William L. Finley photographs [graphic], circa 1900-1949.

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William L. Finley photographs [graphic], circa 1900-1949.

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Photographs and negatives taken by William L. Finley (1876-1953), a pioneer wildlife photographer who specialized in photographs of birds and worked as the Oregon State Game Warden (1911-1917), Oregon State Biologist (1917-1919), and Oregon Fish and Game Commissioner (1926-1930). The images date from circa 1900-1949 and mostly depict birds of Arizona, California, Massachusetts, New Mexico, and Oregon and their habitats. Other photographs document Finley's camera equipment and techniques used to make the photographs. Some of the photographs were also taken by Finley's associate, Herman T. Bohlman, as well as his wife, Nellie Irene Barnhart Finley, and Arthur Pack, Alex Walker, and N. W. McMillen. This collection is only partially processed.

Partially processed collection: Approx. 12 cubic feet (approx. 6,000 photographs and 5,600 negatives in 33 document boxes).

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Finley, Nellie Irene Barnhart,

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McMillen, N. W.,

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Pack, Arthur Newton, 1893-1975

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Walker, Alex.

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Bohlman, Herman

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Herman Theodore Bohlman was born on April 15, 1872 in Portland, Oregon, and lived there all of his life. He was a lifelong friend of William L. Finley, renowned ornithologist, naturalist, and conservationist. Bohlman and Finley were co-founders of the North-Western Ornithological Association in 1894. Several accounts tell of Bohlman teaching Finley photography, and the two started photographing birds in the late 1890s. Between 1899 and 1908 they made trips to the Columbia River (1900), Three Arc...

Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953

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William L. Finley (1876-1953) was a naturalist and photographer. From the guide to the William L. Finley letters and scrapbook, 1946-1962, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) Renowned wildlife conservationist William L. Finley was born on August 9, 1876 in Santa Clara, California. His family moved to Portland, Oregon, in 1887. Finley graduated from the University of California in 1903 and in 1906 he married Nellie Irene Barnhart. The Finleys lived for many years at ...