John I. White photograph collection, 1860-1980

Overview of the Collection

Creator
White, John I. (John Irwin), 1902-
Title
John I. White photograph collection
Dates
1860-1980 (inclusive)
1885-1975 (bulk)
Quantity
2 boxes, (1 linear ft. )
Collection Number
UUS_P0037
Summary
Included are photographs related to cowboy songs and song makers of the American West such as Will C. Barnes, Badger Clark, Gail Gardner, Romaine Lowdermilk, Dominick J. O'Malley, Powder River Jack Lee, and other cowboy songwriters, singers, and scholars. Also includes photographs relating to White's persona as "The Lonesome Cowboy" for the "Death Valley Days" radio show in the 1930s. Also contains photographs collected for plays, articles, and original scripts. Largely consisting of copy-prints, the photographs are comprised of mostly black-and-white silver gelatin prints, some color snapshots and postcards.
Repository
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu
Access Restrictions
Restrictions

Open to public research. Nitrate negatives have been removed from this collection and placed in Cold Storage box 5. Patrons must request to view these negatives 3 hours in advance.

Languages
English.
Sponsor
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

John I. White was a writer, singer of cowboy songs, and map draftsman. He was born in Washington, D.C. on April 12, 1902 and died in Maplewood, N.J. on November 26, 1992. White recorded 20 cowboy and hillbilly songs for the American Record Corporation in 1929-30. Some were recorded under his various pseudonyms: The Lonesome Cowboy, Whitey Johns, The Lone Star Cowboy, The Old Sexton, Jimmie Price, and Frank Ranger. His singing career culminated with his portrayal of "The Lonesome Cowboy" on the NBC radio drama "Death Valley Days" sponsored by Twenty-Mule Team Borax from 1929-1936. He maintained a lifelong interest in cowboy songs and the American West, researching and writing articles and two books on this and other topics.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The John I. White Photographs are comprised of approximately 508 personal and research photographs and negatives of John I. White, singer, author, and expert on cowboy songs and music. Included are photographs related to songs and song makers of the American West such as Will C. Barnes, Badger Clark, Gail Gardner, Romaine Lowdermilk, Dominick J. O'Malley, Powder River Jack Lee, and other cowboy songwriters, singers, and scholars. Also includes photographs relating to White's persona as "The Lonesome Cowboy" for the "Death Valley Days" radio show in the 1930s. Research files contain photographs collected for plays, articles, and original scripts. Several folders include typed pages describing the events in the photos and giving biographies of the people pictured. Largely consisting of copy-prints, the photographs are comprised of mostly black-and-white silver gelatin prints, some color snapshots and postcards.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Copyright

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Utah State University Libraries, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.

Permission to publish material from the John I. White photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation

John I. White photograph collection, 1860-1980. (P0037). Utah State University. Special Collections & Archives Department.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

???

Acquisition Information

The John I. White Photographs (ca. 1860s-1980) were donated in 1992 to Special Collections and Archives jointly by his widow, Augusta Postles White, and two children, Jennifer White Fischer and Jonathan Postles White. Photographs removed from John I. White papers, COLL MS 201.

Processing Note

Register completed by Peter Schmid, January 1998, and revised by Liz Woolcott, June 2003.

Related Materials

John I. White papersCOLL MSS 201

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Tex Fletcher, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 1

Container(s) Description Dates
1:01:01: Fletcher, Tex. Portraits of the cowboy-singer
1920-1929
1:01:02: Fletcher, Tex. Portraits of the cowboy-singer, signed to John I. White
1920-1929
1:01:03: Fletcher, Tex. Portraits of the cowboy-singer, signed to John I. White
(With one enlarged reproduction.)
1920-1929
1:01:04: Fletcher, Tex. Portrait of the cowboy-singer smoking a pipe, with his guitar over one shoulder and a pick over the other shoulder
undated
1:01:05: Deadwood, South Dakota, Street Scenes
Color snap shows street decorated with sign welcoming cowboy-singer Tex Fletcher.
1954

Daniel Freeman (1826-1908), undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 2

Container(s) Description Dates
1:02:01: Freeman, Daniel. Copy prints, portraits of the early homesteader
1880-1889
1:02:02: Freeman, Daniel with his wife and six children
1890-1899
1:02:03: Beatrice, Nebraska. Views of interpreters and grounds of Homestead National Monument near Beatrice, located on the original homestead of Daniel Freeman, one of the first people to claim land under the Homestead Act of 1862
1970-1979
1:02:04: Beatrice, Nebraska. The Palmer-Epard cabin on the original homestead of Daniel Freeman
1970-1979
1:02:05: Beatrice, Nebraska. The Palmer-Epard cabin
1970-1979
1:02:06: Beatrice, Nebraska. Teachers and students in front of the "Freeman School," named for homesteader Daniel Freeman
1880-1889
1:02:07: Beatrice, Nebraska. Exterior view of the Freeman School, named for homesteader Daniel Freeman; photos by Bill Fink
1978
1:02:08: Beatrice, Nebraska. Interior view of the Freeman School, named for homesteader Daniel Freeman; photos by Bill Fink
1978

Emmanuel Leutze, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 3

Container(s) Description Dates
1:03:01: Leutze, Emmanuel, artist. Copy print of painting by Leutze, scene from the War of 1812 entitled "The General Armstrong at Fayal Azores, Sept. 26, 1814."
undated
1:03:02: Leutze, Emmanuel, artist. Copy print of painting by Leutze, scene from the Civil War
undated
1:03:03: Leutze, Emmanuel, artist and Paul Gilard, engraver. Copy print of steel engraving done by Gilard of Luetze's painting "Washington Crossing the Delaware."
undated
1:03:04: Leutze, Emmanual, artist. Giant postcard reproduction of Leutze's painting "Washington Crossing the Delaware."
undated
1:03:05: Black and white sketched print of five men rowing and steering a boat. "Durham boat, G. Bailey, Neg, 10/25/67 " written on back of print
undated

Romaine Lowdermilk (1890-1970), undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 3

Container(s) Description Dates
1:04:01: Lowdermilk, Romaine. On a horse
1920-1929
1:04:02: Lowdermilk, Romaine. With his dog, taken shortly before his fiftieth birthday
1941
1:04:03: Lowdermilk, Romaine. Standing next to a truck
1960
1:04:04: Lowdermilk, Romaine. At what appears to be a campsite
1960
1:04:05: Lowdermilk, Romaine. Group portrait with the "Arizona Wranglers" holding their instruments, Winter 1929. Charles Hunter, J.E. Patterson, Romaine Lowdermilk, Edward V. Price, Laverne Costello, and Charles English
undated
1:04:06: Several men dressed as cowboys and their horses watching two pilots and their plane, which reads on its side "Rimrock Ranch, Montezuma Well - Cottonwood, Ariz."
undated

D.J. O'Malley Portraits (1867-1943), undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 5

Container(s) Description Dates
1:05:01: O'Malley, D.J. Portrait in baseball gear, as catcher for Miles City
1893
1:05:02: O'Malley, D.J. Portrait in chaps
duplicate of 1:16:08.
1896
1:05:03: O'Malley, D.J. Portrait holding cigar in Eau Claire, Wisconsin
duplicate of 1:20:12
1934
1:05:04: O'Malley, D.J. Portrait with cigar in mouth in Eau Claire, Wisconsin
1934
1:05:05: O'Malley, Alicia with Cliff Chatterson and Bob Francis at Francis' retirement part in Detroit, Michigan
June 4, 1970
1:05:06: O'Malley, Alicia with Margaret (last name unknown,)
1978
1:05:07: O'Malley, Alicia. Portrait in a hospital bed
undated

Carl T. Sprague (1895-1978), undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 6

Container(s) Description Dates
1:06:01: Sprague, Carl T. Portrait of the cowboy-singer taken for publicity shots in
1925
1:06:02: Sprague, Carl T. On-stage with his guitar at a talent show
1950
1:06:03: Sprague, Carl T. With his guitar at the Mrs. Sam Houston Birthday Party Festival
1950
1:06:04: Sprague, Carl T. Portrait of the cowboy-singer with his guitar
1972
1:06:05: Sprague, Carl T. Playing his guitar on a couch, Photo by Gene Dennis
1968
1:06:06: Sprague, Carl T. With his guitar and dressed in his old cowboy costume
1968
1:06:07: Sprague, Carl T. and F. W. Cooper with two dogs, Arizona
1970
1:06:08: Sprague, Carl T. In cowboy costume posed with his guitar in a backyard
1970-1979
1:06:09: Sprague, Carl T. In cowboy costume posed with his guitar in a backyard
1970-1979
1:06:10: Sprague, Carl T. In same cowboy costume posed with horse
1970-1979

Harry Stephens (1888-1965), undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 7

Container(s) Description Dates
1:07:01: Stephens, Harry. On a horse at Stoneman's Lake near Flagstaff, Arizona
1917.
1:07:02: Stephens, Harry. On a horse with a rocky background
1950.

N. Howard Thorp (1867-1940.), undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 8

Container(s) Description Dates
1:08: Thorp, N. Howard. On horseback, sitting sideways in the saddle
1912.

John I. White, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 9

Container(s) Description Dates
1:09:01: White, John I. speaking to another man in a living room
undated
1:09:02: A man at a typewriter
undated
1:09:03: White, John I. Playing a guitar
undated
1:09:04: White, John I. With Romaine Lowdermilk and Lewis C. White at Wickenburg, Arizona
duplicate of 1:19:16 and 2:27:05.
1924
01:09:05: White, John I. With Romaine Lowdermilk and Lewis C. White riding horses at Wickenburg, Arizona
1924
1:09:06: White, John I. Portrait of the cowboy-singer with guitar, by Apeda (New York)
duplicate of 2:27:13.
1927
1:09:07: White, John I. Wedding photo copied from newspaper, with bride Augusta Postles White
1930.
1:09:08: White, John I. Portrait with guitar
1930
1:09:09: White, John I. Portrait with guitar, by H. Tarr Co. (New York)
duplicate of 2:27:12.
1930,
1:09:10: White, John I. Portrait with guitar, beside NBC microphone
1933
1:09:11: White, John I. Playing guitar on the porch at Wickenburg, Arizona, with brothers Lewis and Luke
1933.
1:09:12: White, John I. Next to the 20-mule wagon used for hauling Borax out of Death Valley
1933
1:09:13: White, John I. With wife Augusta on the 20-mule wagon used for hauling Borax out of Death Valley
duplicate of 2:27:11. Nitrate negative is in cold storage.
1933.
1:09:14: White, John I. Next to the 20-mule wagon used for hauling Borax out of Death Valley
duplicate of 2:27:02. (3 copies.) Nitrate negative is in cold storage.
1933
1:09:14-A: White, John I. Next to the 20-mule wagon used for hauling Borax out of Death Valley
Nitrate negative is in cold storage.
1933.
1:09:14-B: White, Augusta Postles. Next to the 20-mule wagon used for hauling Borax out of Death Valley
1933
1:09:15: White, John I. Snapshot, checking automobile radiator water in Death Valley
Nitrate negative is in cold storage.
1933.
1:09:16: White, John I. On a horse
1930-1939
1:09:17: White, John I. Playing a guitar
undated
1:09:18: White, John I. White entertaining his brother Luke by playing the guitar. They are seated on a fence at Wickenburg Lake, Arizona
(SEE 2:27:08.) Nitrate negative is in cold storage.
1933.
1:09:19: White, John I. Comic pose, holding guitar case and looking at road sing in Death Valley. Photo addressed to Ruth and Bill Woodman and signed by White, 1933. There is a letter on back of the photo from Ruth Woodman to Gussie and John, dated
(SEE 2:27:01.)
December 17, 1964
1:09:20: Man seated on a wall playing a guitar, possibly taken in
1943
1:09:21: White, John I. Portrait of White posing by a tree
undated

John I. White, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 10

Container(s) Description Dates
1:10:01: White, John I. Typing on a typewriter
undated
1:10:02: White, John I. Facial profile portrait taken
March 1944
1:10:03: Color slide negative of White and another man at the National Folk Festival
May 1966
1:10:04: White, John I. and another man at the National Folk Festival
duplicate of 1:10:05.
May 1966
1:10:05: White, John I. and another man at the National Folk Festival
duplicate of 1:10:04.
May 1966
1:10:06: White, John I. and another man at the National Folk Festival
color print of slide negative 1:10:03.
May 1966
1:10:07: White, John I. With three other people: a woman and two men. Possible identification listed back of photo: Judy McCulloch and her husband Harlan Daniels
undated
1:10:08: White, John I. Standing next to a car
1966
1:10:09: White, John I. Examining a hat with 415 Montana cattle brands, given to him by D.J. O'Malley
1967
1:10:10: White, John I. Playing his guitar in his home in Chatham, N.J.
October, 1972
1:10:11: White, John I. Laughing and holding a tape recorder
undated
1:10:12: White, John I. Photo postcard of White
undated
1:10:13: White, John I. Portrait
undated
Photos 1:10:14 through 1:10:16 are noted as "Photos pulled from the Justin Reese files. They document the 'Creative Chathams'":
undated
1:10:14: White, John I. Playing his guitar for a small audience in an office
undated
1:10:15: White, John I. Playing his guitar for a small audience in an office
undated
1:10:16: White, John I. With five other individuals, some of whom are wearing name tags saying: Edward D. LeRoy, Virginia Martin Larrain, Russell L. Greenman, and Elizabeth B. Greenman
undated

John I. White, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 11

Container(s) Description Dates
1:11:01: White, John I. Portrait
1976
1:11:02: White, John I. Portrait
1970-1979
1:11:02-A: White, John I. Portrait
1970-1979
1:11:03: White, John I. At his desk in
1977
1:11:04: White, John I. With his wife Augusta and his guitar
1970-1979
1:11:05: White, John I. With his wife Augusta and his guitar
1970-1979
1:11:06: White, John I. With his wife Augusta and his guitar
1970-1979
1:11:07: White, John I. With his wife Augusta and his guitar
1970-1979
1:11:08: White, John I. With his wife Augusta and his guitar
1970-1979
1:11:09: White, John I. With his wife Augusta and his guitar
1970-1979
1:11:10: White, John I. With his wife Augusta
August 1979
1:11:11: White, John I. Whis guitar, August
1979
1:11:12: White, August Postles. Portrait outside, leaning against a fence
1950
1:11:13: White, John I. and Angus K. Gillespie, director of the 10th annual New Jersey Folk Festival, Rutgers University, after presenting White with the annual award to a New Jerseyian for significant contribution to American Folklore - his book Git Along, Little Doggies
undated
1:11:14: Portrait of sixtieth reunion of the University of Maryland, Class of 1924. Included in photo: Mary Salome Sturgis, John I. White, George Langford, James J. Foster, Sarah Morris Remsberg, George "Rossey" Pollock, J. Raymond Stewart, H. R. Heidelbach, and Lillian Earnest Wilson. Photo taken at College Park, Maryland
October 13, 1984
1:11:15: White, John I and James J. Foster both reading the same letter. Photo taken at College Park, Maryland, during the sixtieth reunion of the University of Maryland, Class of 1924
October 13, 1984

Owen Wister, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 12

Container(s) Description Dates
1:12:01: Wister, Owen. Studio portrait, Yellowstone
1887
1:12:02: Wister, Owen. Portrait of Wister on horseback
1887
1:12:03: Picture copy of either a playbill or sheet music for The Virginian, written by Owen Wister, featuring the song "Ten Thousand Cattle."
undated
1:12:04: Picture copy of a letter written by Owen Wister to John I. White regarding the origins of Wister's song "Ten Thousand Cattle."
undated
1:12:05: Advertisement for Underwood's Deviled Hams, using a passage from Owen Wister's The Virginian
undated

Portraits, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 13

Container(s) Description Dates
1:13:01: Connolly, James B. Portrait, first winner of the revival Olympic games in Athens of 1896; by Purdy (Boston)
1906
1:13:02: Dobie, J. Frank (1888-1964). Portrait of the folklorist
1960
1:13:03: Fielder, Arthur (1894-1979). Portrait by the Houston Post
1966
1:13:04: Bly, Nellie (1864-1922). Portrait with portmanteau, by H.J. Meyers
1890
1:13:05: Hand, Wayland D. (1907-). With Austin and Alta Fife, examining recordings
1940-1949
1:13:05-A: Austin, Mrs. B. Walker. Recording a song in Los Angeles
1949
1:13:06: Higley, Brewster (1823-1911). Portrait; the man reputed to have written the words to "Home on the Range,"
1870
1:13:07: Jackson, William H. (1843-1942). Jackson working on painting from one of his King Survey photographs
1936
1:13:08: Keeley, John W. Portrait, by C.C. Collier
1889
1:13:09: Kelley, Daniel E. (1843-1905). Portrait, the man reputed to have set the words to Brewster Higley's poem "Western Home" to the song we know as "Home on the Range";
1873
1:13:10: Postcard of President Lincoln visiting the Antietam Battlefield. Photo taken by Matthew B. Brady
1862
1:13:11: Postcard of President Lincoln. Photo taken by Alexander Hesler
1860
1:13:12: Postcard of President Lincoln. Photo taken by Alexander Hesler
1865
1:13:13: Lomax, John Avery (1867-1948). Painting of the pioneer ballad collector by artist J. Anthony Wills
1940
1:13:14: Maximilian (Emperor of Mexico, 1864-1867). Portrait
1860-1869
1:13:14a: Somage, John A. Portrait
undated
1:13:15: Reese, Lowell Otus (1866-1948). Portrait of the California journalist
1910
1:13:16: Seward, William Henry (1801-1872). Portrait
1860-1869
1:13:17: Shelby, J. (Gen.) Portrait
undated
1:13:18: Stone, Charles P. (Brig. Gen.). Portrait. Original by Matthew Brady
1860-1869
1:13:19: Print copy of painting of a man
undated
1:13:20: Print copy of painting of a man
undated
1:13:21: Photo of a man sitting at desk
undated
1:13:22: Gray, Elisha. Portrait
1893
1:13:23: Sculpture, sculptor, and model. Sculpture reads "Powder River Jack Lee," with the sculptor's name Frederick Schweigardt also engraved on the sculpture
undated
1:13:24: Hanson, Joseph Mills (1876-1960). Portrait of Western History author
undated
1:13:25: Maymold, Ken. Portrait
undated

Automobiles, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 14

Container(s) Description Dates
1:14:01: Front view of a vintage automobile, marked 102V, in the Vermont Museum of History and Technology. Photo taken by Del Anders Photography, Washington, D.C. Color slide negative attached
undated
1:14:02: Side view of the same vintage automobile in the Vermont Museum of History and Technology. Photo taken by Del Ankers Photography, Washington D.C
undated
1:14:03: Two men in a vintage automobile, similar to the one pictured in 1:14:01 and 1:14:02. They are surrounded by a large crowd and are parked next to the H. E. Frederickson Buggies and Carriages store
undated
1:14:04: Duryea, J. Frank and his umpire in his car before the start of the first scheduled U.S. auto race
1895
1:14:05: Poster advertising one of the cars built by the Duryea Motor Wagon Co. and featured in P.T. Barnum's circus parades
1896
1:14:06: Duryea car before being reconditioned and placed on display in Washington's Museum of History and Technology
undated
1:14:07: Duryea "gasoline buggy."
undated
1:14:08: Charles Duryea in the vehicle driven by his brother Frank in the Chicago race
undated
1:14:09: Fred Jones of the Barnum and Bailey Circus in one of the thirteen cars produced in 1896 by the Duryea Motor Wagon Company
undated
1:14:10: The 1907 Thomas Flyer automobile
undated
1:14:11: Wilson, Woodrow, President-elect, and outgoing President Taft outside the White House
March 4, 1913

"Cardiff Giant.", undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 15

Container(s) Description Dates
1:15:01-02: "Cardiff Giant." Pictures of the "giant," a natural history hoax
1940

Cowboys, Range Life, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 16

Container(s) Description Dates
1:16:01: O'Malley, D.J. and his horse Chromo
Nitrate negative is in cold storage.
1894
1:16:02: O'Malley, D.J. and his horse (either Snowfall or Coaly). Date is questionable, given as both
Nitrate negative is in cold storage.
1895 - 1904
1:16:03: Gardner, Gail. Roping a calf
undated
1:16:04: Gardner, Gail. At the Devil's Gate round-up grounds in Skull Valley, Arizona in the
1920-1929
1:16:04-A: Gardner, Gail. Facial profile portrait
undated
1:16:05: O'Malley, D.J. Portrait taken in Billings, Montana
July 16, 1903
1:16:06: Missing
undated
1:16:07: Missing
undated
1:16:08: O'Malley, D.J. On the Yellowstone River, just below the mouth of Little Porcupine Creek during the fall of
duplicate of 1:05:02.
1894

Cowboys, Range Life, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 17

Container(s) Description Dates
1:17:01: A bull eating grass, with lettering "Before the Blizzard." Taken at Spring Creek
March 11, 1904
1:17:02: Same bull, frozen to death in a pile of snow, with lettering "After the Blizzard." Taken at Spring Creek
March 14, 1904
1:17:02-A: Cattle at a sheep feeding ground, with lettering "Starved" on the picture
March 9, 1904
1:17:03: Saddle horses in a rope corral at Canyon Creek, with lettering "Roundup Horses 79 Wagon in the Rope Corral" on the picture
1899
1:17:04: Indian Pete and horse Smoky at the Little Porcupine Winter Camp in
February 1894
1:17:05: O'Malley, D.J. and Harry Wilkie together at Wolf Spring at Little Dry on
September 28, 1894
1:17:06: Two men sitting in front of a teepee, with lettering "Mumbly Peg on Roundup" on the picture
undated
1:17:07: O'Malley, D.J. Washing clothes with lettering "Wish I Had a Wife" on picture. Photo taken in either
duplicate of 1:19:01
1900 - 1910
1:17:08: A sandstone formation in Montana with names carved into the side, "Hess," "Mabel," "Edith," "Kim, "Hess," "D.J. O'Malley," "Mary," "George," "Ted," "Pete," "Bob," and "Fannie"; as well as number of cattle branding symbols
undated
1:17:09: Realphoto postcard of two cowboys
undated
1:17:10: O'Malley, D.J. At the old Ranch in either
duplicate of 1:19:09.
1890 - 1902

Cowboys, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 18

Container(s) Description Dates
1:18:01: Two men playing card while two men look on: Charlie Brooks, Billy Wier (bartender), Fred Wright, and Kid White (a.k.a. D.J. O'Malley.) Photo with lettering "A raise", taken in Rosebud, Montana
1895.
1:18:02: Same individuals, grabbing for their guns and no longer playing cards, with lettering "Too Many Aces." Photo taken in Rosebud, Montana
1895
1:18:03: Same individuals getting into a fight over a game of pool. Two are arming themselves, one with a gun and the other with a pool cue
undated
1:18:04: Advanced scene of 1:18:03, with the fight between the men growing closer to one another
undated
1:18:05: A man on horse. Additional information read "A typical cowhand of the era before the turn of the century, ..."
Nitrate negative is in cold storage.
undated
1:18:06: Two unidentified men and a dog standing outside of a cabin in the snow
undated
1:18:07: Thad Ellis on Black Jack (a horse,) at Froze to Death Creek in the fall of
1897.
1:18:08: Stable at Little Porcupine Camp with horses Coaly and Chromo. Photograph with letter "Stable-Stiller Ranch."
undated
1:18:09: Indian Pete, a man of half Sioux Indian heritage, in the door of a cabin at Little Porcupine Creek
undated

Cowboys, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 19

Container(s) Description Dates
1:19:01: O'Malley, D.J. Washing clothes with lettering "Wish I Had a Wife" on picture. Photo taken in either
duplicate of 1:17:07.
1900 - 1910
1:19:02: O'Malley, D.J. Studio portrait of O'Malley shortly after starting work with the Home Land and Cattle Company when he was 17 in
1884
1:19:03: D.J. O'Malley's horse identified as Sox
undated
1:19:04: D.J. O'Malley's horse identified as Coaly
duplicate of 1:19:06.
undated
1:19:05: Jacobi, Pete and Charlie Jackson playing the violin and mandolin at J.P. Ranch in eastern Montana
September 1904
1:19:06: D.J. O'Malley's horse, identified as Snowball,
photo is a duplicate of 1:19:04.
undated
1:19:07: Chadwick, Bob. The bronco buster, seated on a horse and Warren Brooks standing next to the Livery Stable in Rosebud, Montana
1901
1:19:08: O'Malley, D.J. Photo taken unbeknownst to O'Malley, South Sunday Creek
duplicate of 1:20:13. Nitrate negative is in cold storage.
September 1896
1:19:09: O'Malley, D.J. At the old Ranch in either
duplicate of 1:17:10.
1890 - 1902
1:19:10: Realphoto postcard of a woman and a horse
undated
1:19:11: Realphoto postcard of the Angelo Band sitting atop a fence and waving their hats in the air
undated
1:19:12: Realphoto postcard of the Yellowstone Livery and Feed Stable in Rosebud, Montana
undated
1:19:13: Realphoto postcard of Rosebud, Montana, including a view of a train
undated
1:19:14: An older man on a horse (Smoky) with his firearm in front of a small cabin with a sign reading "Old S.N. Ranch, The place we call our home, 1882" and "The Old S.N. Ranch, Located May 2nd, 1882, by Sam Newnes, Still here," and "54 years, May 2nd, 1936." On the back of the photo is a poem dedicated to the horse Smoky
undated
1:19:15: MacQueen House in Miles City, built in 1882 and destroyed by fire in 1907. Photo taken by L.A. Huffman
undated
1:19:16: White, John I. With Romaine Lowdermilk and Lewis C. White at Wickenburg, Arizona
duplicate of 1:09:04.
1924

Cowboys, Range Life, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 20

Container(s) Description Dates
1:20:01: Chadwick, Bob. On his horse taken in Rosebud in
1907
1:20:02: N-N winter cabin on the Yellowstone
March 1893
1:20:03: Range cattle going to water
July 1904
1:20:04: A man riding a horse
September, 1902
1:20:05: Three men shoeing a horse which has been tied down. Photographs 1:20:06 and 1:20:07 are taken at the same time as this one
undated
1:20:06: John Southers and Elmer Johnson shoeing a horse
Photographs 1:20:05 and 1:20:07 are taken at the same time as this one. Nitrate negative is in cold storage.
1900
1:20:07: John Southers and Elmer Johnson shoeing a horse
Photographs 1:20:05 and 1:20:06 are taken at the same time as this one.
1900
1:20:08: Fletcher, Curly. Portrait
undated
1:20:09: An older cowboy sitting on a log, with a cloud directly above his head depicting a roundup scene. Photo taken by Earle R. Forrest, Washington, PA
undated
1:20:10: O'Malley, D.J. Portrait
undated
1:20:11: A horse named Chub, photo taken at Indian Butte on the Little Dry
1895
1:20:12: O'Malley, D.J. Holding cigar in Eau Claire, Wisconsin
duplicate of 1:05:03.
1934
1:20:13: O'Malley, D.J. Photo taken unbeknownst to O'Malley, South Sunday Creek
duplicate of 1:19:08.
September 1896
1:20:14: A horse named Sandy
1889
1:20:15: A horse named Sox
1895
1:20:16: Abbot, "Teddy Blue," Bill Hawkins, J.B. Hawkins, D.J. O'Malley, and T.W. Longley at the Golden Jubilee celebration of the Montana Stock Growers' Association at Miles City in
1934

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Container(s): Box 1, Folder 21

Container(s) Description Dates
1:21:01: Clark, Charles Badger Jr. (1883-1957). Cooking a meal at his cabin in Custer State Park in South Dakota
1934
1:21:02: Clark, Charles Badger Jr. (1883-1957). Hunting coyotes, Cross I Quarter Circle Ranch, Tombstone, Arizona
1934
1:21:03: Clark, Charles Badger Jr. (1883-1957). Playing his guitar at his cabin in Custer State Park in the South Dakota
1934
1:21:04: Clark, Charles Badger Jr. (1883-1957). Portrait
1934
1:21:05: Clark, Charles Badger Jr. (1883-1957). Riding his horse, Cross I Quarter Circle Ranch, Tombstone, Arizona
1934
1:21:06: Clark, Charles Badger Jr. (1883-1957). Playing his guitar, Cross I Quarter Circle Ranch, Tombstone, Arizona
1934
1:21:07: Simon, Bill. (1890-1976). Simon playing the guitar and a black dog
1921
1:21:08: Clark, Charles Badger, Jr. (1883-1957). Sitting in a rocking chair
1934
1:21:09: Hardman, Dad, and Hal Young discuss a horse herd belonging to the CCC, one of southeastern Arizona's big cattle outfits. Photo taken by Dane Coolidge
1909.
1:21:10: Bison at a watering hole near Missoula
April, 1930
1:21:11: Dead bison lying in a snowy field, awaiting skinning. Photo taken by L.A. Huffman. A rifle is propped up on one of the bison, Montana
1880
1:21:12: Unidentified man, possibly John I. White, standing next to a horse
Nitrate negative is in cold storage.
undated
1:21:13: Clark, Charles Badger, Jr. (1883-1957). Sitting in a chair by a fireplace
undated
1:21:14: A feedlot in Texas
Fall 1970
1:21:15: Two grub wagons that appear to have joined forces to serve up a meal to a group of cowhands
undated
1:21:16: Two men and horse which is sitting on the ground
undated
1:21:17: Myran, Ole H. and two men identified as Ned and Larry on horses at the "old home" in 1916
undated
1:21:18: A man sitting on a horse in a snowy field
undated

Illustrations, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 22

Container(s) Description Dates
1:22:01 : Colored postcard with illustration of a cowboy riding a bronco and a poem by J.C. Cory. Signed by D.J. O'Malley and John I. White
1909
1:22:02: Copy print, illustration of a cowboy on horseback, "Night Herding," by N.C. Wyeth, originally published in Scribner's Magazine
1922
1:22:03: Picture copy of a print depicting a group men, cowboys, and Indians gathered in a circle by a set of train tracks. Lettering "Fawgs are dead, Trampas, and so are you." at bottom. "The Virginian" written on back
undated
1:22:04: Picture copy of a cartoon print appearing on page 32 in Harper's Weekly
undated
1:22:05: Picture copy of a cartoon print appearing on page 32 in Harper's Weekly
undated
1:22:06: Picture copy of a print which appeared in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, May 18, 1899, depicting a cowboy mounting a blindfolded horse. The original print was signed by C.M. Russell and J. H. Smith, but these signatures do not appear on this copy
undated
1:22:07: Picture copy of the front cover of The Strawberry Roan sheet music, first issued in
1931
1:22:08: Picture copy of an illustration from A.A. Hayes, Jr.'s book New Colorado and the Santa Fe Trail, depicting three cowhands branding a calf, published in
1880
1:22:09: Picture copy of the Kansas newspaper Kerwin Chief for February 26, 1876, displaying the poem "Western Home" by Dr. Brewster Higley
undated
1:22:10: Picture copy of a 1934 cartoon by J.R. Williams depicting a cowboy painting a car and a cook plucking chicken with lyrics to "Home on the Range" written in the background
undated
1:22:11: Picture copy of the front cover of Colorado Home sheet music, published in
1934
1:22:12: Picture copy of a cartoon print drawn by J. R. Williams in 1933 depicting cowboys ploughing a field and singing loudly, while two women talk about him to the side
undated
1:22:13: Picture copy of a cartoon print drawn by J R. Williams in 1929 depicting a cook waking cowboys
undated
1:22:14: Picture copy of a cartoon print drawn by Aldren A. Watson for Harold W. Felton's book Cowboy Jamborees, depicting an elderly woman in a rocker holding four babies, printed in
1951
1:22:15: Picture copy of a cartoon print drawn by Aldren A. Watson for Harold W. Felton's book Cowboy Jamborees, depicting an elderly man, printed in
1951
1:22:16: Picture copy of a column of poetry by Iyem B. Usted entitled "A Busted Cowboy's Christmas" in the Stock Grower's Journal dated
Saturday, December 23, 1893
1:22:17: Picture copy of a column of poetry entitled "The D2 Horse Wranglers" in the Stock Grower's Journal dated
Saturday, February 3, 1894
1:22:18: Picture copy of brand advertising from the Stock Grower's Journal for
Saturday, October 6, 1893
1:22:19: Picture copy of illustration print showing "Cowboys Coming to Town for Christmas," by artist Frederic Remington
1889
1:22:20: Picture copy of water color illustration entitled "Cowboy singing," by Thomas Eakins (1844-1916)
undated

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Container(s): Box 1, Folder 22-A

Container(s) Description Dates
1:22a:01: Small painted board of man riding a horse, accompanied by a pack horse and dog. Painting is signed by artist, but the signature is unclear, possibly E. W. Denning
undated
1:22a:02: Illustration of a cowboy riding his horse and playing the guitar, accompanied by cattle. Illustration signed by artist, HENZIG, Henry Ziegler
undated
1:22a:03: A model cantina and a donkey hauling a small cart (all possibly made of clay), taken by John I. White
undated

Death Valley Days - Advertising, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 23

Container(s) Description Dates
1:23:01: A 20 mule team hauling borax from Death Valley to a railroad at Mojave, photo taken by Stephen Willard
undated
1:23:02: Borax display at what appears to be a fair. Display advertises the 20 Mule Team Borax Products and a free signed photo of John I White with every combination purchase of the merchandise
undated
1:23:03: Parade shot in Los Angeles, California, with the Borax 20-mule team moving down a crowd-lined street during the Fiesta Parade
1920-1929

Fans, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 24

Container(s) Description Dates
1:24:01: Fan mail photo of Inez Murray from an August 14th letter written to John White. Photo dated
March, 1934
1:24:02: Fan mail photo of Josie Alexander from Central California, enclosed in a letter dated
June 30, 1935
1:24:03: Miller, Bill. Portrait
undated

Ft. Stevens, Washington, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 1, Folder 25

1:25:05 through 1:25:20, are color slide negatives

Container(s) Description Dates
1:25:01-02: Soldiers of the Third Massachusetts Artillery pose with cannon at Ft. Stevens the only one of Washington D.C.'s forts to see action during the Civil War
1864
1:25:03: Men in Civil War period military costume, probably a centennial celebration at Ft. Stevens
1964
1:25:04: Picture copy of the "Map Showing the Defenses of Washington," drawn in
1865
1:25:05: Slide of Ft. Stevens
May 22, 1964
1:25:06: Slide of Ft. Stevens, with John White standing next to several memorial wreaths
July 11, 1964
1:25:07: Slide of monument depicting a scale model of the layout of Ft. Stevens
undated
1:25:08: Slide of Ft. Stevens
May 22, 1964
1:25:09: Slide of Ft. Stevens
May 22, 1964
1:25:10: Slide of Ft. Stevens
May 22, 1964
1:25:11: Slide of sign discussing the defenses of Ft. Stevens
May 22, 1964
1:25:12: Slide of the battleground in Washington D.C.
May 22, 1964
1:25:13: Slide of the 6th Corp. taking over duty at Ft. Stevens
undated
1:25:14: Slide of the 6th Corp. arriving to take over duty at Ft. Stevens
undated
1:25:15: Slide of gathering at Ft. Stevens
undated
1:25:16: Slide of the Army Chorus at Ft. Stevens
July 11, 1964
1:25:17: Slide of Ft. Stevens
notation that the "Confederates finally get in (by invitation.)
July 11, 1964
1:25:18: Slide of Ft. Stevens, with several memorial wreaths
July 11, 1964
1:25:19: Slide of a monument to 17 unknown Confederate dead at Grace Episcopal Church in Silver Spring
May 22, 1964
1:25:20: Slide of monument depicting a scale model of the layout of Ft. Stevens
May 22, 1964

Longhorns, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 2, Folder 1

Container(s) Description Dates
2:01:01: Color slide negative of Lucifer, a Texas Longhorn in the Dodge Zoo, Photo taken by Z.H. Postles
May 1961
2:01:02: Longhorns that appears in The Cattlemen by Maire Sando
undated
2:01:03: Picture copy of an illustration for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, depicting Texas Longhorns being loaded into a railroad cattle car in Abilene, Kansas
August 19, 1871
2:01:04: Three large longhorn steers at the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in Cache, Okalahoma. Photo taken by E.P. Haddon
undated
2:01:05: Picture copy of an illustration for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, July 27, 1878, depicting a heard of Texas Longhorns that has taken over the main street of a frontier town on the way to a railroad shipping point
undated
2:01:06: Barnes, Will C. (1859-1936). Portrait of U.S. Forest Service career man who helped to rescue the Texas longhorn cattle from extinction
1920-1929
2:01:07: Barnes, Will C. (1859-1936). Portrait taken in Prescott, AZ, in cowboy gear
1885
2:01:07-A: Barnes, Will C. (1859-1936). Portrait taken in cowboy gear when he was 70 years old
December 1929
2:01:07-B: Barnes, Will C. (1859-1936). Portrait in military dress
1899
2:01:08: Several longhorn are the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge near Lawton, Oklahoma. Photo taken by E.P. Haddon
undated
2:01:09: Photograph of Texas Longhorn at the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
undated

Liberty Bell, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 2, Folder 2

Container(s) Description Dates
2:02:01: White, John I. Standing next to a replica of the Liberty Bell in Dover, Delaware
1977.
2:02:02: White, John I. Standing next to a replica of the Liberty Bell in Nashville, Tennessee
1978
2:02:03: White, John I. Standing next to a replica of the Libery Bell in Dover, Delaware
1978
2:02:04: White, Augusta P. Standing next to a replica of the Liberty Bell in Dover, Delaware
1978
2:02:05: A replica of the Liberty Bell on the grounds of the capitol in Little Rock, Arkansas
1978
2:02:06: White, Augusta P. Standing next to the Glenwood train engine
undated
2:02:07: White, John I. Standing next to a replica of the Liberty Bell in Carson City, Nevada
1978
2:02:08: White, Augusta P. Standing next to a replica of the Liberty Bell on the grounds of the State House at Dover, Delaware
1978
2:02:09: A young girl standing next to a replica of the Liberty Bell on the grounds of the State House at Nashville, Tennessee
1978
2:02:10: White, John I. Standing next to a replica of the Liberty Bell in Dover, Delaware
1978
2:02:11: A replica of the Liberty Bell on the grounds of the capitol in Little Rock, Arkansas
1978
2:02:12: A replica of the Liberty Bell in Carson City, Nevada
1978
2:02:13: White, Augusta P. Standing next to a replica of the Liberty Bell in Dover, Delaware
1978
2:02:14: White, Augusta P. Standing next to a replica of the Liberty Bell in Nashville, Tennessee
1978

Octagonal Houses, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 2, Folder 3

Container(s) Description Dates
2:03:01: Hollister's octagonal home in East Hartford, Connecticut
undated
2:03:02: Hollister's octagonal home in East Hartford, Connecticut
1964
2:03:03: Hollister's octagonal home in East Hartford, Connecticut
1972
2:03:04: Octagonal home in Danbury, Connecticut
1973
2:03:05: Octagonal home in Danbury, Connecticut
undated
2:03:06: Octagonal home in Danbury, Connecticut
undated

Octagonal Houses, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 2, Folder 4

Proof sheets and negatives are also available in this folder.

Container(s) Description Dates
2:04:01: Head-Miller house, an octagonal home in Homer, New York
undated
2:04:02: Wood home, an octagonal house in Hammondsport, New York
October, 1974
2:04:03: Kellog House, an octagonal home in St. Johnsbury, Vermont
undated
2:04:04: Calderwood House, an octagonal home in St. Johnsbury, Vermont
undated
2:04:05: Picture copy of the plans for an octagonal house
undated
2:04:06: Picture copy of an illustration of the residence of O.S. Fowler, an octagonal house in Fishkill, New York
undated
2:04:07: MISSING
undated
2:04:08: Octagonal home in Danbury, Connecticut
undated
2:04:09: Octagonal home in Danbury, Connecticut
undated
2:04:10: Octagonal home in South ostelic, New York
presently the site of the Gladding International Sports Fishing Museum; duplicate of 2:04:13, SEE also: 2:04:12 and 2:09:07.
1900
2:04:11: Picture copy of an illustration of the residence of John Brown, an octagonal home in Williamsburg, New York
undated
2:04:12: Gladding International Sports Fishing Museum at South Ostelic, an octagonal building in New York; opened in 1972
SEE also: 2:04:10 and 2:09:07.
undated
2:04:13: Octagonal home in South ostelic, presently the site of the Gladding International Sports Fishing Museum
duplicate of 2:04:10, SEE also: 2:04:12 and 2:09:07.
1900
2:04:14: Hollister's octagonal home in East Hartford, Connecticut
1973
2:04:15: Octagonal home in Danbury, Connecticut
undated
2:04:16: Octagonal house in Hudson, Wisconsin. House was originally built in 1855 for Judge John Shaw Moffat
undated
2:04:17: An unidentified woman, possibly Augusta P. White, standing in front of an octagonal house in Middletown, Connecticut
undated

Octagonal Houses, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 2, Folder 5

Negatives and slides are also available in this folder.

Container(s) Description Dates
2:05:01: Color slide negative of an octagonal house on Portage St. in Westfield, New York
1971
2:05:02: Color slide negative of an octagonal house on Portage St. in Westfield, New York
1971
2:05:03: Octagonal house in San Francisco, California
undated
2:05:04: Postcard of the Old Round Church, an octagonal building in Richmond, Vermont
undated
2:05:05: White, John I. Standing outside of the octagonal house in East Hartford, Connecticut
undated
2:05:06: Octagonal house at Chautauqua
1975
2:05:07: Museum in an octagonal building at Chautauqua
1975
2:05:08: Museum in an octagonal building at Chautauqua
1975
2:05:09: A light blue-green colored octagonal house in Laceyville, Pennsylvania
undated
2:05:10: A light blue-green colored octagonal house in Laceyville, Pennsylvania
undated
2:05:11: A light blue-green colored octagonal house in Laceyville, Pennsylvania
undated
2:05:12: A light blue-green colored octagonal house in Laceyville, Pennsylvania
undated
2:05:13: Octagonal house in Homer, New York
1974
2:05:14: Octagonal house in Cortland, New York
1974
2:05:15: White, John I. Standing outside of the octagonal house in East Hartford, Connecticut
undated
2:05:16: White, John I. Standing outside of the octagonal house in East Hartford, Connecticut
undated
2:05:17: Octagonal house
undated
2:05:18: Octagonal house
undated
2:05:19: Octagonal house in Guilford, Connecticut
undated
2:05:20: Octagonal house in Bridgeport
1972
2:05:21: Octagonal house
undated

Octagonal Houses, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 2, Folder 6

Container(s) Description Dates
2:06:01: Picture copy of blueprints for the ground and first floors of the Richards' house, an octagonal home in Watertown, Wisconsin
undated
2:06:02: Picture copy of blueprints for the second and third floors of the Richards' house, an octagonal home in Watertown, Wisconsin
undated
2:06:03: Picture copy of an engraving of Orson Squire Fowler, a writer and promoter of the octagon house fad of the 1850's
undated
2:06:04: Octagonal house built in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, by Edward Elderkin in 1856. Photograph taken in
1972
2:06:05: Picture copy of blueprints for the first floor of the Elkhorn, Wisconsin, octagonal house
undated
2:06:06: Picture copy of blueprints for the second floor of the Elkhorn, Wisconsin, octagonal house
undated

Octagonal Houses, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 2, Folder 7

Negatives are also available in this folder.

Container(s) Description Dates
2:07:01: Photograph of an octagonal building being used as a restaurant in Cortland on Homer Rd.; originally built in 1900
undated
2:07:02: Octagonal house, labeled "Yale Residence, Village of Newport."
undated
2:07:03: Ooctagonal house in Poplar Bluff
undated
2:07:04: Octagonal house in Homer
undated
2:07:05: Octagonal house in Cortland
undated
2:07:06: Octagonal house in Constantia
undated
2:07:07: Photograph of an octagonal house in Plainville
undated
2:07:08: Octagonal house, formerly Otisco (Otrico?) School
undated
2:07:09: Octagonal house, formerly Shaneateler School
undated
2:07:10: Octagonal house in Siloam, Madison County
undated
2:07:11: Parson residence on Tanner Rd., an octagonal house in Cedarvale or South Onondaga
undated
2:07:12: Van Alden house, an octagonal building in Little Falls
undated
2:07:13: Octagonal tower of a building in New York Mills, in a suburb of Utica
undated
2:07:14: Octagonal tower of a building in New York Mills
undated
2:07:15: Octagonal house in Richland
undated
2:07:16: Small octagonal barn at Whitesboro, near 49 Main St
undated
2:07:17: Octagonal museum at South Ostelic
undated

Octagonal Houses, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 2, Folder 8

Negatives are also available in this folder.

Container(s) Description Dates
2:08:01: Octagonal house in Florida
1969
2:08:02: Octagonal house in Cortland, New York
1974.
2:08:03: Ooctagonal house in Homer, New York
1974.
2:08:04: Octagonal building, possibly a church
undated
2:08:05: Octagonal school house on Sutton's Corners in Oswego County
undated
2:08:06: Ooctagonal barn in Red Creek
undated
2:08:07: Octagonal house in Geneva
undated
2:08:08: Octagonal barn in Truxton
undated
2:08:09: Octagonal house in Lysander
undated
2:08:10: Octagonal house in Marathon
undated
2:08:11: Octagonal barn near Hannibal
undated
2:08:12: Ooctagonal barn near Holland Patent
undated

Octagonal Houses, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 2, Folder 9

Negative blueprint and letter addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Haines also available in this folder.

Container(s) Description Dates
2:09:01: Octagonal house in Danbury, Connecticut
undated
2:09:02: Ooctagonal house in Northfield, Massachussetts
December, 1946
2:09:03: Octagonal house in Northfield, Massachussetts
December, 1946
2:09:04: Octagonal house in Battle Creek
April, 1974
2:09:05: Octagonal house at 159 North Ave. in Battle Creek
April, 1974
2:09:06: Octagonal house at 159 North Ave. in Battle Creek
April, 1974
2:09:07: Gladding International Sports Fishing Museum at South Ostelic, an octagonal building in New York; opened in 1972; built ca. 1900
SEE also: 2:04:10, 2:04:12, and 2:04:13.
undated

Ostriches, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 2, Folder 10

Container(s) Description Dates
2:10:01: Cawston, Edwin and employee "plucking" or clipping the feathers of a hooded ostrich
undated
2:10:02: Two young baby ostriches
undated
2:10:03: Men and women in a factory, working with ostrich plumes
undated
2:10:04: A woman behind the counter of a store that sell ostrich plumes
undated
2:10:05: A young baby ostrich emerging from an incubator
undated
2:10:06: Photograph for a postcard of three young boys on small wagon pulled by an ostrich at the Cawston Ostrich Farm at South Pasadena
duplicate of 2:11:13.
1928
2:10:07: Large number of fenced in ostriches
undated
2:10:08: Large number of fenced in ostriches
undated
2:10:09: A man clipping the feathers of a hooded ostrich while other men and women look on
undated
2:10:10: Patterson, William. With a young baby ostrich emerging from its shell at the Pan-American Ostrich Ranch
undated

Ostriches, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 2, Folder 11

Container(s) Description Dates
2:11:01: An ostrich with a nest of eggs
1907
2:11:02: Ostriches on one of the six farms in the vicinity of Phoenix, Arizona
undated
2:11:03: A man pulling the quills of a ostrich while two other men look on
undated
2:11:04: An ostrich with its wings stretched out
undated
2:11:05: A man standing on a fence and holding out something to an ostrich
1910
2:11:06: A man holding a rope tied to an ostrich with a bag over its head
undated
2:11:07: An ostrich pulling a small wagon, entitled "Black Diamond, The Famous Trotting Ostrich."
undated
2:11:08: Male employees of the Pan-American Ostrich Ranch relaxing on a Sunday at their bunkhouse
undated
2:11:09: Five female workers and one male worker washing and drying the ostrich plumes at the Pan-American Ostrich Ranch
undated
2:11:10: Pan-American Ostrich Ranch depicting birds in their holding pens and a wagon load of ostrich eggs
undated
2:11:11: Patterson, William. Working with young baby ostriches in their pens
undated
2:11:12: Two men clipping the feathers of an ostrich
undated
2:11:13: Photograph for a postcard of three young boys on small wagon pulled by an ostrich at the Cawston Ostrich Farm at South Pasadena
duplicate of 2:10:06.
1928
2:11:14: A man standing by a corral at the Pan-American Ostrich Farm
undated
2:11:15: A woman wearing a bonnet adorned with ostrich feathers, picture printed in the Washington Post
September 9, 1906

Sod Houses, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 2, Folder 12

Container(s) Description Dates
2:12:01: Color postcard from Norway depicting a building with a sod roof
undated
2:12:02: A family of six with two horses and riders in the background next to their sod house
duplicate of 2:16:15.
1860-1899
2:12:03: A teacher, six girls, and four boys outside of a sod built schoolhouse in Gregory County, South Dakota
1880-1889
2:12:04: Interior of a sod house exhibit in the Old Court House at St. Louis
1970-1979

Sod Houses - Canada, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 2, Folder 13

Container(s) Description Dates
2:13:01: Family before their sod house in Redvers, Saskatchewan, close to the Manitoba border, ca
1907
2:13:02: Family, including children in a wagon, before their sod house at Mankota, Saskatchewan
1900
2:13:03: Homesteader Ed Shafer sitting before his stove in a sod house near Plunkett, Saskatchewan
1909
2:13:04: Five men in front of a sod house in Manitoba
1883
2:13:05: Boissevain sod home, built of a combination of sod and wood
1880-1889
2:13:06: A home which appears to be built into a hillside
1890-1899
2:13:07: A sod home partially built into the ground with two men and a wagon and horses posed outside
1880-1889
2:13:08: A man, Tim Starks, standing outside his sod home at Prairie Rose, Saskatchewan
1907
2:13:09: Tim Starks inside of his sod home. Also pictured are a bed and a piano
1907.

Sod Houses: Implements, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 2, Folder 14

Container(s) Description Dates
2:14:01: Picture copy of an illustration of a plow used for cutting 12 inch strips of sod that was advertised in the 1897 catalogue of Sears, Roebuck, and Co. of Chicago, for $6.50. Negative of this illustration included in folder
undated
2:14:02: Same sod cutting plow as 2:14:01
undated

Sod Houses: Kansas, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 2, Folder 15

Container(s) Description Dates
2:15:01: The first school house and schoolmaster, with a young boy, in District # 103, Decator Co., Kansas
undated
2:15:02: A man in front of his sod shanty in Kansas
1880-1889
2:15:03: Color postcard of a replica of a sod house at the Indian Museum in Oberlin, Kansas
undated
2:15:04: Color slide negative of a sod house used as a half-way house in Kinsley, Kansas
May, 1961
2:15:05: A family of ten in front of their sod home in Western Kansas. Also pictured are three horses, a number of their cattle, and a plow
undated

Sod Houses: Nebraska, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 2, Folder 16

Container(s) Description Dates
2:16:01: Hartley family of eight standing in front of their sod ranch house on the Middle Loup River in central Nebraska, Photo taken by Solomon D. Butcher
1886.
2:16:02: Two men and a woman by their sod house and crops in northwest Custer County, Nebraska
1890
2:16:03: White family, including Mrs. White, Hazel, Vinette, Mr. George White, Norval, Olive and Verner, in front of their home eight miles east of Haigler, in Dundy County, Nebraska
undated
2:16:04: J.N. Butler sod house on Middle Loup near Jefferson, Custer County, Nebraska, The S.D. Butcher photo wagon is in the foreground of the photo
1886.
2:16:05: The four Chrisman sisters and their two horses posed before a sod house on their claim in Custer County, Nebraska, Photo taken by S. D. Butcher
duplicate of 2:16:05.
1887
2:16:06: Postcard of the four Chrisman sisters and their two horses posed before a sod house on their claim in Custer County, Nebraska, Photo taken by S.D. Butcher
duplicate of 2:16:05.
1887.
2:16:07: Mr. and Mrs. James McCrea and their grandson in front of their sod house at Berwyn, a few miles southeast of Broken Bow, Nebraska. A Mr. Juker sits on a reaper in the background. Photo taken by Solomon D. Solomon
1888
2:16:08: Ricketts family in front of their sod home in northwest Custer County. Photo taken by Solomon D. Butcher
undated
2:16:09: Solomon D. Butcher with his camera
undated
2:16:10: Moses Speese family, black homesteaders near Westerville, Custer County, Nebraska, in front of their sod home, 1888. Photo taken by Solomon D. Butcher
undated
2:16:11: Shores family, black homesteaders near Westerville, Custer County, Nebraska, in front of their two sod homes, 1887. Photo taken by Solomon D. Butcher
undated
2:16:12: Teachers and students in front of a sod school in Custer County, Nebraska, ca. 1890. Photo taken by Solomon D. Butcher
undated
2:16:13: Isadore Haumont family in front of their $500 "sod palace." This immigrant from Belgium built a two story sod house with three rooms upstairs, two downstairs and a lean-to addition for the kitchen in Custer County, Nebraska. The shingle roof and brick chimney indicate that the Haumonts were well-to-do. Photo taken by Solomon D. Butcher
duplicate of 2:16:14.
1886 - 1887
2:16:14: Postcard photo of the Isadore Haumont family in front of their "sod palace"
duplicate of 2:16:13.
undated
2:16:15: Bachelor Andy Howland and his dog, preparing dinner in front of his sod shanty in Custer County Nebraska. Photo taken by Solomon D. Butcher
1886
2:16:16: A family of five in front of their sod home in Custer County, Nebraska. Photo taken by Solomon D. Butcher
1887
2:16:17: A family of six with two horses and riders in the background next to their sod house
duplicate enlargement of 2:12:02.
1860-1899
2:16:18: Solomon D. Butcher working on his collection in his office at the State University in
February, 1916
2:16:19: Breeding family in front of their sod home in West Union, Cluster County, Nebraska. Photo taken by Solomon D. Butcher
1886
2:16:20: Rice family in front of their sod house on Cliff Table, Round Valley, Custer County, Nebraska
1888
2:16:21: Two men in front of a blacksmith shop built of sod and a third man in a wagon drawn in West Union, Custer County, Nebraska
1886
2:16:22: Mr. and Mrs. Jake Plum with their two mules in front of their sod home in Rose Valley, East Custer County, Nebraska
1887 - 1888
2:16:23: Cram family in front of their sod home in Loup County, Nebraska
1886
2:16:24: Mr. Ingraham in front of his sod house in north Custer County, Nebraska
1886
2:16:25: A family, including a young boy in a swing, by their sod house, Custer County, Nebraska. Photo taken by Solomon D. Butcher
1886.
2:16:26: Postcard photo of a man in front of his sod house and cornfield in Custer County, Nebraska. Photo taken by Solomon D. Butcher
1889
2:16:27: Postcard photo of a man and his horse in front of a sod house in Custer County, Nebraska. Photo taken by Solomon D. Butcher
1880-1889

Sod Houses: Oklahoma, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 2, Folder 17

Container(s) Description Dates
2:17:01: Three women and two children outside of a sod house
undated
2:17:02: A family in a sod house dug-out. Horses, a cow, and two buggies in the background
undated
2:17:03: A sod school house with the teacher and pupils posing in front
undated

Southern Pacific Railroad, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 2, Folder 18

Container(s) Description Dates
2:18:01: Rail track being laid on a bridge spanning a body of water
undated
2:18:02: Rrail track being laid on two bridges spanning a body of water
undated
2:18:03: Rail track being laid on a bridge spanning a body of water, with a Southern Pacific train on a set of tracks running along side of it
undated
2:18:04: Men laying track next to a body of water
undated
2:18:05: A train decorated with banners reading "The Imperial Excursion."
undated
2:18:06: Portrait of E.M. Harriman, the Chairman of the Executive Committee and the President of the Southern Pacific Railroad Co. from
1901-1909

Standard Time, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 2, Folder 19

Container(s) Description Dates
2:19:01: Portrait of William F. Allen (1846-1915), Secretary of the General Time Convention and "Father of Standard Time;"
duplicate of 2:19:04.
undated
2:19:02: Plaque dedicated to William F. Allen
undated
2:19:03: Picture copy of an illustration of Charles F. Dowd
undated
2:19:04: Picture copy of three individual portraits: John S. Allen, Vice-President of the National Railway Publication Company; Andrew J. Burns, Manager of the Official Guide and President of the National Railway Publication Company; and William F. Allen, one of the first editors of the Official Guide
(The latter portrait is a duplicate of 2:19:01.)
undated

Steamboats, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 2, Folder 20

Container(s) Description Dates
2:20:01: A steamboat and dock
1910
2:20:02: The Delta Queen steamboat
undated
2:20:03: Postcard of the Delta Queen steamboat
undated

Telegraph, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 2, Folder 21

Container(s) Description Dates
2:21:01: A group of men: Captain Butler, Mr. Burgess, Edmund Conway, Dr. Chismore, and an unknown man
undated
2:21:02: Picture copy of an illustration of the terminal station of Collins Overland Telegraph at New Westminster, British Columbia. Sketched by F. L. Pope
1865
2:21:03: The Indian bridge across the Bulkley River at Hagwilget
undated
2:21:04: The Indian bridge across the Bulkley River at Hagwilget
undated
2:21:05: Picture copy of an illustration by F.L. Pope in 1866 depicting the Collins Overland party journeying from Bulkley House to Connelly Lake
undated
2:21:06: Picture copy of an illustration by F.L. Pope in 1866 depicting the lean-to camp of the Colling Overland Telegraph Explorers
undated
2:21:07: Illustration pulled from the Beaver, Summer 1971 edition depicting the Hudson Bay Company during winter
undated

Photos by John I. White, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 2, Folder 22

Negatives are also available in this folder.

Container(s) Description Dates
2:22:01: Proof sheet of 22 negatives depicting: John I. White, Augusta P. White, desert scenes, meteor rocks, plows, cattle, and a cook wagon
undated
2:22:02: Proof sheet of 20 negatives depicting: plows, house, a church, a sod house, a building at Medicine Bow, and view of a valley with buildings
undated
2:22:03: The two-story house built in 1916 by Isadore Haumont, photo taken in
By 1970, additions had been placed on the sod house including a porch, a tin roof, and wood siding.
October 1970
2:22:04: Isadore Haumont house, with Augusta P. White and two men in the foreground
1970
2:22:05: Isadore Haumont house, with Augusta P. White and two men in the foreground
1970

Ferris Wheel, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 2, Folder 23

Container(s) Description Dates
2:23:01: Ferris at the Columbian Expo in
1893

Land Office, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 2, Folder 24

The negative is also available in this folder.

Container(s) Description Dates
2:24:01: A large group of men gathered under a tent before a sign reading "Chart of the Townsite of Imperial."
undated

London Bridge, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 2, Folder 25

Container(s) Description Dates
2:25:01: A corner of the English Village at the Lake Havasu City end of London Bridge
undated
2:25:02: A London red bus, which was converted into an ice cream parlour, by the London Bridge
undated

Fort Apache, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 2, Folder 26

Container(s) Description Dates
2:26:01: Fort Apache
1884

John I. White, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 2, Folder 27

Container(s) Description Dates
2:27:01: White, John I. Carrying a guitar case and standing next to a sign that points out the direction of Death Valley Junction, Beatty, Shoshone, and Barstow
(SEE 1:09:19.) Nitrate negative is in cold storage.
1933.
2:27:02: White, John I. Next to the 20-mule wagon used for hauling Borax out of Death Valley
Duplicate of 01:09:14.
1933.
2:27:03: White, John I. With Romaine Lowdermilk and Lewis C. White mounted on horseback wearing cowboy hats at Wickenburg, Arizona
Nitrate negative is in cold storage.
1924.
2:27:04: White, John I. With Romaine Lowdermilk and Lewis C. White mounted on horseback at Wickenburg, Arizona
1924
2:27:05: White, John I. With Romaine Lowdermilk and Lewis C. White at Wickenburg, Arizona
duplicate of 1:19:04 and1:09:16. Nitrate negative is in cold storage.
1924
2:27:06: White, John I. At Wickenburg, Arizona
1924
2:27:07: White, John I. Playing the guitar while another man plays the harmonica
(SEE 2:27:09.) Nitrate negative is in cold storage.
undated
2:27:08: White, John I. Playing the guitar for his two brothers while sitting on a fence, Wickenburg, Arizona
(SEE 1:09:18.) Nitrate negative is in cold storage.
1933.
2:27:09: White, John I. Playing the guitar while another man looks on
(SEE 2:27:07.) Nitrate negative is in cold storage.
undated
2:27:10: White, John I. Playing the guitar while crouching down by a wall
Nitrate negative is in cold storage.
undated
2:27:11: White, John I. With wife Augusta on the 20-mule wagon used for hauling Borax out of Death Valley
duplicate of 1:09:13.
1933
2:27:12: White, John I. Portrait with guitar, by H. Tarr Co. (New York)
duplicate of 1:09:09.
1930
2:27:13: White, John I. Portrait of the cowboy-singer with guitar, by Apeda (New York), signed 'To Gus, from "Cowboy Joe
duplicate of 1:09:06.
1927

Negatives without prints, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 2, Folder 28

Container(s) Description Dates
2:28:01: White, John I. Portrait
undated
2:28:01a: White, Augusta P. Portrait
undated
2:28:02: Man and woman standing outside with mountains in the background
Nitrate negative is in cold storage.
1930-1939
2:28:03: Man (Jim) at a card table, putting together a small replica of a house with a woman reading on the couch behind it
Nitrate negative is in cold storage.
1933.
2:28:04: Man (Jim) at a card table, putting together a small replica of a house with a woman reading on the couch behind it
Nitrate negative is in cold storage.
1933.
2:28:05: White, John I. With Romaine Lowdermilk and Lewis C. White at Wickenburg, Arizona
(SEE 2:27:05.) Nitrate negative is in cold storage.
1924.
2:28:06: White, John I. With Romaine Lowdermilk and Lewis C. White at Wickenburg, Arizona
Nitrate negative is in cold storage.
1924.
2:28:07: Children playing with a miniature ticket booth
(Note reads, "APW at 2.5 years, neg. by Olson.") Nitrate negative is in cold storage.
undated
2:28:08: Children playing with a miniature ticket booth
Nitrate negative is in cold storage.
undated
2:28:09: Children playing in a small wooden playhouse
Nitrate negative is in cold storage.
undated
2:28:10: Young girl on a swing
Nitrate negative is in cold storage.
undated
2:28:11: Young boy's picture on a photo album page
(Note reads, "John Irvin White, 1905 at 3 years")
undated
2:28:12: Young girl wearing a large hat and standing by a tree
undated

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Country music--History--Sources.
  • Cowboys--Songs and music--History--Sources.
  • Cowboys--West (U.S.)--Portraits.
  • Folk music--West (U.S.)--History--Sources.
  • Folk musicians--Portraits.
  • Octagonal houses--Photographs.
  • Radio actors and actresses--Portraits.
  • Ranch life--Photographs.
  • Sod houses--Photographs.

Personal Names

  • Barnes, Will C. (Will Croft), 1858-1936--Portraits.
  • Clark, Charles Badger, 1883-1957--Portraits.
  • Flectcher, Tex--Portraits.
  • Freeman, Daniel, 1826-1908--Portraits.
  • Gardner, Gail I., b. 1892--Portraits.
  • Lee, Jack H.--Portraits.
  • Lowdermilk, Romaine, 1890-1970--Portraits.
  • O'Malley, Dominick John, 1867-1943--Portraits.
  • Sprague, Carl T., 1895-1979--Portraits.
  • White, John I. (John Irwin), 1902---Portraits..

Corporate Names

  • Utah State University. Libraries. Special Collections and Archives. (contributor)

Geographical Names

  • Fort Stevens (Washington, D.C.)--Photographs.
  • West (U.S.)--Photographs.

Titles within the Collection

  • Death Valley days (Radio program)