Details
Title

Darwin Andrews collection

Date

1894-[1939]

Call Number

538

Contents

4 boxes (1031 photographs in 55 envelopes)

Description

Photographs of snapshot quality taken by Darwin Andrews of wildflowers, plants and trees native to the Rocky Mountain region. Some of these photos were used to illustrate his Rockmont Nursery seed catalogs. Collection also includes views of Rockmont Nursery, Boulder, Boulder County and surrounding regions as well as family photographs of the Darwin Andrews family, Samuel R. Wheeler family, relatives and friends.
There is also an oversize portrait of Herbert N. Wheeler located in 538-O-1. Wheeler was the son of Rev. Samuel Wheeler, the first pastor of Boulder's Seventh Day Baptist Church, and the co-discoverer (with Darwin Andrews, a brother-in-law) that the ice mass on Arapaho Peak was indeed a glacier. (NOTE: Eben G. Fine also claimed to be the discoverer. See BHS 328-8-18 for clippings on the subject.)

History

Darwin Andrews was a horticulturist and the owner of Rockmont Nursery from approximately 1899-1937. Rockmont Nursery was located in Boulder on the corner of 23rd Street and Bluebell. Andrews specialized in collecting and cultivating native plants from the Rocky Mountain region. He ran a world-wide mail order business selling native plants and wildflower seeds.

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.

Author/Donor

Andrews, Darwin M., 1869-1938
Steele, Darwin W., Donor

Subjects

Wheeler, Herbert Newell, 1873-1964
Wild flowers--Rocky Mountains
Plants--Colorado
Nurseries--Colorado
Colorado--Pictorial works

Collection

Darwin Andrews collection

Acquisition Note

Donor: Darwin W. Steele, 1996.

Local Note

Negatives without prints have been separated from the collection and placed in the negative storage room.

Native plants (A-B)
Native plants (A-B)
Call Number 538-1-(1-8)
Date 1899-[1939]
Contents 8 envelopes (104 photographs)
Description Photographs of snapshot quality taken by Darwin Andrews of plants and flowers native to the Rocky Mountain region.

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Native plants (C-Ge)
Native plants (C-Ge)
Call Number 538-1-(9-16)
Date 1899-[1939]
Contents 8 envelopes (128 photographs)
Description Photographs of snapshot quality taken by Darwin Andrews of plants and flowers native to the Rocky Mountain region.

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Native plants (Gi-Ox)
Native plants (Gi-Ox)
Call Number 538-1-(17-23)
Date 1899-[1939]
Contents 7 envelopes (132 photographs)
Description Photographs of snapshot quality taken by Darwin Andrews of plants and flowers native to the Rocky Mountain region.

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Native plants (P-Z)
Native plants (P-Z)
Call Number 538-2-(1-9)
Date 1899-[1939]
Contents 9 envelopes (166 photographs)
Description Photographs of snapshot quality taken by Darwin Andrews of plants and flowers native to the Rocky Mountain region.

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Evergreen trees (A-Z)
Evergreen trees (A-Z)
Call Number 538-2-(10-12)
Date 1899-[1939]
Contents 3 envelopes (68 photographs)
Description Photographs of snapshot quality taken by Darwin Andrews of evergreen trees native to Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region., Specific locations include: Abies concolor at Nederland; Abies subalpina above Hessie,CO ; Douglas spruce at Balarat ; Bald cypress at Tower Hill Park ; English spruce and p.flexilis at Bald Mt. ; Juniperus communis alpina from Denver Mesa ; Picea engelmanni at Mt. Falls ; Pinus aristatus at Echo Lake;, Pinus flexilis at Mt. Eldora; Pinus murryanus at Bald Mt. and in upper south Boulder.

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Deciduous trees (A-Z)
Deciduous trees (A-Z)
Call Number 538-2-(13-16)
Date 1899-[1939]
Contents 4 envelopes (95 photographs)
Description Photographs of snapshot quality taken by Darwin Andrews of deciduous trees located around Boulder, Colorado, Illinois and Kansas.

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Native plants (cactus and shrubs)
Native plants (cactus and shrubs)
Call Number 538-3-(1-3)
Date 1899-[1939]
Contents 3 envelopes (53 photographs)
Description Photographs of snapshot quality taken by Darwin Andrews of cactus and shrubs native to the Rocky Mountain region.

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Views of Boulder City and Boulder County
Views of Boulder City and Boulder County
Call Number 538-3-(4-6)
Date 1894-[1939]
Contents 3 envelopes (71 photographs)
Description Photographs of snapshot quality taken by Darwin Andrews of scenic views in Boulder and around Boulder County including Boulder Creek and other Colorado lakes.

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Views of Colorado and wildlife
Views of Colorado and wildlife
Call Number 538-3-(7-13)
Date 1894-[1939]
Contents 6 envelopes (130 photographs)
Description Photographs of snapshot quality taken by Darwin Andrews of scenic views around Colorado including waterfalls, mountains and wildlife. Also includes photographs of American Indians, scenery, and miscellaneous views taken outside of Colorado or at unidentified locations.

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Sunset, Colorado home
Sunset, Colorado home
Call Number 538-3-13
Date [1899-1919]
Contents 1 photograph.
Description This photograph may have been taken by Darwin M. Andrews, but if not was nevertheless included in his collection.

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Rockmont Nursery and Darwin Andrews family
Rockmont Nursery and Darwin Andrews family
Call Number 538-4-(1-5)
Date 1894-[1939]
Contents 5 envelopes (85 photographs)
Description Photographs of snapshot quality taken by Darwin Andrews and members of the Andrews family of the Rockmont Nursery, surrounding views, and family portraits. Also includes photographs of plants taken by Darwin Andrews for use in his mail-order seed catalogs.

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Herbert N. Wheeler Portrait
Herbert N. Wheeler Portrait
Call Number 538-O-1
Date 1950-1960
Contents 1 oversize portrait.
Description An oversize portrait of Herbert N. Wheeler. Wheeler was the son of Rev. Samuel Wheeler, the first pastor of Boulder's Seventh Day Baptist Church, and the co-discoverer (with Darwin Andrews, a brother-in-law) that the ice mass on Arapaho Peak was indeed a glacier.

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