Anaconda Smoke Case Defense Negatives, 1910
Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
-
Biographical Note
- Content Description
- Administrative Information
-
Detailed Description of the Collection
- Hillside with immature trees, July 16, 1910
- Man in crop field, July 16, 1910
- Anaconda residential street, July 19, 1910
- Anaconda business street, July 19, 1910
- Anaconda residential street, July 19, 1910
- Government building in Anaconda, July 19, 1910
- Two men in crop field, July 21, 1910
- Man in field with haystack, July 21, 1910
- Man in fenced field, July 21, 1910
- Crop field with furrows, July 21, 1910
- Woodland with immature trees, July 22, 1910
- Beaverslide hay stacker, July 23, 1910
- Haystack with pole loader, July 24, 1910
- Hayfield with haystacks, July 24, 1910
- Man in wheat field, July 25, 1910
- Wheat field, July 25, 1910
- Cows in pasture, July 25, 1910
- Hay field, July 25, 1910
- Anaconda residential street, July 27, 1910
- Wheat field, July 27, 1910
- Man in wheat field, July 27, 1910
- Man in crop field, July 27, 1910
- Horse team in field, July 26, 1910
- Man in wheat field, July 26, 1910
- Man in crop field, July 26, 1910
- Man in wheat field, July 26, 1910
- Haystacks with smelter smokestack in background, July 27, 1910
- Haystacks in field, July 28, 1910
- Cows at rest, July 28, 1910
- Cows at rest, July 28, 1910
- Cows standing, July 28, 1910
- Hay stacking crew and haystack, July 28, 1910
- Farm and outbuildings, Undated
- Farm and outbuildings, Undated
- Willow Glen Stock Farm house and barn, Undated
- Forest, Undated
- Two trees on hillside, Undated
- Forested hillside, Undated
- Wheat field stereoview, Undated
- Four trees, Undated
- Trees on hillside stereoview, Undated
- Crop field steroview, Undated
- Apartment building in Anaconda stereoview, Undated
- “Series 2" stereoview images
- Mountains, stereoview, August 16, 1910
- Haystacks and mountains, stereoview, August 16, 1910
- Pasture with railroad tracks, stereoview, August 16, 1910
- Man in wheat field
- Pasture and farm
- Names and Subjects
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Burke, Edmund (Frank Edmund), 1865-1948
- Title
- Anaconda Smoke Case Defense Negatives
- Dates
- 191019101910
- Quantity
- .6 linear feet
- Collection Number
- Collection 0437, MtBC, us (collection)
- Summary
- The Anaconda Smoke Case Defense Negatives consist of sixty-eight glass plate negatives in this collection created by Burke or attributed to him by the library staff that initially accessioned the material. Most of the images are of rural scenery presumably in the Deer Lodge valley, although several images of the town of Anaconda, along with two of the Willow Glen Stock Farm can be easily identified.
- Repository
-
Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
Montana State University-Bozeman Library
Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT
59717-3320
Telephone: 4069944242
Fax: 4069942851
- Access Restrictions
-
This collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Biographical Note
Frank Edmund Burke was born in Michigan in 1865. He moved to Montana in 1888 and in 1898 began his education at the Montana College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later Montana State University). He also studied at Cornell and Michigan State College. Burke eventually became head of the chemistry department of the experiment station at Bozeman and served in that capacity until 1939. He married Sarah Mariah Lowe on December 26, 1905 and the couple had one son. Professor Burke died in Bozeman, Montana on May 15, 1948.
By 1910, the Anaconda Copper Company had already successfully defended its smelting operation in Montana from a lawsuit filed by Deer Lodge valley agriculturalists, but a new challenge, this time from the federal government, claimed that the smoke from the company’s smelters was damaging the national forest as well as the valley’s domestic plant and animal life. As they had done before, the Anaconda Company hired a team of expert witnesses to gather evidence to refute the charges, among whom was Professor Burke. Burke took a number of photographic images of the Deer Lodge valley on behalf of the Company, presumably to provide evidence that there was little to no environmental damage as a result of the area smelter.
Content Description
The sixty-eight glass plate negatives in this collection were created by Burke or attributed to him by the library staff that initially accessioned the material. Most of the images are of rural scenery presumably in the Deer Lodge valley, although several images of the town of Anaconda, along with two of the Willow Glen Stock Farm can be easily identified. No inventory or description of the plates created by Burke are available, but images numbered 1 through 44 bear his name as photographer and have the date etched on the negative. Many gaps can be seen in this numbering sequence and it is unknown where the missing images can be located. Images numbered 46a through 55b have no dates, attributions, or even numbers on the negatives themselves and were likely arbitrarily added to the original numbering sequence by library personnel after accessioning. A second series of twelve stereoviews which bear numbers and dates of exposure (but no photographer attribution) can be found in box three.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Original glass plate negatives created by Frank Edmund Burke in 1910 were discovered in the office of Montana State College chemistry professor Birger Lars Johnson in 1965 on the eve of his acceptance of an emeritus appointment. Johnson then donated them to the Special Collections department of the college library.
Processing Note
This collection was processed 2016 June 1
Detailed Description of the Collection
-
Description: Hillside with immature treesDates: July 16, 1910Container: Box negative 1/1-2
-
Description: Man in crop fieldDates: July 16, 1910Container: Box negative 1/3
-
Description: Anaconda residential streetDates: July 19, 1910Container: Box negative 1/4
-
Description: Anaconda business streetDates: July 19, 1910Container: Box negative 1/5
-
Description: Anaconda residential streetDates: July 19, 1910Container: Box negative 1/6
-
Description: Government building in AnacondaDates: July 19, 1910Container: Box negative 1/7
-
Description: Two men in crop fieldDates: July 21, 1910Container: Box negative 1/8
-
Description: Man in field with haystackDates: July 21, 1910Container: Box negative 1/9
-
Description: Man in fenced fieldDates: July 21, 1910Container: Box negative 1/10
-
Description: Crop field with furrowsDates: July 21, 1910Container: Box negative 1/11
-
Description: Woodland with immature treesDates: July 22, 1910Container: Box negative 1/14
-
Description: Beaverslide hay stackerDates: July 23, 1910Container: Box negative 1/15
-
Description: Haystack with pole loaderDates: July 24, 1910Container: Box negative 1/17
-
Description: Hayfield with haystacksDates: July 24, 1910Container: Box negative 1/19
-
Description: Man in wheat fieldDates: July 25, 1910Container: Box negative 1/20-21
-
Description: Wheat fieldDates: July 25, 1910Container: Box negative 1/22
-
Description: Cows in pastureDates: July 25, 1910Container: Box negative 1/23
-
Description: Hay fieldDates: July 25, 1910Container: Box negative 1/24
-
Description: Anaconda residential streetDates: July 27, 1910Container: Box negative 2/25
-
Description: Wheat fieldDates: July 27, 1910Container: Box negative 2/26
-
Description: Man in wheat fieldDates: July 27, 1910Container: Box negative 2/27
-
Description: Man in crop fieldDates: July 27, 1910Container: Box negative 2/28
-
Description: Horse team in fieldDates: July 26, 1910Container: Box negative 2/29
-
Description: Man in wheat fieldDates: July 26, 1910Container: Box negative 2/30-31
-
Description: Man in crop fieldDates: July 26, 1910Container: Box negative 2/33
-
Description: Man in wheat fieldDates: July 26, 1910Container: Box negative 2/34
-
Description: Haystacks with smelter smokestack in backgroundDates: July 27, 1910Container: Box negative 2/35
-
Description: Haystacks in fieldDates: July 28, 1910Container: Box negative 2/37-38
-
Description: Cows at rest
(Photo marked as #40)
Dates: July 28, 1910Container: Box negative 2/39 -
Description: Cows at restDates: July 28, 1910Container: Box negative 2/40
-
Description: Cows standingDates: July 28, 1910Container: Box negative 2/41
-
Description: Hay stacking crew and haystackDates: July 28, 1910Container: Box negative 2/44
-
Description: Farm and outbuildingsDates: UndatedContainer: Box negative 2/46a-46c
-
Description: Farm and outbuildingsDates: UndatedContainer: Box negative 3/47a-47c
-
Description: Willow Glen Stock Farm house and barnDates: UndatedContainer: Box negative 3/48a-48b
-
Description: ForestDates: UndatedContainer: Box negative 3/49a-49b
-
Description: Two trees on hillsideDates: UndatedContainer: Box negative 3/50
-
Description: Forested hillsideDates: UndatedContainer: Box negative 3/51-52
-
Description: Wheat field stereoviewDates: UndatedContainer: Box negative 3/53a-53b
-
Description: Four treesDates: UndatedContainer: Box negative 3/53c
-
Description: Trees on hillside stereoviewDates: UndatedContainer: Box negative 3/54a
-
Description: Crop field steroviewDates: UndatedContainer: Box negative 3/54b
-
Description: Apartment building in Anaconda stereoviewDates: UndatedContainer: Box negative 3/55a-55b
-
Description: “Series 2" stereoview images
-
Description: Mountains, stereoviewDates: August 16, 1910Container: Box negative 3/1
-
Description: Haystacks and mountains, stereoviewDates: August 16, 1910Container: Box negative 3/2
-
Description: Pasture with railroad tracks, stereoviewDates: August 16, 1910Container: Box negative 3/3-10
-
Description: Man in wheat fieldContainer: Box negative 3/101
-
Description: Pasture and farmContainer: Box negative 3/113
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Arsenic -- Toxicology -- Montana -- Deer Lodge Valley -- Photographs
- Arsenic -- Toxicology -- Montana -- Deer Lodge Valley -- Photographs
- Industrial buildings -- Montana -- Anaconda -- Photographs
- Smelting -- Environmental aspects -- Montana -- Deer Lodge Valley -- Photographs
- Smelting furnaces -- Environmental aspects -- Montana -- Deer Lodge Valley -- Photographs
- Sulfur dioxide -- Physiological effect -- Photographs
Corporate Names
Geographical Names
Other Creators
-
Corporate Names
