AHJ_ah12917 Inventory of the Russell D. Lamb papers, 1959-2006 Lamb (Russell D.) papers Processed by Brittany Heye University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center
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 Finding aid encoded by Brittany Heye March 2025 Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition). University of Wyoming American Heritage Center 12917 Lamb, Russell D. Russell D. Lamb papers 1959-2006 40.64 cubic ft. (41 boxes) Russell D. Lamb (1929–2009) was an American photographer known for his landscape and nature photography. This collection contains a portfolio of photographic images captured by Russell D. Lamb, including color transparencies, color slides, negatives, and signed copies of both volumes one and two of his book Wyoming. English Biography of Russell D. Lamb

Russell D. Lamb (1929–2009) was an American photographer known for his landscape and nature photography. He studied at the Famous Photographers School in New York, where he trained under prominent photographers such as Richard Avedon, Joseph Costa, Arthur d’Arazien, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Philippe Halsman, Irving Penn, Bert Stern, and Ezra Stoller. Over a career that spanned more than thirty years, Lamb received awards of excellence from Victor Hasselblad and Linhof Technika. His work appeared in a variety of national publications including Sunset Magazine, TimeLife books, Popular Photography, Modern Maturity, and Condé Nast publications, and was also featured by organizations such as the Sierra Club and National Wildlife. In addition to his editorial work, Lamb authored several photography books, including Wyoming (Volumes One and Two), published by Graphic Arts Books.

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This collection contains a portfolio of photographic images captured by Russell D. Lamb spanning a time of forty years, starting in the 1960s. Included are color transparencies, color slides, negatives, and signed copies of both volume one and two of his book Wyoming. The photographic transparencies contain images of the landscape and peoples of Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

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This material was received from Robert Lamb in April 2024.

The collection was processed by Brittany Heye in March 2025.

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 Access Terms Photography. Photographers. Photographers--United States. Photographers--West (U.S.) <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Wyoming Photographs Series I. Transparencies Sub-series 1. Wyoming 2Agriculture, farming industryundated 2Atlantic City, Cheyenne, Cumberland cemetery, Hat Creek stage station, Incinson house, Split Rock, Guernsey, South Pass Cityundated 4Bighorn Mountainsundated 2Canyons in the fallundated 2Canyons, gorges, rock formationsundated 3Devils Tower National Monument, Vedauwoo Rock State Parkundated 3Fall color (miscellaneous subjects)undated 3Fall color (with no mountains)undated 1Fossilsundated 5General scenicsundated 4Historical: Buffalo Bill museum, Independence Rock, Laramie military bridge, Register Cliffundated 5Historical: Fort Bridger, Fort Laramie, Fort Washakie, Trail Town in Codyundated 1Indiansundated 1Medicine Bow Mountainsundated 1Miscellaneous fall colorundated 22Old signs - horse ranch sign in Wyoming, old car on brick wall, mail pouch sign, star tobacco, Levi Strauss, Dr. Pierce's Medical Discoveriesundated 3Rivers waterfallsundated 3Teton National Parkundated 1Teton National Park in the fallundated 3Teton National Park in the winterundated 2University of Wyomingundated 4Wildflowersundated 1Wildlifeundated 2Wind River Range (aerial view)undated 2Wind River Range (cirque of the towers, square top mountain)undated 4Yellowstone National Park: forest, Yellowstone lodge, vegetation, canyonsundated 4Yellowstone National Park: geysers, geyser formations, geyser basins, geyser poolsundated 4Yellowstone National Park: Yellowstone falls, Yellowstone lake, waterfalls, riversundated Sub-series 2. Washington 5Absaroka Mountains (miscellaneous - fall color)undated 7Coastlineundated 6Fall color: Mt. Adams area aspens, farms, reflections, North Cascades National Park, Stevens Pass, Tumwater canyonundated 17Fruit, field patterns, wheat fields, wheat harvestingundated 7Hoquiam Castle, Fort Vancouver, Olympia, Port Townsend, Washington homesteadsundated 7Industry, trojan, pollutionundated 22Lumbering - Christmas tree farm (pruning), clearcut areas of forest, log filled slough, log sorting, log measurement, loading log on freighter, rail splitter, tree cutting, slash burning, wood chip barges on the Columbiaundated 5Mt. Rainier: Bench Lake, Emerald Ridge, Kautz Creek, Clapatche Lake, Reflection Lake, St. Andrews Lakeundated 5Mt. Rainier: Emmons Glacier, north side, Tatoosh Range, west side, White Riverundated 5Mt. Rainier: ice caves, Summerland, sunrise, Tipsoo Lakeundated 5Mt. Rainier: Paradise Park and meadows with flowers, general views of the south sideundated 17Ranching - Washington livestock, irrigation, agricultureundated 7Seattle and immediate vicinityundated 21Sports - mountaineeringundated 18Trees - Eucalyptus tree and bark, Fig tree, miscellaneous other treesundated 6Washington Mountains: Black peak, Cascade Pass, Chilliwacks, Liberty Bell Mountain, Icy peak, Mt. Fury, Mt. Goode, Ross Lake, Whatcom Passundated 6Washington Mountains: Enchantment lakes area, Mt. McClellan, Prusik peak, Mt. Stuartundated 6Washington Mountains: Monte Cristos Range, Big Four Mountain, Mt. Index, Gothic peak, Del Campo peak, Vesper peak, Sperry peakundated 6Washington Mountains: Mt. Adamsundated 6Washington Mountains: Mt. Baker aerials, Mt. Baker from the ground, Mt. Shuksanundated 6Washington Mountains: Mt. St. Helensundated 7Washington Olympics: Olympic coastlineundated 7Washington Olympics: Olympic Mountains, mountaineeringundated 7Washington Olympics: Olympic Rain Forest, riversundated 17Weather - clouds and cloud formations, lightingundated 16Weather - fog in the trees, rainbows, flooded areas, ice on (trees and plants), icy ponds, iciclesundated Sub-series 3. Montana 9Absarako Range - Absaroka Mountains (various views) Emigrant Peak (in winter and fall)undated 9Anaconda-Pintler Mountain Range, Bitterroot Mountain Range, Cabinet Mountain Range, Continental Divide, C.M. Russell Wildlife Refuge, Nine Pipe Wildlife Refugeundated 9Bannock, Big Sky resort, Cheyenne Indian res. Custer battlefield, Elkhorn, Helena (state capital) Medicine rock, Missoula, Nevada Cityundated 9Beartooth Rangeundated 10Big Dry Creek, Big Hole River, Big Horn River, Bitterroot River, Kootenai River, Milk River, Yaak River, Yellowstone Riverundated 9Bighorn Canyon, Blaine Lake, Bighorn Lake, Flathead Lake, Fort Peck Lake, Koocanusa Lake, Libby Dam, Quake Lake, Yellowtail Damundated 9Bridger Mountain Range, Madison Mountain Range, Mission Mountain Rangeundated 23Fire engine at work, fire, fireworks1973-1981 22Flora, animals, birds1973-1983 10General fall color, Bob Marshall wilderness, Westminster Spiresundated 8Glacier National Park - Chief Mountainundated 8Glacier National Park - Many Glacier areaundated 8Glacier National Park - McDonald Lake areaundated 8Glacier National Park - St. Mary's Lake areaundated 8Glacier National Park - Two Medicine Lakes areaundated 8Logan Pass area, Waterton Lakes areaundated 10Miscellaneous horses, Makoshika State Park, rock formations (miscellaneous), sunsets, St. John and St. Mary church, Tobacco Mountain Range, trees and forest in summer and springundated 22Pollution - industrial1971-1980 10Rivers - headwaters of the Missouri River, Gallatin River, Madison River, Missouri Riverundated 8St. Mary's Lake areaundated 23Trees - bristlecones1975-1989 10Waterfalls - Great Falls, Rainbow Falls, Black Eagle Falls, Great Springs, Skalkaho Falls, Yaak Falls, Palisade Falls, Waterton Lakes areaundated 10Waterfalls - miscellaneous falls in Glacier National Parkundated 9Wildflowers, vegetationundated Sub-series 4. California 11, 23Californiaundated, 1973-1981 11California coast: Point Lobos, Carmel Mission, Carmel Coast, Eureka Carson Mansion, Sanoma Mission, Mission LA Purisimaundated 11California desert: Anza Borrego desert (Palm canyon) Death Valley National Monument Sand Dunes Zabrinki Point, Joshua Tree National Monumentundated 11California mountains: Alabama hills in Lone Pine, Mt. Lassen, Mt. Whitneyundated 10California mountains: Castle Craigs Mt. Shastaundated 11Death Valley Sand Sunes Zabriski pointundated 20Flora - (Native) balsam root, bitterroot, cat tails, Columbia Gorge, darlingtia, ferns, lupine, thistle, trilliumundated 20Flora - wildflowers daisies, iris, miscellaneous, monkey flowers, owl's clover, poppies, poppies and grassesundated 12Miscellaneous Bodi ghost town, Red Bluff farm in Sacramento Valley Zuckweiler bldg. (Victorian), Indian falls in Paxton, Lake Tahoe sunbathers, petrified forest, Sacramento railway museum Sutter's fort, Virginia City ghost townundated 11Redwood National Park: giant sequoia tress, general scenic views in park, closeup views, North Fork of the Kaweah River Valleyundated 12San Francisco Golden Gate bridge, Japanese garden, Victorian house (derivation)undated 18Trees - Alpine Bristlecone pine (pinue aristata) general views at timberline, Bristlecone pine (pinus aristata) closeup viewsundated 19Trees - forest scenes -- closeups of forest floor, closeups of mushrooms, tree branches, sunburst through the treesundated 11Yosemite National Park: Sentinel Dome Jefrey Pine, Half Dome, El Capitan, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite Fallsundated Sub-series 5. Utah 12Bryce Canyon, Red Canyonundated 12Capital Reef National Park Torrey, Utah Cedar Breaks National Monument, Dinosaur National Monument, Arches National Park Indian petroglyphsundated 12Monument Valleyundated 12Zion National Parkundated Sub-series 6. Idaho, New Mexico, South Dakota, Colorado, Canada, Nevada 20British Columbia: Victoria - Maritime museum, House of Parliament, Butchard Garden, city views, Vancouver - GaslightPpark, Stanley Park, planetarium, Royal Yacht Club, KitsilanoPpark, Prospect pt., Burrard Inletundated 19Colorado: Aspen, Maroon bells in the fall, Rocky Mountain National Monument, Hovenweep National Monumentundated 19Colorado: Red Mountain, old mine in the fall, Uncompahgre National Forest (fall color), Gunnison National Forest (fall color)undated 13Idaho: Boise, Boot Hill, Cataldo Mission, Lake Coeur D'Alene, old mine in Custer, Idaho, old barn, Mt. Borahundated 13Idaho: Craters of the Moon National Monumentundated 17Idaho: Industry - various damsundated 13Idaho: Sawtooth Mountains - Hell Roaring Lake, Imogene lake, Stanley Lake, Alice Lake, Redfish Lake, Taxaway Lake, Twin Lakeundated 13Idaho: Sawtooth Mountains - horse packing, miscellaneous, rivers, trees, vegetation, waterfallsundated 20Nevadaundated 19New Mexico: Carlsbad Caverns, Aztec ruins, Chaco Canyonundated 12South Dakota Black Hills (needles area) Mount Rushmore National Monumentundated Sub-series 7. Oregon 17Agriculture - old implements of the trade (equipment)undated 15Cascade Range - Bachlor Mountain, Brokentop Mountain, Mt. McLoughlin and Klamath Lake, Middle and North Sister (lava bed), Middle and North Sister from McKinzie Pass, Mt. Washington (lava beds and big lake), Mt. Thielsen, Paulina Peak (across obsidian flow)undated 15Cascade Range - Mt. Hood undated 15Columbia River Gorge - Bonneville Dam, Crown Point/ fall color- Oneonta Gorge, Dog Mountain (hikers on the summit)undated 16Eastern section - ghost towns, historic buildings, deserted buildings, early homesteads, closeup details: old barns, barns doors, weathered wood on barns, barbed wire fencesundated 15Eastern section - pioneer relics, wagon wheels, windmills, rock formationsundated 16Fall color - alrch trees (Mt. Hod National Forest), Vine maple trees (Mt. Hod National Forest), Santiam Pass at Lost Lake, R.R. Bridge at Hood Riverundated 15Farms and ranches (active)undated 21Fire engine at work, fire, fireworksundated 21Flora - desert brittlebush, cactus (miscellaneous), desert gold, desert phacelia, desert primrose, desert sandverbenaundated 21Flora - garden flowers Bougainvillea, Columbine, Dahlia, Iris, Marigold, Poinsettia, Poppy, Rhodendron, Roseundated 21Flora - mountain wildflowers, mountain clover, cliff penetemon, avalanche lilly, elephant heads, balsamroot, gentians, mountain lupine, Indian paintbrushundated 21Flora - native grasses , reeds undated 16National Parks - Crater Lake National Park Wizard Island, winter scenes, winter form the watchmanundated 18Native peoplesundated 14Oregon Coast: Astoria fishing nets, crab ring and crabs, Astoria-Megler Bridge, Astoria Column, Columbia lightshipundated 14Oregon Coast: beach sand patterns, sea life, surg, tide patternsundated 14Oregon Coast: closeups of sandstone and rock formationsundated 14Oregon Coast: coastal sunsets, scenes with unusual lightingundated 14Oregon Coast: driftwood, forest scenes, treesundated 14Oregon Coast: lighthouseundated 14Oregon Coast: North shoreline Ecola Beach to Cape Perpetua Boiler Bay, Ecola State Park, Depoe Bay, Cape Kiwanda, Neahkahnie, Oswald West State park, Otter Forest, Cape Perpetua, Seal Rockundated 13Oregon Coast: Southern shoreline Cape Perpetua to Florence Bandon, Cape Blanco, Coos Bay, Brookings, Lupine, Sand Dunes, Cape Sebastian, Scoth Broom, sheep (Curry county), ship wreck, Sixes, Oregon, Rhodendronsundated 13Oregon Coast: wavesundated 23Parks - Crater Lake, Painted Hills, Silver Falls, Smith Rock1973-1981 22Pollution - air and water Scott paper company, Crown Zellerbach, Longview fiber, St. Regis paper, Weyerhaeuser paper, old cars paint patterns, rusting car bodies, closeup patterns Industry loggingundated 19Portland, Oregon -- aerial views, Fremont Bridge, McLoughlin House in Oregon City, Bybee House on Sauvie Island, night, from rose test garden, sunsetsundated 19Portland, Oregon -- art museum, carousel horses, historical society, horse patrol, iron fronts, park blocks, Pittock Mansion, Reed College, Skidmore fountain, office buildings, transit mall, Willamette River, SW residential area river placeundated 19Portland, Oregon - Japanese test garden, Rhodendron test garden, Rose test garden at Washington Parkundated 16Rivers and lakes (Miscellaneous), wildlife refugesundated 21Sports - miscellaneous, skiing, bicycling, hot air ballonsundated 16State Parks - Lava Butte State Park in Bend, Painted Hills State Park near Mitchell, Smith Rock State Park near Redmondundated 18Trees - Whitebark pine (Pinus Albicaulis) general views at timberline, Whitebark pine (pinus albicaulis) closeup viewsundated 22Viniculture - Charles Coury vineyards, forest grove, ore. Chateau sovereign, Geyserville, Calif. Amity vineyards, amity, Oregon, Sebastiani vineyards, Sanoma, California, Beringer vineyards (stained glass), miscellaneous other scenesundated 18Waterfalls - fall -- Columbia Gorge, Elowah, Latourell, Multnomah, Wahkeenah, Silver Falls State Park, South Falls, Mt. Hood National Forest (misc.), Tenaway River with larch needlesundated 17Waterfalls - spring and summer -- Columbia Gorge, Horsetails Falls, Elowah Falls, McCrod Creek Falls, Multnomah Falls, Oneonta Gorge, Pony Tail Falls, Punch Bowl Falls, Triple Falls, Wahkeena Fallsundated 18Waterfalls - spring and summer -- Ramona Falls (Mt. Hood), Sahale Falls (Three Sisters Wilderness), Golden Falls State Parkundated 18Waterfalls - spring and summer -- Three Sisters Wilderness Area, Lower Proxy Falls, Proxy Falls, Silver Falls State Park, South Falls, Middle North Falls, Lower South Fallsundated 17Waterfalls - Winter -- Silver Falls State Park, lower South Falls, South Falls, Columbia Gorge, Horsetail Falls, Multnomah Falls, Wahkeen Falls, Washington Teanaway riverundated Sub-series 8. Arizona 20Canyon de Chelly, Grand Canyon, Navajo National Monumentundated 20Formations near Tuba City, Monument Valley, Sand Dune formation at Chinle, photographer and footprints in the sandundated 22Grand Canyon (south rim) Oraibiundated 20Saguaro National Monument (cacti), Wupatki Indian ruinsundated Sub-series 9. Number 2's 24381967-1973 24Bodie, CAundated 23California: Parks - Yosemite, Redwood National Parkundated 23Columbia Gorge - geology, icicles, waterfalls, Bonneville Dam, sunset, Eagle Creekundated 24East Oregon and North Cascadesundated 24Eastern Oregonundated 24Gnarl Ridgeundated 24Marketingundated 24Meisel special project 002undated 23Mountains - Washington and Oregonundated 24Olympics1965-1973 24Sports - fishing, motorcyclesundated 24, 29Unlabeledundated 24Washington: mountains - Mt. Rainier, Mt. Adams, North Cascadesundated 24Weather - snow, sunsets, clouds, iceundated Series II. Slides and Negatives 40Black and White Negativesundated 40Color Negativesundated 29Color Negatives - Russ Lamb 35mm, western statesundated 25Color Slides - Arizona, Utah, Nevada1975 29Color Slides - Arizona, Utah, Oregon coastundated 26-27Color Slides - California 1973-1984 36Color Slides - California, Bodieundated 36Color Slides - Fort Vancouver, WAundated 25Color Slides - Idaho, New Mex, S. Dakota, Colorado, Canada1968-1990 37Color Slides - Indians -- Nez Perceundated 35Color Slides - miscellaneous undated 25-26Color Slides - Montana1978-1982 36Color Slides - Montana: GNP aerialsundated 37Color Slides - Mt. Hood timberline lodge hood riverundated 25-26Color Slides - Oregon1972-1984 36Color Slides - Oregon: fall colorundated 36Color Slides - Portlandundated 36Color Slides - Portland -- vicinity Austin hotspots, Mcloughlin House Sauvie Islandundated 32-33Color Slides - Russ Lamb 35mm misc western states1967-1983 31Color Slides - Russ Lamb 35mm western states1965-1984 28Color Slides - Russ Lamb 35mm, western states1959-2005 29Color Slides - Russ Lamb 35mm, western states1973-1984 30Color Slides - Russ Lamb photography1975-1982 34Color Slides - Russ Lamb photography1972-1996 26-28Color Slides - Washington 1967-1981 26Color Slides - Washington (Mt. Rainier)1980-1982 36Color Slides - Washington and Idahoundated 25Color Slides - Wyoming1962-1977 28Color Slides and Color Negatives - Washington1993-2006 31Color Slides -S.W. states: New Mexico, Carlsbad Cavernsundated 39Color Slides, Transparencies, Negatives - Designs - steins rugsundated 38Color Slides, Transparencies, Negatives - Indians - artifacts, warm springsundated 39Color Slides, Transparencies, Negatives - Industry: fishing, agriculture, lumber shipyards P.G.E.undated 39Color Slides, Transparencies, Negatives - Montanaundated 39Color Slides, Transparencies, Negatives - Navajo waiting to mail-waiting on addressundated 39Color Slides, Transparencies, Negatives - Oregon: mountains - Mt. Jeffersonundated 38Color Slides, Transparencies, Negatives - Robertsundated 38Color Slides, Transparencies, Negatives - Unmounted numbered dupesundated 37Color Slides, Transparencies, Negatives - Washington: Seattle - Kala Point coastundated 38Color Slides, Transparencies, Negatives - Wyoming (north west)undated 39Color Slides, Transparencies, Negatives - Wyoming: rejects 3/781978 37Color Slides, Transparencies, Negatives - Wyoming: reviewed 10/15/052005 37Color Slides, Transparencies, Negatives - Wyoming: reviewed 10/15/05 cubs2005 37Color Slides, Transparencies, Negatives - Wyoming: Yellowstone National Parkundated 29Internegatives - birds, animals, sports, clouds, miscellaneousundated 29Internegatives - eagleundated 29Internegatives - Eastern Oregon -- trees, peopleundated 29Internegatives - Montana and Wyoming1978 29Internegatives - mountains, coastalundated 28Internegatives - plants, Wyoming, industry, waterfalls, southwestundated 28Internegatives - Russ Lamb 35mm, western statesundated 39Misc. Photos - black and whiteundated 30Negatives - Card Projectundated 35Negatives - Montanaundated 35Negatives - Oregon Coast: Cape Kiwanda wavesundated 35Negatives - Trees - forest -- redwoods, bark, snow covered, weathered woodundated 37Unmounted ektachromeundated Series III. Books 41"France" by Russell Lamb text by Dan Harder1993 41"Montana" by Russell Lamb text by Dale A. Burke (signed)1980 41"Pacific Sea and Shore" by Ray Atkeson text by Archie Satterfield (signed)1982 41"Wyoming" by Russell Lamb (signed)1978 41"Wyoming" by Russell Lamb text by Archie Satterfield (signed) - book and poster1978