ANNETTE ROSS HUME PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION

Finding Aid

Size: 0.25 linear feet

Literary rights:
Literary rights were not granted to Wichita State University. When permission is granted to examine the manuscripts, it is not an authorization to publish them. Manuscripts cannot be used for publication without regard for common law literary rights, copyright laws and the laws of libel. It is the responsibility of the researcher and his/her publisher to obtain permission to publish. Scholars and students who eventually plan to have their work published are urged to make inquiry regarding overall restrictions on publication before initial research.

Restrictions: None

Content note:
The Annette Ross Hume Photograph Collection contains eleven original black and white photographs taken by Mrs. Annette Ross Hume about 1895 near Anadarko, Oklahoma Territory. The photographs include images of Quanah Parker; grass house of Tomacomie Jim, Chief of the Wichitas; Kiowa children and family; and Kiowa tepee and tents, showing meat drying.

Biographical note:
Annette Ross Hume was the wife of Dr. Charles Robinson Hume, who moved to Oklahoma Territory in 1890 to become the physician of the Anadarko Indian Agency. (See Joseph B. Thoburn, A Standard History of Oklahoma, Vol. V:2104 for more biographical information.)

Another collection of Mrs. Hume's photographs can be found in the Annette Ross Hume Photograph Collection at the University of Oklahoma.

Acquisition: The Hume Collection was purchased from Michael Vinson Rare Books.

Processed by: MTK, 9-8-1993; JEF, 4-27-1998