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 .

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

Hollywood Folder 11 1957

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

Coloma Folder 14 1975

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 2

Yosemite Folder 2 1952

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 2

Geology Folder 2 1956

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 8

Utah Folder 8 1953-1954

box 2, box 2.4, folder 9

New York Folder 9 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