Nathaniel Fish Moore photographs, circa 1855

Nathaniel Fish Moore photographs, circa 1855

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
UA#0112
Bib ID:
4080189 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Moore, Nathaniel Fish, 1782-1872
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
0.42 linear feet (1 document box)
Language(s):
English .
Access:
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

Since salt prints are sensitive to light, permission to view and handle prints must be given by the University Archivist. The photographs have been scanned and are available for view online.

This collection is located on-site.

Description

Summary

The bulk consists of salt prints and albumen prints taken by Nathaniel Fish Moore. Copy prints, correspondence, and other material that document the photography of N.F. Moore are included. This collection contains an early photograph of Columbia College at Forty Park Place, New York City, and portraits of Pierre Toussaint and Clement Clarke Moore, the latter credited for the poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" more commonly known as "The Night Before Christmas."

Arrangement

Materials are arranged in one series.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

Since salt prints are sensitive to light, permission to view and handle prints must be given by the University Archivist. The photographs have been scanned and are available for view online.

This collection is located on-site.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Nathaniel Fish Moore Photographs; Box and Folder; University Archives, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

This collection was originally processed by Jocelyn Wilk in August 1999. Finding was revised by Jocelyn Wilk, December 2001 and Jennifer Ulrich, January 2003.

Revision Description

2009-10-29 File created.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Biographical Note

Born December 25, 1782 in Newtown, Long Island, the son of physician William Moore and Jane, daughter of Nathaniel Fish, N.F. Moore graduated from Columbia College in 1802 and served as adjunct and then professor of Greek and Latin at Columbia from 1817 to 1835. He later sold his personal library to the College and was appointed as the first "full-time" librarian in 1838. He became President of Columbia Colllege in 1842.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form
Albumen prints
Calotype prints (positive prints)
Gelatin silver prints
Salted paper prints
Name
Columbia University -- Buildings
Moore, Clement Clarke, 1779-1863
Moore, Nathaniel Fish, 1782-1872
Toussaint, Pierre, 1766-1853

Series I: Photographs


Box 1 Folder 1

Nathaniel Fish Moore - Seated Reading



Box 1 Folder 2

Nathaniel Fish Moore - President of Columbia College



Box 1 Folder 3

Nathaniel Fish Moore - President of Columbia College









Box 1 Folder 4

Nathaniel Fish Moore



Box 1 Folder 5

Nathaniel Fish Moore



Box 1 Folder 6

Clipping and 2 Pictures of Nathaniel Fish Moore



Box 1 Folder 7

Nathaniel Fish Moore , (3 glossy prints)



Box 1 Folder 8

Clement Clarke Moore and Daughter



Box 1 Folder 9

Clement Clarke Moore and Daughter

[glossy photos and notes]


Box 1 Folder 10

William Moore



Box 1 Folder 11

Pierre Toussaint



Box 1 Folder 12

Pierre Toussaint



("Elderly Colored Man Seated at Table")


Box 1 Folder 13

Group of Seven People on Porch



Box 1 Folder 14

Four People and Baby on Porch



Box 1 Folder 15

Eight People on Porch



Box 1 Folder 16

Seated Woman with Child



Box 1 Folder 17

Four Seated Women by Tree



Box 1 Folder 18

Seven People on Porch



Box 1 Folder 19

Seated Man



Box 1 Folder 20

Two Seated Women and Man by Lake



Box 1 Folder 21

Elderly Woman, Seated



Box 1 Folder 22

Two Women and Man by Portrait



Box 1 Folder 23

Seven People on Porch Seated



Box 1 Folder 24

Two Women, Two Men by Screen



Box 1 Folder 25

Two Women Seated on Porch Step, Man Standing



Box 1 Folder 26

Four Men, Three Women on Porch



Box 1 Folder 27

Columbia College, 1855



Box 1 Folder 28

Columbia College, 1855



Box 1 Folder 29

Glossy Print of Park Place


Box 1 Folder 30

De Rahm House at 5th Avenue and 10th Street, "Now Standing"




Box 1 Folder 31

Chelsea House, Residence of Clement Clarke Moore, Greenwich, NYC



Box 1 Folder 32

Chelsea House, Greenwich Manhattan, Clemet Clarke Moore



Box 1 Folder 33

"Chelsea" -- Home of President Moore & Clement Clarke Moore



Box 1 Folder 34

Chapel and St. John's Park from the Hudson




Box 1 Folder 35

Laight and Hudson Streets, St. John's Park



Box 1 Folder 36

Woodlawn Residence of William Moore



Box 1 Folder 37

View from Woodlawn, Gold Spring in Distance



Box 1 Folder 38

View from Woodlawn, Gold Spring in Distance



Box 1 Folder 39

Landscape with Cottage



Box 1 Folder 40

View of City House Tops



Box 1 Folder 41

House (side view)



Box 1 Folder 42

House