 |
Robbins-Mills Collection of Herbert Wendell Gleason Photographic Negatives, 1899-1937 Concord Free Public Library — Special Collections |
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION AND ORGANIZATION
Physical Description:
108 linear feet (219 boxes) 6,093 negatives (2,432 glass, primarily gelatin dry plate; 3,661 cellulose nitrate) and 135 glass lantern slides. Accompanied by 30 samples of Gleason's original enclosures in one box, 101 envelopes used by Gleason to store glass lantern slides in one box, 12 original wooden negative storage boxes, and one notebook containing photocopies of enclosures with Gleason's shorthand annotations.
Organization; seventeen series:
- Series I. Minnesota, Isle Royale, and Michigan, 1899-1937
- Series II. Concord, Massachusetts, 1899-1937
- Series III. Massachusetts, 1899-1937
- Series IV. Maine, New Hampshire, and Connecticut, 1900-1937
- Series V. Homes and Gardens of Massachusetts, Rhode island, Maine, Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey, 1923-1937
- Series VI. Arnold Arboretum, Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Harvard University, New England Flower Shows, and Nurseries, 1909-1937
- Series VII. New York and Pennsylvania, 1911-1921
- Series VIII. Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, and North Dakota, 1899-1928
- Series IX. Montana, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and Texas, 1906-1925
- Series X. California, 1907-1920
- Series XI. Luther Burbank, 1909-1923
- Series XII. Oregon and Washington, 1905-1917
- Series XIII. Alaska, 1901-1926
- Series XIV. National Parks, 1905-1926
- Series XV. Canada, 1901-1920
- Series XVI. Miscellaneous, 1900-1928
- Series XVII. Lantern Slides, 1906 and Undated.