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Eugene Print Collection photographs, c. 1880s-1940s.
Background Sketch
Collection number: PH213
Extent: 1.5 linear ft. (4 containers)
Abstract
The Eugene Print Collection is an artificial assemblage of commercial and amateur vintage prints related to Eugene, Oregon, its environs and people. The collection was established in the 1970s and augmented in 2005. In addition to views of significant structures, the collection includes aerial photographs and vistas of the city. An album from the John Straub collection shows the University of Oregon campus and social activities.
Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Eugene Print Photograph Collection, PH213-[item number], Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403-1299.
Image shown: The image shown is a view up Willamette Street towards Skinner's Butte, Eugene Print Photograph Collection, PH213-157.1, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403-1299.
Background Sketch
The Eugene Print Collection is an artificial assemblage of commercial and amateur vintage prints related to Eugene, Oregon, its environs and people. The collection was established in the 1970s and augmented in 2005. In addition to views of significant structures, the collection includes aerial photographs and vistas of the city. An album from the John Straub collection shows the University of Oregon campus and social activities. Several images depict the historic Shelton-McMurphey house and the family that lived there. Interior shots of the Booth-Kelly mill in Springfield are included in the collection, with a series of views of the Willamette River and the Mill Race.
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of vintage silver prints, tintypes, cabinet prints, copy prints and copy negatives. Many of the images cannot be attributed to a known photographer. One numbered series was produced by an unidentified commercial photographer, labeled "Unknown Eugene Photographer." Images from the Straub album are attributed to Vincent Straub, based on the images identified in the 1902 Webfoot. The collection has been digitized in full.
Related materials
As the campus is a significant part of the city of Eugene, many related images are held in the photographic collections of the University Archives. Other early images of Eugene are held in the WPA section of the Print Collection, PH035. A panorama taken from Fairmount hill is located at PH286-003. Separate collections exist for the Winter Studio, and for Abell & Welch, who visited Eugene to take portrait of UO students.
Ownership
Publication rights: Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish images must be submitted to the Photographs Curator of Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Access restrictions: None.
Provenance: The collection was assembled in the 1970s, augmented in 2005, and continues to grow.
Processed by: Normandy S. Helmer
Date Completed: August 2005
