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Oliver F. Atkins photograph collection, C0036, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Donated by Marjorie Atkins in 1978 and 1987.
Processed by Special Collections Research Center staff. Additional processing by Jordan Patty, Gary Smith, and Shira Loev in 2010-2011. EAD markup completed by Jordan Patty and Shira Loev in 2011. Finding aid updated by Amanda Menjivar in August 2024.
While reprocessing the collection, staff attempted to retain much of the same organization and arrangement as possible since the Atkins collection has been heavily used by researchers over the past several decades. However, it was necessary to update some of the folder titles for clarity and also merge some of the folders that contained similar subject matter. Many of the folders in Series 3 still contain acid-free paper with numbering that matches the old arrangement.
This collection was reprocessed in 2010-2011 using funds from a National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) Detailed Processing Grant.
Oliver "Ollie" F. Atkins was born February 18, 1916 in Hyde Park, Massachusetts. He earned a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Alabama in 1938, and accepted a position with the Birmingham Post as a staff photographer. Within two years he became chief photographer for the Scripps Howard-owned paper. In 1940, he joined the Washington Daily News where he remained until 1942 and the outbreak of World War II. During the war, he served as a correspondent and photographer for the American Red Cross covering the African campaign, the invasions of Sicily, southern Italy, southern France, and Germany. After the war, Atkins joined the staff of the
In 1969, Atkins became the personal photographer of President Richard M. Nixon and chief White House photographer. Of his many images of Nixon, the series documenting the meeting of December 18, 1970 with Elvis Presley is the most famous and the most requested. After Nixon's resignation in 1974, Atkins became vice president of Curtis Publishing Company of Indianapolis and remained there until his death in 1977. Atkins' awards include the White House News Photographers' Association Grand Award, the Graflex All American Photo Contest Portrait Award, and the National Press Photographers' Association Personalities Award. Books by Atkins include Camera on Assignment (co-written with Charles Baptie, 1957), and The White House Years: Triumph and Tragedy (1977). He also contributed to William Safire's Eye on Nixon (1972).
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The Atkins collection consists of approximately 60,000 images that extensively document American political and cultural history from the 1940s through the 1970s. Most of the images that document American political life date from the early 1960s through the mid-1970s when Atkins worked as a photographer for the Saturday Evening Post and then later as the personal photographer to President Richard M. Nixon. The bulk of the American cultural documentation is from Atkins' work in the 1950s and early 1960s on specific stories for the Saturday Evening Post, and these stories cover other areas of the United States, particularly the Southeast up through the Northeast coast. There are also a number of international sets of images from Korea, Africa, and India. The collection consists largely of 8x10" and l3x10" color and black and white prints and 35mm and 4x5" black and white negatives. There are also a number of slides, contact sheets, and oversize matted prints. The collection also includes some correspondence and other documentation on Atkins' work and travel abroad.
Series 1 contains almost all of the prints in the collection. The prints document Atkins' positions as a photographer for the Saturday Evening Post and the personal photographer to President Richard M. Nixon. Many of the negatives of the prints in the first subseries can be found in Series 2 and 3. Subseries 1.1 consists largely of prints from Atkins work as a photographer for the Saturday Evening Post in Washington, D.C. There are also photographs from Saturday Evening Post stories that Atkins contributed to and those folders are labeled with the title of the article. The scope notes provide additional information about the subjects of the photographs and the locations when the folder titles are not descriptive enough. Subseries 1.2 consists of 8x10" prints from Atkins' work as the personal photographer to President Richard M. Nixon. The images document life in the White House, press conferences, visiting foreign leaders, presidential visits abroad, vacations, and Nixon's final days in office following his resignation. There are also numerous photographs of the Nixon's wife, Pat, and his daughters, Julie and Tricia. Most of the photographs are in color. Subseries 1.3 consists of both 8x10" and 11x14" prints arranged chronologically from Atkins' work as the personal photographer to President Richard M. Nixon. The prints cover much of the same subject matter as in subseries 1.2 and in some cases are duplicates. Most of the prints are black and white.
Series 2 contains 4x5" negatives created during Atkins's tenure as a photographer for the Saturday Evening Post, and most of the photographs are grouped together by story title. Some of the prints made from the negatives can be found in Subseries 1.1. Subjects include American political figures, such as Dwight D. Eisenhower, Alben W. Barkley, George Marshall, and Tom Connally; Washington, D.C., sites, such as the White House, the Library of Congress, and Howard University; and religious leaders, such as Ezra Taft Benson and Prophet Jones. Other subjects include American businessmen, military figures, and average citizens. Folder numbers refer to numbered "packets" containing multiple negatives of the same subject. Box 58 contains negatives other than 4x5" that could not be housed in the same containers. Some of these negatives are from the same stories and have the same packet numbering. Detailed caption descriptions for these packets can be found in Series 4.
Series 3 contains 35mm negatives, 4x5" negatives, contact sheets, and slides that Atkins created while he worked for the Saturday Evening Post in the 1950s and 1960s as well as some images from work he did during World War II. Prints from these images can be found in Series 1, and there are some copies of negatives that are in Series 4. Subseries 3.1 is arranged in chronological order and appears to be largely from Atkins' Washington File, a collection of images he maintained from various assignments. Subjects photographed during the early 1960s include the President John F. Kennedy and his cabinet, including Robert F. Kennedy; Jacqueline Kennedy; astronauts such as John Glenn and Alan Shepard; Senators and Representatives; protests and demonstrations such as the "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom", with Martin Luther King, Jr.; and John F. Kennedy's inauguration and funeral. Subjects photographed during the mid-to-late 1960s include President Lyndon B. Johnson and his cabinet, including Robert S. McNamara and Dean Rusk; Nelson A. Rockefeller; Ladybird Johnson; Senators and Representatives; Malcolm X; the signing of the Civil Rights Bill with Martin Luther King, Jr.; astronauts Gus Grissom, John Young, and John Glenn; and protests and demonstrations, including the "Poor People's Campaign", with Jesse Jackson, Ralph Abernathy, and Coretta Scott King. Subseries 3.2 is arranged in alphabetical order. Subjects include Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson, along with their cabinet members and families. Other political figures or events include United States Senators and Congressmen, such as Barry Goldwater, J. William Fulbright, and Margaret Chase Smith, and the Democratic and Republican National Conventions from 1956-1968. Other subjects include the Korean War and other overseas locales such as Africa, Cuba, India, New Zealand, and Yugoslavia; Washington, D.C., landmarks include the U.S. Capitol Building, the U.S. Supreme Court Building, the State Department Building, and the White House. As in Subseries 1.1 and Series 2, multiple folder titles are based on Saturday Evening Post story titles.
Series 4 contains correspondence, awards, press travel packets, copies of images for exhibits and reference use, and a photograph assignment on the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. Of particular interest in the correspondence are letters between Atkins and the Saturday Evening Post about his work and other matters. Note that there is also correspondence and notes throughout the folders in the Series 3. The press packets document Nixon's travel abroad during his presidency and can be used in conjunction with the Nixon subject prints in Series 1. There are also publications that feature photographs by Atkins.
Series 5 contains mat photographs that span Atkins entire career from World War II to the White House. Subjects include World War II in Europe, the Korean War, and scenes from Africa, India, and the Middle East. Also pictured are American political figures such as Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard M. Nixon. Other subjects include protests on the National Mall, landmarks in Washington, D.C., and New York City, coal miners, and Fidel Castro.
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The National Archives and Records Administration holds the negatives and contact sheets of the images contained in Subseries 1.2 and 1.3. It also holds the
Arranged into five series:
Portions of the Oliver F. Atkins photograph collection are available online
Series 1 contains almost all of the prints in the collection. The prints document Atkins' positions as a photographer for the Saturday Evening Post and the personal photographer to President Richard M. Nixon. Many of the negatives of the prints in the first subseries can be found in Series 2 and 3.
This subseries consists largely of prints from Atkins work as a photographer for the Saturday Evening Post in Washington, D.C. There are also photographs from Saturday Evening Post stories that Atkins contributed to and those folders are labeled with the title of the article. The scope notes provide additional information about the subjects of the photographs and the locations when the folder titles are not descriptive enough.
Storage and moving trade in Washington, D.C.
Guinea; Nigeria; South Africa
Japan
Portraits with family
U.S. Navy; U.S. Air Force; fighter plane; Africa; agriculture; John F. Kennedy
Winston Churchill, Harry Truman
School improvement programs in Arlington, Virginia
Entomology at Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
Oliver Atkins and Norman Rockwell
Oliver Atkins; Sid Caesar; Herbert Humphrey (autographed); Johnny Carson
Oliver Atkins and Gerald Ford
Portraits
Ernest P. Walker in Washington, D.C.
Includes negatives
American Machine & Foundry Company, New York City
Kenneth Wherry
Carl Albert and family; Sam Ragburn; John McCormack; Harold Cooley; taken in Washington, D.C.
Richard M. Nixon in Washington, D.C.
Robert Taft in Canton, OH
Washington, D.C.; Norfolk, Virginia; United States Navy
Harry Truman; John Sparkman; Adlai Stevenson in Washington, D.C.
Dwight D. Eisenhower in Boise, Idaho
Washington, D.C.; includes contact sheets
Joint Senate and House recording facility; Charles B. Brownson; A.S. "Mike" Monroney, in Washington, D.C.
Mrs. Winfield Smart and family in Falls Church, Virginia
Robert F. Kennedy; John McClellan; Harry Dexter White Case; Dave Beck; Gun control; Racketeering
Bathtubs, Washington, D.C.
Library of Congress; Luther Evans
Boy reading, taken in Fairfax, Virginia
Unemployment, Washington, D.C.
Ambassadors in Washington, D.C.
Portrait of Pat McCarran in Washington, D.C.
Ezra Taft Benson; Hume, Virginia; Washington, D.C.
Federal Maritime Administration; Washington, D.C.
Julie and David Eisenhower; Alexander Haig; Ford family; Presidential swearing-in ceremony; Joint address to Congress
Portraits
Battle Creek, Michigan; Delaware; New York City; Trinity Church
Betty Goldwater; William Miller; John McClellan
Marriott Hot Shoppe in Arlington, Virginia
Steven Derounian; Andrews Air Force Base; Washington, D.C.; Mineola, New York
Albert Gore and family in Carthage, Tennessee
"Five percenters" investigation in Washington, D.C.
Statler Hotel; Washington, D.C.; New York City; Boston
Dwight D. Eisenhower; Marie Eisenhower; Chicago; New York City; Denver
portrait
Washington, D.C.; McLean; Arlington, Virginia
Harry Truman; Fred Vinson; in Key West, Florida
Agriculture in Zirconia, North Carolina
Dr. V. Stefan Krajcovic in Washington, D.C.
Gordon W. Rule in Washington, D.C.
Richard M. Nixon and family in Washington, D.C.
Modern movement (architecture); Washington, D.C.
Portrait
Andrews Air Force Base
Presidential campaign
Inauguration
Oval office
Lyndon B. Johnson with cabinet members and advisors
Lyndon B. Johnson with cabinet members and advisors
Portraits
Portraits
Lyndon B. Johnson with Lady Bird Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson ranch
Hubert Humphrey; Pope Paul VI
Hospital care in New York City
World War II
World War II
Playing football and sailing
Kennedy family
Robert F. Kennedy; Ethel Kennedy; John F. Kennedy family
Official White House portrait and other portraits
Campaigning in Colorado
Campaigning in Wisconsin
Democratic Convention in California
Campaigning
Campaigning in California
Campaigning in Michigan
Campaigning in Texas
Campaigning in Washington
Television debate with Richard M. Nixon
Ceremonies and gatherings
Meetings with staff and international leaders
Oval office
Press conferences
Inauguration
State of the Union
Funeral
Assassination and related events
Labor racketeering hearings; John McClellan
Portraits
Robert F. Kennedy family
Democratic convention in California; Kenneth O'Donnell and Pierre Salinger
Presidential campaign announcement
Presidential campaign in California
Funeral service
Mr. and Mrs. Knowland
Syngman Rhee
Two terrible nights with the 23rd
General file
The fighting French
Greeks know how to die
How well do Negroes fight
The world's worst railroad headache
Nurses story; original article manuscript; Far East command press releases
Machine gunners; article manuscript
The flying poison
The Chinese telegraph their punch
Marines
Hokkaido story
Kaesong Conference
Refugees
The big thaw
The pious killer of Korea; United States Air Force
Coal miners in White Haven, Pennsylvania and Affinity, West Virginia
Actor Irving Fisher in New York City
Everett M. Dirksen
Olney, Maryland
Burned and mutilated currency unit of the Currency Redemption Division of the Treasury Department
Detroit, Michigan; Northern Virginia; Avon Lake, Ohio; Fruehauf trailer company
Sewing machine use in Tokyo, Japan
United States Postal Inspection Service in Washington, D.C.
Rockville, Maryland
Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Washington, D.C.; includes contact sheets and negatives
Harry Truman; Portrait of Clarence Cannon; Washington, D.C.
Ozark, Arkansas students travel to New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.
Chevy Chase and Aberdeen, Maryland; Washington, D.C.
Henry C. Lodge
Rosenberg execution protest in Washington, D.C.
John I. Williams and Preston C. Williams
Tom Connally in Washington, D.C.
Agnes McCall Parker in Washington, D.C.
Bird dogs in Annapolis, Maryland
Commissioner Bob Christenberry in New York City
Telegraph agents of the USSR in Washington, D.C.
Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Aberdeen, Maryland
Washington, D.C.
Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C.; Arlington, Virginia
Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington, D.C.
Portrait signed by Truman to Ollie Atkins
Senate subway construction
Marine biology in Milford, Connecticut
Librarian with full set of volumes
Carlton Hotel; John L. Lewis; Washington, D.C.
United States Air Force at Patuxent Naval Air Station in Maryland
Roland T. Carr and William A. Heilprin at Riggs National Bank in Washington, D.C.
Thomas A. Walden in Washington, D.C.
Submarine in Key West, Florida
Cold weather clothing tests in Lawrence, Massachusetts
Allen Dulles
Camp Gordon, Georgia; U.S. Army Military Police School
Dayton, Ohio; Yellow Springs, Ohio
Arthur M. Whitehill and family; Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Joe McCarthy checking a phone for wire tapping
Washington, D.C.
This subseries consists of prints from Atkins's work as Chief White House Photographer during the Richard M. Nixon Administration. The images document life in the White House, press conferences, visiting foreign leaders, presidential visits abroad, vacations, and Nixon's final days in office following his resignation. There are also numerous photographs of the Nixon's wife, Pat, and his daughters, Julie and Tricia.
Some items available in digital format.
Copy negative
Contact sheets and negatives.
Subseries 1.3 consists of both 8x10" and 11x14" prints arranged chronologically from Atkins' work as the personal photographer to President Richard M. Nixon. The prints cover much of the same subject matter as in Subseries 1.2 and in some cases are duplicates. Unlike Subseries 1.2, most of the prints are black and white.
1 of 4; 1968 campaign
2 of 4; 1968 campaign
3 of 4; 1968 campaign
4 of 4; 1968 campaign
Series 2 contains 4x5" negatives created during Atkins's tenure as a photographer for the Saturday Evening Post. Subjects include American political figures, such as Dwight D. Eisenhower, Alben W. Barkley, George Marshall, and Tom Connally; Washington, D.C., sites, such as the White House, the Library of Congress, and Howard University; and religious leaders, such as Ezra Taft Benson and Prophet Jones. Other subjects include American businessmen, military figures, and average citizens. Folder numbers refer to numbered "packets" containing multiple negatives of the same subject. Box 58 contains negatives other than 4x5" that could not be housed in the same containers. Some of these negatives are from the same stories and have the same packet numbering. Detailed caption descriptions for these packets can be found in Series 4. The dates following the titles refer to the story publication dates, and the dates in the scope notes refer to the dates that Atkins' took the photographs.
Ferry-Morse Seed Company, Detroit, Michigan, January 1955; 18 negatives
March 1956; 9 negatives
Also see Box 58
December 1955; 34 negatives
Includes Winston Churchill and Harry S. Truman; 36 negatives
Maxwell Taylor, August 1955; 14 negatives
Jamestown, Virginia, May 1956; 17 negatives
Donald Quarles; 13 negatives
Also see Box 58
National Institute of Dry Cleaning; 19 negatives
Library of Congress, June 1950; 25 negatives
Georgetown, Washington, D.C.; 23 negatives
14 negatives
T. James Tumulty
Also see Box 58
12 negatives
Ernest P. Walker; 5 negatives
Hines, Illinois, August 1950; 8 negatives
James Bryden; 9 negatives
Robert Woodruff, December 1950; 47 negatives
July 1955; 26 negatives
37 negatives
Sherman Adams, December 1952; 14 negatives
May 1953; 18 negatives
James Forrestal, Hoyt Vandenburg, Omar Bradley, Louis Denfield; 18 negatives
Steven Derounian; 18 negatives
Charles Potter, November 1952; 17 negatives
Kenneth Wherry; 13 negatives
Robert Taft; 32 negatives
Arthur Whitehall; 13 negatives
Statler Hotel; 35 negatives
Also see Box 58
David K. Niles
Abraham Ribicoff; 2 negatives
Spirit of St. Louis, Smithsonian Institution, March 1953; 8 negatives
27 negatives
Also see Box 58
9 negatives
Milford, Connecticut, September 1951; 16 negatives
Includes Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr, John F. Kennedy, Robert Blaikie, Alex Rose; 10 negatives
Ralph Bunche; 10 negatives
June 1955; 7 negatives
Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1955; 22 negatives
Robert Cutler; 13 negatives
Also see Box 58
Stephen Foster, January 1953; 11 negatives
James Pinkston; 8 negatives
5 negatives
Maurice Tobin; 29 negatives
Warren Olney III; 5 negatives
Also see Box 58
17 negatives
Also see Box 58
James Maurice Gavin; 29 negatives
April 1952; 33 negatives
William F. Dean; 13 negatives
John J. Williams; 22 negatives
12 negatives
Also see Box 58
June 1952; 17 negatives
May 1953; 32 negatives
Eugene Millikin, April 1953; 23 negatives
8 negatives
May 1950; 4 negatives
Also see Box 58
Tom Connally, includes Harry S. Truman; 30 negatives
4 negatives
13 negatives
February 1952; 20 negatives
Washington Senators baseball team; 14 negatives
Also see Box 58
Ezra Taft Benson, February 1953; 9 negatives
Also see Box 58
December 1949; 20 negatives
William Leahy; 14 negatives
April 1950; 30 negatives
Also see Box 58
National Archives and Records Administration, June 1948; 30 negatives
George Tetlet, December 1947; 32 negatives
Adlai Stevenson, Springfield and Bloomfield, Illinois, February 1949; 31 negatives
Jack Kroll; 19 negatives
Arthur Burns, includes Dwight D. Eisenhower; 10 negatives
23 negatives
17 negatives
William F. Halsey, USS Missouri; 4 color positives
8 negatives
27 negatives
James Francis Marion Jones; 59 negatives
Louis Arthur Johnson, June 1949; 5 negatives
Also see Box 58
Carlton hotel, Washington, D.C., August 1949; 3 negatives
March 1950; 1 negative
Wilhelm Munthe. de Morgenstierne; 12 negatives
Clifford Garner, July 1950; 9 negatives
Library of Congress, July 1950; 9 negatives
Irving Fisher; 29 negatives
Joseph Lawton Collins, November 1950; 8 negatives
H. K. Riggs; 9 negatives
Paul Douglas; 17 negatives
35 negatives
Also see Box 58
Frank P. Graham, includes Kerr Scott, May 1949; 22 negatives
Also see Box 58
Alben W. Barkley, includes Harry F. Byrd; 18 negatives
June 1952; 5 negatives
February 1954; 5 negatives
Also see Box 58
September 1952; 12 negatives
Jim Perry, Bud Camp; 25 negatives
Also see Box 58
Milo Coplan; October and November 1952; 31 negatives
Matthew B. Ridgway; 13 negatives
League of Women Voters; 18 negatives
Good Humor Corporation, April 1949; 39 negatives
William M. Fechteler, Omar Bradley, Hoyt Vandenberg, J. Lawton Collins; 14 negatives, 1 color positive
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, February 1954; 2 negatives
Robert Murphy; 12 negatives
Albert Roth, includes Richard M. Nixon, June 1954; 19 negatives
Includes Dean Acheson; 9 negatives
Also see Box 58
39 negatives
Mike Monroney, Charles B. Brownson; 13 negatives
November 1952; 21 negatives
Atomic Energy Commission; September 1953; 18 negatives
Frances P. Bolton, Oliver P. Bolton, June 1953; 13 negatives
Mrs. Winfield Smart, November 1952; 5 negatives
34 negatives
Also see Box 58
Dwight D. Eisenhower; 42 negatives
Also see Box 58
21 negatives
Ray "Mike" Dow; 22 negatives
Tom Durrance; 15 negatives
Sidney W. Souers, includes Dean Acheson; 15 negatives
Josephine Crisler, October 1948; 10 negatives
Clifton Bledsoe Cates; December 1948; 10 negatives
Howard University, November 1948; 24 negatives
Robert M. Redmond, August 1949; 5 negatives
Also see Box 58
16 negatives
George J. Schoeneman; 1 negative
Also see Box 58
38 negatives
34 negatives
24 negatives
1 negatives
8 negatives
B-29s, Tucson Arizona; 41 negatives
Werner Knop, October 1948; 12 negatives
Lou Boudreau, August 1948; 14 negatives
Also see Box 58
13 negatives
40 negatives
45 negatives
Witton Lawler; 6 negatives
Jesse M. Donaldson, December 1947; 21 negatives
Paul Brindle, Alden H. Waite, Clyde R. Hoey, Herbert Feldman, Harry Vaughn, John F. Maragon; 77 negatives
Also see Box 58
Howard University, December 1948; 26 negatives
1 negative
Also see Box 58
22 negatives
15 negatives
Louis B. Meyer, Paul V. McNutt; 5 negatives
National Airport, Capitol Hill, 1947; 49 negatives
19 negatives
Also see Box 58
14 negatives
John McCloy, April 1947; 10 negatives
28 negatives
Kenilworth garbage dump; 31 negatives
19 negatives
33 negatives
F. Edward Herbert; 27 negatives
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Frank Monaghan; 27 negatives
Bureau of Indian Affairs; 21 negatives
11 negatives
Embassy of France, Embassy of Spain, Embassy of Mexico; 14 negatives
Demolitions Disposal Unit; 21 negatives
Stefan Krajcovic; 8 negatives
Trinity Church, Gary Edwards; 16 negatives
5 negatives
2 negatives
17 negatives
includes Hubert Humphrey, Eugenie Anderson
10 negatives
National Gallery of Art; 39 negatives
19 negatives
Clarence Cannon, includes Harry S. Truman; 17 negatives
March 1956; 35mm negatives
Also see Box 49
35mm negatives
Donald Quarles; 35mm negatives
Also see Box 49
35mm negatives.
Wayne Morse; 35mm negatives
T. James Tumulty; 35mm negatives
Also see Box 49
35mm and 2x2" negatives
Statler Hotel; 35mm negatives
Also see Box 50
35mm negatives
Also see Box 50
Robert Cutler; 35mm negatives
Also see Box 50
Warren Olney III; 35mm negatives
Also see Box 51
35mm negatives
Also see Box 51
35mm negatives
35mm negatives
Also see Box 51
35mm negatives
2x2" negatives
May 1950; 2x2" negatives
Also see Box 51
Washington Senators baseball team; 14 negatives
Also see Box 52
Ezra Taft Benson, February 1953; 2x2" negatives
Also see Box 52
April 1950; 2x2" negatives
Also see Box 52
35mm negatives
Stuart Symington, June, 1956; 35mm negatives
35mm negatives
35mm negatives
Louis Arthur Johnson, June 1949; 2x2" negatives
Also see Box 53
2x2" negatives
2x2" negatives
35mm negatives
35mm negatives
35mm and 2x2" negatives
35mm negatives
Also see Box 53
Frank P. Graham, includes Kerr Scott, May 1949; 2x2" negatives
Also see Box 53
February 1954; 2x2" negatives
Also see Box 53
Jim Perry, Bud Camp; 35mm negatives
Also see Box 53
Earl Warren; 35mm negatives
Alben William Barkley; 2x2" negatives
Includes Dean Acheson; 2x2" negatives
Also see Box 53
35mm negatives
35mm negatives
2x2" negatives
Also see Box 54
Dwight D. Eisenhower; 2x2" negatives
Also see Box 54
Robert M. Redmond, August 1949; 2x2" negatives
Also see Box 54
George J. Schoeneman; 2x2" negatives
Also see Box 54
2x2" negatives
Lou Boudreau, August 1948; 2x2" negatives
Also see Box 55
2x2" negatives
2x2" negatives
2x2" negatives
Paul Brindle, Alden H. Waite, Clyde R. Hoey, Herbert Feldman, Harry Vaughn, John F. Maragon; 2x2" Negatives
Also see Box 55
2x2" negatives
Also see Box 56
2x2" negatives
Also see Box 56
Series 3 contains 35mm negatives, 4x5" negatives, contact sheets, and slides that Atkins created while he worked for the Saturday Evening Post in the 1950s and 1960s as well as some images from work he did during World War II. Prints from these images can be found in Series 1, and there are some copies of negatives that are in Series 4.
The legacy finding aid for this series is available for more detailed, item-level information. The file is a large PDF, but it is searchable. Please note that although many of the folder titles in the legacy finding aid are the same as in Series 3, some titles have been condensed or rewritten. These changes are not noted on the legacy finding aid. Please refer to the current finding aid when requesting folders.
Subseries 3.1 is arranged in chronological order and appears to be largely from Atkins' Washington File, a collection of images he maintained from various assignments. The bulk of the collection documents the administrations of Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. There is also significant documentation of events in Washington, D.C., particularly demonstrations and events associated with the Civil Rights Movement.
Subseries 3.2 is arranged in alphabetical order. Subjects include Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson, along with their cabinet members and families. Other political figures or events include United States Senators and Congressmen, such as Barry Goldwater, J. William Fulbright, and Margaret Chase Smith, and the Democratic and Republican National Conventions from 1956-1968. As in Subseries 1.1, multiple folders titles are based on Saturday Evening Post story titles.
(1 of 4)
(2 of 4)
(3 of 4)
(4 of 4)
Connecticut Gubernatorial Campaign
Georgetown House portraits
Polling
I Flew Supersonic
How to Speak French
Portraits
Stewart Alsop Family
How to Write a Magazine Article
Polling, Negro poll
Alsop poll "Mood of America"
John F. Kennedy
Portraits
Alsop poll
Biplanes
They Make Flying Fun Again
Trevor Armbristen Family
Lyndon B. Johnson
Golf's Banking on Burke
by Sherwood Harris
Mercury 6 launch
Portraits
Generals LeMay and White
color slides
Includes John F. Kennedy
Bernard Goldfine
1 of 4
2 of 4
3 of 4
4 of 4
Includes Jacqueline Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson with military
1 of 2
2 of 2
color slides 1
color slides 2
color slides 3
color slides 4
color slides 5
color slides 6
Meetings, public events
Presidential campaign
Election
Church near the Lyndon B. Johnson Ranch
Oval Office
Inauguration
Ranch
Omaha, Nebraska, Des Moines, Iowa, Lyndon B. Johnson ranch
Glassboro, New Jersey; Alexei Kosygin
Glassboro, New Jersey; Alexei Kosygin
Maxwell Taylor, Robert S. McNamara, George W. Ball, John McCone, Jack Valenti
Saturday Evening Post stories about John F. Kennedy; 4x5 negatives
Funeral, Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery
Presidential campaign
Presidential campaign
Presidential campaign
White House and Congressional budget meetings and hearings
Ranger, Saturn, Mercury
1 of 3
2 of 3
3 of 3
4x5 negatives
I Can Say He's a Wonderful Guy
1 of 2
2 of 2
Rose Mary Woode
Hospitals
Adlai Stevenson, Eleanor Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Richard M. Nixon, Bernard Montgomery, Harry S. Truman, John Foster Dulles
Alben W. Barkley, Harry S. Truman, Estes Kefauver, Leverett Saltonstall, John F. Kennedy, Albert Gore, Sr.
John Foster Dulles, Charles Erwin Wilson, Robert Taft
Blair House
John F. Kennedy, Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy, Richard M. Nixon
Some images may have been created in the 1950s; 1 of 2
2 of 2
Saturday Evening Post writer
Macy's New York City
T. I. Swartz and Sons
Includes images of construction
Includes Lyndon B. Johnson
National Mall, Pentagon, United States Supreme Court Building, Pan American Building
American Red Cross, Tunisia, Italy
Series 4 contains correspondence, awards, press travel packets, copies of images for exhibits and reference use, and a photograph assignment on the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. Note that there is also correspondence and notes throughout the folders in the Series 3.
Jacqueline Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, John Kennedy, Jr., Pierre Salinger
Includes memorabilia
1 of 3
2 of 3
3 of 3
Series 5 contains oversize mat photographs. Subjects include World War II in Europe, the Korean War, and scenes from Africa, India, and the Middle East. Also pictured are American political figures such as Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard M. Nixon. Other subjects include protests on the National Mall, landmarks in Washington, D.C. and New York City, coal miners, and Fidel Castro.
10 1/4" x 13"
10 1/4" x 13 1/4"
13" x 10 1/8"
13" x 10"
10 1/4" x 13 1/8"
10 1/4" x 13 1/8"
9 5/8" x 13 1/8"
10 1/4" x 13 1/4"
10 1/8'" x 11 1/4"
13 1/8" x 10 1/4"
10 1/4" x 13 1/8"
10" x 13"
10 1/4" x 13"
10 1/4" x 13"
10 1/4" x 13 1/4"
10 1/4" x 13 1/8"
10 1/4" x 13"
10 1/4" x 13"
13 1/8" x 10 1/4"
10 1/4" x 13 1/8"
two copies; 10 1/4" x 13"
two copies; 10 1/4" x 13"
10 1/4" x 13"
9 3/4" x 13 1/8" and 9 1/2" x 13 1/4"
13 1/8" x 10 1/4"
8 5/8" x 13 1/4"
13" x 10"
13 1/4" by 10 1/4"
three copies
13 3/8" x 8 5/8"
10 1/4" x 13"
13 1/4" x 10"
13 7/8" x 8 1/2"
10 1/4" x 13"
10" x 13"
10 1/8" x 13"
12 3/4" x 10"
9" x 13"
13" x 10"
13" x 10"
10" x 12"
10" x 13"
10" x 13"
10" x 12 1/2"
13" x 10"
12 1/2" x 10"
13" x 10"
13" x 10"
12 1/2" x 9 3/4"
11 3/4" x 10"
11 1/4" x 13"
8 1/4" x 5 1/4"
13 1/2" x 10"
13" x 10"
7 1/4" x 9 1/2"
13" x 9 1/2"
13" x 9 1/2"
13 1/4" x 8 1/8"
13 1/4" x 9 3/4"
13" x 9 3/4"
13 1/4 x 9 3/4"
19 1/2" x 9 1/4"; 4 1/4" x 2 3/4"
10" x 6 3/4"; 9 1/2" x 6 1/2"
7" x 4 3/4"
9 1/4" x 13 1/4"
10 1/4" x 13 1/4"
8 3/4" x 13 1/8"
20" x 16"
5" x 8"
5" x 8"
5" x 8"
10 5/8" x 13 1/2"
13" x 10 1/4"
13" x 10 3/8"
13" x 10 1/4"
10 1/4" x 11 3/4"
10 1/4" 13"
10 3/4" x 13"
10" x 13"
13" x 8 1/2"
9 1/2" x 13"
9 1/4" x 13"
9 1/4" x 13"
9 1/2" x 13"
13" x 10 1/4"
13 1/8 x 10 1/8"
17" x 11 5/8"
13 1/4" x 10"
13 1/4" x 5 5/8"
13 1/2" x 9"
13" x 8 6/8"
12 1/4" x 8 1/8"
9 1/2" x 13 1/4"
10" x 13 1/4"
9 1/4" x 13 1/4"
9" x 13 1/4"
10 1/2" x 13 1/2"
8 3/8" x 13 1/4"
8 3/4" x 13 1/4"
15" x 19 3/4"
14 1/2" x 15 3/4"
14 3/4" x 19 1/4"
14" x 17 1/2"
18" x 14"
17 5/8" x 11 1/2"
13 1/2" x 10 3/8"
13 1/4" x 9"
13 1/4" x 8 1/2"
9 1/8" x 13 1/4"
10 1/4" x 13"
12 5/8" x 9 7/8"
7 1/8" x 13 1/4"
10 1/4" x 13 1/2"
10 3/8" x 12 1/2"
8 1/8" x 13 1/4"
13 1/4" x 10 1/4"
9" x 13 1/4"
13 1/8" x 9 1/4"
9 1/8" x 13 3/4"
8 1/2" x 13 1/2"
9 3/4 x 13 1/4"
9" x 13 1/8"
9 1/8" x 13 1/4"
8 1/2" x 13"
10 1/4" x 13 1/8"
13 1/2" x 9 1/4"
10 1/8" x 10 1/4"
9 3/8" x 13"
8 1/4" x 13"
10 1/2" x 13 1/2"
13 1/4" x 10 1/2"
13 1/2" x 9 1/4"
12 7/8" x 8 1/8"
12 3/4" x 7 3/4"
9 3/4" x 9 3/4"
10 1/4" x 11 1/2"
10 1/4" x 10 3/8"
9 1/4" x 13 1/4"
10 3/8" x 13"
10 1/8" x 13"
8 3/4" x 12 3/4"
13 1/4" x 8 1/2"
13 1/4" x 10 1/4"
13 1/8 x 10"
13 1/4" x 7 7/8"
10 1/2" x 12 5/8"
10 1/4" x 12 1/4"
13 1/4" x 10 3/8"
13 1/4" x 10 1/4"
13 1/4" x 10 1/4"
13 3/8" x 10 1/2"
10 1/4" x 13 1/8"
10 1/4" x 13 1/8"
13 1/4 x 10 1/4"
10 1/8" x 13"
9" x 13 1/4"
9" x 13 1/4"
11 7/8" x 18 3/4"
12 3/8" x 9 5/8"
9" x 11"
13 1/4" x 10 1/4"
13 1/8" x 10 1/4"
13 1/2" x 9 1/4"
13 1/2" x 7 3/4"
13 1/4" x 9 1/2"
13 1/4" x 9 1/2"
13" x 9 1/4"
13 1/8" x 10 1/4"
13 1/8" x 8 1/2"
16" x 10 1/4"
13 1/4" x 8 1/2"
13 1/4" x 8 1/4"
13 1/4" x 8 1/4"
13" x 8 3/4"
13" x 8 3/4"
13" x 9"
10" x 13 1/4"
10 1/2" x 13 1/2"
13" x 8 3/4"
13 1/4" x 10 1/4"
13" x 9 1/2"
10" x 13 1/4"
13 1/2" x 8 1/4"
8 1/2" x 13 1/4"
13" x 10"
10 3/8" x 13 1/8"
12 3/4" x 10 1/2"
12 7/8" x 10"
13 1/4" x 8 1/4"
13 3/8" x 8 1/8"
13" x 10 3/8"
13 1/4" x 10 3/8"
13 1/4" x 8 1/2"
7 3/8" x 13 3/8"
13 1/2" x 8 3/4"
13 1/2" x 8 3/4"
13 1/4" x 8 1/2"
13 1/2" x 10 5/8"
13 1/8" x 10 1/4"
13 1/8" x 10 1/4"
9 1/4" x 13 1/4"
13 1/4" x 9 1/4"
12 7/8" x 9 3/4"
13 1/4" x 9 1/4"
13 3/8" x 8 7/8
13" x 9 1/4"
13 1/4" x 10 1/4"
10 1/4" x 12 3/4"
13 1/4" x 11"
10 1/4" x 13 1/4"
10" x 12 1/2"
10 3/8" x 13"
10 1/4" x 13 1/4"
additional notes by Atkins on back of photograph; 10 1/2" x 13 1/4"
10 3/8" x 13"
10 3/8" x 12 7/8"
10 3/8" x 13 1/8"
13 1/4" x 10 1/4"
10 1/4" x 13 1/4"
10 1/4" x 13 1/8"
10 1/4" x 13 1/4"
10 3/8" x 13 1/8"
10 1/2" x 13 1/4"
9 1/2" x 13 1/4"
13 1/4" x 10 1/4"
13 1/2" x 19 5/8"
10 1/4" x 13 1/4"
13" x 10"
10" x 13 1/4"
13 1/4" x 10 1/8"
10" x 13"
9" x 13 1/4"
9 1/2" x 13 3/8"
9 1/2" x 13 1/4"
12 3/4" x 9 1/4"
9" x 11 7/8"
13 1/4" x 9 1/8"
13" x 10 5/8"
13 3/8" x 10 1/4"
9 1/4" diameter
13 1/4" x 10 1/4"
13 1/8" x 9 3/8"
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