#humboldtscenery

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Tim McKay (1947-2006)

The Tim McKay postcard collection

The gorgeous scenery of Humboldt County attracts many interesting characters from far and wide. Tim McKay was one of these. Born in Stockton, CA in 1947, McKay was always raised close to the beautiful outdoors of California spending his earliest years exposed to rural farm life. He maintained a fascination for photography in high school and went on to be the director of the Northcoast Environmental Center, located in Arcata, California, for thirty years, 1976 to 2006. His position at the Center demonstrates his true passion for the natural world and conservation. Received by the Library shortly after his passing, Mr. McKay’s postcard collection illustrates this passion with beautiful imagery of Northwestern California scenery and wildlife. Interns and volunteers the the Humboldt State University Library are currently working on the digitization of this collection but for now please enjoy the above selection of some of McKay’s fascination.

For more information about this gorgeous collection visit the Humboldt State University library website, or go to http://library.humboldt.edu/humco/holdings/McKayPostcardsAid.html#biographical