Mode Wineman Papers

1897-1932

Descriptive Summary

Title: Mode Wineman Papers

Dates: 1897-1932

Collection Number: GC 1005

Creator/Collector:

Extent: .6 linear feet (Boxes: 1 ½ letter)

Repository: Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Abstract: Letters, photographs, brochures, journals, memoirs, and radio transcripts pertaining to Wineman's work as a photographer. Includes correspondence with the Department of Interior regarding Wineman's photos of Yellowstone and other Western areas.

Language of Material: English

Access

Research is by appointment only

Publication Rights

Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder

Preferred Citation

Mode Wineman Papers. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Biography/Administrative History

Musician, photographer.

Scope and Content of Collection

Letters, photographs, brochures, journals, memoirs, and radio transcripts pertaining to Wineman's work as a photographer. Includes correspondence with the Department of Interior regarding Wineman's photos of Yellowstone and other Western areas. There are copies of letters to Wineman from F. Marion Crawford (1897-1900) and Edward Everett Hale (1902-1907). The radio broadcasts are entitled, "Some Adventures with a Camera in the Great Out-of-doors," and "Memoirs of a Camera" (numbers 1-3, 5-6). Also included are Wineman's writings, "Through Yellowstone National Park into Jackson Hole Country: Narrative to Upper Geyser Basin; Followed by Original Journal..." (illustrated with camera studies); "Seven Nights in the Desert," and "Leaves from the Garden of God." There are also photos by Wineman and portraits of him.