Singley (Barbara) Collection, 1870-1963

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Title:: Barbara Singley Collection
Dates:: 1870-1963
Abstract:: The collection contains the personal stereograph collection of Barbara Singley Hitchcock, granddaughter of B.L. Singley, founder of the Keystone View Company. This collection notably contains a few stereo views of the Singley Family.
Extent:: 1 box Box contains 144 stereographs
Language:: English .
Preferred citation:: Barbara Singley Collection, Gift of Barbara Singley Hitchcock, UCR/California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside

Scope and content:: The Barbara Singley Collection consists of 144 stereo views that Mrs. Barbara Singley Hitchcock personally collected. Within this collection there are thirty-six stereo views from other stereograph companies, twenty-five stereo views of WWI, and twenty-one stereo views of the Singley Family.
Biographical / historical:: Barbara Singley Hitchcock is daughter of Lloyd Singley, son of the late B.L. Singley, who, in 1892, founded the Keystone View Company in Meadville, Pennsylvania. Barbara Singley married Mr. Lawrence Sill Hitchcock in 1947 and published a cookbook in 1993, titled "Casserole Cooking."
Acquisition information:: This collection was donated by Barbara Singley Hitchcock (Mrs. Lawrence S. Hitchcock), granddaughter of B.L. Singley in 1987.
Processing information:: Processed by Enid Ocegueda, August 2015
Arrangement:: No original order had been maintained during processing. Currently arranged within six sections: (1) Keystone Buff Cards - Arranged by Negative Number (2) Keystone "Story" Cards - Arranged by Negative Number (3) Keystone Gray Cards - Arranged by Negative Number (4) WWI Series 1-36 - Arranged by Negative Number (5) Other Stereograph Company Series (6) Family of B.L. Singley
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Collection Guide Author:: Enid Ocegueda
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2021-04-01 16:54:41 UTC .

Access and use

Restrictions:: Collection is open for research, by appointment.
Terms of access:: Copyright has been assigned to the UCR/California Museum of Photography. All requests for permission to publish reproductions from photographs or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Curator of Collections.

Preferred citation:: Barbara Singley Collection, Gift of Barbara Singley Hitchcock, UCR/California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside

Location of this collection:: UC Riverside, California Museum of Photography

3824 Main Street

Riverside, CA 92501, US