Scope and Contents
This collection consists of negatives, digital scans and contact sheets for photographs of Tufts University and its students and faculty taken by freelance photographer Spencer Grant.
Dates
- Creation: 1970 -- 1979
Creator
- Grant, Spencer (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Some material in this collection may be protected by copyright and other rights. Please see “Reproductions and Use” on the Digital Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permission to publish. No documentation is available regarding the intellectual property rights in this collection.
Biographical / Historical
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Spencer Grant graduated in journalism from Boston University in 1966. He worked as Air Force photographer in Nebraska and then as Associated Press photographer in New York. After moving back to Boston in 1969 Spencer worked as freelance photographer for various magazines and services among them United Press International, The Boston Globe, Time magazine, of the Boston magazine. He also did a number of also commercial shoots.
Spencer became Stock Boston photo agency’s first photographer in 1971. By the end of the 1970s he worked as a full time stock photographer and, in the late 1970s, he became a stock photographer full-time.
Extent
.25 Linear Feet (1 box)
135 Digital Object(s)
Arrangement
This collection is organized into one series.
Custodial History
Mr. Grant sent negatives overseas to have them wet scanned and provided .tifs and .jpgs to DCA. He also sent the original negatives.
Processing status
This collection is processed.
Repository Details
Part of the Tufts Archival Research Center Repository
35 Professors Row
Tisch Library Building
Tufts University
Medford Massachusetts 02155 United States
617-627-3737
archives@tufts.edu
