Early Oregon photograph album
Content Description
This collection includes a bound album containing photographic prints depicting social life, families, and buildings in Southern Oregon, including Grants Pass and Roseburg.
Some of the handwritten captioned prints include two images of the railroad bridge over the Applegate River (one depicting bridge collapse after 'fire and brimstone'), two images of a locomotive (one captioned 'the 18 after J. McCally was killed'), the Grants Pass Opera House, the Grants Pass Public School, the Grants Pass Presbyterian Church, and four views of the Roseburg, Oregon Soldier's Hospital Home.
Dates
- circa 1905
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to the public.
Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room.
Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
The compiler of the album and photographer is unknown.
Extent
0.25 linear feet (1 container)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection includes a single bound album containing photographic prints depicting social life, families, and buildings in Southern Oregon, including Grants Pass and Roseburg.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Processed by Alexa Goff, 2023.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Zephyr Used and Rare Books, 2020.
- Grants Pass (Or.) -- Photographs Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Oregon, Southern -- Photographs Subject Source: Local sources
- Title
- Guide to Early Oregon photograph album
- Status
- Complete Description
- Date
- 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository