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The Knight Visual Resources Facility currently houses about 430,000 slides which provide instructional and research support for the academic programs of the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning and the History of Art Department within the College of Arts and Sciences. It also serves as a resource for the entire university. |
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contents of the collection reflect the teaching interests of the faculty
with strong holdings in architecture, art history and contemporary art.
Approximately 5,000-8,000 images are added annually. In 1984 the Architecture Department faculty designated it the Frederick Morris Wells Memorial Slide Collection to honor a distinguished former chairman, teacher, and colleague,1944-1968. In 1990 a newly renovated space to house the visual resources facility was dedicated and named in honor of Adelaide and George W. Knight. |
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In
2001, the Knight Slide Library of the Department of the History of Art
was merged with the Morris Wells Memorial Slide Collection in the College
of Architecture, Art and Planning. Copyright: All materials in the Wells Memorial Slide Collection and the History of Art Collection are subject to copyright restrictions. Copyright legislation restricts the use of copyrighted materials in non-teaching functions. |
To find out if an image is still under copyright, use the Computator. Reproduction of the collection's slides, in any format, including digital conversion, is prohibited without prior written permission from the relevant publisher, vendor, or photographer. Also see the recent document by Peter Hirtle, Cornell Copyright Information Center. Access: In addition to the faculty of the College of Architecture, Art and Planning and the Department of the History of Art within the College of Arts and Sciences, the collection may be used by those students in both Colleges who are teaching assistants or are giving class presentations. It is also available for use by other Cornell University faculty members, students and staff who wish to use images in the classroom. An orientation to the collection is required before first using the collection. All patrons are requested to sign the guest register. The collection is not available for browsing or image review. Users are referred to the Cornell University Library to conduct picture research before using the slide collection. Acquisitions: Requests for new acquisitions are welcomed from the faculty. Order forms are available from the curators in the Knight Visual Resources Facility. |
Site
maintained by Jeannine Keefer, Assistant Director/Systems Administrator.
Last
update 07/27/04.
Photographs by William Staffeld and Eric Schwab.