Ulen family photographic collection
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of two albums (designated Album 604 and Album 605) containing 284 black and white and color postcards, 36 black and white photographs and one tintype, circa 1880-1908. Album 604 contains studio portraits, primarily card photographs, of unidentified members of the Ulen family. Album 605 includes souvenir postcards, 1905-1908, addressed mainly to Grace Ulen, depicting buildings, ships, and scenery in California, Utah, Arkansas, and Oregon. Also includes a postcard for the Taft/Sherman election campaign of 1908.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1880-1908
Creator
- Ulen family (Compiler, Family)
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.
Extent
0.5 Cubic Feet (1 album in flat box; 1 album in shared flat box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection consists of two albums, one containing studio portraits of unidentified members of the Ulen family, and the other containing souvenir postcards, addressed mainly to Grace Ulen, depicting buildings, ships, and scenery in California, Utah, Arkansas, and Oregon.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the estate of Mrs. William R. Ulen, care of Ardis Grunow, May 1981 (Lib. Acc. 15534, 981D087).
Processing Information
The albums in this collection were individually designated as Album 604 and Album 605 by the Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Subject
- Ulen, Grace -- Correspondence (Person)
- Ulen family -- Photographs (Family)
- Title
- Guide to the Ulen family 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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Portland OR 97205 United States
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