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Documerica
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Series Description
| ARC Identifier: | 542493 |
| Title: | DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern, 1972 - 1977 |
| Creator: | Environmental Protection Agency. (12/02/1970 - ) (Most Recent) |
| Type of Archival Materials: | Photographs and other Graphic Materials |
| Level of Description: | Series from Record Group 412: Records of the Environmental Protection Agency [EPA], 1944 - 1989 |
| Location: | Still Picture Records LICON, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001 PHONE: 301-837-3530, FAX: 301-837-3621, EMAIL: stillpix@nara.gov |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1972 - 1977 |
| Part of: | Record Group 412: Records of the Environmental Protection Agency [EPA], 1944 - 1989 |
| Includes: | 15981 Item(s) |
| Arrangement: | 412-DA- Color slides are numerical by image numbers assigned by the Documerica staff. DAB- Black and white negatives are by fiche, then image number. DAS- Black and white prints and color negatives are by exhibit number. DAD- Prints by subject, black and white negatives by image. DAC- The microfiche is numerical 1 through 267. There is a set of color (266-images, 267 caption) slides and a separate set of captions. (Slides were reproduced on the fiche at random but generally grouped by photographer and subject. |
| Scope & Content Note: | Documerica was a program sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency to photographically document subjects of environmental concern in America during the 1970's. The images were made by approximately 70 well-known photographers contracted by the EPA for this project. Photographers included Denny Lyon, Gene Daniels, Marc St. Gill, Bill Strode, Charles O'Rear, Jack Corn, Tomas Sennett, Yoichi Okamote, and Ken Hayman. Some of the subjects are beach and mountain scenes; urban areas including junk yards, streets, buildings traffic control; Amtrak; air and water pollution; waterfronts; mining scenes; and people. Areas included are National Parks and Forests, Lake Tahoe, the Great Lakes, the Alaskan Pipeline, Hawaii, Washington, D.C. and cities throughout the United States, and Yugoslavia and Austria. This series consists of 35mm color slides and black and white negatives and prints. Exhibits of images from this collection were DOC I which was sponsored by the Corcoran Art Gallery, and SITES, "Our Only World" exhibit sponsored by the Smithsonian Institute Traveling Exhibition Service. These images appear together on the microfiche. Photographs of DOC I and SITES exhibits were reproduced in black and white (412-DAD and 412-DAS). All of the color slides were reproduced on microfiche (412-DAC) for easy viewing. There are black and white copy negatives for some of the images (412-DAB). See temporary card for 412-DAZ which continues in numerical sequence from DA. |
| Access Restrictions: | Unrestricted |
| Use Restrictions: | Undetermined
EPA has specified that images are not to be used for advertising purposes. Rights purchased by EPA from photographers. |
| Numbering Note: | Record Group, Series, Image Number. (Other numbers in the fiche system are explained in the Acquisitions Bulletins.) EXAMPLE- 412-DA-4082; 412-DA-15960; 412-DAS-25. |
| Finding Aid Type: | Other |
| Finding Aid Note: |
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| Variant Control Number(s): | NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-412-DA
Local Identifier: NWDNS-412-DA |
| Copy 1 | |
| Copy Status: | Preservation-Reproduction |
| Extent: | 12 linear feet |
| Count: | 54 Letter Archives Box, Narrow 2.5 inch
1 Legal Archives Box, Oversize 7 Legal Archives Box, Standard 1 Legal Archives Box, Narrow 2 Letter Archives Box, Standard 40 Photographic Slide Box, Double |
| Storage Facility: | National Archives at College Park - Archives II (College Park, MD) |
| Media | |
| Media Type: | Slide |
| Media Type: | Negative |
| Media Type: | Photographic Print |
| Copy 2 | |
| Copy Status: | Reference |
| Extent: | 6 linear feet |
| Count: | 2 Microfiche Box (also lantern slides)
4 Roller Drawer, 4 inch |
| Storage Facility: | National Archives at College Park - Archives II (College Park, MD) |
| Media | |
| Media Type: | Slide |
| Lifecycle Tracking Information | |
| Accession Number: | NN3-412-81-1 |
| Source: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Archival Research Catalog | |