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J. Richard Challacombe photograph collection pertaining to the early logging of giant sequoia in the Sierra Nevada [graphic].
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Title:
J. Richard Challacombe photograph collection pertaining to the early logging of giant sequoia in the Sierra NevadaConquest of Giants (Motion picture : 1968)
Creator/Contributor:
Challacombe, J. Richard., creatorCreator/Contributor:
Curtis, C. C. (Charles Clifford), 1862-1956Abstract:
Includes photographs pertaining to the early logging and lumbering of giant sequoia in the Sierra Nevada of California; Converse
Basin grove, Calaveras Big Tree grove, and other giant sequoia habitats; early figures in the movement to conserve the giant
sequoia; the Kaweah Colony; and other miscellaneous subjects associated with the giant sequoia. Includes portraits of John
Muir, Galen Clark, Burnett Haskell and the hunter Joe Clark, among others. Among the trees depicted are General Noble (felled
in 1892 for exhibit in the Chicago World's Fair), Mark Twain, General Grant and the Boole tree. Bulk of the photographs are
copy prints, collected and organized as research for Challacombe's documentary film Conquest of Giants (1968). A few later
photographs, taken by Challacombe, are also included.
Date:
ca. 1870-ca. 1985, bulk 1885-1905 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caChallacombe, J. Richard -- Archives
Muir, John -- 1838-1914 -- Portraits
Clark, Galen -- 1814-1910 -- Portraits
Haskell, Burnette G -- 1857-1907 -- Portraits
hunter -- Clark, Joe -- Portraits
Kaweah Colony -- Pictorial works
Giant sequoia -- California -- Photographs
Logging -- California -- Photographs
Lumbering -- California -- Photographs
Wildlife conservation -- California
General Noble (Tree) -- Photographs
Mark Twain (Tree) -- Photographs
General Grant (Tree) -- Photographs
Boole (Tree) -- Photographs
Note:
Collected by J. Richard Challacombe.
Numerous photographers, including Challacombe and Charles C. Curtis. Includes a small number of photographs by such photographers
as George Fiske, Isaiah W. Taber, Lawrence & Houseworth, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., B.L. Singley, A.R. Moote, and H.L. Sweeney.
Most photographers unidentified.
Title devised by cataloger.
NEGATIVES: RESTRICTED. Available for use by appointment only. Inquiries should be submitted to Bancroft Reference via the
Reference Inquiry form.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Chiefly copy prints, copy negatives and copy transparencies.
Locations of originals are, for the most part, unknown. Among the few identified sources are Tulare County Museum, United
States Department of Agriculture, United States Forestry Service and National Park Service.
Papers transferred to the Manuscript Collections of the Bancroft Library (BANC MSS 2011/182). Video tape, motion picture
films and audio tape transferred to the Audio-Visual Collections of the Bancroft Library.
J. Richard Challacombe moved from St. Louis, Missouri to California as a teenager in the late 1930s. During World War II
he served in a Civilian Public Service Camp in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. After the war he worked as a photojournalist.
His images and stories have been published in such periodicals as National Geographic, Holiday, Arizona Highways, Westways.
His film Conquest of Giants, which documents the early logging of the giant sequoia in the Sierra Nevada and the origins of
the wildlife conservation movement in California, was released in 1968.
Container list available in library.
Type:
graphicTransparencies.
Physical Description:
graphic
photonegative
photoprint
transparency
8 boxes and 1 oversize folder (ca. 1,800 photographic prints), 2 boxes (ca. 820 negatives and transparencies) and ca. 125
negatives : b&w and color ; 26 x 36 cm or smaller.
Language:
English
Identifier:
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Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
NEGATIVES: RESTRICTED. Available for use by appointment only. Inquiries should be submitted to Bancroft Reference via the
Reference Inquiry form.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.