Dates

• Existence: 1843 - 1942

Biography

William Henry Jackson (1843-1942) was a landscape photographer of the American West.

William Henry Jackson was born April 4, 1843, in Keeseville, New York. He was a man of great energy and love for the outdoors and especially the breadth and heights of the mountain West. His life spanned the first century of the new visual art of photography and the great era of westward expansion. He began his photography career in 1858 in New York as a photographic retouching artist in the burgeoning photography industry and ended it in New York City with his death in 1942. In between these years he became increasingly proficient in his chosen field through his studio and field work in Omaha, Nebraska, his nine year odyssey as the official photographer with Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden’s United States Geological Survey of the Territories, his 15 years in Denver, Colorado, 17 months of Asian and Pacific travel with the World Transportation Commission, his 27 years in Detroit associated with the Detroit Photographic Company and its successor the Detroit Publishing Company, and finally his highly productive "so-called" retirement years from 1924 to 1942. He died on June 30, 1942, in New York, New York at the age of 99.

Citation:

U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. Catalogue of the photographs ... 1875.

An eye for history, the paintings of William Henry Jackson, from the collection at the Oregon Trail Museum, 1999?: t.p. (William Henry Jackson) p. viii (Union soldier, explorer, photographer, and artist for the Hayden Surveys of the Territories in the 1870s; autobiography, Time exposure) p. 2 (age 92 in 1935) p. 84 (d. in 1942)

William Henry Jackson, frontier photographer and artist, from National Park Service web site, 8/20/1999 (William Henry Jackson - 1843-1942; b. Apr. 4, 1843 in Keeseville, New York; d. June 30, 1942 in New York, ,New York)

Brigham Young University William Henry Jackson Digital Collection, via WWW, Mar. 12, 2015 (b. Apr. 4, 1843 in Keeseville, N.Y.; was a man of great energy and love for the outdoors and especially the breadth and heights of the mountain west; his life spanned the first century of the new visual art of photography and the great era of westward expansion; began his photography career in 1858 in New York as a photographic retouching artist in the burgeoning photography industry and ended it in New York City with his death in 1942; In between these years he became increasingly proficient in his chosen field through his studio and field work in Omaha, Neb., his nine year odyssey as the official photographer with Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden's United States Geological Survey of the Territories, his 15 years in Denver, Colo., 17 months of Asian and Pacific travel with the World Transportation Commission, his 27 years in Detroit associated with the Detroit Photographic Company and its successor the Detroit Publishing Company, and finally his highly productive "so-called" retirement years from 1924-1942; died on June 30, 1942 in New York, New York at the age of 99)

Found in 64 Collections and/or Records:

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William Henry Jackson photograph of Omaha, Nebraska

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233630281]

Identifier: MSS 7871

Scope and Contents

Photograph taken by William Henry Jackson approximately 1867-1870 of Omaha, Nebraska.

Dates: approximately 1867-1870

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

KBYU interview with Thomas R. Wells

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225546586]

Identifier: MSS 3786

Scope and Contents KBYU broadcast report on L. Tom Perry Special Collections Photo Archives projects designed to make photographs, many of which from Church Archives, available on the Internet. Interviewee Tom Wells explains the process (i.e., preservation, description, access, and Internet folksonomy) used in preparing the digital collections. Report discusses some photographers in the collection, including: Walter Mason Camp, photographer of the Indian Wars of North America; Edith Irvine, photographer of San...

Dates: 2006

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives

The photograph and the American Indian

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233598918]

Identifier: MSS P 546

Scope and Contents Postcard reproductions of photographs from the Princeton Collections of Western Americana related to an exhibition by the Princeton University Library, October 13, 1985 to January 5, 1986. The images consist primarily of studio portraits of Native American individuals, 1852-1985.Identified individual studio portraits include Charles Keokuk, a Sac and Fox; Little Crow, a Mdewakanton; Magashapa, a Blackfeet Dakota; Man Who Packs the Eagle, a Cut Head Dakota; Rushing War Eagle, a...

Dates: Publication: 1985

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Photograph of elderly Mr. Jackson sitting on couch and talking to E. W. Deming

 Digital Record

Identifier: MSS_1608_p66_osb4_f5_1002a

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Photograph of elderly Mr. Jackson sitting on couch and talking to E. W. Deming, 8/29/1940

 Item — Oversize 12: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233276929], Folder: 5

Identifier: MSS 1608 Series 2 Item 1002

Dates: Other: 8/29/1940

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Henry Jackson papers / William Henry Jackson photographs and art

Photograph of William Henry Jackson, A. W. Proctor and W. M. Stooky, approximately 1935

 Item — Box 8: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233621934], Folder: 4

Identifier: MSS 1608 Series 2 Item 882

Dates: Other: approximately 1935

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Henry Jackson papers / William Henry Jackson photographs and art

Photograph of William Henry Jackson, A. W. Proctor and W. M. Stooky

 Digital Record

Identifier: MSS_1608_p66_b6_f4_882a

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Photograph of William Henry Jackson and Horace Albright

 Digital Record

Identifier: MSS_1608_p66_b6_f4_873a

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Photograph of William Henry Jackson and Horace Albright, approximately 1866-1929

 Item — Box 8: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233621934], Folder: 4

Identifier: MSS 1608 Series 2 Item 873

Dates: Other: approximately 1866-1929

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Henry Jackson papers / William Henry Jackson photographs and art

Photograph of William Henry Jackson at Berthoud Pass, 1934

 Item — Box 8: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233621934], Folder: 4

Identifier: MSS 1608 Series 2 Item 879

Dates: Other: 1934

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Henry Jackson papers / William Henry Jackson photographs and art

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Photographs 48

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Albumen prints 7

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Material Types 4

Art -- West (U.S.) 3

Artists -- United States 3

Correspondence 3

Indians of North America -- Photographs 3

Indians of North America -- Pictorial works 3

Oil paintings 3

Overland journeys to the Pacific 3

Photographers -- United States 3

Photographic prints 3

Publications 3

Social Life and Customs 3

Alpine Pass (Colo.) -- Photographs 2

Artists' preparatory studies -- Pictorial works 2

Automobiles -- Photographs 2

Berthoud Pass (Colo.) -- Photographs 2

Christmas cards -- Photographs 2

Deserts -- California -- Pictorial works 2

Explorers Club -- Photographs 2

Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.) -- Photographs 2

Glacier Gulch (Wyo.) -- Photographs 2

Grand Teton National Park (Wyo.) -- Photographs 2

Greeting cards -- Photographs 2

Hayden Expedition (U.S.) -- Photographs 2

Hayden Geological Survey (U.S.) -- Photographs 2

Mojave Desert (Calif.) -- Pictorial works 2

Mountain goat -- Pictorial works 2

Photograph albums 2

Photographers -- United States -- Photographs 2

Plaques, plaquettes -- Photographs 2

Pony express -- Anniversaries, etc. -- Photographs 2

Red Buttes (Natrona County, Wyo.) -- Photographs 2

Rocky Mountains -- Pictorial works 2

Salt Lake City (Utah) -- Photographs 2

Signs and signboards -- Pictorial works 2

Skis and skiing -- Colorado -- Photographs 2

Teton National Forest (Wyo.) -- Photographs 2

Teton Range (Wyo. and Idaho) -- Pictorial works 2

Texas longhorn cattle -- Pictorial works 2

Valleys -- Wyoming -- Photographs 2

Watercolors (Paintings) 2

West (U.S.) -- Photographs 2

Adobe houses -- Photographs 1

Agriculture and Natural Resources 1

Algiers (Algeria) -- Photographs 1

Australia -- Photographs 1

Cabinet photographs 1

Canyons -- Utah -- Photographs 1

China -- Photographs 1

Cities and towns -- Colorado -- Photographs 1

Cities and towns -- Utah -- Photographs 1

City and Town Life 1

Cliff-dwellings -- Utah -- San Juan County -- Photographs 1

Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1

Colorado -- Photographs 1

DVDs 1

Dakota Indians -- Pictorial works 1

Dakota Indians -- Portraits 1

Denver (Colo.) -- Photographs 1

Diaries 1

Echo Canyon (Utah) -- Photographs 1

Egypt -- Photographs 1

Environment and Conservation 1

Environmental Conditions 1

Expeditions and Adventure 1

Fox Indians -- Pictorial works 1

Fox Indians -- Portraits 1

Green River (Utah) -- Photographs 1

Green River Valley (Wyo.-Utah) -- Photographs 1

Home and Family 1

Immigration and American Expansion 1

India -- Photographs 1

Indians of North America -- Portraits 1

Indians of North America -- Utah -- Photographs 1

Interviews 1

Japan -- Photographs 1

Labor -- Utah -- Photographs 1

Landscapes -- Colorado -- Photographs 1

Landscapes -- Photographs 1

Landscapes -- Utah -- Photographs 1

Latter Day Saint churches -- Apostles 1

Latter Day Saint pioneers -- Photographs 1

Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- Photographs 1

Letters 1

Mandan Indians -- Pictorial works 1

Mandan Indians -- Portraits 1

Mdewakanton Indians -- Pictorial works 1

Mdewakanton Indians -- Portraits 1

Media and Communication 1

Mines and Mineral Resources 1

Mormons -- Photographs 1

New York (N.Y.) -- Photographs 1

New Zealand -- Photographs 1

Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) -- Photographs 1

Ogden Canyon (Utah) -- Photographs 1

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