Within the University Print Collection, one can find a significant number of vintage daguerreotypes, 1840s calotype negatives, ambrotypes from the Civil War era, commercial tintypes, as well as images spanning popular culture from the 1840s to the present.

These original glass and film negatives serve as invaluable primary records documenting worldwide social, cultural, industrial, and agricultural history between 1860 and 1950.

Since 2001, the California Museum of Photography website has featured visual online catalogs of the Keystone-Mast Collection, which were primarily funded through a Preservation and Access Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).

These facilities serve as vital resources for international scholars, educational communities, and museum staff engaged in research activities.

Ongoing grants and initiatives have provided support for the museum to enhance its website and continue the digitization of artifacts found within its collections.