Chalberg (Russell) Photograph Collection
Descriptive Summary | ||
| Creator | Chalberg (Russell) | |
| Title | Chalberg (Russell) Photograph Collection | |
| Dates: | 1923-ca.1965 | |
| Abstract | Images from around Texas taken by the Ellison Photographic Studio in Austin, ca. 1923-1965. | |
| Extent | 1 foot, 9inches; 197 black and white negatives, 154 black and white prints, 8 templates | |
| Language | English. | |
| Repository | Dolph Briscoe Center for American HistoryThe University of Texas at Austin | |
Scope and Contents
Russell Chalberg purchased the Ellison Photographic Studio in Austin in the 1960s from Alfred Ellison. The bulk of the 13,000 negatives and prints from the studio which had been operated in Austin from the 1870s to the early 1950s, deals with Austin and Travis County and is currently housed at the Austin History Center while remaining prints and negatives representing the years 1923-ca. 1965 in areas other than Travis County were donated to the Barker Texas History Center. More than half of the negatives included are of unidentified persons from Dripping Springs circa 1946 arranged by the letter assigned to each roll of film by the photographer. Also included are group portraits of Liberty Hill High School banquets 1946 and 1948; officials of Shell Oil 1953; the Texas Classroom Teachers Association 1949; and shots of the activities surrounding a wedding reception in Walburg. The collection contains in addition photographs of missions and other historic sites in Texas as well as some taken for the Pedernales Electric Cooperative and several Texas construction firms. The most recent items are a set of contact prints of Lyndon Johnson at a press conference in the mid-1960s which are very similar to those housed in the LBJ Library.
Arrangement | ||
| Where possible, the photographer’s original order was used. The photographs and negatives fall into three broad categories: 10 portraiture and group shots, 20 scenery, and 30 copy photography. | ||
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
Unrestricted access.
Index Terms | ||
| Subjects (Persons) | ||
| Johnson, Lyndon Baines | ||
| Johnson, Claudia Alta (Lady Bird)Taylor | ||
| Troutman, Johanna | ||
| Places | ||
| Carrizo Springs | ||
| Dripping Springs | ||
| Fort Hood | ||
| La Grange | ||
| Luling | ||
| Nacogdoches | ||
| Walburg | ||
| Washington-on-the Brazos | ||
| Texas | ||
| Hobbs, New Mexico | ||
| Subjects | ||
| Aerial photographs | ||
| Alamo | ||
| Alamo, Siege of the | ||
| Architectural drawings | ||
| Bastrop State Park | ||
| Blanco River | ||
| Bridges | ||
| Business and commerce | ||
| Churches | ||
| Cityscapes | ||
| Construction and development | ||
| Dining and dining rooms | ||
| Electric power | ||
| Flags | ||
| Goliad Massacre | ||
| Historic buildings and sites | ||
| Liberty Hill High School | ||
| Longhorn Cavern | ||
| Missions | ||
| Monuments and memorials | ||
| Nuestra Senora de la Purisima Concepcion de Acuna Mission | ||
| Nuestra Senora del Espiritı Santo de Zuniga Mission | ||
| Pedernales River | ||
| Huston College (Austin) | ||
| San Elizario Presidio | ||
| San Francisco de la Espada Mission | ||
| San Jacinto Monument | ||
| San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo Mission | ||
| San Juan Capistrano Mission | ||
| San Marcos High School | ||
| Schools | ||
| Street scenes | ||
| Teachers and teaching | ||
| Texas Classroom Teachers Association | ||
| U. S. Army | ||
| Weddings | ||
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Chalberg (Russell) Photograph Collection, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.
Detailed Description of the Collection
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| 3Y190 | Dripping Springs Portraits (unidentified), 1946 | ||||||||||||
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| D-E | |||||||||||||
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| I-J | |||||||||||||
| Texas Classroom Teachers' Association, 1949 | |||||||||||||
| Liberty Hill High School Banquet, 1946, 1948 | |||||||||||||
| LBJ Contact prints (n.d.) | |||||||||||||