- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Cameron, Evelyn, 1868-1928
- Title:
- Evelyn Cameron Photographs
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/tt44pm932
- Dates:
- 1903-1907
- Size:
- 1 box and 0.4 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Evelyn Cameron (1868–1928) was a Montana-based amateur photographer. Consists of 15 silver gelatin photographs (most 6.5 x 4 inches, laid on larger boards) of Montana ranching and scenery.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
Consists of 15 silver gelatin photographs (most 6.5 x 4 inches, laid on larger boards) of Montana frontier life, including scenery, ranching, and cattle driving. One notable image includes the artist Charles M. Russell (1864-1926), dated 1903. Titles are derived from hand-written captions on the verso when present, or are otherwise supplied by cataloger. Most common abbreviations have been expanded. Additional captions are contained in notes at the file level.
- Arrangement
This collection is arranged into one box, first by date when present, and then by title or assigned title thereafter.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Cameron, Evelyn, 1868-1928
Evelyn Cameron (1868–1928) was a Montana-based amateur photographer. Her husband, naturalist Ewen S. Cameron, operated a horse ranch near Terry, Montana. Contemporary sales of her prints helped support Evelyn and her husband within her lifetime, but her work was not celebrated until it was discovered posthumously in the 1970s.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Purchased from Bonham's Los Angeles through Joseph Falcone in 2010 (AM2011-104).
- Appraisal
No materials were separated during 2010 processing.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Valerie Addonizio in 2010. Finding aid written by Valerie Addonizio and Lisa Yankowitz '13 in 2012.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
- Credit this material:
Evelyn Cameron Photographs; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/tt44pm932
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1
Find More
- Bibliography
Lucey, D. M. (1990). Photographing Montana, 1894-1928: The life and work of Evelyn Cameron. New York: Knopf.
- Subject Terms:
- Ranching -- Montana -- 20th century.
- Genre Terms:
- Gelatin silver prints -- 20th century
- Names:
- Russell, Charles M. (Charles Marion), 1864-1926
- Places:
- Montana -- Photographs.
