Details
Title

Phyllis Smith photograph collection.

Date

[1860-1969]

Call Number

528

Contents

2 boxes.

Description

Box 1 contains unique photographs from the collection of the Ebenezer Rowland family (envelopes 1-18) and from what appears to be the collection of Edna Harkins. Subjects include the Ebenezer Rowland family and friends, women hiking, and school children. Box 2 contains primarily duplicates made by Phyllis Smith from original photographs in the collections of the Carnegie Library for Local History.

History

Phyllis Smith is a historian and author who has written several books about the history of the Boulder area.
Ebenezer Rowland moved to Boulder in 1875 and became a gold miner, purchasing Black Cloud mine in Summerville in 1876 and going on to patent many other mines in the Summerville area.
Georgina Rowland, Ebenezer's daughter, taught for forty-three years in the Boulder schools, forty-one of those years at Mapleton School.
Edna Harkins taught in the Boulder schools for 56 years, beginning in 1912. She lived with Georgina Rowland at 2235 12th (Broadway) Street from circa 1926 until Georgina’s death in 1937 (based on Boulder city directories). Phyllis Smith appears to have known Edna Harkins.

Terms of Use

RIGHTS: Materials in this collection may be used freely for any purpose, with attribution to the Carnegie Library for Local History, Boulder. No duplicated materials may be deposited or placed on file in any other archive, museum, library or similar repository. Questions of copyright are the responsibility of the user.

Format

Photographs.

Subjects

Harkins, Edna L., 1889-1982
Rowland, Ebenezer, 1831-1912
Rowland, Georgina, 1866-1937
Rowland, Mary Jane Ives, 1830-1899

Acquisition Note

Materials were donated by Phyllis Smith, 10 June 1988, and are photographs from the collection of the Ebenezer Rowland family and Edna Harkins.

Pages

Victory garden photographs.
Victory garden photographs.
Call Number 528-1-25
Date [1915-1918]
Contents 6 photographs, 4 views (1 digitized).
Description Four photographs of children working in a victory garden, possibly at Mapleton School. Photos date from WWI period, circa 1915-1918.

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Highland School photographs.
Highland School photographs.
Call Number 528-1-26
Date [1900-1950]
Contents 3 photographs (2 digitized).
Description Photographs of Highland School.

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Highland School bridge photograph.
Highland School bridge photograph.
Call Number 528-1-27
Date [1936-1940]
Contents 1 photograph.
Description View of the stone bridge at Highland School. Stamped at bottom right “Charles F. Snow, Boulder, Colo.” Written on label on back, “Eliz. Ricketts.” Photo believed to date circa 1936-1940 based on photographer Charles Snow's stamp.

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May Day at Highland School photographs.
May Day at Highland School photographs.
Call Number 528-1-28
Date [1915-1930]
Contents 13 photographs, 12 views (3 digitized).
Description Snapshots of the May Day festivities and children dancing at Highland School. Photos may date circa 1915-1930 based on clothing.

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Highland School class portraits, 1928.
Highland School class portraits, 1928.
Call Number 528-1-29
Date 1928
Contents 5 photographs.
Description Class photos from Highland School by Charles Snow, 1928. Five photos show four classes including grades 3, 5 and 6. One photo is of an unidentified grade but children appear to be younger than grade 3.

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Whittier School 3rd grade class portrait.
Whittier School 3rd grade class portrait.
Call Number 528-1-30
Date [1950-1965]
Contents 1 photograph.
Description Class photo identified on back as Whittier 3rd grade. No year can be identified, but one boy is wearing a “Hopalong Cassidy” t-shirt which, combined with other clothes, seems to date the photo to the 1950s or early 1960s. Children are identified on back of photo and teacher is identified as Mrs. Gould.

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Music student photographs.
Music student photographs.
Call Number 528-1-31
Date [1930-1949]
Contents 2 photographs.
Description Two photographs of groups of children holding musical instruments, including violins and some wind instruments. Both photos are somewhat blurry and hard to make out. Photos may date circa 1930s or 1940s based on clothing.

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Children photographs.
Children photographs.
Call Number 528-1-32
Date [1910-1950]
Contents 8 photographs.
Description Eight photographs of children, mostly unidentified, including: children in school settings, groups of children outdoors, one view of children dressed as rabbits, a group of older girls in white sailor-style dresses with Highland School behind, and one school portrait identified as Martha Santerlte. Two of the photos are by D.L. Yocom Studio.

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Children with marionettes photographs.
Children with marionettes photographs.
Call Number 528-1-33
Date undated
Contents 7 photographs.
Description Five photographs of children playing with marionettes and two photographs of small stages with puppets. Several of the photos are blurry. Three photos are stamped on back “Yocom Service, Boulder, Colo.”

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Pi Beta Phi sorority group portrait.
Pi Beta Phi sorority group portrait.
Call Number 528-1-34
Date 1903-1909
Contents 1 photograph.
Description Group portrait of Pi Beta Phi sorority. All women are wearing white dresses and have "Gibson girl hairstyles." Photo stamped “Gosha, Boulder, Colo.” at bottom which dates it to 1903-1909 when Charles Gosha was photographing in Boulder.

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Downtown Boulder photograph.
Downtown Boulder photograph.
Call Number 528-1-35
Date [1882-1888]
Contents 1 photograph.
Description Photograph of “Downtown Boulder from Central School, between 1882 and 1888. Cong church in background, Edna Harkins,” (written on back of photo, presumably by Phyllis Smith). Boulder County Courthouse appears at the center of the photo at 1325 Pearl Street. Original Congregational Church to its left in the distance at 1125 Pine Street. This photo is looking northwest from Central School, located at 1440 Walnut Street. 14th Street cuts through the bottom left corner of the photo. Photo may have belonged to Edna Harkins based on notes on back of photo.

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Foothill Elementary School photograph.
Foothill Elementary School photograph.
Call Number 528-1-36
Date undated
Contents 1 photograph.
Description One undated view of what is believed to be Foothill Elementary School at 1001 Hawthorne Avenue.

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