Vacation Cyanotypes from Lake County, California, 1889-1890

Processed by Katherine Ruiz.

The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, California 94720-6000

1997

Vacation Cyanotypes from Lake County, California, 1889-1890

BANC PIC 1980.097--PIC

The Bancroft Library

University of California

Berkeley, California 1997

Finding aid and digital representations of archival materials funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Processed and encoded by:

California Heritage Digital Image Access Project staff in The Bancroft Library and The Library's Electronic Text Unit

Digital images processed by:

The Library Photographic Service

Finding aid completed:

December 1996

Collection Summary

Collection Title: Vacation Cyanotypes from Lake County, California,

Date: 1889-1890

Collection Number: BANC PIC 1980.097--PIC

Extent: 17 photographic prints ; cyanotype ; 13 x 21 cm. 17 digital objects

Collector: Elise S. Haas

Repository: The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley.

Berkeley, California 94720-6000

Languages Represented: English

Information for Researchers

Access

Collection is available for use.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish photographs must be submitted in writing to the Curator of Pictorial Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Vacation Cyanotypes from Lake County, California, 1889-1890 , BANC PIC 1980.097--PIC, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Digital Representations Available

Digital representations of selected original pictorial materials are available in the list of materials below. Digital image files were prepared from selected Library originals by the Library Photographic Service. Library originals were copied onto 35mm color transparency film; the film was scanned and transferred to Kodak Photo CD (by Custom Process); and the Photo CD files were color-corrected and saved in JFIF (JPEG) format for use as viewing files.

Related Collections

Haas, Elise S. [interviewee]

Title: The Appreciation of Quality : Oral History Transcript

. Tape recorded interview conducted by Harriet Nathan in 1972. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1979 : and related material, 1972-1979,

Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 80/68 c

Haas Elise, S.

Title: Elise S. Haas Papers, ca. 1892-1989,

Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 92/810 c

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

The Lake County photographs accompanied an Elise Haas interview from the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, Berkeley, CA. (BANC MSS 80/68 c)

Biography

Elise Stern Haas was born in San Francisco in 1893. She was the daughter of Rosalie Meyer and Sigmund Stern, who was the president of Levi Strauss and Co. and the nephew of the company's founder, Levi Strauss. In 1914 she married Walter A. Haas, who was president of Levi Strauss and Co. from 1928-1955. The company was eventually managed by their sons, Walter A. Haas Jr. and Peter Haas, under whose leadership the company became the largest apparel manufacturer in the world. Elise and Walter Haas had two sons and one daughter, as well as 10 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.

Elise S. Haas was known as a civic-minded patron of the arts and philanthropist. She was the president of Mount Zion Hospital from 1938-1940 and headed the San Francisco League of Women Voters. She also held Red Cross blood drives in World War II and headed the Visiting Nurse Association. She was the first woman president of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (formerly the San Francisco Museum of Art), and served on its women's board, the board of trustees, and served as its chairman from 1964-1966. During her term as president, the museum built up its permanent collection and solidified its financial base.

Elise Haas and her husband made significant contributions to health and education institutions, environmental causes, and social services. She died in 1990 at the age of 96.

( Source: "Elise Haas -Arts Patron, Matriarch of S.F. Family." San Francisco Chronicle. October 20, 1990.)

Scope and Content

This collection consists of 17 cyanotype prints of views at Lake County, California, collected by Elise Stern Haas. The photographs were taken in 1889-1890. The photographer is unknown. Included are images of family scenes and vacation views, mainly from Lake County, California, the Blue Lakes Hotel, boating (on Blue Lakes), children, picnics, and outings. Captions are written on or below the photographs and are reprinted in the container listing; some captions are supplied for the container list.