Eugene Arundel Miller Collection
Scope and Contents
Views of Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska and Utah. Images of the Union Pacific Company railroad line. Charcoal sketches of unidentified people.
Dates
- between 1867 and 1869
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Copyright
The Lois Webster Fund of Denver Audubon was established in 1995 to support Colorado non-game wildlife research, education, and conservation projects. The Lois Webster Fund was created to continue the efforts of Lois Webster in non-game wildlife education and research. Lois was a founder of the Denver Audubon Society in 1969, a biology teacher of Aurora Public Schools, and a dedicated environmentalist and birder. In addition to the President, Treasurer, and Conservation Chair, The Lois Webster Fund is comprised of 13 Colorado citizens who have experience in field research, education, and fund management. The grant had been awarded to 57 projects as of 2021.
Biographical / Historical
Arundel C. Hull was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1846. At the age of 16 he went to Saint Paul, Minnesota where he worked in a gallery and learned portrait photography. In 1863 he opened a studio in St. Cloud, Minnesota. In 1866 he sold his gallery and traveled to Omaha, Nebraska. In 1867 and 1868 he went to the Colorado, Wyoming and Utah territories where he made the photographs in volume 1 of this collection. In 1868 he returned to Omaha where he was employed by the Jackson Brothers to help photograph the Union Pacific Railroad.
Extent
2 oversize folios
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Eugene Arundel Miller, 2002.
General
All of the photographs are digitized and available in the Library's online database.
Processing Information
Albumen images are discolored and faded. Charcoal sketches are smeared.
- Albumen prints Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Colorado -- History -- Pictorial works. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Nebraska -- History -- Pictorial works. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photograph albums Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Photographic prints. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Sketches Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Utah -- History -- Pictorial works. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Wyoming -- History -- Pictorial works. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Description rules
- Anglo American Cataloguing Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy Repository
