Collection of J. B. Jackson Pictorial Materials from Various Sources
Collection
Identifier: PICT-000-866
Scope and Content
This artificial collection contains three series:
Series 1: The Paul Groth collection of J. B. Jackson American slides
This series consists of 3,300 slides used by Jackson to teach the course "History of American Cultural Landscape" at Berkeley. The overall organization of the Groth teaching slides went from broad to specific following Jackson’s own organization. The slides are organized in ten groups.
Series 2: The Marc Treib collection of J. B. Jackson European slides
This series consists of 500 slides used by Jackson to teach the course "Studies of European Landscape" at U.C. Berkeley from the 1960s to 1980s.
Series 3: The Chris Wilson collection of J. B. Jackson American slides
This series consists of slides used by J.B. Jackson and Chris Wilson. Many are part of Jackson's set given to Paul Groth, Series 1.
Series 4: Unprocessed Materials
This series consists of two boxes of unprocessed materials from various sources.
Series 1: The Paul Groth collection of J. B. Jackson American slides
This series consists of 3,300 slides used by Jackson to teach the course "History of American Cultural Landscape" at Berkeley. The overall organization of the Groth teaching slides went from broad to specific following Jackson’s own organization. The slides are organized in ten groups.
Series 2: The Marc Treib collection of J. B. Jackson European slides
This series consists of 500 slides used by Jackson to teach the course "Studies of European Landscape" at U.C. Berkeley from the 1960s to 1980s.
Series 3: The Chris Wilson collection of J. B. Jackson American slides
This series consists of slides used by J.B. Jackson and Chris Wilson. Many are part of Jackson's set given to Paul Groth, Series 1.
Series 4: Unprocessed Materials
This series consists of two boxes of unprocessed materials from various sources.
Dates
- 1940-1990
- Majority of material found within 1960s-1980s
Creator
Language of Materials
English
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.
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 in France, Switzerland, and the United States. 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. 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. He founded, published, and edited Landscape, a magazine that covered topics relating to cultural landscape. La Cienega, N.M. was Jackson's home base from 1965 until his death in August of 1996.
First series:
Paul Groth, a Ph.D. student in the department of Landscape Architecture at UC Berkeley, worked as a teaching assistant for J. B. Jackson. Groth remained a colleague and friend of Jackson’s for the remainder of Jackson’s life. After Jackson’s death, Groth donated about the 3,300 item collection of slide images used by Jackson to teach the course “History of American Cultural Landscape” at Berkeley.
Second series:
This series of European slides was compiled by J. B. Jackson and donated by Marc Treib, a Professor of Architecture at UC Berkeley. After Jackson’s retirement from Berkeley, Jackson gave his European slide collection which he used to teach the course “Studies of European Landscape” at Berkeley, from the 1960s-1980s to Treib, who worked for Jackson as a graduate assistant. In 2009, Dr. Treib donated the image collection to the CSWR. Professor Treib is the author of Sanctuaries of Spanish New Mexico and several other books.
Third series:
This series of American slides was compiled by J. B. Jackson and donated by Chris Wilson.
First series:
Paul Groth, a Ph.D. student in the department of Landscape Architecture at UC Berkeley, worked as a teaching assistant for J. B. Jackson. Groth remained a colleague and friend of Jackson’s for the remainder of Jackson’s life. After Jackson’s death, Groth donated about the 3,300 item collection of slide images used by Jackson to teach the course “History of American Cultural Landscape” at Berkeley.
Second series:
This series of European slides was compiled by J. B. Jackson and donated by Marc Treib, a Professor of Architecture at UC Berkeley. After Jackson’s retirement from Berkeley, Jackson gave his European slide collection which he used to teach the course “Studies of European Landscape” at Berkeley, from the 1960s-1980s to Treib, who worked for Jackson as a graduate assistant. In 2009, Dr. Treib donated the image collection to the CSWR. Professor Treib is the author of Sanctuaries of Spanish New Mexico and several other books.
Third series:
This series of American slides was compiled by J. B. Jackson and donated by Chris Wilson.
Extent
5 Cubic Feet (7 boxes) : 3,800 slides, plus uncounted material
Abstract
The collection contains 3,800+ slide 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. These slide photographs were donated by two former students of Jackson, Paul Groth, and Marc Treib, as well as Chris Wilson. Collection also includes a selection of prints.
Physical Location
B2. Shelved by Pictorial Number.
Images available online
Selections of the Collection of J. B. Jackson Pictorial Materials from Various Sources are available online via the New Mexico Digital Collections.
Creator
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Collection of J. B. Jackson Pictorial Materials from Various Sources, 1940-1990
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Audra Bellmore
- Date
- © 2013
- 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
- November 2016: Revised by Maxine Marks
- 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
cswrref@unm.edu
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
cswrref@unm.edu