Harry Ransom CenterThe University of Texas at Austin

Collection Name:

Harvey and Julius Patteson Photography Studio

Creator:

Patteson Photographic Studio

Life Dates:

1912-1979

Nationality:

U.S. (Texas)

No. of Items:

67,689

Span Dates:

1912-1979 (ca.)

Description:

The Ransom Center holds the extant archives, apparatus, and photographic images of the Harvey and Julius Patteson Photography Studio. In continuous operation from approximately 1912 to 1979, the Patteson Studio was based in San Antonio, Texas, and became one of the most important commercial photographic companies in the state. Through its photographic prints and negatives, the archive covers a wide variety of American cultural and humanistic dimensions, including: military history, architecture, art, land development, the cattle and agricultural industries, and numerous urban views.

Spanning the active careers of three generations of photographers, the Harvey and Julius Patteson Photography Studio flourished during the richest periods of American commercial photographic history. With all its log books, invoices, and daily records intact, the Collection goes well beyond the pictorial dimensions of the era it records. The archive spans 200 linear feet.

Photographic prints- approximately 19,375
Negatives - approximately 33, 475
Slides - approximately 1600
Glass slides - 45
Additional slides - 100
Panorama - approximately 85
Oversize prints - 9 (some hand-colored)
Additionally, approximately 31,000 prints, negatives, and slides are housed in the nitrate vault.

One gelatin silver print (982:0009:0001) and two hand-colored prints (982:0010:0001-0002) by Harvey Patteson can be found in the loose print collection. Subjects follow.

982:0009:0001 -- Postcard advertisement for Harvey Patteson Commercial Photographer, San Antonio, n.d.;
982:0010:0001 -- [Two men leaning against stone structure], n.d.;
982:0010:0002 -- [Two men walking down a road surrounded by palms], n.d.

Access Restrictions:

Part of this collection is housed off-site and may require up to three business days notice for access in the Ransom Center’s Reading and Viewing Room. Negatives are restricted from use.

Accession No(s):

982:0009:0001 ; 982:0010:0001-0007

Cutter Number:

P3192

Location(s):

PH:LP:P Box, Mini (982:0009:0001)
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PH:LP:P Box, Small (982:0010:0001-0002)
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