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C.H. Hanford photograph collection, approximately 1898-1904

Overview of the Collection

Collector
Hanford, C. H. (Cornelius Holgate), 1849-1926
Title
C.H. Hanford photograph collection
Dates
approximately 1898-1904 (inclusive)
Quantity
81 photographic prints (1 folder)
Collection Number
PH0506
Summary
Photographs of American military forces in the Philippines and scenes of the Philippine American war, approximately 1899-1904
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

Entire collection can be viewed on the Librarie's Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials curator required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.

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Additional Reference Guides

Languages
English
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Biographical Note

Cornelius Hanford was born in 1849 in Winchester, Iowa. He migrated with his parents to the Pacific Northwest in 1853. From 1861 -1867 he lived in San Francisco and attended commercial college. He then took up a pre-emption claim in Walla Walla, but was forced to give it up due to health failure. In 1872 he returned to Seattle where he studied law in the office of George N. McConaha. He was appointed to the Territorial Legislative Council, 1877-1878. In 1878-1880 he formed a law partnership with Colonel Charles H. Larrabee. Hanford was appointed as Assistant U.S. Attornery for Washington in 1881. In 1883 he was elected city attorney of Seattle, and re-elected in 1884 and 1885. He served as chairman of the Republican Central Committee in 1888. Hanford was appointed Chief Justice of Washington Territory in 1889. He was the last Chief Justice of the territory and its first federal judge after statehood. He died in 1926.

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Historical Background

The defeat of the Spanish by the United States in the Spanish- American War in 1898 ended Spanish rule in the Philippines, Cuba, Guam and Puerto Rico. The Philippine Islands, along with Guam and Puerto Rico, were ceded to the United States by Spain at the end of the Spanish- American War as part of the Treaty of Paris. This transfer of sovereignty was not recognized by Filipino leaders, whose troops were actually in charge of the entire archipelago, with the exception of the capital city of Manila, where the Spanish had been defeated by George Dewey and the city was occupied by American troops. The Philippine- American war began near Manila on February 4th, 1899. Emilio Aquinaldo’s army occupied a trench-line surrounding Manila, and shooting soon began along this ten mile line. United States troops quickly overwhelmed Filipino positions, pushing north into Central Luzon, the main Philippine Island. The conventional battle ended in 1899, but guerilla fighting continued, with ambushes, massacres and retaliations on both sides. From this point on, the war became particularly savage, with indiscriminate violence and the slaughter of civilians. The number of Filipino civilian deaths is estimated by some historians to be in the hundreds of thousands.

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Content Description

Photographs of American military forces in the Philippines and scenes of the Philippine American war. Includes scenes of military life and also battle scenes, with images portraying military officers General Frederick Funston, Brigadier General Lloyd Wheaton, Colonel Harry Clay Egbert, Major General Henry W. Lawton and others. Includes two photographs of soldiers from Washington State who may or may not have taken part in the war; and portraits of Judge C.H. Hanford.

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Other Descriptive Information

An accompanying list provided descriptions of 66 photographs. Two of the photos that were numbered on the list as 33 and 37, were not found in the collection.

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Use of the Collection

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Restrictions on Use

Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Donor: Possibly, UW Law Library: 1/71, 4/74, 7/80; Lucile Hanford Showalter. Dayton, Ohio: 7/74, 1/1/1971.

Processing Note

Processed by Kaylynn Guerra, 2018.

The photographs may have been relocated from the Cornelius Holgate Hanford Papers, Manuscripts Accession No. 1512 in the repository, but there is no concrete evidence that they were originaly with the papers.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

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Subject Terms

  • Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)

Personal Names

  • Hanford, C. H. (Cornelius Holgate), 1849-1926--Photographs

Geographical Names

  • Philippines--History--Philippine American War, 1899-1902--Photographs


2009 (Last modified: 10/11/2024)

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