Otto Herman Weiss photographs

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred citation:

MSS 16422, Otto Herman Weiss photographs, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
0.4 Cubic Feet 1 document box
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

MSS 16422, Otto Herman Weiss photographs, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

The Otto Herman Weiss photographs (circa 1900-circa 1950; 0.4 cubic feet) document Virginian buildings, streetscapes, and landscapes in the early to middle twentieth century. The collection contains approximately 150 gelatin silver print photographs by Weiss. Subjects include extensive images of Norfolk, Fredricksburg, and Williamsburg, along with aerial photographs of Richmond, Norfolk, and Washington, D.C.

Biographical / historical:

Otto Herman Weiss (1887-1975) was born in Deep Creek, Norfolk County (now the City of Chesapeake), Virginia and died in Hampton, Virginia. He was a 1909 graduate of VPI with a degree in Civil Engineering. He taught school for most of his life and retired from the Newport News public schools in 1952. During the 1920s and 1930s, Mr. Weiss also worked as a professional photographer, doing work for the Rockefeller Foundation and also teaching photography to members of the US Army Air service, which was the predecessor to the Army Air Corps (later the US Air Force).

Source: Materials within collection.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard