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Harold W. Stowell Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: PICT-000-505

Scope and Content

Photograph collection consists of pictures of people, buildings, and landscapes, mostly taken in New Mexico. Motorcycling in New Mexico is a special focus of the collection, which also includes many professional shots of Albuquerque business establishments, including African American business people, group portraits of railroad employees and administrators at recognition ceremonies, and of local social events (such as weddings and anniversary celebrations). Others of special interest are modern copies of photos showing the Territorial Fair Parade of 1892, the N.T. Armijo building (1892), the Commercial Club (1900), University of New Mexico's Hodgin and Hadley Halls (1902), and a reproduction of an 1880 photo by Ben Wittick of a locomotive.

Dates

  • Majority of material found within 1920-1969

Creator

Language of Materials

English

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

Stowell was a machinist who worked for the Santa Fe Railroad and lived in Albuquerque, N.M. In addition to his vocation he was an amateur photographer, free lance writer, motorcyclist, and inventor. Some of his mechanical articles were published in New Mexico magazine and in motorcycling magazines. He also had a regular column in Santa Fe magazine, a magazine for railroad employees.

Extent

597 plus items (2 boxes) : 597 photographic prints

Abstract

Photograph collection consists of pictures of people, buildings, and landscapes, most taken in New Mexico. Motorcycling in New Mexico is a special focus of the collection, which also includes many professional shots of Albuquerque business establishments.

Arrangement

Folders arranged by subject, followed by three additions in separate folders.

Physical Location

B2. Shelved by Pictorial Number.

Separated Material

Photographs separated from the H. W. Stowell Papers.
Title
Finding Aid of the Harold W. Stowell Photograph Collection, 1920-1969
Status
Completed
Author
Pictorial Collections Staff
Date
© 2007
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