WAUFairbanksHaroldPH2017_008.xml Guide to the Harold W. Fairbanks Photographs approximately 1900-1929 Fairbanks (Harold W.) Photographs Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries © 2017 (Last modified: 1/31/2020)
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections PH2017-008 Fairbanks, Harold W. (Harold Wellman), 1860- Harold W. Fairbanks photographs approximately 1900-1929 1.2 cubic feet (5 boxes) contains photographic prints, negatives, and lantern slides Collection materials are in English. Photographs, negatives, and lantern slides of geological features primarily in California, taken by Harold W. Fairbanks, an expert on the geology and geography of the Pacific Coast

Harold W. Fairbanks (1860-1952) was an expert on the geology and geography of the Pacific Coast. He was born in Conewango, New York on August 29, 1860 and attended the University of Michigan, graduating in 1890. He received his Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley in 1896. He wrote over 40 articles relating to geology and geography. He published Stories of Our Mother Earth, a book which is both a nature study and a physical geography of California. He was also a photographer, recording the physical landscape as part of his work in geology and geography. In about 1895, he embarked on a project to make photographs as illustrations for his study of physical geography. After ten years he had produced about 4,000 negatives covering the major regions in California along with some out of state areas as far north as Vancouver Island and as far east as Nebraska. He used his photographs to make lantern slides to accompany his lectures. He also used them in his books, Stories of 1899 and Practical Physiography, and other publications.

Photographs of geological features in western and southwestern United States including states such as Oregon, Washington, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Idaho, Colorado and British Columbia. Also includes some views of South American including Argentina, Brazil, and Chile

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Lawrence G. Miller, October 14, 2011, December 2012, January 2014, October 2018.

Items from Harold W. Fairbanks photographs (2018121001) have been merged with this accession.

Material Described Separately:

Harold W. Fairbanks Ethnographic Photograph Collection (PH2017-010)

Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington) Fairbanks, Harold W. (Harold Wellman), 1860-1952--Archives Landscapes--Oregon--Photographs Landscapes--Washington (State)--Photographs Landscapes--California--Photographs Landscapes--Arizona--Photographs Landscapes--Colorado--Photographs Landscapes--Idaho--Photographs Landscapes--Mexico--Photographs Landscapes--British Columbia--Photographs Landscapes--South America--Photographs Landscapes--Argentina--Photographs Landscapes--Brazil--Photographs Landscapes--Chile--Photographs Photographs Photographic prints Negatives (photographs) California Photographs

 

1-3 Photographs of geological features in western and southwestern U.S. including states such as Oregon, Washington, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Idaho, Colorado and also British Columbia. 4 Lantern slides of South America, Argentina, Brazil, and Chile 5 Photographs of landscapes