The Joe Benton UCF campus slides, 1994-1999 documents campus life at the University of Central Florida (UCF). It consists of slides depicting students, faculty, buildings, and programs held at UCF in the mid to late 1990s. These slides include scenes of students participating in sports such as basketball, soccer, volleyball, swimming, and football as well as academic programs, leisure activities, and studying. Joseph "Joe" Benton is a photographer from Charleston, South Carolina. He previously worked for Southern Living Magazine and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution as a staff photographer before opening his own freelance business in 1983. Benton photographed stories for publications such as Time, Newsweek, and the New York Times and advertising campaigns for companies including Coca-Cola, IBM, and The Home Depot. He also photographed marketing campaigns for colleges and universities nationwide, including the University of Central Florida (UCF). UCF employed Benton to capture photographs of the campus in the late 1990s. Benton is currently retired, residing in Charleston, South Carolina.
The Assistant Director of Maintenance Records contain information concerning the growth of UCF since its inception. Among the documents in the collection are building blueprints, memos, work orders, photographs, letters, and official correspondence that detail UCF's physical growth.
