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Edmond S Meany photograph collection, approximately 1880-1940

Overview of the Collection

Photographer
Meany, Edmond S (Edmond Stephen), 1862.1935
Title
Edmond S Meany photograph collection
Dates
approximately 1880-1940 (inclusive)
Quantity
1.84 cubic feet (12 boxes including 468 photographic prints, 35 glass negatives, and 206 nitrate negatives)
Collection Number
PH0132
Summary
Photographs made or collected by Edmonds S. Meany of Washington, British Columbia and Alaska native peoples and their environment; of the Cascades; and of family and friends; Indigenous people and communities
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Albums and prints are open to the public; negatives are restricted. Contact Special Collections for more information.

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Languages
English
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Biographical Note

Edmond Stephen Meany was born December 28, 1862 in East Saginaw, Michigan. He moved west with his family, arriving in Seattle in 1877. He started studying at the Territorial University of Washington, but his education was interrupted in 1880 by the sudden death of his father, Stephen E. Meany. Meany then moved with his mother and the rest of his family to California to stay with relatives. They returned to Seattle in 1882. By holding several jobs at once, Meany was able to support his family as well as put himself through school at the Territorial University. He graduated as valedictorian in the Class of 1885, with a bachelor's degree in science, and later obtained a master's degree in science in 1889. One of the jobs at which Meany worked during this time was newspaper delivery. He soon worked his way up in the newspaper field to become editor and publisher for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. By 1890, Meany had started his own news service called the Washington State News Bureau, and had been hired as press agent to represent Washington state at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Meany served as a state legislator in the sessions of 1891 and 1893 and he initiated legislation setting aside 355 acres to be used for the new campus of the University of Washington, as well as a bill making tuition at the University free. In 1894, Meany became the University's first registrar while also holding positions as an instructor and as secretary to the Board of Regents. He became a full professor and head of the Department of History in 1897, teaching courses in Forestry, American History and Pacific Northwest History. By studying summers at the University of Wisconsin he earned a Master of Letters degree in 1901, completing a thesis on Chief Joseph. Meany was always a friend of the Indians, and over the years became very close to Chief Joseph especially. In 1907 he traveled with Edward S. Curtis to South Dakota to do research and conduct interviews with the Indians of that area. Part of the history of the Sioux Indians in Curtis' North American Indian was written by Meany. Meany was also instrumental in having the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition located on the University's campus in 1909. This led to the clearing of portions of the new campus for the construction of buildings, some of which would later be used by the University. Meany's activities were diverse and numerous. He was secretary of the Young Naturalist's Society, Vice President of the American Forestry Association, President of the Washington State Forestry Association and president of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Society. He was President of the Mountaineers from 1908 until his death in 1935, and was also founder and editor of the Washington Historical Quarterly. His specialty was Pacific Northwest history, especially Washington state history, on which he wrote several books and countless articles and speeches. Through his research and studies he became a collector of documents and photographs important to Pacific Northwest history. In 1929 he donated most of the rare and important documents which he had in his possession to the University of Washington Library. The many honors that came to Meany during his lifetime attest to his great popularity. Mt. Meany in the Olympic Mountains and Meany Crest on Mount Rainier were named for him. The University Tower Hotel originally bore the name Hotel Edmond Meany and the University's auditorium and theatre were named for him in 1914--the first instance of a university building being named for a living person. In 1926 he was given an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by the College of Puget Sound and in 1929 he was named Chevalier of the National Order of the French Legion of Honor. President Suzzallo called Meany "Keeper of Traditions," given the rituals and traditions, such as Campus Day or the giving of the Ephebic Oath, which he initiated and helped to maintain. Edmond S. Meany, the University's "Grand Old Man," died on April 22, 1935. He has, perhaps, been the University of Washington's most influential and beloved figure, for he gave so much of himself to the cause of a great university which he considered so very important.

Edmond Stephen Meany was born December 28, 1862 in East Saginaw, Michigan. He moved west with his family, arriving in Seattle in 1877. He started studying at the Territorial University of Washington, but his education was interrupted in 1880 by the sudden death of his father, Stephen E. Meany. Meany then moved with his mother and the rest of his family to California to stay with relatives. They returned to Seattle in 1882. By holding several jobs at once, Meany was able to support his family as well as put himself through school at the Territorial University. He graduated as valedictorian in the Class of 1885, with a bachelor's degree in science, and later obtained a master's degree in science in 1889.

One of the jobs at which Meany worked during this time was newspaper delivery. He soon worked his way up in the newspaper field to become editor and publisher for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. By 1890, Meany had started his own news service called the Washington State News Bureau, and had been hired as press agent to represent Washington state at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Meany served as a state legislator in the sessions of 1891 and 1893 and he initiated legislation setting aside 355 acres to be used for the new campus of the University of Washington, as well as a bill making tuition at the University free. In 1894, Meany became the University's first registrar while also holding positions as an instructor and as secretary to the Board of Regents. He became a full professor and head of the Department of History in 1897, teaching courses in Forestry, American History and Pacific Northwest History. By studying summers at the University of Wisconsin he earned a Master of Letters degree in 1901, completing a thesis on Chief Joseph. Meany was always a friend of the Indians, and over the years became very close to Chief Joseph especially. In 1907 he traveled with Edward S. Curtis to South Dakota to do research and conduct interviews with the Indians of that area. Part of the history of the Sioux Indians in Curtis' North American Indian was written by Meany. Meany was also instrumental in having the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition located on the University's campus in 1909. This led to the clearing of portions of the new campus for the construction of buildings, some of which would later be used by the University.

Meany's activities were diverse and numerous. He was secretary of the Young Naturalist's Society, Vice President of the American Forestry Association, President of the Washington State Forestry Association and president of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Society. He was President of the Mountaineers from 1908 until his death in 1935, and was also founder and editor of the Washington Historical Quarterly. His specialty was Pacific Northwest history, especially Washington state history, on which he wrote several books and countless articles and speeches. Through his research and studies he became a collector of documents and photographs important to Pacific Northwest history. In 1929 he donated most of the rare and important documents which he had in his possession to the University of Washington Library.

The many honors that came to Meany during his lifetime attest to his great popularity. Mt. Meany in the Olympic Mountains and Meany Crest on Mount Rainier were named for him. The University Tower Hotel originally bore the name Hotel Edmond Meany and the University's auditorium and theatre were named for him in 1914--the first instance of a university building being named for a living person. In 1926 he was given an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by the College of Puget Sound and in 1929 he was named Chevalier of the National Order of the French Legion of Honor. President Suzzallo called Meany "Keeper of Traditions," given the rituals and traditions, such as Campus Day or the giving of the Ephebic Oath, which he initiated and helped to maintain. Edmond S. Meany, the University's "Grand Old Man," died on April 22, 1935. He has, perhaps, been the University of Washington's most influential and beloved figure, for he gave so much of himself to the cause of a great university which he considered so very important.

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Content Description

The collection includes six albums depicting Washington, British Columbia and Alaska native peoples and communities, taken by Meany in 1902-1905. Loose photographs include portraits and other photographs of Edmond S. Meany, the Meany family, and their associates; Indigenous people and communities; and travel and landscapes in Canada and the United States, particularly in the Pacific Northwest and in Mount Rainier National Park. Meany's membership in the Mountaineers, a Seattle outdoors association, is reflected in photographs of Mountaineers' excursions.

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Unless otherwise stated, photo identification is provided by information written on the item and/or by attached or associated materials.

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Other Descriptive Information

For a description of Edmond S. Meany's excursion along the Washington coast, see his series of articles in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer starting September 3, 1905 (Introduction and Quinault), September 10 (Quileute), September 24 (Makah).

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Use of the Collection

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Restrictions on Use

Status of creator's copyrights is unknown; restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Users are responsible for researching copyright status before use.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Arranged in nine series.

  • Album 1
  • Album 2
  • Album 3
  • Album 4
  • Album 5
  • Album 6
  • Loose photographs
  • Glass negatives
  • Nitrate negatives

Processing Note

Processed by; Diane M Mello, 2021, Ruth Bacharach, 2024, LP Bryant, 2025.

Related Materials

Edmond S. Meany papers, MSS coll. 0106

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

  • Album 1

    This album documents a trip to Prince William Sound, Alaska, in 1902, including photographs of Aleut, Tlingit, Bella Bella, Eyak peoples; exhumed Sugpiaq mummies; and its graves, homes, churches, flora, and fauna.

    • Description: Edmond Stephen Meany standing in a garden

      Captioned on page: Edmond S. Meany

      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.1
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Mummy posed with canoe and paddle

      Captioned on page: Aleut Mummy. Trip to Prince William Sound, Alaska, July, 1902. Obtained by Bosworth near Columbia Glacier.

      Written on verso of duplicate copy: Last mummy from the cave near Columbia Glacier, Prince William Sound, Photograph by the author.

      From unverified legacy documentation: Photograph appeared in an article written by Meany.

      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.2–1.3
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Three mummies posed near building, Knight Island, Alaska

      Written on verso of duplicate copy 1.4: The Ellamar Mummies from Knight Island, Prince William, Sound, Photograph by the author.

      From legacy documentation: Photograph appeared in an article written by Edmond S. Meany.

      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.4
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Front and back views of mummy positioned against a wooden wall in Ellamar, Knight Island, Alaska
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.5.–1.7
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Cave burial site vicinity of Columbia Glacier, Alaska
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.8
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Grave on Glacier Island, Alaska

      Written on verso of duplicate copy 1.10: A Lonely Grave on Glacier Island. Photograph by the author.

      From legacy documentation: Photograph appeared in an article written by Edmond S. Meany.

      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.9–1.10
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Mummified arm displayed on easel with woven mat

      Written on verso of duplicate copy: Hand and Fragment of Matting from Mummy Cave on Prince William Sound. Photography by the author.

      From legacy documentation: Photograph appeared in an article written by Edmond S. Meany.

      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.11
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Mummified shoe displayed on easel

      Written on verso of duplicate copy: Moccasin from Mummy Cave. Photograph by the author.

      From legacy documentation: Photograph appeared in an article written by Edmond S. Meany.

      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.12
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Human skull displayed on easel

      Written on verso of duplicate copy: Cranium from Mummy Cave. Photograph by the author.

      From legacy documentation: Photograph appeared in an article written by Edmond S. Meany.

      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.13
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Aleut canoeists paddling in bidarka, vicinity of Ellamar, Alaska

      Written on verso of duplicates: Present day Aleuts in a bidarka at Ellamar. Photograph by the author. Save picture for Meany.

      From unverified legacy documentation: A bidarka is a canoe covered with animal skins, used by the Inuit of Alaska and adjacent regions.

      From legacy documentation: Appeared in an article written by Edmond S. Meany.

      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.14
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Japanese man "Tony" with Aleut woman in doorway

      Written on album page: Tony, the Jap, with Aleut wife.

      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.15
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Aleut group outside log cabin, Tatitlek, Alaska
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.16
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Village of Tatitlek from southwest, Alaska
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.17–1.18
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Russian Orthodox Church, Tatitlek, Alaska

      From legacy documentation: constructed with shakes and logs.

      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.19
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Log home of W. A. Dickey, Ellamar, Alaska
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.20
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Salmon in Gladhaugh Creek, Tatitlek, Alaska
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.21
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Fish fence in Gladhaugh Creek, Tatitlek, Alaska
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.22
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Seagulls at settlement of Orca, vicinity of Cordova, Alaska
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.23
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Boats moored near cannery complex at settlement of Orca, vicinity of Cordova, Alaska
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.24
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Fox farmers "Mr. and Mrs. Busby" posed on porch
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.25
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Fox farmers "Busby and Cloudman" posed seated on log, Alaska
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.26
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Fox farmer "Cloudman" home and outbuildings
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.27
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Fox feeding house, Ellamar, Alaska
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.28
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Fox farmer Axel Lind showing pelts to US Army General A. W. Greelly on ship S.S. Bertha, Alaska
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.29
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: US Army General A.W. Greelly on ship S. S. Bertha
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.30
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Steamship Annie owned by fox farmer "Beetle", Alaska
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.31, 1.33
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Sloop owned by fox farmer "Lind", Alaska
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.32
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Columbia Glacier from water, Alaska
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.34, 1.36, 1.38
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Free ice in Columbia Bay from water vicinity of Cape Freemantle, Alaska
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.37
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Chugach Mountains, from water vicinity of Valdez, Alaska
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.39
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Columbia Bay inlet from shore near "Billy's Hole" burial site, vicinity of Columbia Glacier, Alaska
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.40
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Gulls resting on free ice, Columbia Bay, Alaska
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.41
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Epilobium flowers vicinity of Columbia Glacier, Alaska
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.42
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Shore in Prince William Sound, Alaska
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.43
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Albatross from deck of ship S. S. Bertha, Alaska
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.44
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Mt. Saint Elias from water, vicinity of Icy Bay, Alaska
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.45
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Mt. Fairweather from water, Alaska
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.46
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Cape St. Elias from water, Alaska
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.47–1.48
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Yakutat Tlingit merchants paddling toward viewer, Yakutat Bay, Alaska

      Captioned on page: Yakutat indians coming out with baskets.

      Written on verso of duplicate: Yakutak Indians 1902. Meany picture.

      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.49
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Village of Yakutat from water, Alaska
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.50
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Mt. Edgecumbe from water, Alaska
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.51–1.52
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Raven perched in thicket, Sitka, Alaska

      Captioned on page: Raven at Sitka.

      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.53
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Totem poles, Sitka, Alaska
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.54
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Totem pole, Sitka, Alaska
      E.E. Ainsworth (photographer)
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.55
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Gulls and free ice vicinity of Juneau, Alaska
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.56
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Town of Juneau from water, Alaska
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.57
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Town of Douglas from water, Alaska
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.58
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: North Vancouver Island from northeast, British Columbia
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.59–1.61
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Lighthouse on natural jetty

      Probably British Columbia.

      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.62
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Tugboat near lighthouse from water, British Columbia
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.63
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Indigenous canoe under sail, vicinity of Bella Bella, British Columbia

      Captioned on page: Indian canoe under sail near Bella Bella.

      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.64
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Indigenous burial houses from water, vicinity of Bella Bella, British Columbia
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.65
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Indigenous man with two women and a baby at settlement of Orca, vicinity of Cordova, Alaska
      Douglas Tancred (photographer)

      Captioned on page: Siwashes at Orca.

      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.66
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Albatrosses following ship by air
      Douglas Tancred (photographer)
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.67
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Dinghy departing ship S.S. Bertha with freight and passengers, Iliamna Bay, Alaska
      Douglas Tancred (photographer)
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.68
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Main Street of Skagway, Alaska
      Miss Denny (photographer)
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.69
      Location: Album 1
    • Description: Totem pole beside wooden walkway, Ketchikan, Alaska
      Caroline Horton (photographer)
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 1, Item 1.70
      Location: Album 1

  • Album 2

    This album documents British Columbia, especially Vancouver Island and its capital Victoria.

    • Description: Pacific Cable station, Bamfield, British Columbia
      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.1–2.2
      Location: Album 2
    • Description: Barclay Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.3
      Location: Album 2
    • Description: Cluster of buildings near meadow, Clayoquot, British Columbia
      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.4
      Location: Album 2
    • Description: View of settlement from water

      Written on verso: Kelse [illeg.].

      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.5
      Location: Album 2
    • Description: Village of Ahousaht from water, Flores Island, British Columbia
      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.6–2.7
      Location: Album 2
    • Description: Village of Clayoquot from water, British Columbia

      Written on page: Indian village of Clayoquot

      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.8
      Location: Album 2
    • Description: Christie Industrial School, Meares Island, British Columbia

      From unverified legacy documentation: the Christie Roman Catholic residential school opened in 1900.

      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.9
      Location: Album 2
    • Description: "Father Charles" and others in a canoe
      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.10
      Location: Album 2
    • Description: Sidney Inlet, British Columbia
      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.11
      Location: Album 2
    • Description: Chief Maquinna monument under construction showing a whale carved of wood and a flying eagle

      Written on verso of duplicate copy: Thunder and whale monument to the late Chief Maquinna. Friendly Cove, V. I. Indian Monument to Chief Maquinna at Nootka, West Coast of Vancouver Island, Photo by Meany.

      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.12–2.13
      Location: Album 2
    • Description: Singer sewing machine at base of monument to Chief Maquinna
      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.14
      Location: Album 2
    • Description: Village of Yuquot, Friendly Cove, British Columbia

      Captioned on page: Nootka village.

      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.15–2.17
      Location: Album 2
    • Description: Tents set up near church in woods

      Captioned on page: Our Camp.

      Written on verso of duplicates: Famous Acre at Nootka.

      Possibly vicinity of Yuqout.

      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.18–2.20
      Location: Album 2
    • Description: Rack for herring spawn
      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.21
      Location: Album 2
    • Description: War canoe
      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.22
      Location: Album 2
    • Description: Indigenous man with blanket, Nootka Island, British Columbia
      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.23
      Location: Album 2
    • Description: Frame houses, Nootka Island, British Columbia

      Possibly Yuqout.

      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.24–2.25
      Location: Album 2
    • Description: Drying racks near building with house posts and carved beam, Nootka Island, British Columbia

      Possibly Yuqout.

      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.26
      Location: Album 2
    • Description: Maquinna Point, Vancouver Island, British Columbia

      Written on page: Point Maquinna.

      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.27–2.28
      Location: Album 2
    • Description: Lake on Nootka Island, British Columbia

      Written on verso of duplicates: Jewitt's Lake at Nootka.

      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.29–2.33
      Location: Album 2
    • Description: Group pulling monument out of canoe

      See item 2.47 for same subject.

      Probably the monument pictured elsewhere that marks the meeting of George Vancouver and Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra in 1792.

      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.34
      Location: Album 2
    • Description: Indigenous man "Old Suter" at top of hill with pulley ropes

      Captioned on page: Suter helped.

      Written on verso of duplicates: Old Suter helped.

      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.35
      Location: Album 2
    • Description: Group with monument

      See item 2.47 for same subject.

      Probably the monument pictured elsewhere that marks the meeting of George Vancouver and Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra in 1792.

      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.36
      Location: Album 2
    • Description: Village site from monument

      Probably the monument pictured elsewhere that marks the meeting of George Vancouver and Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra in 1792.

      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.37
      Location: Album 2
    • Description: Canadian Pacific Railway steamship Queen City
      R M. Higham (photographer)
      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.38
      Location: Album 2
    • Description: Large stone monument

      Captioned on page: the monument.

      Probably the monument pictured elsewhere that marks the meeting of George Vancouver and Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra in 1792.

      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.39–2.42
      Location: Album 2
    • Description: Edmond Stephen Meany standing next to monument

      Captioned on page: the work completed.

      Probably the monument pictured elsewhere that marks the meeting of George Vancouver and Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra in 1792.

      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.43
      Location: Album 2
    • Description: Man near monument

      Captioned on page: Suter or Casko.

      Probably the monument pictured elsewhere that marks the meeting of George Vancouver and Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra in 1792.

      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.44
      Location: Album 2
    • Description: HMCS Iris laying telegraph cable, vicinity of Port Alberni, British Columbia
      C. Bradbury (photographer)

      His/Her Majesty's Canadian Ship (HMCS)/Navire canadien de Sa Majesté (NCSM) is the prefix for surface ships in the Royal Canadian Navy.

      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.45
      Location: Album 2
    • Description: Telegraph operators at work, Bamfield, British Columbia

      Written on page: Flashlight by C. Bradbury, CPR [Canadian Pacific Railyway] operator.

      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.46
      Location: Album 2
    • Description: Monument to meeting of George Vancouver and Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra in 1792

      Tipped in photocopy of original.

      Shows text, "Vancouver and Quadra met here in August 1792 under the treaty between Spain and Great Britain of October 1790. Erected by the Washington State University Historical Society, August, 1900."

      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.47
      Location: Album 2
    • Description: HMCS steamship S. S. Iris, Bamfield, British Columbia
      C. Bradbury (photographer)
      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.48
      Location: Album 2
    • Description: Central block of British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria, British Columbia
      Dates: August 1904
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.49
      Location: Album 2
    • Description: Kiix?in Village and Fortress, vicinity of Bamfield, British Columbia
      C. Bradbury (photographer)

      Captioned on page: near ruined village of Ohiat [Huu-ay-aht] which was formerly used as a fort by the Indians.

      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.50
      Location: Album 2
    • Description: Man near carved wooden figures at Kiix?in Village and Fortress, vicinity of Bamfield, British Columbia
      C. Bradbury (photographer)

      Captioned on page: located at the place marked on Admiralty Chart Ohiat [Huu-ay-aht] (ruins), on shore of Barclay Sound between Bamfield Creek and Cape Beale, Canada.

      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.51
      Location: Album 2
    • Description: Bamfield Cable Station, Bamfield, British Columbia
      C. Bradbury (photographer)

      Captioned on page: Putting sta[tion?] cable into tank from HMCS Irisat the Bamfield Cable Station.

      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.52
      Location: Album 2
    • Description: HMCS steamship Iris at Bamfield, British Columbia
      C. Bradbury (photographer)
      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.53
      Location: Album 2
    • Description: Sir James Douglas Memorial Obelisk, Victoria, British Columbia

      Shows text, "ERECTED by the PEOPLE of BRITISH COLUMBIA TO THE MEMORY OF Sir James Douglas K.C.R., GOVERNOR, Commander in-Chief FROM 1851-1864".

      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.54
      Location: Album 2
    • Description: Framed tablet on monument

      Shows text, "The Fort of the [illeg.] Hudson's Bay Company [illeg.] This Tablet [illeg.] Society [illeg.] MCM".

      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.55
      Location: Album 2
    • Description: Provincial lighthouse steamer Quadra, Victoria, British Columbia
      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.56
      Location: Album 2
    • Description: Wing of British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria, British Columbia
      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 1, Item 2.57
      Location: Album 2

  • Album 3

    This album documents Indigenous people who Meany worked with or knew, as well as their communities . Unless stated otherwise, all subjects in this series are Indigenous people.

    • Description: Lummi village from water, Whatcom County, Washington

      Written on facing page: old Lummi village located on the east bank of the present channel of the Nooksack river near the mouth.

      Dates: between 1904 and 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.1
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: Schoolhouse and associated buildings, Chehalis Reservation, Washington

      Written on facing page: Remnant of a once prosperous Boarding School . Only a small day school is now maintained there.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.2
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: Field of harvested grain, Chehalis Reservation, Washington

      Written on facing page: Grain field belonging to Peter Heck on the land leased from the Chehalis School farm.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.3
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: Policeman Yon-Hum or Peter Heck (Chehalis) in uniform, Chehalis Reservation, Washington

      Peter Heck was the Bishop (so styled) of the Indian Shaker Church, on the Chehalis Indian Reservation.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.4
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: Se-Als-Tum or Lena Heck (Chehalis) in profile, Chehalis Reservation, Washington

      Written on facing page: Mrs. Lena Heck [...] Her father was from Humptulips and her mother from Chehalis.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.5
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: George Quinotle (Quinault)

      Written on facing page: His father was from Humptulips and earned the name of Quinotle because after moving to the Chehalis Reservation he continued to praise his old Quinault home. George gave me valuable help as interpreter in recording the legends by See-see-nah.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.6
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: See-See-Nah (Chehalis), Chehalis Reservation, Washington

      Written on facing page: A patriarch of the Chehalis tribe from whom I got a number of legends and traditions. His father's father was Quinault. His father married a Chehalis woman and owned lands along the Chehalis river. Their summer home was near the present site of Centralia.

      Written on verso of duplicate: See-see-nah, patriarch of the Chehalis Tribe, Photo by Meany, Save picture for Meany,.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.7
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: Elisha Nelson Sargent

      Written on facing page: He was born in Fountain County, Indiana, 8 September 1827. He crossed the plains to California in 1849 and landed at Fort Nisqually from the Brig Cayuga, Captain Lafayette Balch, in 18 January 1850. He is about the last of the first pioneers of Mound Prairie. A blockhouse fort was built near his home during the Indian War of 1855-1856.

      Subject was a white settler in Washington.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.8
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: Mrs. Elisha Nelson Sargent

      Written on facing page: She crossed the plains with her father, L. J. Mounts, in 1853. She was married to Mr. Sargent on 30 January, 1861.

      Subject was a white settler in Washington.

      Dates: 1905?
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.9
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: Fort Borst blockhouse, Centralia, Washington

      From legacy documentation: Fort Borst (1856-1856) - The blockhouse was erected by Oregon Volunteers for protection of the Chehalis river crossing and for storage of supplies needed by troops engaged in the Washington Indian Wars. Joseph Borst owned land in Chehalis, Washington state. He bought the blockhouse and used it as a granary. Skookum Chuck is Chinook name for rapids. The old military road crossed the river at this place, a ferry having been built and operated by Tom and William Cooper.

      Written on facing page: Fort Borst (1856-1856) - Built on the farm of Joseph Borst on the bank of the Chehalis river near the mouth of Skookum Chuck in May, 1856. The old military road crossed the river at this place, a ferry being built and operated by Tom and William Cooper.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.10
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: Fort Borst blockhouse from northeast, Centralia, Washington

      From legacy documentation: Fort Borst (1856-1856) - The blockhouse was erected by Oregon Volunteers for protection of the Chehalis river crossing and for storage of supplies needed by troops engaged in the Washington Indian Wars. Joseph Borst owned land in Chehalis, Washington state. He bought the blockhouse and used it as a granary. Skookum Chuck is Chinook name for rapids. The old military road crossed the river at this place, a ferry having been built and operated by Tom and William Cooper.

      Written on facing page: Taken from the side of the old military road.

      Dates: August 24, 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.11
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: Grave marker for Joseph Borst, Centralia, Washington

      Written on facing page: Grave of Joseph Borst on the old farm.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.12
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: Grave marker for James H. Roundtree, Centralia, Washington

      Dr. James H. Roundtree moved to Chehalis from Grays Harbor, Washington.

      Written on facing page: Grave for James H. Roundtree on the old Borst farm.

      Container: Box 2, Item 3.13
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: Dick Simmons (Chehalis/Squaxin), Squaxin Island Indian Reservation, Washington

      Written on facing page: His father was from Chehalis and his mother from Squaxin.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.14
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: S'bad-sil-sol or Mrs. Dick Simmons (Snohomish/Skagit), Squaxin Island Indian Reservation, Washington

      Written on facing page: Her father was Skagit and her mother Snohomish.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.15
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: Mrs. Lottie Bagley (Puyallup/Squaxin), Squaxin Island Indian Reservation, Washington

      Written on facing page:: Her father was Johnny Scalapeen[?] of Squaxin and her mother Mary George of Puyallup. Her husband is William Bagley, a half-breed.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.16
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: Quadded-I-Sob or Mayr George (Puyallup), Squaxin Island Indian Reservation, Washington

      Written on facing page: She was formerly the wife of Johnny Scalapeen.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.17
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: Johnny Scalapeen

      Written on facing page: A member of the Squaxin family.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.18
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: Tribal day school of Skokomish Reservation, Washington

      Written on facing page: Little day school of the Skokomish Reservation. It was formerly the mission church in which Rev. Myron Eells held services so long.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.19
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: Orchard near Skokomish River, vicinity of Skokomish Reservation, Washington

      Written on facing page: This is the site of the once prosperous agency and Boarding School.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.20
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: Small orchard building, vicinity of Skokomish Reservation, Washington

      Written on facing page: Old house in the orchard of Thomas Webb, the pioneer Skokomish farmer who settled there in 1854. Our cherry tree measured thirteen feet and five inches in girth.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.21
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: Squaxin Bill (Skokomish)

      Written on facing page: His father and mother were straight Skokomish. He claims relationship to E-dag-tan, Pool-hole-tan and Dan-whil-luk, Skokomish chiefs who signed the Point No Point Treaty of 26 January, 1855.

      Written on verso of duplicate: Skokomish.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.22
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: John Hawk (Skokomish), Skokomish Reservation, Washington

      Written on facing page: His father was Isaac Hawk, a white farmer who lived near Sherlock. His mother was a Skokomish Indian woman.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.23
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: Missionary Reverend Myron Eells, Skokomish Indian Reservation, Washington

      Written on facing page: He went to the Skokomish Reservation as a missionary in June, 1874. He has remained there ever since.

      Subject was a white settler in Washington.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.24
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: Who-ay-be-cult or Jim Pulsifer (Skokomish), Quilcene, Washington

      Written on verso of duplicate copy: Skokomish.

      Written on facing page: His father was from Quilcene and his mother from Clifton. He is thus straight Twana.

      From legacy documentation: Twana is the collective name for a group of nine Coast Salish peoples in the northern-mid Puget Sound region of whom the Skokomish are the main surviving group.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.25
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: Squaxin George (Skokomish/Squaxin), Skokomish Indian Reservation, Washington

      Written on facing page: His father was a North Bay Squaxin and his mother was Skokomish. He is an old resident of the Skokomish Reservation.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.26
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: Klallam day school at Jamestown, Clallam County, Washington

      Written on facing page: Day school for the Clallams at Jamestown.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.27
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: Man near Shaker church at Jamestown, Clallam County, Washihngton

      Written on facing page: Shaker church built by the Clallam Indians at Jamestown.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.28
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: Sure-Lise also known as Chief Cook-house Billy or Billy Newton (Klallam/Suquamish) posed near fence

      Written on facing page: His father was a Clallam while his mother was half Clallam and half Suquamish (Chief Seattle's tribe).

      Written on verso of duplicate copy: Chief of Clallamus [sic].

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.29
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: S'howst or Joe Johnson (Klallam)

      Written on facing page: His father and mother were both Clallams.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.30
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: Henry Johnson (Klallam)

      Written on facing page: He says his father and mother were both Clallams of Dungeness. His wife is a half-breed Clallam. His father was a white man named Allen.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.31
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: Rosie Johnson (Klallam)

      Written on facing page: the daughter of Henry Johnson, of Jamestown.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.32
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: He-due-a-suks or Mrs. Mary Jackson (Makah) gathering reeds to make baskets

      Written on facing page: She was also known as He-due-a-suks. Her home was at Too-Yess and she is therefore a Makah. She is married to Frank Jackson, a Clallam.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.33
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: Clallam Jackson (Klallam/Makah)

      Written on facing page: The last survivor of the village that occupied Clallam Bay. He says he will now live at Neah Bay for whiskey has killed off all his people. His father was a Makah and his mother a Dungeness Clallam.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.34
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: "Dominick" or Poulsey (Suquamish) wrapped in a blanket near tent at Seattle Labor Carnival, Seattle, Washington

      Written beneath the photograph. Said to be 107 years old, oldest of Chief Seattle's Tribe. Labor Carnival, Seattle

      Dates: July 28, 1903
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.35
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: Reed mat tipis at Seattle Labor Carnival, Seattle, Washington

      From legacy documentation: Susquamish tipis [sic].

      Dates: July 28, 1903
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.36–3.37
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: Suquamish Indian Tribe members gathered near tipis

      Written beneath the photograph: Camp of Port Madison Indians, Labor Carnival, Seattle.

      Dates: July 28, 1903
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.38–3.39
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: Port Madison Indian Reservation from water, Kitsap County, Washington
      Dates: May 30, 1903
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.40
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: Picnic attendees, Port Madison Indian Reservation, Washington

      Written beneath the photograph: Picnic at Port Madison Indian Reservation.

      Dates: 1903?
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.41
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: Gathering near grave marker of Chief Seattle, Port Madison Indian Reservation, Washington

      Written on verso of duplicate: Mrs. Kane.

      Dates: May 30 , 1903
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.42
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: American flag leaning on grave marker of Chief Seattle, Port Madison Indian Reservation, Washington
      Dates: May 30 , 1903
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.43–3.44
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: Exposed pillar from Old-Man-House, Port Madison Indian Reservation, Washington

      A National Historic Site since 1990, the Old-Man-House (or Oleman House in Chinook Jargon), was the largest winter longhouse in Washington, in the Suquamish winter village of dxʷsəq̓ʷəb (Clear Saltwater), which itself is near contemporary Suquamish, Washington. This photo shows one remaining piling from the original winter longhouse razed by Office of Indian Affairs Agent William DeShaw on orders by the federal government. Members of the Suquamish Tribe rebuilt the site in the years following, and it has been cared for continuously since time immemorial.

      Source: Seattle Weekly (August 25, 2016) ; National Park Service ; Suquamish Tribe .

      Written on page: Last pillar of Ole Man House.

      Dates: May 30 , 1903
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.45–3.46
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: Carved rock vicinity of Port Madison Indian Reservation, Washington
      Dates: May 30 , 1903
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.47–3.48
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: Janey Davis (Suquamish/Duwamish), Port Madison Indian Reservation, Washington

      Written on page: [...] daughter of Old Indian John of Old Man House.

      Dates: July 4, 1904
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.49
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: Charley Krokuk holding child's hand

      Written on page: Charley Krokuk's father was named by A. A. Denny at Alki Point, 1851. Old Man House.

      Dates: July 4, 1904
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.50
      Location: Album 3
    • Description: Tecumseh or William Rogers (Suquamish/Duwamish) near Old-Man-House, Port Madison Indian Reservation, Washington

      Written on page: Tecumseh's father was named Ole Man House by A. A. Denny at Alki Point, 1851.

      On the site rebuilt after the razing of the original longhouse in the late 19th century.

      Dates: July 4, 1904
      Container: Box 2, Item 3.51–3.52
      Location: Album 3

  • Album 4

    This album documents Indigenous people who Meany worked with or knew, as well as their communities. Unless stated otherwise, all subjects in this series are Indigenous people.

    • Description: Red Thunder (Chief Joseph Nez Perce) overseeing preparation of Chief Joseph's new grave site, Nespelem, Washington

      Chief Joseph (Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt, Hinmatóowyalahtq́it in Americanist orthography, popularly known as Chief Joseph, or Young Joseph (March 3, 1840 , Wallowa Valley, Oregon-September 21, 1904, Colville Indian Reservation, Washington), succeeded his father Tuekakas (Chief Joseph the Elder) as the leader of the Wal-lam-wat-kain (Wallowa) band of Nez Perce, a Native American tribe indigenous to the Wallowa Valley in northeastern Oregon, in the interior Pacific Northwest region of the United States.)

      Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings .

      Dates: June 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 4.1
      Location: Album 4
    • Description: Laborers digging Chief Joseph's new grave, Nespelem, Washington
      Dates: June 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 4.2–4.3
      Location: Album 4
    • Description: Medicine man Hush-Low opening coffin of Chief Joseph during his reburial ceremony, Nespelem, Washington

      Written on facing page: Hush-Low, the Medicine Man opening coffin. The chief had been buried nine months.

      Dates: June 20, 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 4.4
      Location: Album 4
    • Description: Nez Perce women dressed in blankets and head scarves at reburial of Chief Joseph, Nespelem, Washington
      Dates: June 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 4.5
      Location: Album 4
    • Description: Grave marker of Chief Moses, vicinity of Nespelem, Washington

      From legacy documentation: Chief Moses (born Kwiltalahun, later called Sulk-stalk-scosum - "The Sun Chief") was an indigenous chief of the Sanchez-Columbia tribe, in what is now Washington state.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 4.6
      Location: Album 4

    • Fort Spokane & Fort Simcoe

      Other Descriptive Information

      Fort Spokane and Fort Simcoe were erected by the United States Army in the Washington Territory to quarter troops assisting in the removal, relocation, and policing of Indigenous people in Yakima, Colville, Spokane, and other communities. The Bureau of Indian Affairs was a division of the federal Department of War until 1849.

      Fort Simcoe was used as a fort for four years (1856-1860), before becoming the Yakima Indian Agency office and boarding school until 1922. Fort Spokane (1880-1929) was established as an explicit device for separating Spokane, Colville, and other Interior Salish peoples into reservations with the threat of force. The construction of the Grand Coulee Dam flooded much of the land surrounding Fort Spokane, destroying significant cultural and historical sites for native peoples of the area, and creating Lake Franklin Delano Roosevelt which the Fort now borders.

      Source: History Link (March 4, 2003) ; Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission .

    • Description: Martin D. Archiqueete (Oneida)

      Written on facing page: The disciplinarian at the Fort Simcoe school.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 4.21
      Location: Album 4
    • Description: Puyallup Indian School, Puyallup Indian Reservation, Washington
      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 4.22
      Location: Album 4
    • Description: Tulalip Boarding School and Tulalip Indian Agency buildings, Tulalip Indian Reservation, Washington
      Dates: between January 1905 and December 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 4.23–4.24
      Location: Album 4
    • Description: Residence of Tulalip Office of Indian Affairs Agent, Tulalip Indian Reservation, Washington
      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 4.25
      Location: Album 4
    • Description: Tulalip Boarding School, Tulalip Indian Reservation, Washington
      Dates: between January 1905 and December 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 4.26
      Location: Album 4
    • Description: Logs near sawmill loading ramp, Tulalip Indian Reservation, Washington

      Written on facing page: It is claimed that this is the oldest sawmill in continuous use on the Pacific Coast. It was built in 1853.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 4.27
      Location: Album 4
    • Description: Prisoner performing roadwork, Tulalip Indian Reservation, Washington
      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 4.28
      Location: Album 4
    • Description: Tulalip Office of Indian Affairs Agent Charles Milton Buchanan
      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 4.29
      Location: Album 4
    • Description: Sawmill worker William Shelton (Tulalip), Tulalip Indian Reservation, Washington

      Written on facing page: Sawyer in charge of the old mill.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 4.30
      Location: Album 4
    • Description: Charles Jules (Tulalip) seated on wooden slats

      Written on facing page: a protege of [Father Eugene Casimir Chirouse].

      From legacy documentation: Father Eugene Casimir Chirouse served as a missionary in the Pacific Northwest.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 4.31
      Location: Album 4
    • Description: Bob Kanim (Snoqualmie), Washington

      Written on facing page: Only surviving son of Chief Pat Kanim.

      From legacy documentation: Chief Pat Kanim was chief of the Snoqualmoo [Snoqualmie] and Snohomish tribe in what is now modern Washington state. Circa 1855.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 4.32
      Location: Album 4
    • Description: Step-Sahil or Tyee William with Tyee Lucy

      Written on facing page: He signed the Point Elliott Treaty, 22 January, 1855. His Indian name is Step-Shail

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 4.33
      Location: Album 4
    • Description: Frame church on Muckleshoot prairie, Washington

      Written on facing page: Built under the leadership of Chief Enias.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 4.34
      Location: Album 4
    • Description: Frame church on Mukleshoot prairie, vicinity of Auburn, Washington

      Written on facing page: Built under the leadership of Chief Old Nelson.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 4.35
      Location: Album 4
    • Description: George Nelson (Muckleshoot), Muckleshoot Indian Reservation, Washington
      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 4.36
      Location: Album 4
    • Description: We-Lech-Did or Old Tom (Muckleshoot)

      Written on facing page: He saved three white children and took them in his canoe to Seattle after the White River massacre, 28 October, 1855.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 4.37
      Location: Album 4
    • Description: Colbert F. Nason

      Written on facing page: Blacksmith. Mexican War veteran and also a pioneer who took part in the Indian Wars of the Northwest. He married an Indian woman of Muckleshoot.

      Colbert Nason was a white settler in Washington.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 4.38
      Location: Album 4
    • Description: Baby Reynolds (Muckleshoot)

      Written on facing page: Daughter of farmer Charles A Reynolds of the Muckleshoot Reservation She is a granddaughter of Colbert F. Nason.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 4.39
      Location: Album 4
    • Description: Prairie near Nisqually, Pierce County, Washington

      Written on facing page: Mount Rainier looms up in the distance but does not show in this picture.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 4.40
      Location: Album 4
    • Description: Sam P'yelo (Nisqually)

      Written on facing page: He is a veteran hostile of the Indian War of 1855-1856 [Puget Sound War]. Now he runs a canoe ferry over the Nisqually river at the mouth of Muck creek.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 4.41
      Location: Album 4
    • Description: Sam P'Yelo (Nisqually) paddling canoe on Nisqually River, Pierce County, Washington
      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 4.42
      Location: Album 4
    • Description: Antoine Jackson (Nisqually), Nisqually Reservation, Washington

      Written on facing page: He is sometimes called Fat Jack and sometimes Kanaka Jack.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 4.43
      Location: Album 4
    • Description: Mrs. Antoine Jackson, Nisqually Reservation, Washington
      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 4.44
      Location: Album 4
    • Description: Henry Martin (Nisqually), Nisqually Reservation, Washington

      Written on facing page: He often serves as an interpreter and is well educated.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 4.45
      Location: Album 4
    • Description: Potlach plank house, Swinomish Indian Reservation, vicinity of La Conner, Washington

      Written on page: Old Potlach House on the Swinomish Reservation.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 4.46
      Location: Album 4
    • Description: Swal-O-Kot, Swinomish Indian Reservation, Washington

      Written on facing page: As a boy he attended the Point Elliott Treaty Council , 22 January 1855.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 4.47
      Location: Album 4
    • Description: Charley-I-See, Swinomish Indian Reservation, Washington
      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 4.48
      Location: Album 4
    • Description: Mrs. Charley-I-See, Swinomish Indian Reservation, Washington
      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 4.49
      Location: Album 4
    • Description: Indian Shaker church, Lummi Indian Reservation, Washington
      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 4.50
      Location: Album 4
    • Description: William McClusky (Lummi)

      Written on facing page: Farmer in charge of the Lummi Reservation. His father was an Irishman and his mother a Lummi Indian woman.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 4.51
      Location: Album 4
    • Description: Roil-an-der or Hillaire Crockett (Lummi), Lummi Indian Reservation, Washington

      Written on facing page: He is the son of Whai-Lan-hu or Davy Crockett, sub-chief of the Lummi Tribe, who signed the Treaty, 22 January, 1855.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 4.52
      Location: Album 4
    • Description: Chil-Whamet-Kun or Polan (Lummi), Lummi Indian Reservation, Washington

      Written on facing page: A patriarch of the Lummi Tribe.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 4.53
      Location: Album 4
    • Description: Exposed foundation of potlach building of Chief Chow-Its-Hoot near Swol-Hasen portage, Lummi Indian Reservation, Washington
      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 4.54
      Location: Album 4
    • Description: Plank with tamanous carving near potlatch house of Chief Cho-its-hoot, Lummi Indian Reservation, Washington

      Written on facing page: The figure represents the sun carrying in each hand a box of goods. It is the Chief's Tamanous for making potlatches.

      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 2, Item 4.55–4.56
      Location: Album 4

  • Album 5

    This album documents Indigenous people who Meany worked with or knew, as well as their communities. Unless stated otherwise, all subjects in this series are Indigenous people.

  • Album 6

    This album documents environments in Washington State, especially Mount Rainier and Pierce and Lewis Counties.

    • Description: Mount Rainier from Nisqually River facing west, Pierce County, Washington
      Dates: August 1904
      Container: Box 3, Item 6.1
      Location: Album 6
    • Description: Log building "Kernahan's"
      Dates: between 1900 and 1935
      Container: Box 3, Item 6.2
      Location: Album 6
    • Description: Cottage of "Professor Allen"
      Dates: between 1900 and 1935
      Container: Box 3, Item 6.3
      Location: Album 6
    • Description: Mount Rainier from Longmire's Springs resort facing northeast, Pierce County, Washington
      Dates: between 1900 and 1935
      Container: Box 3, Item 6.4
      Location: Album 6
    • Description: Narada Falls, vicinity of Paradise, Lewis County, Washington
      Dates: between 1900 and 1935
      Container: Box 3, Item 6.5–6.6
      Location: Album 6
    • Description: Hotel Reese, vicinity of Paradise, Pierce County, Washington

      From unverified legacy documentation: John Reese set up summer tent camps in the 1890s.

      Dates: between 1900 and 1935
      Container: Box 3, Item 6.7
      Location: Album 6
    • Description: Man near clothes line
      Dates: between 1900 and 1935
      Container: Box 3, Item 6.8
      Location: Album 6
    • Description: Equestrians on trail vicinity of Paradise, Lewis County, Washington
      Dates: between 1900 and 1935
      Container: Box 3, Item 6.9–6.10
      Location: Album 6
    • Description: University of Washington professors near canvas tent
      Dates: between 1900 and 1935
      Container: Box 3, Item 6.11
      Location: Album 6
    • Description: Pack train of horses and equestrians vicinity of Paradise, Lewis County, Washington
      Dates: between 1900 and 1935
      Container: Box 3, Item 6.12
      Location: Album 6
    • Description: Sluiskin Falls, vicinity of Paradise, Pierce County, Washington
      Dates: between 1900 and 1935
      Container: Box 3, Item 6.13–6.14
      Location: Album 6
    • Description: Alpine hemlock and fir trees
      Dates: between 1900 and 1935
      Container: Box 3, Item 6.15–6.19
      Location: Album 6
    • Description: Goat's Beard shrub (Aruncus dioicus)
      Dates: between 1900 and 1935
      Container: Box 3, Item 6.20
      Location: Album 6
    • Description: Erythronium (fawn lily) blooms
      Dates: between 1900 and 1935
      Container: Box 3, Item 6.21
      Location: Album 6
    • Description: Bell heather blooms (Erica cinerea)
      Dates: between 1900 and 1935
      Container: Box 3, Item 6.22
      Location: Album 6
    • Description: White aster blooms
      Dates: between 1900 and 1935
      Container: Box 3, Item 6.23
      Location: Album 6
    • Description: Mount Rainier reflected in Mirror Lake, Pierce County, Washington
      Dates: between 1900 and 1935
      Container: Box 3, Item 6.24–6.25
      Location: Album 6
    • Description: Tatoosh Range, Pierce County, Washington
      Dates: between 1900 and 1935
      Container: Box 3, Item 6.26–6.28
      Location: Album 6
    • Description: Pinnacle Peak, Pierce County, Washington
      Dates: between 1900 and 1935
      Container: Box 3, Item 6.29
      Location: Album 6
    • Description: Thicket of trees near Mount Rainier, Pierce County, Washington
      Dates: between 1900 and 1935
      Container: Box 3, Item 6.30–6.31
      Location: Album 6
    • Description: Rocky slopes on Mount Rainier, Pierce County, Washington
      Dates: between 1900 and 1935
      Container: Box 3, Item 6.32–6.34
      Location: Album 6
    • Description: Upper Nisqually Glacier on Mount Rainier, Pierce County, Washington
      Dates: between 1900 and 1935
      Container: Box 3, Item 6.35
      Location: Album 6
    • Description: Peak of Mount Rainier, Pierce County, Washington
      Dates: between 1900 and 1935
      Container: Box 3, Item 6.36
      Location: Album 6
    • Description: Mount Rainier from Paradise, Pierce County, Washington
      Dates: between 1900 and 1935
      Container: Box 3, Item 6.37
      Location: Album 6
    • Description: Valley vicinity of Paradise, Lewis County, Washington
      Dates: between 1900 and 1935
      Container: Box 3, Item 6.38–6.39
      Location: Album 6
    • Description: Nisquallly Glacier from southwest, Pierce County, Washington
      Dates: between 1900 and 1935
      Container: Box 3, Item 6.40
      Location: Album 6
    • Description: Fog rolling into valley
      Dates: between 1900 and 1935
      Container: Box 3, Item 6.41
      Location: Album 6
    • Description: Horse drawn cart on forest road
      Dates: between 1900 and 1935
      Container: Box 3, Item 6.42
      Location: Album 6
    • Description: Edmond Stephen Meany in clearing
      Dates: between 1900 and 1935
      Container: Box 3, Item 6.43
      Location: Album 6

  • Loose photographs

  • Glass negatives

    • Description: Glass plate negatives: Meany 27–Meany 31; Meany 33; Meany 52
      7 glass plates ; 8 x 10 in.

      Restricted.

      Container: Box 7
      Location: Glass negatives
    • Description: Glass plate negatives: Meany 18–Meany 26
      9 glass plates ; 8.5 x 7 in.

      Restricted.

      Container: Box 7
      Location: Glass negatives
    • Description: Glass plate negatives: Meany 1–Meany 17; Meany 34
      18 glass plates ; 5 x 7 in.

      Restricted.

      Container: Box 8
      Location: Glass negatives
    • Description: Lantern slide: Meany 31
      1 glass plate ; 4 x 3.5 in.

      Restricted.

      Container: Box LS1
      Location: Glass negatives

  • Nitrate negatives

    • Description: Nitrate negatives: items 2.1–4.20
      54 nitrate negatives ; 4 x 5 in.

      Restricted.

      Container: Box 9
      Location: Nitrate negatives
    • Description: Nitrate negatives: items 4.21–5.20
      47 nitrate negatives ; 4 x 5 in.

      Restricted.

      Container: Box 10
      Location: Nitrate negatives
    • Description: Nitrate negatives: items 5.22-6.15
      50 nitrate negatives ; 4 x 5 in.

      Restricted.

      Container: Box 11
      Location: Nitrate negatives
    • Description: Nitrate negatives: items 6.16-6.43; A-6; A-50; A-53a–c; A-54a–b; A-85; A-86b; A-88b; A-89–A-94; A-96a–b; A-98; B-94f–h; B-73b; B-74e; B-93b; B-96c
      57 nitrate negatives ; 4 x 5 in.

      Restricted.

      Container: Box 12
      Location: Nitrate negatives


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