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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)19001976
- Quantity
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3471 photographic prints
189 negatives : glass
1747 slides - Collection Number
- PH0164
- Summary
- Photographic studies of glaciers, primarily in Alaska and Washington
- 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
The collection is open to the public.
- 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: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
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| 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
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| 8 | Mount Baker - Coleman Glacier Glass negatives
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| 9 | Mount Baker - Coleman Glacier Glass negatives
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| 10 | Mount Baker - Coleman Glacier Glass negatives
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| 11 | Mount McKinley - Muldrow Glacier Glass negatives
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| 12 | Mount Baker - Coleman Glacier Glass negatives
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| 13-16 | Original negatives | |
| box:oversize | ||
| XH1 | Panorama of Coleman Glacier Assembled from 6 pieces.Glacier line and "1949" drawn on photograph.
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September 25, 1955 |
| XH1 | Panorama of Coleman Glacier Assembled from 6 pieces.
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October 6, 1956 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Harrison, Arthur Elliot, 1908-1976--Photographs
