Peter E. Palmquist

Peter E. Palmquist (1936 - 2003) was a photography historian and writer.

He participated in more than one-hundred exhibitions of historical photography. His writings include more than forty books and three-hundred and twenty articles, many on women photographers. He was the founding editor of The Daguerreian Annual; past president of the National Stereoscopic Association; and founder and curator of the Women in Photography International Archive.

Bibliography

Books and Catalogs:

Palmquist, Peter E & Society of California Pioneers & Lawrence & Houseworth.  Points of interest : California views, 1860-1870 : the Lawrence & Houseworth albums. Berkeley Hills Books ; San Francisco : Society of California Pioneers, [Berkeley, CA]. 2002.

Johnson, Drew Heath & Oakland Museum of California, with essays by Palmquist, Peter E.  Capturing light : masterpieces of California photography, 1850 to the present. Oakland Museum of California ; New York ; London : W.W.Norton, Oakland. 2001.

Palmquist, Peter E & Haynes, David & Rudisill, Richard Photographers : a sourcebook for historical research (Rev. 2nd ed). Carl Mautz Pub, Nevada City, CA, 2000

Palmquist, Peter E., and Gia Musso. Women Photographers: A Selection of Images from the Women in Photography International Archive 1850-1997. Kneeland, California: Iaqua Press, 1997.

Palmquist, Peter E.. Camera Fiends & Kodak Girls II: 60 Selections By and About Women in Photography, 1855-1965. New York: Midmarch Arts Press, 1995.

Palmquist, Peter E. (compiler). A Bibliography of Writings by and about Women in Photography 1850-1990 (Second edition). Arcata, California: Published by the author, 1994.

Palmquist, Peter E.. Catharine Weed Barnes Ward: Pioneer Advocate for Women in Photography. Arcata, California: Published by the author, 1992.

Palmquist, Peter E.. Shadowcatchers: A Directory of Women ln California Photography 1900-1920. Arcata, California: Published by the author, 1991 .

Palmquist, Peter E. (compiler). A Bibliography of Writings by and about Women In Photography 1850-1950. Arcata, California: Published by the author, 1990.

Palmquist, Peter E.. Elizabeth Fleischmann: Pioneer X-Ray Photographer (exhibition catalogue). Berkeley, California: Judah L. Magnes Museum, 1990 .

Palmquist, Peter E.. Shadowcatchers: A Directory of Women In California Photography Before 1901. Arcata, California: Published by the author, 1990.

Palmquist, Peter E. (editor). Camera Fiends & Kodak Girls: Writings by and About Women Photographers 1840-1930. New York: Midmarch Arts Press, 1989.

Palmquist, Peter E.. Louise E. Halsey: An American Pictorialist (exhibiton catalogue). Arcata, California: Humboldt State University, 1985.

Palmquist, Peter E.. With Nature's Children: Emma B. Freeman (1880-1928), Camera And Brush. Eureka, California: Interface California Corporation, 1977.

Articles, Papers, Vignettes:

Palmquist, Peter E.. "[Laura Adams Armer] Waterless Mountain," in, Perpetual Mirage: Photographic Narratives of the Desert West. (New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1996), pp. 118-123.

Palmquist, Peter E.. "[Bibliography]," in Naomi Rosenblum, A History of Women Photographers. (New York: Abbeville, 1994), pp. 328-347."

Palmquist, Peter E.. "Resources for Second World War Women Photographers," History of Photography, vol. 18, no. 3 (Autumn 1994), pp. 247- 255.

Palmquist, Peter E.. "Women Photographers and the American Indian," in An Idaho Photographer ln Focus. (Pocatello, Idaho: Idaho State University, 1993), pp. 121-149.

Palmquist, Peter E.. "She Saved Soldier's Lives, Lost Her Own [Elizabeth Fleischmann]," Women's Heritage Museum [Newsletter], (May 29, 1993), p. 1.

Palmquist, Peter E. "Books by and About Women Photographers," AB Bookman's Weekly (March 1, 1993), pp. 845-856.

Palmquist, Peter E.. "Pioneer Women Photographers in Nineteenth-Century California," California History (Spring 1992), pp. 111-127+.

Palmquist, Peter E.. "Abbie E. Cardozo: Making it in a Man's World," The Humboldt Historian, vol. 39, no. 6 (November/December 1991), pp. 24-25.

Palmquist, Peter E.. "Women Photographers in Nineteenth-Century California (USA) - An Overview," Photoresearcher (European Society for the History of Photography), June 1991, pp. 12-20.

Palmquist, Peter E.. "A Gallery of California's Lady Shadowcatchers," The Californians (November/December 1990), pp. 52-57.

Palmquist, Peter E.. "Elizabeth Fleischmann-Aschheim, Pioneer X-Ray Photographer," Western States Jewish History (October 1990), pp. 35-45.

Palmquist, Peter E.. [Vignettes of daguerreians:] "...Mrs. Julia Ann Rudolph, Mrs. Julia Shannon...," The Daguerreian Annual 1990 (Eureka, California: The Daguerreian Society, 1990), pp. 187-199.

Palmquist, Peter E.. "Miss L. M. Ayers: A Photographer Out of the Ordinary", The Humboldt Historian (May-June 1990), pp. 16-17.

Palmquist, Peter E.. "Women in Photography: Selected Readings [a checklist]," Photography in the West #2 (Manhattan, Kansas: Sunflower University Press, 1989), pp. 127-132.

Palmquist, Peter E.. "Women in Photography: Selected Readings," Journal of the West (January 1989), pp. 127-132.

Palmquist, Peter E.. "19th Century California [Women] Photographers," in Yesterday and Tomorrow: California Women Artists (New York: Midmarch Arts Press, 1989), pp. 282-293.

Palmquist, Peter E.. "The Indomitable Abbie Cardozo," Photography In the West #1 (Manhattan, Kansas: Sunflower University Press, 1987), pp. 106-109.

Palmquist, Peter E.. "'Uncle Frank' Learned Photography at an Early Age [Includes Mary Spesert]," The Humboldt Historian (November/December 1985), pp. 17-19.

Palmquist, Peter E.. "The [Ruth] Roberts Collection of California Indian Photographs: A Brief Review," Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology (vol. 5, nos 1 & 2, 1983 [in print as of June 1985]), pp. 3-32.

Palmquist, Peter E.. "Portraits and Insights from Two Skilled Image Makers - Abbie Cardozo and Elmo Seely," The Humboldt Historian, (May/June 1984), pp. 6-8+.

Palmquist, Peter E.. "Stereo Artist Mrs. E. W. Withington; or, 'How I use My Skirt for a Darktent,'" Stereo World, vol. 10, no. 5 (November/December 1983), pp. 20-21+.

Palmquist, Peter E.. "Photographers in Petticoats," Journal of the West, vol. 21, no. 2, April 1982.

Palmquist, Peter E.. "California Nineteenth Century Women Photographers," The Photographic Collector, vol. 1, no. 3, Fall 1980.

Exhibitions:

Guest curator. "Shadowcatchers: California Women Photographers, 1850-1920," Grace Hudson Museum, Ukiah, California, November 14, 1990-April 7, 1991.

Guest curator. "Focus West: Three Jewish Photographers 1850-1905 (Louis Heller and Elizabeth Fleischmann: Nineteenth Century Jewish Photographers in California)," Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, California, June 3-October 7, 1990.

Guest curator. "Emma B. Freeman: With Nature's Children," Sutter County Community Memorial Museum, Yuba City, California, January - March 1988.

Guest curator. "Emma B. Freeman: With Nature's Children," Grace Hudson Museum, Ukiah, California, June-September 1987.

Curator. "Emma B. Freeman," Lighthouse Art Gallery, Crescent City, California, January 1987.

Curator. "Louise E. Halsey: An American Pictorialist," Reese Bullen Gallery, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California, January 10-30, 1985.

Curator. "Emma B. Freeman Photographs," Women's History Week, Clarke Memorial Museum, Eureka, California, March 6-12, 1983.

Curator. "With Nature's Children - The Photographs of Emma B. Freeman," Humboldt Federal Savings Bank, Eureka Branch, February 1978; McKinleyville, Branch, March 1978.

Curator. "Historical West Coast Photography: Fine California Views by A. W. Ericson (1848-1927); With Nature's Children by Emma B. Freeman (1880-1928); and Photographer of a Frontier by Peter Britt (1819-1905)," International Center of Photography, New York City, New York, March 18-April 17, 1977.

Curator. "With Nature's Children: Emma B. Freeman (1880-1928) - Camera and Brush," The Nautilus Gallery, Arcata, California, March 5-24, 1977.

Online archives:

Palmquist, Peter E & Women in Photography International Archive, Arcata, California. 2003

Palmquist, Peter E & Women in Photography International Archive.  Bibliography of books by and about women photographers in the collection of the Women in Photography International Archive, as of January 1, 2000. Women in Photography International Archive, Arcata, CA. 2000

Palmquist, Peter E. Bibliography of articles by and about women in photography, 1840-1990 (4th ed., unindexed). Women in Photography International Archive, Arcata, CA. 2000