Ansel Adams Sierra Club papers, 1941-1971.

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Ansel Adams Sierra Club papers, 1941-1971.

Papers relating to Adams's involvement in the Sierra Club. Contains one folder of correspondence, 1964-1965; and subject files, arranged alphabetically, which are evenly divided between conservation issues and Sierra Club business, primarily concerning chapters and committees.

1 carton and 65 folders.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6766274

UC Berkeley Libraries

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Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984

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Ansel Adams, American photographer, was born February 20, 1902 in San Francisco, California. He was tutored privately at home where he studied piano, San Francisco, from 1914 to 1927, then studied photography with the photofinisher Frank Dittman, in San Francisco, in 1916 and 1917. He married Virginia Best in 1928, and had two children, Michael and Anne. Adams began his career as a photographer, 1927, and worked as a commercial photographer, from 1930 to 1960. He was a photography correspond...

Sierra club

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"The dedication of the new Lodge at Horse Camp, Mount Shasta took place at high noon on Fourth of July 1923... The crowning event was when Miss Harwood of Los Angeles stepped forward and with much vim and enthusiasm pronounced the words: 'I christen thee Shasta Alpine Lodge (crash went the bottle of Shasta Ginger Ale on the stone doorway) and dedicate thee to all lovers of the great out-of doors...'" (Sierra Club Circular, Sept. 1, 1923, p. 1). From the description of Sierra Club mou...

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