Scope and Contents
Project, research, and field work files include:
Africa, Kenya colony;
Idaho- Shoshone and Silver City
Washington - Lewis (county?), Cowlitz - anthracite coal deposit (1931)
Grays harbor;
Mount Rainier mining company;
Quinault;
Seattle Sand and Gravel company;
Superior Portland Cement company;
U.S. Bureau of mines - war production of chrome in Oregon (1918);
report on wells along Columbia river, report by Milnor;
field books;
Colorado Springs - envelope of "house receipts" (1892);
and many other files titled with project, research subject, or company name.
Dates
- 1892-1950
- Majority of material found within 1901 - 1950
Creator
- Roberts, Milnor, 1877-1965 (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Milnor Roberts (1877 - ?) was a mining engineer and professor. He began a forty-six year career as a professor at the University of Washington in 1901. He also became Dean of the College of Mines at UW.
Extent
1 linear feet (2 contianers) : 2 manuscript boxes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Milnor Roberts (1877-1965) was a mining engineer, a professor, and Dean of the College of Mines at the University of Washington. The collection (1901-1945) contains project, research, and field work files on mines, harbors, and mining projects in many western states and in Africa, and material includes reports, correspondence, notes, maps, and printed material.
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff 1970s, and Tanya Parlet, 2013.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
This collection received a basic level of processing including minimal to no organization and rehousing.
Description information is drawn in part from information supplied with the collection and initial surveys of the contents.
- College teachers -- Washington (State) -- Seattle Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Mines and Mineral Resources Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Mines and mineral resources -- Kenya Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mines and mineral resources -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mines and mineral resources -- Washington (State) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mines and mineral resources -- West (U.S.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mining corporations -- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mining corporations -- Washington (State) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mining corporations -- West (U.S.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mining engineers -- Washington (State) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Project files Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Reports Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Roberts, Milnor, 1877-1965
- University of Washington
- Washington (State) Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Title
- Guide to the William Milnor Roberts Papers
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Tanya Parlet.
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
- Sponsor
- Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
