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INVENTORY OF THE WIM SWAANPHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION,1951-1995

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INVENTORY OF THE WIM SWAAN PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION, 1951-1995

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INVENTORY OF THE WIM SWAAN PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION, 1951-1995

Accession no. 96.P.21

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The Getty Research InstituteResearch LibrarySpecial Collections and Visual Resources1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100Los Angeles, California 90049-1688Phone: (310) 440-7390Fax: (310) 440-7780Email Requests: http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/library/reference_form.htmlURL: http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/library/

Processed by:Lynda BuntingDate Completed:Mar 1998, rev. Oct 2004Encoded by:Lynda Bunting

©1998 J. Paul Getty Trust

Descriptive SummaryTitle: Wim Swaan photograph collectionDate (inclusive): 1951-1995Collection number: 96.P.21Creator: Swaan, WimExtent: 60 linear ft. (150 boxes)Repository: Getty Research InstituteSpecial Collections and Visual ResourcesResearch Library1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688Abstract: A comprehensive collection of ca. 48,000 photographic prints, transparencies, and negatives in black and whiteand color by a self-taught photographer and practicing architect who traveled widely, documenting the art, architecture,and landscape of ancient and disappearing cultures in the Middle East, Europe, Asia, Latin America, and the Western UnitedStates. Also included are some letters with publishers, agents, colleagues, and friends, sales accounts, a manuscript, someresearch notes, and a copy of his master's thesis.Request Materials: To access physical materials on site, go to the library catalog record for this collection and click"Request an Item." Click here for access policy .Language: Collection material in EnglishAccessOpen for use by qualified researchers.Publication RightsContact Library Rights and Reproductions Preferred Citation

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Wim Swaan photograph collection, 1951-1995, Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Accession no. 96.P.21.Acquisition InformationGift of the Willem A. Swaan Estate, received 1996. One binder of images of Latin American sites received in 1999. One boxof images of Latin American sites received in 2000.Processing HistoryCollection received in 1996 was processed by Lynda Bunting in 1998. Two boxes of material received in 1999 and 2000have been added to the collection (Series II, boxes 149, 150) but are unprocessed at this date.Swaan, Wim. Lost cities of Asia: Ceylon, Burma, Cambodia. London: Elek, 1966.Hambly, Gavin. Cities of Mughul India: Delhi,Agra, Fatehpur Sikri. London: Elek, 1968.Swaan, Wim. The late middle ages. London: Elek, 1977 (2 copies).Anderson,William. Castles of Europe: from Charlemagne to the Renaissance . London: Elek, 1970.Pollitt, J.J. Art in the Hellenistic age.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986.Brooke, Christopher and Roger Highfield. Oxford & Cambridge. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press, 1988.Tucci, Giuseppe. Tibet. London: Elek, 1967.Nims, C.F. Thebes of the Pharaohs. London:Elek, 1965.Biographical/Historical Note1927: Born Willem Albertus Swaan September 6 in South Africa.1950: Bachelor of Architecture, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.1950-1951: Travelled in Europe and worked for Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew in London on the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.1952-1960: Returned to South Africa. Worked for Andrews and Niegeman in Cape Town. Moved to H. H. Le Roith andPartners, Johannesburg, first as an employee, later as partner in charge of design. Projects: apartment buildings, schools,industrial and commercial buildings.1958: Master of Architecture, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Thesis: "Low-cost housing: a survey ofeconomic and sub-economic housing for the lower-income groups with special reference to housing European families withchildren in South Africa," written while Swaan worked as a full-time architect for Le Roith and Partners. Later attended theYale School of Organization and Management and the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.1959-1960: Studied Zen Buddhism and researched Japanese architecture and landscape design at Chotokuin Zen Temple,Kyoto.1960: Emigrated to London.1963: Moved to the United States.1963-1966: Joined Perkins and Will Architects, New York.1966: Became a United States citizen.1966-1968: Sabbatical in Europe.1971-1972: Eighteen month tour of Europe.1972-1981: Partner at Perkins and Will.1975-1981: Vice President at Perkins and Will.1981: Director of Health Facilities Planning in Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum's New York office. Oversaw the newVeterans Administration Hospital, Manhattan, addition, and other large health facilities located throughout the UnitedStates.1990: Received a special citation from the American Institute of Architects for distinguished achievement as a historian andphotographer of the art and architecture created by diverse cultures throughout the world.1994: Retired as Director of Design at Architecture for Health, Science and Commerce, Tarrytown, NY.1995: Died October 1 of pulmonary fibrosis.Scope and Content of CollectionA comprehensive collection of photographs, ca. 34,453 black and white negatives, contact prints and enlargements and ca.13,453 color transparencies and prints, by a self-taught photographer and practicing architect who traveled widely andpublished many large-format books devoted to the art and architecture of ancient and disappearing cultures. Included aresome letters with publishers, agents, colleagues and friends, sales statements, his notes, a manuscript, and a copy of hismaster's thesis.Most images, taken in situ between 1951-1995, reflect Swaan's interest in facades, architectural details and decoration.Strong pictorial subjects include Gothic, Medieval, Baroque and Renaissance Europe, Islamic Spain and Morocco, Turkey,Egypt and Iran, Ancient Egypt and Greece, Asia, including India, Pakistan, Tibet, Nepal, Japan, Cambodia and Sri Lanka,Pre-Columbian and Colonial Latin America, and the landscape of the American West.


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ArrangementThe collection is arranged in three series: Series I. Book projects, 1963-1995 (boxes 1-55, 67-111, 148**); Series II. Otherphotographs, 1951-1995 (boxes 56-61, 112-150); Series III. Papers, 1958-1995 (boxes 62-66).SubjectsAcropolis (Athens, Greece)Architecture—Pictorial worksArchitecture—AsisArchitecture—EuropeArchitecture—Latin AmericaArchitecture—Middle EastArchitecture, BaroqueArchitectureByzantine—IstanbulArchitecture, Gothic—EuropeArchitecture, HellenisticArchitecture,IslamicArchitecture, MedievalArchitecture, RococoArt, FlemishArt, HellenisticArt, MedievalCastles—EuropeCathedrals—EuropeDecoration and ornament, ArchitecturalDecoration and ornament, IslamicExtinct cities—MexicoExtinct cities—Asia, SoutheasternHundred Years War, 1339-1453Landscape photography—West (U.S.)Mayas—AntiquitiesMedici, House ofMonasteries—EuropePlacesAcropolis (Athens, Greece)Asia—AntiquitiesCopán Site (Honduras)Europe—Pictorial worksUsfahan (Iran)Istanbul (Turkey)—AntiquitiesJapan—Social life and customsMachu Picchu Site (Peru)Mecca (Saudi Arabia)Mogul EmpireNepal—AntiquitiesPersepolis (Iran)—AntiquitiesSan Agustín (Huila, Columbia)—AntiquitiesSouth Africa—Pictorial worksSusa (Extinct city)—AntiquitiesThebes (Egypt : Extinct city)

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Tibet (China)—AntiquitiesTikal Site (Guatamala)Tiwanaku Site (Bolivia)University of Cambridge—Pictorial worksUniversity of Oxford—Pictorial worksGenres and Forms of MaterialBlack-and-white prints (photographs)Color slidesColor transparenciesContact printsDiffusion transfer printsPhotographs, OriginalTitlesCastles of Europe : from Charlemagne to the Renaissance Medici : a great Florentine family Isfahan, pearl of PersiaMonastic world Oxford and Cambridge Age of Plantagenet and Valois : the struggle for supremacy, 1328-1498 Flemishcities; their history and art : Bruges, Ghent, Antwerp, Brussels Cities of Mughul India : Delhi, Agra and Fatehpur SikriMorocco : Marrakesh, Fez, Rabat Thebes of the Pharaohs : pattern for every city Constantinople from Byzantium to IstanbulMoorish Spain : Cordoba, Seville, Granada Gothic cathedral Japanese lantern Lost cities of Asia : Ceylon, Pagan, Angkor LateMiddle Ages : art and architecture from 1350 to the advent of the Renaissance Tibet : land of snows Baroque and Rococoarchitecture and decoration

Series I. Book projects, 1963-1995Physical Description: ca. 42 lin. ft.Scope and Content NoteSeries I contains a nearly complete set of photographs for Swaan's entire book productionconsisting of 18 publications, four killed projects and one under consideration, arrangedchronologically by publication date. Most projects contain black-and-white prints withcaptions handwritten on the versos, arranged in plate order, rejected b/w prints generallyarranged geographically, duplicate b/w prints, b/w contact prints, color prints with captionsarranged in plate number order, rejected color transparancies and slides, color duplicates,and b/w negatives. Seven projects include Swaan's notes, and the files for book Japaneselantern include the manuscript draft.

Box 1, Folder 1 Mecca the blessed, Madinah the radiant, 1963

Scope and Content NotePlates. Swaan was not the principal photographer for this book. See also box 67.

Box 1, Folder 2-7 Moorish Spain, 1963

Scope and Content NotePlates, other photographs including prints not used (Cordoba, Seville, Granada). See alsoboxes 8, 67-68.

Box 2, Folder 1-5 Moorish Spain, 1963

Scope and Content NotePrints not used (Granada and unidentified location), contact prints.

Box 3 Moorish Spain, 1963

Scope and Content NoteContact prints.

Series I. Book projects, 1963-1995


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Box 4, Folder 1-5 Constantinople from Byzantium to Istanbul, 1965Scope and Content NotePlates, contact prints. See also box 68.

Box 4, Folder 6-7 Japanese lantern, 1965

Scope and Content NotePlates, prints not used (see boxes 53-54 for mss. draft). See also boxes 69-70.

Box 5, Folder 1-6 Japanese lantern, 1965

Scope and Content NotePrints not used, contact prints (Japan, Philippines, South Africa).

Box 6, Folder 1-6 Thebes of the Pharaohs, 1965

Scope and Content NoteNotebook, plates, prints not used. See also boxes 71-72.

Box 7, Folder 1-6 Thebes of the Pharaohs, 1965

Scope and Content NotePrints not used and contact prints.

Box 8, Folder 1-6 Isfahan, pearl of Persia, 1966

Scope and Content NotePlates, museum photos (includes Mecca and Madinah), prints not used and duplicates,contact prints (Afghanistan, Persia, Middle East). See also box 73.

Box 9, Folder 1-7 Lost cities of Asia: Ceylon, Pagan, Angkor, 1966

Scope and Content NoteNotes and bibliography, plates, figures, prints not used (Ceylon, Burma, Cambodia). Seealso boxes 73-74.

Box 10, Folder 1-6 Lost cities of Asia: Ceylon, Pagan, Angkor, 1966

Scope and Content NotePrints not used (Cambodia, unidentified location), contact prints.

Box 11, Folder 1-2 Age of Plantagenet and Valois, 1967

Scope and Content NotePlates, prints not used. Swaan was not the only photographer for this project. See alsoboxes 26, 74, 90.

Box 11, Folder 3-6 Morocco: Marrakesh, Fez, Rabat, 1967

Scope and Content NotePlates, prints not used. See also boxes 75-76, 90.

Box 12, Folder 1-2 Morocco: Marrakesh, Fez, Rabat, 1967


Box 12, Folder 3-5 Tibet, 1967

Scope and Content NotePlates, prints not used, contact prints. See also box 77.



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Box 12, Folder 6-7 Cities of Mughul India: Delhi, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, 1968Scope and Content NotePlates. See also boxes 77-78.

Box 13, Folder 1-6 Cities of Mughul India: Delhi, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, 1968

Scope and Content NotePrints not used (Delhi, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, other locations, unidentified locations);includes many duplicates.

Box 14, Folder 1-2 Cities of Mughul India: Delhi, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, 1968

Scope and Content NotePrints from museums, contact prints.

Box 14, Folder 3-6 Flemish cities, their history and art, 1969

Scope and Content NotePlates, prints not used, contact prints. Swaan is credited as the primary photographer forthis book, but it also contains many images by others. See also box 79.

Box 15, Folder 1-6 Gothic cathedral, 1969

Scope and Content NoteNotes, excerpts, plates (1-200). See also boxes 79-85, 148**.


Scope and Content NotePlates (201-388).


Scope and Content NotePrints not used and plate duplicates: France, England, Germany and Austria.


Scope and Content NotePrints not used and plate duplicates (Spain, Italy, unidentified), contact prints (France).


Scope and Content NoteContact prints: France, England, and Germany, Spain, Italy.


Scope and Content NoteContact prints: Germany, Spain, Italy.

Box 20, Folder 4-5 Medici: a great Florentine family, 1969

Scope and Content NotePlates. See also boxes 85-86.

Box 148** Gothic cathedral, 1969

Scope and Content NoteOversize prints, including one of India.


Scope and Content NotePrints not used and plate duplicates.



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Scope and Content NotePrints not used and plate duplicates, contact prints

Box 22, Folder 5 Castles of Europe: from Charlemagne to the Renaissance, 1970

Scope and Content NotePlates 1-134. See also boxes 87-90.

Box 23, Folder 1-4 Castles of Europe: from Charlemagne to the Renaissance, 1970

Scope and Content NotePlates 139-377, and prints not used (France).


Scope and Content NotePrints not used (France, Belgium, Holland, Britain, Spain).


Scope and Content NotePrints not used (Germany, Austria, Switzerland; Portugal and Czechoslovakia; Italy andTurkey), print duplicates (plates and prints not used).


Scope and Content NoteContact prints (includes Plantagenet).

Box 27, Folder 1-5 Monastic world, 1974

Scope and Content NotePlates 1-172 (some prints not used are interfiled). See also boxes 91, 93-94.


Scope and Content NotePlates 173-325 (some prints not used are interfiled).


Scope and Content NotePlates 330-394 (some prints not used are interfiled), duplicates of plates and prints notused.


Scope and Content NotePlate duplicates and prints not used, contact prints.

Box 31, Folder 1 Monastic world, 1974


Box 31, Folder 2-6 Late Middle Ages, 1977

Scope and Content NotePlates and color transparencies are missing from this project; see Moira Johnston files inSeries III for letter dated 20 October 1982 which notes their loss. Prints not used(England, France). See also boxes 91-94.



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Box 32, Folder 1-6 Late Middle Ages, 1977Scope and Content NotePrints not used: Germany and Austria, Spain, Portugal; also Italy, a country which doesnot appear in the book.


Scope and Content NotePrints not used and plate duplicates (England, France, Netherlands, Germany and Austria,Spain, Portugal, unidentified location).





Box 35, Folder 3-5 Baroque & Rococo architecture and decoration, 1978

Scope and Content NotePlates 1-238. See also boxes 93-97.


Scope and Content NotePlates 239-416, prints not used (Italy).


Scope and Content NotePrints not used (France, England, Central and Eastern Europe, Iberian Peninsula), andduplicates (Italy).


Scope and Content NoteDuplicates (Italy, France, England, Central and Eastern Europe, Iberian Peninsula,unidentified location), contact prints.



Box 39, Folder 3-5 Lost civilizations of America, ca. 1978-1981

Scope and Content NoteResearch (notes and photocopies of articles), prints, contact prints (Honduras). Killedproject: Elek, Swaan's major publisher, sold to Granada Publishing in 1979. Swaanpublishes only one other book after this point. See also boxes 98-99, and boxes 149-150.

Box 39, Folder 6-9 Spanish colonial Baroque in America, ca. 1978-1981

Scope and Content NoteResearch, includes notes and photocopies of articles. Killed project. See also boxes100-105.



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Box 40, Folder 1-7 Spanish colonial Baroque in America, ca. 1978-1981Scope and Content NoteResearch, includes notes and photocopies of articles), photo lists, prints.


Scope and Content NotePrints, duplicates, and rejects.


Scope and Content NoteContact prints: Mexico, 1977, Mexico and Guatemala, 1978, Mexico, 1981.


Scope and Content NoteContact prints, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru.


Scope and Content NoteContact prints, Peru, Bolivia, Honduras.

Box 44, Folder 4-7 Hellenistic art and architecture, ca. 1978

Scope and Content NoteNotes, prints. Killed project. See also box 106.


Scope and Content NotePrints, duplicates.



Box 46, Folder 4-7 Persepolis and Susa, ca. 1970s

Scope and Content NotePrints, artworks at the Louvre. Killed project. See also box 8 for contact prints and box106.

Box 47, Folder 1-6 Oxford and Cambridge, 1988

Scope and Content NoteCorrespondence, research (notes and photocopies of articles).


Scope and Content NoteDuplicates, contact prints (Oxford). [Repository does not have plate prints for thisproject.] See also boxes 107-108.


Scope and Content NoteContact prints (Cambridge), duplicate contact prints.



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Box 49, Folder 5-6 Art and architecture of Nepal, ca. 1995Scope and Content NoteCorrespondence. This project was in process at the time of Swaan's death. See also boxes109-111.

Box 50, Folder 1-4 Art and architecture of Nepal, ca. 1995

Scope and Content NotePrints not used and duplicates. [Repository does not have plate prints for this project.]


Scope and Content NotePrints not used and duplicates, contact prints (Kathmandu, Patan).


Scope and Content NoteContact prints (Bhaktapur, miscellaneous locations), unmounted contact prints.

Box 53-54 Japanese lantern, 1965

Scope and Content NoteManuscript draft with many ink drawings.

Box 55 Book jackets

Scope and Content NoteMany clipped.

Box 67 Mecca the blessed, Madinah the radiant, 1963

Scope and Content NoteColor plates.


Scope and Content NoteColor plates and color not used (many duplicates), b/w negatives.


Scope and Content NoteBlack and white negatives.

Box 68 Constantinople from Byzantium to Istanbul, 1965

Scope and Content NoteColor plates, color duplicates.

Box 69-70 Japanese lantern, 1965

Scope and Content NoteColor slides.

Box 71 Thebes of the Pharaohs, 1965

Scope and Content NoteColor plates, color slides, color not used.

Box 72 Thebes of the Pharaohs, 1965




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Box 73 Isfahan, pearl of Persia, 1966Scope and Content NoteColor plates, color transp. and b/w negatives of museum photos (includes Mecca andArab painting), other b/w negatives.

Box 73 Lost cities of Asia: Ceylon, Pagan, Angkor, 1966

Scope and Content NoteColor plates, color duplicates, color slides.

Box 74 Lost cities of Asia: Ceylon, Pagan, Angkor, 1966

Scope and Content NoteColor slides, b/w negatives.

Box 74 Age of Plantagenet and Valois, 1967

Scope and Content NoteColor plates.

Box 75 Morocco: Marrakesh, Fez, Rabat, 1967

Scope and Content NoteColor plates, color not used and duplicates, some color slides.

Box 76 Morocco: Marrakesh, Fez, Rabat, 1967

Scope and Content NoteBlack and white negatives, some b/w polariods.

Box 77 Tibet, 1967

Scope and Content NoteColor plates, color slides, color duplicates, b/w negatives.

Box 77 Cities of Mughul India: Delhi, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, 1968

Scope and Content NoteColor plates, color duplicates

Box 78 Cities of Mughul India: Delhi, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, 1968

Scope and Content NoteColor slides, b/w negatives.

Box 79 Flemish cities, their history and art, 1969

Scope and Content NoteColor plates, color not used and duplicates, b/w negatives.

Box 79 Gothic cathedral, 1969

Scope and Content NoteColor plates, color not used.


Scope and Content NoteColor duplicates.

Box 81-84 Gothic cathedral, 1969

Scope and Content NoteBlack and white negatives. Those in box 81 were processed in Rome and include somenegatives for Medici book.



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Scope and Content NoteBlack and white negatives, includes some for Flemish cities.

Box 85 Medici: a great Florentine family, 1969

Scope and Content NoteColor plates, color not used and duplicates, b/w negatives. See also box 84.

Box 86 Medici: a great Florentine family, 1969


Box 87 Castles of Europe: from Charlemagne to the Renaissance, 1970

Scope and Content NoteColor plates, color not used.

Box 88-89 Castles of Europe: from Charlemagne to the Renaissance, 1970


Box 90 Castles of Europe: from Charlemagne to the Renaissance, 1970

Scope and Content NoteBlack and white negatives (includes some Morroco and Plantagenet).

Box 91 Monastic world, 1974

Scope and Content NoteColor not used [color plates lost by Granada Publishing, see Moira Johnston files in SeriesIII for letter dated 20 October 1982], b/w negatives (includes Late Middle Ages).

Box 92 Late Middle Ages, 1977

Scope and Content NoteColor not used.

Box 93-94 Monastic world, Late Middle Ages, and Baroque and Rococo , 1974, 1977-1978

Scope and Content NoteBlack and white negatives for all three books.

Box 95 Baroque & Rococo architecture and decoration, 1978

Scope and Content NoteColor plates, color not used and duplicates.

Box 96-97 Baroque & Rococo architecture and decoration, 1978


Box 98 Lost civilizations of America, ca. 1978-1981

Scope and Content NoteColor transparencies and slides (Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia).See also box 39, and boxes 149-150.



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Box 99 Lost civilizations of America, ca. 1978-1981Scope and Content NoteColor transparencies and slides (Honduras, USA) and b/w contact prints (USA only). Seealso box 39, and boxes 149-150.

Box 100 Spanish colonial Baroque in America, ca. 1978-1981

Scope and Content NoteColor transparencies and some slides (Mexico).


Scope and Content NoteColor transparencies and b/w contact prints (Peru, Bolivia, Guatemala, Ecuador,Colombia, Honduras).


Scope and Content NoteColor transparencies and slides, and b/w contact prints (USA).


Scope and Content NoteColor rejects and duplicates (Guatemala, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Honduras.


Scope and Content NoteBlack and white negatives (Mexico, Guatemala).


Scope and Content NoteBlack and white negatives (Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Honduras).

Box 106 Hellenistic art and architecture, ca. 1978

Scope and Content NoteColor, b/w negatives (some pulled from Baroque and Rococo).

Box 106 Persepolis and Susa, ca. 1970s

Scope and Content NoteColor transparencies and some slides, and b/w negatives.

Box 107 Oxford and Cambridge, 1988

Scope and Content NoteColor not used and duplicates, b/w negatives (color plates are missing from this project).

Box 108 Oxford and Cambridge, 1988


Box 109 Art and architecture of Nepal, ca. 1995

Scope and Content NoteColor slides and transparencies.



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Box 110 Art and architecture of Nepal, ca. 1995Scope and Content NoteColor rejects and duplicates, and b/w negatives (includes negatives for India andPakistan, 1988).

Box 111 Art and architecture of Nepal, ca. 1995

Scope and Content NoteBlack and white negatives (includes negatives for India and Pakistan, 1988).

Series II. Other photographs, 1951-1995

Physical Description: 14.5 lin. ft.Scope and Content NoteSeries II contains photographs of geographical regions not published by Swaan in bookformat, arranged by campaign in rough chronological order, 1951-1995 (bulk 1988-1995).Coverage is extensive for Islamic Turkey and Egypt, ancient Egypt, India, Pakistan, and thelandscape of the American West, and stained glass. Also included are experimental prints,and images of South Africa, the age of Elizabeth of Russia, and Petra and Jerash. Someimages of sites in Turkey, Egypt and India duplicate those in Series I, which Swaan shotapproximately twenty five years earlier. Most images are represented only in colortransparencies and slides, and do not exist in printed form. A number of images were held atphoto stockhouses for commercial sale.

Box 56-58 Experimental prints, n.d.

Scope and Content NotePrints made by Swaan as he was experimenting with techniques. The versos of manyprints contain Swaan's annotations. See also box 112.

Box 59, Folder 1 Experiments, n.d.

Scope and Content NoteIncludes notes.

Box 59, Folder 2 Europe, 1951-1952


Box 59, Folder 3 South Africa, ca. late 1950s

Scope and Content NoteContact prints. See also box 113.

Box 59, Folder 4-5 Greece (Acropolis), ca. early 1960s

Scope and Content NotePrints, contact prints ("negatives with Gordon Bishop").

Box 59, Folder 6 New York, and Wyndover Woods, ca. 1964

Scope and Content NotePrints and test polaroids. See also box 142.

Box 59, Folder 7 Portugal, ca. 1960s




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Box 59, Folder 8 Elizabeth of Russia and Semana Santa, n.d., ca. early 1970s?Scope and Content NotePrints and contact prints. See also box 114.

Box 59, Folder 9 China (Hong Kong), n.d.

Scope and Content NotePrints. See also box 114.

Box 59, Folder 10 Petra and Jerash, 1982

Scope and Content NotePrints and contact prints. See also box 114.

Box 60, Folder 1-3 India, 1988

Scope and Content NoteContact prints, and prints of Khajuraho. See also boxes 111, 118-122.

Box 60, Folder 4 Pakistan, 1988

Scope and Content NoteContact prints. See also boxes 111, 117, 122.

Box 60, Folder 5 Egypt, Yemen, Damascus, 1990

Scope and Content NotePrints. See also boxes 123-130.

Box 60, Folder 6 Egypt, 1990

Scope and Content NoteDuplicate contact prints.

Box 60, Folder 7-8 Turkey, 1992

Scope and Content NotePrints. See also boxes 131-139.

Box 61, Folder 1-2 Turkey, 1992


Box 61, Folder 3-4 Uncontracted and non-book prints, n.d.

Scope and Content NoteMix of all styles and periods.

Box 61, Folder 5-7 Contact prints not for Elek, 1968-1969, 1971-1972

Scope and Content NoteMix of all styles and periods.

Box 112 Experiments and Swaan's apartment, n.d., 1964

Scope and Content NoteThe experimental shots, many of which have notes concerning light meter and filter,were taken in and around Swaan's apartment; the apartment photographs documentSwaan's first NY apartment in 1964.



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Box 113 South Africa, n.d.Scope and Content NoteColor slides and b/w negatives by Swaan of early paintings and architecture, andphotographs of people types, landscape views, buildings, and animals from variousregions.

Box 114 Personal photos (various regions), 1982, n.d.

Scope and Content NoteElizabeth of Russia, n.d.; Petra and Jerash, 1982; miscellaneous (Hong Kong,Normandy/Brittany, Philippines, Japanese designs), n.d. Color slides and transparencies,and b/w negatives.

Box 115-116 Stained glass, 1986

Scope and Content NoteColor transparencies and slides.

Box 117 Pakistan, 1988

Scope and Content NoteBlack and white contact prints, color transparencies and slides.

Box 118 India, 1988

Scope and Content NoteBlack and white contact prints, color transparencies and slides of Agra, Sikandra,Fatehpur Sikri, Baria, Ajmer.

Box 119 India, 1988

Scope and Content NoteBlack and white contact prints, color slides and some transparencies of Jaipur, Pushkar,Ajmer, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Ranakpur, Udaipur, Mt. Abu.

Box 120 India, 1988

Scope and Content NoteBlack and white contact prints, color transparencies and slides of Khajuraho.

Box 121 India, 1988

Scope and Content NoteBlank and white contact prints, color transparencies and slides of Delhi.

Box 122 India and Pakistan, 1988

Scope and Content NoteColor rejects and duplicates.

Box 123 Yemen, 1990

Scope and Content NoteColor slides and some transparencies, and b/w contact prints.

Box 124-126 Ancient Egypt, 1990

Scope and Content NoteColor slides and some transparencies, and b/w contact prints.

Box 126 Ancient Egypt, 1990

Scope and Content NoteColor duplicates.



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Box 127 Islamic Egypt, 1990

Scope and Content NoteColor transparencies and slides, and b/w contact prints.

Box 128-129 Islamic Egypt, 1990

Scope and Content NoteMostly color slides, includes rejects and duplicates returned from FPG [FreelancePhotographers Guild].

Box 130 Yemen and Egypt, 1990


Box 131 Turkey, 1992

Scope and Content NoteBlack and white contact prints, color slides and transparencies of West cities, A-E.


Scope and Content NoteBlack and white contact prints, color slides and transparencies of West cities, Istanbul.


Scope and Content NoteBlack and white contact prints, color slides and transparencies of West cities, Istanbul-Z.


Scope and Content NoteBlack and white contact prints, color slides and transparencies of East cities, A-D.


Scope and Content NoteBlack and white contact prints, color slides and transparencies of East cities, E-Z.

Box 136-137 Turkey, 1992

Scope and Content NoteColor rejects and duplicates (mostly slides).

Box 138-139 Turkey, 1992, 1962

Scope and Content NoteBlack and white negatives (includes some from 1962).

Box 140 Rome, 1994-1995

Scope and Content NoteColor slides. Swaan's last photo expedition.

Box 141 England, 1994; Tuscany and Rome, 1994-1995

Scope and Content NoteColor slides and a few b/w negatives and contact prints. Tuscany and Rome images fromSwaan's last photo expedition.



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Box 142 American landscape, 1964, 1975-1977, 1980, 1995Scope and Content NoteMostly color slides and transparencies of New York, 1964 (b/w negatives only); Bermuda,Florida, ships, Puerto Rico, 1975-1976; New Orleans plantation houses, 1977; New Mexicoand Arizona, 1980 and 1995.

Box 143 American landscape, 1982-1985

Scope and Content NoteMostly color slides and transparencies of Yellowstone and the Tetons, 1982; Oregon andColorado, 1983-1985 (includes some b/w contact prints of Colorado).

Box 144 American landscape, 1984

Scope and Content NoteMostly color slides and transparencies of the Grand Canyon, 1984; Alaska, Vancouver,Puget Sound, 1984; Death Valley and the South (Savannah, Charleston, etc.), 1984.


Scope and Content NoteColor slides and transparencies, and b/w contact prints and negatives of New York,1977-1993; and Colorado and California, 1982.


Scope and Content NoteColor slides and transparencies of California.

Box 147 American landscape, 1988-1989, 1991, 1994

Scope and Content NoteIncludes color slides and transparencies and b/w contact prints and negatives of NewYork, Washington, Philadelphia, Univ. of Virginia, Monticello, Station St. Louis, AmishCountry, 1988-1989; Southwest tour, 1991; Quebec City, 1994.

Box 149 Latin American sites, ca. 1970s-1980s

Scope and Content NoteColor slides, transparencies, some black and white photographic prints of sites, includingMayan ruins, in Mexico, Honduras, Columbia, Bolivia, Guatamala, Peru (Machu Picchu andother sites). For a project that was never finished, probably Lost civilizations of America.See also boxes 39, 98-99.Repository received this box in 1999, and it is unprocessed.

Box 150 Latin American sites, ca. 1970s-1980s

Scope and Content NoteColor slides and transparencies of sites, including Mayan ruins, in Mexico, Honduras,Columbia, Bolivia, Guatamala, Peru (Machu Picchu and other sites). Also images of theGold Sun Burst in the archaeological museum in Quito, Equador. For a project that wasnever finished, probably Lost civilizations of America. See also boxes 39, 98-99.Repository received this box in 2000, and it is unprocessed.

Series III. Papers, 1958-1995


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Series III. Papers, 1958-1995Physical Description: 3 lin. ft.Scope and Content NoteSeries III comprises correspondence, invoices, and permission requests for sales and bookprojects. The letters between Swaan (photocopies) and his London agent are interspersedwith personal information. Also included are authorizations from governments and culturalinstitutions for Swaan to photograph locations abroad, some notes and the original copy ofhis two volume thesis.

Box 62, Folder 1-3 Camera Press Ltd. (represented Swaan's production that was not handled by Elek),

1966-1995Scope and Content NoteCorrespondence and sales statements.

Box 62, Folder 4-7 Moira Johnston (Swaan's London agent from 1981-1995 for photos in Elek books),

1977-1994Scope and Content NoteCorrespondence, mostly business but some personal, contracts, sales statements.

Box 63, Folder 1-2 FPG (Freelance Photographers Guild) International, 1984-1995

Scope and Content NoteLists of submitted photos, sales statements and correspondence.

Box 63, Folder 3 Les Editions Réalités, 1970

Scope and Content NoteMostly correspondence.

Box 63, Folder 4 Cornell University Press/Harper & Row, 1977-1981

Scope and Content NoteBook sales to Swaan.

Box 63, Folder 5-7 Miscellaneous inquiries, 1968-1991

Scope and Content NoteCorrespondence concerning reproductions and permission to publish.

Box 64, Folder 1-3 Miscellaneous inquiries, 1991-1995

Scope and Content NoteCorrespondence concerning reproductions and permission to publish.

Box 64, Folder 4 Income from photography, 1987Box 64, Folder 5 Biography and reviewsBox 64, Folder 6 Authorizations (used)

Scope and Content NoteCorrespondence that gives Swaan permission to photograph various sites.

Box 64, Folder 7 "The Armor of Light," 1984-1985

Scope and Content NoteCorrespondence with Meredith Lillich about a proposed book on stained glass (see boxes115-116 for color images).

Box 64, Folder 8 Japanese letters, n.d.

Scope and Content NoteFrom friends.

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Box 64, Folder 9 Latent image (periodical), 1991-1992

Scope and Content NoteNotes.

Box 64, Folder 10 Working notebook, n.d.Box 64, Folder 11 Notes, n.d.

Scope and Content NoteTranslations of French phrases.

Box 65-66 "Low-cost housing: a survey of economic and sub-economic housing for the

lower-income groups with special reference to housing European families withchildren in South Africa," 1958

Scope and Content NoteSwaan's master thesis submitted to the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg,October 1958; 2 vols.

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