Photograph Collections
Arizona State Library, Archives & Records COVID-19 Response – Temporarily suspending all in-person services, while maintaining our statutory responsibilities
- Our number one goal is to keep the public and our employees safe
- The situation related to COVID-19 is rapidly developing, as is the response from this office and the state. Please check back regularly for updates
- We are committed to providing continuity of services while reducing exposure risks
- In-person trainings for ALL divisions are on hold until further notice. Divisions will hold trainings by webinar as needed.
- Department staff will attend community meetings virtually or by phone, when available.
- Services impacted:
- In-person Patent and Trademark Resource Center consultations
- The Arizona Capitol Museum is closed until further notice.
- In-person retrieval and immediate checkout of materials to patrons of Arizona Talking Book Library
- Walk-in reference service for Archives & the Research Library
- Ask a Question - online reference service
- Digital Arizona Library, including statewide electronic resources
- Records retention schedules assistance
- Arizona Talking Book Library requests and link to downloads
- Tools and resources for library staff
- Online continuing education for library staff
- Consulting for library staff on grants, electronic resources, digital inclusion efforts, Public Library Survey and all library services
- Communications channel for County Librarians
- E-rate Services offered online and by phone
- Arizona Capitol Museum Giftshop orders can still be placed online
- Arizona Capitol Museum collections can be viewed online through the Arizona Memory Project and Google Cultural Institute
- Arizona Capitol Museum staff can respond to email and phone call inquiries.
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Archives' photographs focus upon the unique cultural heritage of the state and territory of Arizona, beginning in 1863. The collection includes about 180,000 images, including photographs, slides, negatives, glass plate negatives, tintypes, transparencies, postcards and others. Researchers may find photographs in our government records, manuscript collections and our photograph collections.
About 33,000 are currently digitized and available online via the Arizona Memory Project. The majority of photographs in the collection pre-date 1940, with emphases on the following areas:
- Arizona state government
- Colorado River
- New Deal
- C.S. Fly Collection from Tombstone in the 1880s
- Arizona Governor George W. P. Hunt’s extensive photo collection
- Thomas Henry Bate Collection
- Lloyd Clark Collection
- Calvin Osbon Collection
The Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records holds copyrights and applicable use rights to the images. Use of photographs from the Arizona State Archives without express written consent is prohibited. Donations of photographs which document the history of Arizona are continuously accepted.
Ordering Photographs
Full-size digital prints and digital files are only available for publication and not for personal use. To order these, complete the appropriate order form:
- Publication of images For Publication form
- For personal or educational use Personal Use form
- For Arizona State Agencies
Forms must be mailed, with original signature, and payment (by check or money order) included.
