Smith Riley albums
Scope and Contents
The two albums contain views of National Forests, rangers' stations, fire towers, and early forest rangers at their jobs, personal snapshots of people and journeys around the U.S.; most images are from Colorado and Wyoming.
Dates
- between 1910 and 1930?
Language of Materials
Material is in English unless otherwise noted.
Conditions Governing Access
Contact Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, Denver, Colo.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is retained by the author of the items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Biographical / Historical
Smith Riley worked for the U.S. Forest Service during the 1910's and 1920's in Colorado and Wyoming. He compiled these two albums which cover his career with the Forest Service.
Extent
2 photo boxes
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source: Virginia MacCracken.
General
Title from PAFI inventory.
General
Formerly PAFI Album #203 (A & B)
General
Many photos have inked or penciled identification. The full contents information is available in the DPL PAFI inventory.
General
Most photographic prints are matte collodion paper printing-out prints and gloss collodion or silver gelatin printing-out paper prints.
Processing Information
some photographic prints are soiled or discolored.
- Collodion prints Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Colorado -- History -- Pictorial works. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Forest rangers -- History -- Pictorial works. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Forest reserves -- History -- Pictorial works. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Gelatin silver prints Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Photograph albums Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Photographic prints. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Wyoming -- History -- Pictorial works. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Smith Riley albums[graphic]
- Author
- Finding Aid prepared from MARC data.
- Description rules
- Anglo American Cataloguing Rules
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy Repository
