Tim Chapman Collection - 1968-2012

Identity elements

referentie code

HMA0017

Name and location of repository

Beschrijvingsniveau

Collectie

Titel

Tim Chapman Collection - 1968-2012

Datum(s)

  • 1968-2012 (predominant: 1972-2012) (Vervaardig)

Omvang

193.00 Boxes

Naam van de archiefvormer

Biografie

Tim Chapman spent 40 years working as a photographer for The Miami Herald. He covered wars, hurricanes, riots, earthquakes, mass exoduses from Cuba, kidnappings, plane crashes, death and mayhem, including Guyana’s Jonestown massacre in 1978.

Chapman moved to Hialeah when he was eight. He attended Hialeah High, Miami Dade College and the University of Miami (UM). After graduating from UM in 1972, he went to work at the Miami Herald as a lab tech processing film and making prints. He shot spot news in his spare time and was promoted to staff photographer after a few months.

During his career, Chapman covered events and conflicts in Nicaragua, El Salvador, Beirut, Cuba, and Haiti. Back in Miami, he photographed hundreds of events, including the Mariel Boatlift and the cocaine cowboy era of the 1980s.

Chapman retired from the Miami Herald in 2012.

Content and structure elements

Bereik en inhoud

The Tim Chapman collection consists of photographs and related materials shot or collected by photojournalist Tim Chapman during the second half of the twentieth century. While most materials pertain to people, places, and events in the Miami area, Latin American and world events are also represented.

The collection includes his professional work as a photojournalist as well as his photography for personal interest. Photographic media include 35mm negatives and slides (mainly black-and-white), photographic prints, and born-digital, color images. Supporting material includes newspaper and magazine articles containing illustrations by Chapman.

Photography pertaining to people, places, and events in the Miami area includes crime scenes; politics; the Mariel boatlift; the upheaval of the 1980s, including the Cocaine Cowboys; and Hurricane Andrew. The shots also include images of ordinary and famous people.

During 2013, Chapman filled a series of notebooks with handwritten notes identifying the most significant images. Entries are chronological, to coincide with the arrangement of the collection.

Ordeningstelsel

Conditions of access and use elements

Voorwaarden voor raadpleging

The collection is in process. For access to this collection, please contact the Research Center at archives@historymiami.org for further information and to make an appointment.

Physical access

Access to the born-digital materials is limited to the public and requires assistance from archives staff.

Technical access

Voorwaarden voor reproductie

Requests to publish or display materials from this collection require written permission from the rights owner. Please contact archives@historymiami.org for more information.

Languages of the material

    Scripts of the material

      Taal en schrift aantekeningen

      Toegangen

      Acquisition and appraisal elements

      Geschiedenis beheer

      Directe bron van verwerving

      Gift of Tim Chapman, April 2013.

      Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information

      Aanvullingen

      Related materials elements

      Bestaan en verblifplaats van originelen

      Bestaan en verblijfplaats van kopieën

      Related archival materials

      The Miami Herald collection contains a few additional Tim Chapman photographs. The Miami Herald and Miami News collections contain many examples of other Miami area photojournalists’ work.

      Information about related materials is available at http://historymiamiarchives.org/guides/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=1224

      Related descriptions

      Notes element

      Algemene aantekening

      Accessions:

      2013-334

      2013-376 (Cassius Clay vs. Sonny Liston fight on Miami Beach, 1964)

      2013-391 (Big Stories and Special Assignments)

      2013-395 (Born-Digital Images)

      Specialized notes

      Alternative identifier(s)

      Description control element

      Regels of conventies

      Sources used

      Aantekeningen van de archivaris

      Finding Aid Authors: Kristen Lachterman, Rebecca A. Smith, Maria R. Estorino, and Archives staff.

      Aantekeningen van de archivaris

      © Copyright 2019 HistoryMiami Archives & Research Center. All rights reserved.

      Trefwoorden

      Onderwerp trefwoord

      Geografische trefwoorden

      Naam ontsluitingsterm

      Genre access points

      Voorwaarden voor raadpleging en gebruik