Graves (Roy D.) Pictorial Collection, ca. 1850-ca. 1968
Owning Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
About this Collection
The Roy D. Graves Pictorial Collection contains circa 23,100 photographic printsclassified and arranged by Graves into 96 volumes. Graves began collecting photographs
circa 1902, and continued to develop his collection until his death in 1971. The general
subject areas of the Graves collection are the history of transportation --especially
that of railroad transportation in California --and the history of San Francisco and its
environs. The volume titles, volume numbering, and ordering of items within the volumes
in the present finding aid represent Graves' original classification and arrangement. The
96 volumes have been grouped into four series by the Library. Because Graves' original
volume numbering has been maintained, the arrangement of volumes within each series is
often discontinuous. Subjects and photographers featured in the individual volumes are
summarized in the series descriptions. A large number of the photographs in the
collection are copy prints of photographic originals and glass plate negatives dating as
early as 1850. More recent photographs in the collection were taken as late as 1970. The
collection also contains photographic reproductions of drawings, lithographs, maps,
illustrations, periodical literature, and other print sources, the earliest of which date
to the late Eighteenth century.... View collection guide.
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