Highland Hospital after three days in a coma after being struck by a hit-and-run driver while walking his dog in Emeryville, California. He was engaged to marry Pam Mendelsohn, his partner of 26 years, in April 2003. He had married Sally Forward of London, England, in 1957 while overseas and they had three daughters before their divorce. He was also survived by two brothers, John Frederic Palmquist and Carl Edward Palmquist. Legacy The Peter E. Palmquist Memorial Fund for Historical Photographic Research was founded by his partner Pam Mendelsohn. In 2005 the Fund commenced in providing financial support to independent researchers who are studying either photographers of the American West before 1900, or women photographers past and present. Palmquist's archive of more than 150,000 photographs and research documents is housed at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, in New Haven, Connecticut where it forms a cornerstone of its Western Americana Collection. Bibliography Books and catalogs Palmquist, Peter E & Kailbourn, Thomas R. Pioneer photographers from the Mississippi to the continental divide : a biographical dictionary, 1839-1865. Stanford University Press, Stanford, Calif. 2005. 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 & Kailbourn, Thomas R. Pioneer photographers of the far west : a biographical dictionary, 1840-1865. Stanford University Press ; [Cambridge : Cambridge University Press] [distributor], Stanford, California. 2000. Palmquist, Peter E & Haynes, David & Rudisill, Richard Photographers : a sourcebook for historical research (Rev. 2nd ed). Carl Mautz Pub, Nevada City, CA, 2000 Dassonville, William E & Herzig, Susan, (editor.) & Hertzmann, Paul, (editor.) & Palmquist, Peter E, (author.) & Mills College. Art Museum (organizing body.) Dassonville : William E. Dassonville, California photographer, 1879-1957. Carl Mautz, Nevada City, California. 1999. 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. Kibbey, Mead B & Palmquist, Peter E (1996). The railroad photographs of Alfred A. Hart, artist. California State Library