Glacier Photographs by Photographer
Series
Scope and Contents
Originally named The Glacier Photo Collection, this collection was given to the World Data Center-A (also known as the National Snow & Ice Data Center) in the late 1970’s by William Osgood Field. Field was head of the World Data Center-A for Glaciology (WDC) at the American Geographical Society where he collected photographs of glaciers and grew the center into one of three archives for glacier exploration. These photographs, including his own images from various expeditions, are all part of the Glacier Photograph Collection.
The WDC was originally housed in New York as part of the American Geographical Society archive and was maintained by the WDC until the collection was moved to the United states of Geological Survey (USGS) in Tacoma, Washington in 1970. In the mid 1970s, Field worked with Roger G. Barry, the founder of a new glaciology center in Boulder, Colorado, which later became known as the National Snow & Ice Data Center (NSIDC). Field arranged to have the photographic glaciology collection transferred to NSIDC. At this time the title World Data Center-A was also transferred to the Boulder location. More about World Data Center history can be found here: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/customer-support/world-data-centers
The WDC was originally housed in New York as part of the American Geographical Society archive and was maintained by the WDC until the collection was moved to the United states of Geological Survey (USGS) in Tacoma, Washington in 1970. In the mid 1970s, Field worked with Roger G. Barry, the founder of a new glaciology center in Boulder, Colorado, which later became known as the National Snow & Ice Data Center (NSIDC). Field arranged to have the photographic glaciology collection transferred to NSIDC. At this time the title World Data Center-A was also transferred to the Boulder location. More about World Data Center history can be found here: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/customer-support/world-data-centers
Dates
- 1860 - 2012
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: TBD linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
Part of the University of Colorado Boulder Libraries, Special Collections & Archives Repository
