Skip to main content

Buddy Mays Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: PICT-2013-015
 

Buddy Mays Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: PICT-2013-015
The Buddy Mays Photograph Collection contains 30 boxes of stock travel slides of the USA, Mexico, Latin America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Middle East, Africa, Pacific, and Canada. Locations and subject themes range from geographic, political and building locations, people (unidentified), flora and fauna, and inanimate objects.

The collection materials are primarily 35 mm slides, with transparencies ranging in size from 2 x 1-1/2 inch to 5 x 7 inches. The slides and transparencies are in color; some negatives are black-and-white film. Dates are rarely recorded. Dates may be correlated to Mays buisiness locations Hot Springs, Arkansas, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Bend Oregon. Most materials are labeled with descriptive location and identifying information, but individuals are not identified. Labels will often include an unexplained number or color code, along with notice that copyright is held by TravelStock and/or Buddy Mays. A few slides are stamped "Copyright Stephanie Mays".
Access Restrictions
The collection is available for research.
Dates
1970s-1990s
Extent
72,000 items (30 boxes) : 55,000 color slides and transparencies; 27,100 digital files ; 35 mm slides; transparencies ranging from 2 x 1.5 inches to 5 x 5 inches
Language of Materials
English
Script
Latin
Dates
1970s - 1990s

East Africa, Kenya, undated, 1991

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1 - 5
Views of people, animals and places; 35mm slides and 2 x 1.5" transpaprencies
Dates
undated, 1991

East Africa, Tanzania, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6 - 9
Mostly animals, some people, includes views in Leaky Museum at Oldavi Gorge; 35 mm slides and 2x1.5" tansparencies
Dates
undated

South Africa, Undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Mostly animals, some views and people, including safari; 35 mm slides
Dates
Undated
Dates
1970s - 1990s

Israel, general

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11 - 13
Places, with some people, icluding Bethlehem, Dead Sea area, Judea, rock climbing, Sea of Galilee, Tel Aviv, Tiberias, white water rafting

Israel, Jerusalem

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 14 - 16
views of the city and surrounding areas, Dome of the Rock

Israel, Masada

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Also with general views and Caesarea, Negev

Jordan

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 18 - 19
Places, including Amman, Jerach (Kerash), Petra

Indian Ocean, Seychelles

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Seychelle Islands and surrounding areas, view of people, places, seascapes, animals and plants
Dates
1970s - 1990s

Australia

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 1 - 4
Views of places including Queensland, Western Australia, Northern Territory, Perth, around Broome, Sydney and Sydney Harbor, Ayres Rock, Heron Island, Great Barrier Islands, the Outback and seascapes; people; animals including camels and kangaroos; and activities including scuba diving

Fiji

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 5
Beachcomers, Cane fileds in Nadi, dancers in grass skirts, mangrove treets, Nadi Orchid Gardens, Nakaro Resort, palm trees, Qamea Beach Club, sailboats, sand and seashells, sarongs, scuba diving, sunbathers, Vana Levu, Viti Levu, Women and men

New Zealand

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Views primarily of places and activities, with some focused on people; including the North Island and South Island, Queenstown, Tasman Glacier, Fiordland National Park, Rotorua, lake views, sheep station activities and Maori wood carvings
Dates
1970s - 1990s

Hong Kong

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 7
People and city views, including Island of Lantau, "Central" market, Chinese dancers, fishermen, sampan

Indonesia including Bali and Java

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 8
Views of people, places and animals - especially monkeys, including temples, rice terraces, seascapes,

Thailand: Ayutthaya, Bangkok

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 9 - 10
Some people, many palaces and temples (Wat"), with Chao Praya River and river views

Thailand: Golden Triangle, Hill Country

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 11 - 12
People (Akka, Hmong/Meo, Lisu, Padoung) and places, including Chiang Mao, temples and elephants
 

Thailand

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 13
Ayutthaya, Bangkok, Golden Triangle and Hill Country

Kazakhstan

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 14
People and places including Alma Ata with the outdoor Olympic training ice rink, Great Silk Road, Kyzyl-Kum Deset, and Tien Shan Mountains

Russia: Moscow

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 15
People and places primarily in Moscow, including families, GUM shopping center, Kremlin, Red Square, St. Basil's Cathedral, and the Moscow Circus and transportation

Russia: St Petersburg

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 16 - 17
People and places including Hermitage, Kirov Ballet and Dancers, Neva River views, St. Isaac's Cathedral, various monuments

Russia: Volga

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 18
Volga and other river and lake views, including cruise ships; also includes People

Turkmenistan

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 19
People and places, including Kara Kum desert, Urgensh, Nomads and sheep

Uzbekistan

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 20
People places and buildings including Bukhara, Kyzyl Kum ad Kara Kum deserts, the SIlk Road, Samarkand with Registan Square, Tashkent, and Turkestan
Dates
1970s - 1990s

Czech Republic: Prague

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 1 - 2
People, activities and places, including accoridon musicians, brewery, St. Vitus Cathedral, castles and other buildings, lumber and logging, Vlatava River and Charles Bridge

Finland

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 3
People and places, including Aland Islands, Helsinki (Senate Square and Sibelius Monument), Lake Districk, Lapland, and Turku, with views of biking, farming and reindeer

France: Burgundy

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 4 - 7
People in villages, barges and canal activities, ballooning, biking, dining, farming, vineyards, winery views

France: General

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 8
People and places including Brittany, Dijon, Loire Valley, skiing and snowboarding in the French Alps, views of snow and Tres Grande Vitesse (TGV) trains

France: Paris

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 9 - 12
People, places and activities, including artists and dining, views on the Seine, churches, monuments and museums including Notre Dame, Sacre-Coeur, Arc de Triomphe, Eiffel Tower, Louvre, Versailles, Tuileries Gardens (with Ferris Wheel) and other buildings, along with animals at Paris Zoo

France: Provence

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 13
People and villages, farmers, views of the countryside, poppies, vineyards

Germany

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 14
Views along the Rhine, barges, cruise ships, vineyards, Cologne

Greece

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 15 - 16
Athens, Crete, Iraklion, Mycenae, Pelopennese and other locations, including modern and ancient sites and temples, fishing and other activites

Portugal

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 17
People and places including Algarve Coast, Lisbon, lighthouse, markets, pottery, farmers and fishermen

Switzerland (and Austria)

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 1
People and places including poppies in St. Moritz, Les Diablerets, and other villages, chalets, glaciers, gondolasa and skiers in the Swiss Alps

United Kingdom: England: General

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 2
People and places, including Avebury Temple, Bath, Cotswold Hills (with sheep), Devon (Cornwall), Dorset, Kent, Salisbury Plain (Stonehenge), Tewksbury Abbey, West Country, fishermen, dairy cattle and farms, flowers