WAURobertsMilnorPHColl153.xml Guide to the Milnor Roberts Photograph Collection approximately 1869-1934 Roberts (Milnor) Photograph Collection Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries ©2009 (Last modified: 5/26/2022)
Allen Library BOX 352900 Seattle, Washington 98195-2900 Business Number: 206-543-1929 speccoll@uw.edu http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-11-20. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries Milnor Roberts photograph collection Roberts, Milnor, 1877-1965 PH0153 15 boxes 1424 photographic prints, 20 glass negatives, 2 boxes of nitrate negatives approximately 1869-1934 Photographs of University of Washington mining trips throughout the northwest, and family portraits Collection materials are in English.

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.

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.

View selections from the collection in digital format .

The collection is open to the public.

Request at UW

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.

Relocated from the Milnor Roberts Papers, Accession No. 0563 in the repository.

Milnor Roberts Papers, Collection No. 0563

Roberts, Milnora de Beelen, 1871-1959--Photographs Roberts, Milnora de Beelen, 1871-1959--Family--Photographs Roberts, Milnora de Beelen, 1871-1959--Friends and associates--Photographs Roberts, Milnor, 1877-1965--Photographs Roberts, Milnor, 1877-1965--Family--Photographs Roberts, Milnor, 1877-1965--Friends and associates--Photographs Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington) Alaska British Columbai Mines and Mineral Resources Montana Photographs Seattle Series 1, Photographs and cyanotypes of the Roberts family 19 photographs (including cabinet and carte de visite size) of William Milnor Roberts (father of Milnor Roberts) approximately 1880s PH0153 Box 1 1 1 mounted photograph of party sent out in 1869 by Jay Cooke to make reconnaissance of proposed route of Northern Pacific Railway PH0153 Box 1 1 28 photographs of Adeline de Beelen Roberts (mother of Milnor Roberts) approximately 1880s-1910s PH0153 Box 1 2 5 black & white photographs printed from nitrates of Adeline de Beleen Roberts undated PH0153 Box 1 3 6 photographs of Constantine Antoine de Beelen Bertholff (father of Adeline de Beelen) PH0153 Box 1 4 2 carte de visite size photographs of Caroline de Beelen Lovett and Susan Richards undated PH0153 Box 1 5 4 carte de visite and cabinet size photographs of Anna de Beelen Roberts undated PH0153 Box 1 6

Includes piece of poetry

 12 mounted photographs of Milnor Roberts as a child approximately 1880s-1890s PH0153 Box 1 7 31 mounted and unmounted photographs of Milnor Roberts as young man approximately 1890s PH0153 Box 1 8 12 black & white photographs of Milnor Roberts approximately 1900-1910s PH0153 Box 1 9 25 photographs of Milnor Roberts, 3 photographs of Milnor Roberts Residence at 4501 15th Avenue NE approximately 1920s PH0153 Box 1 10 16 black & white and color photographs of Milnor Roberts approximately 1940s PH0153 Box 1 11 62 black & white and color photographs of Milnora Roberts approximately 1870s-1950s PH0153 Box 1 12 7 black & white photographs of Milnora Roberts as "Penelope of the Loom" 1922 PH0153 Box 1 13 13 cabinet size photographs of Milnora Roberts and young woman undated PH0153 Box 1 14 4 studio portraits of Belgian family and friends PH0153 Box 1 15 5 carte de visite size photographs of Brazilian acquaintances PH0153 Box 1 16 35 carte de visite and cabinet size photographs of Spanish (Chilean) acquaintances PH0153 Box 1 17 Photographs of identified individuals PH0153 Box 2 1 Photographs of unidentified individuals, includes some men on horseback PH0153 Box 2 2-17 Album 3: unidentified PH0153 Box 2 18

79 photographs approximately late 19th centry, Brazilian and Childean acquaintances

 Miscellaneous images PH0153 Box 3

283 snapshots of miscellaneous 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.

 Album 5: De Beelen family PH0153 Box 4

1 album with 39 carte de visite portraits of the De Beelen family, approximately late 19th century

 Photographs of the Roberts family and a typewritten manuscript entitled " Milnora de Beelen Roberts: a sketch of her life and travels" PH0153 Box 5 9 photographs (mounted and unmounted) of family photographs in Colorado PH0153 Box 5 1 Roberts family in Stanford, California approximately 1890s PH0153 Box 5 2

17 photographs (mounted and unmounted) and 1 postcard

 Residences PH0153 Box 5 3

25 black & white and color photographs of residences of the Roberts family in Colorado Springs, Colo.; Hartford, Conn;, Bristol Pa. 1 mounted photograph of chapel built by Beleen family.

 3 black & white photographs of the Roberts residence, 4501 15th Ave. NE, Seattle PH0153 Box 5 4 Residences PH0153 Box 5 5

23 black & white photographs

 Ephemera and artwork (including Lewis and Clark Exposition tickets) belonging to the Roberts family PH0153 Box 5 6 Yosemite and Mountaineering approximately 1900s PH0153 Box 5 7

1 album of 51 photographs. Yosemite, CA, mountaineering on Mt. Rainier. 1 album of 1908 photographs. Yosemite, California; mountaineering.

 France albums 1931-1938 PH0153 Box 5 8

1 album of 21 photographs, possibly friends of Roberts, France, 1931; 1 album of 26 photographs, possibly friends of Roberts, France, 1933; 1 album of 16 photographs, possibly friends of Roberts, France, 1936; 1 album of 9 photographs, possibly friends of Roberts, France, 1937; 1 album of 17 photographs, possibly friends of Roberts, France, 1938

 Series 2, Photographs of miscellaneous locations 10 black & white snapshots and 8x10 prints of Alaska PH0153 Box 6 1 8 black & white photographs of Brazil PH0153 Box 6 2 9 black & white photographs of California (Mt. Whitney), New Mexico PH0153 Box 6 3 41 black & white photographs of Europe (Germany, Great Britain, Netherlands) PH0153 Box 6 4 1 black & white photograph of Florida PH0153 Box 6 5 21 black & white photographs of Mexico PH0153 Box 6 6 Album 4: Mr. and Mrs. Artemis Ward's residence on Shelter Island (1 album and 6 photographs) PH0153 Box 6 7 3 photographs of New England PH0153 Box 6 8 1 panoramic postcard of Pittsburg, Penn. PH0153 Box 6 9 8 black & white photographs of Seattle PH0153 Box 6 10

Includes Rainier Club, horse show, canal opening waterfront

 33 black & white photographs of the University of Washington PH0153 Box 6 11

Includes views of buildings, girl's hockey team, possibly Women's golf, Engineering Open House, University Young Men's Christian Association building with men on front steps, Big Snow of 1916

 21 photographs of Washington PH0153 Box 6 12

Includes Duwamish flood Nov. 1906, construction of new drydock in Bremerton 1910, mountaineering, undated

 8 photographs of mountainscapes PH0153 Box 6 13 20 photographs of unidentified locations PH0153 Box 6 14 11 mounted photographs of unidentified locations PH0153 Box 6 15 9 photographs of unidentified locations PH0153 Box 6 16 10 photographs of unidentified locations PH0153 Box 6 17 5 mounted photographs of unidentified locations PH0153 Box 6 18

2 photographs possibly of Bermuda

 Album 1: Family album approximately 1900s PH0153 Box 7 Album 2: Snoqualmie Falls, Coupeville, YWCA (Bainbridge Island), Washington Coast, Lake Chelan area, Columbia River approximately 1912-1914 PH0153 Box 7 426 black & white snapshots of mining expeditions and excursions in Alaska approximately 1907-1916 PH0153 Box 8

Photographs of Kuskulana River, Kennecott (1916), Kenai River area; Juneau-Douglas; Treadwell Mine (1906); St. Elias Range (1916); Westover area and Boulder creek (1916); 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); and Kenai Peninsula.

 231 black & white snapshots of mining expeditions and excursions in British Columbia 1912-1934 PH0153 Box 9

Britannia Mine (1919, 1923, 1926, 1934); Queen Charlotte Islands (1913); Texada Island, B.C. (1912); West coast Vancouver Island (1923).

 209 black & white snapshots of trips and excursions to California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada 1917-1927 PH0153 Box 10

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.

 366 black & white snapshots and of excursions and mining trips to Washington, Oregon, and unidentified locations 1912-1925 PH0153 Box 11

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.

 Series 3, Negatives Glass negatives PH0153 Box 12 Nitrate negatives PH0153 Box 13 Nitrate negatives PH0153 Box 14 Series 4, Artworks 4 pieces of original art PH0153 Box 15

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.

 Original art by Milnora Roberts: charcoal landscape with Chinese caption on matting PH0153 Box XD1 Original art by Milnora Roberts PH0153 Box KVXC1

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.

 Series 5, Portraits 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) approximately 1910 PH0153 Box KVXA1 1 sepia 11.5 x 16 cm unmounted photograph of Adeline de Beelen Roberts (Milnor Roberts mother) with birdcage in window, silhouette (signed) approximately 1910 PH0153 Box KVXA1 1 sepia 8.5 x 16.25 cm mounted photograph of young woman (possibly Milnora Roberts) in formal dress holding bouquet (signed) approximately 1910 PH0153 Box KVXA1 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) approximately 1910 PH0153 Box KVXA1 2 sepia 19 x 32.5 cm mounted photographs of Adeline de Beelen Roberts (Milnor Roberts mother) reading a book (signed) approximately 1910 PH0153 Box KVXC1 1 sepia 26 x 39 cm mounted photograph of Adeline de Beelen Roberts (Milnor Roberts mother) standing at window with flowerpot (signed) approximately 1910 PH0153 Box KVXC1 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) approximately 1910 PH0153 Box KVXC1 2 sepia 26.5 x 39 cm mounted photographs of Adeline de Beelen Roberts (Milnor Roberts mother) standing near window with birdcage (signed) approximately 1910 PH0153 Box KVXC1 2 sepia 26.5 x 39 cm mounted photographs of Adeline de Beelen Roberts (Milnor Roberts mother) seated (signed) approximately 1910 PH0153 Box KVXC1 Series 6, Isabel Wood Studio portraits 1 sepia 20 x 28 cm mounted photograph of Adeline de Beelen Roberts (Milnor Roberts mother) with book approximately 1910 PH0153 Box KVXA1

Signed by Woods, mount stamped with "Isabel Woods Studio"

 2 sepia 19 x 30 cm mounted photograph of Adeline de Beelen Roberts (Milnor Roberts mother) with book and unidentified woman approximately 1910 PH0153 Box KVXA1

Signed by Woods, mount stamped with "Isabel Woods Studio"

 1 sepia 20.5 x 15 cm unmounted photograph of Adeline de Beelen Roberts (Milnor Roberts mother) with book on porch(not signed) approximately 1910 PH0153 Box KVXA1 1 sepia 16.5 x 21.5 cm unmounted photograph of Adeline de Beelen Roberts (Milnor Roberts mother)(not signed) approximately 1910 PH0153 Box KVXA1