Arthur E. Harrison glacier photographs, approximately 1900-1976

Overview of the Collection

Photographer
Harrison, Arthur Elliot, 1908-1976
Title
Arthur E. Harrison glacier photographs
Dates
approximately 1900-1976 (inclusive)
Quantity
3471 photographic prints
189 negatives : glass
1747 slides
Collection Number
PH0164
Summary
Photographic studies of glaciers, primarily in Alaska and Washington
Repository
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

The collection is open to the public.

Request at UW

Languages
English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Professor of electrical engineering, University of Washington, and author. Arthur Harrison was a professor of electrical engineering from 1949-1976. During the late 1940s he became interested in the study of glaciers and since that time has documented the growth and expansion of the Nesqually Glacier on Mt. Rainier, and the Coleman-Roosevelt Glacier on Mr. Baker. Professor Harrison was also active in the Mountaineers and the Sierra Club, Pacific Northwest Chapter. Arthur E. Harrison died in Seattle on May 20, 1976.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Glacier studies predominantly of Muldrow Glacier (Mount McKinley, Alaska), Coleman Glacier (Mount Baker), Nisqually Glacier (Mount Rainier), but also including various other sites in Washington, Oregon, California, Nepal, and Mexico. Aerial as well as historical sequences from circa 1900 to the 1970s.

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

Processing Note

Minimally processed. Box 11 had broken glass plate negatives that were discarded. Boxes 13-16 are original negatives that were removed from copy negative files.

These materials were transferred from the Arthur E. Harrison Papers, Mss. Acc. No. 2373-002 in the repository, in 1984.

Separated Materials

Material Described Separately:

Arthur E. Harrison Papers (Mss Coll 2373)

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
1/1-31 Washington: Mount Baker (Coleman and Roosevelt Glaciers); Mount Rainier (Nisqually Glacier)
2/32-98 Washington: Mount Rainier (Carbon, Kautz and Nisqually Glaciers), Mount Baker (Easton, Boulder, Deming, Rainbow and Coleman Glaciers), Mount Shuksan; California: Mount Lyell, Maclure Glacier, Parker Creek Glacier, Dana Glacier, Conness Glacier, Kuna Glacier, Palisade Glacier, North Peak Glacier, Rock Glacier, Gibbs Glacier, Koip Glacier, Mount Shasta;Alaska: Muldrow Glacier; Canada: Canadian Rockies; Nepal: Mount Everest; Oregon: Mount Hood; Mexico: Popocatepetl, Iztaccihuatl
3/99-117 Aerial photographs of Mount Baker near Hamilton, Mount Rainier (Nisqually Glacier), Glacier Peak, Diablo Lake, Marblemount, Slate Pass, Lake Shannon, Mount Whitney, Alturas (Ca.), Mono Crater (Ca.), Muldrow Glacier (Mount McKinley, Alaska); miscellaneous photos in Washington, Idaho, Montana, California.
Folder 118 missing
4/119-135 Aerial photographs of Muldrow Glacier (Mount McKinley, Alaska); miscellaneous photos in Canada and Mexico; the moon; Mars
5/1-10 Slides of Mount Rainier, Nisqually Glacier, Tatoosh Range.
6/10-21 Slides of Mount Baker, Coleman Glacier, Mount Shuksan
Box
7 Mount Rainier - Nisqually Glacier, Mount Baker - Coleman Glacier
Glass negatives
8 Mount Baker - Coleman Glacier
Glass negatives
9 Mount Baker - Coleman Glacier
Glass negatives
10 Mount Baker - Coleman Glacier
Glass negatives
11 Mount McKinley - Muldrow Glacier
Glass negatives
12 Mount Baker - Coleman Glacier
Glass negatives
13-16 Original negatives
box:oversize
XH1 Panorama of Coleman Glacier
Assembled from 6 pieces.Glacier line and "1949" drawn on photograph.
September 25, 1955
XH1 Panorama of Coleman Glacier
Assembled from 6 pieces.
October 6, 1956

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)

Personal Names

  • Harrison, Arthur Elliot, 1908-1976--Photographs