John Mitchell Weldon photograph collection from New Mexico
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 83-33
name: label: Creator
content: Weldon, John Mitchell (collector and photographer)
place: label: Place
content: New Mexico
label: Place
content: Albuquerque (N.M.)
creator: label: Creator
content: Weldon, John Mitchell (collector and photographer)
culture: label: Culture
content: Diné (Navajo)
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Southwest, New
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: John Mitchell Weldon (1867-1946) was a businessman and engineer who went to New Mexico to work on a water pumping project, circa 1912. He left New Mexico to settle in New Jersey in 1915 as part of his employment with DuPont.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 21 Prints (silver gelatin)
label: Extent
content: 15 Copy prints
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1911-1912
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by John Mitchell Weldon's granddaughter, Margaret Weldon Todd, in 1983 after she obtained the collection from her father.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.83-33
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Copy prints
label: Type
content: Studio portraits
label: Type
content: Photographs
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies note
content: Digital surrogates for some photographs are available.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Studio portraits
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals note
content: Originals for copy prints retained by Margaret W. Todd.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs probably made by John Mitchell Weldon while working in New Mexico. They include images of Albuquerque, Santa Fe, roads, railroads, livestock, a mine, caverns, a ranch, and Navajo and other Southwest peoples. Also included are portraits of Native Americans, which appear to be the work of a professional photographer.