Maida Rossiter Bailey photographic collection
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of 199 black and white photographs, 4 tintypes, 7 cyanotypes, and 1 painting in 2 albums (designated Album 354 and Album 355), and 2 loose black and white photographs, circa 1865-1899. Album 354 includes professional portraits of members of the Bailey, Price, Brooks, Hopper, Mellon, Roberts, Westcott, and Stroud families. Album 355 includes snapshots of rural areas in North Carolina, Florida, Key West and Arizona, homesteaders, including Black homesteaders, and livestock.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1865-1899
Creator
- Bailey, Maida Rossiter, -1972 (Person)
- Phillips' Photographers (Philadelphia, Pa.) (Photographer, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.
Biographical note
Maida Rossiter Bailey (died 1972) was the dean of Women at Reed College and owned a ranch with her husband, Meredith Bailey, Jr., near Sisters, Oregon.
Extent
0.5 Cubic Feet (1 folder in shared box and 2 photograph albums)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection consists of black and white photographs, and a small number of tintypes, most compiled into two photograph albums. One album includes professional portraits of members of the Bailey, Price, Brooks, Hopper, Mellon, Roberts, Westcott, and Stroud families. The other includes snapshots of rural areas, people, and livestock in North Carolina, Florida, Key West and Arizona. Maida Rossiter Bailey (died 1972) was the dean of Women at Reed College and owned a ranch with her husband, Meredith Bailey, Jr., near Sisters, Oregon.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
April 1972, Lib. Acc. 12215.
Processing Information
Collection includes items designated Album 354 and Album 355.
Subject
- Bailey family -- Photographs (Family)
- Brooks family -- Photographs (Family)
- Hopper family -- Photographs (Family)
- Mellon family -- Photographs (Family)
- Price family -- Photographs (Family)
- Roberts family -- Photographs (Family)
- Stroud family -- Photographs (Family)
- Westcott family -- Photographs (Family)
- Title
- Guide to the Maida Rossiter Bailey photographic collection
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository
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