Harriet (also known as Hattie) Neergaard Jones was born to Richard Neergaard and Marietta Johnson in 1889 . She resided in Oakesdale, Washington and eventually married Stanley Ward Jones and bore one child, Leland Jones. Harriet's father, Richard Neergaard was a prominent political and legal figure in the Oakesdale community, serving as an attorney and at one point the Mayor of Oakesdale. Harriet Neergaard Jones died in 1971.
Consists of glass plate negatives and other types of negatives, totalling approximately 75-100 images that detail family life in Oakesdale, Washington from 1905-1918. Also contains copies of marriage license and copies of photos of Oakesdale Mayors.
It should be noted that nothing actually identifies the photographer here. However, the collection also came via a variety of (since discarded) developing chemicals, indicated these were created by a photographer rather than a collector. Where brand names or envelopes allowed dating, these chemicals were from 1906 to 1915. Mailing labels on these were addressed to Harriet Neegaard, leading to the assumption that she is the photographer.
This is an unprocessed collection. Any arrangement reflects either a pre-existing order from the records' creators or previous custodians, or preliminary sorting performed by staff.
Items are contained in 3 smaller boxes, housed within one large box. The images are neither labeled or dated.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions apply.
[Item description]
Preliminary Guide to the Harriet Neergaard Jones Glass Plate Negatives, 1905-1918 (UPC 2014-04)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
These materials were found by Carolyn Anderson in the attic of an old farmhouse in Oakesdale, and donated to WSU MASC on Sept. 5, 2014, where they were retained as upc2014-04.
A working 8mm projector came with these photographs, and was housed separately in MASC. No 8mm film came with the collection.
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