Scope and Contents As part of the oral history project, photographic images were also assembled for inclusion in the final publications. The images in this photograph collection were originally interspersed in the paper records that have been processed as Manuscript 262. Some, but not all, of these images were used in the three books. The collection is a mix of primarily copy prints, original photographs, and color slides. Unfortunately there is very little identifying documentation with the images, and it is...

Abstract The Robert G. Foss Glass Negative Collection consists of 301 4x5 inch glass plate negatives and eleven 5x7 inch glass plate negatives (these are filed at the end of the collection, numbered 302-312). Very few of the negatives are identified and thus the collection has been arranged alphabetically by topic. The negatives consist mostly of images of animals, children, farm scenes, funerals, outdoor scenes, people, river scenes, threshing, and towns. Likely most or all were taken in the...