Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Owen Wister Collection of Photographs
- Dates:
- 1894-1895
- Creators:
- Wister, Owen, 1860-1938.
- 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.
- Extent:
- .05 feet (1 box)
- Language:
- Languages represented in the collection: English
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Owen Wister Collection of Photographs. Special Collections. Honnold/Mudd Library, Claremont Colleges, Claremont, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
-
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.
- Biographical / historical:
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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.
- Acquisition information:
- Deaccessioned from the MacPherson collection
- Processing information:
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Arranged and Processed by Russell Michalak
- Accruals:
-
No addition to the collection is anticipated.
- Physical location:
- Special Collections, Honnold/Library. Claremont University Consortium.
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Western Americana,
1850-1900
Photographs - Names:
- Wister, Owen, 1860-1938
- Places:
- New Mexico
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- July 7, 2008
- Date Encoded:
- Finding aid encoded by Russell Michalak on April 11, 2008
Access and use
- Restrictions:
-
This collection is open.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights reside with Scripps College. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact Ella Strong Denison Library staff.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Owen Wister Collection of Photographs. Special Collections. Honnold/Mudd Library, Claremont Colleges, Claremont, California.
- Location of this collection:
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800 N. Dartmouth Ave.Claremont, CA 91711, US
- Contact:
- (909) 607‑3977