Arthur E. Scott photograph collection

Access and use

Location of collection:: George Mason University

2400 Fenwick Library

Special Collections Research Center

Fenwick Library MS2FL

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA 22030

Contact for questions and access:: POC: Mieko Palazzo

Email: speccoll@gmu.edu

Phone: (703) 993-2220

Fax: (703) 993-2669

Web: scrc.gmu.edu

Restrictions:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

Copyright not held by George Mason University Libraries, and some images may be restricted to personal, non-commercial use only. For permission to publish, contact the Special Collections Research Center.

Materials created prior to 1928 are in the Public Domain. These materials have no known restrictions.

Preferred citation:: Arthur E. Scott photograph collection, C0096, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Summary

Extent:: 32 Linear Feet 43 boxes; 27 scrapbooks
Creator:: Scott, Arthur E., 1917-1976
Abstract:: This collection contains photographs taken by Arthur E. Scott, a photojournalist and photo-historian for the U.S. Senate. It contains over 5,000 prints and negatives of United States politicians (mainly Senators), political events such as campaigns and inaugurations, and landmarks throughout the Washington, D.C. area, from the mid-1930s to the 1970s. There are also 27 scrapbooks compiled by Arthur E. Scott, primarily consisting of newspaper clippings of Scott's photographs. The collection also contains glass negatives from the 1910s and 1920s that were taken by other photographers.
Language:: English .
Preferred citation:: Arthur E. Scott photograph collection, C0096, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains photographs taken by Arthur E. Scott, a photojournalist and photo-historian for the U.S. Senate. It contains over 5,000 prints and negatives of United States politicians (mainly Senators), political events such as campaigns and inaugurations, and landmarks throughout the Washington, D.C. area, from the mid-1930s to the 1970s. There are also 27 scrapbooks compiled by Arthur E. Scott, primarily consisting of newspaper clippings of Scott's photographs. The collection also contains photographs from the 1910s and 1920s that were taken by other photographers. The collection contains prints and film negatives in various sizes, as well as glass plate negatives. Boxes 1 through 11, 29, 30, and 43 contain photographic prints; boxes 12 through 25 contain 4 x 5 inch negatives; boxes 26 and 27 contain 4 x 5 inch glass plate negatives; and boxes 31 through 42 contain slides, 35mm negatives, and negatives of various other sizes. The majority of the photographs are in black and white unless otherwise noted.

Series 1 contains photographs of people, including Senators, Representatives, Vice Presidents, Presidents, Supreme Court Justices, and other politicians. It also contains photographs of celebrities, politicians' families, and others. This series contains individual as well as group shots. This series includes photographs of many Republican Party Senators, including George D. Aiken, Gordon Allott, Clifford P. Case, Norris Cotton, Everett M. Dirksen, Robert J. Dole, Hiram Fong, Barry M. Goldwater, Roman L. Hruska, Mike Mansfield, Charles H. Percy, Hugh Scott, Margaret Chase Smith, John G. Tower, and many others. Presidents and Vice Presidents pictured include Calvin Coolidge, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John N. Garner, Herbert C. Hoover, Gerald R. Ford, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard M. Nixon. The series also includes photographs of astronauts John Glenn, Virgil "Gus" Grissom, and Alan B. Shepard.

Series 2 contains photographs of building interiors and exteriors, monuments, landmarks, and parks. The majority of the series consists of photographs of the Washington, D.C. area. This series includes photographs of Arlington National Cemetery, the U.S. Capitol Building, the U.S. Supreme Court Building, the Potomac River, the Washington Monument, and the Lincoln Memorial. It also includes aerial shots of Washington, D.C. and the Panama Canal Zone, Panama.

Series 3 contains photographs of events such as dinners, meetings, fundraisers, campaigns, conventions, and inaugurations. The events pictured in the series include the 1960 and 1964 Republican National Conventions; Richard M. Nixon campaign events in California and Hawaii (1960); and inaugurations and oaths of office for politicians such as Gerald R. Ford, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard M. Nixon, Nelson A. Rockefeller, and Warren G. Harding. It also contains photographs of natural disasters, such as floods, and photographs of politicians and celebrities receiving Buddy Poppies from the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Series 4 contains photographs of published newspapers, as well as photographs of art works. It also contains reference publications and correspondence which relate to the photographs in the collection. Photographs of published newspapers include New York Times and New York Herald articles on the Battle of Gettysburg and the deaths of Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. The art works pictured included the George Gordon Meade Memorial, Samuel Gompers Memorial, and a monument to Casimir Pulaski. The series also includes "Virginia Political Greats", a report written by Scott in May 1976, as well as correspondence and captions regarding photographs taken by Scott.

Series 5 consists of scrapbooks compiled by Arthur Scott. These scrapbooks document events from 1918 through 1946. Most items contained within the scrapbooks are newspaper clippings, many of which depict photographs taken by Scott. The scrapbooks document events including the presidencies of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, as well as the run-up to World War II and homefront activities during the war years. The scrapbooks also contain press passes, expense reports, and schedules relating to Scott's photojournalism activities.

Series 6 consists of photographic supplies used by Scott. Photographic supplies include slide cases, as well as film canisters labeled "1952", "1964 GOP Convention San Francisco", "Gene Autry by Barry Goldwater", and "Stereo Photos South America Vacation 1966".

Subseries 1.1 contains photographs of Senators. The majority of Senators pictured are members of the Republican Party. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by name and then chronologically within each name.

Includes Peter H. Dominick, Paul J. Fannin, Hubert H. Humphrey, Jr., George D. Aiken, Hiram L. Fong; (1 of 8)

Includes Margaret Chase Smith, Hugh D. Scott, Peter H. Dominick, George D. Aiken, Hiram L. Fong, Everett M. Dirksen, Margaret Chase Smith, Edward M. Kennedy, Norris H. Cotton; (2 of 8)

Includes Jacob K. Javits, Lyndon B. Johnson, Hiram L. Fong, George D. Aiken, Michael Mansfield; (3 of 8)

Includes Hubert H. Humphrey, Everett M. Dirksen, Edward M. Kennedy, Margaret Chase Smith; (4 of 8)

Includes Paul J. Fannin, George D. Aiken, J. William Fulbright;(5 of 8)

Includes Norris H. Cotton, Hiram L. Fong, Jacob K. Javits, Abraham A. Ribicoff, Hubert H. Humphrey, Margaret Chase Smith, Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert F. Kennedy; Mike Mansfield; (6 of 8)

Peter H. Dominick; Paul J. Fannin; Everett M. Dirksen, Hiram L. Fong, Hugh D. Scott, William Proxmire, Joseph S. Clark; (7 of 8)

Includes John G. Tower, Jacob K. Javits, Mike Mansfield, Margaret Chase Smith, George D. Aiken, Leverett Saltonstall; Everett M. Dirksen, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Hugh D. Scott, Hiram L. Fong; (8 of 8)

Includes Hiram L. Fong, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Hubert H. Humphrey, Jacob K. Javits, Margaret Chase Smith, John G. Tower, Hugh D. Scott, Lyndon B. Johnson, Leverett Saltonstall, George D. Aiken, Barry M. Goldwater, Richard M. Nixon, Jack R. Miller; (1 of 2)

Includes Margaret Chase Smith, Peter H. Dominick, Hugh D. Scott, Hubert H. Humphrey, Jacob K. Javits, Barry M. Goldwater, Richard M. Nixon, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Paul J. Fannin, George D. Aiken, Everett M. Dirksen, Robert F. Kennedy; (2 of 2)

Portrait

Sketch portrait

Showing model for the east front extension of the U.S. Capitol building to Warren Austin, Harry S. Truman, Charles Andrews, and David Lynn

Henry Wilson, Lyman Trumbull, John Sherman, Charles Sumner, Hiram Rhodes Revels, Edmund G. Ross, Charles W. Jones, George C. Perkins, Schuyler Colfax, Abijah Gilbert, Hannibal Hamlin, Justin S. Morrill

Includes color portrait

Includes Carey E. Kefauver, Stuart Symington, Robert C. Byrd, Kenneth B. Keating, John Stennis

Includes Ellyn Fong

Includes color photographs

Includes Martha Hansen, color photographs

Includes color portrait

Includes color photograph

Includes Richard M. Nixon, Roman L. Hruska, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Everett M. Dirksen, Spiro T. Agnew, Hubert H. Humphrey, Strom Thurmon, Hiram L. Fong, Robert J. Dole, Gerald R. Ford, Hugh D. Scott, Charles E. Goodell, Karl E. Mundt, Thomas H. Kuchel, Leverett Saltonstall, Margaret Chase Smith, Carl T. Curtis; (1 of 2)

Includes Roman L. Hruska, Henry M. Jackson, Gerald R. Ford, Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Milton R. Young, George D. Aiken, Robert C. Byrd, Hiram L. Fong;(2 of 2)

Includes photograph of George L. Murphy and Arthur E. Scott; color portrait

Includes Hiram L. Fong, Everett M. Dirksen, and Barry M. Goldwater

From box labeled "Photos for Senate Historian"; includes Robert J. Dole, Hugh D. Scott, Jr.

(1 of 3); includes Everett M. Dirksen and Hiram L. Fong

(2 of 3); includes Barry M. Goldwater, Jacob K. Javits, Kenneth Keating, Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Roman L. Hruska

(3 of 3)

Includes color photograph

Includes color photographs

4 negatives

46 negatives

150 negatives

6 negatives

11 negatives

6 negatives

3 negatives

25 negatives; includes Alben W. Barkley as Vice President

3 negatives

1 negative

70 negatives

10 negatives

70 negatives

2 negatives

25 negatives

10 negatives

2 negatives

25 negatives

1 negative

15 negatives

125 negatives

7 negatives

1 negative

7 negatives

40 negatives

4 negatives

2 negatives

6 negatives

3 negatives

7 negatives

8 negatives

30 negatives

3 negatives

70 negatives

3 negatives

1 negative; car crash

7 negatives

4 negatives

6 negatives

2 negatives

125 negatives

3 negatives; with autogyro

150 negatives

50 negatives

9 negatives

35 negatives; several pictures with Dwight D. Eisenhower

1 negative

6 negatives

25 negatives

3 negatives

1 negative

4 negatives

1 negative

5 negatives

6 negatives

1 negative

90 negatives, includes swearing in

2 negatives

7 negatives

3 negatives

4 negatives

2 negatives

1 negative

11 negatives

175 negatives

2 negatives; as former senator

4 negatives

9 negatives; includes color portrait

2 negatives

5 negatives

1 negative, portrait

5 negatives

20 negatives

3 negatives

5 negatives

4 negatives, copy of photograph from Time Magazine, 1912

1 negative

35 negatives

6 negatives

1 negative

20 negatives; includes 34th birthday party

1 negative

80 negatives

1 negative

2 negatives

1 negative

40 negatives; includes Jacob K. Javits as senatorial candidate

6 negatives

7 negatives

6 negatives

2 negatives

60 negatives

150 negatives

9 negatives

5 negatives

1 negative

5 negatives

4 negatives

40 negatives

2 negatives

6 negatives

1 negative

4 negatives

6 negatives

1 negative

8 negatives, funeral

16 negatives

2 negatives

3 negatives

2 negatives

6 negatives

5 negatives

3 negatives

4 negatives

8 negatives

9 negatives

3 negatives

2 negatives

14 negatives; includes Vice Presidential campaign of 1940

10 negatives

1 negative; greeting Dwight D. and Mamie Eisenhower at National Airport

1 negative

6 negatives

40 negatives

6 negatives

6 negatives; with Richard M. Nixon

1 negative; with Dwight D. Eisenhower

8 negatives

1 negative

4 negatives

2 negatives

1 negative; with Lyndon B. Johnson

4 negatives

10 negatives

2 negatives

8 negatives

7 negatives; includes Richard M. Nixon, Everett M. Dirksen, Roman L. Hruska, and [Milton R.?] Young

19 negatives

14 negatives

2 negatives

1 negative; copy from "Today" editorial on William Proxmire's hair transplant

1 negative; with John Pastore, Prescott S. Bush, Theodore Green, Norris H. Cotton, Ralph Flanders, Leverett Saltonstall, John F. Kennedy

1 negative

3 negatives; includes photograph of letter from Secretary of War Henry Stimson

1 negative

8 negatives

11 negatives

1 negative

4 negatives, with Tufts College group

45 negatives

4 negatives

60 negatives

13 negatives; includes copies of old photographs

10 negatives

2 negatives

1 negative; includes Barry M. Goldwater and [William E.] Miller

3 negatives

12 negatives

1 negative

3 negatives

7 negatives

1 negative, portrait

2 negatives

6 negatives

5 negatives

8 negatives

9 negatives

1 negative, portrait

4 negatives; with Lyndon B. Johnson

6 negatives

25 negatives

40 negatives

5 negatives

11 negatives

2 negatives

12 negatives

5 negatives

75 negatives

60 negatives

1 negative

2 negatives

2 negatives; Senators learning martial arts

6 negatives

50 negatives

1 glass plate negative

Includes Hiram L. Fong, Everett M. Dirksen, Robert J. Dole, Gerald R. Ford, Jr.

Includes Thomas H. Kuchel, Hubert H. Humphrey, Jr., Michael J. Mansfield, Everett M. Dirksen

Includes Everett M. Dirksen, Barry M. Goldwater, Barry M. Goldwater, Jr., Hiram L. Fong, Hugh D. Scott, Jr., Thomas H. Kuchel, John G. Tower, Robert P. Griffin, Norris H. Cotton

Includes Hiram L. Fong, Everett M. Dirksen, Michael J. Mansfield, Joseph S. Clark, William Proxmire, Hugh D. Scott, Jacob K. Javits, Thomas H. Kuchel, Robert P. Griffin, Hubert H. Humphrey, Jr.

Includes Everett M. Dirksen, Hiram L. Fong, Margaret Chase Smith, Hugh D. Scott, John G. Tower, Robert P. Griffin, Norris H. Cotton, Thomas H. Kuchel, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Gerald R. Ford, Jr.

Includes Margaret Chase Smith, Charles H. Percy, Hugh D. Scott, Everett M. Dirksen, Norris H. Cotton, John G. Tower, Robert P. Griffin

Includes Michael J. Mansfield, Everett M. Dirksen, Hiram L. Fong, Roman L. Hruska, Robert P. Griffin

Includes Robert P. Griffin, Edward M. Kennedy, Everett M. Dirksen, Robert F. Kennedy, Margaret Chase Smith, Norris H. Cotton

Includes Edward M. Kennedy, Norris H. Cotton, Everett M. Dirksen, Hiram L. Fong, Hugh D. Scott, John G. Tower, Robert P. Griffin

Includes Hiram L. Fong, Margaret Chase Smith, Hugh D. Scott, Norris H. Cotton, John G. Tower, Robert P. Griffin

Color slides; includes Everett M. Dirksen, Margaret Chase Smith, Charles H. Percy, Hugh D. Scott, Charles H. Percy, Barry M. Goldwater, Hiram L. Fong, John G. Tower, Michael J. Mansfield, Clifford P. Hansen, Hubert H. Humphrey, Jr., Howard Baker, Edward W. Brooke, III

2 1/4 inch negatives, some color; includes Barry M. Goldwater, Clifford P. Hansen, Hugh D. Scott, Robert F. Kennedy, Strom Thurmond, Norris H. Cotton, Robert J. Dole, Charles M. Mathias, Jr.

Color slides; includes Peter H. Dominick, Everett M. Dirksen, Hugh D. Scott, Milward L. Simpson, Milton Young

Color slides; includes George D. Aiken, Gordon L. Allott, James Boggs, John Cooper, Robert J. Dole

Color slides; includes Strom Thurmond, Hugh D. Scott, Robert P. Griffin, Margaret Chase Smith, John G. Tower, Roman L. Hruska, Michael J. Mansfield, Barry M. Goldwater, Robert J. Dole

35mm, 8x10 inch negatives, some color; includes Hugh D. Scott, Gordon L. Allott, Henry Bellman, Clifford P. Case, Jack R. Miller, Marlow W. Cook, Hiram L. Fong, Barry M. Goldwater

Large format color slides; includes Everett M. Dirksen, Jacob K. Javits, Margaret Chase Smith, Hugh D. Scott, Thomas H. Kuchel

Color slides; includes Robert J. Dole, Strom Thurmond, Hugh D. Scott, John G. Tower, Robert P. Griffin, Norris H. Cotton, Edward M. Kennedy, Jacob K. Javits, William Brock III, Barry M. Goldwater, Margaret Chase Smith

Color slides; includes Leonard B. Jordan, Clifford P. Hansen, Everett M. Dirksen, Paul J. Fannin, Hiram L. Fong, Barry M. Goldwater, Roman L. Hruska, Jacob K. Javits, Jack R. Miller, Charles H. Percy, Winston L. Prouty

Color slides; includes Hugh D. Scott, Robert P. Griffin, Charles H. Percy, Hiram L. Fong, Strom Thurmond, Barry M. Goldwater

2 1/2 inch negatives, some color; includes Jennings Randolph, Alan H. Bible, Hiram L. Fong, Hugh D. Scott, Charles H. Percy, James Pearson, Robert P. Griffin, Norris H. Cotton, Michael J. Mansfield, Robert W. Packwood, Mark O. Hatfield, Barry M. Goldwater, Strom Thurmond, John G. Tower, Rupert Vance Hartke

2 1/2 inch negatives, some color; includes Hugh D. Scott, Paul J. Fannin

Subseries 1.2 contains photographs of Representatives. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by name and then chronologically within each name.

Includes Margaret Chase Smith

Includes Jesse Jones, Reconstruction Finance Corporation administrator

1 negative; portrait

1 negative

1 negative; portrait

1 negative

1 negative; portrait

1 negative

1 negative; portrait

2 negatives

10 negatives; Republican Leadership meets in Gerald R. Ford's office

1 negative; with Hugo Eckener, Zeppelin Commander

1 negative; portrait

5 negatives

1 negative

1 negative, portrait

1 negative

1 negative; with Richard M. Nixon

1 negative, portrait

1 negative; with Jesse Jones, Reconstruction Finance Corporation administrator

1 negative; portrait

Color slides; includes Gerald R. Ford

35mm negatives, some color; includes Dow W. Harter, W. Sterling Cole

Color slides; includes Joel T. Broyhill

2 1/2 inch negatives, some color; includes Charles Walen, Jr., Margaret M. Heckler, Henry Smith, Louis C. Wyman

Subseries 1.3 contains photographs of Presidents and Vice Presidents. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by name and then chronologically within each name.

Includes John J. Pershing

(1 of 3)

(2 of 3)

(3 of 3)

Mostly funeral photos

Includes Spiro T. Agnew

(1 of 2)

(2 of 2)

2 negatives; used on "Time" magazine cover

1 negative

200 negatives

30 negatives

15 negatives

3 negatives

30 negatives

2 negatives; copied from book

1 negative; John F. Kennedy lies in state

100 negatives

4 negatives

11 negatives

40 negatives

7 glass plate negatives

32 glass plate negatives

14 glass plate negatives

1 glass plate negative

8 negatives; includes Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Carl Laemmle

75 glass plate negatives; includes Charles Lindbergh, Juan de la Cierva, Lincoln Ellsworth

2 glass plate negatives

3 glass plate negatives

Includes Hugh D. Scott, Everett M. Dirksen, John G. Tower, Robert P. Griffin, Norris H. Cotton

Includes John G. Tower, Robert P. Griffin

Includes Spiro T. Agnew, Ronald W. Reagan

Color slides; includes Nelson A. Rockefeller, Richard M. Nixon, John F. Kennedy, Gerald R. Ford, Lyndon B. Johnson

2 1/4 inch negatives, some color; includes Spiro T. Agnew, Gerald R. Ford, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard M. Nixon, Lyndon B. Johnson

Color slides; includes Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard M. Nixon

35mm negatives, some color; includes Gerald R. Ford, Richard M. Nixon

Color slides; includes Lyndon B. Johnson

2 1/2 inch negatives, some color; includes Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy

Subseries 1.4 contains photographs of Governors, cabinet secretaries, foreign dignitaries, and other important political figures. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by name and then chronologically within each name.

Includes Queen of Malaysia, Ferdinand Marcos and Imelda R. Marcos of the Phillipines, King and Queen of Sikkim

Unsuccessful candidate for Montana U.S. Senate seat 1964

Unsuccessful candidate for Indiana U.S. Senate seat 1964

includes Tricia and Julie Nixon

includes Pat O'Brien

Unsuccessful candidate for Michigan U.S. Senate seat 1964

(1 of 2); Portrait

(2 of 2); Portrait

Unsuccessful candidate for Massachusetts U.S. Senate seat 1964

Unsuccessful candidate for Oklahoma U.S. Senate seat 1964

Unsuccessful candidate for Utah U.S. Senate seat 1964

Unsuccessful candidate for Minnesota U.S. Senate seat 1964

3 negatives; with Jim Haggerty

2 negatives; with William Knowland and Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon

4 negatives

1 negative

4 negatives

6 negatives

4 negatives

2 negatives

1 negative; appointment as Director of Central Intelligence Agency, with John J. Sparkman, Jacob K. Javits, Charles H. Percy, Michael J. Mansfield, Gale McGee, George McGovern

3 negatives

1 negative

2 negatives

3 negatives; with Leverett Saltonstall, George D. Aiken, Lyndon B. Johnson

1 negative; with Spanish Ambassador

1 negative

6 negatives

20 negatives

3 negatives; with Bill Collins, U.S. Capitol Press Gallery

8 negatives; with Carl Hayden and Ernest McFarland

1 negative; with Mrs. Durkin, Inaugural Ball, Washington D.C. Armory

4 negatives

5 negatives

28 negatives; with Prince Philip, Richard M. Nixon

40 negatives; includes appearance before committee investigating airmail contracts

6 negatives; testifying before Congress

1 negative; civilian portrait

1 negative; smoking peace pipe with North Dakota Indians

3 negatives; interviewed by Ron Cochran of CBS

16 negatives

1 negative; National Press Club Dinner

2 negatives

1 negative; sworn in as Secretary of the Navy by Felix Frankfurter

8 negatives

1 negative

10 negatives

13 negatives

1 negative; with Herbert Gaston and James Farley

2 negatives; addressing Congress

3 negatives

2 negatives

1 negative

2 negatives

4 negatives; with Richard M. Nixon, Everett M. Dirksen, other Senators

4 negatives

2 negatives

1 negative

2 negatives; with Louis S. Rothschild

10 negatives

2 negatives

3 negatives; with Cordell Hull, Henry Morganthau, Jr.

29 negatives

2 glass plate negatives

1 glass plate negative; includes Herbert C. Hoover

5 glass plate negatives

1 glass plate negative

Subseries 1.5 contains photographs of celebrities who visited Washington, D.C. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by name and then chronologically within each name.

13 negatives

5 negatives

1 negative

2 negatives; with John Garfield

27 negatives

4 negatives; includes Carl Mainfort, Doris Stauffer, Bob Brockhurst, Irene Bordoni

6 negatives; with Charles Conrad, Jr., Hubert H. Humphrey, Jr.

6 negatives

2 negatives

1 negative; with daughter

18 negatives; with Senators

18 negatives; with John Young

6 negatives

2 negatives; at French Embassy reception, with William McCracken and Martha Roundtree.

14 negatives; with Bernie Kriesler and Hardie Meakin III

2 negatives

1 negative; with James Farley

1 negative; at French Embassy party

2 negatives; with Clifford P. Case

18 negatives; with John Glenn, Styles Bridges, Francis Case, Michael J. Mansfield, Norris H. Cotton, Prescott S. Bush

1 negative

2 glass plate negatives; includes Calvin Coolidge

1 glass plate negative; includes Herbert C. Hoover, Sol Bloom

1 glass plate negative; includes Charles Curtis

1 glass plate negative

Subseries 1.6 is contains people who do not fit in other subseries, including politicians' families without the politician in the picture. This subseries is sorted alphabetically by name.

With children

Duplicates of broken negatives

Luncheon given for Betty Ford

1 negative

3 negatives

2 negatives

1 negative

4 negatives

28 negatives

6 negatives; with children

1 negative

13 negatives

2 negatives

11 negatives

2 negatives

1 negative

3 negatives

1 negative

2 negatives

3 negatives; Christmas party

1 negative; portrait

9 negatives

4 negatives

9 negatives

2 negatives

1 negative; at Red Cross

4 negatives

3 negatives

8 negatives

1 negative; with A. B. Herman and Lee Potter

1 negative

4 negatives

1 negative

8 negatives

2 negatives

1 negative; with his wife

4 negatives

2 negatives; coal industry

4 negatives

6 negatives

1 negative; copy of portrait in a publication

1 negative

13 negatives; daughter of Kimball Sanborn

5 negatives

1 negative; with F. I. Thompson

15 negatives

2 negatives

1 negative

2 negatives; with Professor K. MacKillop

40 negatives

15 negatives; with his wife

9 negatives; with American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers

2 negatives; with Victoria Hruska

1 negative

5 negatives

4 negatives

12 negatives

1 glass plate negative

2 glass plate negatives; see duplicate prints in folder 7.2

2 glass plate negatives

6 glass plate negatives

Includes White House photographers, Bess and Mary Margaret Truman

Large format color slides

This series contains photographs of Washington, D.C. and the surrounding area, as well as other national and over seas locations. These places includes buildings, parks, landmarks, and monuments. This series is divided into the following subseries:

Subseries 2.1 contains photographs of the U.S. Captiol building, interior and exterior.

Includes Carolyn Hartman, Wes Holden, Barry M. Goldwater

Includes Senators (maybe John F. Kennedy inauguration)

35 negatives; includes Senate Subway

12 glass plate negatives

Subseries 2.2 contains photographs of the Washington, D.C. area, including parks, landmarks, monuments, and other buildings. These photographs are arranged alphabetically by location name.

Located at Bladensburg Rd. and Eastern Ave.

16th and Florida Ave, NW

Temporary home for Calvin Coolidge while White House was getting a new roof

Includes President's Cup Regatta, Great Falls

15th and H St., NW

Includes religious statue

Now called Sherman Building

10 negatives

2 negatives

3 negatives; home of Alexander Graham Bell's servants; with Dorothy Walker Bush

1 negative

2 negatives

6 negatives

3 negatives

14 negatives

4 negatives

12 negatives

22 negatives; includes color positives

3 glass plate negatives

1 glass plate negative; Herbert C. Hoover's church

1 glass plate negative; National Guard Armory

1 glass plate negative; buildings razed

2 glass plate negatives; buildings razed

1 glass plate negative

1 glass plate negative; statue of an American Indian killing a buffalo

6 glass plate negatives

1 glass plate negative

4 glass plate negatives

Subseries 2.3 contains photographs of the U.S. Supreme Court Building, interior and exterior, including construction of the building.

7 negatives; includes construction

Subseries 2.4 contains photographs of national and international locations, including the Panama Canal Zone.

3 negatives; "health pictures"

3 negatives

commercial tourist slides

mounted aerial photographs

This series contains photographs of events such as natural disaster, theater performances, dinners, meetings, speeches, press conferences, campaigns, conventions, inaugurations, and the presentation of Buddy Poppies. Figures included in these photographs include Congresspeople, Presidents, and other politicians. This series is divided into the following subseries:

Subseries 3.1 contains photographs of the aftermath of natural disasters.

Norfolk, Virginia

1 negative; Baltimore, Maryland

1 negative; highway bridge washed out in flood

2 negatives; Norfolk, Virginia

Subseries 3.2 contains photographs of dinners, meetings, and fundraisers.

1 negative

9 negatives; includes Lyndon B. Johnson, James Eastland, Phillip A. Hart, Hiram L. Fong

20 negatives; Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower attend birthday party at Statler Hotel

30 negatives; includes Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard M. Nixon, Republican Senators

14 negatives; includes British Foreign Secretary George Brown, Margaret Chase Smith, Maurine Neuberger

8 negatives

4 negatives; includes Everett M. Dirksen, Thruston Morton

1 negative

11 negatives; includes Dwight D. Eisenhower, William Miller, Walt Disney, John Eisenhower, Len Hall, Thruston Morton, Richard M. Nixon, Barry M. Goldwater, George Murphy

6 negatives; includes Richard M. Nixon, Everett M. Dirksen, John G. Tower, Leonard B. Jordan, Gordon L. Allott

30 negatives; includes Richard M. Nixon and Republican Senators

12 negatives; includes Richard M. Nixon, John G. Tower, Lee Hruska, Edward W. Brooke, III, Everett M. Dirksen, Milton Young, Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Paul J. Fannin, Leverett Saltonstall

23 negatives

1 negative

4 negatives; promoting "Ring the Bells and Tell the People" slogan

20 negatives; includes Dwight D. Eisenhower

3 negatives; includes George Bender, Dwight D. Eisenhower

1 negative; includes Frederick Payne, Everett M. Dirksen, Wallace F. Bennett, Prescott S. Bush

34 negatives; includes Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard M. Nixon, Republican Senators

2 negatives

3 glass plate negatives

Subseries 3.3 contains photographs of bill signings, speeches, and press conferences.

3 negatives; swearing in House Officers

1 negatives; includes Samuel Rayburn, Adolph Sabath

9 negatives; includes Lyndon B. Johnson, Hiram L. Fong, Jacob K. Javits, Joseph Clark, Jennings Randolph, Bob Bartlett, Philip Hart

1 negatives; photograph of a shadow box containing a pen and a photograph of Lyndon B. Johnson handing a pen to Everett M. Dirksen

1 negative; includes Lyndon B. Johnson

11 negatives; includes Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard M. Nixon,Oren Long, Hiram L. Fong, Samuel Rayburn, Daniel Inouye

1 negative

1 negatives; includes John G. Tower

24 negatives

10 negatives; includes Lyndon B. Johnson, Hiram L. Fong, Frank Carlson, J. Calib Boggs

3 negatives; includes Richard M. Nixon

1 negative; includes Fulton Lewis, William Bankhead, William Barbour, John Dempsey

14 negatives; includes Richard M. Nixon

3 negatives; includes Arleigh Burke

5 negatives; includes William Bankhead

4 negatives; includes Richard M. Nixon, Strom Thurmond, Clifford P. Hansen, Rupert V. Hartke

Subseries 3.4 contains photographs of campaigns and conventions, mainly consisting of events for members of the Republican Party.

4 negatives

7 negatives; includes Dwight D. Eisenhower

19 negatives

14 negatives

13 negatives; includes Henry Dworshak, Hiram L. Fong, Andrew Schoeppel, Thruston Morton, Carl Curtis, Roman L. Hruska, John Cooper, Karl Mundt, Henry Styles Bridges, George D. Aiken, Milton Young, Bourke B. Hickenlooper

8 negatives; includes demonstrations for Margaret Chase Smith, William Scranton

40 negatives; includes speeches and nomination

150 negatives; includes Leverett Saltonstall, Gordon L. Allott, John G. Tower, Clifford P. Case, John S.Cooper, William Miller, Roman L. Hruska, Thurston Morton, Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Leverett Saltonstall, Wallace F. Bennett, Peter H. Dominick, Milward L. Simpson, Jacob K. Javits, Hiram L. Fong, Margaret Chase Smith, George D. Aiken

4 negatives

12 negatives

Includes Republican Policy Committee Elephant

Color slides

Color slides; Barry M. Goldwater, Richard S. Schweiker, William Scott

35 mm negatives, some color

Color slides

Subseries 3.5 contains photographs of inauguration ceremonies and events.

Photos by Mickey Stenko, house Republican Party photographer

See inauguration program in folder 11.20

(1 of 2)

(2 of 2)

(1 of 3)

(2 of 3)

(3 of 3)

2 negatives; March 4, 1925, reproduced from International New Photo collection

30 negatives

14 negatives

10 negatives; March 4, 1921, reproduced from National Archives collection

9 negatives; March 4, 1929, reproduced from International News Photo collection

2 negatives; includes Lyndon B. Johnson

3 negatives

2 negatives

2 negatives; March 4, 1961, reproduced from National Archives collection

2 negatives

6 negatives

2 negatives; March 4, 1905, reproduced from International News Photo collection

6 negatives

10 negatives

7 negatives; March 3-4, 1917, reproduced from International News Photo collection

35mm negatives

Color slides

2 1/2 inch strips

Subseries 3.6 contains photographs of politicians and celebrities receiving Buddy Poppies from the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

1 negative

2 negatives

4 negatives

1 negative

3 negatives

1 negative

2 negatives

3 negatives

1 negative

2 negatives

4 negatives

2 negatives

1 negative

2 negatives

1 negative

2 negatives

1 negative

2 negatives

1 negative

2 negatives

1 negative

2 negatives

4 negatives

2 negatives

4 negatives

2 negatives

1 negative

2 glass plate negatives

1 glass plate negative

Subseries 3.7 contains photographs of events that do not fit into other subseries, such as funerals, parades, and protests.

Includes photographs of the Magna Carta on loan from England

First National Jamboree

"Mrs. William Randolph Hurst Jr. at French Embassy for French President, with her are Wm. McCracken and Martha Roundtree."

5 negatives

25 negatives

8 negatives

1 negative

7 negatives; includes Fred Harris, Benjamin Reifel

1 negative; includes John Warner, Charles H. Percy

9 negatives; includes James G. Beal, Hugh D. Scott, Richard S. Schweiker, Charles M. Mathias, Jr.

25 negatives

12 negatives

2 negatives; KC-135 jet tanker prepares to refill B-52

90 negatives

1 glass plate negative; first east to west Trans-Atlantic mail package

2 glass plate negatives

1 glass plate negative

2 glass plate negatives

Color slides

2 1/2 inch strip negatives

This series contains photographs of newspapers and art, as well as reference publications and correspondence. This series is divided into the following subseries:

Subseries 4.1 contains photographs newspapers and other publications.

3 negatives; states to gain and lose Congress seats

2 negatives

3 negatives

18 negatives

2 negatives

1 glass plate negative; July 3, 1863

1 glass plate negative; September 1, 1850

1 glass plate negative; April 15, 1865

1 glass plate negative

Subseries 4.2 contains photographs of art work.

Memorial by Charles Grafly

Includes Suffrage Monument by Adelaide Johnson

4 negatives

2 negatives

1 negative

2 negatives

11 negatives

1 negative

12 negatives

Color slides

Subseries 4.3 contains reference publications and correspondence relating to photographs in the collection.

Gerald R. Ford takes oath as Vice President pages H10855, S22132

Senator Margaret Chase Smith on the cover; includes note from Senator Smith

Includes invitation to Dedication of Supreme Court Chamber

This series contains scrapbooks created by Arthur E. Scott. Most items contained within the scrapbooks are newspaper clippings, many of which depict photographs taken by Scott.

This series contains realia.

Contains photographic supplies, including labeled film canisters.

Biographical / historical:

Arthur E. "Scotty" Scott, was born March 14, 1917, in Montpelier, Vermont. In 1925 his family moved to Washington, D.C., where Scott spent most of his life. Scott began his press career at the age of 13, as a copyboy for the Washington Times-Herald. From 1934-1955, Scott served as a news photographer for International News Photos (INP) and Wide World Photos. Scott first covered the United States Congress in 1935 as a photographer for the Washington Times From 1955-1974, Scott worked as a photographer for the Republican Senatorial Committee (1965-1964) and the Republication Policy Committee (1964-1974). In 1975, the year the Senate Historical Office was created, Scott became the Senate's first photo-historian. As photo-historian, Scott was tasked with building a collection of graphic representations of the Senate's history. Scott died on December 2, 1976.

Acquisition information:

Collection donated by Grace L. Scott in 1981. Scrapbooks donated by Barbara Thaler in 2006.

Processing information:

Processed by Special Collections Research Center staff. Additional processing completed by Stacey Kniatt and Shira Loev in 2010-2011. EAD markup completed by Stacey Kniatt and Shira Loev in 2010-2011. Finding aid updated by Amanda Menjivar in March 2023.

Staff rehoused the collection into suitable archival enclosures, organized the collection by media and series, and created an EAD finding aid and MARC record.

This collection was reprocessed in 2010-2011 using funds from a National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) Detailed Processing Grant.

Arrangement:

Arranged into six series.

Series

Series 1: People, 1910-1976 (Boxes 1-7, 12-22, 26-27, 29-42)
Series 2: Places, 1927-1976 (Boxes 7-9, 22-23, 27, 31, 43, Oversize)
Series 3: Events, 1921-1976 (Boxes 9-11, 23-25, 27, 30, 33, 35-36, 38-42)
Series 4: Art, Publications, Reference Materials, 1918-1976 (Boxes 11, 25, 27, 35, 38)
Series 5: Scrapbooks, 1918-1946 (Volumes 1-14 and unnumbered)
Series 6: Realia, 1950s-1960s (Box 28)

Physical location:

R 32, C 1, S 1 - S 5 R 32, C 2, S 1 OS R 6, C 2, S 3 - S 7 Map Case 11.5

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:: Actors -- United States
Aerial photographs
Astronauts
Campaign speeches
Committees
Congresses and conventions
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Legislators -- United States
Legislators' spouses
Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.)
National Statuary Hall (United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.)
Photography -- Negatives
Political campaigns -- United States
Political conventions
Portraits
Presidents -- United States
Presidents -- United States -- Inauguration
Slides (Photography)
Speeches, addresses, etc.
Tomb of the Unknowns (Va.)
Vice-Presidents -- United States
Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.)
Photographic prints
Names:: Washington National Cathedral (Washington, D.C.)
United States. Supreme Court
Boy Scouts of America
Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.)
United States. Congress. Senate
United States. Congress. House
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
Woodring, Harry Hines, 1887-1967
Wiley, Alexander, 1884-1967
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
Vandenberg, Arthur H. (Arthur Hendrick), 1884-1951
Valeo, Francis R. (Francis Ralph), 1916-2006
Tydings, Millard E. (Millard Evelyn), 1890-1961
Scott, William Lloyd, 1915-1997
Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
Thurmond, Strom, 1902-2003
Smith, Margaret Chase, 1897-1995
Shepard, Alan B. (Alan Bartlett), 1923-1998
Scott, Hugh, 1900-1994
Schoeppel, Andrew Frank, 1894-1962
Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979
Pittman, Key, 1872-1940
Percy, Charles H., 1919-2011
Pepper, Claude, 1900-1989
Fannin, Paul J. (Paul Jones), 1907-2002
Elizabeth, Queen of Great Britain, II, 1926-2022
Dominick, Peter H. (Peter Hoyt), 1915-1981
Dole, Robert J., 1923-2021
Dirksen, Everett McKinley
Dern, George Henry, 1872-1936
Curtis, Carl T. (Carl Thomas), 1905-2000
Cotton, Norris, 1900-1989
Cooper, John Sherman, 1901-1991
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933
Cochran, Steve, 1917-1965
Aiken, George D. (George David), 1892-1984
Allott, Gordon, 1907-1989
Ashurst, Henry Fountain, 1874-1962
Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956
Beall, J. Glenn, Jr. (John Glenn), 1927-2006
Bennett, Wallace F. (Wallace Foster), 1898-1993
Bible, Alan, 1909-1988
Boggs, J. Caleb (James Caleb), 1909-1993
Borah, William Edgar, 1865-1940
Bridges, Styles, 1898-1961
Bush, Prescott Sheldon, 1895-1972
Case, Clifford P. (Clifford Philip), 1904-1982
Fong, Hiram, 1906-2004
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006
Garner, John Nance, 1868-1967
Glenn, John, 1921-2016
Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998
Griffin, Robert P. (Robert Paul), 1923-2015
Grissom, Virgil I.
Hansen, Clifford P. (Clifford Peter), 1912-2009
Harrison, Pat, 1881-1941
Hickenlooper, Bourke B. (Bourke Blakemore), 1896-1971
Holt, Rush Dew, 1905-1955
Hoover, Herbert Charles, 1903-1969
Hruska, Roman L. (Roman Lee), 1904-1999
Javits, Jacob K. (Jacob Koppel), 1904-1986
Jordan, Len B. (Len Beck), 1899-1983
Keating, Kenneth B. (Kenneth Barnard), 1900-1975
Kuchel, Thomas H.
Mansfield, Mike, 1903-2001
Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959
McNary, Charles Linza, 1874-1944
Morton, Thruston B. (Thruston Ballard), 1907-1982
Places:: Panama Canal (Panama)
Potomac River
Supreme Court Building (Washington, D.C.)
United States Capitol Complex (Washington, D.C.)
Washington (D.C.)

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