CATALOGUE OF THE PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION OF
REV. VALMORE J. LIZOTTE (1918-1978)
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This collection of photographs is a record of the travels of the Rev. Valmore J. Lizotte taken through a 25
year time span.
The collection consists of eighteen (18) file drawers and two boxes of 2 x 2 inch color photographic
transparencies as well as about 100 35mm slides. There are approximately 4,700+ photographs in the collection. A list the
Rev. Lizotte provided, identifying each work is mostly intact.
The condition of the photographs range from excellent
to fair.
The collection dates from circa 1948 to 1972.
Following is an index of contents each of the eighteen
(18) drawers and two boxes of works in Rev. Lizotte's method of classification. The approximate number of photographs in each
drawer is noted. Following the general index on the next page is a more detailed itemization of each drawer is given as well
as other pertinent information.
ROGER A. BULTOT
October 1997
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THE
GENERAL INDEX TO THE PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION OF THE REV. VALMORE J. LIZOTTE FOLLOWS
Drawer #1: West Germany, East Germany, Switzerland, Ireland, Belgium (c. 245 photos)
Drawer #2: France
(c. 280 photos)
Drawer #3: Italy (c. 265 photos)
Drawer #4: Syria, Israel (c. 245 photos)
Drawer
#5: Greece, Egypt (c. 205 photos)
Drawer #6: Lebanon, Turkey, Austria, Denmark, Sweden (c. 195 photos)
Drawer
#7: Sweden, Norway, England (c. 195 photos)
Drawer #8: Mexico (c. 230 photos)
Drawer #9: Portugal,
Spain, Gibraltar (c. 195 photos)
Drawer #10: Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Trinidad, Venezuela (c.
435 photos)
Drawer #11: Western U.S, Canada (c. 330 photos)
Drawer #12: Japan (c. 190 photos)
Drawer
#13: Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia (c. 280 photos)
Drawer #14: India (c. 270 photos)
*Drawer #14a
& 15: Kashmir, Ceylon, Iran, Iraq (c. 150 photos)
Drawer #15: Massachusetts, Florida, Appalachian Trail, Pennsylvania
(c. 370 photos)
Drawer #15a: Kathmandu (c. 110 photos)
Drawer #16: Hong Kong (c. 115 photos)
Two
Boxes: Hawaii (340 photos)
*This manner of grouping is the Rev. Lizotte's.
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Details of Drawers
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DRAWER #1 -- Major Sub-Contents
(and # of photos):
Approximate dates: 1964-65
> West Berlin (10)
> East Berlin (9)
> Munich (37)
> Innsbruck (40)
> Lucerne (42)
> Bern (18)
>
Thun & vicinity (19)
> Dublin (11)
> Brussels & World's Fair (60)
Some
of the above are glass-mounted, others cardboard mounted, all numbered; drawer has partially complete listing with additional
notes.
DRAWER #2 -- Major Sub-Contents (and # of photos):
Approximate dates: 1948-50
> Paris (160)
> St. Denis (3)
> Fontainebleau (14)
>
Chartres (8)
> Lourdes (22)
> Pont d'Espagne (11)
> Nice (3)
>
Normandy vicinity (18)
> Mont St. Michel (13)
> Angers (1)
> Saumur (1)
>
St. Malo (3)
> Langeois (3)
> Azay-le-Rideau (2)
> Tours (4)
>
Chateaux vicinity (13)
All of the above are glass-mounted, numbered, with a complete listing.
DRAWER
#3 -- Major Sub-Contents (and # of photos):
Approximate dates: Mid 1950s (?)
> Rome &
Vatican (115)
> Tivoli (11)
> Ostia (7)
> Pompeii (15)
> Amalfi
& vicinity (9)
> Sorrento (8)
> Capri (11)
> Segeste (8)
>
Selimonte (10)
> Aggrigenti & Piazza Americana (8)
> Syracuse (13)
> Catania,
Etna & vicinity (17)
> Taormina (4)
> Capo Sant' Andrea & Messina (6)
>
Capo Faro & Tindari (2)
> Cefalu (2)
> Palermo (8)>
> Monreale (8)
Some
of the above are glass-mounted, others cardboard mounted, all numbered, with a complete listing.
DRAWER
#4 -- Major Sub-Contents (and # of photos):
Approximate dates: 1955 (?)
> Damascus
(24)
> Jerusalem & vicinity (149)
> Samaria (23)
> Jaffa & vicinity (19)
> Cana (4)
> Nazareth (12)
> Caparnam (8)
> Haifa (6)
All
of the above are glass-mounted, numbered, with a complete listing and additional notes.
DRAWER
#5 -- Major Sub-Contents (and # of photos):
Approximate dates: Late 1950s (?)
>
Athens (38)
> Dhafni (3)
> Eleusis (10)
> Corinth (18)
> Giza
& Saqquarah [?] (4)
> Cairo & vicinity (31)
> Memphis & Mastaba [?] (24)
>
Nile (10)
> Luxor & Valley of the Kings (68)
All of the above are glass-mounted,
numbered, with a complete listing.
DRAWER #6 -- Major Sub-Contents
(and # of photos):
Approximate dates: 1960 (?)
> Beirut (20)
> Djebail
(Byblos) & vicinity (21)
> Baalbech & vicinity (23)
> Istanbul & vicinity (42)
>
Vienna & vicinity (63)
> Copenhagen (20)
> Stockholm (5)
All
of the above are glass-mounted, numbered, with a complete listing.
DRAWER
#7 -- Major Sub-Contents (and # of photos):
Approximate dates: 1958
> Stockholm (50)
>
Oslo & vicinity (75)
> London (70)
All of the above are glass-mounted, numbered,
with a partially complete listing.
DRAWER #8 -- Major Sub-Contents (and # of photos):
Approximate dates: Early 1960s (?)
> Mexico City (45)
> Guadaloupe
(5)
> Alcoman (8)
> Teotchuacan (13)
> Tepotzotlan (8)
> Cuernavaca
(7)
> Taxco (15)
> Cholula (3)
> Puebla (6)
> Penafiel (2)
>
Acultzingo Heights (6)
> Fortin de las Flores (9)
> Cordoba (3)
> Vera Cruz (11)
> Merida (2)
> Chichen Itza (29)
> Uxmal (15)
> Acapulco (24)
> Oaxaca (12)
> Mitta (5)
> Monte Alban (5)
All of
the above are glass-mounted, numbered, with a complete listing and additional notes.
DRAWER
#9 -- Major Sub-Contents (and # of photos):
Approximate dates: Late 1940s (?)
> Lisbon
(23)
> Madrid (22)
> Segovia (15)
> El Escorial (6)
> Avila (11)
> Salamanca (26)
> Sevilla (38)
> Cordoba (5)
> Granada (17)
>
Malaga (13)
> Gibraltar (4)
> Barcelona (10)
> Monserrat (5)
>
Toledo (2)
All of the above are glass-mounted, numbered, with a complete listing.
DRAWER
#10 -- Major Sub-Contents (and # of photos):
Approximate dates: c. 1950-52 (?)
> Quito
(14)
> Lima (27)
> Peruvian countryside (10)
> Cusco (40)
> Machu
Pichu (31)
> Pisac (14)
> La Paz & vicinity (38)
> Santiago (41)
>
Valparaiso (14)
> Buenos Aires (26)
> La Plata (20)
> Montevedio (13)
>
Punta del Este (14)
> Sao Paolo (29)
> Rio de Janeiro (47)
> Brasilia (25)
>
Port of Spain (15)
> Caracas (16)
All of the above are cardboard mounted, numbered, with
a complete listing and additional notes.
DRAWER # 11 -- Major Sub-Contents (and #
of photos):
Approximate dates: 1960 (?)
> Rocky Mountain National Park (19)
>
Hoosier Pass (3)
> Pike's Peak (5)
> Air Force Academy (5)
> Garden of the God
(9)
> Royal Gorge (4)
> Miscellaneous (19)
> Colorado National Monument (9)
>
Route 128 (Utah) & Grand Canyon (7)
> Arches National Monument (4)
> Grand Canyon (16)
>
Hoover Dam & Lake Mead (9)
> San Juan Capistrano (7)
> Hollywood Forest Lawn Cemetery &
vicinity (16)
> Sequoia National Park (21)
> Glacier Point in Yosemite (22)
>
Carmel Mission & Monterey (10)
> Pebble Beach Golf Course (6)
> San Francisco (9)
>
On the 46 Mile Tourist Route (7)
> San Francisco (3)
> Route 101 & Humboldt Redwoods (4)
> Crater Lake (8)
> Mt. Rainier (23)
> Olympic Park & Rain Forest (3)
>
Fraser River (4)
> Lake Louise (5)
> Banff (13)
> Watertown Lake (13)
>
Yellowstone Park (33)
> Miscellaneous (2)
> Mount Moran (3)
> Grand Teton (1)
> Devil's Tower (5)
> Mt. Rushmore (3)
Of the previous two pages
1/3 of photos are glass-mounted, 2/3 cardboard mounted, all numbered, with a complete listing and additional notes.
DRAWER
#12 -- Major Sub-Contents (and # of photos):
Approximate dates: c. 1959 (?)
> Tokyo
(38)
> Yokohama (3)
> Kamahura (12)
> Sagami Bay (1)
> Enoshima
(8)
> Odowara (1)
> Myanoshita (7)
> Lake Hakone (4)
> Kyoto (43)
> Nara (16)
> Kobe (18)
> Miscellaneous (5)
> Yashima Plateau
(5)
> Beppu (14)
> Lake Shitaka (1)
> Fukuoka (3)
> Nikko (10)
> Lake Chuzenzi (3)
All of the above are glass-mounted, numbered, with a complete
listing and additional notes.
DRAWER #13 -- Major Sub-Contents (and # of photos):
Approximate
dates: Early 1950s (?)
> Manila (25)
> Manila vicinity (16)
>
Bangkok (15)
> Wat Po Temple (16)
> Benchamoboput Temple (17)
> Kluaga (26)
>
Temple of the Dawn (18)
> Ankor Thom & Ankor Wat (39)
> Singapore (12)
>
Malaya (12)
> Bali (20)
> Menguri (32)
> Lake Batur (2)
> Penelokani
(2)
> Denpasar (8)
> Countryside (10)
> Bagor (9)
All
of the above are glass-mounted, numbered, with complete listing and additional notes.
DRAWER
#14 -- Major Sub-Contents (and # of photos):
Approximate dates: Mid 1950s (?)
> Calcutta
(33)
> Benares (35)
> Delhi (21)
> Agra to Jaipur (60)
> Jaipur
(21)
> Madras (37)
> Bombay (64)
All of the above are glass-mounted,
numbered, with complete listing and additional notes.
DRAWERS #14a & 15 -- Major Sub-Contents
(and # of photos):
Approximate dates: Mid 1950s (?)
> Srinagar, Kashmir & vicinity
(67)
> Colombo & vicinity (65)
> Teheran (7)
> Bagdad (9)
All
of the above are glass-mounted, numbered, on three separate lists.
DRAWER #15 -- Major
Sub-Contents (and # of photos):
Approximate dates: Circa 1970
> Length of Cape Cod
(200)
> St. Augustine (20)
> Summerland (2)
> Key West (17)
>
Everglades & vicinity (28)
> Great Smoky Mountain Park & vicinity (12)
> Blue Ridge
(27)
> Appalachian Trail (6)
> George Washington National Forest (13)
> Gettysburg
(15)
> Lancaster (11)
> Philadelphia (20)
All of the above are cardboard
mounted, numbered, with complete listing and additional notes.
DRAWER #15a -- Contents (and
# of photos):
Approximate dates: Late 1950s (?)
> Kathmandu (110)
All
of the above are glass-mounted, numbered, with complete listing and additional notes.
DRAWER
#16 -- Major Sub-Contents (and # of photos):
Approximate dates: late 1950s ?
> Hong
Kong (53)
> Repulse Bay (4)
> Aberdeen (12)
> Kowloon (3)
> Shankiwan
(6)
> Kennedy Town (10)
> Fenling (4)
> Macao (23)
All
of the above are glass-mounted, numbered, with a complete listing and additional notes.
BOXES
# 1 & 2 -- Contents & Description:
Approximate dates: Late 1960s (?)
The 340 photographs
were taken thoughout the Hawaiian Islands. They are metal mounted but without glass. All are numbered and the locations are
listed and described in a sixty (60) page note book.
