urn:taro:utexas.cah.00618 Kuehne (John Matthias) Photograph Collection, 1894-1950 Finding aid written in English. 12/17/2007 Encoded with XMetal 3 by Laurie Thompson according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions Descriptive Summary Kuehne (John Matthias) Kuehne (John Matthias) Photograph Collection 1894-1950 Materials are in English. 8 feet: 571 silver gelatin prints, 1 color print, 356 glass negatives, 184 film negatives, 289 lantern slides and other glass positives, 2 film positives, 280 autochromes and glass film color transparencies, 15 35mm color slides Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,The University of Texas at Austin Access Restrictions:

Prints are unrestricted, all transparent media are restricted. Please contact Photo Archivist for more information.

 Preferred Citation:

Kuehne (John Matthias) Photograph Collection, the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.

 Creator Sketch:

John Matthias Kuehne (1872-1960) was a Physics professor at the University of Texas at Austin from 1909 to 1951. He was a pioneer in researching the relationship between magnetism and electricity, helped found the McDonald Observatory, and taught the first photography class at UT in 1908.

 Scope and Contents:

Kuehne's photographic work includes many images of the UT campus, Austin, and Central Texas. Among his autochromes are perhaps the earliest color views of UT. Trips to Yellowstone and Yosemite National Parks and the Orient are well-documented. The collection also contains Kuehne's 1949/1950 photography course guide.

Donated by the Kuehne Family; color portrait donated by Preston F. Gott.

 Index Terms Persons: Brackenridge, George Washington Brown, Simpson Leroy Dobie, James Frank Faulk, John Henry Kirby, Helen Marr Kuehne, John Matthias Kuehne Family Lomax, John Avery Sr. Ney, Elisabet Simkins, William Stewart Taylor, Thomas Ulvan Places: Austin, Texas Brenham, Texas New Braunfels, Texas Travis County, Texas Flagstaff, Arizona Colorado Hawaii Chicago, Illinois New Mexico Wyoming Shanghai, China Japan Subjects: All Saints Episcopal Chape (Austin) Anderson's Mill (Travis County) Barton Creek (Travis County) Barton Springs (Travis County) Bastrop State Park Blinn Memorial College (Brenham) Bluebonnets Buggies and carriages Bull Creek (Travis County) Children and youth Churches Church socials Circuses Cityscapes Columbia River Cotton Davis Mountains Enchanted Rock (Gillespie County) Painted Desert (Arizona) Pike's Peak (Colorado) UT Department of Physics UT McDonald Observatory Detailed Description of the Collection Inventory 3Y525 Prints: 3Y525 John M. Kuehne and Family, 1903-1945 3Y525 UT Campus, 1894 - ca. 1945 3Y525 Buildings, classrooms, labs and offices 3Y525 Views of campus 3Y526 Flowers and ponds 3Y526 UT Activities, 1911-1913, ca. 1930 3Y526 Varsity Circus parade 3Y526 Student organizations 3Y526 Interscholastic League meets 3Y526 Miscellaneous 3Y526 UT Regents, Faculty and Staff, 1911 - ca. 1928 3Y526 Physics and math departments 3Y526 University String Quartet 3Y526 Others 3Y526 UT Students, ca. 1903 and 1908 3Y527 Austin and Travis County, 1901 - ca. 1936 3Y527 Capitol 3Y527 Other public buildings 3Y527 Churches and church activities 3Y527 Homes 3Y527 Elisabet Ney studio 3Y527 Street scenes, cityscapes and parades 3Y527 Parks and creeks 3Y528 Rural views 3Y528 Vegetation and flowers 3Y528 Texas scenes, ca. 1901-1935 3Y528 Central Texas 3Y528 West Texas 3Y528 Unidentified 3Y528 Non-Texas scenes, 1903 3Y528 Ohio 3Y528 People, 1902 - ca. 1940 3Y528 J. Frank Dobie and John Henry Faulk 3Y528 Others 3Y528 Miscellaneous, undated 3Y529 Lantern Slides: 3Y529 UT and Austin scenes, ca. 1935 3Y529 Arizona and other western scenes, ca. 1935 3Y529 Unidentified people, ca. 1940 and undated 3Y530 Yellowstone trip, 1921 3Y531 Trip to Orient, ca. 1934 3Y531 California 3Y531 Hawaii 3Y531 Japan 3Y532 Japan 3Y532 China 3Y533 Autochromes and Color Transparencies: 3Y533 UT and Austin scenes, 1910 - ca. 1935 3Y533 Other Texas scenes, 1935 3Y533 Miscellaneous 3Y534 Washington, ca. 1927 3Y534 Arizona, 1927 3Y534 Colorado, ca. 1927 3Y534 New Mexico, ca. 1927 3Y535 Colorado, ca. 1927 3Y535 University of Chicago, ca. 1925 3Y535 Michigan, ca. 1925 3Y535 Arkansas and Tennessee, ca. 1925 3Y535 Niagra Falls, ca. 1925 3Y536 Large Autochromes and Color Transparencies: 3Y536 UT and Austin scenes, 1910 - ca. 1935 3Y536 Other Texas scenes, 1934 3Y536 Arizona and California, ca. 1935 3Y537 California and Hawaii, 1934 3Y538 Hawaii and Japan, 1934 3Y539 Japan and China, 1934 3Y539 UT and Austin, ca. 1914-1934 3Y539 Unidentified people and scenes, undated 3Y540-3Y541 Unidentified landscapes (possibly Yellowstone and Yosemite National Parks), undated 3Y545 Unidentified waterfall, ca. 1934 3Y545 Color Slides: 3Y545 UT Roundup parade, ca. 1941 3Y542 Negatives: 3Y542 Glass plates, 5 x 7, No. 1-229 3Y542 Glass plates, 6 1/2 x 8 1/2, unnumbered 3Y543 Glass plates, 5 x 7, No. 233-421 3Y544 Glass plates, 5 x 7, No. 422-C80 3Y544 Unnumbered plates: 3Y544 Brenham, Austin, UT football, UT dance class 3Y545 UT Baseball 3Y545 Glass plates, 5 x 7, C.H.W. (Charles H. Winkler?) 5-57 3Y546 Glass plates, 4 x 5 3Y546 Film negatives 3Y547 Glass and porcelain positives: 3Y547 J. M. Kuehne, ca. 1910 3Y547 UT and Austin, ca. 1935 3Y547 University of Chicago? ca. 1925 3Y547 Lady McBeth statue by Ney, undated 3Y547 Unidentified landscapes and people, undated 3S221 Oversize Prints: 3S221 "Pity, Fear, Supplication, Despair, Grief, and Resignation,"art prints, ca. 1940 2.325/V63 Color Portrait Photograph of Kuehne by Preston F. Gott ca. 1944 3A117 Manuscript Material: 3A117 Outline of Physics 313 (Photography) assignments, Winter, 1944/45 3A117 "Study of Physical Science" lecture text, ca. 1945 3A117 Course guide to physics 313 (Photography), Fall, 1949/50 2.325/C134 "Optics Experiments" notebook