Ernesto Edwards photograph collection
Scope and Contents
The 269 photographs and negatives in this collection are divided into thirteen folders organized into three categories: recreational trips, Beat Movement paintings, and Photos of Beat Artists and Authors. The Ernesto Edwards Photograph Collection contains a variety of items displaying important elements of the Beat movement. The images provide insights into the California Bay area's artistic vitality during the Beat movement.
Dates
- 1960-2006
Language of Materials
Material in English
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Ernesto Edwards Photographs must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Biographical Note
Ernesto Edwards was born in Salt Lake City UT, in 1933. After graduating from the University of Utah in 1962, he visited California and came in contact with the Beat movement and poets Lewis Ellingham and Gail Chugg. After deciding to move to the Bay area, Edwards developed an interest in collage. Edwards made collage works throughout the 1960s while also writing poetry. The majority of Edwards’ paintings feature human beings and animals.
Extent
1 box (0.5 linear feet)
Abstract
The Ernesto Edwards photograph collection consists of 269 photographs and negatives mostly originating from the 1960s and 1970s. Photographs from this collection document recreational trips to Utah, Yosemite National Park, and to the California Bay area. Other images display Beat art paintings and popular figures such as painters Nemi Frost, Tom Field and Russel Fitzgerald, poets Marylin Hackerm, Tom McNeil, Lewis Ellingham, Robert Creeley, Allen Ginsberg, and Joanne Kyger. The collection also includes artistic images taken by Joe Ketola which focus on human nature and excesses.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Ernesto Edwards.
Processing Information
Processed in February of 2015.
- Title
- Guide to the Ernesto Edwards photograph collection, 1960-2006
- Author
- Finding aid/Register created by Olga Casaretti
- Date
- 2015
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid encoded in English.
Revision Statements
- May 25, 2008.: Template information was updated to reflect Utah Manuscript Association best practices.
- 2009: Template information was updated to reflect Archives West best practice guidelines.
Repository Details
Part of the Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Repository
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan Utah 84322-3000 United States
435 797-8248
435 797-2880 (Fax)
scweb@usu.edu