Hugh M. Neighbour photographs of the west

Description

Title: Hugh M. Neighbour photographs of the west
Creator: Neighbour, Hugh M. (Hugh Mears), b. 1888
Published / Created: 1910-1939.
Abstract: Photographs of: Neighbour surveying and camping in Montana and Nevada; Shoshone and Piute Indians in Nevada and Zuni Indians in New Mexico; students and buildings at the University of Montana at Missoula in 1911-1912; people and buildings in Gallup, Ramah, and Santa Fe, New Mexico; cattle herding at Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico; the Gillespie Dam, Arizona at the time of the flood of the Gila River, in 1923; aftermath of the Long Beach Earthquake of 1933; and the Orange County California Flood of 1938 (these made by Watson Airfotos, Inc.).
Description: Hugh M. Neighbour, senior, an engineer and surveyor who studied in Montana and worked in Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, and southern California.
Nitrate negatives accompanying the collection were discarded according to Yale University policy in 2023. Digital surrogates are available.
Accompanied by a box list.
Many of the photographs are accompanied by later copy prints with manuscript captions on verso.
Provenance: Purchased from Hugh M. Neighbour on the Frederick W. & Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 1998.
Extent: 443 photographic prints (in 3 boxes) : 20.4 x 25.3 cm. and smaller.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Digitization Note: Displayed in folder order.
Language: English

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: WA Photos 241
Related Resource Online: View digital images from the Beinecke Library's Digital Images Online database
Container / Volume: Box 3

Genre: Pictorial works
Portraits
Material: b & w ;
Subject (Geographic): West (U.S.)
Nevada
New Mexico
California
Long Beach
Gila River (N.M. and Ariz.)
Orange County
Subject (Name): Neighbour, Hugh M. b. 1888. (Hugh Mears),
Watson Airfotos, Inc.
University of Montana--Missoula
Subject (Topic): Surveyors
Paiute Indians
Shoshoni Indians
Zuni Indians
Earthquakes
Floods
Subjects: Neighbour, Hugh M. (Hugh Mears), b. 1888
Watson Airfotos, Inc
University of Montana--Missoula > Pictorial works
Surveyors > West (U.S.) > Portraits
Nevada > Pictorial works
New Mexico > Pictorial works
Paiute Indians > Pictorial works
Shoshoni Indians > Pictorial works
Zuni Indians > Pictorial works
Earthquakes > California > Long Beach > Pictorial works
Gila River (N.M. and Ariz.) > Pictorial works
Floods > California > Orange County > Pictorial works

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Citation: Hugh M. Neighbour Photographs of the West. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.