Margaret Kent Medler Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-000-225
Scope and Content
Collection contains portraits of Margaret K. Medler, her mother and her father, F.H. Kent, a group portrait of 7 young women of the Merry Go Round Club (c. 1895), including M.K. Medler and Mrs. O. A. Matson, and a curious photograph of 2 young women joking with Navajo men. Architectural photographs include the following buildings in Albuquerque: the F.H. Kent family home (10th St. & Park), the G.W. Gildersleeve Grocery Co., and the Armijo building (with a costumed child and burro in front). Interior shots include a stage production at the Crystal Theatre (1895) and the Bachelor Club Ball at the Commercial Club building (1896). Townscapes include: Rosita, Colo. (1877) and a bird's-eye view of "a mining town like Silver City." Prints are 25.5 cm x 35 cm. or smaller.
Dates
- 1877-1920
Creator
- Medler, Margaret Kent, 1873-1942 (Person)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Duplication of materials allowed for research purposes in most cases. User is responsible for all copyright compliance. For more information see the Photographs and Images Research Guide and contact the Pictorial Archivist.
Biography
Margaret (Marguerite) Elizabeth Kent Medler (nee Kent), Albuquerque real estate agent and socialite, was born in 1873. She came to New Mexico in a covered wagon in 1880. Her father, Frederick H. Kent, built the family home in Albuquerque's New Town. Medler attended Albuquerque High School and Kentwood College in Illinois. She married lawyer Edward L. Medler in 1901; divorced in 1906. Margaret Medler devoted her time to moving in Albuquerque's social circles and to running her father's realty business, the F.H. Kent Agency. Medler died suddenly in 1942 in her Albuquerque home.
Extent
14 items (1 folder) : 14 photographic prints ; 25.5 x 35 cm.
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection contains portraits of Margaret K. Medler and her parents. There are also architectural photographs including buildings in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Physical Location
B2. Small Collections box 3. Filed by Pictorial Number.
Separated Material
Photographs transferred from the Margaret Kent Medler Scrapbook and Alamancs collection.
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
Creator
- Medler, Margaret Kent, 1873-1942 (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Margaret Kent Medler Photograph Collection, 1877-1920
- 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
cswrref@unm.edu
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
cswrref@unm.edu