W. M. Beiger Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-000-116
Scope and Content
This collection of Western photographs contains portraits of Capt. Jack W. Crawford, poet and Indian scout from Maciel, NM; David Ross Boyd, 5th president of the University of New Mexico; students and teachers from the U.S. Indian School at Fort Apache, Arizona; and a number of unidentified cabinet card portraits. Also included are an interior of the First Congregational Church in Albuquerque (after 1893 rebuilding), a logging crew at work on the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad, a team of men from the volunteer Hose and Fire Co. pulling a hose wagon (presumably in a competition) at the fairgrounds in Old Town (Albuquerque), and a stereo card showing First Street in New Albuquerque with cattle in foreground and buildings and a mule-drawn street car in the background. There are eight negatives depicting the ruins at Quarai.
Dates
- 1880-1929
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.
Extent
21 items (1 folder) : 13 photographic prints, 8 negatives
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection of Western photographs.
Physical Location
B2. Small Collections Box 2. Filed by Pictorial Number.
- Albumen prints
- Apache Indians -- Pictorial works
- Boyd, David Ross, 1853-1936
- Cabinet photographs
- City and town life -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque -- Pictorial works
- Crawford, Jack, 1847-1917
- Fire fighters -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works
- Fort Apache Indian Reservation (Ariz.) -- Pictorial works
- Indians of North America -- Pictorial works
- Missions -- New Mexico -- Quarai Ruins -- Pictorial works
- Stereographs
- Street-railroads -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works
- Title
- Finding Aid of the W. M. Beiger Photograph Collection, 1880-1929
- Status
- Completed
- 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
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