Title:

[William E. Siri photographs from the Sierra Club records]

Creator/Contributor:

Siri, William E., creator, photographer.

Slides documenting various mountaineering and other activities of William E. Siri. Includes photographs pertaining to the American Mount Everest Expedition (AMEE) of 1963. Not all activities depicted pertain to the Sierra Club. Box 1: Bolivia (204 slides); Bear Creek Spire (46 slides); Himalaya (140 slides); Waddington Trip (64 slides); Waddington Trip Culls (35 slides); Europe Channel Swim (53 slides); Europe Alps, Andre Roch (50 slides); Whetley's Ranch (10 slides); Bella Coola (54 slides); Bella Coola Culls (39 slides); Davos Switzerland (7 slides); Makalu (235 slides); Short Lecture Set - Antarctic (51 slides); Antarctic (2 slides); Miscellaneous - Trip Bases, Antarctic (68 slides); Rose Shelf, Antarctic (23 slides); Flights, Antarctic (sorted) (9 slides); People, Antarctic (26 slides); -- Box 2: Antarctic Gulls (99 slides); Sea Ice, Antarctic (18 slides); Miscellaneous (96 slides); Kathmandu, AMEE (57 slides); Approach March, AMEE (133 slides); Thangboche and Everest, AMEE (43 slides); Shots from Khumbu, AMEE (33 slides); Shots from Pumori, AMEE (16 slides); Base Camp, AMEE (66 slides); Other, AMEE (121 slides); Portraits, AMEE mounted spares (24 slides); Rainer, AMEE mounted spares (26 slides); Kathmandu, Nepal, AMEE mounted spares (5 slides); Khumbu, AMEE mounted spares (5 slides); Namche Bazaar, Thangboche, AMEE mounted spares (10 slides); Approach March, AMEE mounted spares (32 slides); Other, AMEE mounted spares (5 slides); Everest, Lhotse, Pamori, Other Peaks, AMEE mounted spares (6 slides); High Camps, W. Cum., S. Col, AMEE mounted spares (11 slides); Ice field, AMEE mounted spares (8 slides); Base Camp, AMEE mounted spares (4 slides); Science, AMEE mounted spares (8 slides); Maps, Post Exp. Misc., AMEE mounted spares (10 slides); West Ridge, AMEE mounted spares (19 slides); Lecture Set, AMEE mounted spares (20 slides).

Date:

1955 (issued)

Subject:

Siri, William E -- Archives

Siri, William E -- Pictorial works

Siri, William E

Sierra Club -- Pictorial works

Sierra Club.

American Mount Everest Expedition (1963) -- Pictorial works

American Mount Everest Expedition.

Mountaineering -- Photographs

Mountaineering

Antarctica -- Photographs

Nepal -- Photographs

Himalaya Mountains -- Photographs

Title devised by cataloger.

Photographed and collected by William E. Siri.

COLOR FILM SLIDES RESTRICTED. Available for use by appointment only. Inquiries should be submitted to Bancroft Reference via the Reference Inquiry form.

Preferred citation: William E. Siri photographs from the Sierra Club records, BANC PIC 2016.072, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Gift ; of the Sierra Club ; 2016.

Folder list available in library.

Transferred from the Sierra Club records (BANC MSS 71/103 c).

Type:

graphic

Slides, color.

Photographs.

Archives.

Pictorial works.

photoprint

approximately 1,990 photographs in 2 boxes : color film transparencies in various mounts ; 35 mm (slide format)

English

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/libraries/bancroft-library/reference-online

BANC PIC 2016.072--LAN box 1

BANC PIC 2016.072--LAN box 2

BANC PIC 2016.072

Origin:

California

COLOR FILM SLIDES RESTRICTED. Available for use by appointment only. Inquiries should be submitted to Bancroft Reference via the Reference Inquiry form.