Overview
| Title: | Grancel Fitz papers |
| Call Number: | Coll200 |
| Creator: | Fitz, Grancel |
| Dates: | 1933-1956 |
| Size: | 1 box (1 linear foot) |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | Collection consists of (6) cloth bound, alphabetized account books of photographer William Grancel Fitz. The books chronicle Fitz’s photographic ad work for many different advertising agencies and manufacturing companies in New York City. Notable companies include N. W. Ayres, Chevrolet, and Fostoria Glass. |
| Citation: | Grancel Fitz papers, Collection 200, Special Collections, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD). |
Administrative/Biographical Note
Grancel Fitz (1894-1963) began taking photographs as a hobby in 1914, in the pictorialist tradition. Fitz sold photographic materials up until he became a professional illustrator and advertising photographer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1929, Fitz opened a commercial photographic studio in New York City, New York. (Source: ULAN)
Scope & Content
Arrangement
Books are arranged alphabetically and chronologically.
Provenance Information
Provenance and Acquisition Information
Includes accession PHMS 2011-01, donated by Fitz’s niece Anne Brown in memory of her great uncle.
Processing Note
This collection is unprocessed. Grancel Fitz photographs, donated in 1986, are available in The Photography Collections at UMBC.
Descriptive Rules Used
Describing Archives: a Content Standard (DACS)
Archives Processing Manual: Description (2015)
Access & Use
Finding Aids
Finding Aid: /specialcollections/finding-aids/coll200/
Access Conditions
No restrictions.
Conditions Governing Reproductions and Use
Reproductions allowed for research purposes. UMBC is the copyright owner; permission to reproduce is required.
Subject Headings
Creators
Fitz, Grancel
Subjects
Advertising photography
Fitz, Grancel — Archives
Series Description & Container List
| Folder Title/Description | Date | Box # | Folder # | Additional Info. |
| Paid invoices | 1933-1935 | |||
| Alphabetical invoices | 1934-1935 | |||
| Paid invoices | 1936-1937 | |||
| Alphabetical paid invoices | 1937-1947 | |||
| Paid invoices | 1947-1949 | |||
| Accounts receivable | 1950-1956 |