Photograph Collections

The University Archives and Area Research Center (ARC) holds thousands of photographs and other types of images, including daguerreotypes, tintypes, slides, and digital. The photograph collection is organized by the following two sub-groups:

University Photographs

Main collection of photographs of the university's history
Digitized UWRF yearbook (Meletean), 1912-1969
Special online exhibit, "History of UW-River Falls," in the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections (UWDC)
Photographs of the Area Research Center's history

ARC photographs

Photographs are generally representative of the ARC 4-county regional area of interest: Burnett, Pierce, Polk, and St. Croix Counties
Search for photographs and images in our archival collections
A small number of photographs from the ARC collections at UWRF may be found in the Wisconsin Historical Society visual materials collections.

Ordering digital copies and public use of photographs

Please see our services and fees page for the most up to date information.

To request a copy of an image from our holdings, please complete and submit an Image Reproduction Order Form.

There is a $5.00 reproduction fee per image. Payments can be made online at the UWRF Marketplace. For more information on how to pay online, please contact archives@uwrf.edu prior to submitting your payment.

If you wish to publish an image, you must obtain permission in advance from the UWRF Archives and ARC. Please complete a Permission Request Form and pay any associated permission fees before using the image(s). Once we receive the necessary form/s and payment, you will be sent a Letter of Permission for your records. See Permissions & Copyright for more information.

Note: Copyright clearance is the responsibility of the requestor.