Richard W. D. Bryan Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-000-001
Scope and Content
Collection consists of photographs of R. W. D. Bryan, teachers, and students of the Albuquerque Indian School and the University of New Mexico. Also contains pictures of the Albuquerque Fourth Ward School, Hodgin and Hadley Halls, American Lumber Co., and an adobe building in Old Town identified as being at various times the Sunnyside Inn, and the San Felipe Hotel "before restored to territorial style." Other photographs of note include the Bryan home, the Indian School, under construction, Arbor Day at UNM (1903), portraits of unidentified football players in uniform (circa 1920), Pima Indian students and of Francis Schlatter (known as "The Healer," 1895), and cattle fording the Rio Grande (1914). The photographs were produced by various photographers including Albright Art Parlors in Albuquerque as well as Detroit Photographic Company, Ben Wittick, and William Henry Jackson.
Dates
- 1880-1929
Creator
- Bryan, Richard W. D., 1849-1913 (Person)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Duplication of print and photographic material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for copyright compliance. For more information see the Photographs and Images Research Guide and contact the Pictorial Archivist.
Biography
Richard William Dickinson Bryan, Arctic explorer, educator, and lawyer, was born in New York on October 6, 1849. He served as a government astronomer on the Hall Arctic Expedition, 1871-1873. He received his law degree in 1876. In August 1882, he went to Albuquerque, New Mexico to become superintendent of the Albuquerque Indian School where he served until the Presbyterian home mission board ended its management of the school in 1886. As superintendent, he introduced industrial education to the school. He encouraged family interaction, believing that the school should be close enough for parents to visit and that the students should have extended vacations at home. Bryan helped to organize the Territorial Educational Association of New Mexico, and was chosen as the first president of the association. After leaving his post at the school he continued to live in Albuquerque practicing law and participating in community affairs. At the time of his death on February 10, 1913, he was President of the University of New Mexico Board of Regents.
Extent
34 items (1 box) : 34 photographic prints
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Photographs of R. W. D. Bryan, teachers, and students of the Albuquerque Indian School and the University of New Mexico as well as buildings and mining operations in New Mexico.
Physical Location
B2. Shelved by Pictorial Number.
Separated Material
Photographs separated from the Richard W. D. Bryan Family Papers.
General
Contact Information
- University of New Mexico
- MSC05 3020, 1, University of New Mexico
- Center for Southwest Research
- Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
- Phone: 505-277-7173
- Fax:
- Email: cswrref@unm.edu
- URL: http://elibrary.unm.edu/cswr
- Albright Art Parlors (Albuquerque, N.M.)
- Albumen prints
- Albuquerque Indian School
- Bryan, Richard W. D., 1849-1913
- Cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
- Detroit Photographic Co
- Football players -- Pictorial works
- Hotels -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque -- Pictorial works
- Indians of North America -- Education
- Indians of North America -- Pictorial works
- Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942
- Mineral industries -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works
- Mines and mineral resources -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works
- Pima Indians -- Pictorial works
- Rio Grande (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) -- Pictorial works
- Schlatter, Francis, 1856-1896?
- University of New Mexico
- Wittick, Ben, 1845-1903
Creator
- Bryan, Richard W. D., 1849-1913 (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Richard W. D. Bryan Photograph Collection, 1880-1929
- Status
- Approved
- Author
- Processed by Pictorial Collections Staff
- Date
- ©2006
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- Monday, 20210524: Attribute normal is missing or blank.
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451