Erwin H. Barbour, Museum Director Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence and photographic materials. The materials in the photograph series relate to Barbour's research in paleontology and geology, his work as director of the State Museum, his civic involvement in Lincoln, Nebraska, and his personal life. The images of vertebrate and invertebrate fossils are primarily from Nebraska. They include scenes of excavations, fossil preparation, and museum displays in addition to photographs illustrating fossils from various angles against plain backgrounds. There are also negatives showing fossil leaves and Barbour's sketches of fossils and animals. Images of fieldwork show aspects of daily life for paleontologists in the field. The photographs show landscapes, landforms, bodies of water, and towns throughout Nebraska, particularly in the sandhills and badlands regions. Photographs of natural disasters such as tornadoes, floods, and ice jams are included. Many of the photographs relate to the economic geology of Nebraska and show industries in various communities, including photographs illustrating the construction and operations of the Nebraska Portland Cement Company in Superior, Nebraska. Also of note are photographic prints taken by geologist Nelson Horatio Darton that show lands in South Dakota and Nebraska. Images from the University of Nebraska show activities and buildings on campus. Particularly interesting are photographs documenting the construction of Morrill Hall, from the plot of land before construction to the mounting of exhibits inside. The interiors and displays from earlier museums and group portraits of staff in the geology department are also included. Photographs related to Barbour's personal life and family include scenes from his Yale University class reunion and group and individual family pictures. Among those related to his civic activities are images of Wyuka Cemetery, parks, a school garden project in Lincoln, Nebraska, and a Boy Scout camp. Street scenes and buildings in Lincoln, Nebraska, are also included. Photographs taken on travels include images of college campuses, buildings, parks, cemeteries, and geological features. Displays and buildings from the Louisiana Purchase Exhibition and Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition are shown as well. Images related to Charles Henry Morrill include interiors of his home in Stromsburg, Nebraska.
Dates
- Majority of material found within 1887-1968
Creator
- Barbour, Erwin Hinkley, 1856-1947 (Creator, Person)
Extent
125 Boxes
Language of Materials
English
- Alkali industry and trade Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Anthropology Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Art Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Badlands -- Nebraska Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Bermuda Islands Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Buildings Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- California Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Camps Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Cement Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Cement industries Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Cemeteries Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Cities & towns Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Class reunions (Yale University) Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Clay industries Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Colorado Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Cook family (Agate, Neb.)
- Cork industry - Algeria Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Daemonelix Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Dams Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Economic geology Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Educational facilities Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- England Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Erosion Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Farms Subject Source: Local sources
- Floods Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Florida Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Fossils Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- France Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Geology Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Geology - fieldwork Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Glacial landforms Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Glacier National Park (Mont.) Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Glaciers Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Houses Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Invertebrates, fossil Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Kansas Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Lakes & ponds Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Landforms Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Landscapes Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Leaves, Fossil Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904, Saint Louis, Mo.) Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Mills and mill-work Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Minerals Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Morrill, Charles Henry, 1842-1922 (Correspondent)
- Museums Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Nebraska Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Nebraska State Fair Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- New Orleans (La.) Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Oil wells Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Oregon Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Paleobotany Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Paleontology Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Paleontology - Drawings Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Paleontology - Fieldwork Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Parks Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Potash industry and trade Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Quarrying Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Ranches Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Rivers Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Rocks Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Sandhills (Neb.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- South Dakota Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Southern States Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Springs Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Stone buildings Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Streets Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Switzerland Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Taxidermy Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Tornadoes Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition (1898: Omaha, Neb.) Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- University of Nebraska--Lincoln. Morrill Hall Subject Source: Local sources
- University of Nebraska. State Museum
- Utah Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Vancouver (B.C.) Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Vertebrates, fossil Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Washington (State) Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Waterfalls Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Wells Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Windmills Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Yellowstone National Park Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Yuan, Tongli, 1895-1965 (Correspondent)
- Zoological specimens Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Status
- In Progress
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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Repository Details
Part of the Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries Repository
Archives & Special Collections
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
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402-472-2531
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