Larry Ford Slide Collection
A major teaching and research archive documenting American and world landscapes through the work of renowned San Diego State historical geographer and urbanist, Larry Ford.
Collections
There are currently several major and nearly a dozen minor collections of photographs, postcards, document, travel ephemera and magazines focused on various aspects of the humanized world in the American Landscape Project.
Larry Ford Collection
Ralph Pierce Collection
Donald Kress Collection
Steve Graves Collection
David W. Graves Collection
Rocky Nungester Collection
Walter and Sylvia Schuster Collection
Susan Arreola Collection
Seattle Public Market Sign. Larry Ford Collection
Featured Collections
Warren D. Kress Slide Collection
Digitally reproduced photographic slides created by North Dakota State University geographer Warren Donald Kress.
Rocky Nungester Slide Collection
A visual record of Los Angeles County historical landmarks photographed in the 1970s by former CSUN geography student.
Ralph Pierce Slide Collection
Digital reproductions of photographic slides created by Louisiana Tech University geographer Ralph D. Pierce.
Susan Arreola Postcard Collection
Digital reproductions of historical postcards of Southern California acquired and curated by Susan Arreola
Steve Graves Photo Collection
Digital reproductions of photographic slides, and digital images of the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe taken by geographer Steven Graves from 1992- to the current era.
Walter Schuster Slide Collection
Digital reproductions of photographic slides taken by world traveler, and brilliant photographer Walter Schuster. The slides document decades of travel around the United States and across the globe during the 1970s-1990s.
Sylvia Schuster Travel Ephemera Collection
Digital reproductions of travel ephemera collected and curated by world traveler Sylvia Schuster. The collection documents decades of travel around the United States and across the globe during a thirty year period starting roughly in the mid-1960s .
David W. Graves Photography Collection
Digital reproductions of black and white photographs taken by Ohio-based freelance news photographer, David W. Graves during the late 1970s through mid-1980s with a special focus on the daily lives and landscapes of South Central Ohio. Many appeared in the Chillicothe Gazette.
Landscape Magazine Collection
A nearly complete collection of Landscape Magazine, the legendary journal of human occupance and the built environment founded by J.B. Jackson in 1951 and published through the late 1990s.
Digitization is planned for 2027.