Sri Ratnam Swami Aerial Photography Collection

Collection

Identifier: SPC-2018-039

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Sri Ratnam Swami Aerial Photography Collection contains over 500 black-and-white photographs of mostly aerial shots taken in California, Mexico, and the Southwestern United States. Most of the aerial photographs are stamped with Fairchild Aerial Survey, Pacific Air Industries, and Geotronics logos on the verso. This collection also contains color slides mostly from the audio visual departments of University of California Santa Barbara and California State Colleges Los Angeles (California State University, Los Angeles). Featured images include: landscapes, people, architecture, buildings, and famous landmarks taken in Japan, China, South America, Europe, and other locations. Also included in this collection are clippings and magazine articles featuring aerial photography as well as a few negatives of aerial photographs.

Dates

1934-1973; undated

Creator

Fairchild Aerial Surveys, inc. (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Biographical / Historical

Sri Ratnam Swami worked with the Fairchild Aerial Survey from 1960-1963; was the chief map editor for the Aero Service Corporation from 1964-1967; and was also a lecturer in the geography department at University of California, Santa Barbara from 1967-1968.

Extent

9 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection contains over 500 black-and-white aerial photographs of images taken mostly of the Southwestern United States; as well as color slides, negatives, and clippings belonging to Sri Ratnam Swami, a former employee of Fairchild Aerial Survey and Aero Service Corporation; and former lecturer at University of California, Santa Barbara.