The John I. White Photographs are comprised of approximately 508 personal and research photographs and negatives of John I. White, singer, author, and expert on cowboy songs and music. Included are photographs related to songs and song makers of the American West such as Will C. Barnes, Badger Clark, Gail Gardner, Romaine Lowdermilk, Dominick J. O'Malley, Powder River Jack Lee, and other cowboy songwriters, singers, and scholars. Also includes photographs relating to White's persona as "The Lonesome Cowboy" for the "Death Valley Days" radio show in the 1930s. Research files contain photographs collected for plays, articles, and original scripts. Several folders include typed pages describing the events in the photos and giving biographies of the people pictured. Largely consisting of copy-prints, the photographs are comprised of mostly black-and-white silver gelatin prints, some color snapshots and postcards.