American Alpine Club photographs

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id: 11751
origination: American Alpine Club
date statement: 1909-1924
key date: 1909
identifier (local_mss): 186677
org unit: Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy
call number: AZ 24-3
b-number: b23442618
total components: 197
total series: 0
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component layout: Default Layout
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created: 2024-10-16 17:12:19 UTC
updated: 2025-06-17 16:48:10 UTC
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unitdate: {"value"=>"1909-1924", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1909/1924"}
unittitle: {"value"=>"American Alpine Club photographs"}
physdesc: {"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"5 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2.08 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
repository: {"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy</span>"}
abstract: {"value"=>"The American Alpine Club was formed in 1902 as a membership organization of mountaineering enthusiasts. The American Alpine Club photographs predominantly comprises landscape photographs of western and southwestern United States, including United States National Parks, Monuments and Forests, and likely date from the early 1900s to the early 1920s."}
langmaterial: {"value"=>"English"}
origination: {"value"=>"American Alpine Club", "type"=>"corpname"}
bioghist: {"value"=>"<p>The American Alpine Club (AAC) was formed in 1902 as a membership organization of mountain climbers, scientific explorers, and researchers. AAC is currently headquartered in Golden, Colorado.</p>"}
scopecontent: {"value"=>"<p>The collection comprises landscape photography, the bulk featuring mountains, cliffs, canyons, waterfalls and gorges, scenic roads, and plantlife. Locations predominately include various U.S. National Parks, Monuments and Forests across Arizona, the Hawaiian Islands, Idaho, Indiana, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. The collection also includes photographs depicting Native American historic sites and artifacts, and a small number of photographs of Native American and Native Hawaiian people. There are also a small number of photographs of the Canadian Rockies and Capilano Canyon (North Vancouver, British Columbia).</p> <p>Photographers whose works are represented include: George L. Beam, Fred Payne Clatworthy, Asahel Curtis, Herbert Wendell Gleason, Jack Ellis Haynes, E. A. Mills, Arthur M. Prentiss, Fred Payne Clatworthy, and several others.</p>"}
processinfo: {"value"=>"<p>Rehoused by Natalia Maliga in February-March 2024. Described by Makoroba Sow in June 2024.</p>"}
revisiondesc: {"value"=>"Additional descriptive information added by Makoroba Sow. ", "date"=>"2025-06-13"}
date_start: 1909
keydate: 1909
date_end: 1924
date_inclusive_start: 1909
date_inclusive_end: 1924
prefercite: {"value"=>"American Alpine Club photographs, Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library"}

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