Louis Van Oeyen Collection

Finding aid for the Louis Van Oeyen Collection



Title:	Louis Van Oeyen Collection
Repository:	Ohio History Connection Phone: 614-297-2510 http://www.ohiomemory.org/cdm4/index_aids.php?CISOROOT=/aids
Creator:	Louis Van Oeyen
Dates:	1902-1921
Quantity:	1 cubic feet
Abstract:	The collection is comprised of 124 glass plate negatives created by photo journalist Louis Van Oeyen. Subjects found in the collection include Cleveland, Ohio buildings; automobiles and automobile racing; and professional baseball. Prominent people pictured in the collection are Ohio politician Theodore E. Burton; brewer Adolph Busch; Ohio Governor Myron T. Herrick; Cleveland Mayor Tom Loftin Johnson; race car driver Barney Oldfield; industrialist John D. Rockefeller; Theodore Roosevelt; and automobile manufacturer Alexander Winton. Glass plate negatives of a letter from General William Tecumseh Sherman to General Ulysses S. Grant and a letter from President Abraham Lincoln to Mrs. Wall were presumably created in the time frame of the rest of the collection, though the original letters were written 1864-1865.
Identification:	AV 19
Location:	Ohio Historical Center
Language:	The records are in English

Biography of Louis Van Oeyen

Louis Van Oeyen (1865-1946) was a photo journalist for the Cleveland Press newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. As a news photographer he covered a variety of subjects, but was particularly interested in professional baseball. He claimed that he was named the official photographer of the American League in 1908 and the official photographer of the 1922 World Series.

Source:

Louis Van Oeyen Photograph Collection, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Scope and Content

The collection is comprised of 124 glass plate negatives created by photo journalist Louis Van Oeyen. Subjects found in the collection include Cleveland, Ohio buildings; automobiles and automobile racing; and professional baseball. Prominent people pictured in the collection are Ohio politician Theodore E. Burton; brewer Adolph Busch; Ohio Governor Myron T. Herrick; Cleveland Mayor Tom Loftin Johnson; race car driver Barney Oldfield; industrialist John D. Rockefeller; Theodore Roosevelt; and automobile manufacturer Alexander Winton. Glass plate negatives of a letter from General William Tecumseh Sherman to General Ulysses S. Grant and a letter from President Abraham Lincoln to Mrs. Wall were presumably created in the time frame of the rest of the collection, though the original letters were written 1864-1865.

Statement of Arrangement

Negatives are organized in numerical order.

Restrictions on Use

This collection is available for the purpose of research. Consideration of copyright is the responsibility of the author or publisher.

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Ohio Historical Society.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Automobile racing -- Photographs

Baseball -- Photographs

Persons:

Burton, Theodore E. (Theodore Elijah), 1851-1929 -- Photographs

Busch, Adolph -- Photographs

Herrick, Myron T. (Myron Timothy), 1854-1929 -- Photographs

Johnson, Tom Loftin, 1854-1911 -- Photographs

Oldfield, Barney, 1878-1946 -- Photographs

Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937 -- Photographs

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 -- Photographs

Van Oeyen, Louis -- Photographer

Winton, Alexander, 1860-1932 -- Photographs

Places:

Cleveland (Ohio) -- Photographs

Material Types:

Glass negatives

Technical Requirements

Light box needed to view glass plate negatives.

Preferred Citation

Researchers are requested to cite the Louis Van Oeyen Collection, AV 19 and the Ohio Historical Society in all footnote and bibliographic references