Preliminary Guide to the Bud Kimball Photography Business Records

Preliminary Guide to the Bud Kimball Photography Business Records, 1963-1980

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Kimball, Wildey
Title: Preliminary Guide to the Bud Kimball Photography Business Records
Dates: 1963-1980 (inclusive)
19631980
Quantity: 22 linear feet, (21 boxes.)
Collection Number: MSSM.018
Summary: These business records of Bud Kimball Photography in Steilacoom, WA, were received in multiple installments, accessioned separately as described below.
Repository: Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions: This collection is open and available for research use.
Languages: English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

These business records of Bud Kimball Photography in Steilacoom, WA, were received in multiple installments, accessioned separately as described below.

MS 1985-21: This collection consists of general financial and business records including travel expense reports, receipts, cancelled checks, purchase orders, and documents pertaining to contracts from the 1970s.

MS 1985-43: This collection consists of general financial and business records including receipts, expense reports, price list, cancelled checks, bills, etc., from the 1960s to the 1980s. The collection also includes papers concerning contracts. Additionally, the collection contains incoming and outgoing correspondence, newspaper clippings, maps, as well as photographs of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, The Dalles in Oregon, and unidentified coastal regions.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Wildey "Bud" Kimball (1914-2003) became a professional aerial photographer in the 1950s, with a majority of his contracts centered in the Pacific Northwest, but also including Alaska, California, Nevada, Colorado, Arizona, and Oklahoma. His business, Bud Kimball Photography, was in operation from the 1960s to the 1980s.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

This is an unprocessed collection, received in multiple installments (MS 1985-21 and MS 1985-43). It has not yet been arranged.

Location of Collection

(MASC Staff Use: MS 1985-21: 2-6-1-4; MS 1985-43: 2-11-3-4)

Acquisition Information

Collection donated by Bud Kimball to Washington State University Libraries in 1985 (MS 1985-21 and MS 1985-43). This is an unprocessed collection.

Related Materials

Wildey "Bud" Kimball Photographs (PC 121) http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/masc/finders/pc121.htm.

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