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Wildey "Bud" Kimball Photographs, 1959-1980

Overview of the Collection

Title
Wildey "Bud" Kimball Photographs
Dates
1959-1980 (inclusive)
Quantity
17 containers, (10 linear feet)
Collection Number
PC 121
Summary
The Wildey "Bud" Kimball collection consists primarily of aerial photographs, in varying formats, taken by Kimball between 1959 and 1980. The majority of the photographs are from western Washington State. Of particular note are Kimball's detailed aerial color photographs of Mt. St. Helens before and after the May 18, 1980 eruption.
Repository
Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Historical Note

Wildey "Bud" Kimball was born in Portland, Oregon on November 23, 1914. He had an early interest in flight, and received his Private Pilot's license on December 20, 1932. He graduated from Stadium High School in Tacoma, WA in 1933. While in college, he became a glider instructor, one of only five certified glider pilots west of the Mississippi River. When World War II broke out, Kimball became a flight instructor at the Twentynine Palms Air Academy in California under contract to the Army. In 1950, Kimball began apprentice training in aerial photography with United Aerial Survey of Sonora, CA. In subsequent years he worked as a flight instructor, an aircraft salesman, a fashion photographer, and a pilot. By 1965, he had logged 9000 hours of flight time in various aircraft. Kimball retired to Ocean Shores, WA.

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Content Description

The Wildey "Bud" Kimball collection consists primarily of aerial photographs, in varying formats, taken by Kimball between 1959 and 1980. While the majority of the photographs are from western Washington state, also included are photographs from a 1966 California/Nevada/Arizona trip and images of Alaskan glaciers from two separate trips in 1972 and 1978.

Of particular note are Kimball's detailed aerial color photographs of Mt. St. Helens before and after the May 18, 1980 eruption. Included is a series taken on May 17th, 1980, approximately 18 hours before the eruption. Kimball's Mt. St. Helens photographs can be found in slide form (series 3), as 24"x24" color transparencies (series 4), as microfiche (series 9), and as a roll of original negative film (series 12: box 17, item 233). Small quantities of St. Helens images can be found in several other series as well.

Where possible, the collection has been left in its original order ascribed to it by its creator. The majority of the collection is sorted by size and type of materials, and then sorted chronologically within those series. For materials where no discernible organization existed, items were generally again sorted by type and then either chronologically or by subject within each category.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Arranged in 13 series:

  • Series 1: Black and white negatives and prints (7" x7 1/2")
  • Series 2: Miscellaneous black and white prints
  • Series 3: Slides
  • Series 4: Color transparencies; 24 x 24 cm
  • Series 5: Color and black and white negatives and transparencies, 4" x 5", 2 1/4" x 2 1/4", and 2 1/4" x 3 1/4"
  • Series 6: 4"x5" color transparencies: 1966 California trip
  • Series 7: 9" x 9" color transparencies and negatives
  • Series 8: Miscellaneous negatives and transparencies
  • Series 9: Microfiche & associated 5" x4 1/4" color transparencies
  • Series 10: 5" x4 1/4" color transparencies
  • Series 11: Color prints
  • Series 12: Rolls of 7" aerial negatives
  • Series 13: Oversize Prints

Acquisition Information

These documents were a gift to WSU Libraries MASC from Bud Kimball in 1978 and 1992.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Saint Helens, Mount (Wash.) -- Eruption, 1980 -- Photographs.
  • Tacoma (Wash.) -- Photographs.
  • Volcanism -- Washington (State) -- Saint Helens, Mount -- Photographs.

Form or Genre Terms

  • Aerial photographs -- Washington (State) -- 1959-1980.
  • Negatives -- Washington (State) -- 1959-1980.
  • Transparencies -- Washington (State) -- 1959-1980.

The processing of the collection was completed by Mark O'English in 2005.
2012

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