urn:taro:utexas.cah.00615 Ferguson (Henry Noel) Photograph Collection, 1847, 1889, 1931-1968, 1980 Finding aid written in English. 12/11/2007 Encoded with XMetal 3 by Laurie Thompson according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions Descriptive Summary Ferguson (Henry Noel) Ferguson (Henry Noel) Photograph Collection 1847, 1889, 1931-1968, 1980 Materials are in English. 86-268 1 foot, 3 inches: 993 photographic prints in color and black and white, 19 negatives, 9 postcards Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,The University of Texas at Austin The Henry Noel Ferguson Photograph Collection, 1847, 1889, 1931-1968, 1980, was collected by Ferguson to illustrate his magazine, newspaper articles, and his book The Port of Brownsville: A Maritime History of the Rio Grande (1976). Biographical Note

Henry Noel Ferguson (1909-1984) worked for the Brownsville Navigation District and was a freelance writer. In addition to articles he also wrote a book, The Port of Brownsville: a Maritime History of the Rio Grande (1976).

 Scope and Contents

The Henry Noel Ferguson Photograph Collection, 1847, 1889, 1931-1968, 1980, was collected by Ferguson to illustrate his magazine, newspaper articles, and his book The Port of Brownsville: A Maritime History of the Rio Grande (1976). Sources include the National Archives, the National Park service and various museums and other state, federal and local agencies. Particularly well-documented are United States historic sites, monuments, state and national parks, events, and prominent persons, but the collection also contains photographs from Canada and other parts of the world.

 Access Restrictions

Prints are open for reserch use, negatives are restricted. Please contact Photo Archivist for more information.

 Organization and Arrangement:

The majority of the photographs are captioned and undated and have been arranged in groups to reflect their association with the article they illustrated. Each group of photographs has been assigned a subject. However, the photographs in each group may include a wide range of images that reflect the content of the article. For example, the group of photographs concerning Stephen Collins Foster also contains images of the Suwannee River. Similarly, a photograph of Boquillas, Mexico, is found in the group of photographs of Big Bend National Park. Photographs of cemeteries, forts, missions, houses, and other buildings are filed under place. Those photographs that were used to illustrate the author's book are filed under Brownsville, Texas. Because the book treats not only the development of Brownsville, but also the history of the Rio Grand region, this group also contains images of such Rio Grande sites as Roma, Texas, and Bagdad, and Guerrero, Mexico, as well as a photo of the Bessie, the last steamboat that operated on the Rio Grande River. A bibliography appended to the inventory lists citations to the articles.

Donated by Doris Ferguson.

 Index Terms Persons: Armes, Jay J. Atchison, David Rice Boone, Daniel Brady, Matthew (photographer) Bridger, James Chapman, John Columbus, Christopher Dempsey, Jack Diaz, Porfirio Eisenhower, Dwight David Emmons, Kenneth Ferree, Frank Ford, John Salmon "Rip" Foster, Stephen Collins French, Daniel Chester Gorgas, William C. Grant, Ulysses Simpson Hughes, John Reynolds Johnson, Claudia Alta Taylor Kendall, George Wilkins Kennedy, John Fitzgerald Labiche, Emeline Levy, Uriah Phillips Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, Robert Todd Logan, John A. Mead, George Gordon Parkhurst, Charley Darkey Pershing, John J. Polk, James K. Rodriguez, Johnny Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de Scott, Winfield Stillman, Charles Taylor, Zachary Thoreau, Henry David Truman, Bess Truman, Harry S. Villa, Francisco "Pancho" Washington, George Places: Brownsville, Texas El Paso, Texas Fort Davis, Texas Fort Sam Houston, Texas Kerrville, Texas Muleshoe, Texas Roma, Texas San Antonio, Texas Weches, Texas Eureka Springs, Arkansas San Francisco, California Fort Jefferson, Florida Saint Augustine, Florida Saint Martinville, Louisiana Fort McHenry, Maryland Biloxi, Mississippi Jackson, Mississippi Natchez, Mississippi Tupelo, Mississippi Branson, Missouri Washington, D.C. Canada Ecuador Goreme, Jordan Peru Corregidor Island, Phillipines Urgup, Turkey Subjects: Acadians in Louisiana Alamo American Automobile Association Amish Arlington National Cemetary Automobiles Banks and Banking Bees and honey Bessie Big Bend National Park Big Bend (region) Birds Bison, American Blacksmith Blue Licks Battlefield State Park (Kentucky) Boll weevils Cabrillo National Monument (California) Cal Farley's Boys Ranch Carlsbad Caverns National Park (New Mexico) Cattle drives and trails Chisos Mountains Cowboys Crime and criminals Dogs El Capitan (Culberson County) El Morro National Monument (New Mexico) Flora and fauna Forts and fortifications Gold Guadalupe Mountains National Park Historic buildings and sites-Mississippi Holidays Holly Houses and housing-Louisiana Houses and housing-Mississippi Houses and housing-Virginia Ice cream Indians of Mexico Insects Javelinas Katmai National Monument (Alaska) Lincoln Memorial (Washington D.C.) Loghorn Cavern Manheim Caverns (Kentucky) Mayflower Mines and mining-Gold Missions Mistletoe Monticello (Virginia) Monuments and memorials Mosquitoes Mount Vernon (Virginia) Mules Music and musicians Natchez Trace Parkway Natchez Trace (road) Niagara Falls Nuetro Senora de la Purisima Concepcion de Acuna Mission Padre Island Paro Duro Canyon State Park Parks Pets Pilgrims Plantations Polny Express Port of Brownsville Navigation District Rio Grande Roving Volunteers in Christ's Service Salvation Army San Francisco de los Tejas Tarahumara Indians Texas Rangers Tumacacori National Monument U.S. Department of Treasury, Secret Service Division U.S. Presidents U.S. Smithsonian Institution University of Texas McDonald Observatory White House Wycliffe Bible Translators Preferred Citation:

Ferguson (Henry Noel) Photograph Collection, 1847, 1889, 1931-1968, 1980, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.

 Processing Information

This collection was processed by Mattie Sink, September 1988.

Subsequent revisions were made by Evan Usler, October 2011.

 Detailed Description of the Collection Inventory 3Y511 People: 3Y511 Armes, Jay J.-Emmons, Kenneth 3Y511 Ferree, Frank-Logan, John A. 3Y511 Meade, George, Gordon-Wrigley, William Jr. 3Y511 Places: 3Y511 United States: 3Y511 Arkansas-Louisiana 3Y511 Maryland-Brownsville and Rio Grande region, Texas 3Y512 Cal Farley's Boys Ranch, Tascosa, Texas-Weches, Texas 3Y512 Virginia-West Virginia 3Y512 National and State Parks, National Monuments and natural areas: 3Y512 Big Bend National Park 3Y513 Blue Licks Battlefield State Park-Longhorn Caverns 3Y513 Mammoth Cave National Park-Yosemite National Park 3Y513 World: 3Y513 Canada-Turkey 3Y514 Subjects: 3Y514 American Automobile Association and automobiles-Animals 3Y514 Banks and Banking-Cattle drives and trails 3Y514 Crime and criminals-Ice cream 3Y514 Insects-Mailing lists 3Y515 Mayflower and the Pilgrims-Pets 3Y515 Plants-President's Wives 3Y515 Quicksand-Seven Wonders of the World 3Y515 Smithsonian Institution-Tarahumara Indians 3Y516 Texas Rangers-Wycliffe Bible Translators 3Y516 Unidentified photographs 3Y516 Negatives 3Y516 Miscellany