urn:taro:utexas.cah.00251 A Guide to the Natchez Trace Collection Photographs, ca. 1855-1920. Text converted by SPI Content Sciences Inc., April 2003. Finding aid written in English. 08/28/2003 Edited with XMetal 2 by Evan Hocker according to instructions in TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions February 2009 Added origination for uniformity on TARO. - Laurel Rozema December 2011 Updated by Bethany Anderson Descriptive Summary Natchez Trace Collection Natchez Trace Collection Photographs ca. 1855-1920. Materials are in English 2011-369 3 ft.; 3 daguerreotypes; 9 tintypes; 222 albumen cartes-de-visites; 54 albumen, collodion, and gelatin cabinet cards; 298 albumen and halftone stereographs; 41 other albumen prints; 3 albums with 4 tintypes and 134 cartes-de-visites; 103 gelatin and collodion Kodak prints; 1 platinotype; 6 other gelatin silver prints; 64 lantern slides; 74 postcards; 2 photographic prints Photographic material The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Collection includes photographs from the southern United States and other regions from the mid 1800s through the early 1900s, featuring prominent leaders and families. Preferred Citation

Natchez Trace Collection Photographs, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin

 Scope and Contents

Portraits (cartes-de-visites, cabinet cards, and tintypes) include members of several Natchez and Vicksburg area families, such as Archer, Turpin, Finnery, and Drake. Collection also contains portraits of several Confederate generals, including Robert E. Lee, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, Richard Taylor, and Sterling Price. Some of these were published by E. & H. T. Anthony & Co. of New York City. Many portraits are unidentified and arranged by photographer. Significant among these photographers are Samuel Anderson, William W. Washburn, William H. Leeson, and Gustave A. Moses of New Orleans; H. J. Herrick, A. L. Blanks, and French & Co. of Vicksburg; and Gurney of Natchez. A small series of Gurney photos of unidentified buildings and houses (probably Natchez) is included. Commercial views of Colorado and the Rocky Mountains were taken by George E. Mellen, William Henry Jackson, and others. The many stereographs include scenes of Vicksburg made by Herrick and Blanks, views of Baltimore, and two famous White House views published by J. F. Jarvis in 1873. The hand-tinted theater stereographs from France were common in the 1860s and 1870s. Two stereopticons are available for viewing stereographs. The large series of unidentified Kodak prints (ca. 1900) consists of views of the Matt Stewart Hardware Store, a parade, bicyclists and photographers in action, and various groups of people. They were probably taken in the area along the Mississippi River between Memphis and St. Louis. The lantern slides include Washington D. C. street scenes, churches, and federal buildings. The Panama slides are primarily of street scenes in Panama City and Colon and of the construction of the Panama Canal. Additionally, the collection includes two photographic prints which depict the river boat Robert E. Lee and Natchez under the hill.

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Comprises the photographic component of the larger Natchez Trace Collection, housed at the same repository.

 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Anderson, Samuel. Archer, James J. Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893. Blanks, A. L. Breckenridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875. Clark, Champ Herrick, H. J. Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863. Jackson, William Henry Lee, Robert Edward Leeson, William H. Mellen, George E. Moses, Gustave A. Price, Sterling Rosser, Thomas L. Sheridan, Philip Henry Taylor, Richard Washburn, William Watson Zollicoffer, Felix Edward Subjects (Places) Baltimore (Md.) Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.). France. Groton (Mass.). Manitou Springs (Colo.). Mississippi River. Mount Vernon (Va.). Natchez (Miss.). Panama Canal (Panama). Pike's Peak (Colo.). Rocky Mountains. Saint Augustine (Fla.). Vicksburg (Miss.). Washington (D. C.). United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. Subjects African Americans. Bicycles. Children and youth. Floods. Housing. Merchants. Parades. Photographers. Rivers and streams. Stereographs. White House (Washington, D.C.). Subjects (Organizations) Anthony, E. & H. T., & Co. French & Company. Gurney's Photograph and Fine Art Gallery. Herrick & Dirr. Detailed Description of the Collection 3Y423 Two photographic prints of the river boat Robert E. Lee and Natchez under the hill 3Y423 Identified persons, ca. 1860s - 1890s: 3Y423 Civil War soldiers unidentified, ca. 1861-1865 3Y423 Portraits of French military leaders, by Estienne of Paris, ca. 1860s 3Y423 Unidentified persons, arranged by photographer/studio, ca. 1860s-1890s: 3Y423 New Orleans and other Louisiana photographers 3Y423 Vicksburg photographers 3Y423 Natchez and other Mississippi photographers 3Y423 Alabama and Tennessee photographers 3Y423 Other photographers 3Y424 Places: 3Y424 Scenes of Natchez[?], by Gurney's Photograph Gallery, ca. 1860s 3Y424 North Carolina, ca. 1870s 3Y424 Massachusetts and Minnesota 3Y424 Commercial views of Colorado, ca. 1870s - 1890s 3Y424 France and the Philippines 3Y424 Unidentified 3Y424 Unidentified Kodak prints, probably from along Mississippi River, ca. 1900 3Y424 Manuscript letterheads, 1831, 1859, and undated 3Y424 Color slides of Natchez Trace Collection sheet music 3Y425 Photograph albums, ca. 1860s- 1870s: 3Y425 Identified cartes-de-visite of the Archer, Turpin, Drake, Finnery 3Y425 Families and others of the Vicksburg and Natchez, Mississippi areas 3Y426 Identified and unidentified cartes-des-visites 3Y427 Stereographs: 3Y427 Southern Scenery in and Around Vicksburg, by H. J. Herrick, ca. 1870s 3Y427 View of Vicksburg, by A. L. Blanks, ca. 1870s 3Y427 Views in Baltimore and Vicinity, MD., published by E. and H. T. Anthony & Co., ca. 1860s 3Y427 Views of rooms of the White House, published by J. F. Jarvis, 1873 3Y427 Other places in the U.S., ca. 1860s - 1870s: 3Y427 Thomaston, Maine 3Y427 Mt. Washington (New Hampshire) 3Y427 Fort Sumter, Florida 3Y427 St. Augustine, Florida 3Y427 Yosemite, California 3Y427 Humorous scenes published by Griffith and Griffith, ca. 1900 3Y427 Stereoscopic Treasures, published by F. G. Weller, ca. 1871 3Y427 American Stereoscopic Company, hand-colored scenic views and subjects, 1897-1901 and undated 3Y427 Gems of Statuary by Eminent Sculptors, possibly photographed by William England and published by the London Stereoscopic Company, ca. 1860s - 1870s 3Y427 Views of France, various publishers, ca. 1860s - 1870s 3Y427 Miscellaneous scenes, 1871, 1903, and undated 3Y428 French theater views, hand tinted: 3Y428 Actualities Theatricales, published by A. Marion, 1866-1872 3Y428 Les Theatres de Paris, published by B. K., ca. 1870 3Y429 Lantern slides: 3Y429 Washington, D.C., views published by E. B. Thompson, ca. 1910 3Y429 Panama and building of the Panama Canal, published by Williams, Brown, & Earle, and others, 1906-1914 3Y429 Champ Clark, undated 3Y3b Cased photographs: 3Y3b Porterfield family member, daguerrotype, undated 3Y3b Murdock[?] family member, daguerrotype, undated 3Y3b Unidentified and uncased daguerrotype, undated 3Y4 Large cased photograph: 3Y4 Three persons actors[?] out of doors in costumes[?], unidentified and tintype undated 3S119b Postcards: 3S119b Den-Tex Hotel Court, Denison, Texas 3S119b Flooding along Mississippi River, 1912 3S119b Vicksburg and other Southern cities and places 3S119b Mount Vernon, Virginia 3S119b Groton and other Massachusetts 3S119b Booklet of views of Saint-Servan, France 2.325/X30 Artifact collection: 2.325/X30 Stereopticons 2.325/X9 Leather-bound cabinet card photograph album 3S236 Oversize Photographs