Guide to the Visual Services/Cornell Publications Photography Records,
ca. 1960-1989

The Office of Visual Services was formed in the early 1960s. By the mid 1980s it was called the Cornell Office of University Relations-Visual Services. Subsequently the name was changed to Cornell University Office of Publications Services, and then to the Office of Cornell Publications.

Slides of Cornell University buildings, classrooms, students, alumni, professors, athletics, and other Cornell and Ithaca, New York subjects and scenes. Photographs, ca. 1960-1980; 35 mm. black and white transparencies of historical campus photographs; 2 x 2 black and white and color slides, some identified; 35 mm. and 2 x 2 negatives, with guide; and contact sheets of prints and negatives; 8 x 10 photographs of the Theory Center; 35 mm. slides of Roberts Hall; 35 mm. slides of Maplewood Park.

A photocopy of the Job Lists for Visual Services is available in the Reference Room. The job lists indicate the date and subject of photography assignments. Assignment numbers consist of year, month, and day. Example: 7043=April 3, 1970. During the mid 1980's there was a slight change to the numbering system. During these years a leading A was used to replace the number 8. Example: A40801=August 1, 1984. Halfway through 1985, the numbering system returned to its original form. The assignment numbers refer to both the negatives and corresponding contact sheets. The contact sheets should be consulted first. If no contact sheet is in the box indicated then the negative rolls from the file cabinets can be used.