Ralph Penniwell Cowgill photograph albums
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of 209 black and white photographs and cyanotypes and 1 negative, primarily in two albums, 1898-1915. The albums were designated Album 548 and Album 549 by the Oregon Historical Society Research Library. Album 548 includes images relating to work by the U.S. Geological Survey in the Pacific Northwest; scenes include Coeur d'Alene Lake, Murray, Wallace, and Blossom Lake in Idaho; Spirit Lake, Spokane, and Mount Adams in Washington; and Sunset Mine, Crescent Lake, the Columbia River Gorge, and Mount Hood in Oregon. Subjects also include mining and the steamboat Georgie Oakes. Album 549 contains black and white photographs and cyanotypes, including images of an irrigation project near Medford, Oregon.
Dates
- Creation: 1898-1915
Creator
- Cowgill, Ralph P. (Ralph Penniwell), 1880- (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
Ralph Penniwell Cowgill (born 1880) served as an engineer for the Oregon State Game Commission, as president of the Oregon Game Protective Association, and in the Oregon Legislature (R-Medford).
Extent
0.5 Cubic Feet (1 folder in shared box; 1 oversize flat box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Black and white photographs and cyanotypes, primarily in two albums. Scenes in one album relate to work by the U.S. Geological Survey in the Pacific Northwest from 1898-1900, particularly in Idaho; locations include Coeur d'Alene Lake, Spokane, Mount Adams, the Columbia River Gorge, and Mount Hood. The second album includes photographs of an irrigation project near Medford, Oregon.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Genneth Drendel, March 1979 (Lib. Acc. 14726).
Processing Information
Photograph albums were also individually designated as Album 548 and Album 549 by the Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Subject
- Cowgill, Ralph P. (Ralph Penniwell), 1880- -- Photographs (Person)
- Geological Survey (U.S.) -- Photographs (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Adams, Mount (Wash.) -- Photographs
- Coeur d'Alene Lake (Idaho) -- Photographs
- Columbia River Gorge (Or. and Wash.) -- Photographs
- Hood, Mount (Or.) -- Photographs
- Murray (Idaho) -- Photographs
- Spirit Lake (Wash.) -- Photographs
- Spokane (Wash.) -- Photographs
- Wallace (Idaho) -- Photographs
Topical
- Idaho
- Irrigation -- Oregon -- Medford -- Photographs
- Lakes -- Northwest, Pacific -- Photographs
- Landscapes -- Northwest, Pacific -- Photographs
- Mines and Mineral Resources -- Oregon -- Photographs
- Mountaineering -- Oregon -- Hood, Mount -- Photographs
- Mountains -- Northwest, Pacific -- Photographs
- Oregon
- Photographs
- Rivers -- Northwest, Pacific -- Photographs
- Surveying -- Northwest, Pacific -- Photographs
- Washington (State)
- Title
- Guide to the Ralph Penniwell Cowgill photograph albums
- 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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