Finding aid to the Frederic Hamer Maude Lectures MS.255
Ana Liza Posas, Angel Diaz
Library and Archives at the Autry
2013 October
210 South Victory Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91502
rroom@theautry.org
Contributing Institution:
Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: Frederic Hamer Maude Lectures
Creator:
Maude, F. H. (Frederic Hamer)
Identifier/Call Number: MS.255
Physical Description:
6 Linear Feet
(7 boxes)
Date (inclusive): Circa 1909-1960
Abstract: The collection consists of the hand-written lectures by photographer, Frederic Hamer Maude from approximately 1909-1960. The
lectures were presented along with series of photographs by Maude, taken throughout California, the Southwest and northwestern
regions of North America. Frederic Hamer Maude was a commercial and landscape photographer based in Los Angeles. He born on
November 2, 1858, at Little Mollington, Cheshire, England and died sometime between 1959 and 1960 in Santa Monica. Maude arrived
in the United States after 1887, leaving England and his medical practice. He settled in Los Angeles, working as a commercial
photographer.
Language of Material:
English
.
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of the handwritten lectures by photographer, Frederic Hamer Maude from approximately 1909-1960. The
lectures were presented along with series of photographs by Maude, taken throughout California, the Southwest and northwestern
regions of North America.
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry Museum of the American West. All requests for permission to publish or quote
from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Research Services and Archives. Permission for publication is
given on behalf of the Autry Museum of the American West as the custodian of the physical items and is not intended to include
or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Processing History
Finding aid completed by Anna Liza Posas 2013, made possible by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records
Commission (NHPRC). Finding aid revised by Angel Diaz, Cataloger for the Metabolic Studios Grant Project, 2013 October.
Preferred Citation
Frederic Hamer Maude Lectures, circa 1909-1960, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.255; [folder number]
[folder title][date].
Biographical Note
Frederic Hamer Maude was born on 1858 November 2 at Little Mollington, Cheshire, England. He was the ninth of eleven children
born to Thomas James Maude and Louisa Emily Hamer. Thomas James Maude was a civil engineer who went into semi-retirement shortly
after getting married. Frederic Maude and his brothers were educated at Rugby and then at Highgate. Frederic Maude went on
to study at Cambridge and the University of Aberdeen, and he received a degree in medicine in 1883.
Maude arrived in the United States after 1887, leaving England and his medical practice, and was in Ventura, California by
1889. He settled in Los Angeles, working as a commercial photographer. He made his first trip to the Grand Canyon in 1895
after having been asked by George Wharton James to replace him on a photographic expedition. The trip inspired his landscape
photography of the American Southwest, including Death Valley, Zion National Park, Bryce National Park, Arizona, and New Mexico.
Maude also continued his commercial photography work with his business, Pacific Stereopticon.
Maude never married. According to varying sources, Maude died in Santa Monica sometime between 1959 and 1960.
References:
Maurer, Stephen G. (1985) "Frederic Hamer Maude: Photographer of the Southwest".
Masterkey, Spring.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Water use -- California
Lectures and lecturing
Yosemite Valley (Calif.)
Grand Canyon (Ariz.)
Mojave Desert (Calif.) -- Description and travel
Owens Valley (Calif.)
Hopi Indians
Zuni Pueblo (N.M.)
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
Indians of North America
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Acoma Pueblo (N.M.)
Navajo Indians
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Photographs
Photographers -- California, Southern -- Biography
box 1, folder 1
"Acoma"
undated
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 2
"Amerinds of North America"
circa 1930-1960
box 1, folder 3
"Ancient Man of the Southwest"
undated
box 1, folder 4
"Bryce National Park"
circa 1930-1960
box 2, folder 5
"Canada National Parks, Waterton and Banff"
undated
box 2, folder 6
"Canyons"
circa 1930-1960
box 2, folder 7
"Canyon de Chelly"
undated
box 2, folder 9
"Colorado Desert, Salton Sink"
circa 1930-1960
box 3, folder 10
"Columbia River"
circa 1938-1960
box 3, folder 12
"Glaciers and their Origin"
circa 1930-1960
box 3, folder 13
"Grand Canyon"
circa 1930-1960
box 3, folder 14
"Grand Canyon, Rainbow Bridge"
circa 1930-1960
box 3, folder 15
"Hopi Indian Snake Dance"
undated
box 4, folder 16
"Kinks of Kern"
circa 1930-1960
box 4, folder 17
"Lake Tahoe"
circa 1940-1960
box 4, folder 18
"Lassen Volcanic National Park"
circa 1915-1960
box 4, folder 19
"Los Angeles"
circa 1916-1960
box 4, folder 20
"Mead Lake, Hoover Dam"
circa 1947-1960
Scope and contents
Includes informational brochure, "Hoover Dam," from the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation.
box 4, folder 21
"Mojave Desert"
circa 1930-1960
box 4, folder 22
"Mountains of California Geological History"
undated
box 5, folder 23
"Mountains of the Southwest"
undated
Scope and contents
One-page list of mountains.
box 5, folder 24
"Navajo National Monument"
circa 1909-1960
box 5, folder 25
"Old Monterey"
circa 1925-1960
box 5, folder 26
"Owens Valley"
circa 1928-1960
box 5, folder 27
"Prehistoric Man of the Old Stone Age"
circa 1921-1960
box 5, folder 28
"Prehistoric Ruins of the Southwest"
circa 1920-1960
box 6, folder 29
"Probing the Prismatic Plateaus"
circa 1931-1960
box 6, folder 30
"Round About Flagstaff, North Arizona"
circa 1930-1960
box 6, folder 31
"Sequoia Land, California Big Trees"
circa 1920-1960
box 6, folder 32
"Southern Sierras of California"
circa 1938-1960
box 7, folder 33
Water Worn Wonders Underground"
circa 1934-1960
box 7, folder 34
"Water Worn Wonders of the West"
circa 1930-1960
box 8
"Wave Worn Wonders"
undated
box 7, folder 35
"Wonders of Weather Clouds"
circa 1910-1960
box 7, folder 36
"Yosemite National Park Geological Notes"
circa 1915-1960
box 7, folder 37
"Zuni Indian Pueblo"
circa 1920-1960
