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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.

Dates

  • circa 1980-1998

Creator

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

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.mhschreiber

Abstract

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.

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.

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.

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

Contact:
P. O. Box 208330
New Haven CT 06520-8330 US
(203) 432-2977

Location

121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511

Opening Hours

Access Information

The Beinecke Library is open to all Yale University students and faculty, and visiting researchers whose work requires use of its special collections. You will need to bring appropriate photo ID the first time you register. Beinecke is a non-circulating, closed stack library. Paging is done by library staff during business hours. You can request collection material online at least two business days in advance of your visit, using the request links in Archives at Yale. For more information, please see Planning Your Research Visit and consult the Reading Room Policies prior to visiting the library.