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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Administrative Information
  • Biographical Note
  • Scope and Content
  • Arrangement
  • Related materials in the Huntington Library
  • Indexing Terms

    • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Horatio N. Rust Photograph next hit Collection
    Dates (inclusive): 1850-1905
    Collection Number: photCL 7-11
    Creator: Rust, Horatio N. (Horatio Nelson), 1828-1906
    Extent: 766 previous hit photographs next hit and ephemera in 14 boxes
    Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Photo Archives
    1151 Oxford Road
    San Marino, California 91108
    Phone: (626) 405-2191
    Email: reference@huntington.org
    URL: http://www.huntington.org
    Abstract: A collection of previous hit photographs next hit compiled by Horatio N. Rust (1828-1906), U.S. Indian agent and archaeological artifact collector. The main focus of the collection is Indians of Southern California and the Southwest in the late 19th century, including a set of previous hit photographs next hit of Southwest Pueblos by John K. Hillers. There is also a collection of previous hit photographs next hit related to abolitionist John Brown and his descendants living in the West.
    Language: English.
    Note:
    Finding aid last updated on April 1, 2014.

    Access

    Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.
    Boxes 4-7 of photCL 11 contain lantern slides, which are fragile and housed separately from the prints. Advance arrangements for viewing the lantern slides must be made with the Curator of previous hit Photographs next hit .

    Administrative Information

    Publication Rights

    The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Horatio N. Rust previous hit Photograph next hit Collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

    Provenance

    Gift of Nellie Rust Lockwood and her brother, Edward H. Rust (children of Horatio N. Rust.), 1943. A few items in the John Brown Collection (photCL 9) were acquired from other sources and transferred to this collection at various times. Those sources are: Eleanor Billingsley, 1924; Max Farrand, 1934; Fred Lockley, unknown date; William H. Murray, 1916; Mrs. Edward Simmons, 1948. Specific acquisition information is noted at the item level in the contents list of this finding aid.

    Processing information

    At some point after acquisition, the collection was subdivided into five groups and each was given an individual call number (photCL 7 -11). The 120 lantern slides had not been placed with any of these groups and remained uncataloged. In 2013, they were re-housed, numbered, and integrated into photCL 11.

    Biographical Note

    Horatio Nelson Rust (1828-1906) was a U.S. Indian agent, collector of archaeological artifacts, horticulturist, and a Pasadena, California resident and booster. Born in Massachusetts, he became a friend and supporter of abolitionist John Brown (1800-1859), leader of the Harper's Ferry raid. He served as a medical volunteer in the Civil War and afterward helped raise funds for freed Black emigrants to Kansas. His lifelong interest in archaeology led to his exploration of North American Indian antiquities and culture, and he served as federal agent for the Indians of the Mission-Tule River Consolidated Agency in California from 1889 to 1893. His jurisdiction included 22 reservations, most of them in San Bernardino County. He advocated for Indian rights, sometimes stirring controversy, and helped establish an Indian school at Perris, Calif. In 1881, at the age of 53, Rust moved his family to Pasadena, where he became active in community affairs. Rust helped found Pasadena’s first public library, and he established a nursery that he and his family ran for sixty years. Rust died in 1906 at the age of 78.

    Scope and Content

    A collection of previous hit photographs next hit compiled by Horatio N. Rust (1828-1906), U.S. Indian agent and archaeological artifact collector. The main focus of the collection is Indians of Southern California and the Southwest in the late 19th century, including a set of previous hit photographs next hit of Southwest Pueblos by John K. Hillers. There is also a collection of previous hit photographs next hit related to abolitionist John Brown and his descendants living in the West.
    The collection has been divided into five groups:
    (photCL 7) Album of Indians of Southern California and the Southwest, approximately 1886-1905.

    A previous hit photograph next hit album compiled by Rust, documenting Indians living in Southern California, Arizona and New Mexico, approximately 1886-1905. Includes group portraits of Indian school students in California; members of the Cahuilla, Luiseno, Morongo, Mojave, Hopi, and Navajo tribes; the Indian Council at Pala, 1886; and scenes in Pechanga, Soboba and other native communities of Southern California.
    (photCL 8) Trip to Arizona, 1895

    previous hit Photographs next hit made mostly by A. C. Vroman during Rust’s 1895 trip from Southern California to Arizona to see the Hopi Snake Dance at Walpi. Rust was accompanied by Mrs. Thaddeus (Leontine) Lowe, Vroman, and Charles J. Crandall. Views include Hopi and Navajo Indians and scenes of pueblo life; the Snake Dance at Walpi; the Grand Canyon; the Petrified Forest; desert landscapes; a group portrait of Mojave Indians at Needles, California; and several views of Rust and his fellow travelers with guides, wagons and supplies.
    (photCL 9) John Brown Collection, approximately 1850-1897.

    previous hit Photographs next hit , prints and ephemera pertaining to abolitionist John Brown and his family. Includes portraits of Brown, his family members, supporters and other abolitionists; participants in the raid on Harper’s Ferry and officials involved in Brown’s trial; views of Harper’s Ferry and buildings related to the raid; and views of Brown’s grave and home in New York. There are also several views of Jason and Owen Brown’s Las Casitas homestead in the mountains near Pasadena, California, and a scene of mourners gathered at Owen Brown’s grave. A few additional items in the collection were acquired from other sources and transferred to the collection at various times.
    (photCL 10) U.S. Bureau of Ethnology Expedition previous hit Photographs next hit of Southwest Pueblos by John K. Hillers, approximately 1879-1881.

    Views of pueblo villages and surrounding landscape; some show people and details such as pottery, ovens, and food and water sources.
    (photCL 11) previous hit Photographs next hit and Lantern Slides of Artifacts and Indians of California, Southwest and Great Plains, approximately 1870s-1890s.

    Views of artifacts, some of which were excavated by Rust himself, as he describes in captions; Indians from Great Plains and western tribes; Indian schools in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and Perris, California; Southern California Indians. The lantern slides are mostly copies of previous hit photographs next hit elsewhere in the Rust Collection, such as: Southwest Pueblo views by John K. Hillers (photCL 10); Rust’s trip to Arizona, 1895, with A. C. Vroman (photCL 8). Topics of other slides: Southwest Indians by photographer Frederick H. Maude; San Gabriel Mission; two views of H. N. Rust’s home; Aztec artifacts and ruins.

    Arrangement

    The collection is arranged by call number as described in the scope content.

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    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog.  

    Subjects

    Adams, Annie Brown, 1843-1926 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Anderson, Osborne P. (Osborne Perry), 1830-1872 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Bonine, Elias A., 1843-1916, photographer.
    Bowlegs, Billy, 1808?-1863 or 1864.
    Brackett, Edward Augustus, 1818-1908 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Brown family -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Brown, Frederick, -- 1830-1856 -- Tomb -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Brown, Jason, 1823-1912 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Brown, Jeremiah -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Brown, John, 1800-1859.
    Brown, John, 1800-1859 -- Death and burial -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Brown, John, 1800-1859 -- Family -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Brown, John, 1800-1859 -- Friends and associates -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Brown, John, 1800-1859 -- Homes and haunts -- New York (State) -- North Elba (Town) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Brown, John, 1800-1859 -- Portraits.
    Brown, John, 1800-1859 -- Tomb -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Brown, John, 1800-1859 -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Brown, John, 1821-1895 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Brown, Mary Ann Day, 1816-1884 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Brown, Oliver, 18339-1859 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Brown, Owen -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Brown, Owen, 1824-1889 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Brown, Salmon, 1836-1919 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Brown, Watson, 1835-1859 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Carson, Kit, 1809-1868 -- Monuments -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Chilton, Samuel, 1804-1867 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Cook, John E. (John Edwin), 1830-1859 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Crandall, C. J., 1855-1935.
    Fablinger, Ellen Brown, 1854-1916 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Forbes, Hugh, active approximately 1848-approximately 1857 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Fritchie, Barbara, 1766-1862 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Gill, George B., 1832-1911 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Hand, Marion Brown -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Henson, Josiah, 1789-1883 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Ingalls, George W., 1838-1920.
    Jackson, Helen Hunt, 1830-1885. -- Ramona.
    Jeffords, Tom, 1832-1914 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Joseph, Nez Percé Chief, 1840-1904 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Kagi, John Henry, 1835-1859 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Keokuk, Sauk chief, 1780?-1848 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Mason, Otis T., 1838-1908 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Maude, F. H. (Frederic Hamer) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Miller, Anne Fitzhugh, 1856-1912 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Montezuma, Carlos, 1866-1923 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Newby, Dangerfield -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Parker, Richard, 1810-1893 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Realf, Richard, 1834-1878 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Rust, Horatio N. (Horatio Nelson), 1828-1906 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Tidd, Charles Plummer, 1832-1862 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Vroman, A. C. (Adam Clark), 1856-1916 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Williston, Samuel, 1795-1874 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Wise, Henry A. (Henry Alexander), 1806-1876 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Mission San Antonio de Pala -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (San Gabriel, Calif.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit
    Mission San Xavier del Bac (Tucson, Ariz.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit
    Pechanga Band of Mission Indians -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Rancho Camulos (Ventura County, Calif.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit
    Sherman Institute (Riverside, Calif.) -- History.
    United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Abolitionists -- History -- 19th century.
    Abolitionists -- United States -- Pictorial works.
    Adobe houses -- California -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Arrowheads -- North America -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Artifacts -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Aztec pottery -- Mexico.
    Cahuilla Indians -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Cherokee Indians -- Oklahoma -- Tahlequah -- History.
    Cheyenne Indians -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Chiricahua Indians -- Cultural assimilation.
    Creek Indians -- Oklahoma -- previous hit Photographs next hit
    Diegueño Indians -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Expeditions & surveys -- West (U.S.) -- 1870-1890 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Frontier and pioneer life -- California, Southern -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Funeral rites and ceremonies -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Hopi dance -- Arizona -- Walpi -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Hopi Indians -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Human remains (Archaeology) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Hupa Indians -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Indian basket -- Arizona -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Indian baskets -- California -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Indian baskets -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Indians of North America -- Antiquities -- Collectors and collecting.
    Indians of North America -- California, Southern -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Indians of North America -- Education -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Indians of North America -- Great Plains -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Luiseño Indians -- California -- Pala -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Mohave Indians -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Navajo Indians -- Jewelry -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Navajo Indians -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Off-reservation boarding schools -- California -- Riverside -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Off-reservation boarding schools -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Perris Indian School -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Photographers -- 1890-1900.
    Pueblo dance -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Pueblo pottery -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Pueblos -- Arizona -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Pueblos -- New Mexico -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Sauk Indians -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Seminole Indians -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Snake dance -- Arizona -- 1890-1900 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Tombs & sepulchral monuments -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Travel -- 1880-1900 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Travelers -- West (U.S.) -- 19th century -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Ute Indians -- Colorado -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Women travelers -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Yuma Indians -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, California -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Altadena (Calif.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Arizona -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    California, Southern -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, California.
    Charles Town (W. Va.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Deerfield (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
    First Mesa (Ariz. : Mesa) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Grand Canyon (Ariz.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Hano (Ariz.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History -- John Brown's Raid, 1859 -- Pictorial works.
    Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Keams Canyon (Ariz.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Mojave Desert -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Nambe Pueblo (N.M.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    New Mexico -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    North Elba (N.Y. : Town) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Oraibi (Ariz.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Pala (Calif.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Pala Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pala Reservation, California -- previous hit Photographs next hit
    Pasadena (Calif.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Perris (Calif.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Petrified Forest National Park (Ariz.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Riverside County (Calif.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    San Diego County (Calif.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    San Gabriel Mountains (Calif.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    San Ildefonso Pueblo (N.M.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    San Juan Pueblo (N.M.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Sandia Pueblo (N.M.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Santo Domingo Pueblo (N.M.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Second Mesa (Ariz. : Mesa) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians, California -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Tahlequah (Okla.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Taos Pueblo (N.M.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Temecula (Calif.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Tesuque Pueblo (N.M.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Third Mesa (Ariz.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Walpi (Ariz.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Warner's Ranch (Calif.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration.
    Zuni (N.M.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .

    Forms/Genres

    Business cards.
    Cartes-de-visite (card previous hit photographs next hit )
    Clippings.
    Cyanotypes.
    Drawings.
    Ephemera.
    Lantern slides.
    Letters (correspondence) -- 19th century.
    Lithographs.
    previous hit Photograph next hit albums.
    previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Prints.
    Souvenirs.
    Stereographs.

    Contributors

    Baldwin, G. W. (George W.), photographer.
    Billingsley, Eleanor, seller.
    Bufford, John Henry, 1810-1870, lithographer.
    Crandall, C. J., 1855-1935, photographer.
    Dodge, John W. (John Wood), 1807-1893, artist.
    E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm), publisher.
    Eldridge, James W. (James William), 1841-1909, former owner.
    F. H. Rogers & Co., photographer.
    Farrand, Max, 1869-1945, donor.
    Gentile & Co., photographer.
    Grabill, John C. H., photographer.
    Hall, Charles Bryan, 1840- engraver.
    Handy, Levin C. (Levin Corbin), 1855-1932, photographer.
    Hillers, John K., 1843-1925, photographer.
    Ingalls, George W., 1838-1920.
    Jarvis (Firm : Pasadena, Calif.), photographer.
    Lockley, Fred, 1871-1958, donor.
    Lockwood, Nellie Rust, donor.
    Maude, F. H. (Frederic Hamer), photographer.
    Murray, William H., seller.
    Rust, Edward H., donor.
    Simmons, Edward, Mrs., donor.
    Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of Ethnology.
    Stoddard, Seneca Ray, 1844-1917, photographer.
    Taber, I. W. (Isaiah West), 1830-1912, photographer.
    Vroman, A. C. (Adam Clark), 1856-1916, photographer.
    Warren, G. K. (George Kendall), -1884, photographer.

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    Album of Indians of Southern California and the Southwest, approximately 1886-1905 [7 hits]
    Trip to Arizona, 1895 [8 hits]
    John Brown Collection, approximately 1850-1897 [25 hits]
    U.S. Bureau of Ethnology Expedition Photographs of Southwest Pueblos by John K. Hillers, approximately 1879-1881 [11 hits]
    Photographs and Lantern Slides of Artifacts and Indians of California, Southwest and Great Plains, approximately 1870s-1890s [24 hits]
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