Mayhew Yale Foster Collection of Greenough Park Photographs

Mayhew Yale Foster Collection of Greenough Park Photographs, circa 1890-1919

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Foster, Mayhew Y. (Mayhew Yale), 1911-2011
Title: Mayhew Yale Foster Collection of Greenough Park Photographs
Dates: circa 1890-1919 (inclusive)
18901919
Quantity: 14 photographs
Collection Number: Mss 918
Summary: This collection contains 14 photonegative copies of Greenough Park and its environs in Missoula, Montana. The images were captured between 1890s and 1910s.
Repository: University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections
Archives and Special Collections
Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library
University of Montana
32 Campus Dr. #9936
59812-9936
Missoula, MT
Telephone: 406-243-2053
library.archives@umontana.edu
Access Restrictions: Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and The University of Montana-Missoula.
Languages: visual

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Mayhew Yale “Bo” Foster was born October 9, 1911 in Richmond, Virginia. As a child, he spent his summers on his family’s ranch near Glacier National Park in Montana. Foster graduated from Yale University in 1933 before hitchhiking back to Montana during the Great Depression. Once in Montana, Foster found a job working for the U.S Forest Service. In Missoula, Montana, he met Virginia Walters, a member of Missoula’s well-known Greenough Family and Tennessee Greenough’s great-niece. The couple married in 1940. The Fosters lived in the guest cottage of the Greenough Mansion following their marriage and had one child named Susan. During World War II, Foster was a Brigadier General and Army Pilot who was awarded the Silver Star for his involvement in “Riviera D-Day” in France. After the war, Foster is credited with starting Missoula’s first National Guard Unit, the 443rd Field Artillery Battalion. Foster died on March 21, 2011 in Missoula.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection contains 14 photonegative copies from Greenough family member Mayhew “Bo” Foster’s personal photograph album. Included are images of Missoula, Montana’s Greenough Park, the Greenough family’s first house in the Rattlesnake Creek drainage, the Vine Street Bridge, and captive bears held in Greenough Park. Also included are photographs of unidentified people and locations. It is presumed that the location of these unmarked photographs is Greenough Park. The original images were captured between the 1890s and 1910s. The reproductions were created in 2002 for the 100-year anniversary of Greenough Park.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and any other applicable statutes. Copyright not transferred to the University of Montana.

Preferred Citation

Mayhew Yale Foster Collection of Greenough Park Photographs, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

This collection is arranged by photograph number and alphabetically by subject matter.

Custodial History

The images in this collection were reproduced from Mayhew “Bo” Foster’s personal photograph album, which he loaned to the University of Montana Archives and Special Collections in 2002 for copying. The Archives does not hold the original photograph album.

Acquisition Information

Kathleen Kennedy with the Friends of the Library facilitated the loan and reproduction of Foster's photographs with the Archvies and Special Collections in June 2002 in conjuction with the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Greenough Park.

Processing Note

In processing, the photonegative copies were placed in envelopes. Original image titles were maintained in processing and unlabeled images where given descriptive titles based on content by the Archives. The images were then arranged alphabetically and assigned photograph numbers.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Folder	photo_number
1	918.0001	1908 Flood, Vine Street Bridge	1908
1	918.0002	Captive Bears in Greenough Park	circa 1890-1919
1	918.0003	Captive Bears in Greenough Park	circa 1890-1919
1	918.0004	First Greenough home on Rattlesnake	circa 1890-1919
1	918.0005	First Greenough house	circa 1890-1919
1	918.0006	First Greenough home on Rattlesnake	circa 1890-1919
1	918.0007	Greenough Park entrance	circa 1890-1919
1	918.0008	Looking into park from Greenough yard (Vine Street Bridge)	circa 1890-1919
1	918.0009	Madison and Vine	circa 1890-1919
1	918.0010	Section house	circa 1890-1919
1	918.0011	Two unidentified children in the park	circa 1890-1919
1	918.0012	Unknown creek Likely Rattlesnake Creek	circa 1890-1919
1	918.0013	Unidentified indigenous person next to creek	circa 1890-1919
1	918.0014	Unidentified women in the park	circa 1890-1919

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