Photographs, 1930-ongoing
Scope and Content Note
The News/Information Office photographs are the largest collection of photographs in the WHOI Image Collection, and offer the most complete visual documentation of WHOI's history. There are tens of thousands of images in the collection showing scientific activities, shipboard operations, events, and portraits.
Dates
- Creation: 1930-ongoing
Language of Materials
The records are in
English.
Access
Open/Restricted: most materials in the collection are available for research; some materials may only be viewed by the Office of Origin or with permission of the Archivist.
Extent
From the Record Group: 36 boxes plus photographs and electronic records (35.25 linear feet)
Arrangement
The collection contains negatives, contact prints, 35mm strip negatives and slides. Four boxes of unprocessed photographs received with acc2010-26 are stored at the end of the paper records.
List of sub-series
- Negatives
- Contact prints
- 35mm strip negatives
- Slides
Physical Description
20,000+ images
Repository Details
Part of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Data Library and Archives Repository