James Foster Scott photograph collection

James Foster Scott photograph collection, 1850-1940

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Scott, James Foster, b. 1863.
Title: James Foster Scott photograph collection
Dates: 1850-1940 (inclusive)
18501940

1875-1920 (bulk)
18751920
Quantity: 4 boxes, (2.5 linear ft.)
Collection Number: UUS_P0120
Summary: Images of James Foster Scott and his family and friends, the Virginia woods, and a photograph album of a 1905 trip to Bermuda.
Repository: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu
Access Restrictions: Restrictions
Open to public research.
Languages: English.
Sponsor: Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

James Foster Scott was born at Futteguhr, India in 1863. Scott's father, Rev. James Long Scott, was a Presbyterian minister and his mother, Eliza Jane Foster, was a Presbyterian missionary. Young James attended Hastings Academy in Philadelphia and later took an A.B. at Yale in 1884. At Yale Scott was on the rowing team and he developed a love of boats and rivers that he kept for the remainder of his life. After Yale he received an M.D. degree from Edinburgh University. For three years he was a member of the Volunteer Medical Staff Corps of the British army. He was later named head of the Columbia Hospital for women and living-in asylum in Washington, D.C. In 1898 he left the Hospital to lead the life of an outdoorsman. He built a house on an island in the Potomac River where he spent the remainder of his days writing philosophy and boating on the river. In 1940 he married Karen Gram Scott. He died in 1946.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The James Foster Scott photograph collection contains images of James Foster Scott and his family, the Virginia woods, and a photograph album of a 1905 trip to Bermuda. The identifications for most of the photographs are hand-written and difficult to read. Some of the spellings may be incorrect.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Utah State University Libraries, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.

Permission to publish material from the James Foster Scott photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation

James Foster Scott photograph collection, 1850-1940. (P0120). Utah State University. Special Collections & Archives Department.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Organized numerical by photo number.

Acquisition Information

This collection and manuscript collection #180 came to USU Special Collections through Helen Snow in 1994.

Processing Note

Related Materials

James Foster Scott papers (COLL MS 180)

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Collection InventoryReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box
1		1:01: Julius Mulford Foster	1870
1		1:02: A. Scott	undated
1		1:03: Anna Ellen Scott	1895
1		1:04: Anna Ellen Scott	1885
1		1:05: Edward Houston Scott	1855
1		1:06: Eliza Jane Foster Scott	1860
1		1:07: Francis Foster Scott and Hetty Elizabeth Scott	1863
1		1:08: Francis Foster Scott	1866
1		1:09: Francis Foster Scott	1870
1		1:10: Francis Foster Scott and Celinda Bartlett	1882
1		1:11: Hetty Elizabeth Scott	1880
1		1:12: James Foster Scott	1869
1		1:13: James Foster Scott	1871
1		1:14: James Long Scott (?)	undated
1		1:15: unidentified	undated
1		1:16: unidentified	undated
	Folder
2	1	2:01:01: Julius Mulford Foster and William Jennings Bryan at Santiago Chile	1900
2	2	2:02:01: Manuel Martin Foster	1890-1899
2	3	2:03:01: Edward Houston Scott (?)	undated
2	4	2:04:01: James Foster Scott in India	1860-1869
2	5	2:05:01: James Foster Scott in Hot Air Balloon, Paris	1880-1889
2	6	2:06:01: James Foster Scott at Edinburgh	1888
2	7	2:07:01: James Foster Scott as Volunteer in the British Army Medical Corp.	1888
2	8	2:08:01: James Foster Scott	1900
2	9	2:09:01: James Foster Scott	1900
2	10	2:10:01: Karen Gram Scott	1910-1919
2	11	2:11:01: Rev. Thomas Scott (?)	undated
2	12	2:12:01: Phoebe Dayton Foster	undated
2	13	2:13:01: James Foster Scott, Bermuda	undated
2	13	2:13:02: James Foster Scott (?)	undated
2	13	2:13:03: James Foster Scott and unidentified Boy	1920
2	13	2:13:04: James Foster Scott on the Potomac River	1920
2	13	2:13:05: James Foster Scott and Karen Gram Scott	1920
2	13	2:13:06: James Foster Scott	1920
2	13	2:13:07: Stream and Waterfall	undated
2	13	2:13:08: Church that James Long Scott preached in	undated
3		3:01: James Foster Scott on Yale's rowing team Oversized photograph.	1884
3		3:02: James Foster Scott at Edinburgh Oversized photograph.	1886
3		3:03: Class of 84 Reunion, Yale (?) Oversized photograph.	1930

Photograph album of trip to the Bermudas, Winter 1905Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
4	4:001: Hamilton Cathedral	undated
4	4:002: Lily Field	undated
4	4:003: Nook on Darrell's Island	undated
4	4:004: A Salt Water Lake	undated
4	4:005: Royal Palms, Pembroke	undated
4	4:006: Another view of Royal Palms	undated
4	4:007: Freighter in Hamilton Harbor	undated
4	4:008: Docks at Hamilton	undated
4	4:009: Freighter	undated
4	4:010: S.S. Bermudian	undated
4	4:011: Trinidad	undated
4	4:012: Garibaldi	undated
4	4:013-016: Bermudian at Deck	undated
4	4:017: Dainty	undated
4	4:018: Freighter	undated
4	4:019: Atalanta	undated
4	4:020: Mr. Gilbert	undated
4	4:021-4:024: J.F. Head	undated
4	4:025: Miss M.R. Suydam	undated
4	4:026: Mr. & Mrs. Fuller	undated
4	4:027: Stanley Howe	undated
4	4:028: Miss Harrington, Lady Dawson, Mrs. Hebden	undated
4	4:029: Col. Heushaw, Miss Harrington, Mrs. Hebden	undated
4	4:030: Mrs. Hebden, Miss Harrington, Mr. Hebden	undated
4	4:031: Princess Hotel	undated
4	4:032: View from my window	undated
4	4:033: Yacht race from my window	undated
4	4:034-:035: View from my window	undated
4	4:036: My boat moored in Pitt's Bay	undated
4	4:037: Freighter on the ways	undated
4	4:038-4:042: Spanish Rock	undated
4	4:043: Old Inscription on Spanish Rock	undated
4	4:044: Spanish Rock	undated
4	4:045: Miss Harrington	undated
4	4:046: unidentified Man	undated
4	4:047: Island off Spanish Point	undated
4	4:048: Fishing nets at Spanish Point	undated
4	4:049: Off Spanish Point	undated
4	4:050: Picnic on Tucker's Island	undated
4	4:051: Miss Suydam	undated
4	4:052: End of "Paper Chase" at Capt. Whitmarsh's	undated
4	4:053-:054: Garden Party at Capt. Whitmarsh's	undated
4	4:055: Angel Fish	undated
4	4:056: Entrance to Soucy	undated
4	4:057: Soucy: Gen. Hasting's Place	undated
4	4:058: "Norwood." Mr. Darrell's Place	undated
4	4:059: Surinam Toad	undated
4	4:060: "Sunnylauds" - Rented by Mrs. Parke	undated
4	4:061: Miss Parke	undated
4	4:062: Lilly Field in "Sunnylauds."	undated
4	4:063: Miss Parke in Rubber Tree	undated
4	4:064: "Sunnylauds" - Dr. Outerbridge's Place	undated
4	4:065: Double Exposure - Miss Parke's Bulldog	undated
4	4:066: Wreck Hill	undated
4	4:067: Old watch-house on top of Wreck Hill	undated
4	4:068: View from Wreck Hill	undated
4	4:069: James Foster Scott, Mrs. Hobbs	undated
4	4:070: Family of 7th Day Adventist's	undated
4	4:071: View from Wreck Hill	undated
4	4:072: Portugese Man-o-War	undated
4	4:073: Cathedral Rocks	undated
4	4:074-:075: Natural Arch	undated
4	4:076: Reefs at Low Tide	undated
4	4:077-:078: Smuggler's Harbor	undated
4	4:079: Miss Parke - Pulpit rock in background	undated
4	4:080: Spanish Castle dimly seen	undated
4	4:081: Old Spanish Castle	undated
4	4:082: Spanish Castle	undated
4	4:083-:086: Castle Island	undated
4	4:087: Miss Parke with Sea Urchins	undated
4	4:088: James Foster Scott on Castle Island	undated
4	4:089: Miss Parke on Goat Island	undated
4	4:090: View from Castle Island	undated
4	4:091: Old Spanish Castle	undated
4	4:092: James Foster Scott on Goat Island Cliffs	undated
4	4:093: Ruins on Southhampton Island	undated
4	4:094-:095: Entrance to Hungry Bay	undated
4	4:096: Hungry Bay	undated
4	4:097: Gibb's Hill Lighthouse & Signal Station	undated
4	4:098: View from Gibb's Hill Lighthouse	undated
4	4:099: View of Great Sound	undated
4	4:100-:101: Khyber Pass	undated
4	4:102: Stone Quarry at Entrance to Khyber Pass	undated
4	4:103: Largest Rubber Tree in Bermuda	undated
4	4:104-:105: Eve's Cottage	undated
4	4:106: View of Hamilton from Eve's Cottage	undated
4	4:107: From Eve's Cottage looking toward St. George's	undated
4	4:108: From Eve's Cottage looking toward Gibb's Hill	undated
4	4:109: Mr. Austin	undated
4	4:110: Aloes Century Plant	undated
4	4:111-:114: Goats	undated
4	4:115: unidentified	undated
4	4:116: Quarry in Somerset	undated
4	4:117: House in rear of large rubber tree	undated
4	4:118: Bermudians	undated
4	4:119: The Great Dry Dock	undated
4	4:120: My room	undated
4	4:121: Football at Barracks on Ireland Island	undated
4	4:122: Band Stand in Victoria Park	undated
4	4:123: Mr. Austin - Mrs. Peck	undated
4	4:124: Concert in Victoria Park	undated
4	4:125: Poinciaua Regia	undated
4	4:126: Miss Starr, Miss Suydam	undated
4	4:127: Gov. Gen. Stewart	undated
4	4:128: Mr. Austin, Miss Starr	undated
4	4:129: Band Concert - Victoria Park	undated
4	4:130: Poinciaua Regia	undated
4	4:131: The Misses Jones, Miss Starr	undated
4	4:132: Eve's Cottage	undated
4	4:133: Taken by Mrs. Peck	undated
4	4:134: On St. David's Island	undated
4	4:135: Mr. Weiss, the Photographer	undated
4	4:136: Salt-water ditch	undated
4	4:137: Study of a native Bermudian	undated
4	4:138: Hawaii Harbor	undated
4	4:139: Duplicate of 4:005	undated
4	4:140: Duplicate of 4:006	undated
4	4:141: Royal Palms	undated
4	4:142: Sir George Somers	undated
4	4:143: Easter Lilies	undated
4	4:144: Hotel Hamilton	undated
4	4:145: Causeway & Swing Bridge	undated
4	4:146: Light House, St. David's	undated
4	4:147: Temple Rocks	undated
4	4:148: H.M.S. Terror	undated
4	4:149: Quarry	undated
4	4:150: Rocks at St. George's	undated
4	4:151: St. George's	undated
4	4:152: unidentified	undated
4	4:153: Gray's Bridge - Ireland Island	undated
4	4:154: Residence of the Governor	undated
4	4:155: Old Devonshire Church	undated
4	4:156: Cedar Avenue - Hamilton	undated
4	4:157: Park - St. Georges	undated
4	4:158: Cutout of flying fish	undated
4	4:159-:160: Near Spanish Rock	undated
4	4:161: S.S. Malinda	undated
4	4:162: Unknown Hotel	undated
4	4:163: Banana Plantation	undated
4	4:164: Group of Bamboo	undated
4	4:165: Dime Rock on Harrington Sound	undated
4	4:166: unidentified donkey and cart	undated
4	4:167: Boer War Prisoners	undated
4	4:168: Front Street - Hamilton	undated
4	4:169: Mr. Heyl	undated
4	4:170: Fisherman's boat being repaired	undated
4	4:171-:175: Sail Boat	undated
4	4:176: U.S. Consul W. Maxwell	undated
4	4:177-:178: S.S. Bermudian	undated
4	4:179: Saloon of S.S. Bermudian	undated
4	4:180: Quarry near Princes Hotel	undated
4	4:181: Smith Parish Church	undated
4	4:182: Half shell/Half Coral	undated
4	4:183: Avocado Pear	undated
4	4:184: Carriage with two women and man	undated
4	4:185: Surinam Cherry Tree	undated
4	4:186: Long House	undated
4	4:187: Cedar Tree planted by Prince Alfred	undated
4	4:188: Sent by Miss Dangler	undated
4	4:189: Rubber Tree	undated
4	4:190-:193: Diver	undated
4	4:194: American Flag	undated
4	4:195: Boat in cove	undated
4	4:196: Harbor and buildings	undated
4	4:197: Bridge	undated
4	4:198: Cemetery	undated
4	4:199: Old Tree	undated
4	4:200: Wm. Weiss & Co. Photographer, Advertisement	undated
4	4:201: Toy boat with plant leaf sail	undated
4	4:202: Study area	undated
4	4:203: Bed	undated
4	4:204: Woman on Boat	undated
4	4:205: Two women and two men in a boat	undated
4	4:206: Miss Parke	undated
4	4:207-:209: Women on boat	undated
4	4:210: Men outside of Hotel	undated
4	4:211: Two women on ocean-side cliff	undated
4	4:212-213: Woman on ocean-side cliff	undated
4	4:214: Harbor and town	undated
4	4:215: Man and woman on beach	undated
4	4:216-:220: Harbor and town	undated
4	4:221: A December morning on the Atlantic nearing New York	undated
4	4:222: James Foster Scott and others on sail boat	undated
4	4:223: W.M. Weiss & Co. Bermuda photo	undated

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Personal Names

Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925--Portraits.
Foster, Julius Mulford, 1822-1906--Portraits.
Scott, Edward Houston, 1845-1871--Portraits.
Scott, Frances Foster, 1856-1883--Portraits.
Scott, Anna Ellen, 1841-1903--Portraits.
Scott, Eliza Jane Foster, b. 1826--Portraits.
Scott, Hetty Elizabeth, 1859-1930--Portraits.
Scott, James Foster, b. 1863--Portraits.
Scott, Karen Gram, b. 1891--Portraits.

Family Names

Scott family--Portraits.

Geographical Names

Bermuda Islands--Description and travel--Photographs.

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