Scope and Content Note
This collection houses photographs that Frank Hoy's students took as part of a group project for a journalism class at Arizona State University. These images show retail businesses in Tempe located along Mill Avenue, including exteriors, interiors, and employees.
Dates
- Creation: 1979
Creator
- Hoy, Frank P. (Person)
Language of Materials
Material in English
Access Restrictions
To view this collection, make an appointment at least five business days prior to your visit by contacting Ask an Archivist. Appointments in the Wurzburger Reading Room at Hayden Library (rm. 138) on the Tempe campus are available Tuesday through Thursday, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Check the ASU Library Hours page for current availability.
Copyright
Arizona State University does not own copyright to this collection. Distinctive Collections recognizes that it is incumbent upon the researcher to procure permission to publish information from this collection from the owner of the copyright.
Biographical Note
Frank Hoy (1935-2001) taught Photojournalism and Visual Communication at ASU for 22 years and retired as Professor Emeritus in 1999. Hoy began his photojournalism career at the Washington Post, where he worked for 17 years and earned several awards, including the prestigious The Hague Holland World Press Photo Award
. Hoy came to Arizona State University in 1978 after working at Syracuse University for five years. Here, he developed the Visual Journalism curriculum for the Walter Cronkite School of Photojournalism and converted a black and white photographic laboratory into a digital facility. He also developed Documentary Photo Workshops designed to teach underprivileged children about photo documentation. This program resulted in Snapshots
, which was exhibited at Archives and Special Collections. He also authored Photojournalism: The Visual Approach.
Full extent
52 Photograph(s)
Full extent
0.1 Linear Feet
Abstract
This collection houses photographs that Frank Hoy's students took as part of a group project for a journalism class at Arizona State University. These images show retail businesses in Tempe located along Mill Avenue, including exteriors, interiors, and employees.
Arrangement
This collection consists of fifty-two silver gelatin resin coated photographic prints.
Other Finding Aids
All of the images described in this finding aid have been indexed in the Special Materials Index and can be searched using the interface at http://spmi.lib.asu.edu/.
Provenance
Archives and Special Collections acquired these photographs in 1993 (Accession #1993-00918).
- Title
- Tempe Business District Photographs
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding guide encoded in English.
Repository details
Part of the Greater Arizona Collection Repository
Contact
Arizona State UniversityP.O. Box 871006
Tempe AZ 85287-1006 United States
(480) 965-4932
archives@asu.edu