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Mazamas Outing souvenir album, 1902
Overview of the Collection
- Collector
- Mazamas (Portland, Or.)
- Title
- Mazamas Outing souvenir album
- Dates
- 1902 (inclusive)19021902
- Quantity
- 22 photographs (1 folder) ; sizes vary
- Collection Number
- PH1041
- Summary
- Photograph album of a Mazamas Club outing to climb Mount Rainier in 1902
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries’ Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials Curator required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.
- Additional Reference Guides
- Languages
- English
Historical BackgroundReturn to Top
The Mazamas club is a social mountain climbing organization based in Portland, Oregon. The Mazamas club was founded July 19th, 1894 on Mt. Hood when one hundred ninety-three men and women climbed to the summit. One hundred and five of the men and women climbers became charter members that day. Mazama founders thought that the strongest climber in the mountains (the goat) was an appropriate symbol for their organization. The Mazamas’ slogan, “Nesika Klatawa Sahale” is Chinook Indian jargon, freely translated as “We Climb High.” The club was named after Mt. Mazama located in southern Oregon which collapsed in prehistoric times to create Crater Lakes. Their first official outing to Crater Lake was 1896 and first outing to Mount Rainier was 1897. In 1907 the Seattle contingent split, forming the Mountaineers.
A small group of the founders, both men and women, became the first officers for the organization in 1895. A rotating executive council currently governs the organization, however the volunteer committees conduct the events, activities, programs, and classes for this member based organization. The Mazamas msision states, "The Mazamas promotes mountaineering through education, climbing, hiking, fellowship, safety and the protection of mountain environments" and they are actively focused on hiking and skiing trips, trail tending, conservation, youth outreach, and the annual outings. The annual outings are five day to three weeks in duration duration.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Mazama collection consists of photographs, mounted in a photo album documenting an outing to Mount Rainier in 1902. Scenes include landscape views of Mount Rainer, groups of men and women hiking over snow with alpenstocks (the precurser to ice picks), outside a lodge at water's edge, and posing in the forest with tents and pack horses.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Corporate Names
- Mazamas (Portland, Or.)--Photographs
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)