Acknowledgements

	Gunnar Widforss painting at Asolomar, 1926

I would like to express my gratitude to the following individuals and institutions who have shared their time, expertise, and inspiration through the course this project:

Susanne Durling
Deborah Gilbert, Lavinia Schartz, and other members of artist Albert DeRome’s family
Sara Ferguson, Bancroft Library research
Bob Glaze
Roger Hall, Jack Turner, and all of Ansel Hall's family
Glen Knowles
Don Lago
Brian Magnusson
Fredrik Sjöberg, for his immense help and inspiration along the way
Karl Anders Sundstrom
Bill Willmering and Carol Krueger

The National Park Service and other Organizations    
Mary Merryman, Emily Bray-Nash, and Steve Mark, Crater Lake National Park
Colleen Hyde and Mike Quinn, Grand Canyon National Park
Brooke Childre, NPS, Mount Rainier
Amalin Ferguson, National Park Service Librarian 
Ed Nolan, Washington State Historical Society
Gwenyth Barrow and Barbara Beroza, Yosemite National Park

Galleries and Auction Houses    
Peter Fairbanks, Montgomery Gallery
Patrick Kraft, Karges Fine Art
Richard Lampert, Zaplin-Lampert Gallery
Marc Maurie, Stockholms Auktionsverk
Mike Overby and Michael Scott, The Coeur D'Alene Art Auction
Pedro Westerdahl, Bukowskis
Kathy Wong, Bonhams

Translation   
Nina Anderson
Moa Kaufmann
Karen Olsen

Financial Support    
Barbro Osher and the Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation
Swedish-American Historical Society
All who have made financial contributions to this project

The Widforss Family   
My deepest appreciation to the entire Widforss family who have been so helpful and supportive of this project and who have made me feel so welcomed, in particular Peter Selg, and Gunnar Widforss (great-nephew of the artist), for planting the seed that has grown into this project.

My loving and supportive wife Catherine

Gunnar and I thank-you,
Alan Petersen