Watkins (Carleton E.) Selected Mammoth Plate Photographic Prints from the Keith McHenry Pond Collection, [1859-circa 1880]

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Summary

Title:
Selected mammoth plate photographic prints from the Keith McHenry Pond collection
Dates:
[1859-circa 1880]
Creators:
Watkins, Carleton E. Keith, William
Abstract:
Mammoth plate California landscape views formerly belonging to artist William Keith. The majority of views are by photographer Carleton E. Watkins.
Extent:
45 photographic prints : albumen. 15 digital objects
Language:
Collection materials are in English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Selected Mammoth Plate Photographic Prints from the Keith McHenry Pond Collection, BANC PIC 1952.021--ffALB, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Background

Scope and content:

Mammoth plate California landscape views formerly belonging to artist William Keith. The majority of views are by photographer Carleton E. Watkins, an associate of Keith's, with several views by Thomas Houseworth also present. Yosemite scenes predominate. All images were poorly drymounted at an unknown time in the 20th century, and image quality is faded and very poor. It is possible that these photoprints were kept by Keith in his scrapbooks and were never mounted in Keith's lifetime, therefore opening the possibility that the poor condition is not simply the result of bad mounting, but of decades of use in an unmounted state. Their poor physical condition reduces research interest considerably, but the images remain an important document of Keith's collecting of California landscape photography. Furthermore, some of the images are exceptionally rare and may not exist in other research collections.

Acquisition information:
Gift of E.K. Pond, as part of the Keith-McHenry-Pond collection.
Custodial history:

Photographs may have once been part of the scrapbooks of artist William Keith.

Processing information:

Processed by Bancroft Library staff.

Accruals:

No additions are expected.

Physical location:
Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Rules or conventions:
Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Note:

Photographs are in very poor condition, on 20th century mounts.

Titles supplied, based on captions on known copies elsewhere, or as descriptions by cataloger.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding Aid written by James Eason
Date Prepared:
© 2007
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid generated by GenX; markup validated by The Bancroft Library using CDL validation tools; Date of source: April 2008

Access and use

Restrictions:

Restricted originals. Use viewing prints or digital facsimiles only. Use of originals only by permission of the appropriate curator. Inquiries concerning these materials should be directed, in writing, to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library.

Terms of access:

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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], Selected Mammoth Plate Photographic Prints from the Keith McHenry Pond Collection, BANC PIC 1952.021--ffALB, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Location of this collection:
University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
Contact:
510-642-6481
bancref-library@berkeley.edu
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