Series C: Todd Webb - Photographic Material and Documentation, 1964 - 1966

Todd Webb was commissioned by the Amon Carter Museum (ACM) to professionally photograph selected sites and buildings, using information from Field Director Garner's initial survey work. Todd Webb (TW) recorded extensive shot logs, detailing trip sequences (labeled A-H) and roll numbers for his 120 mm film. Todd Webb also worked with 4x5 inch film, 5x7 inch and 8x10 inch film, recording detailed images of hundreds of Texas buildings. His entire body of work is in black and white, consisting of 3,609 frames. Frequent building types photographed include county courthouses, churches, and historical homes from nineteenth-century Texas.

Guide to Accessing Work by Todd Webb:

To locate buildings, cities, counties, or construction styles of interest:

• Consult index cards, arranged alphabetically by city, listing every geographic location photographed with 120 mm film [Subseries C1]
• Read the descriptive shot logs that accompany the contact sheet prints of 120 mm film [Subseries C2]
• Consult contact sheets printed for all black and white 120 mm negatives [Subseries C2]
• Review contact prints made from large format negatives (black and white) [Subseries C3]
• Examine working prints (printed at several enlargement sizes, arranged by city) [Subseries C4]
• Review 10x13 inch enlargement prints (289 prints, black and white) of select buildings [Subseries C6]
• Consult the two books published with select Todd Webb images [black and white printing, available in Architecture and Planning Library, University of Texas]
• Search either version of the spreadsheet included in this finding aid (.xls, .pdf)

The ACM initially cataloged all Todd Webb negatives, assigning sequential accession numbers to 819 photographic shot locations (P1977.12.1-819), encompassing a total of 3,609 frames. The key to the ACM numbers is:

• the collection number is P1977.12 - this prefix is universal across all items
• the numbers 1 through 819 refer to shot location, or to the unique roll number
• the roll number designation applies to items 1 through 302, which are rolls of 120 mm film
• the frame number from a roll of 120 mm film is designated as a suffix to the accession number. For example, the accession number P1977.12.180.4 refers to Roll #180, Frame 4
• The ACM number is also a key to identifying the size of the film negative used by Todd Webb, where: P1977.12.1-302 (120mm film), P1977.12.303-326 (8 X 10 inch), P1977.12.327-681 (5 X 7 inch), and P1977.12.682-819 (4 X 5 inch).

The following crosswalk converts Amon Carter Museum accession numbers to Todd Webb 120 mm roll numbers :

• P1977.12.1-34 (rolls 1-35, no letters)
• P1977.12.35-64 (rolls 1A - 31A)
• P1977.12.65-95 (rolls 32A - 62A)
• P1977.12.96-139 (rolls 1B - 44B)
• P1977.12.140-160 (rolls 1C - 21C)
• P1977.12.161-189 (rolls 1D - 29D)
• P1977.12.190-218 (rolls 30D - 58D)
• P1977.12.219 - 248 (rolls 1F - 32F)
• P1977.12.249-282 (rolls 33F - 66F)
• P1977.12.283-286 (rolls 1H - 4H)
• P1977.12.287-301 (rolls 1J - 15J)
• P1977.12.302 contains portraits of Mitchell (Mitch) A. Wilder of the ACM
• P1977.12.303-819 (large format negatives): Todd Webb did not assign unique roll numbers to his large format negatives. Items printed from large format negatives are indexed only by ACM accession number

Provenance is unknown for the Todd Webb print numbers that appear on the reverse of select enlargements in Subseries C6.

Researchers interested in the exhibition history of Todd Webb's work should contact the Archives of the Amon Carter Museum of Fort Worth, Texas.