Britt, Peter, 1819-1905

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Born in Obslalden, Switzerland, Peter (1819-1905) was the second son of Jacob Britt. At the age of 27 he went to America and became a citizen in 1850 in Indiana. He studied daguerreotyping in St. Louis under an early-day photographer, J.H. Fitzgibbon. Britt crossed the plains in 1852 with his camera to settle in Jacksonville.

He opened a studio (see photo 24-21) in 1854 to become one of the first studio daguerreographers in Oregon. W.H. Jennings of Oregon City was first in 1851. Although best known as the leading northwest photographer, Britt was a civic minded person. He owned land (almost 2,000 acres at one time), became a leading horticulturist, a mine owner, a money lender, and a good friend of Chinese laborers.

He retired in 1900 to spend more of his time with oil painting and in the greenhouse. In 1861, he married Amalia Grob (1822-1871), a widow with one son, Jacob (1854-1896). They had three children, Emil (1862-1950), Arnold (1864, aged three months), Amalia (1865-1954). None were ever married. Peter Britt attended the 1905 Lewis and Clark Expedition and there contracted a cold that led to pneumonia and his death later that year.

Found in 790 Collections and/or Records:

Classical paintings

Sub-Series — Box: 07, Folder: 21

Identifier: MSS003:03.04

Scope and Contents

Seventeen photographs.

Dates: 1850-1950

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-003, Peter Britt photographs / Photographs of Paintings and Illustrations

Coffman family, 1892

Sub-Group — Box: 02, Folder: 02, Object: 11

Identifier: MSS003:01.14.11

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Twenty four photographs.

Dates: 1892

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-003, Peter Britt photographs / Families / Ch - Com

Colonel Charles S. Drew, 18uu

Sub-Group — Box: 02, Folder: 06, Object: 02

Identifier: MSS003:01.18.02

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Twenty four photographs.

Dates: 18uu

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-003, Peter Britt photographs / Families / Dr - Dy

Con - Cu, bulk: 1885-1891

Sub-Series — Box: 02, Folder: 03

Identifier: MSS003:01.15

Scope and Contents

Thirty four photographs.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1885-1891

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-003, Peter Britt photographs / Families

Cook brothers, July 1889

Sub-Group — Box: 02, Folder: 03, Object: 03

Identifier: MSS003:01.15.03

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Thirty four photographs.

Dates: July 1889

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-003, Peter Britt photographs / Families / Con - Cu

Cooksey boy, 18uu

Sub-Group — Box: 02, Folder: 03, Object: 05

Identifier: MSS003:01.15.05

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Thirty four photographs.

Dates: 18uu

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-003, Peter Britt photographs / Families / Con - Cu

Cora Cameron, February 1887

Sub-Group — Box: 02, Folder: 01, Object: 06

Identifier: MSS003:01.13.06

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Thirty five photographs.

Dates: February 1887

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-003, Peter Britt photographs / Families / Ca

Cornelius C. Beekman, 18uu

Sub-Group — Box: 01, Folder: 02, Object: 09

Identifier: MSS003:01.02.09

Scope and Contents

Cornelius C. Beekman of Jacksonville. Two photographs.

Dates: 18uu

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-003, Peter Britt photographs / Families / Ba - Be

Crater Lake, bulk: 1874-1914

Sub-Series — Box: 06, Folder: 08

Identifier: MSS003:02.08

Scope and Contents

Nineteen photographs.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1874-1914

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-003, Peter Britt photographs / Outdoor photographs

Crescent City, 1930

Sub-Series — Box: 06, Folder: 09

Identifier: MSS003:02.09

Scope and Contents

Eleven photographs.

Dates: 1930

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-003, Peter Britt photographs / Outdoor photographs

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Britt, Peter, 1819-1905

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