Related Resources

This section identifies collections that have related or similar content to the Kern County Survey and cites publications relating to the survey.

Collections that have content related to images found in the Kern County, California, Photographic Views by Carleton Watkins, either in terms of subject matter or photographer, are listed below.

Photographs by Carleton Watkins in the Prints & Photographs Division

Stereograph LOTs by Carleton Watkins (search result)
These groups of photographs consist wholly or partially of images made by Watkins, primarily in the 1860s-1880s.
Groups of photographic prints by Carleton Watkins (search result)
These groups include photographic prints made by Watkins in California, primarily 1860s-1880s.

The Yosemite book; a description of the Yosemite Valley and the adjacent region of the Sierra Nevada, and of the big trees of California by Geological Survey of California
Call Number: F868.Y6 C22 (Case X)
Published/Created: 1868

Photographs of California 19th-early 20th century

Stereograph Cards - California 1880 (search result)
Stereographs of California from the 19th century reflect the interest in depicting its scenic wonders and natural resources, as well as it's agricultural possibilities. Note: Additional stereographs of California sites can be found by removing the limitation to the 1880s decade in your search string.
Panoramic Photographs - California (search result)
Well designed for landscape and cityscape views, as well as depictions of groups and gatherings, the collection includes many views of California, mostly from the 1900s-1920s.
Arnold Genthe Collection (collection summary and search)
Genthe was photographing in California contemporaneously with Watkins, although his landscapes are primarily focused on the region around Carmel.
Visual Materials from the Luther Burbank Papers (catalog record)
Burbank was a botanist and horticulturist who worked in California from the 1870s to the 1920s. The visual materials are unprocessed and can be viewed by making an appointment in advance. Corresponding Luther Burbank Papers can be viewed in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey - California--Kern County (search result)
The National Park Service has documented sites in Kern County, reflecting the changes in land use over time.
Photographs of Luther Burbank's experimental cactus fields, Santa Rosa, California, LOT 14115 (catalog record)
This group of photographs shows one of Burbank's botanical experiments, received through copyright deposit in 1908.

Richard Steven Street. "A Kern County Diary: The Forgotten Photographs of Carleton E. Watkins 1881-1888." External
California History. Vol. 61, No. 4 (Winter, 1983), pp. 242-263. (via Jstor). Street provides information about the context for the project, Watkins's working methods, the conditions under which Watkins photographed, and usage of the photographs at the time. He also provides information on institutions with Kern County Survey prints in their collections.
The Photographs of Carleton Watkins External
"Carleton Watkins.org is made possible by many institutions and private collectors with a common interest in the work of Carleton Watkins and the desire to make his complete work readily available to all."

The following titles link to fuller bibliographic information in the Library of Congress Online Catalog.

Carleton Watkins by Tyler Green
Call Number: TR140.W376
ISBN: 9780520963023
Published/Created: 2018-10-16
Pioneer Photographers of the Far West by Peter E. Palmquist; Thomas R. Kailbourn; Martha A. Sandweiss (Foreword by)
Call Number: TR139 .P35 2000
ISBN: 0804738831
Published/Created: 2002-02-01
Special Collections in the Library of Congress by Library of Congress Staff (Contribution by); Annette Melville (Compiled by)
Call Number: Z733.U58 U54 1980
ISBN: 0844402974
Published/Created: 1980-01-01
No. 133, p. 196. Available full text online via links in the catalog record.
Guide to the special collections of prints & photographs in the Library of Congress, by Paul Vanderbilt
Call Number: NE53.W2 A52
Published/Created: 1955
No. 755, p. 160. Available full text online via links in the catalog record.

Kern County, California: Photographic Views by Carleton Watkins in the Library of Congress

Related Resources

Photographs by Carleton Watkins in the Prints & Photographs Division

Photographs of California 19th-early 20th century