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
- Creation: approximately 1890-1969
Creator
- Pillsbury, Arthur C. (Arthur Clarence) (1870-1946) (photographer, Person)
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. Please direct any questions to Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.
Biographical / Historical
Arthur Clarence Pillsbury was born on October 9, 1870, in Middlesex, Massachusetts, to Harlin Henry Pillsbury and Harriet Foster. He moved to Auburn, California, in 1883 at the age of 11. In 1893, Arthur entered Stanford University, graduating in mechanical engineering in 1897. Arthur began buying and selling bicycles to fund his interest in cameras and photography, including designing and building a motorcycle. During the Alaska Gold Rush, Arthur worked as a photographer and boat mechanic. He became an official photographer for the Census Bureau in Alaska, then returned to California where he continued in work as a photographer. He was a pioneer in many areas of photography, including time-lapse, underwater, macro, micro, and x-ray, and photographed from hot air balloons. He was also a film maker, inventing the first microscopic motion picture camera. By 1919, his films had been licensed for foreign distribution by Pathé, Universal and Paramount. He was also a known scientist, inventor, explorer, author, and lecturer. Arthur married AEtheline S. Devel in 1906 in Marin, California. That same year they bought a photographic concessionaire in Yosemite National Park and worked to build it up for the next 24 years. Arthur died on March 5, 1946, in Alameda, California.
Extent
3 photographs (5,270 items)
2 oversize boxes
13 boxes (6.5 linear ft.)
3 slides (159 items)
3 negatives (1,655 items)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Donated by Rell G. Francis and Mrs. William Oliver, Jr. in 1980.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Muriel M. Oliver and William Harold Oliver, Jr.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Rell G. Francis and Mrs. William Oliver, Jr.; 1980.
Appraisal
Photographs (Photograph Archives).
Subject
- Pillsbury family -- Photographs (Family)
- 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