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Elizabeth Mehaffey Howe photograph collection, Unknown

Overview of the Collection

Photographer
Unknown
Title
Elizabeth Mehaffey Howe photograph collection
Dates
Unknown (inclusive)
Quantity
1 item
Collection Number
P1126
Summary
Elizabeth Mehaffey Howe (1860-1942) was the author of the 1931 book Frontiersmen. The Elizabeth Mehaffey Howe photograph collection contains one tintype of an unidentified man.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English
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Biographical Note

Elizabeth Mehaffey Howe was born in Hampton City, Virginia, on March 11, 1860 to Brevet Major-General Albion Parris Howe and Elizabeth Law Mehaffey Howe. On August 16, 1893, she married her cousin, Dr. Lucien Howe (1848-1928). Lucien Howe was born on September 18, 1848, to Colonel Marshall Spring Howe and Ann Timothy Cleland Doggett Howe. Dr. Howe was an early ophthalmologist known for his two volume monograph Muscles of the Eye, published between 1906 and 1908. The two had no children. Elizabeth Howe was a writer who published Frontiersmen in 1931. Elizabeth Mehaffey Howe died on October 11, 1942, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Content Description

The Elizabeth Mehaffey Howe photograph collection contains one tintype of an unidentified man.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the Elizabeth Mehaffey Howe photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator.

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: Elizabeth Mehaffey Howe photograph collection, P1126, Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library. Salt Lake City, Utah.

Following Citations: P1126.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Arranged by subject

Acquisition Information

Donated by Charles Appelbaum in 2004.

Processing Note

Processed by Special Collections staff.

Separated Materials

See also the NAME Elizabeth Mehaffy Howe manuscript (ACCN 1894) in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Description: Tintype of unknown male, probably either Lucien Howe (1848-1928) or his father, Colonel Marshall S. Howe
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1

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Family Names

  • Howe>

Form or Genre Terms

  • tintypes (photographs)
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