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Finding Aid to the Yosemite Views from the Sierra Club Collection, circa 1861-1866 bulk 1861
BANC PIC 1973.057--ffALB VAULT
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Collection Title: Yosemite views from the Sierra Club collection
Date (inclusive): circa 1861-1866
Date (bulk): 1861
Collection Number: BANC PIC 1973.057--ffALB VAULT
Creator:
Watkins, Carleton E.
Sierra Club
Extent:
33 photographic prints : albumen.
7 digital objects
Repository: The Bancroft Library.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract: Yosemite views in the mammoth plate format, chiefly taken by Carleton E. Watkins during his 1861 trip to the valley.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Restricted originals. Use viewing prints or digital facsimiles only. Shelved as BANC PIC 1973.057--PIC. Use of originals
only by permission of the appropriate curator. Inquiries concerning these materials should be directed, in writing, to the
Curator of Pictorial Collections, The Bancroft Library.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head
of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 94720-6000. Consent is given on behalf of The
Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright
owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner. See:
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
[Identification of item], Yosemite Views from the Sierra Club Collection, BANC PIC 1973.057--ffALB VAULT, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley
Digital reproductions of select images are available.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog
Giant sequoia--California--Photographs
Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--Pictorial works
Albumen prints
Landscapes (Representations)--California
Mammoth plates
Photographs.
Received from the Sierra Club in 1972.
No additions are expected.
Processed by Bancroft Library staff.
Scope and Content of Collection
Yosemite views in the mammoth plate format, chiefly taken by Carleton E. Watkins during his 1861 trip to the valley. Several
images are of uncertain date, and one (item 31) was issued by I.W. Taber sometime after 1877. This image is not from a known
Watkins negative and may be by another photographer. Includes one view of the Mariposa grove of giant sequoia trees, near
Yosemite Valley.
Additional Notes on Collection:
The prints in this collection have various physical characteristics, suggesting they were compiled by the Sierra Club from
several sources. Many are the "dome-topped" prints with rounded upper corners that characterize Watkins' early views, suggesting
a date of 1861. However, some images that may date to 1865-1866 have trimmed corners in the present collection, perhaps done
to create a uniform set even though comprised of images from various dates. (For example, see item 26.) These dome-topped
prints are mostly signed by Watkins and dated 1865, which is presumably a date of printing. Other mounts in this collection
are completely different and appear to be later, bearing printed captions. (See item 28, for example.) The earlier prints
are on mounts with ms. annotations in several hands, some of which appear to be 19th century, but none of which is recognizable
as primary annotation by the photographer or his staff. Many bear noted elevations of features which have been scored out
and corrected.