Robbins-Mills Collection of Herbert Wendell Gleason
Photographic Negatives, 1899-1937

Concord Free Public Library — Special Collections

Series XVI – Miscellaneous, 1900-1928

 
BOTANICALS AND GARDENS
 
XVI.A.1900.1
Box 197
Pond Lily (1/2 nat. size)
August [?] 1900
 
XVI.A.1901.1
Box 197
Wood Anemone and Brakes
May 17, 1901
Thoreau Illustration
Vol. 10, p. 40, Journal 4
Image ruled and numbered.
Emulsion flaking at top.
 
XVI.A.1902.1
Box 197
Twin-flowers (Linnea)
August 13, 1902
Thoreau Illustration
Vol. 13, p. --, Journal 7
Sold: H.M. Co., Thoreau's Works
Negative cracked.
 
XVI.A.1903.1
Box 197
Trientalis borealis, Star flower
May 17, 1903
Thoreau Illustration
Vol. 8, p. 226, Journal 2
Image masked.
 
XVI.A.1903.2
Box 197
Pond Lilies
July 4, 1903
 
XVI.A.1903.3 FILM
Box X
Fringed Gentian in vase
October 16, 1903
 
XVI.A.1903.3a FILM
Box X
Fringed Gentian in vase
October 16, 1903
 
XVI.A.1904.1
Box 197
Dog-tooth Lilies in Vase
May 7, 1904
 
XVI.A.1904.2
Box 197
Dog-tooth Lily in Vase
May 8, 1904
 
XVI.A.1904.3
Box 197
Rock Maple blossoms
May 8, 1904
Image masked.
 
XVI.A.1904.4
Box 197
Norway Maple blossom
May 8, 1904
 
XVI.A.1904.5
Box 197
Rhodora
May 15, 1904
Negative discolored at edges.
 
XVI.A.1908.1
Box 197
Indian Pipe, Monotropa uniflora
July [?] 1908
Thoreau Illustration
Vol. 17, p. 90, Journal 11
 
XVI.A.1908.2
Box 197
Hardhack, Spiraea tomentosa
July 21, 1908
Thoreau Illustration
Vol. 8, p. 309, Journal 2
Emulsion flaking at left side.
 
XVI.A.1908.3
Box 198
Meadow-sweet, Spiraea salicifolia
July 24, 1908
Thoreau Illustration
Vol. 8, p. 309, Journal 2
 
XVI.A.1908.4
Box 198
Leaves of Rattlesnake Plantain, Goodyera pubescens
August 11, 1908
Thoreau Illustration
Vol. 15, p. 28, Journal 9
Roland Robbins annotation: 1st noticed broken corner when they were returned from Sierra Club Books 1/11/76.
Top corner broken off; piece missing.
 
XVI.A.1908.5 FILM
Box X
Gentiana andrewsii
August 19, 1908
Thoreau Illustration
Vol. 17, p. 183, Journal 11
 
XVI.A.1910.1
Box 198
Japanese Cherry
[?] 1910
 
XVI.A.1910.1a
Box 198
Japanese Cherry
[?] 1910
 
XVI.A.1910.2
Box 198
Fir-tree in yard
[?] 1910
 
XVI.A.1910.3
Box 198
Sabbatia (b.b.) (6 flowers)
July 17, 1910
 
XVI.A.1911.1 FILM
Box X
Poison Ivy Leaves
October 17, 1911
Thoreau Illustration
Vol. 17, p. 129, Journal 11
 
XVI.A.1916.1
Box 198
Rose Mallow (dup. of Th. Ill. 1.19)
August 26, 1916
 
XVI.A.1919.1 FILM
Box X
Cluster of Composite Flower (Robbins caption?)
September 29, 1919
Negative brittle and discolored. Paper fibers adhered to edges.
 
XVI.A.1926.1 FILM
Box X
Iris cristata alba
May 27, 1926
 
XVI.A.1928.1 FILM
Box X
Polemonium eximium Greene, 11,000-13,000 ft. (copied)
February 21, 1928
Paper adhered to edge of negative.
 
XVI.A.n.d.1
Box 198
Trailing arbutus
Thoreau Illustration
Vol. 18, p. --, Journal 12
(carbon)
Paper adhered to negative.
 
XVI.A.n.d.2
Box 198
Calopogen pulchellus
Thoreau Illustration
Vol. 10, p. --, Journal 4
Sold: H.M. Co., Thoreau's Works
(carbon)
Paper adhered to edges.
 
XVI.A.n.d.3
Box 198
Mountain Cinquefoil, Potentilla tridentata
Thoreau Illustration
Vol. 3, p. 195, Maine Woods
 
XVI.A.n.d.4
Box 198
Clintonia
Thoreau Illustration
Vol. 11, pp. 218-219, Journal 5
Year With Thoreau, p. 40
Image masked.
Corner of negative broken (piece missing).
 
XVI.A.n.d.5
Box 198
Gentian, fringed
Thoreau Illustration
Vol. 15, p. --, Journal 9
(carbon)
Paper adhered to negative.
 
XVI.A.n.d.6
Box 199
Lilac
Thoreau Illustration
Vol. 2, p. --, Walden
Sold: H.M. Co.
(carbon)
Image partially masked.
 
XVI.A.n.d.7
Box 199
Narcissus
Thoreau Illustration
Vol. 20, p. --, Journal 14
(carbon)
Image masked.
 
XVI.A.n.d.8
Box 199
Great fringed Orchis
Thoreau Illustration
Vol. 12, p. 338, Journal 6
Sold: H.M. Co., Thoreau's Works
Year With Thoreau, p. 48
Image masked.
 
XVI.A.n.d.9
Box 199
Wild Roses
Thoreau Illustration
Vol. 12, p. --, Journal 6
Sold: H.M. Co., Thoreau's Works
(carbon)
Paper adhered to negative.
 
XVI.A.n.d.10
Box 199
Sabbatia
Thoreau Illustration
Vol. 6, p. 264, Letters
Sold: H.M. Co., Thoreau's Works
(carbon)
Paper adhered to corners.
 
XVI.A.n.d.11
Box 199
Creeping Snowberry
Thoreau Illustration
Vol. 3, p. --, Maine Woods
Sold: H.M. Co.
(carbon)
Emulsion flaking; paper adhered to negative.
 
XVI.A.n.d.12
Box 199
Trientalis borealis, Star flower
Thoreau Illustration
Vol. 8, p. 226, Journal 2
(carbon)
Right corner piece missing. Paper adhered to negative.
 
XVI.A.n.d.13
Box 199
Pitcher Plant
Thoreau Illustration
Vol. 9, p. 33, Journal 3
Emulsion flaking at top and right side.
 
XVI.A.n.d.14
Box 199
Pussy Willows
Thoreau Illustration
Vol. 16, p. 310, Journal 10
Loss of emulsion at right side.
 
XVI.A.n.d.15
Box 199
Buckbean, Menyanthes
Thoreau Illustration
Vol. 19, p. --, Journal 13
(carbon)
Paper adhered to corners.
 
XVI.A.n.d.16
Box 199
Flowering Dogwood
Thoreau Illustration
Vol. 16, p. --, Journal 10
(carbon)
Negative discolored. Paper adhered to negative.
 
XVI.A.n.d.17
Box 199
Vase of Apple Blossoms
Thoreau Illustration
Vol. 5, p. --, Excursions
Sold: H.M. Co., Thoreau's Works
(carbon)
Bottom corner piece missing. Paper adhered to negative.
 
XVI.A.n.d.18
Box 200
White hygrophorus [?]
Thoreau Illustration
Vol. 17, p. --, Journal 11
(carbon)
Corner broken (negative in two pieces).
 
XVI.A.n.d.19
Box 200
Large pink Russula
Thoreau Illustration
Vol. 10, p. 110, Week
 
XVI.A.n.d.20
Box 200
A Thousand Blossoms in one square yard
Negative discolored.
 
XVI.A.n.d.21FILM
Box X
Three flowers of Aquilegia pubescens (2)
Negative discolored.
 
XVI.A.n.d.21a FILM
Box X
Three flowers of Aquilegia pubescens
Paper fibers at edge of negative.
 
XVI.A.n.d.22
Box 200
New England Aster
 
XVI.A.n.d.23
Box 200
Cypripedium reginae (2ds)
 
XVI.A.n.d.24
Box 200
#2 Dahlias
Paper adhered to negative at right side.
 
XVI.A.n.d.25
Box 200
Dahlias
Paper adhered to top of negative.
 
XVI.A.n.d.26
Box 200
Dahlias
 
XVI.A.n.d.27
Box 200
Dahlias
 
XVI.A.n.d.28
Box 200
Dahlias
Top corner piece missing. Paper adhered to bottom left side.
 
XVI.A.n.d.29
Box 200
Dahlias
 
XVI.A.n.d.30
Box 200
Dahlia (colored plate)
Emulsion flaking.
 
XVI.A.n.d.31
Box 201
Daisies
Emulsion flaking at bottom edge.
 
XVI.A.n.d.32 FILM
Box X
Wild foxglove
 
XVI.A.n.d.33 FILM
Box X
Hulsea algida, single flower (b.b.)
 
XVI.A.n.d.34
Box 201
Lilacs
Negative discolored at bottom and sides.
 
XVI.A.n.d.35
Box 201
Lilacs
Negative discolored at bottom and right side.
 
XVI.A.n.d.36
Box 201
Lilies of the Valley
Paper adhered to top of negative.
 
XVI.A.n.d.37
Box 201
A Pond Lily
Negative discolored at top and left side. Emulsion
damaged in spots at bottom.
 
XVI.A.n.d.38
Box 201
Wild Pink Cluster
Emulsion peeling at bottom edge.
 
XVI.A.n.d.39
Box 201
Reduced negative of "Lady Alice Stanley" rose
 
XVI.A.n.d.40
Box 201
Reduced negative of "Portia" rose
 
XVI.A.n.d.40a
Box 201
Reduced negative of "Portia" rose
Image masked.
 
XVI.A.n.d.41
Box 201
#1 Heather
 
XVI.A.n.d.42
Box 201
Heather
Emulsion flaking at top edge and discolored at upper right.
 
XVI.A.n.d.43
Box 201
Heather
 
XVI.A.n.d.44
Box 202
Hydrangeas
Negative discolored at bottom. Paper adhered to top edge.
 
XVI.A.n.d.45
Box 202
Beech Hedge
Corner broken (piece missing).
 
XVI.A.n.d.46
Box 202
Hedge of Beeches
Emulsion flaking at left side.
 
XVI.A.n.d.47
Box 202
White Birch on Green Street
Negative discolored at edges.
 
XVI.A.n.d.48
Box 202
Japan Cherry Tree
Negative discolored at top and sides.
 
XVI.A.n.d.49
Box 202
Elm
Negative discolored at top.
 
XVI.A.n.d.50 FILM
Box X
Flowering Dogwood
 
XVI.A.n.d.51
Box 202
Sea-green shrub (enlargement)
 
XVI.A.n.d.52
Box 202
Toadstool
 
XVI.A.n.d.53 FILM
Box X
[Unidentified flower cluster with long blade-like leaves]
Negative damaged; brittle. Paper adhered to edges.
 
XVI.A.n.d.53a FILM
Box X
[Unidentified flower cluster (close-up)]
Negative brittle; paper fibers adhered to negative.
 
XVI.A.n.d.54
Box 202
[Unidentified flowers in vase]
Image masked.
 
XVI.A.n.d.55
Box 202
[Unidentified flowers]
Emulsion peeling at left side.
 
XVI.A.n.d.56
Box 202
[Unidentified flowering tree branch]
 
XVI.A.n.d.57
Box 202
[Unidentified rose in vase]
 
XVI.A.n.d.58
Box 203
[Unidentified tall, single-spiked plant
(trees in background)]
 
XVI.A.n.d.59 FILM
Box X
[Unidentified flower garden]
 
XVI.A.n.d.60 FILM
Box X
[Unidentified woodland garden path]
Negative warped and pitted.
 
XVI.A.n.d.61
Box 203
[Unidentified formal garden along path
(statue in background)]
 
ANIMALS (wild and domestic)
 
XVI.B.1905.1
Box 203
Black bear against tree (enlargement), (E.W.H. neg.)
July 12, 1905
Negative chipped at bottom left corner.
 
XVI.B.1906.1
Box 203
Hermit Thrush's nest, 4 eggs
May 30, 1906
Thoreau Illustration
Vol. 14, p. --, Journal 8
Loss of emulsion at bottom.
 
XVI.B.n.d.1
Box 203
Vesper Sparrow on nest
 
XVI.B.n.d.2
Box 203
A boat load of mackerel
 
XVI.B.n.d.3
Box 203
Pigs and Sow
Negative discolored. Emulsion flaking at top and bottom.
 
XVI.B.n.d.4
Box 203
Riverside Team
Negative discolored at edges.
 
XVI.B.n.d.5
Box 203
Cows
Negative discolored.
 
XVI.B.n.d.6
Box 203
Tame Grosbeaks [woman holding birds in both hands]
 
XVI.B.n.d.6a
Box 203
Tame Grosbeaks
Negative broken in three pieces (some pieces missing).
 
XVI.B.n.d.7
Box 204
Alligators in tank
Negative discolored at edges.
 
NATURAL FEATURES
 
XVI.C.n.d.1
Box 204
Pine stick, etched by worms (Mrs. E.B. Sherman)
Thoreau Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 15, p. 297, Journal 9
Roland Robbins annotation: Sold to International Communications Agency,
Washington, D.C. 6/27/80.
Image masked.
 
XVI.C.n.d.2
Box 204
Worm-etched stick [two separate images on negative]
Image masked.
 
XVI.C.n.d.2a
Box 204
Worm-etched stick
Image masked.
 
XVI.C.n.d.3
Box 204
Frost Work on Window
Roland Robbins annotation: Home & Garden used Dec. '67, page 31.
 
LANDSCAPES
 
XVI.D.n.d.1 FILM
Box X
[Unidentified 18th century house, large tree on right]
 
XVI.D.n.d.2 FILM
Box X
[Unidentified country road (trees and stonewall)]
Positive image on film.
 
XVI.D.n.d.3
Box 204
[Unidentified country road and bridge (tree in foreground; house and windmill in background)]
 
XVI.D.n.d.4
Box 204
[Unidentified landscape with clouds above (stonewall in foreground)]
Negative discolored.
 
XVI.D.n.d.5
Box 204
[Unidentified landscape (stonewall and trees)]
Negative discolored. Emulsion peeling at top.
 
XVI.D.n.d.6
Box 204
[Unidentified tree in field (fruit tree?) with stonewall in background]
Negative discolored. Emulsion peeling at bottom.
 
XVI.D.n.d.7 FILM
Box X
[Unidentified field of cornstalks]
 
XVI.D.n.d.8
Box 204
[Unidentified view of clouds reflected in water (trees in foreground)]
Negative discolored.
 
XVI.D.n.d.9 FILM
Box X
[Unidentified river view with rocks and trees]
Positive image on film.
Film discolored at lower left side.
 
XVI.D.n.d.10
Box 204
[Unidentified woodland landscape]
Negative discolored.
 
XVI.D.n.d.11
Box 205
[Unidentified view of open marsh from hill]
 
XVI.D.n.d.12
Box 205
[Unidentified view of marsh from hill (houses in picture)]
Dark streaks at bottom left corner of negative.
 
XVI.D.n.d.13
Box 205
[Unidentified view across marsh (buildings in distance)]
 
XVI.D.n.d.14
Box 205
[Unidentified landscape view from hill (clouds in sky)]
Dark streaks at upper right corner of negative.
 
XVI.D.n.d.15
Box 205
[Unidentified landscape with view of the sea (tree in foreground; island in distance)]
Dark streaks at upper right corner of negative.
 
XVI.D.n.d.16 FILM
Box X
[Unidentified distant view of island from water (buildings and boat)]
 
XVI.D.n.d.17
Box 205
[Unidentified view of rough surf on rocks (house in distance)]
 
XVI.D.n.d.18
Box 205
[Unidentified view of heavy surf on rocks]
Negative discolored at sides.
 
XVI.D.n.d.19
Box 205
[Unidentified beach with sand dunes and vegetation]
 
XVI.D.n.d.20
Box 205
[Unidentified view of mountain from below showing exposed rock]
Negative discolored. Emulsion flaking at bottom.
 
XVI.D.n.d.21
Box 205
[Unidentified snow-covered mountains-view from water]
[Unidentified waterfall with dam at top]
Positive image on film.
 
XVI.D.n.d.22 FILM
Box X
[Unidentified waterfall with dam at top]
Positive image on film.
 
PEOPLE
 
XVI.E.1918.1
Box 205
Stephen T. Mather holding cub of mountain lion
October 21, 1918
(neg. by Mrs. H.C. Adams)
Positive image.
 
XVI.E.1918.1a
Box 205
Stephen T. Mather holding cub of mountain lion
October 21, 1918
(neg. by Mrs. H.C. Adams)
Positive image.
 
XVI.E.1925.1
Box 205
Vickery [Hall?] at Arnold Arboretum
April 25, 1925
Emulsion flaking at edges.
 
XVI.E.n.d.1
Box 206
Mrs. Herbert W. Gleason [Lulie]
 
XVI.E.n.d.1a
Box 206
Mrs. Herbert W. Gleason
Positive image.
 
XVI.E.n.d.2
Box 206
Portrait of Mother at 23, H.W.G.
Negative discolored.
 
XVI.E.n.d.3
Box 206
Mrs. L.D. Rounds [Mrs. Gleason's mother?]
(enlargement)
 
XVI.E.n.d.4
Box 206
Mayhew & Davis [?]
(a bearded man feeding pigeons)
(caption by Roland Robbins?)
Negative broken (piece missing). Emulsion beginning to peel.
 
XVI.E.n.d.5
Box 206
Unidentified woman playing the violin
(caption by Roland Robbins?)
 
XVI.E.n.d.6
Box 206
Unidentified woman holding a violin
(caption by Roland Robbins?)
 
XVI.E.n.d.6a
Box 206
Unidentified woman holding a violin
(caption by Roland Robbins?)
 
XVI.E.n.d.7
Box 206
Unidentified man with field glasses and
umbrella, leaning against a rock
(caption by Roland Robbins?)
Image faded.
 
SPEED TESTS
 
XVI.F.1900.1
Box 206
Speed tests, Eastman's shutter 4 x 5
[wallpaper visible in background]
January [?] 1900
Negative discolored.
Copy of "Pickering's Speed Test for photographic shutters" inserted with negative (housed separately in accompanying materials)
 
XVI.F.1900.2
Box 206
Speed Test, Voigtlander Collinear
Imperial Shutter [wallpaper visible in background]
January [?] 1900
 
XVI.F.1900.2a
Box 206
Speed Test, Voigtlander Collinear
Imperial Shutter [wallpaper visible in background]
January [?] 1900