The photographic records, whether negatives, prints, or slides, consist of:

1. documentation of the Institute through time, including photographs of objects in the Museum, exhibits, and special events;
2. photographs of archaeological artifacts excavated by Institute projects, whether resident in the collection or not;
3. photographs of monuments and other in situ features at sites where the Institute has worked.

The paper documents in the Museum Archive consist of:

1. the Office correspondence files, dating from the 1890s, to the present day;
2. the collected papers of Oriental Institute faculty and staff;
3. the field records of Institute archaeological expeditions;
4. the curatorial records and correspondence of the Museum.

For more information, contact the Museum Archivist, John L. Larson, at: oi-museum@uchicago.edu

To contact John Larson directly