Finding aid to Carleton Watkins mammoth plate photographs of Yosemite
Valley and Mariposa Grove
Finding aid prepared by Wendy Welker
California Historical Society
678 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA, 94105-4014
(415) 357-1848
reference@calhist.org
2015
Title: Carleton Watkins mammoth plate photographs of Yosemite Valley and Mariposa
Grove
Date (inclusive): 1861-1881
Collection Identifier: PC-RM-OV-Watkins.Boxes 1-8
Creator:
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916.
Extent: 67 photographic prints: albumen; images 42 x 54 cm.
or smaller, some images on mounts 55 x 71 cm. or smaller.
Contributing Institution:
California Historical Society
678 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA, 94105-4014
(415) 357-1848
reference@calhist.org
URL: http://californiahistoricalsociety.org/
Location of Materials: Collection is stored onsite.
Abstract: Mammoth plate photographs of Yosemite Valley and
Mariposa Grove taken by Carleton Watkins during multiple trips, and printed between
1861 and 1881.
Restrictions on Access
Access is restricted because of the rarity and fragility of the images; consult
repository for details.
Publication Rights
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must be submitted in writing to the Director of Library and Archives, North Baker
Research Library, California Historical Society, 678 Mission Street, San Francisco,
CA 94105. Consent is given on behalf of the California Historical Society 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.
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], Carleton Watkins mammoth plate photographs of Yosemite
Valley and Mariposa Grove, PC-RM-OV-Watkins, California Historical Society.
Acquisition Information
Seven prints donated by the Joseph A. Donohoe family, 1946 (CEW 9, 44, 47, 49, 50,
61, 89).
Processing Information
Processed by Wendy Welker, 2015.
General Note
Includes some duplicate prints.
General Note
Source of titles and negative numbers: Carleton Watkins: The Complete Mammoth
Photographs, by Weston Naef, J. Paul Getty Museum, 2011.
System of Arrangement
Arranged by dates and within dates by Watkins' negative numbers (i.e., CEW#).
Scope and Contents
Mammoth plate photographs of Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove taken by Carleton
Watkins during multiple trips, and printed between 1861 and 1881. Contains images of
El Capitan, Bridalveil Fall, Cathedral Rock, Sentinel Rock, Clark's Station,
Yosemite Fall, Nevada Fall, Half Dome, and other features of the area. Includes a
3-print panorama of the view from Sentinel Dome, and a portrait of Galen Clark
standing in front of the Grizzly Giant in Mariposa Grove.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog:
Yosemite Valley (Calif.)--Pictorial works
Mariposa Grove (Calif.)--Pictorial works
Landscapes--California--Photographs.
Mammoth plates.
Albumen prints.
Box 1, Folder 1
[Up Yosemite Valley from the Foot of Mariposa Trail] [CEW
9]
1861
Box 1, Folder 2
[River View down Yosemite Valley] [CEW 11]
1861
Box 2, Folder 3
[Cathedral Rock, Yosemite] [CEW 20]
1861
Box 1, Folder 4
[El Capitan, Yosemite] [CEW 25]
1861
Box 4, Folder 1
[El Capitan, Yosemite] [CEW 25]
1861
Box 1, Folder 5
[River View, Cathedral Rock, Yosemite] [CEW 31]
1861
Box 1, Folder 6
[Sentinel Rock, View up Yosemite Valley] [CEW 32]
1861
Box 1, Folder 7
[The Three Brothers, Front View, Yosemite] [CEW 34]
1861
Box 4, Folder 2
[The Three Brothers, Front View, Yosemite] [CEW 34]
1861
Box 1, Folder 8
[View on the Merced, Yosemite] [CEW 41]
1861
Box 2, Folder 1
[Sentinel Rock, View down Yosemite Valley] [CEW 43]
1861
Box 2, Folder 2
[Sentinel Rock, Front View, Yosemite] [CEW 44]
1861
Box 2, Folder 3
[Camp Grove, Looking Upriver, Yosemite] [CEW 45]
1861
Box 2, Folder 4
[View from Camp Grove, Yosemite] [CEW 47]
1861
Box 4, Folder 3
[View from Camp Grove, Yosemite] [CEW 47]
1861
Box 2, Folder 5
[River View, Yosemite Falls] [CEW 49]
1861
Box 4, Folder 4
[River View, Yosemite Falls] [CEW 49]
1861
Box 2, Folder 6
[Yosemite Falls, Front View] [CEW 50]
1861
Box 2, Folder 7
[Yosemite Falls from the Upper house] [CEW 53]
1861
Box 4, Folder 5
[Yosemite Falls from the Upper house] [CEW 53]
1861
Box 2, Folder 8
[Half Dome, Yosemite] [CEW61]
1861
Box 3, Folder 2
[North Dome, the Royal Arches, and Washington Column, Yosemite]
[CEW 79]
1861
Box 3, Folder 1
[Mirror Lake and Mount Watkins, Yosemite] [CEW 72]
1861
Box 3, Folder 3
[Outline of Half Dome, Yosemite] [CEW 83]
1861
Box 3, Folder 4
[North Dome, Yosemite] [CEW 84]
1861
Box 4, Folder 6
[Vernal Fall, Yosemite] [CEW 87]
1861
Box 3, Folder 5
[Mount Broderick and Nevada Fall, Yosemite] [CEW 89]
1861
Box 3, Folder 6
[Nevada Fall, Yosemite] [CEW 90]
1861
Box 3, Folder 7
[Section of the Grizzly Giant, Mariposa Grove, Yosemite] [CEW
111]
1861
Box 3, Folder 8
[The Grizzly Giant, Mariposa Grove, Yosemite] [CEW
112]
1861
Box 3, Folder 9
[Bridalveil Fall from the Black Spring, Yosemite] [CEW
863]
1861
Box 5, Folder 1
[First View of Yosemite Valley from Mariposa Trail] [CEW
1]
1865-1866
Box 5, Folder 2
[Yosemite Valley from the "Best General View"] [CEW
2]
1865-1866
Box 5, Folder 3
[Bridalveil Fall from Coulterville Trail, Yosemite] [CEW
14]
1865-1866
Box 5, Folder 4
[Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite] [CEW 16]
1865-1866
Box 5, Folder 5
[Cathedral Rock, Yosemite] [CEW 21]
1865-1866
Box 5, Folder 6
[Cathedral Spires, Yosemite] [CEW 22]
1865-1866
Box 5, Folder 7
[El Capitan, Yosemite]
1865-1866
Box 5, Folder 8
[Mirror View of El Capitan, Yosemite] [CEW 38]
1865-1866
Box 5, Folder 9
[Down Yosemite Valley, Showing Cathedral Rock in the Distance]
[CEW 39]
1865-1866
Box 5, Folder 10
[Ponderosa Pine, Yosemite] [CEW 48]
1865-1866
Box 6, Folder 1
[Upper Yosemite Fall] [CEW 55]
1865-1866
Box 6, Folder 2
[The Domes, Close View, Yosemite] [CEW 59]
1865-1866
Box 6, Folder 3
[Half Dome, Best Close View, Yosemite] [CEW 62]
1865-1866
Box 6, Folder 4
[North Dome, Yosemite] [CEW 63]
1865-1866
Box 6, Folder 5
[Glacier Point, Yosemite] [CEW 68]
1865-1866
Box 6, Folder 6
[Mount Watkins, Fully Reflected in Mirror Lake, Yosemite] [CEW
75]
1865-1866
Box 6, Folder 7
[Amabilis, Yosemite] [CEW 76]
1865-1866
Box 6, Folder 8
[Douglas Fir, Yosemite] [CEW 77]
1865-1866
Box 6, Folder 9
[North Dome, the Royal Arches, and Washington Column, Yosemite]
[CEW 80]
1865-1866
Box 6, Folder 10
[North Dome, Front View, Yosemite] [CEW 85]
1865-1866
Box 7, Folder 1
[Yosemite Falls from Sentinel Dome] [CEW 93]
1865-1866
Box 7, Folder 2
[The Domes from Sentinel Dome, Yosemite] [A] [CEW 95]
1865-1866
Box 7, Folder 3
[The Lyell Group from Sentinel Dome, Yosemite] [B] [CEW
96]
1865-1866
Box 7, Folder 4
[The Merced Group from Sentinel Dome, Yosemite] [C] [CEW
97]
1865-1866
Box 7, Folder 5
[Yosemite Falls from Glacier Point] [CEW 99]
1865-1866
Box 7, Folder 6
[Vernal Fall and Nevada Fall from Glacier Point, Yosemite] [CEW
100]
1865-1866
Box 7, Folder 7
[Half Dome from Glacier Point, Yosemite] [CEW 101]
1865-1866
Box 7, Folder 8
[Douglas Fir and Ponderosa Pine at Clark's, Yosemite] [CEW
103]
1865-1866
Box 7, Folder 9
[Clark's Station, Near View, Yosemite] [CEW 104]
1865-1866
Box 7, Folder 10
[Wawona Peak from Mariposa Grove, Yosemite] [CEW 106]
1865-1866
Box 8, Folder 1
[Lower Yosemite Fall] [CEW 840]
1878-1881
Box 8, Folder 2
[Yosemite Falls from Glacier Point] [CEW 845]
1878-1881
Box 8, Folder 3
[Upper Yosemite Falls] [CEW 847]
1878-1881
Box 8, Folder 4
[Half Dome from Glacier Point, Yosemite] [CEW 856]
1878-1881
Box 8, Folder 5
[The Cap of Liberty and Nevada Fall, Yosemite] [CEW
858]
1878-1881
Box 8, Folder 6
[View from Inspiration Point, Yosemite] [CEW 860]
1878-1881
