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Henry Noel Ferguson photograph collection

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Identifier: urn:taro:utexas.cah.00615

Scope and Contents

The Henry Noel Ferguson Photograph Collection, 1847, 1889, 1931-1968, 1980, was collected by Ferguson to illustrate his magazine, newspaper articles, and his book The Port of Brownsville: A Maritime History of the Rio Grande1976). Sources include the National Archives, the National Park service and various museums and other state, federal and local agencies. Particularly 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.

Dates

  • Creation: 1847
  • Creation: 1889
  • Creation: 1931 - 1968
  • Creation: 1980

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

There are no use restrictions on this collection. Publisher is responsible for complying with copyright law.

Biographical Note

Henry Noel Ferguson (1909-1984) worked for the Brownsville Navigation District and was a freelance writer. In addition to articles he also wrote a book, The Port of Brownsville: a Maritime History of the Rio Grande (1976).

Extent

1.25 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Henry Noel Ferguson Photograph Collection, 1847, 1889, 1931-1968, 1980, was collected by Ferguson to illustrate his magazine, newspaper articles, and his book The Port of Brownsville: A Maritime History of the Rio Grande (1976).

Organization and 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 cemeteries, 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.

Accession Number(s)

1986-268

Physical Description

1 foot, 3 inches: 993 photographic prints in color and black and white, 19 negatives, 9 postcards

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Mattie Sink, September 1988.

Subsequent revisions were made by Evan Usler, October 2011.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Henry Noel Ferguson Photograph Collection, 1847, 1889, 1931-1968, 1980
Status
Ready To Publish
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Revision Statements

  • 12/11/2007: Encoded with XMetal 3 by Laurie Thompson according to <title xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:type="simple" render="italic" xlink:href="">TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions</title>

Repository Details

Repository Details

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