Collection Contents
Manuscripts and Notes
Manuscripts and Notes
Dolley, Frank S. "Early Pilots of the Colorado River:" [monograph] [approximately 1957]. 1 item.
Dolley, Frank S. "Early Pilots of the Colorado River:" [monograph: p. 49-164] [approximately 1957]. 1 item.
Dolley, Frank S. "In the Days of Colorado Steamship Navigation: Ellen Robinson's Letters from Port Isabel in the 1870s:" [manuscript] [undated]. 1 item.
Dolley, Frank S. "In the Days of Colorado Steamship Navigation:" [notes] [undated]. 2 items.
Dolley, Frank S. "In the Days of Colorado Steamship Navigation:" [transcripts of Ellen Robinson's Letters] [approximately 1957]. 4 items.
Maps [undated]. 2 items. In oversize.
Dolley, Frank S. Notecards [approximately 1954-1957]. 26 items.
Dolley, Frank S. Notes [approximately 1954-1957]. 8 items.
Notes (accordion file)
Notes regarding Alarcon to Aztec (Steamer) [approximately 1954-1957]. 7p.
Notes regarding Baja California to El Borro Grande [approximately 1954-1957]. 28 p.
Notes regarding California Volunteers in Arizona to Colorado Steam Navigation Company [approximately 1954-1957]. 72 p.
Notes regarding the Death of Colonel Craig to Dreadnaught [approximately 1954-1957]. 10p.
Notes regarding Earthquakes to Expressions [approximately 1954-1957]. 11 p.
Notes regarding Ferries to Fort Yuma [approximately 1954-1957]. 32 p.
Notes regarding Fr. Francisco Herenagildo Garces to the Great Western [approximately 1954-1957]. 21 p.
Notes regarding Hall Hanlon to John B. Hinton [approximately 1954-1957]. 39 p.
Notes regarding Indians to George A. Johnson [approximately 1954-1957]. 68 p.
Notes regarding La Paz [approximately 1954-1957]. 11 p.
Notes regarding Letitia Elizabeth Landon to Mrs. Charles Linss [approximately 1954- 1957]. 9 p.
Notes regarding Mails, Telegraph, and Navigation to Montana (Steamer) [approximately 1954-1957]. 26 p.
Notes regarding David Neahr to Nina Tilden [approximately 1954-1957]. 11 p.
Notes regarding Ocean Steamers and Charles Overman [approximately 1954-1957]. 4 p.
Notes regarding Captain W. H. Pierson to Charles D. Poston [approximately 1954- 1957]. 28 p.
Notes regarding Rhodes to Robinson [approximately 1954-1957]. 25 p.
Notes regarding Stages to Colorado River Steamers in general [approx. 1954-1957]. 11 p.
Notes regarding Mr. Turnbull, Tucson, Steve Thorn [approximately 1954-1957]. 3 p.
Notes regarding Uncle Sam (Steamer) and Victoria (Steamer) [approximately 1954- 1957]. 3 p.
Notes regarding Pauline Weaver to Woodward's Gardens [approximately 1954-1957]. 16 p.
Notes regarding Yuma, Yuma (Steamer), and Zarissa (Steamer) [approximately 1954- 1957]. 7 p.
Notebooks
Notebook 1: Notes regarding a Discussion with Percy Carter Linss, Hall Hanlon, Hanlon Heading, Pilot Knob, Port Isabel, Montague Island, Hanon Ferry (1957). 29 p.
Notebook 1: Notes regarding the Colorado River (1957). 95 p.
Notebook 1: Notes regarding J.A. Mellon (1957). 62 p.
Notebook 1: Notes regarding Explorer (Steamer) and Sierra Nevada (Steamer) (1957). 13 p.
Notebook 1: Notes regarding Polhemos [sic] (1957). 16 p.
Notebook 1: Notes regarding Johnson Letters (1957). 29 p.
Notebook 1: Notes regarding A. H. Johnson [sic] (1957). 24 p.
Notebook 1: Notes regarding David C. Robinson (1957). 21 p.
Notebook 1: Notes regarding A.H. Wilcox, John Dow, and the Algodornes Land Grant (1957). 18 p.
Notebook 1: Notes regarding General Morehead, Lansford Warren Hasgings, Benjamin M. Hartshorne (1957). 22 p.
Notebook 1: Notes regarding Ft. Mohave, Uncle Sam (ocean Steamer), Jose Maria Redondo, and Sam Adams (1957). 15 p.
Notebook 1: Notes regarding Hall Hanlin, Callville, and F. X. Aubry (1957). 16 p.
Notebook 1: Notes regarding Alexander D. Johnson, W. B. Rhodes, and David Neahr (1957). 17 p.
Notebook 1: Notes regarding Ferry, John Moss, and Picacho (1957). 32 p.
Notebook 1: Notes regarding Charles D. Poston, John H. Belcher, and Uncle Sam (Steamer) (1957). 14 p.
Notebook 1: Notes regarding the History of the Territory of Arizona, Hardy, and Cocopah No. 1 (Steamer) (1957). 14 p.
Notebook 1: Notes regarding Nina Tilden, Colorado 2 (Steamer), and Searchlight (1957). 12 p.
Notebook 1: Notes regarding Cochan (Steamer), Jessup (Steamer), and Baja California (1957). 28 p.
Notebook 2: Notes regarding Alarcon and Areneños [approximately 1957]. 24 p.
Notebook 2: Notes regarding Boundary, Caborca-Yuma Trail, California Volunteers in Arizona, and Camel [approximately 1954-1957]. 24 p.
Notebook 2: Notes regarding the Colorado River [approximately 1957]. 80 p.
Notebook 2: Notes regarding the Death of Colonel Craig, Ferries, Fort Mohave, and Fort Yuma [approximately 1957]. 17 p.
Notebook 2: Notes regarding Charles B. Genug and the Great Western [approximately 1957]. 8 p.
Notebook 2: Notes regarding Hardyville and John B. Hinton [approximately 1957]. 7 p.
Notebook 2: Notes regarding Indians [approximately 1957]. 34 p.
Notebook 2: Notes regarding L. J. F. Jaeger, Legislative acts, Mails, telegraphs, and navigation, and Misc. [approximately 1957]. 5 p.
Notebook 2: Notes regarding the North American Desert, Papago, and Pasqual [approximately 1957]. 7 p.
Notebook 2: Notes regarding La Paz [approximately 1957]. 8 p.
Notebook 2: Notes regarding Pilot Knob, Pioneer Days in Arizona, Pioneer settlers, and Charles D. Poston [approximately 1957]. 5 p.
Notebook 2: Notes regarding Rhodes, Desert Sand Storm, Sonora Exploring and Mining Company, and Turnbull [approximately 1957]. 5 p.
Notebook 2: Notes regarding Pauline Weaver, Bill Williams, Yuma, and Yuma (Steamer) [approximately 1957]. 11 p.
Correspondence and Miscellaneous documents and photographs
Correspondence and Ephemera
Hayes, Floy. 4 letters (1871-1903) to Ellen M. Robinson.
Hayes, G. 2 letters (1874-1877) to Ellen M. Robinson.
Hayes, Margaret. 3 letters (1870-1871) to Ellen M. Robinson.
Hayes, Margaret and Floy Hayes. 4 letters (1871-1875) to Ellen M. Robinson.
Hayes, R.J. 1 letter (1884, May 27) to [Ellen M. Robinson].
Macdougall, J. 1 letter (1874, May 27) to David C. Robinson.
Payne, G.E. 1 letter (1957, Mar. 12) to Frank S. Dolley.
Polhamus, Isaac. 4 letters (1887-1896) to Ellen M. Robinson.
Robinson, David C. 7 letters (1871-1874) to Ellen M. Robinson.
Robinson, Ellen M. 3 letters (1870-1871) to Hanna Hayes.
Robinson, Ellen M. 27 letters (1870-1872) to Margaret Hayes.
Robinson, Ellen M. 1 letter (1870, Oct. 3) to "My Dear."
Robinson, Margaret M. 3 letters (1954, July 24) to Frank S. Dolley.
Robinson, W. J. 3 letters (1868, July 12) to "Dear Brother."
Dictaphone Records. (1957). 16 items.
Photographs (1874-[approximately 1915]). 8 items.
Ephemera: Empty envelopes. 4 items.
Oversize
Photostat copies of two maps
Passport for D. C. Robinson, Consulate of the United States of America, at Mazatlan, Mexico, 1862
photCL 123 Photographs
Prints
Related Material
Scope and Content Note
Yuma, Arizona, and Colorado River Steamers
Yuma, 1852 (watercolor by Lt. Morris).
Fort Yuma (lithograph).
Steamer "St. Vallier."
Yuma, showing RR bridge, steamer "Gila."
Steamer "Cocopah."
Steamer "Explorer" (lithograph).
Steamer "Cochan" and a barge.
Steamer "Searchlight."
Steamer "Searchlight."
"Searchlight" at Wharf at Yuma.
Yuma drawbridge (i.e. rising bridge), with ferry "Aztec."
Steamer "St. Vallier."
Steamer "Gila" and a barge.
Steamer "Gila."
Hulk of the steamer "Explorer."
Steamer "Mohave" with School picnic, 1876.
Bill Williams fork.
Colorado River below Needles.
[NO PRINT] Hulk of "Charles H. Spencer." [Negative and lantern slide only]
"Cliff Dweller." [Negative on file]
"Cochan."
Colorado River Str. "Cochan." [Negative on file]
Steamer "Cochan" and tow at Needles, Cal. (late Nineties). [Negative on file]
"Cochan" and "Silas J. Lewis." [Negative on file]
Steamer "Cocopah" with barge astern bound upriver.
"Cochan" and "Searchlight." [Negative on file]
"Colorado No. 1." [Negative on file]
"Colorado No. 2" at wood yard.
"Colorado No. 2" on ways at Port Isabel. [Negative on file]
"Colorado No. 2" at Yuma Landing. [Negative on file]
"Colorado No. 2" at Port Isabel at Low Tide. [Negative on file]
"Comet" (This is a vessel on the upper river, not the lower). [Negative on file]
Hull of "Explorer" with descriptive text [Negative on file]
"Gila." [Negative and lantern slide on file]
"Iola." [Negative on file]
Schooner "Isabel" and a steamer ("Mohave"?), Port Isabel.
"Major Powell." [Negative on file]
"Mohave." [Negative on file]
"Mohave," Port Isabel, High Tide [2 copies of print; negative and lantern slide on file]
"Mohave." [Negative on file]
"Retta." [Negative on file]
"St. Vallier." [Negative on file]
"Saint Vallier at Needles, 1899." [Negative and lantern slide on file]
"St. Vallier." [Negative and lantern slide on file]
"Steamer Searchlight," 1913 [original photographic postcard]
Barge "Silas J. Lewis" at Needles, Cal. [Negative on file]
"Silas J. Lewis" as a dredge. [Negative on file]
"Undine." [Negative and lantern slide on file]
Barge at Port Famine.
Unidentified barge, in tow. [Negative and lantern slide on file]
Ehrenberg ferry. [Negative on file]
Ehrenberg ferry. [Negative on file]
Ehrenberg ferry. [Negative on file]
Stern-wheel ferry and barge, Needles. [Negative on file]
"Old Yuma ferry" (flatboat). [Negative on file]
Colorado River Places
Andrade, Calif.
Date palms at Andrade [original snapshot with handwritten note on verso: "Grandpa's largest date palm, Andrade].
Date palms at Andrade, 1913 [original photographic postcard postmarked 1914].
Ehrenberg, Ariz. [2 copies of print; negative on file]
Automobile in front of saloon, Ehrenberg, Ariz. [Negative on file]
"Gila" at El Dorado Canyon (with a barge). [Negative on file]
Topock bridge under construction, 1889.
Yuma 1878, with Wells, Fargo & Co. Express storefront. [Negative and lantern slide on file]
Yuma in early ‘90s. [Negative and lantern slide on file]
Early view of Yuma. [Negative on file]
Yuma penitentiary and ferry.
Yuma 1877. [Negative on file]
Yuma 1866. [Negative and lantern slide on file]
People Related to the Colorado River steamers
Mike Ghiotto - Yuma transferman. [Negative on file]
Hall Hanlon and Joseph Carter (Andrade pioneers). [Negative on file]
Hall Hanlon and Joseph Carter (Andrade Pioneers) in 1899. [Negative on file]
John Mellon, river pilot. [Negative on file]
John Mellon, river pilot (image of newspaper clipping). [Negative on file]
Capt. Owens [original carte-de-visite photograph; imprint: John D. Godeus, South Park Photograph Gallery, San Francisco].
Capt. Owens [?] [original carte-de-visite photograph; imprint: B.F. Howland & Co., San Francisco].
David C. Robinson, river pilot [original carte-de-visite photograph; imprint: W. Dyer].
Captain David C. Robinson [?] [original carte-de-visite photograph; no imprint] [Negative on file]
Captain David C. Robinson [?] [original carte-de-visite photograph; imprint: Wm. Shew, San Francisco; with copy print]
William Robinson [original carte-de-visite photograph; imprint: Louis Walzi, Baltimore, Md.].
Stevens [original cabinet card photograph; imprint: G. D. Morse, San Francisco].
Unidentified man [original carte-de-visite photograph; imprint: Bradley & Rulofson, San Francisco].
David Robinson, daughter Margaret, and dog at Yuma [?] [Negative on file]
Maps
Old Spanish map of head of Gulf (from Sykes). [Negative and lantern slide on file]
Lower Colorado by Ives (from Sykes). [Negative on file]
Lower Colorado and delta, with irrigable lands (from Sykes). [Negative on file]
Junction of the Gila and the Colorado, by José Salazar. [Negative on file]
Yuma, especially the military reservation (SPRR map). [Negative on file]
Yuma, especially the military reservation (SPRR map). [Negative on file]
Miscellaneous
Broadside advertisement for a river excursion to Stevenson's Island on the Steamer "Mohave," June 4, 1893 [Negative on file].
Pilot Knob hotel [2 copies of print; negative on file]
Aerial ferry near Ehrenberg, 1943. [Negative on file]
Railroad office, Yuma. [Negative on file]
Early auto on plank road between Yuma and Imperial Valley. [Negative on file]
Mud volcanoes, 1905 (from Sykes). [Negative and lantern slide on file]
"Cocopah Indian Warrior" [original carte-de-visite].
Photostat of Pacific and Colorado Steam Navigation Company Prospectus, 1865 [from original at the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Hulk of "Charles H. Spencer."
Steamer "Gila."
Steamer "Mojave."
Steamer "St. Vallier."
Steamer "St. Vallier."
Steamer "Undine."
Unidentified barge in tow.
Yuma, 1878.
Yuma in early ‘90s.
Yuma, 1866.
Old Spanish map of head of Gulf.
Mud volcanoes, 1905.
Film negatives
- 35mm copy film negatives for fifty-two items: 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 67, 68, 69, 72, 73, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, and 94
- 10 x 13.5cm (3.75 x 4.75 inch) or 7.5 x 10 cm (3 x 4 inch) film negatives for thirty-five items: 23, 27, 29, 30, 32, 34, 35, 38, 39, 41, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, 59, 60, 63, 64, 65, 67, 68, 69, 72, 77, 82, 83, 84, 85, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, and 94
- 12.5 x 18 cm (5 x 7 inch) film negatives for two items: 86 and 87
- 20 x 25.5 cm (8 x 10 inch) film negatives for five items: 40, 54, 70, 71, and 86