The Dr. Edward Barksy Photograph Collection includes approximately 450 black and white photographs ranging in size from 1 ¾ x 2 ¼ inches to 8 x 10 inches. The approximately 335 negatives range in size from 1 ½ x 1¼ inches to 2 ½ x 5 inches. The negatives are stored separately from the prints, in Box 4 and 5.

Series I: Prints

The approximately 450 black and white prints are arranged alphabetically by topic and most are photographs taken in Spain during the Civil War. Approximately half of the prints relate to the practice of medicine including portraits of doctors and nurses and recovering patients. The series contains portraits of Dr. Barsky, Albert Einstein and Jolliet Curie, Francisco Franco and Benito Mussolini, American Medical Bureau to Aid Spanish Democracy (AMB) doctors and nurses, Canadian nurses affiliated with the MacKenzie-Papineau Battalion, and Spanish doctors and nurses. The collection also contains snapshots of surgeries, AMB ambulances and other medical vehicles, political demonstrations/rallies, bombed/shelled buildings, Spanish civilians, a Spanish campesino shaking the hand of a Mexican campesino, scenes of Spanish village life, and unidentified group photographs. Some of the prints of are credited to: Foto Mayo [Madrid?]; Libsohn-Ehrenberg, New York, New York; General Photographic Co., Inc. New York, New York; and Walter Rosenblum. The photographs taken outside of Spain include portraits of Dr. Barsky for Spanish Refugee Appeal, portraits of Joilot-Curie and Einstein at Princeton, New Jersey and photographs of the mercy ship SS Mexique. The SS Mexique carried Spanish refugees from Spain to Mexico.

Series II: Matched Negatives

There are approximately 170 negatives that match prints in Series I. They are arranged alphabetically by topic.

Series III: Unmatched Negatives

The approximately 170 negatives that do not match any prints are arranged alphabetically by topic. The negatives include portraits of Dr. Barsky, surgeries, medical vehicles, political demonstrations/rallies, Spanish civilians, and scenes of Spanish village life.