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Guide to the Caleb Demuth Agnew Collection

Caleb Demuth Agnew photographs of Mervyn A. Anderson



COLLECTION SUMMARY

Repository: University of Kansas
Kenneth Spencer Research Library
Kansas Collection
1450 Poplar Lane, Lawrence, KS 66045-7616
Phone: (785)864-4334
Fax: (785)864-5803
URL: http://spencer.lib.ku.edu
Finding aid prepared by SMC September 1978, KH 1979.
Finding aid encoded by RW, 2008
Creator: Agnew, Caleb Demuth, photographer;
Title: Caleb Demuth Agnew photographs of Mervyn A. Anderson
Dates: 1899-ca. 1920
Quantity: 24 glass negatives and prints. 5x7 in.
Abstract: The collection contains twenty-four glass negatives of Mervyn Anderson taken by her father, Caleb Demuth Agnew, in Creston, Iowa.
Identification: RH PH 15
Language(s): English

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Caleb Demuth Agnew Collection , Kansas Collection, RH PH 15, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries

Acquisition Information

Gift, Mervyn Anderson, August, 1978

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Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

none

Restrictions on Use

Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.

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INDEX TERMS

Names:

Anderson, Mervyn--Portraits, etc.

Subjects:

Clothing and dress--Pictorial works
Fashion--Pictorial works
Women--Portraits

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BIOGRAPHY of Caleb Demuth Agnew

Caleb Demuth Agnew was born in 1871 in Lickting, Ohio, son of Samuel Agnew of Ohio and Almira Demuth, an immigrant from Alsace-Lorraine. Agnew moved to Creston, Iowa in 1886. In 1893 he married Daisy Mae Vickers. In 1897 he established a photography studio in Creston. He died in Eagle Rock, California in 1953.

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

1 Caleb Demuth Agnew, Daisy Mae Vickers Agnew, Mervyn Angew Anderson, ca. 1899
2 Mervyn A. Anderson. Infant girl in long gown with matching cap.
3 Mervyn A. Anderson. Young girl with white dress and large white bow in hair.
4 Mrs. Agnew and Mervyn, ca. 1900
5 Mervyn Agnew Anderson in winter coat with fur muff.
6 Mervyn Agnew Anderson, same as 15.5 in different pose.
7 Mervyn Agnew Anderson seated on toy plaster elephant.
8 Mervyn Agnew Anderson with a begging dog.
9 Mervyn Agnew Anderson seated with seven puppies.
10 Mervyn Agnew Anderson wearing a large hair ribbon and holding a doll.
11 Mervyn Agnew Anderson, in a stylish coat and hat with long ribbon.
12 Mervyn Agnew Anderson in coat, high button shoes and picture hat, holding gloves.
13 Mervyn Anderson, same as 15.12 in different pose.
14 Mervyn A. Anderson, same as 15.12 in different pose.
15 Mervyn A. Anderon, same as 15.12 in portrait pose.
16 Mervyn A. Anderson dressed in a native European costume.
17 Mervyn Agnew Anderson in a portrait.
18 Mervyn Agnew Anderson dressed in high button shoes and formal dress looking at her reflection in a standing mirror.
19 Mervyn Agnew Anderson, same as 15.18 in different pose.
20 Mervyn Anderson in a formal gown posed with a harp.
21 Mervyn Anderson, same as 15.20 in different pose.
22 Mervyn A. Anderson, same as 15.20 seated at the harp.
23 Mervyn A. Anderson, same as 15.20 a close up seated at the harp.
24 Mervyn Agnew Anderson in a summer dress and large picture hat.

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