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Fred R. Meyer Photographs, circa 1905-1915
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Meyer, Fred R., 1874-1939
- Title
- Fred R. Meyer Photographs
- Dates
- circa 1905-1915 (inclusive)19051915
- Quantity
- 2.0 linear feet, (86 glass plate negatives)
- Collection Number
- Mss 894
- Summary
- The Fred Meyer photograph collection contains 86 glass plate negatives, almost entirely of Native Americans, which likely date from around 1910. The collection was left in Browning, Montana by the photographer Fred Meyer. Although the collection is attributed to Meyer, it is evident that some of the plates are copies from other photographers. The majority of images are currently unidentified.
- Repository
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University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections
Archives and Special Collections
Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library
University of Montana
32 Campus Dr. #9936
59812-9936
Missoula, MT
Telephone: 406-243-2053
library.archives@umontana.edu - Access Restrictions
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Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and The University of Montana-Missoula.
- Languages
- visual
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Fred R. Meyer (1874-1939) was from Buffalo, New York. A butcher by trade, he was also known as an amateur photographer who traveled throughout the West between 1890 and 1915. According to the guide to the Fred R. Meyer photograph collection at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, "it has...been suggested that he was associated in some way (perhaps as a clerk) with the Indian agencies that served the Apsáalooke, Pikuni, and Numakiki reservations. He apparently also photographed in Pine Ridge in 1907 and collected objects in Wyoming and Montana."
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection contains 86 glass plate negatives. The collection was apparently left by Fred Meyer with J. L. Sherburne or at the Sherburne Mercantile in Browning, Montana, possibly in 1908-1909 (though some images have later dates written on their envelopes). Although the collection is attributed to Fred Meyer, it is evident that some of the plates are copies of other photographs, and it is probable that some images were taken by other photographers. A small number of images have identification or dates written on the original negative sleeve, including identification of the subjects as Crow or Blackfoot, but it is not known who identified the images; the donor of the collection indicates the identifications may be inaccurate.
Images 894.001 through 894.028 are 5x7 plates. Images 894.029 through 894.045 are 8x10 negatives. Images 894.046 through 894.086 are smaller (usually 4x5) and many of these are or appear to be copies.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and any other applicable statutes. Copyright not transferred to the University of Montana.
Preferred Citation
Fred R. Meyer Photographs, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The collection was sorted by negative size and then the negatives were numbered.
Custodial History
This collection is believed to have been in the custody of the Sherburne Family until it was transferred to William E. Farr.
Acquisition Information
The collection was given by William E. Farr to the University of Montana Archives and Special Collections in December 2016, along with a collection from the Sherburne Family.
Processing Note
Glass plate negatives were rehoused in four flap envelopes during processing. Original envelopes with descriptive text were retained, although the author(s) of those descriptions is not known. Descriptive information was provided for some images by the archives in a notes field. Duplicate images were removed during processing.
Related Materials
The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center and the Buffalo Bill Center of the West each hold a collection of photographs by Fred R. Meyer.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| box-image | ||
| 1/894.001 | Untitled horse, tipi, man with headdress
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 1/894.002 | Untitled woman in beaded dress
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 1/894.003 | Untitled young male
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 1/894.004 | Untitled man with robe
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 1/894.005 | Untitled man with fringed sleeve
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 1/894.006 | Untitled man with war bonnet
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 1/894.007 | Untitled man sitting in chair
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 1/894.008 | Untitled man with war bonnet
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 1/894.009 | Sioux, Two Lance, Porcupine, South Dakota, 73 years old | circa 1905-1915 |
| 1/894.010 | Sioux, Two Lance, Porcupine, South Dakota, 73 years old | circa 1905-1915 |
| 1/894.011 | Untitled burial platform
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 1/894.012 | Untitled man with feathered headdress
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 1/894.013 | Sioux, Two Lance, Porcupine, South Dakota, 73 years old | circa 1905-1915 |
| 1/894.014 | Sioux, Two Lance, Porcupine, South Dakota, 73 years old | circa 1905-1915 |
| 1/894.015 | Untitled child with headdress
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 2/894.016 | Untitled man in Hudson Bay coat
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 2/894.017 | Untitled man carrying feathered fan
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 2/894.018 | Untitled woman with shell earring
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 2/894.019 | Untitled calvary horses with flag
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 2/894.020 | Untitled people with horses
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 2/894.021 | Blackfoot, Little Dog Tribe | circa 1905-1915 |
| 2/894.022 | Untitled woman in jacket with painted nails
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 2/894.023 | Untitled man with interesting headdress
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 2/894.024 | Untitled family scene with tipi and cart
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 2/894.025 | Untitled faded, man with headdress
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 2/894.026 | Untitled picture faded
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 2/894.027 | Pine Ridge men on horseback
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 2/894.028 | Untitled man with hat and hand drum
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 3/894.029 | Crow men in field with two tipis
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 3/894.030 | Chippewa, 103 yrs old | circa 1905-1915 |
| 3/894.031 | Blackfoot Blackfoot camp
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 3/894.032 | Blackfoot portrait of woman with robe
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 3/894.033 | Untitled portrait of man with medalian
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 3/894.034 | Untitled man on horse
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 3/894.035 | Blackfoot, Wades-in-Water portrait of man with painted dots on face
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 3/894.036 | Blackfoot, Montana, Albert Mad Plume portrait
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 3/894.037 | Crow, Three Bears portrait
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 3/894.038 | Untitled portrait of man with big headdress
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 3/894.039 | Blackfoot, Montana portrait of man
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 3/894.040 | Untitled portrait of man with headdress
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 3/894.041 | Untitled landscape with village, numerous painted tipis on prairie
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 3/894.042 | Crow, Three Bears portrait of man
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 3/894.043 | Untitled portrait of young woman
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 3/894.044 | Blackfoot, Chief Little Plume (Wolf Plume) portrait
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 3/894.045 | Untitled man with hand drum
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 4/894.046 | Untitled braided hair?
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 4/894.047 | Untitled studio portrait of people (copy of photo)
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 4/894.048 | BAE photo [Bureau of American Ethnology] portrait of man with breastplate
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 4/894.049 | BAE Photo [Bureau of American Ethnology] portrait of man
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 4/894.050 | Untitled portrait of young man
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 4/894.051 | Untitled line of people in the distance on the prairie
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 4/894.052 | Untitled oration by chief?
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 4/894.053 | Red Cloud portrait
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 4/894.054 | Untitled totem pole? (clearly a copy negative)
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 4/894.055 | Untitled circle of men with their backs to camera. some wear western hats
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 4/894.056 | Untitled line of riders on prairie. Some in headdresses
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 4/894.057 | Untitled line of riders on prairie. Some in headdresses
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 4/894.058 | Flat Head's Sweat House man seated near structure
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 4/894.059 | Untitled line of riders
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 4/894.060 | Untitled line of riders. Negative envelope is dated 1913.
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 4/894.061 | Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa Dakota reproduction of cartes de visite from Spenser studio in Chicago
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 4/894.062 | Untitled chief orating (?)
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 4/894.063 | Untitled group of men and women in a circle
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 4/894.064 | Untitled sky and a cross (?)
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 4/894.065 | Untitled man sitting in front of a picket fence. buildings in background
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 5/894.066 | Untitled two men in front of picket fence
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 5/894.067 | Fred Meyer with other whites three white men standing on prairie. Tipis in background
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 5/894.068 | Fred Meyer (?) in front of tipi
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 5/894.069 | Blackfoot parade, 1913 line of riders. Tipis in background
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 5/894.070 | Jack Big Moon and Fred Meyer | circa 1905-1915 |
| 5/894.071 | Untitled person seated
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 5/894.072 | Untitled looks like a big meeting in a shelter
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 5/894.073 | Untitled group of tipis with horses in front
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 5/894.074 | Little Bear, 1913 | circa 1905-1915 |
| 5/894.075 | Blackfoot parade, 1913 | circa 1905-1915 |
| 5/894.076 | Untitled People sitting on ground. In far background are tents. In very far background is a butte.
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 5/894.077 | Untitled large group of riders
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 5/894.078 | Untitled people in a line. Tipis and wagons in background. Looks like a ceremony
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 5/894.079 | Untitled young woman, seated, in elk tooth dress
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 5/894.080 | Untitled line of tipis, tents and wagons
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 5/894.081 | Little Bear, Cree | circa 1905-1915 |
| 5/894.082 | Curly Bear | circa 1905-1915 |
| 5/894.083 | Blackfoot Parade, 1913 | circa 1905-1915 |
| 5/894.084 | Untitled line of people walking. Mountains in background
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 5/894.085 | Untitled man with feathered headdress
|
circa 1905-1915 |
| 5/894.086 | Untitled looks like a big meeting in a shelter (same as image 894.072)
|
circa 1905-1915 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Indians of North America--Montana--Photographs
Personal Names
- Meyer, Fred R., 1874-1939--Archives
Geographical Names
- Montana--Photographs
Finding aid prepared by Donna McCrea and Katherine Weist
2017
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
