Please note: This digitization project is in progress as of May 2026, photographs will be added as they are digitized.
About this collection
The VCU Photograph Collection (also known as RG60) is an artificially collected photograph collection, created over the span of 20 years by VCU Special Collections and Archives workers. All photographs were transferred to the Special Collections Department from the respective University Office or to the collection from the respective donated manuscript collection.
The collection spans the history of the Medical College of Virginia (MCV), the Richmond Professional Institute (RPI), and their combined history as Virginia Commonwealth University beginning in 1968. The collection includes photographs of campus buildings, events, students, faculty, staff, and more. Many photographs have limited information regarding their date, location, photographer, and individuals being photographed. Where this information is available or can be deduced, it is included in the item metadata record.
The collection is organized by subject. Not all photographs in the collection have been digitized–excluded items include those that are slides, negatives, photocopies, those with ethical and/or copyright concerns, and others. To view the collection in its entirety, please contact Special Collections and Archives at James Branch Cabell Library.
Copyright
This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by VCU. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.
Credits
This collection was digitized by Cynthia Blaise, Naomy Cardoso Perez, Katie Condon, Susan Grube, Leonard Okyere, Nhi Tu, and Allen George beginning in 2024. Katie Condon supervised student employees, digitization, and quality control. Long Thai created metadata for Box 1 in 2024-2025, Khalil Shabazz created metadata for Box 3 in 2025-2026. Metadata supervision from Digital Initiatives Librarian Irina Rogova.
