UUS_p0120.xml Guide to the James Foster Scott photograph collection1850-1940 Scott (James Foster) photograph collection1850-1940 Finding aid created by Camille Gooch, February 2001 Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008 Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
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UUS_P0120 Scott, James Foster, b. 1863. James Foster Scott photograph collection 1850-1940 1875-1920 4 boxes 2.5 linear ft. Images of James Foster Scott and his family and friends, the Virginia woods, and a photograph album of a 1905 trip to Bermuda. Collection materials are in English. Restrictions

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James Foster Scott photograph collection, 1850-1940. (P0120). Utah State University. Special Collections & Archives Department.

This collection and manuscript collection #180 came to USU Special Collections through Helen Snow in 1994.

Register completed by Tonia Lewis, June 2001.

Biographical Note

James Foster Scott was born at Futteguhr, India in 1863. Scott's father, Rev. James Long Scott, was a Presbyterian minister and his mother, Eliza Jane Foster, was a Presbyterian missionary. Young James attended Hastings Academy in Philadelphia and later took an A.B. at Yale in 1884. At Yale Scott was on the rowing team and he developed a love of boats and rivers that he kept for the remainder of his life. After Yale he received an M.D. degree from Edinburgh University. For three years he was a member of the Volunteer Medical Staff Corps of the British army. He was later named head of the Columbia Hospital for women and living-in asylum in Washington, D.C. In 1898 he left the Hospital to lead the life of an outdoorsman. He built a house on an island in the Potomac River where he spent the remainder of his days writing philosophy and boating on the river. In 1940 he married Karen Gram Scott. He died in 1946.

Organized numerical by photo number.

The James Foster Scott photograph collection contains images of James Foster Scott and his family, the Virginia woods, and a photograph album of a 1905 trip to Bermuda. The identifications for most of the photographs are hand-written and difficult to read. Some of the spellings may be incorrect.

James Foster Scott papers (COLL MS 180)

 Images Scott, James Foster, b. 1863--Portraits. Scott, Karen Gram, b. 1891--Portraits. Scott, Frances Foster, 1856-1883--Portraits. Scott, Hetty Elizabeth, 1859-1930--Portraits. Foster, Julius Mulford, 1822-1906--Portraits. Scott, Anna Ellen, 1841-1903--Portraits. Scott, Edward Houston, 1845-1871--Portraits. Scott, Eliza Jane Foster, b. 1826--Portraits. Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925--Portraits. Scott family--Portraits. Bermuda Islands--Description and travel--Photographs. Container List Collection Inventory 1 1:01 Julius Mulford Foster 1870 1 1:02 A. Scott undated (two copies). 1 1:03 Anna Ellen Scott 1895 1 1:04 Anna Ellen Scott 1885 1 1:05 Edward Houston Scott 1855 1 1:06 Eliza Jane Foster Scott 1860 1 1:07 Francis Foster Scott and Hetty Elizabeth Scott 1863 1 1:08 Francis Foster Scott 1866 1 1:09 Francis Foster Scott 1870 1 1:10 Francis Foster Scott and Celinda Bartlett 1882 1 1:11 Hetty Elizabeth Scott 1880 1 1:12 James Foster Scott 1869 1 1:13 James Foster Scott 1871 (two copies). 1 1:14 James Long Scott (?) undated 1 1:15 unidentified undated 1 1:16 unidentified undated 2 1 2:01:01 Julius Mulford Foster and William Jennings Bryan at Santiago Chile 1900 2 2 2:02:01 Manuel Martin Foster 1890-1899 2 3 2:03:01 Edward Houston Scott (?) undated 2 4 2:04:01 James Foster Scott in India 1860-1869 2 5 2:05:01 James Foster Scott in Hot Air Balloon, Paris 1880-1889 2 6 2:06:01 James Foster Scott at Edinburgh 1888 2 7 2:07:01 James Foster Scott as Volunteer in the British Army Medical Corp. 1888 2 8 2:08:01 James Foster Scott 1900 2 9 2:09:01 James Foster Scott 1900 2 10 2:10:01 Karen Gram Scott 1910-1919 2 11 2:11:01 Rev. Thomas Scott (?) undated 2 12 2:12:01 Phoebe Dayton Foster undated 2 13 2:13:01 James Foster Scott, Bermuda undated 2 13 2:13:02 James Foster Scott (?) undated 2 13 2:13:03 James Foster Scott and unidentified Boy 1920 2 13 2:13:04 James Foster Scott on the Potomac River 1920 2 13 2:13:05 James Foster Scott and Karen Gram Scott 1920 2 13 2:13:06 James Foster Scott 1920 2 13 2:13:07 Stream and Waterfall undated 2 13 2:13:08 Church that James Long Scott preached in undated 3 3:01 James Foster Scott on Yale's rowing team 1884

Oversized photograph.

 3 3:02 James Foster Scott at Edinburgh 1886

Oversized photograph.

 3 3:03 Class of 84 Reunion, Yale (?) 1930

Oversized photograph.

 Photograph album of trip to the Bermudas Winter 1905 4 4:001 Hamilton Cathedral undated 4 4:002 Lily Field undated 4 4:003 Nook on Darrell's Island undated 4 4:004 A Salt Water Lake undated 4 4:005 Royal Palms, Pembroke undated 4 4:006 Another view of Royal Palms undated 4 4:007 Freighter in Hamilton Harbor undated 4 4:008 Docks at Hamilton undated 4 4:009 Freighter undated 4 4:010 S.S. Bermudian undated 4 4:011 Trinidad undated 4 4:012 Garibaldi undated 4 4:013-016 Bermudian at Deck undated 4 4:017 Dainty undated 4 4:018 Freighter undated 4 4:019 Atalanta undated 4 4:020 Mr. Gilbert undated 4 4:021-4:024 J.F. Head undated 4 4:025 Miss M.R. Suydam undated 4 4:026 Mr. & Mrs. Fuller undated 4 4:027 Stanley Howe undated 4 4:028 Miss Harrington, Lady Dawson, Mrs. Hebden undated 4 4:029 Col. Heushaw, Miss Harrington, Mrs. Hebden undated 4 4:030 Mrs. Hebden, Miss Harrington, Mr. Hebden undated 4 4:031 Princess Hotel undated 4 4:032 View from my window undated 4 4:033 Yacht race from my window undated 4 4:034-:035 View from my window undated 4 4:036 My boat moored in Pitt's Bay undated 4 4:037 Freighter on the ways undated 4 4:038-4:042 Spanish Rock undated 4 4:043 Old Inscription on Spanish Rock undated 4 4:044 Spanish Rock undated 4 4:045 Miss Harrington undated 4 4:046 unidentified Man undated 4 4:047 Island off Spanish Point undated 4 4:048 Fishing nets at Spanish Point undated 4 4:049 Off Spanish Point undated 4 4:050 Picnic on Tucker's Island undated 4 4:051 Miss Suydam undated 4 4:052 End of "Paper Chase" at Capt. Whitmarsh's undated 4 4:053-:054 Garden Party at Capt. Whitmarsh's undated 4 4:055 Angel Fish undated 4 4:056 Entrance to Soucy undated 4 4:057 Soucy: Gen. Hasting's Place undated 4 4:058 "Norwood." Mr. Darrell's Place undated 4 4:059 Surinam Toad undated 4 4:060 "Sunnylauds" - Rented by Mrs. Parke undated 4 4:061 Miss Parke undated 4 4:062 Lilly Field in "Sunnylauds." undated 4 4:063 Miss Parke in Rubber Tree undated 4 4:064 "Sunnylauds" - Dr. Outerbridge's Place undated 4 4:065 Double Exposure - Miss Parke's Bulldog undated 4 4:066 Wreck Hill undated 4 4:067 Old watch-house on top of Wreck Hill undated 4 4:068 View from Wreck Hill undated 4 4:069 James Foster Scott, Mrs. Hobbs undated 4 4:070 Family of 7th Day Adventist's undated 4 4:071 View from Wreck Hill undated 4 4:072 Portugese Man-o-War undated 4 4:073 Cathedral Rocks undated 4 4:074-:075 Natural Arch undated 4 4:076 Reefs at Low Tide undated 4 4:077-:078 Smuggler's Harbor undated 4 4:079 Miss Parke - Pulpit rock in background undated 4 4:080 Spanish Castle dimly seen undated 4 4:081 Old Spanish Castle undated 4 4:082 Spanish Castle undated 4 4:083-:086 Castle Island undated 4 4:087 Miss Parke with Sea Urchins undated 4 4:088 James Foster Scott on Castle Island undated 4 4:089 Miss Parke on Goat Island undated 4 4:090 View from Castle Island undated 4 4:091 Old Spanish Castle undated 4 4:092 James Foster Scott on Goat Island Cliffs undated 4 4:093 Ruins on Southhampton Island undated 4 4:094-:095 Entrance to Hungry Bay undated 4 4:096 Hungry Bay undated 4 4:097 Gibb's Hill Lighthouse & Signal Station undated 4 4:098 View from Gibb's Hill Lighthouse undated 4 4:099 View of Great Sound undated 4 4:100-:101 Khyber Pass undated 4 4:102 Stone Quarry at Entrance to Khyber Pass undated 4 4:103 Largest Rubber Tree in Bermuda undated 4 4:104-:105 Eve's Cottage undated 4 4:106 View of Hamilton from Eve's Cottage undated 4 4:107 From Eve's Cottage looking toward St. George's undated 4 4:108 From Eve's Cottage looking toward Gibb's Hill undated 4 4:109 Mr. Austin undated 4 4:110 Aloes Century Plant undated 4 4:111-:114 Goats undated 4 4:115 unidentified undated 4 4:116 Quarry in Somerset undated 4 4:117 House in rear of large rubber tree undated 4 4:118 Bermudians undated 4 4:119 The Great Dry Dock undated 4 4:120 My room undated 4 4:121 Football at Barracks on Ireland Island undated 4 4:122 Band Stand in Victoria Park undated 4 4:123 Mr. Austin - Mrs. Peck undated 4 4:124 Concert in Victoria Park undated 4 4:125 Poinciaua Regia undated 4 4:126 Miss Starr, Miss Suydam undated 4 4:127 Gov. Gen. Stewart undated 4 4:128 Mr. Austin, Miss Starr undated 4 4:129 Band Concert - Victoria Park undated 4 4:130 Poinciaua Regia undated 4 4:131 The Misses Jones, Miss Starr undated 4 4:132 Eve's Cottage undated 4 4:133 Taken by Mrs. Peck undated 4 4:134 On St. David's Island undated 4 4:135 Mr. Weiss, the Photographer undated 4 4:136 Salt-water ditch undated 4 4:137 Study of a native Bermudian undated 4 4:138 Hawaii Harbor undated 4 4:139 Duplicate of 4:005 undated 4 4:140 Duplicate of 4:006 undated 4 4:141 Royal Palms undated 4 4:142 Sir George Somers undated 4 4:143 Easter Lilies undated 4 4:144 Hotel Hamilton undated 4 4:145 Causeway & Swing Bridge undated 4 4:146 Light House, St. David's undated 4 4:147 Temple Rocks undated 4 4:148 H.M.S. Terror undated 4 4:149 Quarry undated 4 4:150 Rocks at St. George's undated 4 4:151 St. George's undated 4 4:152 unidentified undated 4 4:153 Gray's Bridge - Ireland Island undated 4 4:154 Residence of the Governor undated 4 4:155 Old Devonshire Church undated 4 4:156 Cedar Avenue - Hamilton undated 4 4:157 Park - St. Georges undated 4 4:158 Cutout of flying fish undated 4 4:159-:160 Near Spanish Rock undated 4 4:161 S.S. Malinda undated 4 4:162 Unknown Hotel undated 4 4:163 Banana Plantation undated 4 4:164 Group of Bamboo undated 4 4:165 Dime Rock on Harrington Sound undated 4 4:166 unidentified donkey and cart undated 4 4:167 Boer War Prisoners undated 4 4:168 Front Street - Hamilton undated 4 4:169 Mr. Heyl undated 4 4:170 Fisherman's boat being repaired undated 4 4:171-:175 Sail Boat undated 4 4:176 U.S. Consul W. Maxwell undated 4 4:177-:178 S.S. Bermudian undated 4 4:179 Saloon of S.S. Bermudian undated 4 4:180 Quarry near Princes Hotel undated 4 4:181 Smith Parish Church undated 4 4:182 Half shell/Half Coral undated 4 4:183 Avocado Pear undated 4 4:184 Carriage with two women and man undated 4 4:185 Surinam Cherry Tree undated 4 4:186 Long House undated 4 4:187 Cedar Tree planted by Prince Alfred undated 4 4:188 Sent by Miss Dangler undated 4 4:189 Rubber Tree undated 4 4:190-:193 Diver undated 4 4:194 American Flag undated 4 4:195 Boat in cove undated 4 4:196 Harbor and buildings undated 4 4:197 Bridge undated 4 4:198 Cemetery undated 4 4:199 Old Tree undated 4 4:200 Wm. Weiss & Co. Photographer, Advertisement undated 4 4:201 Toy boat with plant leaf sail undated 4 4:202 Study area undated 4 4:203 Bed undated 4 4:204 Woman on Boat undated 4 4:205 Two women and two men in a boat undated 4 4:206 Miss Parke undated 4 4:207-:209 Women on boat undated 4 4:210 Men outside of Hotel undated 4 4:211 Two women on ocean-side cliff undated 4 4:212-213 Woman on ocean-side cliff undated 4 4:214 Harbor and town undated 4 4:215 Man and woman on beach undated 4 4:216-:220 Harbor and town undated 4 4:221 A December morning on the Atlantic nearing New York undated 4 4:222 James Foster Scott and others on sail boat undated 4 4:223 W.M. Weiss & Co. Bermuda photo undated