Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- The collection contains photographs of a Canadian family spanning multiple generations.
- Extent:
- 14 items
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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Reed-Ketcheson Family Collection, Gift of Helen Freeland, UCR/California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection contains sixteen images in various sizes, including cartes-de-visite, cabinet cards, tintypes, and a large albumen print. It exemplifies the extent to which early photography was used for family portraiture.
- Biographical / historical:
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The photographs document the extended family of Annis Ketcheson (1811-1901) and her husband David T. Reed (1807-1902).
- Acquisition information:
- The photographs were donated by Helen Freeland and accessioned into the permanent collection in 1992.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Rebecca Quon, March 2014
- Arrangement:
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Photographs are grouped according to family branch affiliation. The Reed, Reed-Fairman, and Reed-Ketcheson family photographs are in the first folder, Reed-Barnum and Reed-Brenton in the second, and the large group portrait is in the third.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research, by appointment.
- Terms of access:
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These photographs are believed to be in the public domain. All requests for permission to publish be submitted in writing to the Curator of Collections.
- Preferred citation:
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Reed-Ketcheson Family Collection, Gift of Helen Freeland, UCR/California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside
- Location of this collection:
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3824 Main StreetRiverside, CA 92501, US
- Contact:
- (951) 827-5303