http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/ft1q2n999m Online items available Keystone-Mast Collection1996.0009 California Museum of Photography 2015 3824 Main Street Riverside 92521 URL: http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/ Note Revised in 2015 by Leigh Gleason. Box and folder list compiled by UCR Department of History interns Kaitlin Dailey, Ian Maloney, Enid Ocegueda, and Danielle Schmidt. Keystone-Mast 1996.0009 1 Collection1996.0009 Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: California Museum of Photography Title: Keystone-Mast Collection creator: Keystone View Company creator: Underwood & Underwood creator: B.W. Kilburn Company creator: H.C. White Co. creator: Universal Photo Art Co. creator: American Stereoscopic Company creator: Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920 creator: Berry, Kelley & Chadwick creator: Rose, George, 1861-1942 Identifier/Call Number: 1996.0009 Physical Description: 350,000 items Date (inclusive): 1870-1963 Abstract: The Keystone-Mast Collection comprises over 350,000 stereoscopic photographs and negatives that depict the world between the late-nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries. Firms represented in Keystone-Mast include Keystone View Company, Underwood and Underwood, B.W. Kilburn, H.C. White Company, Universal Photo Art Company (C.H. Graves), American Stereoscopic Company, W.H. Rau, Berry, Kelley and Chadwick, and George Rose. The photographs are not stereo cards, but contact prints from the original negatives, annotated by Keystone staff and photographers. http://oac.cdlib.org/items/ark:/13030/ft1q2n999m Scope and Contents The Keystone-Mast Collection is a virtually encyclopedic visual document of the world between the late-nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries, as photographed stereoscopically (three-dimensionally). It is comprised of the extant prints and negatives created by Keystone View Company, and the stereoscopic firms whose negatives and prints they acquired during their tenure, which includes Underwood and Underwood, B.W. Kilburn, H.C. White Company, Universal Photo Art Company (C.H. Graves), American Stereoscopic Company, W.H. Rau, Berry, Kelley and Chadwick, and George Rose. Because many of these firms had in turn acquired other studios and companies, many more photographers and companies' work may survive in Keystone-Mast. The photographs in this collection are not published and mass-distributed stereo cards, but rather are contact prints from the original negatives with handwritten annotations from Keystone staff and photographers. The images include both those that were mass-produced as stereo cards and many more that were never published. A numbering code on the back of each photograph gives some indication as to source (publisher), as well as whether the card was published by Keystone View Company. It is often not possible to ascertain publication status on images from publishers other than Keystone View Company. There are approximately 100,000 photographic prints and 250,000 glass and film negatives in this collection. Negatives are sometimes duplicated, but there are negatives for which no print survives, and vice versa. In their day, one of Keystone View Company’s marketing slogans was "the best of a million negatives," but because the company tended to destroy obsolete views, far fewer survive to present day. Approximately 45,000 prints and negatives have been individually cataloged and digitized. The collection is organized in the manner it was kept by Keystone View Company. The majority of the photograph collection is organized geographically, with the remainder organized by pedagogical topic. There is some overlap and duplication of images between the two. The negatives are organized numerically, sorted by publisher/company. Additionally, the company kept ledgers where they logged each negative. The ledgers are organized numerically, sorted by publisher/company. The ledgers list the identification numbers and titles for the negatives. Occasionally it also lists dates and photographer/source information, however this information is often scarce. The Keystone-Mast Collection does not include any additional business records of the Keystone View Company or any other stereoscopic firm included in the collection. The museum has collected a few print catalogs and other ephemera related to the collection. Although not part of Keystone-Mast, this material is also open to research. Arrangement Whenever possible, original order of this collection was maintained. Preferred Citation Keystone-Mast 1996.0009 2 Collection1996.0009 Keystone-Mast Collection, UCR/California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside Subjects and Indexing Terms Keystone View Company Underwood & Underwood B.W. Kilburn Company H.C. White Co. Universal Photo Art Co. American Stereoscopic Company Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920 Berry, Kelley & Chadwick Rose, George, 1861-1942 Series I: File Prints The Americas United States box 601-02-1 Alabama box 601-02-1 Architecture box 601-02-1 Dams box 601-02-1 Wheeler Dam box 601-02-1 Wilson Dam box 601-02-1 Cities box 601-02-1 Birmingham box 601-02-1 Confederate Army Reunion Party box 601-02-1 Alabama Power Company box 601-02-1 Guntersville box 601-02-1 Montgomery box 601-02-1 Tuskegee box 601-02-1 Booker T. Washington monument box 601-02-1 Agriculture box 601-02-1 Industry box 601-02-1 Steel & iron box 601-02-1 Ensley Steel Works box 601-02-1 People box 601-02-1 Prominent People box 601-02-1, Arizona box 601-01-2 box 601-02-1 Animals box 601-02-1 Architecture box 601-02-1 Dams box 601-02-1 Missions box 601-02-1 Tumacacori Mission box 601-02-1 San Xavier Mission box 601-02-1 Cities box 601-02-1 Tucson box 601-02-1 Events box 601-02-1 Geological Survey box 601-02-1 Roosevelt/McKinley Tour box 601-02-1 Industry box 601-02-1 Agriculture box 601-02-1 Alfalfa Keystone-Mast 1996.0009 3 Collection1996.0009 Series I: File Prints The Americas box 601-02-1 Barley box 601-02-1 Wheat box 601-02-1 Livestock box 601-02-1 Mining box 601-02-1 Textiles box 601-02-1 Landscapes box 601-02-2 National parks & reserves box 601-02-2 Grand Canyon box 601-02-2 Architecture box 601-02-2 El Tovar Hotel box 601-02-2 Grand Canyon Lodge box 601-02-2 Phantom Ranch box 601-02-2 Landscapes box 601-02-2 People box 601-02-2 Prominent People box 601-02-2 Transportation box 601-02-2 Kaibab National Forest box 601-02-2 Animals box 601-02-2 Landscapes box 601-02-2 People box 601-02-2 Transporation box 601-02-2 Petrified National Forest box 601-02-2 People box 601-02-2 Indians of North America box 601-02-2 Prominent People box 601-02-2 Transportation box 601-02-2 Arkansas box 601-02-2 Cities box 601-02-3, California Box: 601-02-4, Box: 601-03-1, Box: 601-03-2, Box: 601-03-3 box 601-02-3 Cities box 601-02-3 Arrowhead box 601-02-3 Bakersfield box 601-02-3 Berkeley box 601-02-3 Beverly Hills box 601-02-3 Big Bear box 601-02-3 Catalina Island box 601-02-3 Fresno box 601-02-3 Hollywood box 601-02-3 La Jolla box 601-02-3 Long Beach box 601-02-3 Long Beach Earthquake box 601-02-3 Los Angeles box 601-02-3 Los Angeles Aqueduct box 601-02-3 Monterey box 601-02-3 Imperial Valley box 601-02-3 Jackson box 601-02-3 Oakland box 601-02-3 Palm Springs box 601-02-3 Palo Alto box 601-02-3 Pasadena box 601-02-3 Placerville box 601-02-3 Redlands box 601-02-3 Redondo Beach box 601-02-3 Riverside Keystone-Mast 1996.0009 4 Collection1996.0009 Series I: File Prints The Americas box 601-02-3 Sacramento box 601-02-3 Sutter's Fort Museum box 601-02-3 San Diego box 601-02-3 Del Coronado Hotel box 601-02-3 San Francisco box 601-02-3 Camp Merit box 601-02-3 Chinatown box 601-02-3 Cliff House box 601-02-3 Palace Hotel box 601-02-3 San Gabriel box 601-02-3 San Jose box 601-02-3 San Rafael box 601-02-3 Santa Barbara box 601-02-3 Santa Cruz box 601-02-3 Santa Paula box 601-02-3 Santa Paula Flood box 601-02-3 Santa Rosa box 601-02-3 Stockton box 601-02-3 Trinidad box 601-02-3 Counties box 601-02-3 Alpine County box 601-02-3 Fresno County box 601-02-3 Humboldt County box 601-02-3 Inyo County/Owens Valley box 601-02-3 Kern County box 601-02-3 Mendocino County box 601-02-3 Mono County box 601-02-3 Napa County box 601-02-3 Nevada County & Donner box 601-02-3 Sonoma County box 601-02-3 Tulare County box 601-02-3 Tuolumne County box 601-02-4 Missions box 601-02-4 Fr. Junipero Serra box 601-02-4 La Pacita box 601-02-4 La Purisma Concepcion box 601-02-4 Nuestra Senora de la Soledad box 601-02-4 San Antonis de Padua box 601-02-4 San Buenaventura box 601-02-4 San Carlos Borremeo box 601-02-4 San Diego de Alcala box 601-02-4 San Fernando Rey de Espana box 601-02-4 San Francisco de Asis box 601-02-4 San Francisco Solano (Sonoma) box 601-02-4 San Gabriel Arcangel box 601-02-4 San Jose de Guadelupe box 601-02-4 San Juan Bautista box 601-02-4 San Juan Capistrano box 601-02-4 San Luis Obispo de Tolosa box 601-02-4 San Miguel Arcangel box 601-02-4 San Luis Rey de Francia box 601-02-4 San Rafael Arcangel box 601-02-4 Santa Barbara box 601-02-4 Santa Clara de Asis box 601-02-4 Santa Cruz box 601-02-4 Santa Inez box 601-02-4 Events box 601-02-4 Olympics, 1932 Keystone-Mast 1996.0009 5 Collection1996.0009 Series I: File Prints The Americas box 601-02-4 Panama-California International Exhibition, 1916 box 601-02-4 President McKinley Tour box 601-02-4 San Francisco Pan-Pacific Exhibition, 1915 box 601-02-4 Mid-Winter Fair, 1900 box 601-02-4 Industry box 601-02-4 Agriculture box 601-02-4 Grapes box 601-02-4 Cactus box 601-02-4 Citrus box 601-02-4 Dates and Palms box 601-02-4 Wheat and Barley box 601-02-4 Canning and Packing box 601-02-4 Cotton and Wool box 601-02-4 Electricity box 601-02-4 Hay box 601-02-4 Ice box 601-02-4 Livestock box 601-02-4 Chickens box 601-02-4 Cows box 601-02-4 Ducks box 601-02-4 Horses box 601-02-4 Pigeon box 601-02-4 Pigs box 601-02-4 Sheep box 601-02-4 Lumber box 601-02-4 Mining box 601-02-4 Motion Pictures box 601-02-4 Oil box 601-02-4 Salt box 601-02-4 Sugar box 601-02-4 Transportation box 601-03-1 Parks box 601-03-1 Calaveras Grove box 601-03-1 Mt.