The John H. Reaves Photographs Collection is a useful resource for researching nineteenth century costume, hairstyles, and photographic processes as well as documenting John H. Reaves’ service in the 98th Ohio Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War.

The collection contains ambrotypes, cartes de visites, daguerreotypes, paper prints, and tintypes depicting the appearance of several individuals, with most dating from the latter half of the nineteenth century.