Elva Groves Photograph Collection
Scope and Contents
Black and white prints, mostly of cowboys and cattle, farms and farmers, railroad depots, and rolling stock, in and around Wray, Colorado. The collection also includes photographs of Geronimo, of a bridge across the Brazos River that had been damaged by stampeding cattle, and of the interior of a mine near Cripple Creek, Colorado.
Dates
- Creation: 1886-1919
Restrictions on Access
On June 26, 2023, the Western History Collections began a preservation project that has made many of its collections unavailable for a period of time. This collection is among the materials temporarily unavailable. Please contact Western History Collections if you wish to be added to a contact list to be notified when this collection becomes available.
Open for public research.
Extent
20 items (20 items)
Language of Materials
English Lang
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Nathaniel S. Eek.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Photoprints: Source of acquisition--Eek, Nathaniel S. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1986.
Subject
- Geronimo, 1829-1909 (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
Monnet Hall, 3rd Floor
630 Parrington Oval
Norman Oklahoma 73019
405-325-2904
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
