Directory of Collections Resources

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This category encompasses physical collections or archives of photography which are held by private individuals and public institutions, and which contribute to the knowledge of the history and practice of photography as a fine art.

Resources in This Category

• Cowboy Photographer - Erwin E. Smith

  http://www.cartermuseum.org/collections/smith/
  Guide to the Smith collection at the Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, including biography and photographs. Includes teaching resources.

• George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film

  http://www.geh.org/photographers.html
  The Photography Collection includes photographs and negatives dating from the invention of photography to the present day. Searchable by photographer.

• Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online Catalog

  http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html
  The LOC prints and photographs collections number more than 13.7 million images. While international in scope, the collections are particularly rich in materials produced in, or documenting the history of, the United States and the lives, interests and achievements of the American people.

• National Digital Library

  https://digitalmedia.fws.gov/
  The United States Fish and Wildlife Service's online collection of public domain photographs.

• National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

  http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/ggphoto/ggphoto-main1.html
  The Photography collection of the NGA includes nineteenth- and twentieth-century photographs by European and American photographers. Information page plus tour of collection.

• NOAA Photo Library

  http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/
  Searchable photography collection focusing on the environment in the United States.

• Taking the Long View, 1851-1991

  http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/pan/
  Panoramic photographs from the American Memory collection at the Library of Congress.

• The Keystone-Mast Collection

  http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/mainFrame/collections/guides/kmast/
  The Keystone-Mast Collection at the California Museum of Photography represents the archive of the Keystone View Company of Meadville, PA. Offers an encyclopedic view of world history and cultural diversity.

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