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Lee Moorhouse photographs, 1900-1962

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Moorhouse, Lee, 1850-1926
Title
Lee Moorhouse photographs
Dates
1900-1962 (inclusive)
Quantity
.25 cubic feet
Collection Number
PG 007
Summary
Photographs taken by Lee Moorhouse. Subjects include members of the Cayuse, Nez Perce and Umatilla tribes.
Repository
University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
University of Idaho Library
875 Perimeter Drive
MS 2350
Moscow, ID
83844-2350
Telephone: 2088850845
libspec@uidaho.edu
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Additional Reference Guides

A large collection of original Lee Moorhouse photographs can be found at University of Oregon Library Special Collections and Univeristy Archives as collection PH 036.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

Major Thomas Leander (Lee) Moorhouse was born in Marion County, Iowa in 1950. His family traveled the Oregon Trail in 1861, settling in Walla Walla, Washington. Moorhouse moved in with friends from Iowa, near Pendleton, Oregon. As an adult, Moorhouse worked as a miner, surveyor, rancher, businessman, civic leader real estate operator and inusurance salesman before becoming Agent for the Umatilla Indian Reservation in 1889. Throughout his life, Moorhouse had an interest in photography, and between 1888 and 1916 produced over 9,000 images documenting urban and rural community life, transportation, social functions and entertainments, and Native American life in the Columbia Basin and Umatilla County, Oregon. He was also a collector of Native American artifacts, including baskets, weapons, regalia, bags and clothing, which he would use in his photography.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

Photographer, "Title," date. Collection name, object ID. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Items in the collection indicate the donor to be Dan Warren of Moscow, with the exception of one image, "Umatilla Indian Mother and Babe," PG 7-10-2, to be donated by Mrs. Phyllis Harrison. The collection was donated at an unknown date.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Photographs

    • Description: Major Lee Moorhouse. Pendleton, Oregon. n.d. 8x10 black and white print
      1 photographic prints : donated by Dan Warren
      Dates: undated
      Container: Object 2-1
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: Joaquin Miller. Early 1900's. Photographer: Major Lee Moorhouse. 8x10 black and white print
      1 photographic prints : donated by Dan Warren
      Dates: 1900
      Container: Object 3-1
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: Copy print. Cayuse Indians. Second from left on Appaloosa horse is Robert Burke. - Original photo taken in 1923. 1962. Photographer: Major Lee Moorhouse. 8x10 black and white print
      1 photographic prints : donated by Dan Warren
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Object 4-1
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: Copy print. Cayuse Indians. Nearest: Mrs. Poker Jim. Other woman: Ka L Lew Shunmi (or Shunmy). - Original photo taken ca. 1922. Women riding in parade, probably Pendleton Roundup. 1962. Photographer: Major Lee Moorhouse. 8x10 black and white print
      1 photographic prints : donated by Dan Warren
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Object 5-1
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: Indian artifacts. Early 1900's. Photographer: Major Lee Moorhouse. 7x8.75 black and white print
      1 photographic prints : donated by Dan Warren
      Dates: 1900
      Container: Object 6-1a
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: Indian artifacts. Early 1900's. Photographer: Major Lee Moorhouse. 7x8.75 black and white print
      1 photographic prints : donated by Dan Warren
      Dates: 1900
      Container: Object 6-1b
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: "We-Niv's Daughter". - Photo titled "We-Niv's Daughter." Early 1900's. Photographer: Major Lee Moorhouse. 5x7 black and white print
      1 photographic prints : donated by Dan Warren
      Dates: 1900
      Container: Object 7-1
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: "Young Chief." Cayuse tribe. Early 1900's. Photographer: Major Lee Moorhouse. 6.5x8.25 black and white print
      1 photographic prints : donated by Dan Warren
      Dates: 1900
      Container: Object 8-1
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: Cayuse tribe female smoking buckskins. - Photo titled "Smoking Buck-Skins" Cayuse-Tribe. Early 1900's. Photographer: Major Lee Moorhouse. 8x10 black and white print
      1 photographic prints : donated by Dan Warren
      Dates: 1900
      Container: Object 9-1
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: Group of Umatilla Indians. Indian woman holding Appaloosa. - Photo titled "Group of Umatilla's." Early 1900's. Photographer: Major Lee Moorhouse. 8x10 black and white print
      1 photographic prints : donated by Dan Warren
      Dates: 1900
      Container: Object 10-1
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: Umatilla Indian mother and baby. 1900. Photographer: Major Lee Moorhouse. 8x10 black and white print
      1 photographic prints : donated by Mrs. Phyllis Harrison
      Dates: 1900
      Container: Object 10-2
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: Two Umatilla warriors on horses. - Photo titled "Umatilla Warriors." July 4, 1900. Photographer: Major Lee Moorhouse. 5x7 black and white print
      1 photographic prints : donated by Dan Warren
      Dates: 1900-07-04
      Container: Object 11-1
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: Copy print. Two Indian men with Appaloosa horse. - 1962 is the date copy print was made, date of original unknown. 1962. Photographer: Major Lee Moorhouse. 8x10 black and white print
      1 photographic prints : donated by Dan Warren
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Object 12-1
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: Composite picture of Yakima Indians. - Photo titled "Most Noted Indians of Yakima Reservation." Early 1900's. Photographer: Major Lee Moorhouse. 6.5x8.5 black and white print
      1 photographic prints : donated by Dan Warren
      Dates: 1900
      Container: Object 13-1
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: Two Bannock braves. - Photo titled "Bannock Braves." Early 1900's. Photographer: Major Lee Moorhouse. 8x10 black and white print
      1 photographic prints : donated by Dan Warren
      Dates: 1900
      Container: Object 14-1
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: Nezperce warriors mounted on horses. - Photo titled "Nezperces Warriors." July 4, 1906. Photographer: Major Lee Moorhouse. 8x10 black and white print
      1 photographic prints : donated by Dan Warren
      Dates: 1906-07-04
      Container: Object 15-1
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: Copy print. Stephens Reuben, Nez Perce Indian man. 1900 or 1901. Photographer: Major Lee Moorhouse. 8x10 black and white print
      1 photographic prints : donated by Dan Warren
      Dates: 1900
      Container: Object 16-1
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: Nez Perce warrior. - Photo titled "NezPerce Warrior." Early 1900's. Photographer: Major Lee Moorhouse. 8x10 black and white print
      1 photographic prints : donated by Dan Warren
      Dates: 1900
      Container: Object 17-1
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: Indian burying scaffold. - Photo titled "Burying Scaffold." Early 1900's. Photographer: Major Lee Moorhouse. 8x10 black and white print
      1 photographic prints : donated by Dan Warren
      Dates: 1900
      Container: Object 18-1
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: Copy print. Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co. (O.R. & N. Co.), Locomotive 35, Engine no. 35. - 1962 is the date copy print was made, date of original unknown. 1962. Photographer: Major Lee Moorhouse. 8x10 black and white print
      1 photographic prints : donated by Dan Warren
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Object 19-1
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: Copy print. Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co. (O.R. & N. Co.), Engine no. 35. - 1962 is the date copy print was made, date of original unknown. 1962. Photographer: Major Lee Moorhouse. 8x10 black and white print
      1 photographic prints : donated by Dan Warren
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Object 19-2
      Location: Photographs
    • Description: Oregon Indian life. Views of Fish Hawk, Captain Son-Kin, Umatilla Indians, To-ka-map-po, sweat house, papoose basket, Turzah, Indian school, and Martin Speedus at Tumwater Falls. - Poster with eleven photographs all copyrighted by Major Lee Moorhouse. early 1900's. Photographer: Lee Moorehouse.
      1 photographic prints : donor information unkown
      Dates: 1900
      Container: Object 20-01 o.s.
      Location: Photographs

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Finding aid prepared by Amy Thompson
2022

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