- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Haynes, F. Jay (Frank Jay), 1853-1921
- Collector:
- Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
- Title:
- Princeton University Library Collection of F. Jay Haynes Photographs
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/5x21tg82k
- Dates:
- 1877-1880s
- Size:
- 4 boxes and 3.2 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (mss): Boxes 1; B-000881; P-000128; B-001749
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Consists of an assembled collection of photographs by Yellowstone National Park and Northern Pacific Railway photographer F. Jay Haynes (1853-1921), mostly from the late 1870s and 1880s, including albums of albumen prints of various Yellowstone National Park sites and scenes along the Columbia River in Oregon, as well as stereograph views of Yellowstone National Park, wheat farmers in the Dakota Territory, and locations along the route of the Northern Pacific Railway.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
The collection consists of photographs taken by F. Jay Haynes, assembled from various sources. A photograph album consists of 48 albumen prints of various Yellowstone National Park sites, including the first winter photographs of Yellowstone, which Haynes took in 1887, along with some scenes along the Columbia River in Oregon, and other photographs. There is also an 1886 album containing an additional 15 albumen prints of sites in Yellowstone. Stereographs from the late 1870s through the 1880s include views of Yellowstone National Park, the route of the Northern Pacific Railway, and wheat farmers in the Dakota Territory. There are also photographs from the opening of the Northern Pacific Railroad in 1883 which include images of a Crow delegation who attended the opening activities.
- Arrangement
Materials are arranged in the order in which they were accessioned.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Haynes, F. Jay (Frank Jay), 1853-1921
F. Jay Haynes (1853-1921) was a professional photographer who documented the settlement and expansion of the American Northwest during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Based in Minnesota and North Dakota, Haynes served as the official photographer for Northern Pacific Railway and Yellowstone National Park. Haynes first visited Yellowstone in 1881 and, a few years later in 1884, obtained permission to operate a photography studio there. He served as Yellowstone's official photographer from 1884 until 1920 when he was succeeded by his son, Jack Ellis Haynes (1884-1962).
Collection History
- Acquisition:
This is an open collection assembled from multiple purchases, 2014-2021 .
- Appraisal
No materials were separated during 2014-2021 processing.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Faith Charlton in September 2014. Finding aid written by Faith Charlton in September 2014. Finding aid updated with new materials by Kelly Bolding in February 2017, July 2019, and December 2021.
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.
- Credit this material:
Princeton University Library Collection of F. Jay Haynes Photographs; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/5x21tg82k
- Location:
-
Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (mss): Boxes 1; B-000881; P-000128; B-001749
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- Subject Terms:
- Crow Indians -- Montana -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
National parks and reserves -- West (U.S.) -- 19th century -- Photographs.
Photographers -- West (U.S.) -- 19th century -- Photographs.
Railroads -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
Wheat farmers -- West (U.S.) -- 19th century -- Photographs. - Genre Terms:
- Albumen prints -- 19th century.
Photographs -- 19th century.
Stereographs -- 19th century. - Names:
- Northern Pacific Railway company
Montana Press Association
Crow Tribe of Montana
Mills, James H. (James Hamilton), 1837-1904 - Places:
- Columbia River -- 19th century -- Photographs.
Dakota Territory -- 19th century -- Photographs.
West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration -- 19th century -- Photographs.
Yellowstone National Park -- 19th century -- Photographs.
