Garst (Warren and Genevieve) Collection
For 25 years, from 1962 until 1987, Warren and Genevieve (Genny) Garst spent at least nine months a year shooting film footage for Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, the country's preeminent wildlife and adventure documentary television series. In his role as photographer Warren created over 20,000 images of animals, people, and places across all seven continents. The library’s archival collection contains correspondence between Warren and Genny, research materials, Warren's writings including drafts and index cards for his zoology dictionary Zoolexicon, and their photographic slide collection. This digital collection consists primarily of images of animals dating from 1955 to 1987. More than 600 species are represented. This collection also includes diaries and letters; an interview of the Garsts from 2001; and recordings describing killer whales hunting elephant seals, encounters with gorillas when Warren worked with primatologist Dian Fossey, and an encounter with a cheetah and her cubs.
See also the Garst collection website which includes information about the collection and a searchable database of images.
Recent Submissions
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Letter from Warren Garst to Genevieve Garst
A series of letters from Warren to Genevieve Garst combined by Garst into one document describing filming for "Wild Kingdom" with conservationist and environmentalist Dian Fossey at the Karisoke Research Center. The letter ... -
Warren Garst diary, 1984
Warren Garst's diary from 1984. Garst describes personal activities, professional planning, and professional activities at home in Chicago. Personal activities, research, and filming for "Wild Kingdom" in Colorado, Montana, ... -
Warren Garst diary, 1975
Warren Garst's diary from 1975. Garst describes personal activities, professional planning, and professional activities at home in Chicago. Personal activities, research, and filming for "Wild Kingdom" in Colorado, Zanzibar, ... -
Warren Garst diary, 1971
Warren Garst's diary from 1971. Garst describes personal activities, professional planning, and professional activities at home in Chicago. Personal activities, research, and filming for "Wild Kingdom" in Colorado, Minnesota, ... -
Warren Garst diary, 1979
Warren Garst's diary from 1979. Garst describes personal activities, professional planning, and professional activities at home in Chicago. Personal activities, research, and filming for "Wild Kingdom" in Colorado, Gambia, ... -
Genny Garst diary, 1965
Genevieve "Genny" Garst's diary of her experiences in Guyana. Genny Garst assisted her husband Warren Garst in the filming of "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom". Their twenty-five year career took them to all seven continents. ... -
Elephant seals and killer whales - Warren Garst
Warren Garst describes killer whales hunting elephant seals and capturing them on a beach in Argentina. -
Gorilla encounters - Warren Garst
Warren Garst describes encounters he had with gorillas and their behavior when he was working with primatologist and conservationist Dian Fossey. -
Cheetah motherhood - Genny Garst
Genevieve "Genny" Garst describes an encounter she, Warren Garst, and George Frame had with a cheetah and her cubs. -
Garst, Warren and Genevieve: oral history
Jim Williams, KUNC radio station, interviews Warren and Genny Garst on November 6, 2001. Interview topics include the Warren and Genevieve Garst Photographic Collection, the Garsts' careers and backgrounds, and experiences ... -
Celebration of life for Warren Garst, wildlife photographer
CSU alumnus (Zoology '63) Garst, who passed away on July 12, 2016, is remembered as a talented and adventurous individual by those who knew him. Garst and his wife Genny, who helped introduce computers to Colorado State, ...
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