Guide to Case family photographs , ca. 1890-1959
The Preservation Society of Newport County
424 Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI 02840
Tel: 401-847-1000
museumaffairs@newportmansions.org
Published in 2024
Collection Overview
| Title: | Case family photographs |
| Date range: | ca. 1890-1959 |
| Creator: | Case, Muriel Rogers, 1921-2012 |
| Extent: | 12 items 1 folder |
| Abstract: | Photographs of people and properties from the Case family of Rhode Island and Scotland. |
| Language of materials: | English |
| Repository: | The Preservation Society of Newport County |
| Collection number: | PSNCA.H.032 |
Scope & content
Photographs depict people and houses related to the Case family, and include images of painted or drawn portraits of unidentified family members or associated people.Access Points
Subject Names- Connal-Rowan, Helena de St. Prie Case, 1886-1975
- Case, Muriel Rogers, 1921-2012
- Connal-Rowan, George Francis, 1885-1960
Arrangement
The photographs are arranged in one series as found in the Hunter House Collection. Whether order was imposed on the photographs in processing that collection is unknown.
Muriel Rogers Case (1921-2012) was a member of the Hunter House Activities Committee. She lived in the Philip Stevens House on Thames Street, and at one time owned the adjoining property to the north, the John Stevens HouseDaughter of Daniel Rogers Case (1888-1954) and Ethel Westman Case (1898-1993), she was the niece of Helena de St. Prie Case Connal-Rowan (1886-1975). Muriel’s siblings were Ethel Ludlow Case (1923-1968) and Rogers Case (1928-1993).
Helena Case Connal-Rowan loaned and then donated a suite of furniture and portraits for display at Hunter House in the 1960s-1970s. She married Lt. George Francis Connal-Rowan (1885-1960) of the estate Meiklewood in Gargunnock, Scotland.
The Rogers Case family was descended from U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Augustus Ludlow Case (1812-1893) and Anna Rogers Case (1824-1891). Admiral Case was part of the Wilkes Expedition (1847-1832), which explored and surveyed the Pacific and Antarctic Oceans, and the Paraguay Expedition (1859). He also served in the Mexican-American War and as fleet captain of the Union’s North Atlantic Blocking Squadron in the American Civil War. In 1936, Muriel, at the age of 14, christened the destroyer Case named after her great-great-grandfather at the Charlestown navy yard in Massachusetts.
Access & Use
| Access to the collection: | The collection is open to the public, and there are no restrictions on access. However, the collection can only be seen by scheduled appointment. |
| Use of the materials: | All researchers seeking to publish materials from the collections of the PSNC Archives and Special Collections are requested to contact the archivist, prior to reproducting, quoting, or otherwise publishing any portion or extract from this collection. Although the Preservation Society has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim copyright ownership. It is up to the researcher to determine the owners of the copyright and to obtain any necessary permission from them. |
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| Preferred citation: | "Courtesy of the Preservation Society of Newport County." |
| Contact information: | The Preservation Society of Newport County 424 Bellevue Avenue Newport, RI 02840 Tel: 401-847-1000 museumaffairs@newportmansions.org |
Administrative Information
| ABOUT THE COLLECTION | |
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| ABOUT THE FINDING AID | |
| Encoding: | Finding aid encoded by Genna Duplisea, archivist, 8 October 2024. |
| Descriptive rules: | Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) |
Additional Information
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| Separated material: | These materials were separated from PSNCA.H.006: Hunter House Collection, into which they had been processed because of Muriel Rogers Case's association with it and Helena Case Connal-Rowan's donation of furniture. |
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Inventory
| Portrait of a young man dressed in a tuxedo |
ca. 1860-1865 |
| Photograph of a Drawing of a Man Accession Number: PSNCA.H.032.001 |
circa 1790-1820 |
| Photograph of a drawing of a man dressed in a Georgian or Regency period suit Accession Number: PSNCA.H.032.002 |
circa 1790-1820 |
| Photograph of a drawing of a man in profile Accession Number: PSNCA.H.032.003 |
circa 1790-1820 |
| Photograph of two young boys Accession Number: PSNCA.H.032.004 |
circa 1930-1950 |
| Photograph of “Meiklewood,” located in Gargunnock, Scotland. Accession Number: PSNCA.H.032.005 |
circa 1959 |
| Photograph of a large colonial house in Bristol, RI. Accession Number: PSNCA.H.032.006 |
circa 1890 |
| Photograph of “Meiklewood,” located in Gargunnock, Scotland. Accession Number: PSNCA.H.032.006 |
circa 1959 |
| Photograph of “Meiklewood,” located in Gargunnock, Scotland. Accession Number: PSNCA.H.032.008 |
circa 1959 |
| Photograph car full of people. Accession Number: PSNCA.H.032.009 |
circa 1900-1915 |
| Photograph of a Group in a Car Accession Number: PSNCA.H.032.010 |
circa 1900-1915 |
| Photograph of a man in a dark suit and hat. Accession Number: PSNCA.H.032.011 |
circa 1900-1915 |
| Photograph of Helena Connal-Rowan and her husband, Lt. Col. George F. Connal-Rowan Accession Number: PSNCA.H.032.012 |
circa 1920-1940 |