Visual Materials Bibliography

Visual Materials Bibliography-Society of American Archivists: Visual Materials Section

John H. Slate, CA, Editor

Photography, Moving Image Material, Selected Print Technologies, Visual Ephemera, and Architectural Records

Compiler and Contributor Credits:

Stephen Cohen
Donna Longo DiMichele
Kathleen Dow
Beth Dodd
Douglas Doe
James A. Eason
Megan Friedel
Philip Jackson
Richard Pearce-Moses
Gary Saretzky
John H. Slate

Helena Zinkham

This bibliography was created in the 1980s by Richard Pearce-Moses as an informal resource for archivists working primarily with photographic archives and was kept on his private website until its „donation‟ to the Visual Materials Section around 1999. Although traditional photography is its core, the Section has added other types of visual materials and expanded some areas. Since then it has received updates including entries appearing in Views newsletters 1985-2002 and from individual submissions. Because there are many bibliographies relating to visual materials, this work can‟t possibly be all-inclusive and answer every researcher‟s need. Monographs on individual photographers, for example, are not included. Rather, this is a list of sources VM Section members felt were useful in archives work.

Research changes over time, and some of the entries offered here may be out of date but still considered valuable for historical perspective.
A growing list of websites is included at the end of the formal bibliography but are highly selective on account of the transitory nature of online information. Occasionally they are referenced in the larger bibliography.

DISCLAIMER

The works presented in this bibliography are provided as a resource and should not be considered a wholesale endorsement by the Society of American Archivists or the SAA Visual Materials Section of the research, findings, or methodologies of the following authors and writings. Especially in areas of advanced conservation and preservation treatments, the Visual Materials Section does not recommend physical treatment on archival materials without consultation with accredited conservators or archives professionals.