Neil McIntyre Photographs

Collection

Identifier: CP MCI

Scope and Content Note

This collection consists of 105 images showing Neil McIntyre's family and friends (including David and Dr. Alice Givens) and landscapes and tourist attractions (including Yellowstone National Park, El Capitan in the Guadalupe Mountains in Texas, Carlsbad Caverns, and missions in Tucson and Tumacácori). Also included is one print showing George Hunt and an unidentified group by cars on the roadside. Images #1-52 are glass negatives with later silver gelatin prints; the remainder of the images are primarily silver gelatin prints. Neil McIntyre made the majority of the glass negatives.

Dates

Creation: circa 1890s-circa 1930s

Creator

McIntyre, Neil, 1842-1913 (Person)

Language of Materials

Material in English

Access Restrictions

Access to the original glass plate negatives is not permitted. Researchers will be provided with inspection copies of these images.

To view this collection, make an appointment at least five business days prior to your visit by contacting Ask an Archivist. Appointments in the Wurzburger Reading Room at Hayden Library (rm. 138) on the Tempe campus are available Tuesday through Thursday, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Check the ASU Library Hours page for current availability.

Copyright

Arizona State University does not own copyright to this collection. Distinctive Collections recognizes that it is incumbent upon the researcher to procure permission to publish information from this collection from the owner of the copyright.

Biographical Note

Neil McIntyre was born to John and Christina (Ross) McIntyre in Ontario, Canada on February 24, 1842. He married Effie Lovina Marshall (1855-1943) in Ontario on June 25, 1876. She was one of five children, including Isaac Norton (1857-1909), Alice Amelia (Marshall) Givens (1860-1957), Beatrice A. (Marshall) Walker (1864-1944), and James Gemmill (ca. 1867-1918). Neil and Effie McIntyre had two children, John Malcolm (1876-1948) and Beatrice Helen (McIntyre) Jones (1887-1967). The McIntyre family emigrated to the United States in 1887 and settled in Phoenix, Arizona, where Neil McIntyre worked as a medical doctor. Neil McIntyre died in La Jolla, California, where the family frequently summered, on July 26, 1913.