Save the Redwoods League Photograph Collection. 1885-2014
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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/k6z326nw Online items available Finding Aid to the Save the Redwoods League photograph collection. 1885-2014 Lori Hines The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720-6000 Phone: (510) 642-6481 Fax: (510) 642-7589 Email: [email protected] 2018 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Finding Aid to the Save the BANC PIC 2006.030 1 Redwoods League photograph collection. 1885-2014 Finding Aid to the Save the Redwoods League photograph collection. 1885-2014 Collection number: BANC PIC 2006.030 The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720-6000 Phone: (510) 642-6481 Fax: (510) 642-7589 Email: [email protected] Finding Aid Author(s): Lori Hines Date Completed: April 2018 Finding Aid Encoded By: GenX Copyright 2018 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Collection Summary Collection Title: Save the Redwoods League photograph collection. Date (inclusive): 1885-2014 Date (bulk): circa 1920-2000 Collection Number: BANC PIC 2006.030 Creator: Save the Redwoods League Physical Description: approximately 16,000 photographs28 digital objects (28 images) Repository: The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720-6000 Phone: (510) 642-6481 Fax: (510) 642-7589 Email: [email protected] Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Access COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use. NEGATIVES: RESTRICTED. Available for use by appointment only. NITRATE NEGATIVES (NNEG boxes): CLOSED TO RESEARCH DUE TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESTRICTIONS. Publication Rights Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted to The Bancroft Library. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html . Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Save the Redwoods League photograph collection, BANC PIC 2006.030, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. Alternate Forms Available Finding Aid to the Save the BANC PIC 2006.030 2 Redwoods League photograph collection. 1885-2014 Digital reproductions of selected images are available. Related Material Save the Redwoods League records, 1854-2013, BANC MSS 88/15 c Portraits of Save the Redwoods League members, BANC PIC 1988.040--PIC Photographs taken for the Union Lumber Company about 1921 [i.e. 1921-1924] showing cutting, second-growth, and reforestation, Redwood region, f F868.M5 U6 Views of redwood trees, BANC PIC 1960.013--AX In memory of the brothers Drury: Newton and Aubrey, BANC PIC 1979.066--ALB Separated Material The following items were transferred to the Audio-visual Collections of the Bancroft Library: "Bulldozed America," CBS Reports television episode, 1965, Motion Picture 1415 C "War in the Redwoods," Assignment Four, KRON (television station) editorial, 1964, Motion Picture 1416 C "Commemoration Rotary Memorial Grove, RC Eureka, CA meeting, R King speaker," September 16, 2002, Motion Picture 1417 D Subjects and Indexing Terms Conservation of natural resources -- California Coast redwood -- California -- Pictorial works Logging--California -- Pictorial works National parks & reserves -- California Redwoods--California State parks & reserves -- California Landscape photographs Save-the-Redwoods League Del Norte County (Calif.) Humboldt County (Calif.) Marin County (Calif.) Mendocino County (Calif.) Monterey County (Calif.) San Mateo County (Calif.) Santa Cruz County (Calif.) Sonoma County (Calif.) Calaveras County (Calif.) Tuolumne County (Calif.) Arrangement The collection is arranged thematically in 8 series: Series 1: Vertical Files; Series 2: Humboldt County Photographic Survey; Series 3: Albums (boxed); Series 4: Postcards; Series 5: Save the Redwoods League Officers; Series 6: Photographer Files; Series 7: Miscellaneous Negatives and Lantern Slides; Series 8: Miscellany. Biography/Organization History The Save the Redwoods League is a non-profit organization, established in 1918, whose mission "is to protect and restore redwood forests and connect people with their peace and beauty so these wonders of the natural world flourish." (from Save the Redwoods League website, 2016.) Scope and Content Note This collection chiefly consists of photographs (approximately 9,700 photographic prints, 5,400 negatives, and 1,000 slides) of redwood trees, forests and parks in coastal Northern California, as well as giant sequoia trees in the Sierra Nevada area, taken by, taken for, or collected by, Save the Redwoods League staff and members to support its mission. There is additional pictorial material relating to the League itself. Of note are images of League official and National Parks Director Newton B. Drury, photographs of California Governors Edmund G. Brown and Ronald Reagan, U.S. Presidents Herbert Hoover, Lyndon B. Johnson and Bill Clinton, First Lady Lady Bird Johnson, logging, grove dedications, Dawn Redwood at Mo-tao-chi in Central China, and highway and erosion studies in Northern California redwood country. Also includes posters Finding Aid to the Save the BANC PIC 2006.030 3 Redwoods League photograph collection. 1885-2014 that relate the age of redwood trees to events in history, and panoramic photographs. Folders contain photographs (or prints of digital images) unless noted. Other material includes postcards, prints, posters, drawings, brochure and pamphlet samples, some documents, newsclippings, ceremonial pens and plaques. Series 1: Vertical Files. 1897-2014 Physical Description: Extent: cartons 1-8; A box 1; AX box 1, folders 1-20; B box 1, folders 1-15, 17-18; C box 1; D folder 1; F folder 1; H folder 1; NEG boxes 1-5; NEG(gl) boxes 1, 3, 8, 9; NNEG boxes 1-6 Arrangement Arranged alphabetically by subject. Scope and Content of Collection Subject file that consists chiefly of material removed from file cabinets of Save the Redwoods League offices. The bulk of the material is photographic prints that range from snapshots taken by staff members to 8x10 prints and panoramas taken by professional photographers. Other kinds of non-photographic material included, such as posters, documents and newsclippings, are noted in the folder content notes. The bulk of the subjects include state parks, state recreation areas, and national parks, landscapes of redwood forests and watersheds, logging, scenic highways through the areas, dedication ceremonies, and visitors to the parks. There are also images related to the Save the Redwoods League organization and its leaders. Most locations are in California, especially Northern California. Major parks include Big Basin Redwoods State Park, Calaveras Big Trees State Park, Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park, Humboldt Redwoods State Park, Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, Redwood National Park, and Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Additional Note Original alphabetical arrangement and folder heading descriptions from the file cabinet folders have largely been retained. Some folder headings have been changed by Bancroft Library staff for consistency, and to keep like subjects together. Some material not originally found in the vertical files, such as thin notebook type albums, have been filed here by Bancroft Library staff for researcher convenience. Oversize materials are described in this series as well. Subjects listed are 1 folder, unless otherwise noted. Additional Note NITRATE NEGATIVES (NNEG boxes): CLOSED TO RESEARCH DUE TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESTRICTIONS. carton 1 Adams, Ansel -- Sugar Pine. not after 1932 Scope and Content Note Copy negative of image only. No photographic print available. Viewing copy (reference print out from copy negative) on file. Additional Note Photograph took second prize in Save the Redwoods League photo completion, 1932. Additional Note Copy negative of Sugar Pine photograph removed to NEG box 1. carton 1 Angel Island. circa 1950-1965? Scope and Content Note Includes view of San Francisco from Angel Island. Finding Aid to the Save the BANC PIC 2006.030 4 Redwoods League photograph collection. 1885-2014 Series 1: Vertical Files. 1897-2014 carton 1 Arcata Redwood Company lands. 1965-1972 Scope and Content Note Includes clear cut areas, a logging exhibit and Emerald Creek. Includes photographs by Moulin Studios, Martin Litton and Howard King. Additional Note 1 related copy negative of clear cut area, photograph by Martin Litton, removed to NEG box 1. carton 1 Archer Taylor Preserve (land trust for Napa County) April 1998 Scope and Content Note Color snapshots. carton 1 Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve (Sonoma County). circa 1920, 1961 Scope and Content Note Includes Colonel Armstrong Tree. Additional Note 7 related negatives