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[Scout Naturalist Expedition in Yosemite National Park /
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Title:

[Scout Naturalist Expedition in Yosemite National Park

Creator/Contributor:

Branstead, Robert, creator, photographer.

Creator/Contributor:

Leonard, Richard M. (Richard Manning), 1908-, photographer.

Abstract:

Photographs document the 4th Scout Naturalist Expedition in Yosemite National Park. Images focus on geology of the region, general wilderness views and close-ups of natural features. François Matthes is present in several views. The collection is divided into two sections: 1962.021 comprises approximately 450 negatives and 49 prints by Robert Branstead, and 1962.022 comprises approximately 250 negatives and 100 prints by Richard M. Leonard.

Date:

[1932] (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Geology -- California -- Yosemite National Park -- Photographs
Wilderness areas -- California -- Photographs
Géologie -- Californie -- Yosemite National Park -- Photographies
Réserves de la vie sauvage -- Californie -- Photographies
Geology
Wilderness areas
Nature
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) -- Pictorial works
Yosemite National Park (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Nevada, Sierra (Calif. et Nev.) -- Ouvrages illustrés
Yosemite National Park (Calif.) -- Ouvrages illustrés
California
California -- Yosemite National Park
United States -- Sierra Nevada
Matthes, François -- 1874-1948 -- Pictorial works
Matthes, François -- 1874-1948

Note:

photographed by Robert Branstead and Richard M. Leonard.]
Title devised by cataloger.
Includes 1 box of Branstead's original negative sleeves with extensive caption information which have been photocopied for use as a temporary finding aid.
NITRATE NEGATIVES: CLOSED TO RESEARCH DUE TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESTRICTIONS.
Received from Richard M. Leonard as supplementary material to the François Matthes papers.
Robert Branstead was official photographer of the 4th Scout Naturalist survey expedition (summer 1932), which was lead by geologist François Matthes.

Type:

graphic
Photographs.
Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

photonegative
photoprint
approximately 650 negatives in 5 boxes and approximately 150 photographic prints in 2 folders : b&w, nitrate film.

Language:

English

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

NITRATE NEGATIVES: CLOSED TO RESEARCH DUE TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESTRICTIONS.

Related Item:

François Matthes papers : Matthes, François, : 1874-1948