Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.85-10
- Creators:
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- Dates:
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circa 1896, 1903-1906, 1909, 1914-1919
- Languages:
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- Physical Description:
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78 Prints
probably silver gelatin
- Repository:
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Scope and Contents note
Scope and Contents note
Photographs and pamphlets collected by Eber Cole Byam relating to American-owned rubber plantations and rubber cultivation in Chiapas, Mexico. They also include photographs depicting Mexicans, Lacandon peoples, dwellings, the Palenque Mayan site, religious schools, banana trains, mahogany cutting, and portraits of Francisco Orozco y Jimenez, Bishop of Chiapas and Archbishop of Guadalajara; they may include images of Eber Cole Byam and his family. The pamphlets include halftone prints of photographs by C. V. Cooper, published by the Castilloa Rubber Plantation Company, as well as publications by the Chiapas Rubber Plantation Company, Tulija River Plantation Company, and Palenke Rubber Plantation Company. The collection also includes some notes and records from Byam's time with the Chacamas Plantation Company.
Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
Eber Cole Byam (1886?-1937) was raised on his parents' rubber plantation in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. He was manager of the Chacamax Land Company, which had large holdings in Chiapas. Much of Byam's property was lost during the socialist revolution (1910-1920) and he became a vocal critic of revolutionary Mexico, accusing the movement of having purely anticlerical motives. He later became a member of the staff of Francis Clement Kelley, helping the Catholic bishop obtain documentation for his book "Blood-Drenched Altars" and other writings.
Administration
Custodial History note
Given by Eber Cole Byam to Father John Steichen, Chancellor of a Catholic seminary in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Donated by Steichen through Robert Laughlin, a curator in the Department of Anthropology, in 1985.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Conditions Governing Use note
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Preferred Citation note
Photo lot 85-10, Eber Cole Byam photograph and pamphlet collection relating to Mexico, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Keywords
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