Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- The Hohenberger mss. II, 1918-1963, consists primarily of letters to Brown County photographer Frank Michael Hohenberger, 1876-1963, and printed materials relating to him.
- Extent:
- 1 Box (1 standard)
- Language:
- Materials are in English .
- Preferred citation:
[Item], Hohenberger mss. II, 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 Hohenberger mss. II, 1918-1963, consists primarily of letters to Brown County photographer Frank Michael Hohenberger, 1876-1963, and printed materials relating to him.
The correspondence chiefly concerns photographs taken by Hohenberger and includes letters from novelist Gene (Stratton) Porter, her husband Charles Dorwin Porter, daughter Jeannette (Porter) Meehan, and Porter's secretary Frances (Foster) Cronholm. Other correspondents in the file include Wayman Adams, Kathleen (Timolat) McNutt, Charles Goodwin Sauers, Ada Walter Shulz, Frederick Simpich, Mary Moore Dabney Thomson, Bert Elias Underwood, and Harold Bell Wright.
In addition to the correspondence there is an undated typescript of a lecture or talk given by Hohenberger about "art in photography," and a cash book recording his sales receipts and expenditures for the years 1956 through July 1963. Printed materials include advertising brochures, holiday and other cards printed by Hohenberger on his own press, and several copies of THE NASHVILLE OBSERVER for 1955-56, as well as a few newspaper clippings regarding Hohenberger's death in 1963. Finally, there is a box of slides with labels Canada, South America, and Guatemala-Costa Rica-Mexico.
Collection size: 88 items
- Acquisition information:
- Gift: 1992
- Physical location:
- Lilly - Stacks
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. II, 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