Background
The extensive collection of photographs, photographic negatives
and glass plates was organized into a "Photographs"
section in the mid 1970s. After the steady growth of the
collection, particularly in the medium of film, the Section
acquired a certain autonomy under the name "Still and Moving
Images" section.
The Still Images part of the collection contains more than 400,000
photographic items including not only a large collection of photographic
prints but also an equally large collection of glass plate negatives.
The collection also contains a quantity of examples of earlier
forms of still images such as daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintypes.
There are also glass lantern slides, film negatives, slides and
albums.
Notable Collections
This
Section is rich in the still images of photographers Holloway,
Parsons and Hayward who depicted, in great detail, life in Newfoundland
from the latter part of the nineteenth century up to Confederation
with Canada in 1949. In addition, the Moving Images collection
contains significant feature films such as "Viking"
and "The Great Arctic Seal Hunt".
The Moving Images collection contains approximately
five-thousand 8mm, 16mm and
35mm films. Examples are from such major sources as Atlantic Films
and Electronics
Ltd. (Government public relations films from the 1950s and 1960s),
Sir Leonard Outerbridge (a collection of personal and newsworthy
events), Winter / Munn (a collection of pre-Confederation special
events), and the Extension Media of Memorial University of Newfoundland
(a collection of 16mm film footage from the 1960s to mid 1970s
along with the Decks Awash series).
Access
The Still Images collection is stored at the Colonial Building.
However, off-site
storage is used for some of the film. Please check with Archives
staff for retrieval information.
Finding Aids / Publications
Most of the main collection can be searched by using a card catalogue.
There are also individual finding aids for subsidiary collections.
These are all accessed through the main Reference Room at PANL.
Reproduction of Images
For charges relating to reproduction / photocopying, please visit
the Client Services, Copying and Reproduction
section.
