Buffalo Soldiers photographs
Scope and Contents
A collection of five photographs of African American Buffalo soldiers. One of the frequent assignments of Buffalo Soldiers was to assist the early frontiers of the Western United States. These African American soldiers contributed greatly to pathfinding, road and trail construction, building telegraph lines, and mapping out much of the frontier for homesteaders. The collection includes a photographic postcard depicting Buffalo Soldiers alongside white soldiers escorting a wagon train; a tintype of a Black soldier wearing his field hat and posing with three white civilians; a photograph of an all-Black regiment in a sketching class to learn the necessary skills of topographical survey; a photograph of a Buffalo Soldier in uniform and boots; and a stereoview showing a group of 14 African American Buffalo Soldiers in uniform. These photographs were likely taken before World War I, during the American Indian Wars or the U.S.-Mexican Border Wars.
Dates
- Creation: 1890 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Extent
0.02 Linear Feet (1 pamphlet binder)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Max Rambod Inc., August 7, 2023.
Subject
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Finding aid for the Buffalo Soldiers photographs
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Bo Doub -- with collection-level notes adapted from the seller, Max Rambod Inc.
- Date
- 2023 October
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States
specol@usc.edu