Finding aid for the King's River Canyon Sierra Club Trip photograph album 7074
Sue Luftschein
USC Libraries Special Collections
2018 October
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: King's River Canyon Sierra Club Trip photograph album
creator:
Comfort, Mary Apolline
Identifier/Call Number: 7074
Physical Description:
0.21 Linear Feet
1 box
Date (inclusive): 1930 August 16-31
Abstract: Photograph album containing 71 black and white photographs accompanied by titles and captions documenting the two week trek
through Kings River Canyon by the Sierra Club, August 16-31, 1930. Also included is a copy of "This is Santa Fe" by Charles
Haines Comfort and Mary Apolline Comfort. Mary Apolline Comfort is presumed to be the creator of the photograph album (a
photograph of her is the last one in the album). The group consisted of approximately 26 individuals, both men and women.
Each photograph is captioned with many individuals identified by first names, and interspersed with Mary's observations about
the various locations.
Container: 1
Photograph album containing 71 black and white photographs accompanied by titles and captions documenting the two week trek
through Kings River Canyon by the Sierra Club, August 16-31, 1930. Also included is a copy of "This is Santa Fe" by Charles
Haines Comfort and Mary Apolline Comfort. Mary Apolline Comfort is presumed to be the creator of the photograph album (a
photograph of her is the last one in the album). The group consisted of approximately 26 individuals, both men and women,
who traveled from Los Angeles to Independence, California, and then made their way through Gray's Meadow, Onion Valley, Vidette
Meadows, Kearsage Pass, Junction Meadows, Paradise Valley, Twin Lakes, Pinchot Pass, Bench Lake, Twin Lakes, Rae Lakes, Bullfrog
Lake, and back to Onion Valley. Each photograph is captioned with many individuals identified by first names, and interspersed
with Mary's observations about the various locations.
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[Box/folder no. or item name], King's River Canyon Sierra Club Trip photograph album, Collection no. 7074, Regional History
Collection, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Between the Covers Rare Books, October 22, 2018.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Camping -- California -- Photographs
Kings Canyon National Park (Calif.) -- Photographs
Photograph albums
Comfort, Mary Apolline -- Archives
Sierra Club -- Archives