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Descriptive inventory for the Carrie Ellen Mears negatives, 1900-1911 |
| Digitization and preservation of the nitrate negatives was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. |
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| Chicago History Museum, Research Center |
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| Chicago, IL 60614-6038 |
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Collection Overview +/-
| Title: | Carrie Ellen Mears negatives, 1900-1911 (inclusive) |
| Creator: | Carrie Ellen Mears |
| Dates: | 1900-1911 (inclusive) |
| Accession number: | 1986.0084 |
| Bib number: | 00004191 |
| Call numbers: | 1986.0084 PGN-0018-0028 |
| 1986.0084 PNN | |
| Size: | 188 negatives : glass negative ; 4 x 5 in. |
| 25 negatives : cellulose nitrate ; 3 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. | |
| Language of material: | Collection is written in English. |
Provenance statement:
Gift of the estate of Carrie Ellen Mears, 1958 (1986.0084).
Terms governing use:
Credit photographer(s).
Restriction(s):
To consult the glass negatives in this collection in the Research Center it is necessary to make an advance appointment (email: research@chicagohistory.org).
Nitrate negatives restricted from access, see reference copies instead.
Alternate format available:
Nitrate reference copies available online http://digitalcollection.chicagohistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16029coll5/id/1481.
Please cite this collection as:
Carrie Ellen Mears negatives (Chicago History Museum) plus a detailed description, date, and box/folder number of a specific item.
Additional Materials +/-
Related material:
Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include the Charles Mears papers, the Carrie Ellen Mears family album (1986.0084 PPL) and the publication "Charles Mears, pioneer of the White Lake area" by Carrie Ellen Mears.
Separated material:
Separated materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include the Carrie Ellen Mears family album collection (1986.0084 PPL).
Collection Summary +/-
Black-and-white negatives photographed by Carrie Ellen Mears depicting her homes, her friends, and small towns in Michigan. Includes interior and exterior views of Mears family residences in Chicago and Pentwater (Michigan), and a few scenes of the lumbermill in nearby Mears (Michigan). Also includes views of Duck Lake, Lincoln, Pt. Sable, and Walkerville in Michigan, in particular scenes of a general store, a blacksmith, farms, and an American Indian camp. Individual and group portraits of friends depict leisure activities such as picnics, bicycling, and swimming. Photonegatives are identified.
Biographical/Historical Note +/-
Carrie Ellen Mears (1880-1957) was an amateur photographer whose family owned a lumbermill. She was the daughter of Charles Mears, about whom she wrote a monograph titled, "Charles Mears, pioneer of the White Lake area."
Catalog Subject Headings +/-
| Subjects: |
| Blacksmithing--Michigan--1900-1919 |
| Buildings--Michigan--1900-1919 |
| Carts & wagons--Michigan--1900-1919 |
| Dolls--Illinois--Chicago--1900-1919 |
| Dredging--Michigan--1900-1919 |
| Dwellings--Illinois--Chicago--1900-1919 |
| Dwellings--Michigan--1900-1919 |
| Farms--Michigan--1900-1919 |
| Fourth of July celebrations |
| Indians of North America--Michigan--1900-1919 |
| Lumber industry--Michigan--1900-1919 |
| Parades & processions--Illinois--Chicago--1900-1919 |
| Picnics--Michigan--1900-1919 |
| Poultry--Michigan--1900-1919 |
| Swimming--Michigan--1900-1919 |
| Trees--Michigan--1900-1919 |
| Women--Michigan--1900-1919 |
| Persons: |
| Mears, Carrie Ellen, 1880-1957--Portraits |
| Genre/Form: |
| Film negatives |
| Glass negatives |
| Group portraits |
| Interior views |
| Portrait photographs |
| Geographic: |
| Chicago (Ill.)--Social life and customs--1900-1919 |
| Michigan--1900-1919 |
| Michigan--Social life and customs--1900-1919 |
Organization and Arrangement of Collection +/-
The collection is arranged into two series by physical format.
| Series 1. Glass negatives, 1900-1911 (box 1-11) |
| Series 2. Nitrate negatives, 1900-1911 (box 12) |
About This Finding Aid +/-
| Creation: | Finding aid encoded by Dana M. Lamparello using Oxygen XML Editor, 2017. |
| Language: | Finding aid is written in English. |
| Other Finding Aids: | Finding aid also submitted to Explore Chicago Collections portal. |
| Processing Note: | Eliminated call number 1986.0084 PNN-0070 during nitrate digitization project 2017/05/25. |