Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Hohenberger, Frank M. (Frank Michael), 1876-1963
- Abstract:
- The Hohenberger mss., 1917-1960, consist primarily of photographs by Frank Michael Hohenberger, 1876-1963, Brown County photographer and newspaperman.
- Extent:
- 49 Boxes
- Language:
- Materials are in English .
- Preferred citation:
[Item], Hohenberger mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
Hohenberger was born in Ohio in 1876 and orphaned at five years of age. He spent his boyhood as a printing apprentice and later worked several years on newspapers in Dayton, Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky, and finally for the Indianapolis Star. In 1917 he left Indianapolis to start a small photography business in Nashville, Indiana, concentrating on the subject matter of Brown County. The next forty-seven years were spent recording the life, customs, and scenes of the hills of Brown County, with side trips and hired assignments in other areas of Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina, and Mexico. From 1923 to 1954 he wrote a column for the Sunday Indianapolis Star, "Down in the Hills O' Brown County." The articles were frequently illustrated with his photographs. Hohenberger, who died in November 1963, willed his collection to the Indiana University Foundation. The collection is housed in, and administered by, the Lilly Library, Indiana University.
- Scope and Content:
The photograph collection totals 8300 prints and 9400 negatives. Also present in the collection is a small amount of correspondence, a lengthy "diary" by Hohenberger describing many of his photographic tours and processes, and copies of his "Down in the Hills O' Brown County" articles. A few works of art on paper by Beatrice S. Levy, Carl C. Graf, Louis Oscar Griffith, and John Moranz complete the collection.
Among the correspondents are Rossa Belle Cooley, Arthur Wells Elting, Kate Gleason, Don Herold, William M. Herschel, James R. Hopkins, Horace Kephart, Elfrieda Lang, Richard Lieber, James Arthur Stuart, Webb Waldron, Thomas Jackson Woofter, and Carolina Bleach.
Note on Indexing Term - "Art": There are photographs of artists and their artworks. Also included are an etching by Beatrice Levy; a pen and ink sketch by Carl C. Graf; a pencil sketch by Louis Oscar Griffith and a print of an etching by John Moranz.
Note on Indexing Term - "Religion": Of particular interest are the many images of churches.
Note on Indexing Term - "West (U.S.)" and "Americana": Of particular interest are a group of photographs of western states from 1952. Included are views of the Grand Canyon, Indian cliff dwellings, and adobe churches.
For digitized photographs, see the Frank M. Hohenberger Photograph Collection.
- Acquisition information:
- Transfer: 1998
- Arrangement:
The collection is arranged into the following series: Safety Negatives, Prints and Positives, Personal, Correspondence, Notes and Writings, Newspaper Clippings, D. Bailey Materials, and Miscellaneous.
- Physical location:
- ALF (Auxiliary Library Facility)
Indexed Terms
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is open for research.
Many collections are housed offsite; retrieval requires advance notice. Please make an appointment a minimum of one week in advance of your visit.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Photography and digitization may be restricted for some collections. Copyright restrictions may apply. Before publishing, researchers are responsible for securing permission from all applicable rights holders, then filling out the Permission to Publish form.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Item], Hohenberger mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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1200 East Seventh StreetBloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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(812) 855-2452liblilly@indiana.edu