Center for Media Production Photographic Services image collection
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Scope and Contents
This collection has been processed into 24 series and consists primarily of negatives, contact sheets, and paper copies of digital files dated 1934 to 2009 (Bulk 1971-2009), with athletics well represented. Photographic prints exist in the men's basketball and football series, with a few in women's basketball and field hockey. Series are clustered as men's athletics, men's and women's combined, and women's athletics – based on how the events were photographed. From 1999 to 2009, Photo Services staff placed still images on DVDs, which are housed in Series 24.
Dates
- Creation: 1934 - 2009
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright restrictions may apply; please consult Special Collections staff for further information.
Biographical / Historical
Frederick Wallace Kent (February 3, 1894-July 17, 1984) moved to Iowa City in 1911 as a student, and began shooting photographs that he sold as postcards to earn money for college. In 1915, Kent established his first office. In 1947 he established University Photo Services, which he managed until 1963. He then worked part time with Photo Services until his retirement in 1975. Over these sixty years he filled the office with his images for departments and athletics, as well as campus and Iowa City buildings. Staff photographers also contributed to the collection over the decades. Kent enjoyed experimenting with film and techniques, and pioneered the use of stereographs in medical photography. In 1947, Eastman Kodak commissioned him to write the first manual for medical photography. In 2004, Photo Services became a unit within the Center for Media Production, along with audio-visual, graphics and duplication services just down the hall from Photo Services in Seashore Hall. At the end of June 2014, the University of Iowa communications chief closed the center over budget concerns. Over the next year, the extensive Photo Services collection was transferred to the University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections Department. The bulk of these slides have been digitized and are available for searching in the Iowa Digital Library.
Extent
135 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection of photographs, negatives, digital prints and DVDs that were transferred from Photo Services, a unit within the Center for Media Production, following the closure of CMP in June 2014.
Materials Specific Details
Box 1
SERIES 1: Baseball
Sub-series 1: Baseball Prints 1950-1974
Sub-series 2: Baseball Game Contact Sheets 1981-2002
Box 2
Sub-series 3: Baseball Negatives 1981-2002
Box 3
Sub-series 4: Baseball Digital Prints 2003-2009
Box 4-5
SERIES 2: Men's Basketball
Sub-series 1: Prints 1914-2006
Box 6-21
Sub-series 2: Basketball Game Contact Sheets 1973-2003
Box 22
Sub-series 3: Basketball Negatives - Portraits, 1967-1992
Box 23-38
Sub-series 4: Basketball Negatives - Games, 1973-2003
Box 39-42
Sub-series 5: Basketball Digital Prints 1999-2009
Box 43-54
SERIES 3: Historic Football
Box 55
SERIES 4: Football
Sub-series 1: Football Prints - General 1974-1996
Box 56
Sub-series 2: Football Prints - Games 1986-1996
Box 57-58
Sub-series 3: Football Prints - Portraits & Action Shots 1975-2005
Box 59-69
Sub-series 4: Football Game Contact Sheets 1972-2003
Box 70-72
Sub-series 5: Football Press Kits, 1963-2004
Box 73
Sub-series 6: Football Negatives - General 1971-1999
Box 74-89
Sub-series 7: Football Negatives - Games 1972-2004
Box 90-95
Sub-series 8: Football Digital Prints 2000-2009
Box 96
SERIES 5: Golf (men's and women's)
Sub-series 1: Golf Contact Sheets 1991-2002
Sub-series 2: Golf Negatives 1991-2002
Sub-series 3: Golf Digital Prints 2004-2008
Box 97-98
SERIES 6: Gymnastics (men's and women's)
Sub-series 1: Gymnastics Contact Sheets, 1981-1998
Box 99-101
Sub-series 2: Gymnastics Negatives 1981-2002
Box 102-103
Sub-series 3: Gymnastics Digital Prints 2000-2009
SERIES 7: Wrestling
Box 104-107
Sub-series 1: Prints 1976-1986
Sub-series 2: Wrestling Contact Sheets 1978-2003
Box 108-111
Sub-series 3: Wrestling Negatives 1978-2003
Box 112
Sub-series 4: Wrestling Digital Prints 2003-2009
Box 113
SERIES 8: Swimming (men's and women's)
Sub-series 1: Swimming Contact Sheets 1982-2002
Box 114
Sub-series 2: Swimming Negatives 1982-2003
Sub-series 3: Swimming Digital Prints 2003-2009
Box 115
SERIES 9: Men's Tennis
Sub-series 1: Contact Sheets 1986-2003
Sub-series 2: Negatives, 1986-2003
Sub-series 3: Digital Prints 2003-2009
SERIES 10: Track & Cross Country (men's & women's)
Box 116-117
Sub-series 1: Prints 1985-1995
Sub-series 2: Contact Sheets 1983-2003
Box 118-119
Sub-series 3: Negatives 1983-2003
Box 120-121
Sub-series 4: Digital Prints 2000-2006
SERIES 11: Women's Basketball
Box 122-126
Sub-series 1: Prints 1980-2009
Sub-series 2: Contact Sheets 1983-2003
Box 127-132
Sub-series 3: Negatives 1983-2003
Box 133-134
Sub-series 4: Digital Prints 1999-2009
SERIES 12: Women's Field Hockey
Box 135-136
Sub-series 1: Prints, n.d.; Contact Sheets 1983-1995
Box 137-139
Sub-series 2: Negatives 1983-2002
Boxes 140
Sub-series 3: Digital Prints 2002-2008
Box 141
SERIES 13: Women's Rowing
Sub-series 1: Contact Sheets 1994-2002
Sub-series 2: Negatives 1995-2002
Sub-series 3: Digital Prints 2000-2008
Box 142-144
SERIES 14: Women's Soccer
Sub-series 1: Contact Sheets 1996-2002
Sub-series 2: Negatives 1996-2007
Sub-series 3: Digital Prints 2002-2009
Box 145-147
SERIES 15: Women's Softball
Sub-series 1: Contact Sheets 1984-2002
Sub-series 2: Negatives 1986-2002
Sub-series 3: Digital Prints 2000-2007
Box 148
SERIES 16: Women's Tennis
Sub-series 1: Contact Sheets 1989-2002
Sub-series 2: Negatives 1989-2002
Box 149
Sub-series 3: Digital Prints 2000-2009
Box 150-153
SERIES 17: Women's Volleyball
Sub-series 1: Contact Sheets 1983-2002
Sub-series 2: Negatives 1983-2002
Sub-series 3: Digital Prints 2003-2008
Box 154
SERIES 18: Athletics Miscellaneous 1989-1996
Box 155-160
SERIES 19: Athletics Facilities, 1989-1996
Box 161
SERIES 20: Miscellaneous print requests, 1978-1994
Box 162-163
SERIES 21: Campus Scenes & Student Activities, 1968-1976, 2003
Box 164-167
SERIES 22: Departments, 1968-1974
Box 168-169
SERIES 23: General notebooks, internegatives, 1980-83, 1978-93
Box 170-176
SERIES 24: Still image DVDs
Sub-series 1: Football DVDs
Sub-series 2: Men's baseball DVDs, 2002-2006
Sub-series 3: Men's basketball DVDs, 1999-2009
Sub-series 4: Men's gymnastics DVDs, 2000-2007
Sub-series 5: Men's tennis DVDs, 2002-2008
Sub-series 6: Men's track DVDs, 2002-2004
Sub-series 7: Wrestling DVDs, 2002-2005
Sub-series 8: Women's Athletics DVDs, 1999-2009
Sub-series 9: Women's basketball, 2004-2009
Sub-series 10: Master DVDs that may be blank, 2002-2005
Sub-series 11: Buildings DVDs, 2000-2008
Sub-series 12: Miscellaneous DVDs, 2002-2009
Box 177
SERIES 25: Oversized box, prints, 1900, 1946, 1955, 2008
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Iowa Archives Repository
100 Main Library
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City IA 52242
319-335-5921
lib-spec@uiowa.edu