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Lee Moorhouse photographs

 Collection
Identifier: PG 7

Abstract

Photographs taken by Lee Moorhouse. Subjects include members of the Cayuse, Nez Perce and Umatilla tribes.

Dates

  • Creation: 1900-1962

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

Major Thomas Leander (Lee) Moorhouse was born in Marion County, Iowa in 1950. His family traveled the Oregon Trail in 1861, settling in Walla Walla, Washington. Moorhouse moved in with friends from Iowa, near Pendleton, Oregon. As an adult, Moorhouse worked as a miner, surveyor, rancher, businessman, civic leader real estate operator and inusurance salesman before becoming Agent for the Umatilla Indian Reservation in 1889. Throughout his life, Moorhouse had an interest in photography, and between 1888 and 1916 produced over 9,000 images documenting urban and rural community life, transportation, social functions and entertainments, and Native American life in the Columbia Basin and Umatilla County, Oregon. He was also a collector of Native American artifacts, including baskets, weapons, regalia, bags and clothing, which he would use in his photography.

Extent

.25 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Other Finding Aids

A large collection of original Lee Moorhouse photographs can be found at University of Oregon Library Special Collections and Univeristy Archives as collection PH 036.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Items in the collection indicate the donor to be Dan Warren of Moscow, with the exception of one image, "Umatilla Indian Mother and Babe," PG 7-10-2, to be donated by Mrs. Phyllis Harrison. The collection was donated at an unknown date.

Title
Guide to Lee Moorhouse photographs
Author
Finding aid prepared by Amy Thompson
Date
2022
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository