Photography -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Film Stills and History of Photography Lantern Slide Collection
Collection
Call Number: VRC 2500
Overview:
Collection consists of black and white glass lantern slides of early 20th century American and European film stills and photography from 1839 to the mid-twentieth century.
Dates:
ca. 1900-1960
Film Stills and the History of Photography Slide Collection
Collection
Call Number: VRC 1450
Overview:
Collection consists of color and black and white 35 mm slides of international film stills and examples from the history of photography from 1839 to the present. Film stills largely from the Museum of Modern Art film still series.
Dates:
ca. 1960-2005
Robert B. Fisher photograph collection and papers
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-2823
Overview:
This collection chiefly consists of photographs collected by Robert B. Fisher, but also includes his subject files and a small quantity of writings related to the history of photography, 1840-1998.
Dates:
1840-1998
History of Photography Collection
Collection
Call Number: VRC 65
Overview:
Collection consists of mounted black and white and color reproductions of artistic photographs. Content varies from original photographic prints to reproductions from magazines and other published sources. Some sections have accompanying clippings folders.
Dates:
ca. 1900-2005
Peter E. Palmquist collection of photography and photographic formats
Collection
Call Number: WA Photos 495
Overview:
This collection documents photography and photographic formats, circa 1846-1999, which Peter Palmquist collected from 1971 to 2002, and complements other collections compiled by Palmquist and held by the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. The collection includes material by professional and amateur photographers and documents aspects of photography from the capture of images through the production of a variety of photographic objects, as well as the marketing and storage of photographs.
Dates:
circa 1838-1999
Peter E. Palmquist papers
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-2965
Overview:
Papers and related material documenting Peter Palmquist's roles as a collector and historian of photography, as well as a photographer, 1952-2003. Material includes correspondence, writings, research files, printed material, photographs, audiovisual material, and electronic files.
Dates:
circa 1822-2003, bulk 1952-2003
Peter E. Palmquist photographs
Collection
Call Number: WA Photos 524
Overview:
Photographic material that chiefly documents Peter Palmquist's professional life as a photographer. This includes images from his service in the United States Army, mainly with the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in Paris, France, 1955-1959, as well as his career as a staff photographer for Humboldt State University, Arcata, California, 1961-1989. The latter photographs include significant documentation of the Theater Arts Department and its productions. Other photographs and...
Dates:
circa 1950-2003