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Mather, Stephen Tyng Photographs from the Stephen Tyng Mather papers.
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Title:

Photographs from the Stephen Tyng Mather papers

Creator/Contributor:

Mather, Stephen Tyng, 1867-1930, creator, creator.

Creator/Contributor:

Gleason, Herbert Wendell, 1855-1937

Creator/Contributor:

Grosvenor, Gilbert Hovey, 1875-1966

Creator/Contributor:

Baker, Alfred Thomas, 1873-1936

Creator/Contributor:

Tibbitts, H. C.

Creator/Contributor:

Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984

Abstract:

Photograph albums: Vol. 1: Mount Rainier (photographed by Herbert W. Gleason), ca. 1905-1917. Vol. 2: Washington D.C., 1913-1915. Vol. 3: Sequoia National Park and the high Sierra, 1915. Vol. 4: Mather party in the high Sierras, 1915 (album 1). Vol. 5: Mather party in the high Sierras, 1915 (album 2). Vol. 6: Mount Rainier National Park, Crater Lake, etc., ca. 1915? Vol. 7: Yellowstone (with some photographs by Haynes), Grand Canyon, and a Berkeley conference and the Panama Pacific International Exposition, 1915-1916. Vol. 8: John Muir Trail with typescript commentary by Robert Sterling Yard, 1916. Vol. 9: Trip through proposed Sequoia National Park with typescript commentary by Huston Thompson, 1918. Vol. 10: Wildlife in Yosemite, mainly with people, 1918-1919. Vol. 11: Mount Rainier and Yosemite in winter (photographed by Herbert W. Gleason), 1918-1919 [and?] San Francisco, Mount Tamalpais and vicinity. Vol. 12: Director Mather's party, 1919. Vol. 13: Casa Grande, Tumacacori, Arizona etc. (photographs by Herbert W. Gleason), 1919. Vol. 14: Rainier National Park, 1919. Vol. 15: Congressional tour of western national parks in Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming and Montana, July 1920. Vol. 16: Mt. Tamalpais, Muir Woods redwoods , etc., ca. 1920. Vol. 17: Southern Utah in September, 1920 (photographs by Desmond Fitzgerald) Vol. 18: Stephen T. Mather, Compliments National Copper Bank, Salt Lake City (Bryce Canyon, Zion, Temple of the Gods). Vol. 19: Among the redwoods of Humboldt County (photographs by H.C. Tibbitts), ca. 1920. Vol. 20: Yosemite (photographs by A.J. Baker), ca. 1920. Vol. 21: Yosemite in winter, ca. 1920. Vol. 22: Southern Utah and north rim of Grand Canyon, 1923. Vol. 23: Yellowstone, 1923-1924. Vol. 24: Yosemite, dedication of new administrative building, 1924. Vol. 25: Unidentified high country expedition (Sierra Nevada?), ca. 1925. Vol. 26: Mather officially opens Yellowstone National Park, 1926. Vol. 27: Grove play, Bohemian Club, 1927.
Other material: PIC box 1: miscellaneous subjects, including Yosemite, Sequoia, Southern Utah, Yellowstone, Mt. Rainier, Hawaii, Zion, superintendents' conference in Mesa Verde, and other topics. AX folders 1-8: photographs by Ansel Adams. AX folder 9: Yellowstone Park (ca. 1923-1928). AX folders 10-11: miscellaneous portraits and other photographers (ca. 1915-1927). G folder: panoramic group portraits, National Park Service superintendents' conference, Washington (undated).

Date:

approximately 1915-1926 (issued)

Subject:

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National parks and reserves -- West (U.S.) -- Photographs
Wilderness areas -- West (U.S.) -- Photographs
National parks and reserves
Wilderness areas
Pacific States -- Pictorial works
Hawaii -- Pictorial works
Southwest, New -- Pictorial works
Yosemite National Park (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
John Muir Trail (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Utah -- Pictorial works
Arizona -- Pictorial works
Sequoia National Park (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Yellowstone National Park -- Pictorial works
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) -- Pictorial works
Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.) -- Pictorial works
États du Pacifique (États-Unis) -- Ouvrages illustrés
Hawaii -- Ouvrages illustrés
États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest) -- Ouvrages illustrés
Yosemite National Park (Calif.) -- Ouvrages illustrés
John Muir Trail (Calif.) -- Ouvrages illustrés
Utah -- Ouvrages illustrés
Arizona -- Ouvrages illustrés
Sequoia National Park (Calif.) -- Ouvrages illustrés
Yellowstone National Park -- Ouvrages illustrés
Nevada, Sierra (Calif. et Nev.) -- Ouvrages illustrés
Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.) -- Ouvrages illustrés
Arizona
California -- John Muir Trail
California -- Sequoia National Park
California -- Yosemite National Park
Hawaii
New Southwest
United States -- Pacific States
United States -- Sierra Nevada
West United States
United States -- Yellowstone National Park
Utah
Washington (State) -- Mount Rainier National Park
United States. -- National Park Service -- Pictorial works
United States. -- National Park Service

Note:

Title supplied by cataloger.
Photographs taken by Herbert W. Gleason, Gilbert H. Grosvenor, A.J. Baker, H.C. Tibbitts, Ansel Adams and others.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Transferred from the Stephen Tyng Mather papers (BANC MSS C-B 535).

Type:

graphic
Photographs.
Pictorial works.
Photograph albums.
Panoramic photographs.

Physical Description:

photoprint
approximately 2,265 photographs in 27 volumes, 1 box and 12 folders : chiefly gelatin silver prints ; various sizes.

Language:

English

Origin:

Various places

Copyright Note:

COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.

Related Item:

Stephen Tyng Mather papers : Mather, Stephen T. (Stephen Tyng), : 1867-1930