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Guide to the Owen Wister Collection of Photograph
H2008.4
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Repository:
Claremont Colleges.
Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library.
800 N. Dartmouth Ave.
Special Collections. Honnold/Mudd Library.
Claremont, CA 91711
Creator:
Wister, Owen, 1860-1938.
Title: Owen Wister Collection of Photographs
Dates: 1894-1895
Quantity: .05 feet (1 box)
Abstract: In 1894 and 1895 Owen Wister, in search of authentic Western material for his writing, spent some time on a ranch at Apache
Tejo in southwestern New Mexico. The people he met at Apache Tejo were the inspirations for his famous novel, the Virginian.
Identification: H2008.4
Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English
Physical Location: Special Collections, Honnold/Library. Claremont University Consortium.
This collection is open.
Property rights reside with Scripps College. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact Ella Strong Denison
Library staff.
[Identification of item], Owen Wister Collection of Photographs. Special Collections. Honnold/Mudd Library, Claremont Colleges,
Claremont, California.
Deaccessioned from the MacPherson collection
Arranged and Processed by Russell Michalak
No addition to the collection is anticipated.
Owen Wister travelled to New Mexico from the east coast in 1894. He stayed with Frederic Remington in New Mexico for two years,
1894 to 1895. He made this trip to study authentic Westerners as a character study for his writing. These photographs represent
his stay at the ranch at Apache Tejo in southwestern New Mexico. The men he met becamse the inspirations for his famous hero
in the novel, the Virginian.
This collection contains nine photographs taken by Owen Wister in 1894-1895 at Apache Tejo, New Mexico. Owen Wister wrote
captions below most of the photographs.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection
Wister, Owen, 1860-1938
Western Americana, 1850-1900
Photographs
New Mexico