Perry Alan Werner photograph collection
Overview
This collection consists of 8x10" black and white photographs taken by Perry Alan Werner, apparently while as a student at Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas.
Dates
- Creation: December 1977-September 1978; undated
Creator
- Werner, Perry Alan (Photographer, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Extent
1 Linear Feet (2 document cases)
Language of Materials
English
Scope and Contents
These photographs are largely taken outdoors on Wichita, Kansas streets, in what appears to be a bar or restaurant, and in industrial settings. Many of the individuals who were photographed in the prints appear to be living on the streets. There are some images of what might be parties or other special events, and there are a handful of images of musicians. There is a long sequence of images involving a white man and woman leaning against a window ledge, and there are a handful of images of a white blonde woman.
Sometimes Werner wrote or stamped his address on the back of a print, either a Wichita address or an address at J.B. Pictures in New York City. Also occasionally he wrote specifications about how he took the picture on the back of a print; these images are usually dated and very occasionally include a first name of the subject being photographed. Names have been noted wherever possible in the finding aid.
Several of the prints have multiple copies.
Arrangement
No arrangement was discernible when the collection arrived at Spencer. Spencer Library staff have therefore grouped the images thematically, with outdoor scenes taking place first, then indoor scenes. Typically, single individuals in images appear before two people or groups. Images with no people apparently present have been placed at the end of the collection. Spencer Library staff made every attempt to group images that appear to have the same person or people together.
Physical Location
RH PH 561
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Between the Covers Rare Books, 2021.
Source
- Between the Covers Rare Books (Bookseller, Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Perry Alan Werner Collection
- Subtitle
- Perry Alan Werner photograph collection
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by mwh. Finding aid encoded by mwh.
- Date
- 2021-11
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- https://hdl.handle.net/10407/9832470490
- Preferred citation
-
Perry Alan Werner photograph collection, RH PH 561, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository