Inventory of the Clark Kinsey Photographs, 1900s – 1930s
Descriptive Summary
Abstract: Photographer Clark Kinsey (1877-1956) documented logging and forestry in the Pacific Northwest, key components of the region's economic and industrial history.
The collection primarily contains microfiche copies of the photographs in the Clark Kinsey Photograph Collection at the University of Washington. Clark Kinsey, the brother of prominent logging photographer Darius Kinsey, photographed logging operations and camps in the Northwestern United States during the first four decades of the twentieth century, with the bulk of the photographs taken in the 1920s and 1930s.
Title: Clark Kinsey Photographs, 1900s - 1930s
Creator: Kinsey, Clark
Repository: Forest History Society Library and Archives
Call Number: 1982-001
Language of Material: Material in English
Extent: 0.5 linear feet (95 microfiche sheets, 6 photographs, and 150 textual pages)
Biographical Note
Photographer Clark Kinsey (1877-1956) documented logging and forestry in the Pacific Northwest, key components of the region's economic and industrial history.
Raised near Snoqualmie, Washington, Clark first practiced photography in the early 1890s with his brothers Darius and Clarence. During the Yukon Gold Rush, Clark and Clarence operated a studio in Grand Forks, where they remained for several years. About 1906, Clark returned to Seattle to operate a contracting business throughout the Northwest until shortly before World War I. From that time he returned to photography and spent the rest of his career documenting the logging and milling camps and other forest related activities in Washington, Oregon, California, and British Columbia. He was said to be the official photographer for the West Coast Lumberman's Association, and it is believed that he made approximately 50,000 negatives until his retirement in 1945.
» Biographical information taken from the Clark Kinsey Photographs Collection, a digitized collection at the University of Washington.
Collection Overview
The collection primarily contains microfiche copies of the photographs in the Clark Kinsey Photograph Collection at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. Clark Kinsey, the brother of prominent logging photographer Darius Kinsey, photographed logging operations and camps in the Northwestern United States during the first four decades of the twentieth century, with the bulk of the photographs taken in the 1920s and 1930s.
Collection Arrangement
- Microfiche Copies of Clark Kinsey Photographs, 1900s-1930s
Subject Headings
- Kinsey, Clark -- Photograph collections
- Logging -- Northwest, Pacific -- Pictorial works
- Logging -- British Columbia -- Pictorial works
- Logging -- California -- Pictorial works
- Lumbering -- Northwest, Pacific -- Pictorial works
- Lumbering -- British Columbia -- Pictorial works
- Lumbering -- California -- Pictorial works
Location of Originals
Original materials are located in the Clark Kinsey Photograph Collection at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington.
Detailed Description of the Collection
1. Microfiche Copies of Clark Kinsey Photographs, 1900s-1930s.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Clark Kinsey Photographs, Library and Archives, Forest History Society, Durham, NC, USA.
Processing Information
Processed by Staff
Encoded by Amanda Ross, May 2009
Funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission supported the encoding of this finding aid. Support for digitization and outreach provided by the Alvin J. Huss Endowment.
