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The article below I found of interest and wondered if there is anywhere in the US an archive of Charles Matthewman and his photographic works...
Sunday Herald
New Haven News
30 August 1896
HE WAS A KODAK FIEND
CITY ATTORNEY MATTHEWMAN MADE SNAP SHOTS OF EUROPE
New Haven's public prosecutor, Charles B. Matthewman, has returned from Europe after two months' vacation and he has brought with him a rare collection of snap shots which he made while abroad. He photographed everything he came in contact with that was worth photographing and has a collection of negatives which will form an interesting study when he gets them developed.
In his collection there are 932 snap shots which the city attorney took and he says that all of them will develop finely.
Mr. Matthewman also visited the Whitechapel district in London and there he saw nothing worse than he might witness in New Haven. The district which has become notorious on account of the crimes of Jack the Ripper, he says, is really a pretty place.
The city attorney went through the Whitechapel district under the guidance of a police officer at night and visited the worst places in it, but there was nothing to be seen there which could not be seen in the large American cities. The impression that Whitechapel is the most depraved spot in the world is a wrong one.
The places where the murders were committed, he said, were spots which were not frequented at night and the poor unfortunates who were murdered belonged to that class of women who would go anywhere to get a few drinks. They were led to their death on account of their love for liquor.
At present there are many such women sleeping in the streets and doorways of Whitechapel but in most of the large cities the same class of women leading the same miserable existence will be found. Mr. Matthewman also visited the same district in the daytime and took a snap shot of the spot where the last murder was committed.
Sunday Herald
New Haven News
30 August 1896
HE WAS A KODAK FIEND
CITY ATTORNEY MATTHEWMAN MADE SNAP SHOTS OF EUROPE
New Haven's public prosecutor, Charles B. Matthewman, has returned from Europe after two months' vacation and he has brought with him a rare collection of snap shots which he made while abroad. He photographed everything he came in contact with that was worth photographing and has a collection of negatives which will form an interesting study when he gets them developed.
In his collection there are 932 snap shots which the city attorney took and he says that all of them will develop finely.
Mr. Matthewman also visited the Whitechapel district in London and there he saw nothing worse than he might witness in New Haven. The district which has become notorious on account of the crimes of Jack the Ripper, he says, is really a pretty place.
The city attorney went through the Whitechapel district under the guidance of a police officer at night and visited the worst places in it, but there was nothing to be seen there which could not be seen in the large American cities. The impression that Whitechapel is the most depraved spot in the world is a wrong one.
The places where the murders were committed, he said, were spots which were not frequented at night and the poor unfortunates who were murdered belonged to that class of women who would go anywhere to get a few drinks. They were led to their death on account of their love for liquor.
At present there are many such women sleeping in the streets and doorways of Whitechapel but in most of the large cities the same class of women leading the same miserable existence will be found. Mr. Matthewman also visited the same district in the daytime and took a snap shot of the spot where the last murder was committed.