscript boxes, 9 oversized flat boxes, 5 irregular boxes, 3 loose photographs, 2 large posters other_unmapped

24.00 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

Arranged in eleven alphabetical series: 1. Board of Trustees Photographs, 1985-1990, undated; 2. Julian Brown Photographs, 1983-1997, undated; 3. Campus Photographs, 1940-1984, undated; 4. Contact Sheets, 1950-1983, undated; 5. Albert Einstein Photographs, 1946-1947, undated; 6. From the Beginning Photographs, 1950-1987, undated; 7. Negatives, circa 1950-1995, undated; 8. Photographs of Individuals, 1948-1997, undated; 9. Photographs of Subjects, 1947-2000, undated; 10. Slides, circa 1950-1994, undated; 11. Ephemera, 1978-2004.

For more information about each series, please consult the series descriptions in the box and folder listing.