http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf4489n77x No online items Inventory of Photographs of the Sierra Nevada by Joseph N. LeConte ... Prints from the Original Negatives by Ansel Adams Processed by The Bancroft Library staff The Bancroft Library © 1997 The Bancroft Library University of California Berkeley, CA 94720-6000 [email protected] URL: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/libraries/bancroft-library Note History --History, California --History, Central Valley/SierraGeographical (By Place) --California --Central Valley/SierraArts and Humanities --Fine Arts --Photography BANC PIC 1971.071--ALB 1 Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library Title: Photographs of the Sierra Nevada / by Joseph N. LeConte ... Prints from the original negatives by Ansel Adams Creator: LeConte, Joseph N. (Joseph Nisbet), 1870-1950 Creator: Adams, Ansel Creator: Sierra Club Identifier/Call Number: BANC PIC 1971.071--ALB Physical Description: 133 photographs in 4 albums: gelatin silver prints; albums 29 x 43 cm, images 11 x 16 cm Date (inclusive): albums issued 1944, negatives exposed 1896-1909. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Abstract: Prints made by Ansel Adams of historic Sierra Nevada outing photographs taken by Joseph N. LeConte on camping excursions with the Sierra Club between 1896 and 1909. Language of Material: English Access Collection is restricted as a preservation measure. Curatorial approval required for access. Publication Rights Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). 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LeConte ... prints from the original negatives by Ansel Adams, BANC PIC 1971.071--ALB, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. Title: Joseph N. LeConte Photograph Collection Identifier/Call Number: BANC PIC 1971.034 Note LeConte negative numbers noted in albums. List of numbers attached. Many original negatives and later prints made from them will be found in the Joseph N. LeConte Photograph Collection (BANC PIC 1971.034) Scope and Content Album 1: Hetch Hetchy Valley (incomplete) -- Album 2: Yosemite National Park -- Album 3: The San Joaquin River to the Middle Fork of the Kings River -- Album 4: The South Fork of Kings River and the Kern River. Some views are from Sierra Club outings and include camp scenes, hikers, etc. Subjects and Indexing Terms Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)--Pictorial works Yosemite National Park (Calif.) Photographs LeConte, Joseph N. (Joseph Nisbet), 1870-1950 Adams, Ansel Sierra Club Album 1-- Hetch Hetchy Valley General [Captions from printed list in album. 10 views are lacking, for which there are captions listed.] BANC PIC 1971.071--ALB 2 Album 1-- Hetch Hetchy Valley item :1 First view into Hetch Hetchy from Surprise Point [Lacking] item :2 Meadow at the foot of the trail [Lacking] item :3 View up Hetch Hetchy from its lower end item :4 View down the Lower Meadow below the main trail item :5 The river in the Lower Valley item :6 Meadows in the Lower Valley item :7 Kolana Rock from the Lower Valley item :8 Kolana Rock and the Lower Meadow item :9 Hetch Hetchy Fall from across Lower Meadow [Lacking] item :10 Hetch Hetchy Fall item :11 Hetch Hetchy Fall item :12 Reflection of Hetch Hetchy Fall in the Rock Pool [Lacking] item :13 View of Hetch Hetchy Fall across the Rock Pool item :14 View up Hetch Hetchy from above the Rock Pool [Lacking] item :15 Kolana Rock item :16 Oak groves in the Upper Valley [Lacking] item :17 Hetch Hetchy Fall from the Upper Valley item :18 The river in the Upper Valley [Lacking] item :19 Meadows in the Upper Valley item :20 Our camp in Hetch Hetchy item :21 Sugar pines on the river bank near our camp item :22 View of the Fall Cliffs from near our camp item :23 General view of the Upper Meadow and Kolana Rock [Lacking] item :24 River in the Upper Valley item :25 Oak groves in the Upper Valley item :26 View in the Upper Valley showing Smith Peak item :27 View down Hetch Hetchy showing Kolana Rock item :28 Falls in Rancheria Creek item :29 Falls in Rancheria Creek item :30 Fall in the Main Tuolumne at head of the Valley [Lacking] item :31 General view down Hetch Hetchy from the extreme eastern end Album 2 -- Yosemite National Park item :1 Valley View with Helen and Anita Gompertz in the foreground, June 15, 1897 item :2 Joseph LeConte the elder on Vernal Fall Bridge, July 22, 1897 item :3 The Gates of the Valley, June 1897 item :4 Bridalveil Fall, May 30, 1896 item :5 El Capitan from the Old Big Oak Flat Road, May 27, 1898 item :6 Looking down the Valley to El Capitan, May 30, 1896 item :7 Cathedral Spires, June 1897 item :8 Three Brothers, June 1897 item :9 Sentinel Rock, June 1897 item :10 View up Yosemite Valley from Rocky Point, May 30, 1896 item :11 Yosemite Falls between oaks, May 30, 1896 item :12 Mrs. Joseph LeConte in Yosemite Valley, May 25, 1903 item :13 Yosemite in early spring, May 25, 1903 item :14 Camp in Yosemite on the river just below Stoneman Bridge. Left to right: Helen Gompertz, Anita Gompertz, Caroline LeConte, Joe LeConte, July, 1897 item :15 Camp in Yosemite on the river just below Stoneman Bridge. Left to right: Helen Gompertz, Professor LeConte, Caroline LeConte, Mrs. LeConte, Joe LeConte, Anita Gompertz, July, 1897 item :16 Lamon's Orchard, June 1897 item :17 Interior of the first Sierra Club Headquarters in Yosemite Valley, May 30, 1898 item :18 The old Sinning cottage, the first Headquarters of the Sierra Club in Yosemite Valley, May 25, 1898 item :19 View down Merced River from Tissaack Bridge, North Dome, May 26, 1896 item :20 Yosemite Falls and reflection in river, June 5, 1897 item :21 The Lip of the Upper Yosemite Fall, May 31, 1896 BANC PIC 1971.071--ALB 3 Album 2 -- Yosemite National Park item :22 The great Yosemite Falls, June 1897 item :23 View down Vernal Fall Trail toward North Dome, May 26, 1896 item :24 The Degnan Family, Yosemite, July 1897 item :25 Looking across Yosemite from the Ledge Trail, June 27, 1907 item :26 Vernal Fall from Lady Franklin Rock, May 26, 1896 item :27 Side view of the Nevada Fall, June 1897 item :28 Big Tree, "Grizzly Giant," Mariposa Grove, June 16, 1898 item :29 The Presidential Party. President Theodore Roosevelt in the center, with John Muir on his left, and Governor George Pardee on his right, May 15, 1903 item :30 Huge erratic boulder at Tenaya Lake, July 6, 1897 item :31 Cathedral Peak and Lake from the Sunrise Trail, July 13, 1897 item :32 Mount Dana from Tioga Pass, July 14, 1907 item :33 Mount Lyell from the timber line, June 6, 1898 item :34 Summit of Mount Lyell from the east knife-edge, June 6, 1898 item :35 View south from the Mount Lyell knife-edge. Mount Ritter and Banner Peak in the left distance, June 6, 1898 item :36 On the crest of the Mount Lyell Glacier, June 6, 1898 item :37 On the way up to Donohue Pass. Mount Lyell in background, July 21, 1907 Album 3 -- The San Joaquin River to the Middle Fork of the Kings River item :1 Banner Peak as viewed over the frozen surface of Thousand Island Lake, July 23, 1907 item :2 Banner Peak and Mount Ritter from Island Pass, July 21, 1907 item :3 Rainbow Fall near Devil's Postpile, July 24, 1907 item :4 The Devil's Postpile, July 24, 1907 item :5 Looking across canyon of the Middle Fork of the San Joaquin. Ritter and Banner on right, Minarets on left, July 23, 1907 item :6 Mount Ritter, Banner Peak, and Thousand Island Lake from Island Pass, July 10, 1897 item :7 Mount Ritter and Banner Peak from the Agnew Meadow Trail, July 23, 1907 item :8 Looking north down the glacier between Mount Ritter and Banner Peak. Rodgers Peak and Mount Lyell in distance, July 10, 1897 item :9 Summit of Mount Ritter and the Northeast Glacier, July 10, 1897 item :10 Looking across the Southern Glacier, near the summit of Mount Ritter, July 22, 1907 item :11 Peninsular Meadow on Fish Creek, San Joaquin Watershed, July 6, 1908 item :12 Red Slate Peak from the head of Fish Creek, July 7, 1908 item :13 Red and White Peak from its southern base, June 22, 1898 item :14 Near the summit of Mount Abbot, July 13, 1908 item :15 Summit of Mount Abbot from Mount Mills, July 10, 1908 item :16 Looking southwest from the slopes of Mount Abbot. James Hutchinson, Duncan McDuffie and Joseph LeConte made the first ascent of the peak on this day, July 13, 1908 item :17 Looking up Bear Creek Canyon toward the Seven Gables, San Joaquin Sierra, June 28, 1898 item :18 Summit of the Seven Gables, San Joaquin Sierra, June 29, 1898 item :19 Evolution Lake and Mounts Spencer and Huxley, July 17, 1908 item :20 Looking down the Middle Fork of the Kings from Muir Pass, Lake Helen, July 18, 1908 item :21 Grouse Valley on the Middle Fork of Kings River, August 8, 1906 item :22 Woodworth Mountain and Simpson Meadow, June 23, 1899 item :23 Woodworth Mountain from near camp in Simpson Meadow, July 22, 1909 item :24 Anita Gompertz, Nell Taggard, and Charlotte Gardner in Simpson Meadow, July 22, 1909 item :25 Looking down the river from Simpson Meadow, July 22, 1909 item :26 Tehipite Dome, Middle Fork of Kings River, June 17, 1899 item :27 Tehipite Dome, Middle Fork of Kings River, July 14, 1898 item :28 Tehipite Dome, Middle Fork of Kings River, June 17, 1899 item :29 View of northeast from summit of Woodworth Mountain.