Maida Rossiter Bailey photographic collection

Collection

Identifier: Org. Lot 1158

Staff Only

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

circa 1865-1899

Creator

Bailey, Maida Rossiter, -1972 (Person)

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

Additional Description

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.