Arthur C. Pillsbury photographs and slides
Scope and Contents
Collection includes photographs, negatives, and slides of time-lapse photography, plants, landscapes, underwater explorations, and medical research. It also includes examples of microscopic photography and photographs of family and friends.
Dates
- approximately 1890-1969
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Negatives Condition restricted; permission to use items must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research. Items kept in cold storage; access requires 24 hours advance notice.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Arthur C. Pillsbury photographs and slides must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical / Historical
Arthur Pillsbury (1870-1946) was an American photographer, scientist, inventor, explorer, author, and lecturer. He was a pioneer in many areas of photography, including time-lapse, underwater, macro, micro, and x-ray.
Extent
3 photographs (5270 items)
2 oversize boxes
13 boxes (6.5 linear ft.)
3 slides (159 items)
3 negatives (1655 items)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Muriel M. Oliver and William Harold Oliver, Jr.
Appraisal
Photographs (Photograph Archives).
- Fiji -- Photographs
- Images
- Insects -- Photography
- Landscapes -- Alaska -- Photographs
- Marine animals -- Photography
- Material Types
- Negatives
- Photographs
- Pillsbury family -- Photographs
- Plants -- Photographs
- Printing blocks (Printing surfaces)
- Samoa -- Photographs
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- Photographs
- San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906 -- Photographs
- Slides (Photography)
- Spanish mission buildings -- California -- Photographs
- Yosemite National Park (Calif.) -- Photographs
- Title
- Register of Arthur C. Pillsbury photographs and slides
- Author
- Rose Frank
- Date
- 2011 November 10
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
- Box: 12a (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 7 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 6 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 5 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 4 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 11 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 10 (Graphic Materials)
- oversize: 2 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 9 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 8 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 2 (Graphic Materials)
- oversize: 1 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 3 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 12 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 1 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 13 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 14 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 15 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 16 (Graphic Materials)
- oversize-folder: 17 (Graphic Materials)
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States