Gilbert Gaines Photograph Collection MS-0542
Lucas Buresch
Special Collections & University Archives
5500 Campanile Dr. MC 8050
San Diego, CA 92182-8050
askscua@sdsu.edu
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & University Archives
Title: Gilbert Gaines Photograph Collection
Creator:
Gaines, Gilbert
Identifier/Call Number: MS-0542
Physical Description:
1.92 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1940-2002
Date (bulk): 1940-1980
Language of Material:
English
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Scope and Contents
The
Gilbert Gaines Photograph Collection includes images of the San Diego area and southern California from the 1940s-2002, documenting Gaines's personal life and
travels. Several images document Gaines's camping trips in the Cuyamaca Mountains and San Diego County Backcountry in the
1940s, and trips to Yosemite Valley in the 1950s. Gaines's trip to Thule Air Base in Greenland and the surrounding glaciers
is well documented by a large series of 35mm slides. Also included are images from Gaines's travels to the east coast, most
notably Fort Eustis, Virginia, but also Washington D.C. and New York.
The collection includes two photo albums of mostly 3x5 inch prints or smaller (box 1); and approximately 1,430 35mm color
slides (box 2).
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The copyright interests in these materials have not been transferred to San Diego State University. Copyright resides with
the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. The nature of historical archival and manuscript collections
is such that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine. Requests for permission to publish must be
submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. When granted, permission
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available
for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including
but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.
Source of Acquisition
Gerri Brech.
Related Materials
John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection, 1880-2007
San Diego Photograph Collection, 1870-1975
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, folder title, box number,
Gilbert Gaines Photographs Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, San Diego State University Library.
Processing Information
Processed by Lucas Buresch, January 2018.
Biographical Note
Gilbert Gaines was a certified petroleum geologist, and lived in the San Diego area from the 1940s-2010. During 1953-1954
Gaines served with the U.S. Army Transportation Corps, Artic Group, headquartered at Fort Eustis, Virginia, and conducted
geological explorations around Thule Air Base in Greenland.
Accruals
2017-036
Subjects and Indexing Terms
San Diego (Calif.)--Pictorial works
San Diego County (Calif.)--Pictorial works
Greenland--Pictorial works
Thule Air Base (Greenland)--Pictorial works
Geology--California--San Diego County
box 1, folder 1-3
Photo Album 1 Folder 1-3
1940-1950
Scope and Contents
Mostly 3.5x2 inch black and white photographs.
Includes views of Sequoia, CA, 1940; a parade in downtown San Diego, 1941; Big Bear, 1941; Cuyamaca Mountains, 1942; Canebrake
Canyon, 1942; Imperial Canyon, 1942; Agua Caliente, 1943-1944; Lake Henshaw, 1944; Green Valley Falls in the Cuyamaca Mountains,
1944; Agua Caliente, 1944; Hoover High School, 1945; Cuyamaca Mountains, 1945; Laguna Mountains, 1945-1946; La Jolla, 1946;
Lake Murray, 1946; Yosemite, 1948; Point Loma, 1948; Towsely Canyon in Los Angeles, 1949; San Diego Zoo, 1949; Coliseum,
Los Angeles, 1949; Placerita Canyon, Los Angeles, 1949; Encino, Los Angeles, 1949; Mt. Whitney, 1950; Mojave Desert, 1950;
Nevada uranium mine, 1950; Hope Mountain, Nevada, 1950; Roberts Mountain area, Nevada, 1950; Ruby Mountains, Nevada, 1950;
and San Diego and Los Angeles, 1950.
box 1, folder 4-6
Photo Album 2 Folder 4-6
1950-1980
Scope and Contents
Mostly 3x5 inch or smaller black and white photographs, with some 8x10 prints and 3x5 color prints.
Includes views of Sequoia, CA, 1950; Kings Canyon, 1950; Idyllwild and the Banning Valley, CA, 1951; Palm Springs, 1951; Mojave,
1952; Tehachapi, 1952; Yosemite, 1952; Fort Ord, 1953; Thule Greenland, 1953; Washington D.C., 1953-1954; portraits of Gil
Gaines at Fort Eustis, VA, 1954, Newport News, VA, 1954; Fort Eustis, VA, 1954; Fort Monroe, VA, 1954; Luray Caverns, VA,
1954; San Diego map, 1955; San Diego geology, 1955; Dr. Ulysses S. Grant IV, 1956; San Gabriel Mountains, 1968; Pasadena,
1968; Sespe Creek, Ventura County, 1968; Los Angeles, 1975; portraits of Gil Gaines at Toluca Lake, 1977-1980.
box 2, box 2.1, folder 1
Santa Barbara Folder 1
1985 March
box 2, box 2.1, folder 2
Bakersfield Folder 2
1958-1959
box 2, box 2.1, folder 3
Bakersfield Friends Folder 3
1958-1959
box 2, box 2.1, folder 4
Arcadia Folder 4
1969-1988
box 2, box 2.1, folder 5
San Marino Folder 5
1962 February
box 2, box 2.1, folder 6
Westwood, UCLA Folder 6
1954
box 2, box 2.1, folder 7
Pasadena Folder 7
1969-1970
box 2, box 2.1, folder 8
Pasadena, Rose Parade Folder 8
1961
box 2, box 2.1, folder 9
Santa Monica Folder 9
1954-1956
box 2, box 2.1, folder 10
Beverly Hills Folder 10
1954-1955
box 2, box 2.1, folder 11
box 2, box 2.1, folder 12
Alhambra Folder 12
1960-1970
box 2, box 2.1, folder 13
Monterey Park Folder 13
1969
box 2, box 2.1, folder 14
box 2, box 2.1, folder 15
San Francisco Folder 15
1953, 1975
box 2, box 2.1, folder 16
Sierra Nevada Mountains Folder 16
1952-1954
box 2, box 2.2, folder 1
San Diego Folder 1
1952-2002
box 2, box 2.2, folder 2
San Diego, Family Folder 2
1952-1971
box 2, box 2.2, folder 3
San Diego, Copy Photos Folder 3
1990
box 2, box 2.2, folder 4
San Diego, Balboa Park Folder 4
1952-1954
box 2, box 2.2, folder 5
San Diego, La Mesa, Mt. Helix Folder 5
1995
box 2, box 2.2, folder 6
San Diego State University Folder 6
1952
box 2, box 2.2, folder 7
San Diego, Zoo Folder 7
1959-1973
box 2, box 2.2, folder 8
San Diego County Map, and Camp Pendleton Folder 8
1997 August
box 2, box 2.2, folder 9
San Diego County Backcountry Folder 9
1952-1956
box 2, box 2.2, folder 10
La Jolla Folder 10
1952-1995
box 2, box 2.2, folder 11
Mission Beach Folder 11
1952
box 2, box 2.2, folder 12
Tijuana, Mexico Folder 12
1956
box 2, box 2.2, folder 13
Imperial Valley, CA Folder 13
1953
box 2, box 2.2, folder 14
Orange County, CA Folder 14
1956-1997
box 2, box 2.3, folder 1
Ventura Folder 1
1954-1978
box 2, box 2.3, folder 3
Yosemite, Hiking Half Dome Folder 3
1952
box 2, box 2.3, folder 4
Monterey, Carmel, and Pebble Beach Folder 4
1953, 1975
box 2, box 2.3, folder 5
Marineland of the Pacific, Palos Verdes Folder 5
1960
box 2, box 2.3, folder 6
Los Angeles Folder 6
1954-1970
box 2, box 2.3, folder 7
Toluca Lake Folder 7
1977-1994
box 2, box 2.4, folder 1
Toluca Lake Folder 1
1977-1994
box 2, box 2.4, folder 3
Colorado Folder 3
1953-1954
box 2, box 2.4, folder 4
Georgia Folder 4
1953-1954
box 2, box 2.4, folder 5
Louisiana Folder 5
1953-1954
box 2, box 2.4, folder 6
Mississippi Folder 6
1953-1954
box 2, box 2.4, folder 7
North Carolina Folder 7
1953-1954
box 2, box 2.4, folder 10
Yorktown and Jamestown, Virginia Folder 10
1953-1954
box 2, box 2.4, folder 11
Richmond, Virginia Folder 11
1954
box 2, box 2.5, folder 1
Fort Monroe, Virginia Folder 1
1954
box 2, box 2.5, folder 2
Mariners' Museum, Newport News, and Buckroe Beach, Hampton, Virginia Folder 2
1970
box 2, box 2.5, folder 3
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia Folder 3
1970
box 2, box 2.5, folder 4
Virginia Folder 4
1953-1954
Scope and Contents
Includes: Luray Caverns, Skyline Drive, Blue Ridge Mountains, Folded Appalachians, Piedmont Plains, and the Chesapeake Bay.
box 2, box 2.5, folder 5
Fort Eustis, Virginia Folder 5
1954
Scope and Contents
Includes views of the U.S. Army, Transportation Arctic Group Headquarters at Fort Eustis, Virginia, and a 3-D geographical
model of Thule, Greenland.
box 2, box 2.5, folder 6
Williamsburg, Virginia Folder 6
1953-1954
box 2, box 2.5, folder 7
Washington D.C. Folder 7
1953-1954
box 2, box 2.6, folder 1
Moltke Glacier, Greenland Folder 1
1953
box 2, box 2.6, folder 2
Scenery and Skiing, Greenland Folder 2
1953
box 2, box 2.6, folder 3
West Coast, Greenland Folder 3
1953
box 2, box 2.6, folder 4
Ice Cap, Greenland Folder 4
1953
box 2, box 2.6, folder 5
Anthropology and Botany, Greenland Folder 5
1953
box 2, box 2.6, folder 6
Vehicles and Ships, Greenland Folder 6
1953
box 2, box 2.6, folder 7
Helicopters and Planes, Greenland Folder 7
1953
box 2, box 2.6, folder 8
Geology, Greenland Folder 8
1953
box 2, box 2.6, folder 9
Olriks Fiord, Greenland Folder 9
1953
box 2, box 2.6, folder 10
Chamberlin Glacier, Greenland Folder 10
1953
box 2, box 2.7, folder 1
Rasmussen Glacier and Salisbury Glacier, Greenland Folder 1
1953
box 2, box 2.7, folder 2
Camps, Greenland Folder 2
1953
Scope and Contents
Includes views of Thule Air Base.
box 2, box 2.7, folder 3
Eskimos, Greenland Folder 3
1953