Martin H. Schreiber photographs and papers
Collection
Call Number: WA Photos 1301
Scope and Contents
Photographic prints, slides, negatives, contact sheets, and posters by Martin H. Schreiber of cowboys in the American West, 1980-1998. Materials relate primarily to Schreiber's Last of a breed and depict cowboys and ranches in Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico.
Also included are posters and the typescript questionnaire Schreiber sent to those he met, photographed, or worked with on the "Cowboy Project" along with 20 manuscript responses.
Also included are posters and the typescript questionnaire Schreiber sent to those he met, photographed, or worked with on the "Cowboy Project" along with 20 manuscript responses.
Dates
- circa 1980-1998
Creator
- Schreiber, Martin H. (Photographer)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Martin H. Schreiber Photographs and Papers is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, Inc. on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, and Henry B. DuPont Fund, 2018. Gift of Martin H. Schreiber, 2018.
Arrangement
Organized into five series: I. Photographs, circa 1980-1987. II. Posters, 1982. III. Negatives and Contact Sheets, 1981 and undated. IV. Slides, 1997-1998. V. Questionnaire and Responses, 1982.
Extent
19.92 Linear Feet ((18 boxes) + 6 broadside)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
Photographic prints, slides, negatives, contact sheets, and posters by Martin H. Schreiber of cowboys in the American West, 1980-1998. Materials relate primarily to Schreiber's Last of a breed and depict cowboys and ranches in Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico.
Also included are posters and the typescript questionnaire Schreiber sent to those he met, photographed, or worked with on the "Cowboy Project" along with 20 manuscript responses.
Also included are posters and the typescript questionnaire Schreiber sent to those he met, photographed, or worked with on the "Cowboy Project" along with 20 manuscript responses.
Biographical / Historical
Martin H. M. Schreiber (1946- ) of Prague, Czechoslovakia, immigrated to the United States in 1952. In 1965, Schreiber joined the United States Army; he took up photography full time following his discharge in 1968. He has photographed for international magazines and newspapers, has exhibited in solo and group shows, and his work has been featured in published books. He also taught for a period of time at the School of Visual Arts and The New School.
In 1981, Schreiber began an 18-month journey through Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. He visited multiple ranches, riding and camping out with cowboys while on cattle drives. Photographs documenting this Western cowboy culture were published in Last of a breed: portraits of working cowboys (Austin, Texas: Texas Monthly Press, 1982), a work financed by multiple ranch owners.
In 1981, Schreiber began an 18-month journey through Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. He visited multiple ranches, riding and camping out with cowboys while on cattle drives. Photographs documenting this Western cowboy culture were published in Last of a breed: portraits of working cowboys (Austin, Texas: Texas Monthly Press, 1982), a work financed by multiple ranch owners.
Processing Information
Collections are processed to a variety of levels, depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived research value, the availability of staff, competing priorities, and whether or not further accruals are expected. The library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit.
These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards. For more information, please refer to the Beinecke Manuscript Unit Processing Manual.
These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards. For more information, please refer to the Beinecke Manuscript Unit Processing Manual.
- Contact sheets
- Cowboys -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works
- Cowboys -- Oklahoma -- Pictorial works
- Cowboys -- Texas -- Pictorial works
- Cowboys -- West (U.S.) -- 20th century
- Cowboys -- West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works
- Negatives
- New Mexico -- Pictorial works
- Oklahoma -- Pictorial works
- Photographs
- Ranch life -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works
- Ranch life -- Oklahoma -- Pictorial works
- Ranch life -- Texas -- Pictorial works
- Ranch life -- West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works
- Ranches -- West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works
- Ranching -- West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works
- Slides (photographs)
- Texas -- Pictorial works
- Title
- Guide to the Martin H. Schreiber Photographs and Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Sarah Lerner
- Date
- October 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
Access Information
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