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Descriptive Summary

Creator Sketch:

Scope and Contents:

Arrangement:

Restrictions

Index Terms

Administrative Information

Description of Series

Inventory

University of Texas, Center for American History

Ferguson (Henry Noel) Photograph Collection, 1847, 1889, 1931-1968, 1980



Descriptive Summary

CreatorFerguson (Henry Noel)
Title:Ferguson (Henry Noel) Photograph Collection
Dates: 1847, 1889, 1931-1968, 1980
Extent:1 foot, 3 inches: 993 photographic prints in color and black and white, 19 negatives, 9 postcards
LanguageMaterials are in English.
RepositoryCenter for American History,The University of Texas at Austin

Creator Sketch:

Ferguson worked for the Brownsville Navigation District from 1936-1976, and was a free-lance writer.

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Scope and Contents:

Photographs were collected by Ferguson (1904-1984) to illustrate his magazine and newspaper articles and his book The Port of Brownsville: A Maritime History of the Rio Grande,1976. They were gathered from a variety of sources including the National Archives, National Park Service, museums, and other federal, state, and local government agencies. Particulary 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.

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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 cemetaries, 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.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions:

Prints are unrestricted, negatives are restricted. Please contact Photo Archivist for more information.

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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

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Administrative Information

Donated by Doris Ferguson.

Preferred Citation:

Ferguson (Henry Noel) Photograph Collection, the Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

Inventory

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3Y511People:
Armes, Jay J.-Emmons, Kenneth
Ferree, Frank-Logan, John A.
Meade, George, Gordon-Wrigley, William Jr.
Places:
United States:
Arkansas-Louisiana
Maryland-Brownsville and Rio Grande region, Texas
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3Y512Cal Farley's Boys Ranch, Tascosa, Texas-Weches, Texas
Virginia-West Virginia
National and State Parks, National Monuments and natural areas:
Big Bend National Park
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3Y513Blue Licks Battlefield State Park-Longhorn Caverns
Mammoth Cave National Park-Yosemite National Park
World:
Canada-Turkey
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3Y514Subjects:
American Automobile Association and automobiles-Animals
Banks and Banking-Cattle drives and trails
Crime and criminals-Ice cream
Insects-Mailing lists
box
3Y515Mayflower and the Pilgrims-Pets
Plants-President's Wives
Quicksand-Seven Wonders of the World
Smithsonian Institution-Tarahumara Indians
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3Y516Texas Rangers-Wycliffe Bible Translators
Unidentified photographs
Negatives
Miscellany

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