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Ames-Enloe photograph collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH PH 170

Overview

The collection contains photographs of the interiors of millinery shops and dry goods stores, a newspaper advertisement for Mrs. M. P. Ames Millinery, and snapshots from the 1904 Saint Louis (Missouri) World's Fair. The photograph album contains snapshots of social life in El Reno, Oklahoma. The Ames and Enloe families were milliners in Kansas and Oklahoma from 1905-1920.

Dates

  • Creation: 1880 - 1930

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

No access restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.

Extent

.25 Linear Feet (1 box, 1 album box + 1 oversize box)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

The numbers assigned to folders and items are based on the original intellectual arrangement of the photographs. However, since the photographs have been physically arranged by size, the folder numbers in boxes at both call numbers RH PH 170 and RH PH 170(f) are not sequential.

Physical Location

RH PH 170

Physical Location

RH PH 170(f)

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchase, John Dunning, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1989.

Title
Guide to the Ames and Enloe Families Photograph Collection
Subtitle
Ames-Enloe photograph collection
Author
Finding aid prepared by ksw, 1996. Finding aid encoded by rw, 2008. Finding aid revised by lmw, 2020.
Date
2008
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Finding aid permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/10407/8225256016
Preferred citation
Ames-Enloe photograph collection, RH PH 170, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

Contact:
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Lawrence KS 66045-7616 United States
785-864-4334