William Henry Jackson’s photos

Today I got an email from Paul Clark. He collects William Henry Jackson images, primarily of Yosemite. He is also an Ansel Adams expert and collector.

Paul found me through a Google search. In January, while I was still working for ReadHowYouWant I got an email that he sent to info@readhowyouwant.com “Subject: Looking for Rosanne Goodwin–Author of Thesis on William Henry Jackson, 1982″.  It’s a good thing that he sent the email when he did because three weeks later my stint with RHYW ended and I would have never gotten the email.

His first email said  “I am a researcher-collector-writer on/of Ansel Adams & Yosemite.  This has led me to researching the pioneer western photographer William Henry Jackson.  At the Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO I discovered a 1982 thesis on WHJ by a Rosanne Goodwin and I would like to make contact with her through this post if possible.  Thank You!  –Paul P. Clark”

I hadn’t heard from Paul since January. He lives in Japan and he and his wife headed off to Hawaii for a vacation. I was surprised to hear from him again.  Paul had found an image on eBay and wanted background information. He had read my thesis and knew that a big part of it was the attribution list for the Detroit Publishing Company images of California.

I was able to supply him with the information I had — I don’t have images of all the California photos.  I only copied the San Diego images.

I am planning on getting my thesis up on this website. I want to include more photos than I had in the thesis. I plan on scanning the negatives (I used a Bronica ETR-S 2 1/4 camera.) and reformatting it – working digitally is very different from typing it on an IBM Selectric and printing contact sheets to mount onto the pages.  Perhaps I’ll make it available for sale Print on Demand.

Hopefully I’ll be able to start working on it before my new job begins in July.