Bradford Washburn collection
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Not requestable
Scope and Contents
Series 1 of the Bradford Washburn collection, Photographic materials, is housed in one folder containing three gelatin silver prints of what is possibly Mount Everest, negatives by Washburn, and prints by SwissAir Photo Surveys LTD from December 20, 1984.
Dates
- Creation: 1984
Creator
- University of Arizona. Center for Creative Photography (Organization)
- Washburn, Bradford (Person)
Language of Materials
Material in English
Conditions Governing Access
To access materials from this collection, please contact CCP-RefDesk@email.arizona.edu
Conditions Governing Use
Study prints in series one may not be reproduced. Other restrictions may apply. See the Archivist for further information.
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission from the copyright owner (which could be the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates or literary executors) prior to any copyright-protected uses of the collection.
The user agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents, the University of Arizona, Center of Creative Photography, including its officers, employees, and agents, from and against all claims made relating to copyright or other intellectual property infringement
Biographical Note
Henry Bradford Washburn, Jr. was born in 1910 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He attended Harvard University for both his undergraduate and master’s degrees in geology and geography. He is well known as a successful mountaineer and scientist, having ascended and mapped many peaks. He also served as the director of the Boston Museum of Science from 1939-1980 and again as its Honorary Director from 1985 until his death in 2007. He pioneered the use of aerial photography in the mapping of mountains. His stunning black-and-white photographs are used as a reference for planning hikes and mountaineering expeditions.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet
Metadata Rights Declarations
- License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Creative Commons license.
Abstract
This collection contains miscellaneous materials pertaining to the career and life of [Henry] Bradford Washburn, Jr. (1910-January 10, 2007), photographer, mountain climber, museum director, and teacher. Washburn is known for high-altitude aerial photography done in remote regions. The collection is active.
Arrangement
The Collection is arranged into the following series:
- Series 1: Photographic materials, 1984, 1 box
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Bradford Washburn, 1985.
Bibliography
- Pearce, Jeremy.
Bradford Washburn, Explorer, 96, Dies.
The New York Times, The New York Times Company, 16 January 2007. www.nytimes.com/2007/01/16/obituaries/16washburn.html. Accessed 10 November 2020.
Processing Information
Finding aid updated by Meghan Jordan in May 2016 and by Tai Huesgen in November 2020.
- Title
- Bradford Washburn collection 1984
- Author
- Finding aid created by CCP Archives Staff
- Date
- © 2020
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid encoded in English
Repository Details
Part of the Center for Creative Photography Archives Repository
