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Photography Resources GuidePhotographs in the Collections of the Austin History CenterandSources of Information Relating to Photographers and PhotographyAustin History CenterAustin Public LibraryPrepared by Nicole Davis, 2015Updated 3/2019
ContentsPhotography Resources Guide . 1Introduction . 2Architectural Collections . 3Archives and Manuscript Collections . 8Austin Files -- Subject. 93Austin Files -- Biographical . 96Austin Files -- House/Building . 100General Collection . 101Periodicals. 106Photography Collections . 107Large Photography Collections . 125Recording Collection -- Audio . 128Recording Collection -- Video . 129Appendices . 130Appendix I. Rare and Fragile Formats Collection. 130Appendix II. Photo Album Collection. 169Appendix III. Panoramic Photographs Collection . 189Appendix IV: Stereograph Collection . 250Appendix V. 19th Century Photographers in Austin and Travis County . 293Austin History Center Photography Resources Guide1
IntroductionThe purpose of the Austin History Center is to provide customers with information about the history and currentevents of Austin and Travis County by collecting, organizing, and preserving research materials and assisting in theiruse.The collections of the Austin History Center contain valuable research materials relating to photography andphotographers dating back to the mid-19th century. The various collections also include hundreds ofthousands of photographs that document numerous events, people, and subjects related to Austin, TravisCounty, and Central Texas. The materials in this resource guide are arranged by alphabetically by collectionunit. Within each unit, items are arranged in call-number order.Austin History Center Photography Resources Guide2
Architectural CollectionsThis section includes archival collections related to architects and architectural firms that includephotographic materials. If a finding aid (collection inventory) is available online, the URL is given after thecollection description. See Appendix II for more details about photo albums.CollectionnumberAR.1994.016Collection TitleDescription of photographs in the collectionHarry Groll Newton PapersDate rangeof photos1910s-1950sHarry Groll Newton, landscape architect, moved to Austin in 1926. Hetaught at the University of Texas and served as City of Austin Superintendentof Parks as well as completing private landscape commissions. There is aphoto of Newton.Photo album #154 (about 640 taro/aushc/00394/ahc-00394.htmlFehr & Granger and Emerson Fehr Drawings and Records1940-1995Fehr & Granger was an Austin, Texas architectural firm founded by ArthurFehr and Charles Granger, Jr. in 1946 and was active in the central Texas areauntil 1972. 399 photographs and additional negatives document the firm’sprojects, including sorority houses, AISD school buildings, Bastrop StatePark, Christ Lutheran Church, Episcopal Theological Seminary, MuellerAirport, Rockford Center, St. Elmo-tel, St. Stephen’s School, TrinityLutheran Church, Westwood Country Club, and residences. The firm’s staffmembers and offices are also ro/aushc/00348/ahc-00348.htmlWinfred Gustafson Records, Photographs and DrawingsWinfred O. Gustafson was an Austin, Texas architect who designed homes,offices, churches, hotels, and restaurants from 1945 until his death in 1985.Photographs in the collection document some of his professional work, butthe bulk were taken by Gustafson as inspiration for his artwork. Included arerural scenes in Central Texas of ranches, farms, houses, barns, outbuildingsand businesses taken in the late 1960s and early 1970s and a small group ofphotographs taken in 1935 at Lake Don Martin in Mexico. Some of theTexas towns represented are: Stamford, Round Rock, Marble Falls,Fredericksburg, Smithville, Brackettville, Katy, La Grange, Hutto, NewSweden, Norman’s Crossing and Llano.1935, /ahc-00305.htmlAustin History Center Photography Resources Guide3
CollectionnumberAR.2009.017Collection TitleDescription of photographs in the collectionDavid Hoffman & Co. Records and DrawingsDate rangeof photos1987-1998David Hoffman & Co., Architects and Consultants is an architectural firmformed in 1987 that specializes in the restoration and preservation of historicstructures. Project files include photographs, negatives, and slides ofbuildings such as Hermann Hospital, Littlefield Building, Green Pastures,Austin Woman’s Club, Hyde Park Center, Pioneer Farm, Praetorian Building,Trask House, Junior League building, various residences, and severallocations in hc/00336/ahc-00336.htmlJessen Associates Inc. Records and Drawings1940s-1970sJessen Associates Inc. was organized in 1938 in Austin, Texas when brothersHarold E. (Bubi) Jessen and Wolf Ernst Jessen formed a partnership.Photographs document construction of several schools, residences, theLakeway Apartment Hotel, North Austin State Bank, Reynolds-PenlandStore, Austin Public Library, St. Martin’s Lutheran Church, Texas SupremeCourt Building, the University Christian Church, and unidentified o/aushc/00321/ahc-00321.htmlHugo Franz Kuehne Records and DrawingsUndated,circa 1950sHugo Franz Kuehne was an Austin, Texas based architect that organized theArchitecture Program at the University of Texas in 1910 and went on topractice architecture in the private sector for another 53 years before retiringin 1961. The Photographs series is a mixture of undated photos of actualbuildings and photographic prints of reduced-in-size architectural renderingsand/or presentation drawings. Commercial, educational, ecclesiastical, publicand residential projects are represented. Also included are three photoalbums, two of which hold the representative work of Kuehne, Brooks &Barr, Architects and Southwestern Architects-Engineers. The third album istitled “Austin History Center” and includes photographs, slides and brochurepages of what appears to be projects completed by Brooks & Barr. Theunidentified folder contains buildings designed by Kuehne, presumably builtin shc/00109/ahc-00109.htmlLundgren & Maurer Drawings and RecordsEd Maurer and Leonard Lundgren formed the architectural firm of Lundgren& Maurer and occupied offices at 1003 W. 24th Street in Austin.Photographs document unidentified commercial buildings, ecclesiasticalfacilities, hotels and motels.Undated,circa 07/ahc-00107.htmlAustin History Center Photography Resources Guide4
CollectionnumberAR.2009.027Collection TitleDescription of photographs in the collectionGraeber, Simmons & Cowan Drawings and PhotographsDate rangeof photosCirca 1980sGraeber, Simmons & Cowan was founded in 1978 in Austin, Texas by DavidGraeber, A.M. Simmons and Tommy Neal Cowan. 8 color photographs arereproductions of plans and renderings of the Southwest Texas StateUniversity Learning Resource Center and the Children’s Hospital u/taro/aushc/00314/ahc-00314.htmlC. H. Page & Son RecordsCharles Henry and Louis Page were sons of an English immigrant mason andcontractor. Born in St. Louis, the family then moved to Austin in 1886. Bothsons attended public schools and worked with their father in the constructionindustry. Photographs depict buildings, including medical buildings (DriscollFoundation Children’s Hospital, Kerrville Sanatorium), education facilities(Baylor University Student Union, USAF School of Aviation Medicine, JohnSealy Hospital), public buildings (Hays County Courthouse, Texas Pavilion atChicago Exposition, Texas State Capitol, Travis County Courthouse, U.S.Courthouse, Williamson County Courthouse), residences, and othercommercial and unidentified o/aushc/00106/ahc-00106.htmlJohn Linn Scott and Associates Records and DrawingsThe firm was recognized as John Linn Scott and Associates in 1952 andbecame an influential force in Texas architecture in the following years. 8photographs document high school and hospital /aushc/00104/ahc-00104.htmlTom W. Shefelman Records and Drawings1893, 1939,1960-1966Circa 1950s1960s1970-1990sTom Shefelman is an Austin, Texas architect with an interest in urban designand sustainable cities. Photographs document the building of the Booker T.Washington Playground. There are also other marketing photographs ofother /aushc/00326/ahc-00326.htmlRoy L. Thomas Photographs and Drawings1940s-1950sRoy Thomas established his architectural practice in Austin in 1911.Photographs in the collection depict homes, though they are all 00124/ahc-00124.htmlAustin History Center Photography Resources Guide5
CollectionnumberAR.2009.039Collection TitleDescription of photographs in the collectionArthur O. Watson Photographs and DrawingsDate rangeof photosCirca 1890sWatson practiced in an architectural firm with Jacob L. Larmour. He was a 20year member of the Texas State Association of Architects. Negatives, slides,and photographs document several Texas County Courthouses and the MainBuilding at A&M aushc/00127/ahc-00127.htmlWukasch & Associates Records and Drawings1960s-1970sJ. Eugene Wukasch established his own practice 1953 which would eventuallybecome Wukasch & Associates, AIA, PE, Architect and Consultants.Photographs and negatives are construction and documentation images ofvarious projects, including Austin Community College Rio Grande Campus;Bergstrom Air Force Base Squadron Operation Building No. 707, Parachuteand Dinghy Shop, and flight simulator; Blackshear Urban Renewal Project;Brackenridge Urban Renewal Project; Daniel Caswell House restoration;Concordia College; Creedmoor School; First Presbyterian Church;Gethsemane Lutheran Church; Kramer Lane Service Center; MorleyBuilding; Sam Napier Texaco Station and Restaurant; Sixth Street Trolley; St.Paul’s Lutheran Church; Symphony Square; as well as residences andunidentified aushc/00392/ahc-00392.htmlAugust Watkins Harris Records and DrawingsAugust Watkins Harris worked as an architect based out of Austin, Texasfrom the 1920s through the 1950s. As a partner in Giesecke & Harris, and asan independent architect, he designed residential, educational, commercial,public, office and ecclesiastical buildings throughout Texas. Harris alsoresearched historic buildings, worked on preserving them and publishedbooks on their history. 549 photographs (including 1 panorama) andadditional negatives document many of his projects in Austin and other partsof the state, especially aushc/00506/ahc-00506.htmlBarbee Architects, Inc. Records and DrawingsCirca 1920s1960s,2000s1984-1988Barbee Architects, Inc. was founded in 1983. William C. Barbee is theprincipal architect at Barbee Architects, Inc. Most of the photographs in thecollection are associated with the architectural drawings and were taken todocument existing conditions prior to remodeling or renovation projects.Projects included offices and 100/ahc-00100.htmlAustin History Center Photography Resources Guide6
CollectionnumberAR.2009.070Collection TitleDescription of photographs in the collectionBowman & Associates Drawings & RecordsDate rangeof photos1980Jon A. Bowman was a Texas registered architect (1950) and Texas registeredprofessional engineer (1951). The project files include photographs relating toMr. Bowman’s work as a consultant supervision architect/engineer for theUnited Bank Tower built between 1978 and 1983 at the Northwest corner ofGuadalupe and 15th aushc/00046/ahc-00046.htmlDan Powell Drawings and Papers1987-1996Daniel Turner Powell, Jr. was a designer of residential and commercialproperties located in Travis County, Texas. Photographs and negatives arerelated to Powell’s projects. They provide evidence of both the process andin some cases the finished product of the homes Powell shc/00328/ahc-00328.htmlRobert Kaler Drawings and Photographs1992Robert Kaler is an Austin area architect that began practicing in Texas in the1960s. A set of negatives document the construction of the Massad residencein Horseshoe Bay, shc/00312/ahc-00312.htmlChartier Newton Drawings1983Charles Chartier Newton was an architect who lived in Austin, Texas from1971 until his death in 2004. 5 photographs of the Bannokburn BaptistChurch, Riverbend Baptist Church, Texas A & M Corp of Cadets Center,Hillside House for Southern Living and St. Michael’s Episcopal ushc/00311/ahc-00311.htmlArthur Fehr Papers and DrawingsCirca 1950sArthur Fehr was an Austin, Texas architect that practiced in the central Texasarea from 1929 until his death in 1969. Photographs document unidentifiedor non-Austin /00353/ahc-00353.htmlAllen McCree PapersCirca 1975Allen McCree was a Texas native and former Architect of the Capitol with anavid interest in historic preservation and community development. 474photographs of buildings are from the book Austin and its 00380/ahc-00380.htmlAustin History Center Photography Resources Guide7
Archives and Manuscript CollectionsThis section lists archival collections, such as family papers or business records, that include photographicmaterials. 19th century photographic formats (including cabinet cards, cartes-de-visite, tintypes, ambrotypes,daguerreotypes, and cyanotypes) that are present in a collection are listed and local photographers whosework is present in a collection are listed; however these listings should not be considered exhaustive. If afinding aid (collection inventory) is available online, the URL is given after the collection description. SeeAppendix I for more information about rare and fragile formats. See Appendix II for more informationabout photo albums. See Appendix III for more information about panoramas. See Appendix IV for moreinformation about stereographs.CollectionnumberAR.A.001Collection TitleDescription of photographs in the collectionPease, Graham, and Niles Families Papers1,496 loose photographs (including 4 panoramas, 131 stereographs), 11black-and-white negatives, 7 color negatives, 46 color slides andapproximately 555 nitrate negatives: portraits and snapshots of member ofthe Pease, Graham and Niles families, and other friends; Woodlawn andstreet scenes and houses around Enfield and Windsor roads; HutchinsonCounty; a large Barbecue restaurant; Texas Rangers; and travel scenes,especially in Mexico and Germany; Enfield Realty display. Also present arepurchased cartes-de-visite and cabinet cards of Abraham Lincoln, FrederickDouglass, Ralph Waldo Emerson and figures from 1860s.Date rangeof photosCirca 1860s1990The 131 stereograph images include local views, other Texas locations, travelimages from U.S., Canada and Europe.Local photographers: H.R. Marks, H.B. Hillyer, Journeay, Jordan-Ellison,Emil Risse and Jordan Company. Formats includes tintypes, cartes-de-visite,cabinet cards, cyanotypes, panoramas, stereographs.Photo albums #59-67, 71-74, 81-83, 104-108, 111-112, 118 aushc/00503/ahc-00503.htmlAR.A.003Some documents and photos from the collection have been digitized and areavailable on the Portal to Texas rs/ASPL/browse/?fq untl collection%3ANILESJohn H. Robinson PapersCirca 1870s1890s39 photographs in album #15 and 1 loose photo: Portraits of family andfriends. Formats include cabinet cards, cartes-de-visite, glass-coated. Localphotographers H.R. Marks, H.B. Hillyer, Oliphant, Journeay.Austin History Center Photography Resources Guide8
CollectionnumberAR.A.004Collection TitleDescription of photographs in the collectionKing and Robery Families Papers87 photographs and 4 nitrate negatives: primarily family portraits andsnapshots; Beaumont Iron Works; ambrotype of “Uncle Luke J.”AR.A.005Lawson B. Collins PapersDate rangeof photosCirca 1870s1950sCirca 1870s1900s81 photographs: primarily formal portraits, but also present are images ofFrank Schofield in uniform in France and a picnic party at Sonora Cave,Sonora Texas including. Formats include tintypes, cartes-de-visite, cabinetcards.AR.A.006John Reynolds Hughes Papers1912-194212 photographs: family portraits, travel scenes, and Texas Rangers.AR.A.012Charles P. Boner Papers5 photographs: Boner as a child and adult, his birthplace, and familymembers.AR.A.016Emily Numbers PapersEmily Numbers and her sisters Arta and Melete lived and taught school inAustin, Texas for the majority of their adult lives beginning in the late 1800s.Collection includes 15 photographs: snapshots and portraits of family andfriends; scenes from Colorado. Formats include tintypes and cabinet cards.Local photographers: the /aushc/00646/ahc-00646.htmlMcLain Family Papers12 photographs: snapshots and portraits of family and friends; scenes inEagle Lake, Marble Falls, Laredo, Tula, and San Saba, Texas; billboard forFoster Immigration Agency in Nallis(?), Texas. Formats include cabinetcards.AR.A.019Huback and Bierstadt PapersCirca 1910s1940sCirca 1870s1940sCirca 1900s1910s1900, 19092 photographs: wedding portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Will Hergotz, and portraitof Carle Edward Huback as a child.Photo album #21 (28 photographs).Austin History Center Photography Resources Guide9
CollectionnumberAR.A.020Collection TitleDescription of photographs in the collectionMcNeill and Hume Families PapersDate rangeof photos19185 photographs: 2 images of nurses in training at Vassar College; unidentifiedhouse; unidentified town; ambrotype of Mr. Orr wearing Confederateuniform.Photo album #10 (44 photographs including 6 tintypes).AR.A.021Whitis Family Papers133 photographs and 6 nitrate negatives: snapshots of family and friends; SanAntonio missions; Hamilton Pool; Jacob’s Well; Bull Creek; Littlefield farms;New Sweden Church; Denton courthouse; McDonald Observatory; assortedhouses.Circa 1890s1920sPhoto album # 13 (87 photographs).AR.A.024Payne-Foxworth Family Papers56 photographs: portraits of family; scenes at Harvard and University ofPennsylvania. Formats include cartes-de-visite, tintype and ambrotype.Circa 1870s1920sPhoto album #25 (251 photographs).AR.A.025Matthews and Monroe Families PapersCirca 1890s1900sPhoto album #26 (239 photographs).AR.A.028Drake Family Papers2 loose photographs: 1 circular tintype, unidentified portrait; 1 portrait ofGeneral Wainwright inscribed to Austin Army Advisory Committee.Circa 1860s1940sPhoto albums #4-8 (453 photographs).AR.B.001Black Family Papers151 photographs and 20 nitrate negatives: portraits of family and friends;travel scenes in New York; snapshots around Texas including the Alamo, theCapitol, Bastrop State Park; men in uniform. Formats include tintypes, cartesde-visite, cabinet cards. Local photographers: H. R. Marks and W.J. Oliphant.Circa 1860s1940sPhoto album #76 (43 photographs).AR.B.006Hilgartner and Palm Papers38 loose photographs: portraits and snapshots of family members. 14 photosin a small album: Annabelle Hilgarten and H.L. Hilgaren, Jr. as children.Circa 1860s1940sAustin History Center Photography Resources Guide10
CollectionnumberAR.B.007Collection TitleDescription of photographs in the collectionTexas Swedish Pioneers Association RecordsDate rangeof photosCirca 1960sThe Texas Swedish Pioneers Association (TSPA) is an organization thatcelebrates and documents Swedish immigration to Texas. One scrapbook inthe collection consists of photographs of the Nassjo, Sweden 00052/ahc-00052.htmlCollins Family Papers39 photographs, 6 nitrate negatives and 1 color negative: most of the printsdepict two men, one of whom is dressed in military uniform, in variouslocations in China and Japan during World War II, and two photos of CampSwift; two photographs pertaining to Kindred hc/00193/ahc-00193.htmlGardner PapersCirca 194019451905-1908For over fifty years, Elizabeth Fromme Gardner acted as a welfare andmental-health advocate in Texas. Charles W. Gardner was an employee and,later, vice president of Tips Engine Works, in Austin, Texas. Photographalbums (#23-24) in the collection with 349 photographs belonged to AnitaGoeth c/00386/ahc-00386.htmlAustin (Tex.). Volunteer Fire Department Records282 photographs (including 1 panorama): group and individual portraits ofearly firemen. Local photographers: N. Ankenman, H.R. Marks, Journeay,S.B. Hill and G.F. /aushc/00629/ahc-00629.htmlJohnson-Irvin Papers404 photographs and 22 nitrate negatives: snapshot of family and friendsincluding scenes swimming, fishing, picnicking; portraits in front of house;World War II era scenes and portraits, many with captions, including imagesof Fort Riley, Kansas. Formats include tintypes.Circa 1860s1910sCirca 1890s1940sPhoto albums #68-70 (541 photographs).Austin History Center Photography Resources Guide11
CollectionnumberAR.D.001Collection TitleDescription of photographs in the collectionKuechler and Wupperman Families PapersThe Kuechler family was a pioneering German family that moved to Texas inthe mid-1840s. 14 photographs: cabinet card reproduction of a paintedportrait of John Fiske; carte-de-visite reproduction of a bust of Baron VonHumboldt; unidentified tintype and ambrotype portraits; two family photos.Date rangeof photosCirca 1870s1930sPhoto albums #18-20, 79 (166 taro/aushc/00671/ahc-00671.htmlBrackenridge LaPrelle Talbot Families Papers50 photographs: predominantly family portraits and snapshots; includes asouvenir portrait from Chicago World’s Fair. Formats include tintypes andcartes-de-visite. Local photographers: Martin’s Gallery and The Elliotts.Circa 1870s1920sPhoto album #22 (50 photographs).Collection was formerly cataloged as AR.A.022. Photographs have been renumbered underthe AR.D.009 call c/00516/ahc-00516.htmlEugene Bremond PapersJohn Bremond, the Bremond family patriarch, moved to Austin, Texas in1846 and opened a dry goods and grocery store. Collection includes 284photographs: majority from Mrs. Nina Bremond’s childhood in St. Louis,Mo.; portraits of family and friends; dinner parties; classmates in Haverhill ,Mass.; drama productions; lake cottage in Ephraim, Wisc.; trip abroad theS.S. Arabic to Italy. Formats include tintypes, cartes-de-visite, cabinet cards,cyanotypes, glass coated. Local photographers: Jordan Co., Journeay,Ankenman, and H.R. Marks.Circa 1860s1940sPhoto album #86 (142 photographs and 4 /aushc/00522/ahc-00522.htmlJane Y. McCallum Papers1910s-1940sJane McCallum was a leader in the woman suffrage movement in Austin. 182photographs and 52 negatives: portraits of suffrage leaders and events; familyphotographs; works by Elisabet -00024.htmlAustin History Center Photography Resources Guide12
CollectionnumberAR.E.006Collection TitleDescription of photographs in the collectionUrbantke Family PapersThe Urbantke Family Papers largely represent the lives of sisters Elsie (18971988) and Hilda (1899-1959) Urbantke from the 1910s through the 1950s inAustin, Texas. Collection includes 80 photographs: portraits and snapshots offamily and friends; Texas School for the Deaf; first graduates from BlinnCollege; students from La Grange, Texas; oil rigs in Humble, Texas. Formatsinclude cartes-de-visite. Local photographers: Holland, Jensen; somephotographers from Brenham.Date rangeof photosCirca 1870s1930sPhoto albums #47-48 (71 taro/aushc/00618/ahc-00618.htmlPerry PapersCirca 1870s1950s149 photographs: scenes in Liverpool, England and Matamoros, Mexico;portraits and snapshots of family and friends; houses; signed portraits ofBeaufort Jester, Chester Nimitz and other military men; football players.Formats include cartes-de-visite and cabinet cards. Local photographers:Christianson, Jensen Studio, and H.R. Marks.AR.F.004Calcasieu Lumber Company RecordsCalcasieu Lumber Company started as a lumberyard in 1883 and evolved intoa complete home center and furniture maker in its 117 years in business inAustin, Texas. A scrapbook includes marketing photographs. 546photographs document the building and employees of the company.Highlights include over 150 images of the construction of the CompleteHome Center from 1945 to 1947 as well as photos of the damage andcleanup of the 1949 fire that significantly damaged the Calcasieu aushc/00184/ahc-00184.htmlBrooks and Harrison Families Papers392 photographs: largely unidentified portraits; snapshots of family andfriends; men in World War I military uniform; Carlsbad caverns; houses.Formats include tintypes, ambrotypes, cartes-de-visite, cabinet cards. Localphotographers: H.R. Marks, H.B. Hillyer, S.B. Hill, W.J. Oliphant, JordanEllison, Emil Risse.Circa 18901958Circa 1870s1940sPhoto albums #31-32 (251 photographs).Austin History Center Photography Resources Guide13
CollectionnumberAR.F.007Collection TitleDescription of photographs in the collectionBertram PapersThe Bertram family immigrated to Austin, Texas in the mid-1800s.Collection includes 338 glass plate negatives with corresponding copynegatives and contact prints made by the AHC: street scenes; men inuniform, military encampments, and military parades; portraits; snapshots offamily and friends including picnics, outings, ‘kaffee klatsches,’ and menplaying cards; passengers aboard a German ship; landscapes; houses andbuildings; Theodore Roosevelt speaking at Texas Capitol; cattle stockyards;bowling team members from Austin Saengerrunde.Date rangeof photosCirca 1880s1950s116 black and white photographs, 3 color photographs, and 2 nitratenegatives with AHC-made copy prints: travel scenes in Guatemala, California(at Sutter’s Mill); snapshots and portraits of family and /aushc/00522/ahc-00522.htmlE.M. House Cornerstone Contents1888-18904 photographs: family portraits; very poor condition. Cabinet cards.AR.F.009University Junior High School Records1932-1967University Junior High School was opened on October 9, 1933 and operatedunder a contract between the University of Texas and the AustinIndependent School District until its closure in June 1967. 28 photographsinclude faculty portraits, student groups and candids, and trophy /00396/ahc-00396.htmlTexas State Cemetery Papers1920s-1930s18 photographs and 4 nitrate negatives: views of assorted headstones andgraves.AR.G.003United States Work Projects Admi
Austin History Center Photography Resources Guide 2 Introduction The purpose of the Austin History Center is to provide customers with information about the history and current events of Austin and Travis County by collecting, organizing, and
