The first subseries of the revised Oliver F. Atkins photograph collection is now available. The subjects cover life in Washington, D.C. (particularly John F. Kennedy and family in the late 1950s and early 1960s), American social and political issues, countries in Africa, the Korean War, and even our very own George Mason University. We hope to add the rest of the print series to the finding aid very soon. Currently, the processing work has shifted to the vast amount of negatives in the collection, many of which were used to create the prints. So think of the print series as merely a sample of the tens of thousands of images contained in the negatives.
View of Trinity Church in New York City taken from an adjacent building (August 1952) Oliver F. Atkins Photograph Collection, C0036, Box 3, Folder 13. ©SEPS
Oliver Atkins (left) and Norman Rockwell (1960s) Oliver F. Atkins Photograph Collection, C0036 Box 1 Folder 13. ©SEPS
A worker looks out across the Fria Company International for the Production of Aluminum facility in Guinea (November 1960) Oliver F. Atkins Photograph Collection, C0036 Box 4 Folder 1. ©SEPS
Guests arrive at the Statler Hotel in Washington, D.C. (May 1950) Oliver F. Atkins Photograph Collection, C0036 Box 4 Folder 6. ©SEPS
Chief Miyamoto, head of Ainu clan at Chiraoi, Hokkaido, Japan (August 1951) Oliver F. Atkins Photograph Collection, C0036 Box 1 Folder 5. ©SEPS
This collection is being reprocessed with funds provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
