Payne B. Johnson Latin American photographs
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Scope and Contents
This collection contains 562 photographic slides taken by Payne Johnson during his travels and historical research. The color slides principally document Mesoamerican Mayan sites visited by Johnson primarily from the 1970s to the early 2000s. The collection also includes textual documents about the slides and Johnson's research, as well as compact discs related to the images. Places depicted consist of: Aké (5 slides); Boca Iglesia (11 slides); Bonampak (20 slides); Chichen Itza (40 slides); Coba (16 slides); Copan (100 slides); Cozumel & Isla Mujeres (15 slides); Izamal; Kabah (13 slides); Kiuic (5 slides); Labna (10 slides); Machu Picchu (60 slides); Macoba (26 slides); the Olmecs (40 slides); Palenque (61 slides); Quirigua (56 slides); Sayil (15 slides); Tulum (20 slides); Uxmal (39 slides); and Xul (5 slides).
Dates
- Creation: 1973 - 2010
Creator
- Johnson, Payne B. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Biographical / Historical
Payne B. Johnson was born June 2, 1930, and worked as a child actor in Hollywood in the 1930s. He received a BS from the University of Southern California and an MS from San Diego State University. Johnson worked in corporate advertising and public relations and was the founder and editor of San Diego Home/Garden magazine. He helped form the San Diego Chapter of the Explorers Club and was elected a Fellow of the Explorers Club in 1994 and served as Deputy Director of the San Diego Natural History Museum. Johnson began photographing ruins in Mexico in the 1960s, and subsequently began leading tours and lecturing about Aztec and Mayan ruins. An exhibit of his work "Discovery of the Maya Lost Cities" was put on at the San Diego Museum of Man in 1998.
Extent
1.46 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains 562 photographic slides taken by Payne Johnson during his travels and historical research. The color slides principally document Mesoamerican Mayan sites visited by Johnson primarily from the 1970s to the early 2000s.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Payne B. Johnson, December 19, 2010.
Subject
- Johnson, Payne B. -- Archives (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Bonampak Site (Mexico) -- Photographs
- Central America -- Antiquities -- Photographs
- Chichén Itzá Site (Mexico) -- Photographs
- Cobá (Mexico) -- Photographs
- Copán (Honduras : Department) -- Photographs
- Cozumel (Mexico) -- Photographs
- Guatemala -- Photographs
- Isla Mujeres (Mexico) -- Photographs
- Izamal Site (Mexico)
- Kabah Site (Mexico) -- Photographs
- Labná Site (Mexico) -- Photographs
- Machu Picchu Site (Peru) -- Photographs
- Mexico -- Photographs
- Palenque (Chiapas, Mexico) -- Photographs
- Peru -- Photographs
- Quiriguá Site (Guatemala) -- Photographs
- Sayil Site (Mexico) -- Photographs
- Tulum Site (Mexico) -- Photographs
- Uxmal Site (Mexico) -- Photographs
- Xul (Mexico) -- Photographs
Topical
- Title
- Finding aid for the Payne B. Johnson Latin American photographs
- Status
- Minimally Processed
- Author
- Diann Benti
- Date
- 2022 April
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States
specol@usc.edu