Guide to the James B. Richardson, III Photographs and Slides 1864-1932
- Repository
- Heinz History Center
- Title
- James B. Richardson, III Photographs and Slides
- Creator
- Richardson, James B. III
- Collection Number
- MSS 0745
- Extent
- 6.5 linear feet (7 boxes and 2 oversized folders)
- Date
- 1864-1932
- Abstract
- James B. Richardson, III, Ph.D. is a professor of anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh and a curator emeritus at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. His objective in collecting photographs is to document photographers in western Pennsylvania and fashions of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The collection includes photographs of individuals from Pittsburgh, Massachusettes, western Pennsylvania and other states, and lantern slides of trains and industrial scenes from Pittsburgh, Alabama and Philadelphia.
- Language
- The material in this collection is in English.
- Sponsor
- This collection has been made accessible as part of an NHPRC-funded Basic Processing grant.
- Publisher
- Heinz History Center
- Address
- 1212 Smallman St.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
library@heinzhistorycenter.org
URL: https://www.heinzhistorycenter.org
History
James B. Richardson, III, Ph.D. is an archaeologist whose research interests include the rise of complex societies, historic archaeology, ethnohistory, museology and maritime adaptations. He is a professor of anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh and a curator emeritus at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
Scope and Content Notes
The James B. Richardson, III Photographs and Slides includes late nineteenth and early twentieth century photographs and lantern slides. The photographs are mostly studio portraits of individuals from Pittsburgh, western Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. Some of the photographs are identified, including photographs of the 1873 graduating class and professors at the Western Theological Seminary. All of the lantern slides are identified and depict locomotives and industrial scenes in Alabama, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, as well as the Point and the Fort Pitt block house in Pittsburgh. One of the seven albums is identified: it contains images of Washington and Jefferson College faculty and students from 1864. One of the oversized folders contains a poster entitled The Great" Welcome Week" Steamboat Race, a race between the Homestead and the William Larimer Jones that took place on the Ohio and Monongahela Rivers on May 21, 1949.
Arrangement
The James B. Richardson, III Photographs and Slides consists of seven archival boxes and two oversized folders. Boxes one through five contain photographs of individuals from Pittsburgh, western Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Indiana, New Jersey, New Hampshire and Detroit. Boxes two and three contain several photographs of members of the Och family, who appeared to live in Pittsburgh's South Side. Box six includes six unidentified photograph albums. Box seven contains the lantern slides and the Washington and Jefferson College album, as well as photographs of unidentified women in wedding gowns. The two oversized folders include the poster of The Great" Welcome Week" Steamboat Race, and studio portraits of unidentified men and women.
Conditions Governing Access
None.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired three gifts from James B. Richardson, III in 1992, 1995, and 1997.
Archives accession #'s 1992.0052; 1995.0377; 1997.0001
Preferred Citation
James B. Richardson, III Photographs and Slides, 1864-1932, MSS 0745, Thomas and Katherine Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Kelly J. Smith on 03/02/2012. Inventory of the first six boxes written by volunteer staff.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights reside with the Senator John Heinz History Center. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact the Thomas and Katherine Detre Library and Archives of the Senator John Heinz History Center.
Subjects
- Washington and Jefferson College (Washington, Pa.)
- Western Theological Seminary (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
- Pittsburgh (Pa.)
- Fashion – History – 19th Century
- Fashion – History – 20th Century