Memoirs describing expeditions and military service in Alaska and the Philippines
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 10
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Typescript memoirs, with manuscript corrections in pen and pencil, by Luther S. Kelly describing his adventures and exploits in the West, Alaska, and the Philippines after 1892. Thirteen chapters describe Kelly's experiences in Chicago at the Columbian exposition in 1893, the Pullman strike, and his friendship with Buffalo Bill Cody; the 1898 Reindeer for Alaska Expedition which includes observations about Laplanders; the Glenn Expedition which introduced Kelly to the Alaskan interior and to geologist and photographer W. C. Mendenhall; the Harriman Expedition; Kelly's experiences in the Philippines; as well as communications with William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt. Each chapter excluding the first is preceeded by a summary of chapter contents and originally paginated as if carrying forward from Kelly's 1926 published volume. Includes a typescript review of "Yellowstone Kelly" attributed to Charles J. Finger. Accompanied by 27 photographs from Alaska and the Philippines, captioned on the verso in pencil and type, and notated for inclusion in specific chapters. Two prints are by Edward S. Curtis and fourteen are by W.C. Mendenhall.
Description:
Luther S. Kelly, known also as "Yellowstone Kelly", was a trapper, hunter and Army scout. In 1898 Kelly was sent to Alaska to serve on the Reindeer for Alaska Relief Expedition. He was later assigned to an expedition under E. F. Glenn that scouted mail routes to Yukon posts. In 1899 Kelly was hired by the Harriman Expedition and traveled in Alaska before being assigned to command a Philippine post at Dapitan in Mindanao. After successfully resisting a seige by escaped convicts and outlaws in March of 1903 in Surigao, Kelly was appointed Indian Agent at the San Carlos Agency in Arizona. He retired to Paradise, California where he wrote his memoirs; a portion describing his life through 1892 was published in 1926 as "'Yellowstone Kelly': the Memoirs of Luther S. Kelly". He died in 1928.
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Kelly, Luther S. (Luther Sage), 1849-1928 and Mendenhall, Walter C. (Walter Curran), 1871-1957
Portraits of prostitutes in Storyville, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 4
Image Count:
2
Abstract:
Photographs created by E. J. Bellocq chiefly of nude prostitutes in Storyville, New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1910-1915, and printed from his negatives by an unidentified printer, probably in 1950. E. J. Bellocq (1873-1949), born John Ernest Joseph Bellocq, was a commercial photographer who worked in New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1902-circa 1940. Bellocq is best known for his photographs of prostitutes working in Storyville, the legalized red light district of New Orleans. and Print No. 4 depicts a nude woman posed sitting sideways on a wooden chair with her legs crossed in front of a draped window. A large steamer trunk and wooden shelves are partially visible on the left edge of the image.
Description:
Linen mat tape affixed to verso of each print with a pencil number inscription, 1-7, probably inscribed by Abraham Stransky. and Pencil inscriptions on the verso of each print in an unidentified hand, probably transcribed from original mats: "Ernest J. Bellocq (?-1938) Storyville, photog. New Orleans, La."; "Test print obtained by me (A. S.) in 1950, from owner of the glass negatives at that time"; "Photo: circa: 1912"; "See: 'E. J. Bellocq,' Pub. by Museum of Modem Art - 1970 & Rose, Al: 'Storyville, New Orleans' - 1974"; and "Bellocq made photos: 1895-1930s."
Subject (Geographic):
Storyville (New Orleans, La.)--Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
Bellocq, E. J, Stransky, Abraham,--1910-1995, and Stransky, Abraham,--1910-1995--Ownership
Subject (Topic):
Photographers--Louisiana--New Orleans, Photography of the nude, Photography of women--Louisiana--New Orleans, Photography, Artistic, and Prostitutes--Louisiana--New Orleans--Pictorial works
Portraits of prostitutes in Storyville, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 7
Image Count:
2
Abstract:
Photographs created by E. J. Bellocq chiefly of nude prostitutes in Storyville, New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1910-1915, and printed from his negatives by an unidentified printer, probably in 1950. E. J. Bellocq (1873-1949), born John Ernest Joseph Bellocq, was a commercial photographer who worked in New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1902-circa 1940. Bellocq is best known for his photographs of prostitutes working in Storyville, the legalized red light district of New Orleans. and Print No. 7 depicts a nude woman posed reclining on an upholstered chaise lounge among several large pillows. She also wears a necklace with a medallion and shoes. Two pillows on the chaise lounge depict respectively a bulldog and a United States flag. In the background, an electrical cord hangs over the latch of a door and wraps around the doorknob, probably as an improvised burglary deterrent.
Description:
Linen mat tape affixed to verso of each print with a pencil number inscription, 1-7, probably inscribed by Abraham Stransky. and Pencil inscriptions on the verso of each print in an unidentified hand, probably transcribed from original mats: "Ernest J. Bellocq (?-1938) Storyville, photog. New Orleans, La."; "Test print obtained by me (A. S.) in 1950, from owner of the glass negatives at that time"; "Photo: circa: 1912"; "See: 'E. J. Bellocq,' Pub. by Museum of Modem Art - 1970 & Rose, Al: 'Storyville, New Orleans' - 1974"; and "Bellocq made photos: 1895-1930s."
Subject (Geographic):
Storyville (New Orleans, La.)--Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
Bellocq, E. J, Stransky, Abraham,--1910-1995, and Stransky, Abraham,--1910-1995--Ownership
Subject (Topic):
Photographers--Louisiana--New Orleans, Photography of the nude, Photography of women--Louisiana--New Orleans, Photography, Artistic, and Prostitutes--Louisiana--New Orleans--Pictorial works