Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
William L. Finley photographs, 1901-1940
Date(s)
- 1901 - 1940 (Creation)
Extent
Doc. cases 1-26 Glass negatives
Doc. cases 27-33 Photoprints matching glass negatives
Unprocessed glass negatives
Unprocessed prints
Unprocessed nitrate negatives
Approx. 2,600 glass negatives
3,000 nitrate negatives
6,000 photoprints
Name of creator
Name of creator
Name of creator
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
Images of wildlife, primarily birds of the western United States, c.1900-1940s, photographed by William Lovell Finley and his associate Herman T. Bohlman, with the help of his wife, Nellie Irene Barnhart Finley and others. The collection includes fine images of adult and immature birds, chicks, eggs, and nests. Many show habitat. Others document the camera equipment and techniques used to make the photographs.
System of arrangement
Organization of the first four series consist of Finley's and Bohlman’s early work, 1901-1911, and include both original glass plate negatives and matching vintage and modern photoprints. Images are arranged by format and thereunder by negative number. Negative numbers appear to have been assigned by the former custodians of the collection, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
The remaining series consist primarily of William and Irene Finley's later still photography work, ca.1910-1940s, and include both nitrate cellulose negatives and matching vintage photoprints. There are also glass negatives, cs.1901-1911, which were never incorporated into the numbered sequence described above.
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
Physical access
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Languages of the material
Scripts of the material
Language and script notes
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Photo Accession No. 983D143
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
Related materials elements
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
A collection of motion pictures filmed by the Finleys is maintained by the OHS Film Archives.
Notes element
General note
This project is supported in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the Oregon State Library.