Finding Aid for the United Press International Photograph Collection, r

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1 Finding Aid for the United Press International Photograph Collection, r Finding aid prepared by Randolph T. Boyd This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit June 15, 2010 Describing Archives: A Content Standard Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives, Leatherby Libraries 05/17/2010 Chapman University One University Drive Orange, CA, (714) rboyd@chapman.edu

2 Table of Contents Summary Information... 3 Biographical/Historical note... 4 Scope and Contents note... 4 Arrangement note...4 Administrative Information IP Rights... 5 Collection Inventory... 6 Series 1. The Lindberghs...6 Series 2. Blacks in America, 1960s -1970s... 7 Series 3. The Vietnam War, Series 4. The Arab-Israeli Conflict Page 2 -

3 Summary Information Repository Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives, Leatherby Libraries Title United Press International Photograph Collection, Date [bulk] Bulk, Date [inclusive] Extent 70.0 Linear feet (79 boxes) General Physical Description note The collection had been forgotten and when it was rediscovered in 1989 it was found to have a great deal of acidification and vermin damage. There are now only 79 boxes remaining of the original 120. Language English Abstract Photographs from the United Press International Los Angeles stock photo office. Coverage is approximately with the bulk of the photographs Preferred Citation note [identify item], r United Press International Photograph Collection , Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives, Chapman University, CA. - Page 3 -

4 Biographical/Historical note United Press International (UPI) is a news agency headquartered in the United States with roots dating back to Once a mainstay in the newswire service along with Associated Press (AP) and Reuters, it began to decline as afternoon newspapers, its chief client category, began to fail with the rising popularity of television news. This decline accelerated after the sale of UPI by the founding Scripps family culminating in two bankruptcies. In the late 1970s, UPI closed down it's Los Angeles stock photo office and merged it with the New York office. This move prompted the donation of this collection to keep it from being destroyed. Scope and Contents note Originally 120 boxes of more than 48,000 photos from the Los Angeles UPI stock photo office donated in the spring of 1980 to the library. Covering mainly the 1960s and 1970s there are also photos going back to the 1930s. Each photo is an 8x10 print with attached caption and, in many cases, editorial notes and markings on the photos. Arrangement note The collection is organized by subject series and, in some cases, subseries by subject. Administrative Information Publication Information Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives, Leatherby Libraries 05/17/ Page 4 -

5 Conditions Governing Access note This collection is open for research. Finding Aid for the United Press International Photograph Collection, Conditions Governing Use note UPI retains the copyright on all photographs. Permission to use photographs must be obtained from United Press International. Immediate Source of Acquisition note Donated by UPI, Los Angeles Office in Subject(s) Cold War Photographs United Press International -- Photographs United States -- Race Relations Vietnam IP Rights UPI retains the intellectual property rights of this collection. - Page 5 -

6 Series 1. The Lindberghs Collection Inventory Series 1. The Lindberghs Linear feet (2 boxes) 1s1-2s1 Scope and Contents note This series contains photographs of the Lindberghs with large sections devoted to the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, Lindbergh's aviation experiences, and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. Personal Name(s) Lindbergh, Ann Morrow, Lindbergh, Charles A., (Charles Alexander), Subseries 1. Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus) (2 boxes) Subseries 2. Lindbergh, Anne Morrow (Bulk, ) (1 folder) Personal Name(s) Lindbergh, Ann Morrow, Page 6 -

7 Series 2. Blacks in America, 1960s -1970s Finding Aid for the United Press International Photograph Collection, Series 2. Blacks in America, 1960s -1970s Linear feet (5 boxes) Series 3. The Vietnam War, (Bulk, ) 1.75 Linear feet (2 boxes) 1s2-5s2 1s3-2s3 Subject(s) Asia Photographs United Press International -- Photographs Vietnam Subseries 1. The American Experience (2 folders) Subseries 2. U.S. Anti-war Demonstrations (1 folder) Subseries 3. The Vietnamese Experience (Bulk, ) (2 folders) Subseries 4. The Vietnamese Refugee Experience 1975 (1 folder) Subseries 5. The Cambodian Civil War (1 folder) 1s3 1s3 1s3 2s3 2s Subject(s) Cambodia--History--Civil War, Page 7 -

8 Subseries 6. Laos Subseries 6. Laos 1975 (1 folder) Subseries 7. Other Countries' Experiences (1 folder) 2s3 2s3 3 4 Series 4. The Arab-Israeli Conflict - Page 8 -