Southern California oil fields aerial photographs
Collection
Call Number: WA Photos 1306
Scope and Contents
163 glass plate negatives of aerial photographs of oil fields in southern California by various photographers, 1928-1931.
Photographs were taken to locate and record existing oil well properties. Identified locations include Bakersfield, Fellows, Goleta, Kern Front Oil Field, Kettleman Hills, Lompoc, McKittrick, Midway-Sunset Oil Field, San Joaquin, Santa Ana, Santa Clara, and Santa Paula.
Circa 100 photographic prints (circa 1940s-1980s) showing the same or similar views are also present.
Included is a 5 1/4-inch floppy disk.
Original envelopes for glass plates are included in the collection.
Photographs were taken to locate and record existing oil well properties. Identified locations include Bakersfield, Fellows, Goleta, Kern Front Oil Field, Kettleman Hills, Lompoc, McKittrick, Midway-Sunset Oil Field, San Joaquin, Santa Ana, Santa Clara, and Santa Paula.
Circa 100 photographic prints (circa 1940s-1980s) showing the same or similar views are also present.
Included is a 5 1/4-inch floppy disk.
Original envelopes for glass plates are included in the collection.
Dates
- 1928-1980s
Language of Materials
Captions (in the negative) and envelope annotations in English.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Southern California Oil Fields Aerial Photographs is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps, Inc. on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 3, 2016.
Arrangement
Organized into three series: I. Glass Plate Negatives, 1928-1931. II. Photographic Prints, circa 1940s-1980s. III. Computer Media, circa 1976-1982.
Extent
12.77 Linear Feet (20 boxes)
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
163 glass plate negatives of aerial photographs of oil fields in southern California by unidentified photographers, 1928-1931.
Photographs were taken to locate and record existing oil well properties. Identified locations include Bakersfield, Fellows, Goleta, Kern Front Oil Field, Kettleman Hills, Lompoc, McKittrick, Midway-Sunset Oil Field, San Joaquin, Santa Ana, Santa Clara, and Santa Paula.
Circa 100 photographic prints (circa 1940s-1980s) showing the same or similar views are also present.
Included is a 5 1/4-inch floppy disk.
Original envelopes for glass plates are included in the collection.
Photographs were taken to locate and record existing oil well properties. Identified locations include Bakersfield, Fellows, Goleta, Kern Front Oil Field, Kettleman Hills, Lompoc, McKittrick, Midway-Sunset Oil Field, San Joaquin, Santa Ana, Santa Clara, and Santa Paula.
Circa 100 photographic prints (circa 1940s-1980s) showing the same or similar views are also present.
Included is a 5 1/4-inch floppy disk.
Original envelopes for glass plates are included in the collection.
Processing Information
Collections are processed to a variety of levels, depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived research value, the availability of staff, competing priorities, and whether or not further accruals are expected. The library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit.
These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards. For more information, please refer to the Beinecke Manuscript Unit Processing Manual.
Each glass plate negative is housed with a preservation photocopy of its original envelope. Most envelopes include notes on scale, tilt, and other relevant information. Original envelopes are housed separately.
Broken slides are housed separately.
These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards. For more information, please refer to the Beinecke Manuscript Unit Processing Manual.
Each glass plate negative is housed with a preservation photocopy of its original envelope. Most envelopes include notes on scale, tilt, and other relevant information. Original envelopes are housed separately.
Broken slides are housed separately.
- Aerial photographs
- Bakersfield (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
- Born digital
- California -- Pictorial works
- California, Southern -- Pictorial works
- Fellows (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
- Floppy disks
- Glass negatives
- Goleta (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
- Kettleman Hills (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
- Lompoc (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
- Mines and mineral resources -- California
- Oil fields -- California -- Pictorial works
- Oil wells -- California
- Photographic prints
- Photographs
- San Joaquin Valley (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
- Santa Ana (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
- Santa Clara (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
- Santa Paula (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Source
- Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps, Inc. (Bookseller)
- Title
- Guide to the Southern California Oil Fields Aerial Photographs
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Sarah Lerner
- Date
- October 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
Access Information
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