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John R. Hamiln Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo 449
Scope and Content
The John R. Hamiln Photograph Collection contains 23 photographic prints. The original photographs were loaned to the archives to make copy prints. The corresponding 120mm negatives are housed in the Institute 120mm Negative Photograph Collection (Neg. 120mm-7.1a to 9.4b). The original photographs were returned to donor. They have been broken down into five separate folders based upon location or topic. There is a sixth folder which contains photocopies of the front and back of the original photographs for reference purposes.
Dates
- 1885-1896
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection are in public domain.
Biography
John Randolph Hamlin was born on May 19, 1833 in Portland, Maine, the son of John and Lucy Hamlin. He moved to Minnesota sometime before 1860, and worked as a farm laborer near the town of Plainview. On April 21, 1861, he married Paulina Jane Smith. John was called to serve in the Union Army in Company K, Unit 5, Minnesota Infantry with a rank of Private, and served from July 2, 1864 to September 6, 1865. After the war, he and his wife continued to live in Plainview, where they had three children, Mary Anne (b. 1864), Willis Sanford (b. 1867), and John Randolph, Jr. (b. 1870) Sometime between 1875 and 1885, the family moved to Casselton, Dakota Territory. Here he operated a photography studio until about 1896, when they moved to Arizola, Arizona. They had a 20 acre ranch and had around 500 chickens. They lived there until his death on September 15, 1903. Paulina then went to live with her daughter in Colton, California until her death in 1924. They are both buried in the Weaver Pioneer Cemetery, at Casa Grande, Arizona.
Extent
23 Photographic Prints (23 copy photographic prints)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection of copy photographic prints taken by John R. Hamlin, Casselton photographer from about 1885 to 1896.
Provenance
Donated by Allen Petersen, 1992 (Acc. 2310)
Property rights
The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
- Title
- Finding Aid to the John R. Hamiln Photograph Collection
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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