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'''William Culp Darrah''' (1909, Reading, Pennsylvania - 1989, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) was an American professor of biology at [[Gettysburg College]] in Pennsylvania. He was a specialist in [[paleobotany]]. He was also a noted authority on the [[history of photography]], writing several books about 19th-century photo processes and photographers. As part of his interest in 19th-century photography, he assembled a collection of over 60,000 [[cartes-de-visite]], which is now held at Penn State University.
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'''William Culp Darrah''' (1909{{spnd}}1989) was an American professor of biology at [[Gettysburg College]] in Pennsylvania. He also had an interest in, and published several works on, 19th-century photography.


Darrah was a fellow of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]], as well a member of [[Sigma Xi]] and the [[Botanical Society of America]].<ref name="obit">{{cite journal | url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03087298.1989.10442498 | title=William Culp Darrah 1909-1989 | author=Collins, Kathleen | journal=History of Photography | year=1989 | volume=13 | issue=4 | pages=383 | doi=10.1080/03087298.1989.10442498}}</ref>
Born in Reading, Pennsylvania, his was a specialist in [[paleobotany]]. Darrah was a fellow of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]], as well a member of [[Sigma Xi]] and the [[Botanical Society of America]].<ref name="obit">{{cite journal | title=William Culp Darrah 1909-1989 | author=Collins, Kathleen | journal=History of Photography | year=1989 | volume=13 | issue=4 | pages=383 | doi=10.1080/03087298.1989.10442498}}</ref>


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As an authority on the [[history of photography]], he authored several books about 19th-century photo processes and photographers. As part of his interest in early photography, he assembled a collection of over 60,000 [[carte-de-visite|cartes-de-visite]], which is now held at Penn State University.


He died in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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==Selected Bibliography==

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==Selected bibliography==
===Biology===
===Biology===
*Principles of paleobotany (1960)
*''Principles of paleobotany'' (1960)
*Textbook of paleobotany (1939)
*''Textbook of paleobotany'' (1939)
*A critical review of the upper Pennsylvanian floras of eastern United States with notes on the Mazon Creek flora of Illinois (1969)
*''A critical review of the upper Pennsylvanian floras of eastern United States with notes on the Mazon Creek flora of Illinois'' (1969)


===Photography===
===Photography===
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*''Stereo views, a history of stereographs in America and their collection'' (1964)
*A check list of Maine photographers who issued stereographs (1967)
*''A check list of Maine photographers who issued stereographs'' (1967)
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*Stereo views, a history of stereographs in America and their collection (1964)
*An Album of stereographs : or, Our country victorious and now a happy home : from the collections of William Culp Darrah and Richard Russack (1977)
*''An Album of stereographs : or, Our country victorious and now a happy home : from the collections of William Culp Darrah and Richard Russack'' (1977)
*The world of stereographs (1977)
*''The world of stereographs'' (1977)
*Cartes de visite in nin[e]teenth century photography (1981)
*''Cartes de visite in nin[e]teenth century photography'' (1981)

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==External Links==
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*[http://www.gettysburg.edu/special_collections/collections/manuscripts/collections/ms128.dot| Papers of William C. Darrah, MS-128] at Gettysburg College
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*[https://www.libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1515.htm| William C. Darrah collection of cartes-de-visite, 1860-1900 HCLA 1515] at Pennsylvania State University Libraries


==References==
==References==
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*[http://www.gettysburg.edu/special_collections/collections/manuscripts/collections/ms128.dot Papers of William C. Darrah, MS-128] at Gettysburg College

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*[https://www.libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1515.htm William C. Darrah collection of cartes-de-visite, 1860-1900 HCLA 1515] at Pennsylvania State University Libraries
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| NAME = Darrah, William Culp
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Biologist and historian of photography
| DATE OF BIRTH = 1909
| PLACE OF BIRTH = Reading, Pennsylvania
| DATE OF DEATH = 1989
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Latest revision as of 00:37, 22 September 2022

William Culp Darrah (1909 – 1989) was an American professor of biology at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania. He also had an interest in, and published several works on, 19th-century photography.

Born in Reading, Pennsylvania, his was a specialist in paleobotany. Darrah was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, as well a member of Sigma Xi and the Botanical Society of America.[1]

As an authority on the history of photography, he authored several books about 19th-century photo processes and photographers. As part of his interest in early photography, he assembled a collection of over 60,000 cartes-de-visite, which is now held at Penn State University.

He died in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Selected bibliography[edit]

Biology[edit]

  • Principles of paleobotany (1960)
  • Textbook of paleobotany (1939)
  • A critical review of the upper Pennsylvanian floras of eastern United States with notes on the Mazon Creek flora of Illinois (1969)

Photography[edit]

  • Stereo views, a history of stereographs in America and their collection (1964)
  • A check list of Maine photographers who issued stereographs (1967)
  • An Album of stereographs : or, Our country victorious and now a happy home : from the collections of William Culp Darrah and Richard Russack (1977)
  • The world of stereographs (1977)
  • Cartes de visite in nin[e]teenth century photography (1981)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Collins, Kathleen (1989). "William Culp Darrah 1909-1989". History of Photography. 13 (4): 383. doi:10.1080/03087298.1989.10442498.

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