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Robert Morrison photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 579

Scope and Contents

Collection consists of 24 black and white photographs and 2 tintypes, circa 1858-1902. The photographs are nearly all studio portraits, and most are card photographs. Many of the images have handwritten identifications and other notes attached or written on the back. The images include people identified as: Winema, of the Modoc people, Mrs. E. M. Lockhart, Capt. L. L. Williams, Dr. Henry Hermann, Samuel R. Thurston, Capt. O. C. Applegate, Jesse Applegate, E. D. Baker, Binger Hermann, Sam and Louisa Dement, Lafayette Grover, James W. Nesmith, and Grandma Yoakum. Other images in the collection include two photographic postcards of stagecoaches with handwritten information on the back; one reads "Last Meeting at White Point / 1887"; the other "Last stage from Ashland - going south." The collection also includes one black and white photograph identified in a handwritten note on the back as the blockhouse at Fort Umpqua in the late 1850s.

Dates

  • circa 1858-1902

Creator

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

0.1 Cubic Feet (2 folders in shared box)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Small collection of black and white photographs, largely card photographs, and tintypes, most of which are studio portraits depicting early emigrants and political figures of Oregon. The collection also includes two photographic postcards of stagecoaches and an image of the blockhouse at Fort Umpqua.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Robert Morrison, January 1989 (Lib. Acc. 19159, Photo Acc. 989D012).

Separated Materials

Papers that the Oregon Historical Society Research Library received with the photographs in this collection were separated to manuscript collections and cataloged as Mss 743, the Binger Hermann papers.

Creator

Title
Guide to the Robert Morrison photographic collection
Status
Completed
Date
2012; revised 2024
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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