Eber Cole Byam photograph and pamphlet collection relating to Mexico
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 85-10
name: label: Collector
content: Byam, Eber Cole
label: Publisher
content: Castilloa Rubber Plantation Company
label: Publisher
content: Chiapas Rubber Plantation Company
label: Publisher
content: Palenke Rubber Plantation Company
label: Publisher
content: Tulija River Plantation Company
label: Photographer
content: Cooper, C.V.
label: Names
content: Orozco y Jiménez, Francisco, 1864-1936
place: label: Place
content: Chiapas (Mexico)
label: Place
content: Palenque Site (Mexico)
label: Place
content: Mexico
topic: label: Topic
content: Steamboats
label: Topic
content: Rubber -- Mexico
label: Topic
content: Rubber plantations
creator: label: Collector
content: Byam, Eber Cole
culture: label: Culture
content: Lacandon Maya
label: Culture
content: Mexicans
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Eber Cole Byam (1886?-1937) was raised on his parents' rubber plantation in the state of Chiapas, Mexico.  He was manager of the Chacamax Land Company, which had large holdings in Chiapas. Much of Byam's property was lost during the socialist revolution (1910-1920) and he became a vocal critic of revolutionary Mexico, accusing the movement of having purely anticlerical motives.  He later became a member of the staff of Francis Clement Kelley, helping the Catholic bishop obtain documentation for his book "Blood-Drenched Altars" and other writings.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Blueprint
label: Extent
content: 78 Prints (probably silver gelatin)
label: Extent
content: 7 Pamphlets
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1896, 1903-1906, 1909, 1914-1919
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Given by Eber Cole Byam to Father John Steichen, Chancellor of a Catholic seminary in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Donated by Steichen through Robert Laughlin, a curator in the Department of Anthropology, in 1985.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.85-10
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Blueprints
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Pamphlets
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Pamphlets
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs and pamphlets collected by Eber Cole Byam relating to American-owned rubber plantations and rubber cultivation in Chiapas, Mexico. They also include photographs depicting Mexicans, Lacandon peoples, dwellings, the Palenque Mayan site, religious schools, banana trains, mahogany cutting, and portraits of Francisco Orozco y Jimenez, Bishop of Chiapas and Archbishop of Guadalajara; they may include images of Eber Cole Byam and his family. The pamphlets include halftone prints of photographs by C. V. Cooper, published by the Castilloa Rubber Plantation Company, as well as publications by the Chiapas Rubber Plantation Company, Tulija River Plantation Company, and Palenke Rubber Plantation Company. The collection also includes some notes and records from Byam's time with the Chacamas Plantation Company.