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William Milnor Roberts papers, 1828-1959
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Roberts, W. Milnor-(William Milnor), 1810-1881
- Title
- William Milnor Roberts papers
- Dates
- 1828-1959 (inclusive)18281959
- Quantity
- 3.8 linear feet
- Collection Number
- 0783, Collection 783, MtBC, us (collection)
- Summary
- The William Milnor Roberts Papers consist of autobiographical and biographical sketches, personal and professional correspondence, diaries, travel logs, manuscript reports, printed materials, and photographs all pertaining to Roberts' professional life as an engineer. Places to which the materials relate include Pennsylvania, Montana Territory, and Brazil. Roberts' activities that are particularly strongly recorded are his surveys of routes for the Northern Pacific Railway from 1869 through the 1870s and his work for the government of Brazil from 1857-1865 and 1879-1881. Photographs include portraits of Roberts and watercolor paintings of Brazil during the 1870s.
- Repository
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Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
Montana State University-Bozeman Library
Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT
59717-3320
Telephone: 4069944242
Fax: 4069942851
- Access Restrictions
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This collection is open for research.
- Languages
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
William Milnor Roberts (1810-1881) was a Pennsylvania-born civil engineer. He began his career in 1825 on the Union Canal of Pennsylvania and by 1830 had gone on to railroad construction work. From 1835 to 1857, Roberts was engaged as chief engineer for various projects in Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Canada, serving as chief of one company while consulting for several others. From 1857 to 1865 he was in charge of the building of the Don Pedro Railway in Brazil. After his return to the United States, Roberts was engaged on important hydraulic and railroad works, such as the improvement of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, the construction of the St. Louis Bridge, the water supplies of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, and construction of a railroad in Nova Scotia. In 1869 he made the reconnaissance for a route to the Northern Pacific Railroad which included the route through Montana. His report published by Jay Cooke served as the basis for financing the construction of the line to the Pacific coast and he served as chief engineer for the Northern Pacific Railroad from 1870 to 1879. In 1874 President Grant appointed him on a commission of five engineers to examine the mouths of the great delta rivers of Europe in order to recommend treatment of the Mississippi delta. In 1879 Roberts accepted an appointment to direct the improvement of the harbors and rivers of Brazil. He married twice, first to Annie Gibson of Pennsylvania in 1837 with whom he had six children before her death in 1857, and to Adeline DeBeelen of Pittsburgh in 1868 with whom he had four children. He was a member of the American Society of Engineers, the Institution of Civil Engineers, and the American Geographical Society. William Milnor Roberts died of typhoid fever in Soledad, Brazil, July 14, 1881. In 1923 the engineering building on the Montana State College campus was named in his honor.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The papers consist of autobiographical and biographical sketches, personal and professional correspondence, diaries, travel logs, manuscript reports, printed materials, and photographs all pertaining to Roberts' professional life as an engineer. Places to which the materials relate include Pennsylvania, Montana Territory, and Brazil. Roberts' activities that are particularly strongly recorded are his surveys of routes for the Northern Pacific Railway from 1869 through the 1870s, and his work for the government of Brazil from 1857-1865 and 1879-1881. Photographs include portraits of Roberts and watercolor paintings of Brazil during the 1870s.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Series 1 Biographical material, 1857-1923
Series 2 Correspondence, 1828-1959
Series 3 Diaries, travel logs, and notes, 1829-1881
Series 4 Credentials and legal documents, 1854-1927
Series 5 Reports, 1862-1881
Series 6 Printed material
Series 7 Photographs, circa 1860-1923
Acquisition Information
Diaries, correspondence, travel notes, and reports created or collected by William Milnor Roberts were willed to Montana State University by Milnor Roberts in April 1965. Additional papers pertaining to Roberts were donated by the University of Oregon in 1969.
Processing Note
This collection was processed 2010 December 13
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series 1: Biographical material, 1857-1923Return to Top
Manuscripts, legal documents, notes and clippings pertaining to the life of William Milnor Roberts. Included are: four manuscript autobiographies written by Roberts between 1857 and 1874; biographical essays prepared by his sons, Milnor and Thomas; genealogical notes; legal account of the Roberts estate in 1881; applications for membership in professional societies requiring vita information submitted by Roberts.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
1 | 1 | 1859 | |
1 | 2 | circa 1866 | |
1 | 3 | Autobiography |
circa 1871 |
1 | 4 | Autobiography |
circa 1874 |
1 | 5 | Autobiographical fragments |
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1 | 6 | Biography, no author |
1915 |
1 | 7 | Biography by T. P. Roberts - draft |
1923 |
1 | 8 | Biography by T. P. Roberts - final |
1923 |
1 | 9 | Biography, National Cyclopedia of American Biography |
1940 |
1 | 10 | Biography, History of the NPRR by E. W. Smalley |
1883 |
1 | 11 | Reminiscence by W. B. Roberts |
1907 |
1 | 12 | as of 1857 | |
1 | 13 | ||
1 | 14 | WMR estate account |
1881 |
1 | 15 | American Society of Civil Engineers obituary |
1881 |
1 | 16 | Dedication of Roberts Hall, MSC campus |
1923 |
1 | 17 | Genealogy notes |
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1 | 18 | Rio News biography |
1881 July 24 |
Series 2: Correspondence, 1828-1959Return to Top
Professional and letters written or received by William Milnor Roberts or his son, Milnor Roberts. Writers include many people associated with the engineering projects in which Roberts was engaged. Of particular note are: letters written by Roberts to his wife, Adeline, during his 1869 reconnaissance of the Northern Pacific Railroad route through Washington, Idaho, and Montana; a file of letters on engineering matters written to Henry S. Drinker; letters pertaining to Roberts' work in Brazil during both of his visits there. Letterpress copies of Roberts's outgoing correspondence were separated from the volumes prior to their donation to MSU. The damaged volumes, which contain indices to the letters, have been retained with the letters in this series. The letters have been chronologically arranged.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
2 | 1 | 1828-1860 | |
2 | 2 | 1863-1868 | |
2 | 3 | 1869 | |
2 | 4 | 1870-1871 | |
2 | 5 | 1872-1874 | |
2 | 6 | 1875 | |
2 | 7 | 1876 | |
2 | 8 | Henry S. Drinker letters |
1876 |
2 | 9 | 1877 | |
2 | 10 | 1878 | |
2 | 11 | 1879-1880 | |
2 | 12 | 1881 January-July | |
2 | 13 | August 1881 | |
2 | 14 | 1908-1939 | |
2 | 15 | 1949-1959 | |
2 | 16 | Fragments |
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2 | 17 | Envelopes |
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2 | 18 | Index to letterpress book |
1873-1875 |
2 | 19 | Index to letterpress book |
1874-1875 |
2 | 20 | Index to letterpress book |
undated |
Series 3: Diaries, travel logs, and notes, 1829-1881Return to Top
Personal diaries, travel logs and engineering notes compiled by William Milnor Roberts throughout the latter part of his adult life. Some volumes are personal diaries, recording Roberts' daily activities and impressions of people, places, and events. Other logs and notes are more professionally oriented, recording Roberts' observations of landscapes, geographic features, and engineering problems. Occasionally the personal and professional writings overlap, and both were likely used by Roberts to compile his lengthy written reports and essays in Series 4. The journals document Roberts's travels in the western United States (especially the northwest), Europe, and Brazil. Notes in box 5, folders 6-9 are either unidentified or memoranda Roberts recorded from his readings.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
3 | 1 | Commonplace Book; Field Book |
1829; 1833 |
3 | 2 | 1859 May 31-July 12 | |
3 | 3 | 1865 June 4-June 16 | |
3 | 4 | 1865 June 17-July 22 | |
3 | 5 | 1865 July 23-September 11 | |
3 | 6 | Notes from Omaha to San Francisco |
1869 June 15-June 25 |
3 | 7 | Notes from Sacramento to Chico |
1869 June 29 |
3 | 8 | Notes from Yreka to Portland |
1869 July 1 |
3 | 9 | Notes from Portland to Olympia |
1869 July 7 |
3 | 10 | Notes on Columbia River |
1869 July 14 |
3 | 11 | Journal from Wallula to Walla Walla |
1869 July 16 |
3 | 12 | Journal from Lake Pend Oreille and memos |
1869 July 20-July 28 |
3 | 13 | Journal from Lake Pend Oreille and along Clarke's Fork of the Columbia River |
1869 July 30 |
3 | 14 | Journal from Lake Pend Oreille and along Clarke's Fork of the Columbia River |
1869 August 3 |
3 | 15 | Memos of reconnaissance along Clark's Fork of the Columbia |
1869 |
3 | 16 | Journal beginning with Camp Number 16 on Jack River |
1869 August 8 |
3 | 17 | Continuation of above |
to 1869 August 16 |
3 | 18 | Journal from Helena to Fort Benton |
1869 August 18 |
3 | 19 | Journal at Bozeman starting for Virginia City |
1869 September 1 |
3 | 20 | Notes from Corinne to Omaha |
1869 September |
3 | 21 | Diary |
1871 January 4 |
3 | 22 | Memos of trip from Portland to North of Pumphrey's |
1871 March 20 |
3 | 23 | Puget Sound Journal |
1871 May 4 |
3 | 24 | Journal of journey across the plains from Portland to Kelton |
1871 May 22 |
3 | 25 | Continuation of above |
1871 May 24 |
3 | 26 | Continuation of above |
1871 May 27 |
3 | 27 | Journal of a reconnaissance from Helena over the Rocky Mountains via 10 Mile and a branch of the Little Blackfoot |
1871 August 8 |
3 | 28 | Notes from Helena to Blackrock |
1871 August 17 |
3 | 29 | Journal, Corinne to Ogden |
1871 August 21 |
4 | 1 | Journal of a reconnaissance from Helena to near Pompeys Pillar in the Yellowstone Valley and Return |
1871 October 30-November 4 |
4 | 2 | Journal of a reconnaissance from Helena to near Pompeys Pillar in the Yellowstone Valley and Return |
1871 November 5-November 7 |
4 | 3 | Journal of a reconnaissance from Helena to near Pompeys Pillar in the Yellowstone Valley and Return |
1871 November 8-November 11 |
4 | 4 | Journal of a reconnaissance from Helena to near Pompeys Pillar in the Yellowstone Valley and Return |
1871 November 12-November 20 |
4 | 5 | Data on Montana survey |
1871 |
4 | 6 | Rules for Montana survey |
1871 |
4 | 7 | Notes of reconnaissance from Fargo to Edmonton and return |
1872 July 6 |
4 | 8 | Montreal bridge notes |
1872 |
4 | 9 | European travel log |
1874 August 29-September 9 |
4 | 10 | European travel log |
1874 September 9-September 16 |
4 | 11 | European travel log |
1874 September 16-September 26 |
4 | 12 | European travel log |
1874 September 23-September 30 |
4 | 13 | European travel log |
1874 September 30-October 6 |
4 | 14 | European travel log |
1874 October 6-October 12 |
4 | 15 | European travel log |
1874 October 13-October 19 |
4 | 16 | European travel log |
1925 October |
4 | 17 | European travel log |
1874 October 28-October 30 |
4 | 18 | Memoranda concerning certain works at rivers and harbors in Europe and in Egypt in September and October |
1874 September 5 |
4 | 19 | Mississippi River Journal |
1874 November 27 |
4 | 20 | Mississippi River Journal, SW Pass |
1874 December 2 |
4 | 21 | Mississippi River Journal, Beginning at Pilot Town |
1874 December 7 |
4 | 22 | Notes from New Orleans to New York |
1874 December 18-December 21 |
4 | 23 | SW Pass notes |
1874 |
4 | 24 | Diary/travel log of Washington Territory |
1878 |
4 | 25 | Survey memos of Washington Territory |
1878 |
4 | 26 | Diary |
1879 |
4 | 27 | 1879 August 12 | |
4 | 28 | 1879 August 21-November 7 | |
4 | 29 | 1879 November 8-December 7 | |
5 | 1 | Diaries |
1879 December 8-1880 January 14 |
5 | 2 | Diaries |
1880 January 17-December 31 |
5 | 3 | Notes |
1881 January 11-April 9 |
5 | 4 | Diaries |
1881 January 1-July 3 |
5 | 5 | Brazilian address book |
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5 | 6 | "Notes on profile by E. F. Johnson" |
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5 | 7 | "Notes from report by W. F. Raynolds" |
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5 | 8 | "Notes on the mouth of the Columbia" |
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5 | 9 | Unidentified notes |
Series 4: Credentials and legal documents, 1854-1927Return to Top
Membership certificates, professional credentials, and legal documents pertaining to William Milnor Roberts or his son, Milnor Roberts. Included are testimonial letters written by former employers and professional colleagues prior to Roberts' departure for Brazil in 1857. Oversize documents have been removed to Box 8, folder 4
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
5 | 10 | 1854-1857 | |
5 | 11 | 1868-1874 | |
5 | 12 | 1875-1881 | |
5 | 13 | 1889-1927 |
Series 5: Reports, 1862-1881Return to Top
Manuscript reports, and report drafts, prepared by William Milnor Roberts regarding the various engineering projects on which he worked. Many of the reports were later published in booklet and pamphlet form and have been retained in Series 5, printed materials. The reports in this series cover every major engineering project on which Roberts worked during the latter portion of his career, including those in Brazil and those undertaken for the Northern Pacific Railroad. Also included are essays of a general nature Roberts wrote on various topics, such as life in Brazil, the nature of gravity and American government. The essays have been arranged chronologically for those with a verifiable date. Reports that cannot be dated have been arranged alphabetically following the others. Oversize maps, as well as one large letterpress book containing reports, have been stored in Box 8.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
6 | 6 | 1862 | |
6 | 2 | 1864 | |
6 | 3-6 | Description of railroad from Atlantic to the Pacific |
1869 |
6 | 7 | Illinois and St. Louis Bridge |
1870 June 13 |
6 | 8 | Earthquakes and other phenomena |
1872 April |
6 | 9-10 | Discussion relating to the improvement of the mouths of large rivers |
1874 March-April |
6 | 11 | Beginning of important paper (operations of Nature) |
1874 May 11 |
6 | 12 | Original report to Messers W. H. Irwin, W. S. Wilson, and others on coal in south western Kentucky |
1874 July 31 |
6 | 13 | Proposed harbor at Guy end of canal |
1874 December |
6 | 14 | Notes on mud |
1874 December |
6 | 15 | South Pass jetties |
1875 January |
6 | 16 | What fills interstellar space? |
1875 November |
6 | 17 | Gravity - its relation to engineering and to all things |
1876 October 12 |
6 | 18 | Egypt, the pyramids, etc. |
1877 |
6 | 19 | Pressure of water at great depths |
1878 February 12 |
6 | 20 | The first railroad in the U.S. |
1878 September |
6 | 21 | Northern Pacific Railroad Report |
1878 October |
6 | 22 | Northern Pacific Railroad surveys for the branch from Tacoma across the Cascade range |
1878 October 28 |
6 | 23 | Civil Engineering |
1878 |
6 | 24 | Report from W.M. Roberts to His Excellency Joao Lins Vierra Camansaode Sinimbu, Presidente do Comelho (water works of Rio de Janeiro) |
1879 March 20 |
6 | 25 | 1879 | |
6 | 26 | 1879 | |
6 | 27 | Comparison of the Panama proposed level ship canal and the Suez canal |
1880 April 4 |
6 | 28 | 1880 May 31 | |
6 | 29 | 1880 May 31 | |
7 | 1 | Essay on the mobility and incompressibility of water |
1880 June 27 |
7 | 2 | Egypt-the Khedive in 1874 |
1880 July 25 |
7 | 3 | A visit to the pyramids |
1880 |
7 | 4 | A study of gravity |
July 1880 |
7 | 5 | An article on points relating to the "Three Americas Railway" |
1880 August 5 |
7 | 6 | Criticism on "Theory in regard to earthquakes" |
1880 September 18 |
7 | 7 | Gravity |
1880 October |
7 | 8 | Maranhao |
1880 December 7 |
7 | 9 | Maranhao |
1880 |
7 | 10 | Ceara |
1880 |
7 | 11 | The city and port of Aracaju |
1880 |
7 | 12 | Aracaju river investigation |
1881 |
7 | 13 | Memos from the Depths of the Sea |
1881 January |
7 | 14 | 1881 March 28 | |
7 | 15 | Report upon the ports of Victoria, Nenevente, Piuma, and Itapemirim, draft |
1881 May |
7 | 16 | Same as above |
1881 June 25 |
7 | 17 | Puerto de Caravellas |
1881 June 28 |
7 | 18 | Arapapahy Canal |
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7 | 19 | Characteristics of some of the great rivers |
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7 | 20 | Circulation of air and water, second study |
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7 | 21 | The Danube |
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7 | 22 | Danube sediment report |
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7 | 23 | The Florida Ship canal |
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7 | 24 | Narrow gauge railroad and the American gauge |
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7 | 25 | ||
7 | 26 | The Revolving ball |
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7 | 27 | Santos harbor report |
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7 | 28 | ||
7 | 29 | South Pass discussion |
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7 | 30 | ||
7 | 31 | Study of two of Professor Tyndall's ideas |
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7 | 32 | Study of the experience at the Sulina Mouth of the Danube - views of the English engineers |
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7 | 33-34 | Study of the mouth of the Mississippi-its proposed improvement |
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7 | 35 | A study-the United States |
Series 6: Printed material, 1836-1923Return to Top
Newspaper clippings, books, and printed reports created or collected by William Milnor Roberts. Newspaper clippings include entire issues of American and Brazilian newspapers that contain articles dealing with either engineering projects or Roberts family matters. Clippings from unidentified newspapers have been sorted by topics. Printed reports make up the bulk of this series and are almost entirely written by Roberts. They have been arranged chronologically and listed with their full titles in this inventory. Printed ephemera, such as broadsides, business cards, and menus, are also included.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
8 | 1 | American newspapers |
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8 | 2 | American newspapers |
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8 | 3 | Brazilian newspapers |
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8 | 4 | Oversize credentials from Series 4 |
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8 | 5 | Oversize maps from Series 5 |
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8 | Letterpress book with reports on Suez Canal and Santos from series 5 |
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Folder | |||
9 | 1 | American Society of Civil Engineers clippings |
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9 | 2 | Brazil clippings |
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9 | 3 | Miscellaneous railroad clippings |
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9 | 4 | Mississippi River clippings |
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9 | 5 | Northern Pacific Railway clippings |
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9 | 6 | Ohio River navigation clippings |
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9 | 7 | Personal interest clippings |
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9 | 8 | Personal interest clippings |
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9 | 9 | Philadelphia water supply clippings |
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9 | 10 | Pittsburgh water supply clippings |
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9 | 11 | St. Louis bridge clippings |
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9 | 12 | Western travel clippings |
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9 | 13 | Western travel clippings |
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9 | 14 | NPRR brochures |
1873 |
9 | 15 | NPRR brochures, twentieth century |
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9 | 16 | Railway and Marine News Volume XXII, Number 1 |
1924 January |
9 | 17 | Montana Engineer, Volume IV, Number 1 |
1938 November |
9 | 18 | Bulletin of the American Geographical Society |
1873-1874 |
9 | 19 | Ephemera |
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9 | 20 | Ephemera |
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9 | 21 | Reports |
1835-1936 |
Report of W.M. Roberts, Engineer of Harrisburg and Lancaster Railroad |
1835 | ||
Report of W.M. Roberts, Chief Engineer of Cumberland Valley Railroad Company |
1835 | ||
S.W. Roberts account of Allegheny Portage Railroad |
1836 | ||
Report Chief Engineer to President and Directors of Harrisburg and Lancaster Railroad |
1836 | ||
Report of W.M. Roberts on Surveys for the Harrisburg Waterworks or Water Power |
1836 | ||
9 | 22 | Reports |
1837-1848 |
1837 | |||
1837 | |||
2nd Annual Report of W.M. Roberts, Chief Engineer of Harrisburg and Lancaster Railroad |
1837 | ||
Report of Superintendent of Harrisburg and Lancaster Railroad |
1838 | ||
3rd Annual Report of W.M. Roberts, Chief Engineer, Harrisburg and Lancaster Railroad |
1838 | ||
Report of W.M. Roberts on Survey to avoid Schuylkill Inclined Plane on the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad |
1848 | ||
9 | 23 | Report, Sao Francisco River |
1880 |
10 | Printed reports |
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Box | |||
10 | Report on Preliminary Surveys for Bellefontaine and Indiana Railroad |
1850 | |
10 | 2nd Annual Report of Directors of Bellefontaine and Indiana Railroad |
1852 | |
10 | Report on Surveys of Allegheny Valley Railroad |
1853 | |
10 | Exhibit of Allegheny Valley Railroad |
1853 | |
10 | Improvement of the Ohio River |
1856 | |
10 | Proposed Improvement of the Ohio River |
1857 | |
10 | 1863 | ||
10 | Annual Report of Managers of Union Canal Co. of Pennsylvania to Stockholders |
1863 | |
10 | Present State and Prospects of North Missouri Railroad |
1866 | |
10 | Report of W.M. Roberts, Consulting Engineer, to the President and Managers of Erie Canal Co. of Pennsylvania |
1868 | |
10 | Preliminary Report with reference to Extension of New Pittsburgh Water Works |
1869 | |
10 | Illinois and St. Louis Bridge Co., Report of Chief Engineer |
1869 | |
10 | Special Report of Reconnaissance of Route for Northern Pacific Railroad between Lake Superior and Puget Sound via the Columbia River |
1869 | |
10 | Report of W.M. Roberts on the Ohio River and North Pacific Railroad |
1871 | |
10 | Northern Pacific Railroad. The Yellowstone Valley |
1871 | |
10 | Northern Pacific Railroad. Surveys and Explorations |
1871 | |
10 | Northern Pacific Railroad; Its Route, Resources, Progress, and Business |
circa 1871 | |
10 | American Society of Civil Engineers Proceedings and Transactions of 4th Annual Convention, Chicago, June 5 and 6, 1872 |
1872 | |
10 | History of Monongahela Navigation Co. |
1873 | |
10 | Report of Chief Engineer on unfinished portion of Northern Pacific Railroad |
1874 | |
10 | General Orders No. 74, War Department, Washington |
1874 July 2 | |
10 | Report of W.M. Roberts on the New Water Works of the City of Pittsburgh |
1874 | |
10 | Mouths of the Mississippi. Correspondence etc. |
1874-1875 | |
10 | Report of a Reconnaissance of the Missouri River in 1872 |
1875 | |
10 | Report on the Water Supply for the City of Philadelphia by a Commission of Engineers appointed by the mayor 55 pages
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1875 | |
10 | Report on the Water Supply for the City of Philadelphia by a Commission of Engineers appointed by the mayor 143 pages
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1875 | |
10 | Notes on the Improvement of the Mouth of the Mississippi. A paper by W.M. Roberts to the American Society of Civil Engineers |
1875 October 21 | |
10 | Final Proceedings of Advisory Committee of Engineers convened by J.B. Eads to consider plans for the improvement of the Mouth of the Mississippi |
1875 | |
10 | Transactions of American Society of Civil Engineers, Second Series No. 26, Transactions Vol. IV. Proceedings Vol. I, Dec. 1875 |
1875 | |
10 | Report of Board of Engineers and Correspondence relating to the Improvement of the Mouth of the Mississippi River by Jetties |
1875 | |
10 | Carpenters' Hall and its Historic Memories |
1876 | |
10 | Report on Four Thousand Acres of Coal, Iron Ore, and Timber Lands on the Allegheny Mountains |
1876 | |
10 | Journal of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Transactions Volume V, Proceedings Volume II, February 1876 |
1876 | |
10 | List of Members of the American Society of Civil Engineers |
1876 | |
10 | Published letter to the American Society of Civil Engineers from W.M. Roberts, Chair, subcommittee on finance for the Centennial Commission |
1876 | |
10 | The Institution of Civil Engineers; Charter, By-Laws, and Regulations |
1876 | |
10 | List of Members. Institution of Civil Engineers |
1877 | |
10 | Report on Hart Creek Sewer |
1877 | |
10 | Report of the President and Directors, Northern Pacific Railroad Company Annual Meeting |
1877 September 26 | |
10 | Engineer's Facts and Reasons for Locating the Northern Pacific Railroad upon the selected line west of the Rocky Mountains |
1877 | |
10 | American Society of Civil Engineers. Ballot list for officers of the Society 1877-1878 |
1877-1878 | |
10 | American Society of Civil Engineers. Ballot list for officers for the year beginning November 1878 |
1878 | |
10 | Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Officers, Committee, Members, Constitution and By-laws |
1878 | |
10 | Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Transactions Volume VII, Proceedings Volume IV |
1878 April | |
10 | Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Transactions Volume VII, Proceedings Volume IV |
1878 August | |
10 | Reminiscences and Experiences of Early Engineers. Operations on Railroads with Special Reference to Steep Inclines. Paper by W.M. Roberts included in Transactions above. |
1878 | |
10 | Extracts from By-Laws, Institution of Civil Engineers (also application for student membership 188-) |
1878 | |
10 | The Benevolent Fund of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Report of Proceedings at 14th Annual General meeting |
1878 | |
10 | American Society of Civil Engineers. Constitution and By-Laws |
1879 | |
10 | Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Transactions Volume VIII. Proceedings Volume V |
1879 January | |
10 | Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Transactions Volume VIII. Proceedings Volume V |
1879 March | |
10 | List of Members. Institution of Civil Engineers |
1879 | |
10 | 1879-1880 | ||
10 | 1880 | ||
10 | O Porto do Maranhao. Por W. Milnor Roberts |
1880 | |
10 | Journal of Franklin Inst. 3rd series Vol. IXXX No. 5 |
1880 November | |
10 | Relatorio W. Milnor Roberts, sobre o exame do Rio S. Francisco |
1880 | |
10 | Excerpt, Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Volume IXVIII Session 1881-82, Part ii. Memoirs of William Milnor Roberts |
1881 | |
10 | Address of James Abernathy, President of the Institution of Civil Engineers |
1881 January 11 | |
10 | Excerpt. Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers |
1881-1882 | |
10 | 1956 | ||
11 | 1868 | ||
11 | 1869 | ||
11 | Molesworth's pocket book of engineering formulae |
1878 | |
11 | A history of the St. Louis Bridge |
1881 | |
11 | Memoirs of John Bannister Gibson, by Thomas P. Roberts |
1890 | |
11 | History of the Gazzam and DeBeleen Families |
1894 |
Series 7: Photographs and paintings, 1860-1923Return to Top
Membership certificates, professional credentials, and legal documents pertaining to William Milnor Roberts or his son, Milnor Roberts. Included are testimonial letters written by former employers and professional colleagues prior to Roberts departure for Brazil in 1857. Oversize documents have been removed to Box 8, folder 4
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
11 | 1 | circa 1860s | |
11 | 2 | 1876 | |
11 | 3 | circa 1880s | |
11 | 4 | circa 1880s | |
11 | 5 | 1869 | |
11 | 6 | circa 1876 | |
11 | 7 | 1876 | |
11 | 8 | 1940 | |
11 | 9 | 1880 | |
11 | 10 | circa 1880 | |
11 | 11 | Elena Solar Y |
circa 1880 |
11 | 12 | circa 1870 | |
11 | 13 | Eleanor Roberts Baltzell |
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11 | 14 | Roberts Hall, MSU Bozeman |
1923 |
11 | 15 | Roberts Hall, MSU Bozeman (under construction) |
1922 |
11 | 16 | Roberts Hall, MSU Bozeman, architects rendering |
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11 | 17 | 1879 | |
11 | 18 | Watercolor painting, church interior, Brazil |
1879 |
11 | 19 | 1879 | |
11 | 20 | 1879 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Americans
- Americans--Brazil
- Engineers
- Engineers-Brazil
- Engineers-Montana
- Engineers-Pennsylvania
- Public works-Brazil
- Railroads
- Railroads--Montana
Corporate Names
- Northern Pacific Railway Company
Geographical Names
- Brazil--Description and travel
- Brazil--Pictorial works
- Montana
Form or Genre Terms
- Diaries
- Diaries
- Photographs
- Photographs