Claire Rhorman Photograph Collection
Scope and Content Note
This collection of family photographs covers the time period from the early 1920’s through to the 1950’s in the area around St. Martin Parish in Louisiana and the Port Arthur area in Texas. Featured are family members, special events, the flood of the Atchafalaya River Basin in the 1940’s, oil derricks worked by Skelly Oil Drilling Company, and houses, bridges and landscapes.
Dates
- 1920-1959
Creator
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Access Restrictions
Some restrictions may apply.
Copyright
The Tyrrell Historical Library does not hold copyright for most of its collections. The researcher must secure permission to publish. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the Tyrrell Historical Library. The researcher assumes full responsibility for complying with copyright, literary property rights, and libel laws.
Biographical Note
This collection consists of family photographs belonging to Claire Rhorman. The photographs cover the time period from the early 1920’s through to the 1930’s in Louisiana around St. Martin Parish and the time period from the early 1940’s through to the 1950’s in Port Arthur, Texas.
Extent
.25 cubic feet (1 box)
Abstract
Claire Rhorman is a resident of Beaumont, Texas. Her family moved from Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, to Port Arthur, Texas, when she was about three months old. She attended Port Arthur schools and continued living in the area into adulthood. Many of the photographs in this collection reflect family events and locations in and around Port Arthur. Her grandfather, Carlos Castille, inherited land in St. Martin Parish which had been in his family for about 200 years. A number of the early photographs feature the family homestead located in Louisiana. Her uncle worked for Skelly Oil Drilling Company and there are several images that depict oil derricks in this collection.
Organization of Collection
This collection is arranged in folders according to time period and subject matter.
Acquisition Information
Donated by Claire Rhorman, 2015 May.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
Separated Material
None.
Processing Information
Processed by Tyrrell Historical Library staff, 2015 May.
Finding aid revised and encoded by Tyrrell Historical Library staff, 2015 May.
- Automobiles Subject Source: Searslocal
- Breaux Bridge (Saint Martin parish, Louisiana : inhabited place) Subject Source: Searslocal
- Castille, Carlos
- Family Subject Source: Searslocal
- Floods Subject Source: Searslocal
- Houses Subject Source: Searslocal
- Petroleum industry Subject Source: Searslocal
- Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Port Arthur (Jefferson county, Texas : inhabited place) Subject Source: Searslocal
- Postcards Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Rhorman, Claire, 1943-
- Saint James Catholic Church
- Saint Martin (Louisiana, United States : parish (political)) Subject Source: Searslocal
- Schools Subject Source: Searslocal
- Skelly Oil Drilling Company
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Claire Rhorman Photograph Collection, 1920-1959
- Author
- Tyrrell Historical Library Staff
- Date
- 2015 May 18
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Tyrrell Historical Library Archives Repository
