William L. Finley photographs collection

William L. Finley photographs collection, 1899-1935

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Finley, William L.(William Lovell), 1876-1953
Title: William L. Finley photographs collection
Dates: 1899-1935 (inclusive)
18991935
Quantity: 18.36 cubic feet, (52 document cases)
Collection Number: Org. Lot 369
Summary: Original glass plate and nitrate negatives and original prints from naturalists and photographers William L. Finley, Irene Finley, Herman T. Bohlman, and Arthur Newton Pack.
Repository: Oregon Historical Society Research Library
1200 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR
97205
Telephone: 503-306-5240
Fax: 503-219-2040
libreference@ohs.org
Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.
Languages: English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

William L. Finley (1876-1953) was a pioneering wildlife photographer specializing in birds. He was a founding member of the Oregon Audubon Society and a key figure in the establishment of the Three Arch Rocks, Klamath, and Malheur wild bird refuges. He was also a leading conservationist, and served as Oregon State Game Warden (1911-1917), Oregon State Biologist (1917-1919), and Oregon Fish and Game Commissioner (1926-1930). He is the author of American Birds, Little Bird Blue, Wild Animals Pets, and many magazine articles. For additional biographical information and a sampling of his early photographic work, see Worth Mathewson, William L. Finley: Pioneer Wildlife Photographer (Corvallis, Oregon: Oregon State University), 1986.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The collection consists of images of wildlife, primarily birds of the western United States, 1899-1935, photographed by William Lovell Finley, his associate Herman T. Bohlman, his wife Nellie Irene Barnhart Finley, and others. The collection includes images of adult and immature birds, chicks, eggs, and nests. Many images show habitats. Others document the camera equipment and techniques used to make the photographs. Later portions of the collection reflect Finley’s partnership with Nature Magazine and Arthur Newton Pack to highlight wildlife in National Parks including Glacier, Rainier, and Yellowstone National Parks, as well as extensive boating expeditions up the west coast of Alaska and British Columbia.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.

Preferred Citation

William L. Finley photograph collection, Org. Lot 369, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

Alternative Forms Available

See digitized versions of the negatives at OHS Digital Collections.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Collection arrangement for the prints follows the original order of the negatives. Original negatives are in A-D series. Series A and B contain numbered glass plate and nitrate negatives. The numbered negatives primarily represent Finley and Bohlman’s early work from 1900-1911. Negative numbers appear to have been assigned by the former custodians of the collection, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Series C contains glass negatives, ca. 1900-1911, which were never incorporated into the numbered sequence described above. Series D contains unnumbered nitrate negatives. These consist primarily of William and Irene Finley’s later still photography work, ca. 1910-1940s.

The remaining series (E-P) contain the matching vintage and modern photoprints. Most photoprints correspond to a negative in the collection but there are some unique prints interspersed throughout. Negative numbers are noted on the back of images where known.

Acquisition Information

Lib. Acc. 16563

Related Materials

A collection of motion pictures filmed by the Finleys is maintained by the Oregon Historical Society Film Archives. A scrapbook and other letters related to the Finley family are also held in Mss 2654 in the Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

Preservation Note

Original negatives (series A-D) are not available for direct access. Contact staff for assistance.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series A : Original Numbered Glass Negatives , 1900-1912 Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
01	Neg. # FINLEY A1—A99	1900-1912
02	Neg. # FINLEY A100—A199	1900-1912
03	Neg. # FINLEY A200—A299	1900-1912
04	Neg. # FINLEY A300—A399	1900-1912
05	Neg. # FINLEY A400—A499	1900-1912
06	Neg. # FINLEY A500—A591a	1900-1912
07	Neg. # FINLEY A592—A693	1900-1912
08	Neg. # FINLEY A694—A792	1900-1912
09	Neg. # FINLEY A793—A1009	1900-1912
10	Neg. # FINLEY A1010—A1179	1900-1912
11	Neg. # FINLEY A1180—A1276	1900-1912
12	Neg. # FINLEY A1277—A1550	1900-1912
13	Neg. # FINLEY A1551—A1644	1900-1912
14	Neg. # FINLEY A1645—A1735	1900-1912
15	Neg. # FINLEY A1736—A1829	1900-1912
16	Neg. # FINLEY A1830—A1916	1900-1912
17	Neg. # FINLEY A1917—A2014	1900-1912
18	Neg. # FINLEY A2015—A2117	1900-1912
19	Neg. # FINLEY A2118—A2219	1900-1912
20	Neg. # FINLEY A2220—A2309	1900-1912
21	Neg. # FINLEY A2310—A2399	1900-1912
22	Neg. # FINLEY A2400—A2499	1900-1912
23	Neg. # FINLEY A2500—A2589	1900-1912
24	Neg. # FINLEY A2590—A2680	1900-1912
25	Neg. # FINLEY A2681—A2783	1900-1912
26	Neg. # FINLEY A2784—A2850	1900-1912

Series B : Original Numbered Nitrate Negatives , 1911-1913 Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
27	Neg. # FINLEY B1—B399	1911-1913
28	Neg. # FINLEY B400—B900	1911-1913
29	Neg. # FINLEY B901—B1272	1911-1913

Series C : Original Unnumbered Glass Negatives , 1903-1926 Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
30	Neg. # FINLEY C1—C107	1903-1926
31	Neg. # FINLEY C108—C191	1903-1926
32	Neg. # C192—C262	1903-1926

Series D : Original Unnumbered Nitrate Negatives , 1910-1935 Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
33	Neg. # FINLEY D1—D167	1910-1935
34	Neg. # FINLEY D168—D309	1910-1935
35	Neg. # FINLEY D310—D588	1910-1935
36	Neg. # FINLEY D589—D870	1910-1935
37	Neg. # FINLEY D871—D1180	1910-1935
38	Neg. # FINLEY D1181—D1461	1910-1935
39	Neg. # FINLEY D1462—D1800	1910-1935
40	Neg. # FINLEY D1801—D2035	1910-1935

Series E : Out of State Trips , 1904-1911 Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Subseries 1 : Arizona and New Mexico Trip, 1910
Box/Folder
41/01	Antelope	1910 June
41/02	Herbert Brown; elf owl	1910 June 13
41/03	Mexican ground dove	1910
41/04	Mourning dove	1910
41/05	White-winged dove	1910
41/06	California house finch	1910
41/07	Vermillion flycatcher	1910
41/08	Mockingbird	1910
41/09	Elf owl	1910
41/10	W. L. Finley and family	1910
41/11	Phainopepla	1910
41/12-13	Plumbeous gnatcatcher	1910
41/14	Pyrrhuloxia	1910
41/15	Gambel's quail	1910 June
41/16	Roadrunner	1910 June
41/17-18	Desert sparrow	1910
41/19	Bendire's thrasher	1910
41/20	Crissal thrasher	1910
41/21	Palmer's thrasher	1910
41/22	Verdin	1910
41/23	Lucy warbler	1910
41/24	Gila woodpecker	1910
41/25	Cactus wren	1910
41/26	Burros and pack train	1910
41/27	Carlsbad, NM	1910 June
41/28	Cowboys and cattle drive	1910
41/29	Engle, NM and Rio Grande	1910 June
41/30	Fish Creek Hotel, AZ	1910 June
41/31	Mescal flowers	1910 June
41/32	Native American women	1910
41/33	Scaled lizard	1910
41/34	Zebra tailed lizard	1910 June
41/35	Horned toad lizard	1910 June
41/36	Arizona Audubon Society outing	1910
41/37	Roosevelt, AZ	1910 June
41/38	Roosevelt Dam construction	1910 June
41/39	Apache Indian Camp	1910 June
41/40	Salt River Reservation, AZ	1910, June
41/41	Miscellaneous AZ plant life	1910
	Subseries 2 : Massachusetts Trip, 1911
Box/Folder
41/42	Irene Finley, Dallas Lore Sharp and family. Pigeons; sparrows; gray squirrel. Boston Commons, MA	1911 November
	Subseries 3 : California Trips, 1904-1906, 1910
Box/Folder
42/01	Irene Finley. Coot; black swan	1904
42/02	Warm Springs RR Station, CA	1904
42/03-05	W. L. Finley and H. T. Bohlman photographing golden eagle's nest, Mission Ridge, CA	1904
42/06	Irene Finley Feeding Canada geese in Golden Gate Park, CA	1910 February
42/07	White-fronted goose	1904
42/08	W. L. Finley and H. T. Bohlman photographing red-tailed hawk's nest	1904
42/09	Gull	1904
42/10	Bonaparte gull	1904
42/11	Black-crowned night heron	1904
42/12-13	W. L. Finley and H. T. Bohlman photographing in great blue heron rookery and haystack blind	1904
42/14	Lizard	1904
42/15	Mallard duck	1904
42/16	Barn owl	1904
42/17	Screech owl	1904
42/18	Northern phalarope	1904
42/19	Least sandpiper	1904
42/20	Western sandpiper	1904
42/21	Scaup duck	1904
42/22	California shrike	1904
42/23	W. L. Finley feeding swan with ducks and coots	1904
42/24	Tule wren	1904
42/25	Brewer's blackbird	1906
42/26	Crow	1906
42/27	House finch	1906
42/28	Ash-throated flycatcher	1906
42/29	Gull	1905-1906
42/30	Unidentified nest	undated
42/31	California jay	1906
42/32	Southern California landscapes	1905-1906
42/33	House cat	1906
42/34	Mockingbird	1905-1906
42/35	W. L. Finley and H. T. Bohlman with Cameras in Swamp	1904
42/36	Black phoebe	1906
42/37	Pigeon Ranch, Pasadena, CA	1905-1906
42/38	California quail	1905
42/39	California shrike	1905
42/40	Snake in bird nest	1905-1906
42/41	White-crowned sparrow	1905-1906
42/42	California thrasher	1906
42/43-44	W. L. Finley and H. T. Bohlman photographing turkey vulture's nest	1906
42/45	Warbling vireo	1906
42/46	Nuttall's woodpecker	1906
42/47	Spotted canyon wren	1906
46/09	Ostrich ranch, southern CA	1905

Series F : Oregon Locations , 1901-1909 Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Subseries 1 : Dayton, 1901-1907
Box/Folder
42/48	Western bluebird	1905 May 14
42/49	Flicker	1905 May 15
42/50	Ruffed grouse (nest with China pheasant eggs)	1905
42/51	Sooty grouse	1905
42/52	Steller's jay	circa 1901
42/53	China pheasant	1905 May 15
42/54	Rusty song sparrow	1905 May 15
42/55	Harris' woodpecker	1903
	Subseries 2 : Jennings Lodge, 1907-1911
Box/Folder
43/01	Lizard	undated
43/02	Western bluebird	circa 1907
43/03	Oregon chickadee	1907
43/04	Willow goldfinch	1907 June
43/05	Ruffed grouse	1909 May
43/06	Sooty grouse	1909 June 4
43/07	Red-tailed hawk	1907 September 6
43/08	Rufous hummingbird	1907-1909
43/09	Thurber junco	1907 June
43/10	Thurber junco	1909 January
43/11	Pacific loon	1911
43/12	Mallard duck	1909 May 5
43/13	Turkey	undated
43/14	Mice	1908 April 1
43/15	Dog jumping for mouse in field	1907 July
43/16	Cat catching milk from a cow udder	1908
43/17	Bill Jennings	1909 August 4
43/18	Jennings Lodge views	1907-1908
43/19	View of the Willamette River from Jennings Lodge house	1907-1908
43/20	W. L. Finley and Bill Jennings loading hay	1909 July 29
43/21	Irene Finley royalty check from ladies home journal	1909
43/22	Willamette Falls, Oregon City	1908
43/23	Mr. Spooner salmon fishing	1908 September 26
43/24	Finleys and Spooners ice skating	1910 January
43/25	Snowfall at Jennings Lodge	1909 January 9
43/26	Star flower	undated
43/27	Milkweed	undated
43/28	Mt. Hood lilies	1907
43/29	Trillium	1908 April
43/30	Solomon's seal	1908 May
43/31	Autumn leaves	undated
43/32	Vanilla beans and leaves	1908 May 4
43/33	Blackberries	1907
43/34	Cherry tree in bloom	1908 April
43/35	Apple tree in bloom	1907-1908
43/36	Pussy willow	1908-1909
43/37	Hazel bush	1908 February 23
43/38	Dogwood in bloom	1907-1909
43/39	Western nighthawk	1907-1909
43/40	Dusky horned owl	1909 May 3
43/41-46	Finley family photographs	1907-1911
44/01-02	Finley family photographs	1907-1911
44/03	China pheasant	1907
44/04	Mountain quail	1908
44/05	Western robin	1907
44/06	Phoebe K. Finley holding a western robin	1909
44/07	Spotted sandpiper	1907
44/08	Chipping sparrow	1907
44/09	Fox sparrow	1909 January
44/10	Gamble's sparrow	1908 May 7
44/11	Rusty song sparrow	1907
44/12	Violet-green swallow	1909 July
44/13	Phoebe K. Finley salting a swallow's tail	1909 July
44/14	Oregon towhee	1909 January
44/15	Russet-backed thrush	1909 August 4
44/16	Varied thrush	1909 January
44/17	Irene Finley with Cassin's vireo nest	1908 May 12
44/18	Yellow warbler	1907 June
44/19	Irene Finley with wrens	1907 July
	Subseries 3 : Klamath, 1905
Box/Folder
44/20	Avocet	1905
44/21	Red-winged blackbird	1905
44/22	Camp scenes and boat	1905
44/22	W. L. Finley and H. T. Bohlman with cameras and photo blinds	1905
44/23	Canvasback duck	1905
44/24	Coot	1905
44/25-26	Cormorant	1905
44/26	W. L. Finley and H. T. Bohlman photographing cormorants	1905
44/27	Canada goose	1905
44/28	Eared grebe	1905
44/29-30	Western grebe	1905
44/31	W. L. Finley photographing Grebes	1905
44/32	preserving grebe skins	1905
44/33	California gull	1905
44/34	Great blue heron	1905
44/35	Killdeer	1905
44/36	Kingbird	1905
44/37-38	Mallard duck	1905
44/39	Abandoned hunter's cabin	1905
44/40	Klamath river	1905
44/41	Fish wheel on the Klamath River	1905
44/42	Houseboat on Lost River	1905
44/43	Cole fishing near Klamath City	1905
44/44	Bullock's oriole	1905
44/45	Osprey	1905
44/46	W. L. Finley and H. T. Bohlman digging burrowing owls from nests	1905
44/47	Camp scenes and packhorses	1905
44/48	W. L. Finley and H. T. Bohlman photographing pelicans and cormorants	1905
44/49	Camp scenes and fishing	1905
44/50	W. L. Finley and H. T. Bohlman photographing ducks	1905
44/51	California quail	1905
44/52	Redhead duck	1905
44/53	Spotted sandpiper	1905
44/54	Garter snake	1905
44/55	Rattle snake	1905
44/56	Black-necked stilt	1905
44/57	Cliff swallow	1905
44/58	Western tanager	1905
44/59	Cinnamon teal duck	1905
45/01	W. L. Finley holding a black tern	1905
45/02	Caspian tern	1905
45/03	Forster's tern	1905
45/04	Rainbow trout	1905
	Subseries 4 : Malheur/Burns/Crooked River Region, 1908
Box/Folder
45/05	American widgeon (baldpate) duck	1908
45/06	Brewer's blackbird	1908
45/07	Yellow-headed blackbird	1908
45/08	Farallon (?) cormorant	1908
45/09	Coyote hunting with Dr. Hibbard	1908
45/10	Sandhill crane	1908
45/11	Long-billed curlew	1908
45/12	Wright's flycatcher	1908
45/13	Canada goose; Hutchin's goose	1908
45/14	Snow goose	1908
45/15	Eared grebe	1908
45/16	Western grebe	1908
45/17	Sage grouse	1908
45/18	Gull; pelican; tern	1908
45/19	Marsh hawk	1908
45/20	Red-tailed hawk	1908
45/21	Swainson's hawk	1908
45/22	Black-crowned night heron	1908
45/23	Great blue heron	1908
45/24	Horned lark	1908
45/25	White-faced glossy ibis	1908
45/26	Black-billed magpie	1908
45/27	Mallard duck	1908
45/28	Meadowlark	1908
45/29	Sherars Bridge and Falls, Deschutes River	1908
45/30	Crooked River	1908
45/31	Cow Creek Canyon	1908
45/32	Silvies River and Burns	1908
45/33	Sagebrush Flats near Burns	1908
45/34	Haystack Lake	1908
45/35	Marsh's Place	1908
45/36	Hay Creek and Sheep Corrals	1908
45/37	Cattle	1908
45/38	Sod House near Spring Branch	1908
45/39	Adobe Fireplace	1908 July
45/40	Freight Wagon Trains	1908
45/41	Mr. Peck Skinning Birds	1908
45/42	William Marshall on a horse	1908
45/43	Sheepherder with gun and sheep	1908
45/44	Muskrat den	1908
45/45	Animal carcass in desert	1908
45/46	Long-eared owl	1908
45/47	Short-eared owl	1908
45/48-49	Pelican	1908
45/50	W. L. Finley and H. T. Bohlman with auto	1908
45/51	W. L. Finley, H. T. Bohlman, and Peck with boat	1908
45/52	Wilson's phalarope	1908
45/53	Pintail duck	1908
45/54	Porcupine	1908
45/55	Raven	1908
45/56	Redhead duck	1908
45/57	White-rumped (loggerhead) shrike	1908
46/01	H. T. Bohlman holding a skunk	1908
46/02	Barn swallow	1908
46/03	Swan	1908
46/04	Green-winged teal duck	1908
46/05	Caspian tern	1908
46/06	Forster's tern	1908
46/07	Sage thrasher	1908
46/08	Western willet	1908
	Subseries 5 : State Game Farm, Corvallis, 1905, 1911
Box/Folder
46/10	Mr. Schunke feeding pheasants	1905
46/11	Golden pheasant	undated
46/12	Reeves pheasant	1911 August 10
	Subseries 6 : Three Arch Rocks, 1901-1903
Box/Folder
46/13	Brandt's cormorant	1901-1903
46/14	Farallon cormorant	1903 July
46/15	H. T. Bohlman photographing nests on a rock face	1903
46/15-16	Pigeon guillemot	1903
46/17	Western gull	1903
46/18	Three Arch Rocks and surrounding coastline	1903
46/19	California (common) murre	1901-1903
46/20	Crowd on a wagon	1901
46/21	Camp scenes	1903
46/22	Kaeding petrel	1901-1903
46/23	Tufted puffin	1901-1903
46/24	Sea lion	1903
46/25	Barn swallow	1901
	Subseries 7 : Portland, 1900-1909
Box/Folder
46/26	Brewers blackbird	1901 June
46/27	Red-winged blackbird	1902 May
46/28	Western bluebird	1902-1903
46/29	Lazuli bunting	1903
46/30-31	Bushtit	1902-1904
46/31	W. L. Finley and H. T. Bohlman holding bushtits	1903
46/32	Chickadee	1902 June
46/33	William Dutcher portrait	undated
46/34	W. L. Finley, H. T. Bohlman and Dr. Kellogg staging images	1901-1902
46/34-35	Flicker	1901-1902
46/36	Western flycatcher	1902
46/37	Goldfinch	1901-1902
46/38	Black-headed grosbeak	1902
46/39	Gull	1905-1906
46/40	W. L. Finley and H. T. Bohlman photographing hawk's nest	1902
46/40-41	Red-tailed hawk	1902
46/42	Sparrow hawk	1900
46/43	Great blue heron	1901
46/44	Rufous hummingbird	1902-1904
46/45	Kingfisher	1902
47/01	Meadowlark	1902 May 25
47/02	Aigrettes	1910 February
47/03	Holliday school students making birdhouses	circa 1909
47/04	Roses	1903
47/05	Ladd's Woods	1901
47/06	Nighthawk	1902
47/07	Bullock's oriole	1903
47/08	W. L. Finley portrait	undated
47/09	Sora rail	1902
47/10	Robin	1902
47/11	Gambel's (white-crowned) sparrow	1900-1902
47/12	Rusty song sparrow	1902
47/13	Rough-winged swallow	1902 July
47/14	Violet-green swallow	1902
47/15	Western tanager	1901
47/15	Photographing in the tree tops	1901
47/16	Russet-backed thrush	1901
47/17	Oregon towhee	1902
47/18	Western warbling vireo	1902
47/19	Cassin's vireo	1902
47/20	Black-throated gray warbler	1902
47/21	Lutescent warbler	1902-1904
47/22	Macgillvary's warbler	1902
47/23	Yellow warbler	1901-1902
47/24	Lewis' woodpecker	1902 July
47/25	Vigor's wren	1902 July
47/26	Canyon Creek landscape	1902
47/26-28	Western winter wren	1902
47/28	W. L. Finley with wrens on camera	1902
47/29	Habitat for Pacific yellowthroat near Portland, OR	1904
47/30	Pacific yellowthroat	1904

Series G : Oregon Locations, 1910-1940 , 1910-1940 Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Subseries 1 : Wallowa Mountains
Box/Folder
48/01	Loading elk in crates, Jackson Hole, WY	1911
48/02	Unloading elk into pens, Joseph, OR	1911
48/03	Crowds viewing elk along route	1911
48/04	Transporting elk from Joseph to Billy Meadows	1911
48/05	Releasing elk in Billy Meadows	1911
	Subseries 2 : Upper Willamette, 1912
Box/Folder
48/06-07	Bobcat and cougar hunting and camping scenes on the Upper Willamette River with W. L. Finley, Jap Hills, Kelley, Rees, and Gadsby	1912
	Subseries 3 : Dallas Lore Sharp and Family Trips, 1912
Box/Folder
48/08	Indian pictographs at OO Ranch	1912
48/09	Rock Creek and OO Ranch	1912
48/10	Sandhill crane	1912
48/11	Antelope	1912
48/12	Avocet	1912
48/13	Phalarope	1912
48/14	Deschutes River	1912
48/15	D. L. Sharp and family around Jennings Lodge	1912
48/16	Boat on Klamath Lake, American flag on stern	1912
48/17	Birds in flight over Klamath Lake	1912
48/18	Unidentified nest	1912
48/19	Birds on the shore near Klamath Lake	1912
48/20	Cormorant	1912
48/21-22	Klamath Falls	1912
48/23	Pelican	1912
48/23	W. L. Finley, H. T. Bohlman, and D. L. Sharp filming pelicans	1912
48/24	D. L. Sharp with birds	1912
48/25	D. L. Sharp and son with Audubon tour near Klamath	1912
48/26	D. L. Sharp Jr. with birds near Klamath Lake	1912
48/27	W. L. Finley, H. T. Bohlman, and D. L. Sharp with boat around Klamath Lake	1912
48/28	Valley near Klamath	1912 July
48/29	Wildflowers	1912
48/30	Birds flying over water	undated
48/31	Great blue heron	undated
48/32	Nests near Malheur Lake	undated
48/33	Tern	1912
48/33	Killdeer	1912
48/33	D. L. Sharp	1912
48/34	Spadefoot toad	1912
48/35	D. L. Sharp on summit of Mt. Hood	1912
48/36	Forest scenes near Mt. Hood	1912
48/37	Motoring through alkali flats near Silver Lake	1912
48/38	Egret	1912
48/39	Jack rabbit	1912
48/40-42	Silver Lake	1912
48/41	D. L. Sharp and Malheur Audubon Wardens on Silver Lake	1912
48/43	Unidentified nest	1912
48/44	Three Arch Rocks and surrounding coastline	1912
48/45	Wallowa Mountains pack trip	1912
	Subseries 4 : Oregon Fish and Game Commission Trip, June 1912
Box/Folder
49/01	On boats near Oregon City and Cazadera Dam	1912 June
	Subseries 5 : Finley Family Outings and Jennings Lodge, circa 1912-1913
Box/Folder
49/02	Finley family At Cannon Beach/Haystack Rock	circa 1912
49/03	Finley children playing at the Oregon Coast	circa 1912
49/04	Finley family photographs	circa 1912
49/05	Finley family picnic and sail boating	circa 1912
49/06	Irene Finley and children	circa 1912
49/07-09	Finley children	circa 1912
49/10	W. L. Finley reading	circa 1912
49/11	W. L. Finley with children	circa 1912
49/12	W. L. Finley at desk	circa 1912
49/13	Finley children with bluebird	1912 June 11
49/14	Cedarbird	1913 July 21
49/15	English sparrow	1912
	Subseries 6 : John Gill on Morrison Bridge, Portland, circa 1912
Box/Folder
49/16	John Gill feeding birds on Morrison Bridge	circa 1912
	Subseries 7 : Pearson Trip, n.d., circa 1912
Box/Folder
49/17	Unidentified people along river and in a car	circa 1912
	Subseries 8 : Crater Lake, 1913
Box/Folder
49/18	Chipmunks	1913
49/19	Trout fishing	1913
49/20	Crater Lake and surrounding area including lodge and overlook	1913
	Subseries 9 : Crescent Lake, 1913
Box/Folder
49/21	Crescent Lake camp scenes and touring car	1913
	Subseries 10 : Oregon State Game Farm, 1913
Box/Folder
49/22	Deer	1913
49/23	Ducks	1913
49/24	Pheasant	1913
49/25	Pheasant, pens, runs, and nesting boxes	1913
49/26-27	China pheasant	1913
49/28-29	Reeves pheasant	1913
49/30	Silver pheasant	1913
49/31	California quail	1913
49/32	Rabbit	1913
49/33	Ruffed grouse	1913
49/34	Gene M. Simpson	1913
	Subseries 11 : Rogue River, 1913
Box/Folder
49/35	Rogue River, camp scenes, lodge, and boats	1913
49/36-38	Fly fishing	1913
	Subseries 12 : Near Columbia River, Umatilla County (?), circa 1915
Box/Folder
49/39	Goose hunt	circa 1915
	Subseries 13 : Umatilla County, near Stanfield, circa 1915
Box/Folder
49/40-43	Jack rabbit drive	circa 1915

Series H : Out of State Trips , 1911-1912 Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Subseries 1 : Idaho, circa 1911
Box/Folder
49/44	Idaho Scenes Including St. Anthony Building & MFG Co.	circa 1911

Series I : Olaus Murie Prints , 1913 Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
50/01	Daisies	1913 June 7
50/02	Screech owl	1913 June
50/03	Cassin vireo	1913 June 8
50/04	Black throated gray warbler	1913 June 7
50/05	Chipping sparrow	1913 June 10
50/06	Nests	1913 June 25
50/07	Netarts	1913 September 9
50/08	Western gull	1913 September 9
50/09	Tufted puffin	1913 July 3
50/10	Sea lion	1913 July 3
50/11	Brandt cormorant	1913 July 2
50/12	Western sandpiper	1913 September 6
50/13	Northern phalarope	1913 September 7
50/14	Hudsonian curlew	1913 September 7
50/15	Turkey vulture	1913 September 9

Series J : Oregon Wildlife Images , 1912-1930 Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Subseries 1 : State Game Farm, Corvallis
Box/Folder
50/16	Outbuildings and box traps	undated
50/25	China pheasant	undated
	Subseries 2 : Mammals
Box/Folder
50/17	Antelope	undated
50/18	Mexican ant bear (coati)	1925 October
50/19	Deer	undated
50/20	Dog	undated
	Subseries 3 : Bird Species
Box/Folder
50/21	Aigrette feathers	undated
50/22	Flicker	undated
50/23	Hungarian partridge	undated
50/24	Band-tailed pigeon	undated
50/25	Don Q. Quail (quail) at Jennings Lodge	1926 May
50/26	Unidentified bird species	undated

Series K : Oregon Locations , 1912-1930 Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Subseries 1 : Clear Lake, 1912
Box/Folder
51/01	Clear Lake	1912
51/02	Grebes; terns	1912
51/03	Jacksnipe	1912
51/04	Unidentified nest	1912
51/05	Pelicans	1912
51/06	Jack Rabbit	1912
	Subseries 2 : Eugene, 1924
Box/Folder
51/07	Airplanes, pilots and spectators	1924
	Subseries 3 : Hermiston, 1916
Box/Folder
51/08	Coyotes	circa 1916
51/09	Kangaroo rat	1916
51/10	Eaves swallow	1916
	Subseries 4 : Jack Lake, Lake County, circa 1915
Box/Folder
51/11	Sage grouse; antelope	circa 1915
	Subseries 5 : Jennings Lodge, 1925
Box/Folder
51/12	Mexican ant bear (coati)	1925
	Subseries 6 : Klamath, 1915-1916
Box/Folder
51/13	Skunk	1916
51/14	Horned owl	undated
51/15	Black-necked stilts	1915-1916
51/16	Weasel	1916
	Subseries 7 : Malheur and SE Oregon, 1917
Box/Folder
51/17	Skunk	1917
51/18	Badger	1917 July
51/19	Orioles	1917
	Subseries 8 : Mt. Hood, 1912
Box/Folder
51/20	Summiting Mt. Hood with camera equipment	1912
	Subseries 9 : Netarts, 1920
Box/Folder
51/21-22	Photographing sandpipers and gulls with W. L. Finley, A. B. Howell, and Mr. and Mrs. Bailey	1920
	Subseries 10 : Three Arch Rocks, 1929
Box/Folder
51/23	Three Arch Rocks and surrounding coast. Cormorants; gulls; murres; oyster catchers; puffins	1929
	Subseries 11 : Wallowa Lake, 1913
Box/Folder
51/24	Fish hatchery	1913 June 23

Series L : Out of State Trips , 1916-1931 Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Subseries 1 : Alaska, 1931
Box/Folder
51/25	Passengers aboard the Westward	1931 May
	Subseries 2 : Arizona, 1925, 1930
Box/Folder
51/26	W. L. Finley and A. N. Pack standing on a dam	1925
51/27	W. L. and Irene Finley with camera	1930
	Subseries 3 : California, 1920-1921, 1925
Box/Folder
51/28	Views of Oakland, CA and Lake Merritt. Barn owl; blue bill duck; scaup duck; Anna's hummingbird; brown bat; long-eared bat; mastiff bat; possum	1920-1921
51/29	Norria Pack in Santa Barbara. Coot	1925
	Subseries 4 : Montana, 1927-29
Box/Folder
51/30	Deer; ground squirrel	1927
	Subseries 5 : Texas, 1920
Box/Folder
51/31	Reddish egret; brown pelican; royal tern	1920
	Subseries 6 : Washington, 1919, 1920
Box/Folder
51/32-33	First northern Washington trip	1919
51/34	Second northern Washington trip	1920
	Subseries 7 : Wyoming, 1916, 1920
Box/Folder
51/35	Irene Finley feeding bears in Yellowstone Park	1916
51/36	Gray jay; pelican; deer	1920
	Subseries 8 : Canada, 1920, 1924
Box/Folder
51/37	Pack horses and camp scenes near Whitwroth Ranch. Fool hen; sooty grouse; mountain beaver	1920
51/38	Warden Hadley with fawn and dog in Alert Bay, B. C. W. L. Finley photographing glaucous gulls on Gull Island. Views of polar bear in the Stanley Park Zoo in Vancouver, B. C.	1924 July

Series M : Finley Negative Albums , 1914 Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Subseries 1 : Album #1
Box/Folder
51/39	Cougar	1914 April 22
	Subseries 2 : Album #2
Box/Folder
51/40	Magone Lake, Grant County; cougar kittens; sportsman's meeting in Portland; trout hatchery at Imber	1914

Series N : Don Q. Quail , 1925-1926 Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
51/41	Don Q. Quail posing with Finley family and school children	1925-1926

Series O : Olaus Murie Prints Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
51/42	Photographs attributed to Olaus Murie. Species depicted include: martin; screech owl; phalarope; cedar wax wing; beaver; snowshoe rabbit; raccoon. Also includes winter scenes of the Deschutes River	Undated

Series P : Loose Prints and Ephemera , 1900-1960 Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Subseries 1 : Oregon Wildlife and Landscapes
Box/Folder
52/01	Avocets	1919
52/02	Bald eagle	undated
52/03	White pelicans	undated
52/04	Sea Lion	undated
52/05	Snakes	undated
52/06	Toad	undated
52/07	Unidentified Oregon locations	undated
52/08	Unidentified child on a horse	undated
	Subseries 2 : Reference Copy Prints
Box/Folder
52/09-11	Copy prints-various subjects	undated
	Subseries 3 : Ephemera
Box/Folder
52/12	Selected original negative sleeves with notes	undated
52/13-14	Original negative albums. Negatives removed. See: folders 51/39-40.	1914
52/15	Program for Finley-Bohlman Memorial Photographic Blind at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge	1960

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Birds -- Photographs
Conservationists -- Oregon
Nature photography
Wildlife refuges--Oregon

Personal Names

Finley, William L.(William Lovell), 1876-1953

Corporate Names

Oregon--Department of Fish and Wildlife
American Nature Association
Audubon Society of Portland

Geographical Names

Oregon--Wildlife refuges

Form or Genre Terms

Glass plate negatives
Negatives (photographs)
Photographs

Other Creators

Personal Names
- Bohlman,Herman (photographer)
- Finley, Irene (photographer)
- Murie, Olaus Johan, 1889-1963 (photographer)
- Pack, Arthur Newton, 1893-1975 (photographer)
- Walker, Alex (photographer)

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