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Milnor Roberts photograph collection, approximately 1869-1934
Overview of the Collection
- Collector
- Roberts, Milnor, 1877-1965
- Title
- Milnor Roberts photograph collection
- Dates
- approximately 1869-1934 (inclusive)18691934
- Quantity
- 1424 photographic prints, 20 glass negatives, 2 boxes of nitrate negatives
- Collection Number
- PH0153
- Summary
- Photographs of University of Washington mining trips throughout the northwest, and family portraits
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
The collection is open to the public.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Professor Milnor Roberts was born in New York City in 1877, the son of civil engineer William Milnor Roberts, who was Chief Engineer for the Northern Pacific Railway until he was hired by the Brazilian government. Roberts, upon his graduation in 1899 from Stanford University, began graduate study at Stanford working as a teaching assistant. In 1901 he came to the University of Washington as Professor of Mining Engineering. He was made Dean of the College of Mines in 1903, a position he held until his retirement in 1947, after which he became Dean Emeritus. His association with the University continued until his death in 1965. He was a highly regarded private consultant in the field of mining and metallurgy in addition to his university work.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Photographs of the Roberts and De Beleen families and their friends and associates. Photographs include family portraits, 19th and 20th century; University of Washington mining trips to: British Columbia, including Texada Island and Vancouver Island; Alaska, including Prince of Wales Island and the Kenai River; Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; Washington, including Mt. Baker, Index, Blewitt, Northport, Roslyn, Liberty, Concrete, Glacier, Yakima, Carbonando, Wilkeson, Tacoma, Ellensburg and Mt. Rainier; and Oregon, including Baker, Libby and Mt. Pleasant Valley.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
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Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. The Cunningham Trust holds the copyright and licenses reproduction rights for all Imogen Cunningham photographs. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
BOX CONTENTS
BOX 1:Photographs and cyanotypes of the Roberts family. [1880s-]
FOLDER 1: 19 photographs (including cabinet and carte de visite size) of William Milnor Roberts (father of Milnor Roberts). circa 1880s. 1 mounted photograph of party sent out in 1869 by Jay Cooke to make reconnaissance of proposed route of Northern Pacific Railway.
FOLDER 2: 28 photographs of Adeline de Beelen Roberts (mother of Milnor Roberts), circa 1880s-1910s.
FOLDER 3: 5 black & white photographs printed from nitrates of Adeline de Beleen Roberts. undated
FOLDER 4: 6 photographs of Constantine Antoine de Beelen Bertholff (father of Adeline de Beelen).
FOLDER 5: 2 carte de visite size photographs of Caroline de Beelen Lovett and Susan Richards. undated
FOLDER 6: 4 carte de visite and cabinet size photographs of Anna de Beelen Roberts. Includes piece of poetry, undated
FOLDER 7: 12 mounted photographs of Milnor Roberts as a child, circa 1880s-1890s ?
FOLDER 8:31 mounted and unmounted photographs of Milnor Roberts as young man. 1890s?
FOLDER 9: 12 black & white photographs of Milnor Roberts. 1900-1910s?
FOLDER 10: 25 photographs of Milnor Roberts, 3 photographs of Milnor Roberts Residence at 4501 15th Avenue NE. 1920s -.
FOLDER 11: 16 black & white and color photographs of Milnor Roberts. 1940s- .
FOLDER 12: 62 black & white and color photographs of Milnora Roberts. 1870s- 1950s.
FOLDER 13: 7 black & white photographs of Milnora Roberts as "Penelope of the Loom" 1922.
FOLDER 14: 13 cabinet size photographs of Milnora Roberts and young woman. undated
FOLDER 15: 4 studio portraits of Belgian family and friends.
FOLDER 16: 5 carte de visite size photographs of Brazilian acquaintances.
FOLDER 17: 35 carte de visite and cabinet size photographs of Spanish (Chilean) acquaintances.
BOX 2:
FOLDER 1: Photographs of identified individuals.
FOLDERS 2-17: Photographs of unidentified individuals, includes some men on horseback.
FOLDER 18: 1 album of 79 photographs. Unidentified. Late 19th century (Brazilian and Chilean acquaintances) (Album 3)
BOX 3: 283 snapshots of misc. subject matter, family outings, picnics, etc. Includes images of Milnor Roberts and Milnora Roberts, friends, colleagues. Some are in identified localities. With or without dates.
BOX 4: 1 album with 39 carte de visite portraits of the De Beelen family. Late 19th c. (Album 5)
BOX 5: Photographs of the Roberts family. Includes a typewritten manuscript entitled " Milnora de Beelen Roberts: a sketch of her life and travels".
FOLDER 1: 9 photographs (mounted and unmounted). Family photographs in Colorado. 19th c.
FOLDER 2: 17 photographs (mounted and unmounted) and 1 postcard. Roberts family in Stanford, California. 1890s.
FOLDER 3: 25 black & white and color photographs. Residences of the Roberts family in Colorado Springs, Colo.; Hartford, Conn;, Bristol Pa. 1 mounted photograph of chapel built by Beleen family.
FOLDER 4: 3 black & white photographs. Roberts residence. 4501 15th Ave. NE, Seattle.
FOLDER 5: 23 black & white photographs. Residences.
FOLDER 6: Ephemeral items and artwork (including Lewis and Clark Exposition tickets) belonging to the Roberts family.
FOLDER 7: 1 album of 51 photographs. Yosemite, CA, mountaineering on Mt. Rainier. 1 album of 1908 photographs. Yosemite, California; mountaineering, circa 1900.
FOLDER 8: 1 album of 21 photographs. Friends of Roberts?, France. 1931; 1 album of 26 photographs. Friends of Roberts?, France. 1933; 1 album of 16 photographs. Friends of Roberts?, France. 1936; 1 album of 9 photographs. Friends of Roberts?, France. 1937; 1 album of 17 photographs. Friends of Roberts?, France. 1938
BOX 6: Photographs of miscellaneous locations.
FOLDER 1: 10 black & white snapshots and 8x10 prints of Alaska.
FOLDER 2: 8 black & white photographs of Brazil.
FOLDER 3: 9 black & white photographs of California (Mt. Whitney), New Mexico
FOLDER 4: 41 black & white photographs of Europe (Germany, Great Britain, Netherlands)
FOLDER 5: 1 black & white photograph of Florida.
FOLDER 6: 21 black & white photographs of Mexico.
FOLDER 7: 1 album and 6 photographs. Mr. and Mrs. Artemis Ward's residence on Shelter Island. (Album 4)
FOLDER 8: 3 photographs. New England, miscellaneous.
FOLDER 9: 1 panoramic postcard. Pittsburg, Penn.
FOLDER 10: 8 black & white photographs. Seattle. (Includes Rainier Club, horse show, canal opening waterfront)
FOLDER 11: 33 black & white photographs. Seattle: University of Washington. (Includes views of buildings, girl's hockey team, Women's golf (?), Engineering Open House, University Young Men's Christian Association building with men on front steps, Big Snow of 1916)
FOLDER 12: 21 photographs. Washington, miscellaneous. (Includes Duwamish flood Nov. 1906, construction of new drydock in Bremerton 1910, mountaineering, undated)
FOLDER 13: 8 photographs. Mountainscapes, unidentified.
FOLDER 14: 20 photographs. Locations, unidentified.
FOLDER 15: 11 mounted photographs. Locations, unidentified.
FOLDER 16: 9 photographs. Locations, unidentified.
FOLDER 17: 10 photographs. Location, unidentifed.
FOLDER 18: 5 mounted photographs. Two possibly Bermuda, others unknown.
BOX 7: Album 1: Family album. [1900- ] Album 2: Snoqualmie Falls, Coupeville, YWCA (Bainbridge Island), Washington Coast, Lake Chelan area, Columbia River, circa 1912-1914.
BOX 8: 426 black & white snapshots of mining expeditions and excursions in Alaska, circa 1907-1916. Kuskulana River, Kennecott (1916), Kenai River area; Juneau-Douglas; Treadwell Mine (1906); St. Elias Range (1916); Westover area and Boulder creek (19-16); Child's Glacier (1912); Cooper Creek Hydraulic; Kodiak, Alaska after eruption of Katmai Volcano in 1912. Moonshine Mine, Prince of Wales Island (1907); Malaspine Glacier, Yakutat, Alaska Copper River, Alaska (1912, 1916); Kenai Peninsula. (See detailed inventory in with Datasheets)
BOX 9: 231 black & white snapshots of mining expeditions and excursions in British Columbia. Britannia Mine (1919, 1923, 1926, 1934); Queen Charlotte Islands (1913); Texada Island, B.C. (1912); West coast Vancouver Island (1923).
BOX 10: 209 black & white snapshots of trips and excursions to California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada: Silver City, Mound House, Gold Hill, Carson City, Tonapah, Goldfield, Virginia City (Nevada); Anaconda, Butte. Libby (Montana); Coeur d'Alene, Idaho (1917, 1927), Idahome, Idaho (1925); Pine Creek, Idaho.
BOX 11: 366 black & white snapshots and of excursions and mining trips to Washington, Oregon, and unidentified locations: Baisley-Elkhorn Mine near Baker, Oregon (1924); Pleasant Valley, Oregon (1925); Queen of the West Mine, Oregon; Concrete, Glacier (1919); Concrete, Skagit (1925); Ellensburg (1925); Index (1915); Blewett (1915); Mt. Baker (1923); Carbonado, Wilkeson, Tacoma (1924); Roslyn, Liberty (1913); Yakima, Selah (1925); Univ. Club Camp, Storbo House, Mt Rainier (1924); Tenino (1912), unidentified locations.
Box 12: Glass negatives.
BOX 13-14: Nitrates.
BOX 15: 4 pieces of original art: Oil painting "Sand Verbena" by Wm J.C. Klamm; ink drawing of the Roberts' garden and putting green, 1 watercolor painting and 2 sketchbooks by Milnora Roberts.
Box XD1: Original art by Milnora Roberts: charcoal landscape with Chinese caption on matting.
Box KVXA1
Portraits of Adeline de Beelen Roberts (Milnor Roberts mother) and Milnora Roberts by Imogen Cunningham
- 1 sepia 11 x 16.5 cm unmounted photograph of Adeline de Beelen Roberts (Milnor Roberts mother) at window with flowerpot. Signed. circa 1910.
- 1 sepia 11.5 x 16 cm unmounted photograph of Adeline de Beelen Roberts (Milnor Roberts mother) with birdcage in window. Silhouette. Signed. circa 1910.
- 1 sepia 8.5 x 16.25 cm mounted photograph of young woman (possibly Milnora Roberts) in formal dress holding bouquet. Signed. circa 1910.
- 1 sepia 25.7 x 22.7 cm unmounted photograph of Adeline de Beelen Roberts (Milnor Roberts mother) and Milnor Roberts looking at photograph album. Signed. circa 1910.
Portraits of Adeline de Beelen Roberts (Milnor Roberts mother) by Isabel Woods Studio
- 1 sepia 20 x 28 cm mounted photograph of Adeline de Beelen Roberts (Milnor Roberts mother) with book. Signed by Woods. Mount stamped with "Isabel Woods Studio". circa 1910.
- 2 sepia 19 x 30 cm mounted photograph of Adeline de Beelen Roberts (Milnor Roberts mother) with book and unidentified woman. Signed by Woods. Mount stamped with "Isabel Woods Studio". circa 1910.
Unsigned portraits of Adeline de Beelen Roberts (Milnor Roberts mother), probably by Imogen Cunningham or Isabel Woods
- 1 sepia 20.5 x 15 cm unmounted photograph of Adeline de Beelen Roberts (Milnor Roberts mother) with book on porch. Not signed. circa 1910.
- 1 sepia 16.5 x 21.5 cm unmounted photograph of Adeline de Beelen Roberts (Milnor Roberts mother). Not signed. circa 1910.
Box KVXC1
Portraits of Adeline de Beelen Roberts (Milnor Roberts mother) by Imogen Cunningham
- 2 sepia 19 x 32.5 cm mounted photographs of Adeline de Beelen Roberts (Milnor Roberts mother) reading a book. Signed. circa 1910.
- 1 sepia 26 x 39 cm mounted photograph of Adeline de Beelen Roberts (Milnor Roberts mother) standing at window with flowerpot. Signed. circa 1910.
- 1 sepia 26 x 39 cm mounted photograph of Adeline de Beelen Roberts (Milnor Roberts mother) seated in profile with birdcage in window. Silhouette. Signed. circa 1910
- 2 sepia 26.5 x 39 cm mounted photographs of Adeline de Beelen Roberts (Milnor Roberts mother) standing near window with birdcage. Signed. circa 1910.
- 2 sepia 26.5 x 39 cm mounted photographs of Adeline de Beelen Roberts (Milnor Roberts mother) seated. Signed. circa 1910.
Original art by Milnora Roberts:
- 2 pencil sketches "Bermuda, April 1890 from Veranda" and "Hamilton Bermuda March 31, 1890,"
- 1 charcoal sketch "House seen through trees,"
- 4 watercolors "Monday June, Intata Lake," "Hilo Bay, Hawaii," sea coast and untitled landscape.
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Roberts, Milnor, 1877-1965--Family--Photographs
- Roberts, Milnor, 1877-1965--Friends and associates--Photographs
- Roberts, Milnor, 1877-1965--Photographs
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Roberts, Milnora de Beelen, 1871-1959--Family--Photographs (creator)
- Roberts, Milnora de Beelen, 1871-1959--Friends and associates--Photographs (creator)
- Roberts, Milnora de Beelen, 1871-1959--Photographs (creator)
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