A Guide to the Roy C. Craven, Jr. Photograph Collection

Finding aid created by Joyce Dewsbury

University of Florida Smathers Libraries - Special and Area Studies Collections
October 2008

Descriptive Summary
	Creator:	Craven, Roy C.
	Title:	Roy C. Craven, Jr. Photograph Collection
	Dates:	1970s
	Abstract:	Photographs by Roy Craven, Jr., of various locations, including Mayan sites in Mexico and Guatemala, as well as historic and contemporary buildings in cities such as Rio de Janeiro.
	Extent:	0.4 Linear feet. 1 box.
	Identification:	Ms Coll. 125
	Language(s):	English
		Items from this collection have been digitized and are available online in the UF Digital Collections. For more information please see the note below.

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Biographical/Historical Note

Roy C. Craven Jr. was an artist who used the mediums of painting, sculpture, and photography. He was an associate professor of art at the University of Florida when he was appointed as acting director of the University of Florida new Gallery in September 1964. Craven also was an author of about a dozen books on the subjects of the art of India and Mayan ceremonial sites as well as exhibit catalogs. From 1962-63 he was in India as a senior research scholar under the Fulbright Program.

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Scope and Content

This collection consists of 271 black and white photographic prints. The majority of the prints are of historic Mayan ceremonial sites located in Mexico in the Yucatan Peninsula, Guatemala, and Honduras. Some of the sites include Tikal, Uxmal, Palenque, and Chichen Itza. There are also photographs of sites such as Machu Picchu in Peru (Inca), historic churches and contemporary architecture in cities as Rio de Janeiro, and scenes of the countryside. There are detailed descriptions on the reverse side of each photograph with information about the date of the site or building and the geographical location. Each photograph was given a code and then sequentially numbered within that code.

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Access or Use Restrictions

Access

The collection is open for research.

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Administrative Information

Alternate Form of Material

Digital reproductions of items in this collection are available online via the University of Florida Digital Collections (UFDC). Please read the Permissions for Use statement for information on copyright, fair use, and use of UFDC digital objects.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Roy C. Craven, Jr. Photograph Collection, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

Processing Notes

The photographs arrived in two boxes. A label on the lid of one box had printed, "The William E. Carter Memorial Photographic Archive of Latin America." Below that was printed "Photography by ROY C. CRAVEN, JR." The photographs were removed and placed in archival folders in manuscript boxes. The photographs were given to Richard Phillips by the Center for Latin American Studies.

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Selected Subjects and Access Terms

Chichén Itzá Site (Mexico) -- Photographs
Guatemala -- Antiquities -- Photographs
Honduras -- Antiquities -- Photographs
Incas -- Antiquities -- Photographs
Machu Picchu Site (Peru) -- Photographs
Mayas -- Antiquities -- Photographs
Mexico -- Antiquities -- Photographs
Palenque Site (Mexico) -- Photographs
Peru -- Antiquities -- Photographs
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil : State) -- Antiquities -- Photographs
Tikal Site (Guatemala) -- Photographs
Uxmal Site (Mexico) -- Photographs
Yucatán (Mexico : State) -- Antiquities -- Photographs

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For further information, please contact: Special Collections Access Services.

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