Miscellaneous women (5)
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The John P. Yerxa Family Photograph Collection contains twenty-eight photographs. The collection was found in the 1970s in the garbage by a Fargo employee. They were kept and turned over to D.J. Guerrero who in turn donated them to the Institute in 1995. The collection is organized into eight folders: Biographical information and finding aid, Albertina Yerxa (Mrs. John P.), Charles Edgar Yerxa, Canadian cabinet cards, Fargo cabinet cards, Cabinet cards, Miscellaneous women, and Miscellaneous (men, children, and couples). The majority of the photographs are cabinet photographs taken by professional photographers.
The Albertina Yerxa (Mrs. John P.) Folder contains two photographs with Albertina present, group of the Pythian Sisters (1942), and a post card sent to Albertina from John.
The Charles Edgar Yerxa Folder has two photographs of a young Charles Edgar and one of him in his army uniform returning from World War I holding the hand of Mary May Hall. The photograph of the uniformed Charles Edgar appears to have been cut out of an old photograph album sheet. Two photographs are on the back, friends of Albertina. There is also an image of a large group of children on steps of a school, likely the old Fargo school, and a part of the high school, taken circa 1900.
The Canadian Cabinet Cards Folder contains only two cabinet photographs. Although the individuals are unknown, they are separated because they were taken at the studio of John Harvey of Fredericton, New Brunswick (capitol) that is relatively close to where John P. Yerxa and the other Yerxas originated. One is a portrait of an older woman and the other a woman and boy.
The Fargo Cabinet Cards Folder includes three cabinet photographs taken by photographers in Fargo. The photographers include Arthur A. Bentley, Gilbert E. Flaten, and S.H. Logan. The fulllength portrait may be of Mrs. James W. Sutherland. The other two are of a couple and baby, and the other is of the children of Frank M. McKim of Fargo.
In the Cabinet Cards Folder the photographs were taken in Massachusetts, Minnesota, Ohio, and Tennessee. The two most important photographs are of John P. Yerxa’s brothers Charles E. Yerxa, taken in Stillwater, Minn., and of Miles Yerxa taken in Lowell, Massachusetts. Another may be of an Ollar Redd, taken in Marion, Ohio. There are also two portraits of unidentified women. The Miscellaneous Women Folder contains five photographs of women only. A studio portrait is labeled Margaret Spencer and a snapshot as “Lulu Rohans’s daughter and children.” There is also one tin-type portrait. The Miscellaneous Folder includes three photographs, one of Episcopalian Bishop Samuel C. Edsall, a carte de visite of a couple taken in Fredericton, New Brunswick, and a group of children on the steps of a house, many with plates in their laps.
In the Cabinet Cards Folder the photographs were taken in Massachusetts, Minnesota, Ohio, and Tennessee. The two most important photographs are of John P. Yerxa’s brothers Charles E. Yerxa, taken in Stillwater, Minn., and of Miles Yerxa taken in Lowell, Massachusetts. Another may be of an Ollar Redd, taken in Marion, Ohio. There are also two portraits of unidentified women. The Miscellaneous Women Folder contains five photographs of women only. A studio portrait is labeled Margaret Spencer and a snapshot as “Lulu Rohans’s daughter and children.” There is also one tin-type portrait. The Miscellaneous Folder includes three photographs, one of Episcopalian Bishop Samuel C. Edsall, a carte de visite of a couple taken in Fredericton, New Brunswick, and a group of children on the steps of a house, many with plates in their laps.
Dates
- 1880s-1946
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.
Extent
From the Collection: 28 Photographic Prints (28 photographic prints)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Yerxa, John P., 1868-1964. (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository
Contact:
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu