Scope and Contents
Conditions Governing Access
Contributing Institution:
California State University Stanislaus Special Collections and University
Archives
Title: Manuel Peixoto Dias and Evelyn Ravelli Dias Photographic Collection of the
Twentieth Century, 1947-1998
Creator:
Dias, Manuel, 1918-2005
Identifier/Call Number: DIAS.001.CaTurCSU
Physical Description:
118 Volumes
Date (inclusive): 1947-1998
Language of Material:
English .
Container: 1-20
Container: 23-50
Container: 56-79
Container: 80-102
Container: 103-124
Container: 125-148
Container: 151-172
Container: 173-180
Container: 181-198
Container: 301-314
Container: 321-327
Container: A-E
Container: 1-4
Container: 31-49
Container: 50-73
Container: 74-82
Container: 83-105
Container: 106-110
Scope and Contents
The Dias Photographic Collection contains more than 30,000 prints, slides, and negatives of
photographs taken by professional photographer Manuel Dias. Dias worked for the Modesto
Bee and the Stanislaus County Office of Education as an aerial photographer, and maintained
his own private photography business in Modesto, California. The aerial
photography component includes photographs that depict the agriculture, industry,
irrigation, recreation, roadways, schools, and urban areas of the San Joaquin Valley. The
Portuguese culture component includes photographs that depict Portuguese culture in the
Azores, Portugal, Madeira, California, and Hawaii, with a focus on farming, seafaring,
bullfighting, and portraiture.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Aerial photographs
Agriculture -- California -- Central Valley (Valley) --
History
Bullfighters
Irrigation
Portugal
Sailing ships
Travel photography
Waterways
Whaling