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Glisan, Rodney
Rodney Glisan Mount Rainier photograph collection
1905-1906
36 photographic prints in 2 albums (1 box) ; 5 1/2" x 3 1/4"
Collection materials are inEnglish.
Photographs of a Mount Rainier and Mount Baker climbing expeditions of Mazamas
Rodney L. Glisan (April 3rd, 1869 - 1934) of Portland, Or, was the son of Dr. Rodney Glisan, and Elizabeth R. Couch, a daughter of the founder of Portland. He received a law degree and practiced primarily in the area of realty and estates. He was active in local politics and was an amateur photographer. He was an active member of the Mazamas club, a Portland based mountaineering club founded in 1894 and served as the seventh president of the organization. In the early 1900's the Mazamas club organized a major hike every year.
The collection consists of 2 albums documenting trips by the Mazamas. The first album documents a 1905 Mazamas hike up Mount Rainier. The second album documents their 1906 climb up Mount Baker. Several of the photographs were published in their mountain climbing periodical "The Mazamas" with a story that documented the trip. Includes images of glaciers, crevasses and ice formations. All photographs were taken by Rodney Glisan.
The collection is open to the public.
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Donor: Milnor Roberts Estate
Processed by: Judi Windleharth; Erin Bailey, Processing completed 2012
Photograph albums
Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Photographs
Expeditions and Adventure
Album 1: Mount Rainier
1905
1/1
1-1
Buildings at Longmire Springs
1905
1/1
1-2
Narada Falls waterfall
1905
1/1
1-3
Mountain and Narada Falls
1905
1/1
1-4
Twin Falls
1905
1/1
1-5
View of Pinnacle Peak and Tatoosh Range
1905
1/1
1-6
Mountain reflected in Mirror Lake
1905
1/1
1-7
Pinnacle Peak reflected in Mirror Lake
1905
1/1
1-8
Sluiskin Falls waterfall
1905
1/1
1-9
Erythronium flowers in Paradise Bay
1905
1/1
1-10
Three men and three women standing on a trail to the foot of the Nisqually Glacier
1905
1/1
1-11
Foot of the Nisqually Glacier
1905
1/1
1-12
Hiker at crevasse of Nisqually Glacier.
1905
1/1
1-13
Mount Rainier
1905
Photo marked by red ink indicating showing route to the summit.
1/1
1-14
Gibralter-Cowlitz Glacier
1905
1/1
1-15
Hikers roped together on Gibralter trail
1905
1/1
1-16
Nisqually ice crag
1905
1/1
1-17
Ice formation opposite of Gibralter
1905
1/1
1-18
Snow covered crater with exposed rim
1905
1/1
1-19
North peak of mountain
1905
1/1
1-20
Seven people hiking to Cowlitz Glacier
1905
1/1
1-21
Cowlitz Glacier
1905
1/1
1-22
Crevasse on Cowlitz Glacier
1905
1/1
1-23
Deer on Kautz River
1905
1/1
1-24
Missing Photo
1905
1/1
1-25
Man standing on the Tahoma Glacier
1905
1/1
1-26
Ice terrace on the Tahoma Glacier
1905
Album 2: Mount Baker
1906
1/2
2-1
Mountain overlooking a river
1906
1/2
2-2
Mountain with large group of hikers
1906
1/2
2-3
Large group of hikers including dogs and horses on mountain
1906
1/2
2-4
Mountain with three hikers
1906
1/2
2-5
Crevasse in glacier
1906
1/2
2-6
Ice formations on glacier
1906
1/2
2-7
Three hikers on ice formations
1906
1/2
2-8
Mountain peaks between fir trees
1906
1/2
2-9
Hiker looking in a crevasse of a glacier
1906
1/2
2-10
Hikers next to an ice cliff
1906
1/2
2-11
Ptarmigan on rocks with mountain in the distance
1906