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Historical Photographs

Of the more than 1,000,000 photographs and negatives in Special Collections, only a fraction are indexed online. To find a description of these items, please check the following locations:

The majority of photograph collections will need to be searched on a limited-license database found in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections. Please contact the staff at the department’s reference desk or Tom Wells, the photoarchivist, for help in searching these collections.

Contacts for assistance:

Special Collections Reference Desk
(801) 422-3175

Russ Taylor, supervisor of reference services
(801) 422-2932
russ_taylor@byu.edu

Tom Wells, photoarchivist
(801) 422-4170
tom_wells@byu.edu