Fonds 001 - UTSC Photographic Services fonds

Identity area

Reference code

UTSC 001

Title

UTSC Photographic Services fonds

Date(s)

  • [ca.1960]-2010 (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

ca. 39 423 photographs (slides, negatives, prints).
4 transparencies.
1 cd-rom.
4 books.
3 artifacts.
1 poster.

Context area

Name of creator

(1964-)

Administrative history

The University of Toronto Scarborough Photographic Services is a department within the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus. The campus was established in 1964 with construction beginning that same year.

The Photographic Services department was formerly known as the Photography and Graphics department. In 1998, the department was housed in Room AC286 in UTSC’s Academic Resource Centre (ARC), along with UTSC’s Library. As of 2013, the services of the department fall UTSC’s Communications & Public Affairs department.

The department has been staffed by two staff photographers over 5 decades, first David Harford and then Ken Jones. David Harford worked for UTSC from the 1970s until 1994. Ken Jones joined UTSC as the University’s Staff Photographer in 1994. The UTSC Photographic Services mandate is to "complete professional-quality custom photographic and imaging services to meet the teaching, research, publication and promotional needs of the UTSC campus" which is reflected in the records within the collection.

Archival history

Prior to the transfer to UTSC Library, the records were maintained on UTSC campus by Mr. Jones from 1994 until 2012. Mr. Jones’s predecessor, David Harford, maintained the records prior to 1994.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

The records contained within the collection were transferred to UTSC Library when Ken Jones moved out of his former office in AC286.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

The UTSC Photographic Services fonds covers the years of approximately 1964 and 1966 to 2008. The collection represents an invaluable visual history of the University of Toronto Scarborough campus and is made up almost entirely of photographic materials – negatives, contact sheets, slides, and prints.

Photographs in the collection from the 1970s to 1994 are attributed to David Harford and photographs from 1994 onward are attributed to Ken Jones. Photographs cover a broad range of subjects, such as the buildings and grounds of UTSC, campus events, faculty, staff, students, and much more.

Material is arranged into the following series:
• Series A: Slides
• Series B: Negatives and Contact Sheets
• Series C: Photographic Prints

Subject terms include:
Academic Resource Centre
Actors
Aerial photographs
African Studies program
Alumni
Alumni and alumnae
Alumni Association
Andrews, John, 1933-
Anthropology
Applied Microbiology program
Architectural models and drawings
Architecture
Architecture and recreation
Art History program
Arts and Administration Building
Arts and crafts movement
Arts Management program
Artwork
Athletics and recreation
Automobiles
Award ceremonies
Badminton
Baird/Sampson Associates, Architects
Ball, John L.
Band (Instrumental group)
Banquets
Basketball
Biodiversity, Ecology & Evolution program
Biology program
Birgeneau, Robert
Bissell, Claude Thomas, 1916-2000
Bladen Library
Bladen Wing
Bladen, Vincent Wheeler
Brutalism
Building damage
Buses
Business Administration program
Campbell, D. R. (Ralph)
Canadian 20th century Catalogs
Cellular and Molecular Biology program
Centre for French and Linguistics
Ceremonies and celebrations
Certificate in Business program
Chancellor
Cheerleading
Chemistry program
Choir (Musical group)
City Studies
Classical Studies program
Co-Op Management program
Computer Science program
Computers and technology
Concrete construction
Conferences and symposia
Construction
Contemporary architecture
Convocation
Correspondence
Cubism
Dean
Department of Arts, Culture and Media
Department of Biological Sciences
Department of Computer and Mathematics
Department of English
Department of Historical and Cultural Studies
Department of Management
Department of Philosophy
Department of Physical & Environmental Sciences
Department of Psychology
Department of Social Sciences
Diamond and Schmitt Architects
Diaspora & Transnationalism Studies
Diefenbaker, John G., 1895-1979
Donations
Doris McCarthy Gallery
Economics program
Educational television
English program
Environmental Science program
Equestrian
Events - Performances
Exhibitions
F.B. Watts Memorial Lecture
Faculty
Fire
Flood
Foley, Joan
Football
French program
Functionalism
Gallery
Geography
Glass construction
Global Asia Studies program
Governing Council
Governing Council
Greene, Edward Brodhead, 1855-1950
Ground breaking ceremonies
Health
Health Studies
Highland Creek Valley (Ont.)
History program
Hockey
Humanities Wing
Instructional Centre
Integrative Biology program
International Development Studies
International Studies
Journalism program
Kung, Hans, 1928-
Kuwabara, Payne, McKenna, Blumberg Architects
Laboratories
Languages program
Laurence, Margaret, 1926-1987
Lectures
Lewis, Stephen, 1937-
Librarians
Library
Library architecture
Library buildings
Lieutenant Governors--Ontario Linguistics program
Literature and film studies program
MacKay-Lyons, Brian
MacKenzie, Lewis, 1940- Management Wing
Mathematics program
Mayor
McCarthy, Doris, 1910-2010
Media Studies program
Meeting Place
Meetings
Mental Health Studies program
Microbiology
Miller-Lash House
Minimalism
Mirvish, Ed, 1914-2007
Montgomery Sisam Architects Moriyama & Teshima
Music & Culture program
New Media Studies program
Old Biology Building
Ombudsman
Onley, David C.
Open house
Opening ceremonies
Orchestra
Paramedicine program
Pearson, Lester B., 1897-1972
Performances
Phase 2
Philosophy program
Physics and Astrophysics program Plumptre, A. F. W. (Arthur FitzWalter Wynne), 1907-1977
President
Principal
Pritchard, Robert
Professors
Programmes
Provost
Psychology program
Public Policy
Rationalism
Recreation Wing
Registrar
Religion program
Residential architecture
Riding
Scarborough (Ont.)
Scarborough College
Scarborough College Council
Scarborough College Student Council
Scarborough College. Gallery Science Wing
Sculpture
Social Sciences Building Sociology
Stables
Staff
Stantec Consulting
Statistics program
Structuralism
Student Centre
Student government
Student groups
Student residences
Student unions
Students
Students and libraries
Students and teachers
Students--Art
Students--Athletics and recreation Students--Drama
Students--Fiction
Students--Humour
Students--Literary collections Students--Music
Students--Periodicals
Students--Poetry
Students--Political activity Students--Scholarships, fellowships, etc. Students, Graduate
Students, part time
Studio program
Studios
Studying
Sustainable architecture
Suzuki, David, 1936-
Television studio
Temporary buildings
Tennis
Theatre
Theatre & Performance Studies program
Thompson, R. Paul, 1947-
Toronto Transit Commission Transportation
Trudeau, Pierre Elliott, 1919-2000
University Buildings
University of Toronto at Scarborough. Gallery
University of Toronto. Scarborough Campus.
Women's and Gender Studies program UTSC Library
Vernacular architecture
Vice-principal
Volleyball
Women's and Gender Studies program

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

Future accruals expected. Note that the collection is comprised of print photographs, negatives, and slides only at this time. Digital photographs of the UTSC Photographic Services department are currently managed by Ken Jones with plans for future transfer to UTSC Library.

System of arrangement

Original order, as established by David Harford and Ken Jones, is maintained with the exception of a few miscellaneous folders and slide cases for which original order had been lost. Arrangement was imposed on items for which original order was lost. Series arrangement reflects the original order of the collection, as organized by Ken Jones in his AC286 office.

Miscellaneous records that were not arranged in any way or had lost their place in the original order of the fonds were arranged by the archivist and distributed appropriately by medium into the three series. It should be noted that many of the colour photographs found in the collection may be surrogate prints of digital photographs or otherwise prints of negatives or slides within the collection.

Additional subject/keyword access to records is given through the transcription of notations on photographs, recorded in Media/Contents notes of the UTSC Photographic Services fonds box list

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Access to the fonds is open and available to researchers at the archivist’s discretion. All records are subject to the Access to Information and Privacy Act.

Conditions governing reproduction

All photographs are copyright of the University of Toronto. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission to publish any part of the collection by contacting UTSC Library.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

Language and script notes

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

The materials within the collection are in good condition. Some photographs are bent.

Finding aids

A box list for each series is available.

Generated finding aid

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Portions of the collection have been digitized and can be found on the Digital Scholarship Unit website: https://collections.digital.utsc.utoronto.ca/islandora/object/photoservices%3Aroot

Related units of description

University of Toronto Scarborough Library, UTSC Archives Legacy Collection (C-001)

The University of Toronto Archives (http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utarms/) also contains records related to UTSC. See the following accessions for more details:
• A1967-0006. University of Toronto. Office of the Vice-President for Scarborough
and Erindale Colleges
• A1972-0026. University of Toronto. Office of the President
• A1975-0028. University of Toronto. Physical Plant Department
• A1979-0039. University of Toronto, Office of the Chief Librarian
• A1983-0015. University of Toronto. Office of the Registrar
• A1983-0031. University of Toronto. Office of the Registrar
• A1985-0040. University of Toronto. Physical Plant Department
• A1986-0055. University of Toronto. Physical Plant Department
• A1991-0019. University of Toronto. Library. Office of the Chief Librarian
• A1993-0002. University of Toronto. Office of the Assistant Vice President,
Student Affairs
• A1993-0003. University of Toronto. Office of the Vice-President Business Affairs
• A2005-0017. University of Toronto at Scarborough. Scarborough College Council
• A2006-0002. University of Toronto. Ethics Review Office. Animal Ethics Review
• A2009-0016. University of Toronto. Department of Public Affairs
• A2010-0005. Vice-Provost, Academic Operations
• B1987-0030. Evans, Joseph Cooper.
• B2003-0003. Harris, Robin Sutton.

Related descriptions

Notes area

Note

Citation of the material should include the following elements:

University of Toronto Scarborough Library, Archives & Special Collections, Fonds/Collection title, Series Name - Box # File # - Item # (if applicable).

Alternative identifier(s)

Accession

2012-001

Accession

2019-002

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Rules and/or conventions used

Dates of creation revision deletion

Entered by Amanda Tomé - January 2016.
Revised by AT - June 2016.

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