This is but a very brief introduction to the Pacific collections housed at UCR CMP. The author has attempted only to illuminate the potentials inherent in this vast, interesting, and underutilized resource. The Pacific photographs in both the Keystone-Mast collection and the Pidgeon collection provide rich interpretive tools for many fields including anthropology, archaeology, and history. And, again, it needs to be emphasized that these collections have only been roughly catalogued, which means that anyone using them must spend a significant amount of time just wading through the many thousands of images (both negatives and photographic cards) to identify those from the Pacific. There is a real need for a complete cataloguing effort, including annotations, not just for the Pacific images but for the many more thousands of images represented in the several collections. In the end, such an effort would be greatly rewarded by the re-appearance of images from a very active and interesting time in global history. Many surprises await, as most of these images have not been viewed in nearly half a century.
Index
Title Page
About the Authors
Pidgeon Discussion
