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Starr family photograph collection [graphic].
BANC PIC 2007.077--AX ; BANC PIC 1945-2013--NNEG(5x7) misc. box 11 (NNEG 5x7); BANC PIC 2007.077--NNEG box 1; BANC
PIC 2007.077--NNEG box 2; ...
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Title:
Starr family photograph collectionCreator/Contributor:
Starr family., creatorCreator/Contributor:
Starr, Walter A. (Walter Augustus), b. 1877Creator/Contributor:
Starr, Walter Augustus, 1903-1933Creator/Contributor:
Willard, Stephen H.Abstract:
Chiefly photographs taken by Walter Augustus (Peter) Starr, Jr. and his father Walter A. Starr, Sr. of various locations in
the Sierra Nevada mountains, including the Minarets Wilderness where Peter died during a mountaineering expedition in 1933.
Also includes photographs by the Starrs used by William H. Alsup to illustrate Alsup's book "Missing in the Minarets", written
about Peter Starr's fatal expedition; and a small series of photographs taken by Stephen H. Willard of various locations in
the Sierra Nevada. Some photographs of Starr family members and friends are also present.
Date:
ca. 1895 ca. 1940 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caStarr, Walter Augustus -- 1903-1933 -- Pictorial works
Mountaineering -- Search and rescue operations -- California -- Photographs
Mountaineers -- United States -- Photographs
Minarets Wilderness (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) -- Pictorial works
Note:
Collected by Eddy Starr Ancinas.
Title devised by cataloger.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
NITRATE NEGATIVES: CLOSED TO RESEARCH DUE TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESTRICTIONS.
Gift ; of Eddy Starr Ancinas; 2007.
Correspondence and other William H. Alsup research material related to Walter A. Starr, Jr. transferred to the Manuscript
Collections of the Bancroft Library (BANC MSS 2007/248).
Container listing available in library.
Type:
graphicPhysical Description:
graphic
photonegative
photoprint
2 boxes and 6 oversize folders (ca. 700 photographic prints), 2 boxes (ca. 200 negatives), and 3 negatives : b&w ; various
sizes.
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC PIC 2007.077--AX
BANC PIC 1945-2013--NNEG(5x7) misc. box 11 (NNEG 5x7)
BANC PIC 2007.077--NNEG box 1
BANC PIC 2007.077--NNEG box 2
BANC PIC 2007.077 Box 1
BANC PIC 2007.077 Box 2
BANC PIC 2007.077
BANC PIC 2007.077
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
NITRATE NEGATIVES: CLOSED TO RESEARCH DUE TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESTRICTIONS.