Photography Artifacts
- Sumner W. Matteson Collection
- From 1898 to 1908 Matteson crisscrossed North America taking photographs. Primarily a photojournalist, Matteson charmed his way into other people's work places and social celebrations. He photographed the elusive Ute Indians, the cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde, and the life and rites of Pueblo Indians in New Mexico and Arizona. In Mexico he photographed old churches, Peons, ruins, and fiestas. He toured the Pacific Coast from San Francisco north to Seattle and Vancouver photographing fishermen and loggers.