Archives West Finding Aid

This series contains photographs of military scenes in Cuba, the Philippines, and the United States during and before the Spanish-American War and the Philippine-American War, 1895-1903. Subjects include Cuban, Philippino, and American soldiers and sailors, ships, and fortifications and encampments, as well as battle scenes and prisoners of war. Many of the photographs have the name of the collector or photographer inscribed or pasted onto the back of the image.

This series contains both identified and unidentified portraits of officers and soldiers of the United States Army and Navy, as well as doctors and nurses who served during the Spanish-American War. Includes members of the 2nd Oregon Volunteer Infantry Regiment, as well as other state and national regiments. There are also photographs of veterans, including nurses who had served during the war.

This series contains photographs taken or collected by John Wells Gemmill, who may have served during the Spanish-American War; it is also possible these photographs were taken by soldier Emil Scherbler of LaGrand, Or. and later collected by Gemmill. The photos date from 1898-1926 and depict Company K of the 2nd United States Infantry Regiment in Cuba, as well as various sights and locations in Cuba, the Philippines, and the United States.

This series contains photographs collected and taken by servicemen and war nurses during their service abroad during and after the Spanish-American War. Subjects include the countries and towns in which they were stationed and in which they traveled, as well as the native peoples of each country. Includes both amateur photographs and photos taken and sold by commercial studios..

This series contains other photographs of the Spanish-American War that are not military scenes or portraits. Subjects include the wreck of the U.S.S. Maine in Cuba and other photographs of U.S. battleships; Spanish-American War monuments and memorials; William Howard Taft's visit to Manila in 1900; and unidentified portraits collected by Spanish-American War nurse Clara Chatfield Ott.

This series contains photomechanical prints of photographs that were taken during the Spanish-American War. They depict portraits of officers and soldiers involved with the war, as well as views of countries affected by the war and military and battle scenes. The original photographers are unknown, in most cases.

This series contains albums of photographs from the Spanish-American War of 1898 and the Philippine-American War of 1899-1903. Some of these albums were put together by professional photographers, while others were taken and assembled by soldiers on the front. Subjects include various locations and military scenes in Cuba and the Philippines, as well as of American soldiers and army posts in the United States.

This series contains glass lantern slides of scenes from the Spanish-American War, depicting ships, soldiers and sailors, and various places of service. Many of these slides are photographic copies of illustrations, and some are colored. Most of the photographers are unknown.

This series contains stereographic scenes of the Spanish-American War. Includes stereographs taken by John F. Jarvis (Washington, D.C.), A. Loeffler, Benjamin West Kilburn (Littleton, N. H.), Benjamin Lloyd Singley, Strohmeyer & Wyman (New York, N.Y.), and Underwood & Underwood (New York, N.Y.).