PHOTO ARCHIVE GRANT JG

A GRANT GIVEN TO U.C.S.C. WILL FUND A PERMANENT STAFF POSITION AT U.C.S.C.?S MCHENRY LIBRARY. THE 500 THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANT WAS GIVEN BY MILLER OUTCALT, WHO RECENTLY PASSED AWAY. OUTCALT HAD OWNED A PHOTOGRAPHY SUPPLY BUSINESS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WITH HIS WIFE. THE NEW POSITION OF PHOTO ARCHIVIST WILL ADD A STAFF MEMBER TO HELP INVENTORY, CATALOG, INDEX, AND APPRAISE THE COLLECTION. THE COLLECTION INCLUDES PRINTS AND NEGATIVES FROM SUCH DISTINGUISHED PHOTOGRAPHERS LIKE EDWARD WESTON AND AL WEBER.