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J. B. Jackson Pictorial Collection

 Collection
Identifier: PICT-000-633

Scope and Content

The collection contains photographs compiled by author, educator, and landscape specialist John Brinckerhoff (J. B.) Jackson. Photographs includes those taken by Jackson himself as well as those produced by other photographers at Jackson's request.

Photomechanical prints document various landscapes, architectural constructions, and socio-econonmic conditions in Europe and North America. See manuscripts collection (John Brinkeroff Jackson Papers, 1808 - 1996) for more information. The addition to the collection made in 2004 is found in boxes 6 - 7 and the oversize folder. The addition demonstrates the depth and variety of J. B. Jackson's interest within the field of landscape, including vernacular, architectural, political, natural, European and American landscapes. The addition is an eclectic mix of sketches, paintings, photographs, pictures, magazines and slides that have been organized thematically by the following subjects: landscapes and aerial sketches; buildings; farming and gardening; animals; transportation; art; sketches and chalk drawings; photographs; slides; and an oversized folder including paintings and comic strips. The slides are a series from "La Documentation Francaise" by the Institut Pedagogique National.

Dates

  • 1940-1990

Creator

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Copy Restrictions

J. B. Jackson left his estate to UNM. UNM owns copyright over photographs taken by Jackson.

Duplication of print and photographic material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for copyright compliance. For more information see the Photographs and Images Research Guide and contact the Pictorial Archivist.

Biography

J. B. (John Brinckerhoff) Jackson, author, editor, and educator, was born to American parents on September 25, 1909, in Dinard, France. He was educated at private schools in France, Switzerland, and the United States. In 1932, he received a B.A. in History and Literature from Harvard. He studied architecture at MIT for one year before departing to work as a reporter, and then to travel by motorcycle across the country. Eventually, he settled in northeastern New Mexico, where he had previously spent time visiting his uncle, Wall Street lawyer Percy Jackson. During WWII, Jackson served as a field intelligence officer, an experience that may have been the catalyst for his lifelong interest in the landscape.

Credited with founding the field of landscape studies, Jackson elevated vernacular architecture and landscapes to a level of study once reserved for architect-designed buildings. Shortly after returning to New Mexico, he founded, published, and edited Landscape, a magazine that covered topics relating to cultural landscape. Jackson published Landscape from 1951-1968, when he turned the operation over to Blair Boyd, who continued it into the mid 1990s. La Cienega, New Mexico was Jackson's home base from 1965 until his death in August of 1996. From there he travelled seasonally to teach classes. He taught at UC Berkeley's College of Environmental Design and Department of Geography, and also at Harvard (starting in 1969), both as a lecturer in the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies and in the Department of Landscape Architecture. His books include Landscapes (Amherst: Univ. of Massachusetts Press, 1970), American Space: The Centennial Year (New York: Norton, 1972), Discovering the Vernacular Landscape (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1984), and A Sense of Place, A Sense of Time (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995).

Extent

3 Cubic Feet (7 boxes, 1 folder) : Uncounted photographic material and works on paper

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The collection contains photographs compiled by author, educator, and landscape specialist John Brinckerhoff (J. B.) Jackson. Photographs includes those taken by Jackson himself as well as those produced by other photographers at Jackson's request. Contains photographic prints, 58 photomechanical prints, 15 sketches, 14 chalk drawings, 2 paintings, 3 contact sheets, 1 large folder.

Arrangement

Arranged by subject matter. Commissioned works arranged by photographer's number.

Physical Location

B2. Shelved by Pictorial Number. Oversize box shelved in Big Box location. Posters filed in Oversize drawers.

Images available online

Selections of the J. B. Jackson Pictorial Collection are available online via the New Mexico Digital Collections.

Related Material

J. B. Jackson Papers, Center for Southwest Research, University Libraries, University of New Mexico. Collection of J.B. Jackson Pictorial Materials from various sources, Center for Southwest Research, University Libraries, University of New Mexico. Collection of J. B. Jackson textual materials, Center for Southwest Research, University Libraries, University of New Mexico. Chester H. Liebs Papers, Center for Southwest Research, University Libraries, University of New Mexico.

Separated Material

Pictorial material separated from John Brinckerhoff Jackson Papers.
Title
Finding Aid of the J. B. Jackson Pictorial Collection, 1940-1990
Status
Completed
Author
Pictorial Collections Staff
Date
© 2007
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid is in English

Revision Statements

  • Monday, 20210524: Attribute normal is missing or blank.

Repository Details

Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository

Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451