Dan McClure slides
Scope and Contents
The collection contains 965 35mm slides in cardboard mounts. The photographs primarily depict Athens and the University of Georgia, including buildings, persons, and advertising. Each series is divided by the labels that McClure placed on his original slide holders. Brief descriptions of each series are as follows:
Series I: Holiday Inn which contains promotional and editorial images of the Athens Holiday Inn from 1985 and 1986.
Series II: UGA and Athens, 80s which contains images of the UGA campus and some various shots of Athens from the 1980s. This series overlaps significantly with the later two series (Series III and Series IV) but was a distinct category in McClure's description.
Series III: Campus/University Campus which contains images of the University of Georgia campus. Photos in this series were originally labelled under both "Campus" and "University Campus," which were combined into one series. Slide sheets with no additional markers were condensed onto two slide sheets. Three photos labelled "Ne Athens" were removed from this series and placed in Series IV: Athens.
Series IV: Athens which contains photos of Athens, particularly Downtown Athens. Photos were condensed from six photo slide sheets to five photo slide sheets.
Series V: Leisure Time, Recreation, and People which contains photos of leisure activities around Athens. All three of these titles were used on photos of these activities, and thus have been added to this description.
Series VI: Miscellaneous which contains all other labeled photos consisting of local editorial photos, local businesses, and other events around town. For a full listing of these photos, consult the full Finding Aid listing.
Series VII: Unlabelled which contains all sheets that were unlabelled in their original storage. Descriptions have been added to these sheets using information from the photos themselves. Many of these images are duplicates from photos in other Series in this collection.
Dates
- 1970 - 1990
Creator
- McClure, Dan, 1948-2020 (Photographer, Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
This collection has no restrictions. This collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required. Apply in the Heritage Room for access.
Biographical
Dan McClure was a local Athens photographer and owner of McClure Studios who was known for his portrait photography, local photography for UGA, and photography work for local publications.
McClure worked in the Photography Department at the Continuing Education Center at the University of Georgia and travelled with the UGA Bulldogs Football Team as a photographer in the early 1980s. McClure began to pursue Portrait Photography later and opened a portrait studio in Athens -- McClure Studios. He retired after 34 years to pursue a new career.
The photos in this collection also speak to McClure's career as a photographer for local businesses and publications. Some photos in this collection are Editorial photos for places like Athens Magazine and promotional photos for businesses downtown, the Holiday Inn, and other event spaces located in Athens.
McClure died on July 24, 2020.
Extent
965 Photographic Slides (965 35mm slides)
Overview
Slides of photographs taken by Dan McClure for local publications including Athens Magazine and as owner of McClure Studios.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in seven series, based on McClure's original descriptions of his slides:
Series 1: Holiday Inn
Series 2: UGA and Athens, 80s
Series 3: Campus/University Campus
Series 4: Athens
Series 5: Leisure, Recreation, People
Series 6: Miscellaneous
Series 7: Unlabelled
Special Formats
35mm slides
Physical Description
Good
- Title
- Dan McClure slides
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Frank Jackson, Justin Kau, Mikaela LaFave
- Date
- October 2018, July 2020, April 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Heritage Room, Athens-Clarke County Library Repository
2025 Baxter Street
Athens GA 30606