Charles J. Burggraf Johnstown Flood Collection
name: label: Donor
content: Burggraf, Harold L.
label: Creator
content: Burggraf, Charles J., 1862-1928
place: label: Place
content: Johnstown (Pa.)
label: Place
content: Pennsylvania
topic: label: Topic
content: Floods -- Pennsylvania
label: Topic
content: Disasters -- Pennsylvania
label: Topic
content: Floods
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated to the Archives Center in 2011 by Harold Burggraf, the great-nephew of Charles Burggraf.
creator: label: Donor
content: Burggraf, Harold L.
label: Creator
content: Burggraf, Charles J., 1862-1928
setName: label: See more items in
content: Charles J. Burggraf Johnstown Flood Collection
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Photographer, Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.1 Cubic feet (2 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1880-1989.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1250
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Wills
label: Type
content: Deeds
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Newspapers
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: 1 series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection is unprocessed.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Wills
label: Genre/Form
content: Deeds
label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 19th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Newspapers
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Black-and-white negatives -- Glass -- 19th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Documents, photographs, scrapbooks and photograph albums, relating to Charles J. Burggraf, a photographer active in Johnstown, Pennsylvania at the time of the 1889 flood. Some documents, such as a will, deeds, a baptismal certificate, and similar things, predate the flood. Many of the photographs are studio portraits taken by Burggraf. A few photographs depict flood damage, and the albums and scrapbooks relate to the flood Also included are 1989 newspapers commemorating the 100th anniversary.