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Contributing Institution:
William E. Colby Memorial Library
Title: Collection of Norman Clyde photographs
Identifier/Call Number: 1993.001
Physical Description:
0.1 Linear Feet
in 1 folder within manuscript box
Date: 1960
Abstract: A collection of 3 color photographs (printed from slides) of Norman Clyde taken on the 1960 Sierra Club Base Camp trip. Photographer
unknown.
Language of Material:
English
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A collection of 3 color photographs (printed from slides) of Norman Clyde taken on the 1960 Sierra Club Base Camp trip. Photographer
unknown.
Due to its small size, this collection has not been arranged by an archivist. The materials are arranged in the order in which
they were received from the donor.
Jean L. Rosenfeld, who is the source of this collection, was born in 1922 in Los Angeles, CA. She attended Stanford University
and, in the 1960s, returned to Los Angeles to attend UCLA, receiving a Master's in Library Science from UCLA. She worked as
a children's librarian and with the bookmobile for the LA Public Library, downtown branch. For multiple years, she was part
of the Sierra Club Foundation's Rachel Carson Society, an honor that recognizes individuals who make a commitment to the environment
by including the Sierra Club Foundation or the Sierra Club in their estate plans. It is unknown whether Rosenfeld created
the images in this collection – there is no mention of who the creator is in her original donation letter.
Repository permission is required for access. Please contact Colby Library, colby.library@sierraclub.org, 415-977-5506.
Sierra Club has no information about copyright ownership for this collection, and is not authorized to grant permission to
publish or reproduce it. Copyright is assumed to be held by the original creator of the collection. Unpublished works are
expected to pass into the public domain 120 years after their creation.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials donated by Jean L. Rosenfeld in June 1993.
[Identification of item, date]; Collection of Norman Clyde photographs; 1993-001; [box number]; [folder number or item identifier];
William E. Colby Memorial Library, Sierra Club.
Items were given to the Colby Library by Jean L. Rosenfeld on June 9, 1993 with a typed note stating, "Here are some photos
(printed from slides) taken on a base camp trip in 1960. Any Sierra Club member over 50 will appreciate the subject! Perhaps
they should go in the archives. I found the slides when I was looking over some earlier trips." Original letter has been retained
in collection, along with a photo copy of the mailing envelope. No other description was provided with collection. Images
have been described at the collection level and include links to digital surrogates.
The Collection of Norman Clyde photographs (1993-001) depicts Norman Clyde with other Base Camp Trip participants during the
1960 Sierra Club Base Camp trip. The three photographs are printed from color slides, most likely printed around 1993 when
they were donated to Colby Library. Clyde, around 75 years old in 1960, originally joined the Sierra Club in 1914 and led
their annual outing that same year. He is a renowned mountaineer, having made first ascents of 100 peaks in the High Sierra
and Montana between the years 1914 and 1939. He also gained a reputation for rescuing or recovering the bodies of lost climbers
and finding missing airplanes. Clyde continued to act as a guide on Sierra Base Camp trips well into his 70s and continued
leading nature walks at 83. He died in 1972 at age 87.
Existence and Location of Copies
Collection of Normal Clyde photographs also available online:
https://sierraclub.canto.com/v/colbylibrary/album/GL5G9?viewIndex=0&display=fitView
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Base Camp outings
Camping
Clyde, Norman, 1885-1972