Archie Lieberman (1926-2008), of Chicago, Illinois, was a photographer for magazines, advertising, and corporations, including Look magazine, Time, Life, and Collier's. The collection demonstrates Lieberman’s professional work for many decades as a photographer, author, and photojournalist.

The Early Photography collection contains examples of photographic processes ranging from daguerreotypes (invented 1839) to celluloid film (invented 1888). The strength of the collection is the series of stereographic postcards dated from 1894 to 1905. The entire collection dates from 1877 to 1922 in 2.31 cubic feet

The Photography Thesis Collection dates from 1984 to 2012 in 6.24 cubic feet and contains theses authored by graduate students of the Photography program at Columbia College Chicago.