Brief Description of Collection
Title:Asa M. Beaver Photograph Collection, c. 1850-1900
Collection Number:P19
Provenance:The Ohio Historical Society acquired the Asa M. Beaver Photograph Collection as a gift of the University of Oregon Library, Eugene, Oregon, in June 1975.
Extent:.25 cubic foot (1 box)
Repository:
Ohio Historical Society
1982 Velma Avenue
Columbus, OH 43211
(614) 297-2510
Access:This collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Ohio Historical Society. Antique Photography (AP) materials require staff supervision.
Property rights:The Ohio Historical Society owns the property rights to this collection.
Copyrights:Copyrights have not been dedicated to the public. Consideration of the requirements of copyright is the responsibility of the author and publisher.
Citation:Researchers are requested to cite collection name, collection number, and the Ohio Historical Society in all footnote and bibliographic references.
Processed by:Kathleen McIntyre, November 1983
Encoded by:Elizabeth Nelson
Asa M. Beaver was born ca. 1857 and resided for at least seventeen years (1890-1907) near Pataskala, Licking County, Ohio, until he and his family moved to Oregon in October 1907. He was first married to Eliza Myrtie and after her death (ca. 1898) he married Nettie C. Beaver had two sons, Meredith and Aldred, and three daughters, Minnie, Nellie, and Mary.
Source:Inventory to the Asa M. Beaver Papers, MSS 492, Ohio Historical Society.
The Asa M. Beaver Photograph Collection consists of sixty-six photographs: fifty-two on 2 1/2" x 3" carte-de-viste mounts, ten on 4 1/4" x 6 1/2" cabinet mounts, and four 2 1/4" x 3 1/3" tintypes (AP 160-163), and occupies one-quarter cubic foot. The photographs span the second half of the nineteenth century and are arranged into four groups: men, women, children, and group portraits.
A few of the photos are identified as relatives of the Beaver family and include the surnames Avery, Aldred, Beem, and Grable. The majority of the pictures were taken by Ohio photographers. The names of all the photographers appear in the appendix
Detailed Description of Collection
Box 1:
Folder 1: Men (22 items)
Folder 2: Women (23 items)
Folder 3: Children (11 items)
Folder 4: Group portraits (6 items)
AP 160: Tintype portrait of young man, unidentified, standing hand on hip, interior backdrop, pink hand tinting in cheeks, no case, n.d.
AP 161: Tintype portrait of young boy, appears to be Frank Avery, standing with arm over back of chair, no case, n.d.
AP 162: Tintype portrait of two young men and one woman, unidentified, men seated, woman standing between, no case, n.d.
AP 163: Tintype portrait of woman, appears to be Libbie Beaver, standing with elbow atop pillar, no case, n.d.
Appendix (Photographers)
Dakota Territory:
Barry (Bismark)
I.T. Keithly (Faulkton)
Wayne (Fargo)
C.G. Krieg (Gettysburg)
Illinois:
H.W. Lawhead (Onagra)
Coles (Pekin)
Indiana:
A.E. Forry (Anderson)
A.J. Atliran (Noblesville)
O.A. Harnish (Noblesville)
Platter and Sons (Seymour)
Iowa:
T.W. Townsend (Iowa City)
Kansas:
Hutchings (Burlington)
Minnesota:
A. Frank (Minneapolis)
Jacoby (Minneapolis)
Newt (Minneapolis)
Rich (Minneapolis)
Nebraska:
Frederick Giese (Falls City)
Ohio:
M.V. Gilbert (Ada)
F.J. Buckmeyer (Columbus)
George R. Elliott and Co. (Columbus)
J.M. Elliott (Columbus)
Mulligan Bros. (Columbus)
Nerille (Columbus)
Beach and Bodurtha (Delaware)
Bodurtha's (Delaware)
T.A. Beach (Granville)
S.P. Tresize (Granville)
H.F. Heaton (Ironton)
S.K. Davis (Kenton)
I.N. Hays (Kenton)
Winters Bros. (Kenton)
T.A. Beach (Newark)
Carpenter (Newark)
C. Hempsted (Newark)
Pausch (Newark)
Walter A. Smith (Newark)
Sedgwick's (Zanesville)
Wm. J. Sturgeon (Zanesville)
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