Preliminary Inventory of the Floyd and Marion Rinhart Papers, 1953-2003 SPEC.RARE.CMS.0360 Finding aid prepared by Courtney Bishop Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections

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This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2018-04-12T13:24-0400 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Floyd and Marion Rinhart Papers SPEC.RARE.CMS.0360 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 8.77 Cubic feet 1953-2003 Floyd and Marion Rinhart were researchers who studied early American photography. The Floyd and Marion Rinhart Papers contains their research on the history of photography, which includes photography publications, negatives, correspondence, and daguerreotype research. Materials are dated 1953 to 2003. (14) archival containers; (3) 5” letter document boxes; (1) card box; (1) 2.5” letter document box; (1) flat box English Rinhart, Floyd Rinhart, Marion Arrangement of Materials

This collection is unprocessed. Materials are arranged in the order received.

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Preferred Citation

[identification of item], Floyd and Marion Rinhart Papers, SPEC.RARE.CMS.0360, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Ohio State University

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Contains audiocassettes

Access to Materials

Materials in this collection are available for use, but may be used in the Thompson Library Special Collections reading room only. Audio/visual materials and computer media may need a use copy produced before access is allowed.

Use of Materials

Materials in this collection may be protected by copyright, and are made available for research and educational purposes. In general, the OSU Libraries do not own the copyright for materials from our collections and cannot grant copyright permissions for these materials. The user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status. If copyright protection applies, permission must be obtained from the copyright holder to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exceptions to the law. Works in the public domain are not protected by copyright and do not require permission to use.

Processing Information

This collection is unprocessed; finding aid written by: Courtney Bishop, 2018 March.

Biographical Note

Floyd Rinhart (-1996) married Marion Hutchinson (-2003) in 1935. They began to collect early American photography, and their extensive research led to the publication of “American Daugerrian Art” in 1967, and “American Miniature Case Art” in 1969. They continued to write and publish on the history of photography throughout their lives.

Scope and Contents

The Floyd and Marion Rinhart Papers contains their research on the history of photography. The collection includes photography publications, negatives, correspondence, and daguerreotype research. Materials are dated 1953 to 2003. Some titles within the container list are just an identification number that corresponds to a filing system the Rinharts created to organize their research; in these cases, the title is just the identification number with the date in parentheses after.

Rinhart, Floyd Rinhart, Marion Historiography and photography Photography--History--19th century Photography--History--20th century Research notes The Early Years America: Europe Various Accounts 1840-1842 1 undated America-Europe before 1939 1 undated Early Photo News on Experiments before 1840 1 undated Contemporary Articles: History of Photography 20th century 2 1 circa 1970s Wolcott-Johnson Camera 2 2 circa 1970s Advertisements for daguerreotypists and ambrotypists (25 pieces) 2 3 circa 1965 "Odds & Ends" Research on daguerrotypes and photography 2 4 circa 1995 Reminiscences by daguerreotypists: Listing by the state of photographers 2 5 circa 1970s English and French Photography after 1842 2 6 circa 1970s Daguerreotype Directories 3 1 undated Plate older patents 3 2 undated Daguerreotype Patents, Photographers from Exposition of 1851 3 3 undated Patent Records 1840-1859 3 4 undated Patent record index 1880-1900 3 5 undated Civil War booklets 4 1 undated Photographic Reviews 4 2 undated Florida Collection Inventory 4 3 undated Genealogical Records - National archives 4 4 undated Historical Journals & Visitors guides 4 5 undated Archives & Censuses 1840-1880 4 6 circa 1960 Antiques Journal 4 7 1968 June, 1969 July Missouri Historical Society Bulletin 4 8 1953 October Brody's Photographic Gallery & Photographers of the Civil War both by Josephine Cobb 4 9 undated Historical Surveys 4 10 undated California Historical Society Quarterly 4 11 1955 December American Museum of Photography - booklet 4 12 undated Panorama of San Francisco 1851 4 13 undated Camera 35 4 14 1971 December The Ohio Archivist 4 15 1973 Spring The New Daguerreian Journals Vol. 3 & 4 4 16 1975 July History of Photography 4 17 1977 April Catalogue of Daguerreotype Panoramic Views in California 1851 4 18 undated Rinhart Catalogues 1-8 5 1 undated Americana Catalogues 5 2 undated Behold Catalogues and supplement 5 3 undated Victoria's Orb: Catalogue Two 5 4 1983 June PhotoGraphica 3 5 5 1977 January 22-23 Sotheby's/Parke-Bernet Galleries catalogues 5 6 1967 May 16-1975 February 25 John S. Craig Catalogues 5 7 1978 February-1979 April Ambrotype Manual by Nathan Burgess 1857 6 1 undated Dictionary of the Photographic Art by Henry Hunt Snelling 6 2 undated A Manual of Photography by Robert Hunt 1854 6 3 undated Publications including Rinhart photos 6 4 1993 Graphic Antiquarian, 1 copy of "Northlight" 6 5 1971-1974 The Magazine of the Midwest Open Air Museums Coordinating Council 6 6 1994 Spring The Photographic Collectors' Newsletter 7 1 1972 February Iowa Heritage Illustrated 7 2 1996 Spring History of Photography - an international quarterly 7 3 1977 January-1979 January History of Photography - an international quarterly 7 5 1980 January-October History of Photography - an international quarterly 7 4 1979 April-October Research for "Summer time" 8 1 undated "Dummy" copy of 'Good Old Summertime' 8 2 undated Odds & Ends from 'Summertime' book 8 3 undated Casewell, Lucy (curator) - photographs from "Summertime" 8 4 undated Negatives from the "Summertime" collection 8 5 undated Lecture by FML at OSU 1985 - on miniature cases 8 6 undated Black and white prints of cases 8 7 undated Miniature Case Designs 8 8 undated Miniature Case Patents 8 9 undated Correspondences on Miniature Cases 8 10 undated "The Daguerrotype Process" M. Gouraud's Public Lecture 8 11 undated Text of lecture by Robert Weinstein 8 12 undated Rinhart Seminar (without slides) 8 13 1977 July 11-22 Lecture notes given on collection Rinhart I and II and their use. 9 1 1986 May 8 Lecture notes at OSU about the FMR II Collection 9 2 1985 October Correspondence 9 3 1963-1964 Correspondence 9 4 1963-1967 Correspondence from Arthur Gill 9 5 1973 April 7-1980 January 1 Correspondence between Beaumont & Librarians 9 6 1964 June 18-1986 July 15 Cobb, Josephine & Rinhart Correspondences 9 7 1965 February 8-1986 October 31 Pacific Mail Steamship Company 1856-1867photocopy articles 9 8 undated Journal of the Belles Letters 1839 January-September Research on Daguerrotypes 9 9 undated Pacific Mail Steamship personnel & photographs 9 10 undated Index of names associated with photographs 9 11 undated Durand (Asher B.) circa 1844 #86 - D - 40 - 2 9 12 undated "Petersburg Group" 9 13 undated "Tyler Group" 9 14 undated "Milford Group" 9 15 undated "Morgan Group" 9 16 undated #27 - D - 9 - 6 (circa 1847) 9 17 circa 1962 #52 - D - 23 - 6 9 18 circa 1962 #56 - SD - 25 - 3 9 19 circa 1962 #57 - D - 26 - 2 9 20 circa 1962 #99 - d - 49 - 6 (1849) 9 21 circa 1962 #114- SD - 57 - 6 9 22 circa 1962 "Baby on a red and blue chair" circa 1851 #119 - D - 60 - 6 9 23 undated Priest, Rogers, and Potter circa 1863#251 - A - 87 - 9 9 24 circa 1962 #281 - D - 151 - 6 10 1 circa 1962 #308 - D - 164 - 6 (1855) 10 2 circa 1962 #312 - D - 168 - 6 (1856) 10 3 circa 1962 Davis, Jefferson 1850 #324 - D - 180 - 6 10 4 circa 1962 #328 - D - 184 - 6 (1846) 10 5 circa 1962 #388 - D - 194 - 2 (1852) 10 6 circa 1962 #502 - D - 286 - 4 & #506 - D - 289 - 4 (1851) 10 7 circa 1962 #513 - D - 6 (1854) 10 8 circa 1962 Cahill, J. M. 1840 #516 - SD - 299 - 6 10 9 circa 1962 Whitman, Walk 1855 #523 - D - 306 - 9 10 10 circa 1962 Van Amburgh, Isaac 1850 #525 - D - 308 - 2 & #526 - D - 309 - 2 10 11 circa 1962 Smith, William Walter and wife 1855 #551 - A - 180 - 6 & #552 - A - 181 - 6 10 12 circa 1962 #573 - T - 62 - 6 (1868) 10 13 circa 1962 #809 - A - 270 - 6 & #810 - A - 271 - 6 (1865) 10 14 circa 1962 Tyler, John (president) 1844 #862 - D - 464 - 6 10 15 circa 1962 Tyler, Julia 1849, 1845 #863 - D - 465 - 6 & #864 - D - 466 - 6 10 16 circa 1962 #892 - D - 482 - 4 (1852) 10 17 circa 1962 Rowe, Ozias N. #991 10 18 circa 1962 Thoreau, Henry David 1841 #1030 - D - 572 - 6 10 19 circa 1962 #1104 - SD - 641 - 6 (1840) 10 20 circa 1962 Garvin #1105 - SD - 642 - 6 10 21 circa 1962 Jones, J. Wesley #1166 / Correspondence & Documents over John W. Jones 10 22 circa 1962 Woodworth, B. 1851 #1179 - D - 700 - 2 10 23 circa 1962 Bowen, Silas T., Truman H. Bowen, William W. Clark, Darwin G. Eaton, Elizabeth C. Hance, Ann Marie Ostron, Osborn, George R. Perkins, William F. Phelps 1850 #1253 - D - 759 - 6 10 24 circa 1962 #1584 - D - 1000 - 2 (1851) 10 25 circa 1962 Adger, Robert #1585 10 26 circa 1962 #1596 - D - 1010 - 6 (circa 1839) 10 27 circa 1962 Fletcher, Ryland 1863 #1758 - T - 117 - 6 10 28 circa 1962 Francois Fauvel - Gouraud 10 29 undated Anthony, Edward 10 30 undated Ball, James P. 10 31 1968 Britt, Peter 10 32 1967 Brown, Eliphalet 10 33 1965 Douglass, Robert Jr. 10 34 1968 June 1 Garlick, Theodatus 1934 10 35 undated Johnson, George H. 10 36 1968 October 17 Morse, Samuel F. B. 10 37 undated Plumbe, John Jr. 10 38 undated Smith, Mathew K. 10 39 undated West, George R. 10 40 undated "A Treatise on Heliochromy" by L. L. Hill 10 41 1972 Maps and Brochures of Catskills 10 42 undated Research on the Daguerrotypes 10 43 undated #1307 - D - 807 - 6 (1853) 10 44 circa 1962 #1251 - D - 757 - 6 (1852) 10 45 circa 1962 Bayley, Eugenie 1851 #1183 - D - 703 - 4 10 46 circa 1962 Prints from L. Hill Research 10 47 undated Correspondence on Len Hill 10 48 1972 August 31-November 24 L. L. Hill Newhall Notes 11 1 undated "Levi L. Hill" by Marion Rinhart 11 2 2003 April Copy negatives 1/6 dag. #1 - #1039 11 3 circa 1962 Copy negatives 1/6 dag. #1040 - #1763 11 4 circa 1962 Copy negatives 1/6 ambro. #2 - #1755 11 5 circa 1962 Copy negatives 1/9 dag. #29 - #1740 11 6 circa 1962 Copy negatives 1/9 ambro. #387 - #1549 11 7 circa 1962 Copy negatives 1/2 dag. #17 - 1744 11 8 circa 1962 Carson, (Mr.) and possibly others copy negatives 1/4 dag. #1015 - #1732 11 9 circa 1962 Bowditch, James H. and William E. and possibly others copy negatives 1/2 dag. #1439 - #1729 & 1/9 #11 - #187 11 10 circa 1962 Copy negatives 1/9, 1/2, 1/1, ambro. #18 - #1756 11 11 circa 1962 Copy negatives 1/4 ambro. #111 - #1750 11 12 circa 1962 Van Amburgh, Isaac 8 x 10 negative "Issac van Amburgh" & 8 x 10 print 11 13 undated Hill, Levi L. 11 14 undated A Reference Guide to the Floyd and Marion Rinhart Collection 11 15 undated New York Times 11 16 1981 December 27 Rinhart I & Black and White Prints (mounted) of photos from collection 11 17 undated 8 x 10 Color Print #1476 - D - 930 - 6 11 18 undated Lists of Vance's California Views - Photographic Art Journal 1851-1853 11 19 undated Maps 11 20 undated Photos from the "West Album" 11 21 undated Notes Gernsheim Collection 11 22 undated Maritime Photography paper prints by Willhelm Hesten, articles by Robert A. Weinstein 11 23 undated Wallace Nutting Article - Photography & Collection 11 24 undated Photograph of Prince Albert 11 25 undated Surplus Prints from "The American Daguerrtoype" 12 1 undated Reference Guides to the FMR Collection 12 2 undated Postcards to the Rinharts 12 3 undated Various Publications for Public Lectures at Ohio State University 13 1 1985 Spring Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements