Harriet Park Cramer photographic collection
Scope and Contents
Collection includes 83 black and white photographs, 1931, of Elijah "Lige" Coalman; Caroline Augusta Kamm at the Kamm home; the Kamm children, including Carolyn and Katherine; the interior, exterior, grounds, and gardens of the Kamm house; children and staff at the Fruit and Flower mission; and the grounds of the E. B. MacNaughton estate. The collection also includes 62 nitrate negatives.
Dates
- Creation: 1931
Creator
- Cramer, Harriet Park (Photographer, 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
Jacob Kamm was born in 1823 in Switzerland. He came the United States as a small child with his parents. He was a pioneer steamboat engineer and transportation tycoon who made his fortune in Oregon. He became part-owner in the Jennie Clark, the first sternwheeler in the Pacific Northwest. He married Caroline Gray in 1859. He was one of the founders of the Oregon Steam Navigation Company with John C. Ainsworth. His company, the Oregon Steam Navigation Company, controlled boats on all the important western rivers. He died in Portland in 1912.
Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (8 folders in shared box; 62 negatives in shared box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Photographic prints and nitrate negatives depicting Caroline Augusta Kamm, the Kamm children, and the Kamm house in Portland, Oregon; Elijah "Lige" Coalman; children and staff at the Fruit and Flower mission; and the grounds of the E. B. MacNaughton estate.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Negatives are not available for direct access due to fragility; contact library staff for assistance.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gifts of Owen P. Cramer in March 1981 (Lib. Acc. 15461, Photo Acc. 981D044) and March 1988 (Lib. Acc. 18820, Photo Acc. 988D062).
Subject
- Coalman, Elijah, 1881-1970 -- Photographs (Person)
- Kamm, Caroline Augusta Gray -- Photographs (Person)
- MacNaughton, Ernest Boyd, 1880-1960 -- Homes and haunts -- Photographs (Person)
- Kamm family -- Homes and haunts -- Photographs (Family)
- Fruit and Flower Child Care Center -- Photographs (Organization)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Harriet Park Cramer 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
1200 SW Park Ave.
Portland OR 97205 United States
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