Visit the Laura Volkerding Study Center

The Volkerding Study Center and our RefDesk service are closed from December 21, 2024-January 2, 2025. 

Volkerding Study Center open hours

By appointment, Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Research Appointments

CCP uses a system called Aeon to manage all research appointments and requests. To schedule an appointment, please go to CCP's Aeon site, create an account, and then click Appointments from the main menu and follow the prompts to schedule an appointment. Additional instructions for how to use Aeon can be found on our site.

If a trip to Tucson isn't possible for you at the moment, CCP's Reference Services page includes information about our reference digitization service and virtual reference sessions. You can always reach out to us at CCP-RefDesk@arizona.edu. We would be happy to work with you plan a productive research visit to access CCP's archival collections! Please note that phone calls and direct messages will also be forwarded to this queue for the sake of an equitable process.

Closure Dates

In addition to closure for holidays and University of Arizona closures, the Volkerding Study Center is also closed on Tuesdays following Monday holidays. Study Center Closure dates for 2024: 

  • Labor Day (Sept. 2)
  • Veterans Day (observed Nov 11)
  • Thanksgiving (Nov 28-Dec. 1)
  • University Winter Closure (Dec 24-Jan 01)

About the Laura Volkerding Study Center

The Study Center is named in honor of Louisville, Kentucky, native Laura Volkerding (1939-1996). Volkerding studied fine arts at the University of Louisville and at the Illinois Institute of Technology, where she received her Master’s degree in graphic design. Laura began her artistic career making drawings, weavings, and prints but switched to photography in 1972 after a fire in her studio destroyed much of her early work. From 1970 to 1979, she taught at the University of Chicago. In 1980, she became a lecturer in photography at Stanford University, where she remained for 16 years. Volkerding received fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the Prix de Paris, and the Camargo Foundation in Cassis, France. In 1996, the Center for Creative Photography published her book, Solomon’s Temple: The European Building-Crafts Legacy.