Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1953-1995 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
2881 photographs : b&w
2183 photographs : b&w negatives
54 photographs : col. slides
224 photographs : col. negatives
23 photographs : col. transparencies
205 photographs : col.
2 postcards
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
Personal Studio was founded by Robert T.G. Nicol and a friend, and officially opened for business on March 21, 1946. Nicol was the sole photographer and owner by the fall of 1946. For the next fifty years Robert Nicol documented the Waterloo Region through personal and commercial photography. He pioneered the concept of wedding albums in the local area. He had started flying in 1961 and from that time on took aerial photographs as well as studio and candid photography. In the course of his career he maintained memberships in professional photographers' organizations as well as completing continuing photographic educational courses offered by those organizations. He retired as a professional photographer in 1996.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Fonds was acquired from Robert Nicol in 2003.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fonds consists of photographs and negatives depicting scenes of Waterloo College (later named Waterloo Lutheran University and Wilfrid Laurier University) and portraits of faculty, staff, and students.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Related material can be found in the Wilfrid Laurier University photograph collection.
See also the Personal Studio fonds held by the University of Waterloo.
Notes area
Note
Title taken from contents of the fonds.