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Steve St. Martin Photographic Collection

 Collection
Identifier: F066-98

Scope and Content

This collection contains positives and negatives that were taken by St. Martin from various sources. The Steve St. Martin Photographic Collection is housed in ?? boxes totaling ?? linear ft.

The collection arrived in good condition in multiple accessions. The curator identified five series with the first series being the 35mm Negative Strips Series, which is organized alphabetically by country with the pages numbered alphanumerically starting with the letter of the country followed by three digits beginning with 001 through the highest number of pages for a given country with numbers starting over for each country. Each page holds up to seven film strips. The strips are numbered with the page number and a dash number from 1 to 7. The Miscellaneous Series is the one exception to the alphabetical arrangement. It has been placed in the Canadian series album.

Preceding each image page is a page that identifies the individual images. The larger part of the images are identified and include individual pilots, ground crew, group shots, aircraft (including tail numbers in some cases), and unit designations. Most images are not dated.

The curator left the first series’ original organization intact as this was the first part of the collection that was fully processed with arrangement and description prior to the arrival of the following accessions.

Series I. Australian aircraft, personnel, and units: Album 1, Box 1 Australian Pages A001-A026.

Series II. British aircraft, personnel, and units: Album 1, Box 1 British Pages B001-B075. Album 2, Box 2 British Pages B076-B175. Album 3, Box 3 British Pages B176-B275. Album 4, Box 4 British Pages B276-B369.

Series III. Canadian aircraft, personnel, and units: Album 5, Box 5 Canadian Pages C001-C099. Album 6, Box 6 Canadian Pages C100-C133.

Series IV. Miscellaneous aircraft, personnel, and units: Album 6, Box 6 Miscellaneous Pages M001-M011.

Series V. French aircraft, personnel, and units: Album 7, Box 7 French Pages F001-F100. Album 8, Box 8 French Pages F101-F150.

Series VI. German aircraft, personnel, and units: Album 8, Box 8 German Pages G001-G050. Album 9, Box 9 German Pages G051-G071.

Series VII. United States aircraft, personnel, and units: Album 9, Box9 United States Pages U001-U070.

The second series is the Personnel Series, which is further organized into two subseries: 1. Negatives and 2. Positives.

Subseries 1. is further organized into four Sub-subseries: A. British Pilots, B. French Pilots, C. German Pilots, and D. American Pilots.

Sub-subseries A. British Pilots depicts pilots in various settings and locations.

Sub-subseries B. French Pilots depicts pilots in various settings and locations.

Sub-subseries C. German Pilots depicts pilots in various settings and locations.

Sub-subseries D. American Pilots depicts pilots in various settings and locations.

Subseries 2.

The third series is the Aircraft Manufacturers Series, which is further organized into two subseries: Negatives and 2. Positives.

Subseries 1.

Subseries 2.

The fourth series is the Units Series,

The fifth series is the Other Topics Series,

Dates

  • Creation: 1914 - 1918

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection is in English.

Access Restrictions

Materials in this collection are open for research.

Literary Rights Statement

Permission to publish material from this collection in any form, current or future, must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives Division, Eugene McDermott Library, The University of Texas at Dallas.

Biographical Sketch

At the time this finding aid was reviewed, no biographical information was available.

Sources

Extent

13.5 Linear Feet (Nine photo album boxes (13.0x18.0x5.0), ?? negative storage boxes (5.75x12.0x4.5), ?? photo print boxes (7.5x12.0x5.5).)

Abstract

The Steve St. Martin Photographic Collection contains positives and negatives that were taken by St. Martin from various sources covering World War I.

Series Description

The Steve St. Martin Photographic Collection is arranged in five series:

Series I. 35 mm Negative Strips 13.5 linear ft. (nine photo album boxes), 1914-1918.

Arranged by topic.

Series II. Personnel ?? linear ft. (?? Boxes), ????-????.

Arranged in two subseries: 1. Negatives and 2. Positives.

Subseries 1. Negatives ?? linear ft. (?? Boxes), ????-????.

Arranged in four sub-subseries: A. British Pilots, B. French Pilots, C. German Pilots, and D. American Pilots.

Sub-subseries A. British Pilots ?? linear ft. (?? envelopes), ????-????.

Arranged by topic.

Sub-subseries B. French Pilots ?? linear ft. (?? envelopes), ????-????.

Arranged by topic.

Sub-subseries C. German Pilots ?? linear ft. (?? envelopes), ????-????.

Arranged by topic.

Sub-subseries D. American Pilots ?? linear ft. (?? envelopes), ????-????.

Arranged by topic.

Subseries 2. Positives ?? linear ft. (?? Boxes), ????-????.

Arranged ??

Series III. Aircraft Manufacturers ?? linear ft. (?? Boxes), ????-????.

Arranged in two subseries: 1. Negatives and 2. Positives.

Subseries 1. Negatives ?? linear ft. (?? Boxes), ????-????.

Arranged by topic.

Subseries 2. Positives ?? linear ft. (?? Boxes), ????-????.

Arranged by topic.

Series IV. Units ?? linear ft. (?? Boxes), ????-????.

Arranged by topic.

Series V. Other Topics ?? linear ft. (?? Boxes), ????-????.

Arranged by topic.

Custodial History

Steve St. Martin Photographic Collection was collected and compiled by Steve St. Martin. Mr. Dennis Gordon purchased the collection from Mrs. St. Martin complete with all rights. Mr. Gordon later donated the collection to The University of Texas at Dallas Special Collections Department complete with all rights.

Provenance Statement

The Steve St. Martin Photographic Collection was donated to the History of Aviation Collection, Special Collections and Archives Division, Eugene McDermott Library, The University of Texas at Dallas, by Dennis Gordon in multiple accessions from 1998 to 2022.

Additional Sources

Additional information can be found in the History of Aviation Archives in the following collections:

George H. Williams, Jr. World War I Aviation Library.

Image ID

It is the researcher's responsibility to secure permission from copyright holders of materials to which this institution does not own copyright.

Images in this collection are identified by a unique number that provides information about the format, record group, collection, series, box, folder, and image numbers. Please use this number when ordering reproductions of images from this collection.

Record Group Code

01 = CAT/Air American Archives

02 = Doolittle Archives

03 = Lighter than Air Archives

04 = George H. Williams, Jr., World War I Aviation Library

05 = History of Aviation Archives (HAC)

06 = University Archives

07 = HAC Stacks

08 = Wineburgh Philatelic Research Library (WPRL)

09 = Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Collection

10 = Belsterling Collection

11 = Closed Stacks

12 = Unidentified

13 = Chance Vought Archives

14 = Twirly Birds Archives

Image Format Code

P = Photograph/Postcard

S = Slide

N = Negative

T = Positive Transparency

B = Black and White

C = Color

Example for Negative Strips: 04StM-B01-A004-NB R5 F6 Burgess RE8

04 = George H. Williams, Jr., World War I Aviation Library

StM = Steve St. Martin Collection

B01 = Box Number

A004 = Negative Sheet Number

N = Negative

B = Black and White

R5 F6 Burgess RE8 = Row Number, Frame Number, Description

Example for loose Photographs and Negatives: 04StM-B01-B04-PB001

4 = George H. Williams, Jr., World War I Aviation Library

StM = Steve St. Martin Collection

B01 = Box Number

F04 = Folder Number

P = Photograph/Postcard

B = Black and White

001 = Image Number

Note to the Researcher

Do not remove film strips from their pockets, nor remove pages from the albums. All scanning or photocopying must be done by a staff member.

Material Removed List

XX

Title
Guide to the Steve St. Martin Photographic Collection
Status
In Progress
Author
Paul A. Oelkrug, CA, 1 July 2004. Arranged and processed by Jack McCracken, Ken Rice, and Cam McGill.
Date
2004-07-01
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English (eng)
Edition statement
First revision by Sonja Gaither, 2022-05-12. Second revision by Patrizia Nava, CA. 2023-11-03.

Revision Statements

  • 2022-05-12: 1st revision was a migration to ArchivesSpace, more materials were discovered and added to the collection by Sonja Gaither.
  • 2023-11-03: 2nd revision was adding the index to the negatives in the photo albums as digital objects and updating various style elements in the finding aid by Patrizia Nava, CA.

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Division, History of Aviation Archives. Repository

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