Drury Pifer photograph collection

Drury Pifer photograph collection, circa 1920-1946

Overview of the Collection

Collector: Pifer, Drury Augustus, 1905-
Title: Drury Pifer photograph collection
Dates: circa 1920-1946 (inclusive)
19151951
Quantity: 30 photographic prints
354 lantern slides (4 boxes)
Collection Number: PH0145
Summary: Photographs of UW College of mines field trips, mining in the Cascades, and the Denny hill regrade in Seattle
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.
Additional Reference Guides
Languages: English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Collection includes photographs of University of Washington College of Mines field trips to Index and Alki Point (Prospectors Course, 1946), miscellaneous mining shots from the Cascades, and views of the Denny hill Regrade (1920). Lantern slides depict Northwest scenes including the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE); totems; flora; bison; caribou; Alaska (Seward and Bartlett glacier); and Puget Mill in Port Gamble. Other lantern slides depict mining in Burke, Idaho; New Jersey; Michigan; Butte, Montana; Johannesburg, South Africa; and Burmingham, Alabama.

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Restrictions on Use

Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.

Preferred Citation

The required credit line for use of images from Special Collections is: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, [plus the negative number].

The negative number is provided with the image and is a letter + number combination such as UW13452; Hegg 1234; or NA1275. A typical credit line would be, University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, UW13452.

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Processing Note

Accession No. 2001-109, comprised of 354 lantern slides, was added to the collection in 2008.

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