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DeGoeijen Scrapbook Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1258

Scope and Content Note

Copy photographic prints of originals in the Museum of the Gulf Coast, Port Arthur, Texas. The photographs, mostly taken by DeGoeijen during visits along the KCS line in 1897 and 1927 include railroad engines, depots, bridges, and street scenes in Mena (Polk County) and DeQueen (Sevier County), Arkansas, and Beaumont and Port Arthur, Texas. Photographic prints.

Dates

  • 1897-1927

Creator

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Access Information

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Use Information

Use Restrictions Apply: Any prints furnished must be requested from and credited to the originals at the Museum of the Gulf Coast, Port Arthur, Texas.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical Note

Jan de Goeijen was born in Zwolle, Netherlands in 1861. He owned tea plantations in the Dutch East Indies and achieved great success as a coffee trader. De Goeijen helped finance the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad (later part of the Kansas City Southern Railway Company.) DeQueen, Arkansas is named in his honor.

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet (1 box)

Acquisition Information

The DeGoeijen Scrapbook Photographs were gifted to Special Collections by W.M. Timmerman in 1993. Originals are held by the Museum of the Gulf Coast.

Processing Information

Processed by Special Collections Department; completed in September 1993.

Creator

Source

Title
DeGoeijen Scrapbook Photographs
Status
Completed
Date
September 1993
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid is written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Department Repository

Contact:
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444