Scope and Contents
Dates
- circa 1950-2003
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Arrangement
Extent
44.3 Linear Feet ((109 boxes) + 7 broadsides.)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
Peter E. Palmquist (1936-2003)
From 1971 until his death, Palmquist collected textual materials and hundreds of thousands of photographic items documenting the practice and occupation of photography from its beginning through the turn of the twenty-first century. He had particular interest in early California photographers, photographers of the American West, and women photographers.
A self-trained researcher and historian of photography, Palmquist organized more than one hundred exhibitions and wrote more than three hundred articles and a hundred monographs. He was a founding editor of The Daguerreian Annual, and a president of the National Stereoscopic Association.
Palmquist died January 13, 2003, in Oakland.
Processing Information
As a rule, descriptive information found in the Collection Contents section is drawn in large part from information supplied with the collection and from an initial survey of the contents. Folder titles appearing in the contents list below are often based on those provided by the creator or previous custodian. Titles have not been verified against the contents of the folders in all cases. Otherwise, folder titles are supplied by staff during initial processing.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
Much of the collection remains in Palmquist's orginal housing and represent his original order for the material.
Former call number: Uncat Mss 509
- Belgium -- Pictorial works
- California -- Pictorial works
- California State University, Humboldt -- Pictorial works
- Cities and towns -- California -- Pictorial works
- England -- Pictorial works
- Floods -- California -- Humboldt County -- Pictorial works
- Gibraltar -- Pictorial works
- Humboldt County (Calif.)
- Humboldt County (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
- Humboldt County (Calif.) -- Social life and customs -- 1961-2003
- Humboldt State College -- Pictorial works
- Italy -- Pictorial works
- Malta -- Pictorial works
- Negatives (photographs)
- Netherlands -- Pictorial works
- Palmquist, Peter E.
- Paris (France) -- Pictorial works
- Photographers -- California
- Photographers -- History
- Photographers -- West (U.S.)
- Photographic prints
- Photography -- California
- Photography -- History
- Photography -- West (U.S.)
- Photography, Artistic
- Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe -- Pictorial works
- Switzerland -- Pictorial works
- Tourism -- Europe
- Transparencies
- United States. Army (Photographers)
- Wedding photography -- California -- Humboldt County
- Weddings -- Pictorial works
- West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works
Creator
- Title
- Guide to the Peter E. Palmquist Photographs
- Author
- by Matthew Daniel Mason
- Date
- 2014
- 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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