Descriptive Summary
Van Overbeek
(Will)
Will Van Overbeek
Photographs, 1980-1982
56 photographic
prints
AR 96-299
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin
English.
Creator Sketch
Will Van Overbeek was born in
California in 1955. He graduated from the University
of Texas in 1978, where he studied under photographer Garry Winogrand. His
photography has been published in numerous magazines, including
Texas Monthly, Time, Newsweek, Rolling Stone,
Smithsonian, and American Way.
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of black and white prints of a majority of the
images that appeared in Van Overbeek's book Aggies: Life
in the Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M (Austin: Texas Monthly Press,
1982), focusing on cadets in the corps from 1980 to 1982 and including dorm
life, inspections and drills, dances, hazing, football games, the Aggie Band,
final review, and graduation ceremonies.
Copyright restrictions apply.
Preferred Citation Will Van Overbeek Photographs,
1980-1982, the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.
Subjects
Van Overbeek, Will--Photograph
collections.
Texas A & M Aggies
(Football team)--Photographs.
Texas A & M
University--Photographs.
Texas A & M University.
Corps of Cadets-- Photographs.
College Station
(Tex.)--Photographs.
College
students--Texas--Photographs.
Dance
parties--Texas--Photographs.
Military ceremonies, honors,
and salutes--Texas-- Photographs.
Military
education--Texas--Photographs.
Inventory
3S452
Photographs