Roberts Photograph Collection - Finding Aid | Library Special Collections & Archives

The Roberts Photograph Collection documents life on the Yurok Indian Reservation along the lower Klamath River in northwestern California, primarily during the period of 1915 to 1933. It is the private collection of Mrs. Ruth Kellet Roberts, containing 536 photographs, many of them taken by Mrs. Roberts herself as an amateur photographer. They include photographs of her many friends in the Yurok Indian community and their daily activities and ceremonies, early photographs of the town of Requa, of the Pecwan-Johnsons area, and various landscape features of the surrounding area.

Access

Collection is open for research

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Acquisition Information

Transferred to the Cal Poly Humboldt University Library in 1969 by Dr. Arnold R. Pilling, Professor of Anthropology at Wayne State University.

Biographical Information

Mrs. Ruth Roberts lived in Requa, at the mouth of the Klamath River, during the fishing season, roughly May through September, each year from 1915 to 1933. She lived in Piedmont (near Oakland) the rest of the year. Her husband, Harry C. Roberts, worked as the accountant for the Klamath River Packers Association, which operated a fish cannery in the estuary near the mouth of the Klamath River. Requa and the cannery site are near the old Yurok village of Rek'woy on the Yurok Reservation, along the north shore of the river. Mrs. Roberts became friends with a number of Yurok families in the area and took an active interest in their lives and customs. For many years she served as a liaison between the Yurok community and the San Francisco Bay area, making arrangements for young Yurok women to work for families in Oakland and Piedmont. She became a champion of local Indian causes for the rest of her life. After 1933, when the cannery closed, she no longer lived in Requa. She returned to the area in 1955 when she moved to Crescent City, and became curator of the Del Norte County Historical Society Museum and the McNulty Pioneer Home where she lived until she died on November 15, 1967.

Anthropologist Dr. Arnold R. Pilling of Wayne State University met Mrs. Roberts in the late summer of 1967 when he came to the area with his family to study the Yurok legal system under a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health. They became friends and she introduced him to elders of the Yurok community. With her introductions, he began a long and productive study of Yurok history and culture that continued until his death in 1994.

Scope and Content of the Collection

After Mrs. Roberts' death, her son Harry Roberts gave the photograph collection to Arnold Pilling. Both men recognized the historical and ethnographic value of the collection and wanted to preserve and make it available to the public. Dr. Pilling carefully compiled a handwritten list of the photographs along with the location where each one was taken, the subject of the photograph if known, a detailed physical description of the prints and negatives, including size, paper, markings, etc., and any comments written on the back. He also made cross references to a second set of the photographs which Harry Roberts kept for his own use, as he had access to both sets in compiling his notes. References to this other set of prints appear in the index in notations that refer to earlier existing prints; location of this set of prints is not known.

Arrangement of the Collection

The collection is divided into six series: RB, RC, RL, RM, RS, and RX. Although in some cases it is not entirely clear what the rationale for these divisions might be, they reflect Mrs. Roberts' organization of the collection. Note that in some cases photographs from the same roll of film ended up in different series. The series are generally organized around subject matter. The RM series includes, in square brackets, notes by Jerry Wylie of Six Rivers National Forest on locations in the Red Mountain vicinity; they are part of Dr. Pilling's notes and are included here verbatim.

Dr. Pilling donated a set of negatives and copy prints of the photographs along with a photocopy of his index to the Cal Poly Humboldt Library in 1969. Another set of the copy prints and his original manuscript notes are located in the unprocessed Arnold R. Pilling Collection at Wayne State University Archives, Detroit, Michigan.

This version of the finding aid was edited and produced by Jean Perry, a linguist who was a friend and colleague of Dr. Pilling from 1985 until his death in 1994. This work included editing for consistency and completeness and the regularization of some spellings, except for cases where notations on the back of the photographs are quoted. The physical descriptions are included only when they relate to the dating of the photographs and their relationships to each other (eg. which photographs might be from the same roll of film).

Jean Perry, May, 1999

98 of the photographs were scanned in 1997 and have been available online since 1999 through the Online Archive of California. In 2012 the entire collection was scanned by the Cal Poly Humboldt Library Special Collections staff and is available through the Humboldt Room Photograph Collections database by limiting to collection/Roberts.

Container List

Series: RB1-RB83

RB1
Group in a motor boat on the Klamath River.
RB2
Shoreline in the Requa area.
RB3
A shed in Requa, with the Safford house on Safford Island behind.
RB4
A Klamath mountain scene.
RB5
Requa: Rattlesnake Rock. Pencilled label on back in Mrs. Roberts' hand:
May ip-yer Rattlesnake rock.
RB6
Wilson Creek Beach: a partly worked canoe, drifted in as a log.
RB7
Requa: Klamath River mouth, 1926.
RB8
Requa: Shot of the "Williams side" from Tucker Rock.
RB9
Ed Spott using an A-frame net.
RB10
Pecwan: Jump Dance leader. [A. R. P.: Waukel Harry identified by Mrs. Josephine James, 7/8/1971.]
RB11
Requa: Brooks' "old-fashioned" house. Shot from mid-distance of the front.
RB12
Requa: Brooks' "old-fashioned" family house. Front of the house showing a bench on it.
RB13
Requa: Brooks' "old-fashioned" family house. Close-up of the front.
RB14
Near Requa: Hunter Creek Bridge.
RB15
Klamath River Bar: Digging to open the Klamath, August, 1926.
RB16
Requa: Klamath River mouth.
RB17
Requa: Klamath River mouth, 1926.
RB18
Requa: Klamath River mouth, with Tucker Rock in the foreground, 1926. Penned label on back written in printing, unknown hand:
Starting to dig cannell 1926.
RB19
Klamath River scene: "Williams" side from Tucker's Rock.
RB20
Requa: Mouth of the Klamath.
RB21
Requa: Mouth of the Klamath.
RB22
Requa: Ed Spott taking surf fish in an A-frame net.
RB23
Pecwan: Jump Dance.
RB24
Pecwan: The bar with the tent for storing "Indian things," Jump Dance.
RB25
Pecwan: Dance outside the dance house.
RB26
Indian child in a baby basket, with a woman holding it.
RB27
Pecwan: Jump Dance in the pit.
RB28
Requa: Group of Indian children. Penned label on back in Mrs. Roberts' hand:
Yurok Indian children--on rock on north beach--"Rekwoi," Cal.
RB29
Group of whites on the beach.
RB30
Group of Indians.
RB31
Pecwan: Group at Jump Dance.
RB32
Indian lady with a baby on her back.
RB33
Pecwan: End of a Jump Dance table windscreen shade, with an elderly Indian man and woman. Pencilled legend on the reverse in small cursive:
Mrs. Frank Woods
Billys Minall.
RB34
Pecwan: Jump Dance, probably in 1926. Dancers dancing outside of the pit.
RB35
Pecwan: Jump Dancers, probably in 1926, posed shot.
RB36
Pecwan: Jump Dancers, probably in 1926. Posed for picture. An early print exists with the blue-black ink printing which I assume to be Mr. Roberts, reading:
Jump Dance.
RB37
Pecwan: Jump Dancers, probably in 1926. Posed for picture. An early print exists with a label on it, which is clearly in Mrs. Ruth K. Roberts' hand, reading:
Julius Fry
Johnny Mitchell
Rafey James
Frank Woods
Joe Jerry
Dewey George
Wm Reed
Wm Fry
James Donnely
Then way at the bottom in the same hand:
Rafey James.
RB38
Pecwan: Jump Dance of 1926. Dancers in pit, including girls.
RB39
Pecwan: Jump Dance of 1926. Girls in shell dresses.
RB40
Pecwan: Jump Dance, probably in 1926. Dancing in pit. An early print exists with a pencilled notation in Mrs. Ruth K. Roberts' hand, reading:
Jump dance pit.
RB41
Pecwan: Jump Dance, probably in 1926. Dancing in pit.
RB42
Pecwan: Jump Dance, probably in 1926. Dancing in pit.
RB43
Johnsons: Stick game in 1926. One of the players is James Donnelly. An early print exists with a label on it, which is clearly in Mrs. Ruth K. Roberts' hand, reading:
James Donnelly.
RB44
Johnsons: Stick game in 1926. An early print exists, labelled in what is probably Mr. Roberts' hand, reading:
Stick game Johnsons 1926.
RB45
Johnsons: Stick game in 1926.
RB46
Johnsons: One of the sweathouses. An early print exists with a label in Mrs. Roberts' hand, reading:
An old sweat house--taken on Klamath about 1917--probably at Johnsons.
RB47
Johnsons: Same sweathouse as in RB46.
RB48
Requa: Trying to dig the Klamath River open, August, 1926.
RB49
Requa: "Martha" high and dry at the mouth of the Klamath, 1926.
RB50
Requa: "Martha" at the Klamath River bar.
RB51
Requa: "Martha" near the Klamath River mouth bar, 1926.
RB52
Requa: "Martha" on the Klamath River mouth bar, 1926.
RB53
Requa: "Martha" high and dry on the Klamath River mouth bar, 1926.
RB54
Requa: "Martha" near the Klamath River mouth bar, 1926.
RB55
Wilson's Creek: The ancient village site of Omen, from the north. An early print exists, labelled in an unknown hand:
omen.
RB56
Wilson's Creek: The site of Omen from the southwest looking across Plywood Mill Creek.
RB57
Requa: Mouth of the Klamath River.
RB58
Klamath River scene.
RB59
Yurok grandmother in a "double-ender" canoe.
RB60
Mrs. Waukell Harry holding a baby in a basket.
RB61
Mrs. Waukell Harry holding a baby in a basket.
RB62
Pecwan: Jump Dance, probably 1926.
Label in Mrs. Roberts hand:
Jump Dance.
RB63
An old Yurok roof.
RB64
Requa: Hooking eels at the Klamath River bar at the mouth.
RB65
Requa: Hooking eels at the Klamath River bar at the mouth.
RB66
Requa: Hooking eels at the Klamath River mouth.
RB67
Requa: Cabin where the Roberts stayed. Label in Mr. Roberts' hand: Roberts Mansion Requa.
RB68
Requa: Looking up the Klamath River after the Douglas Bridge was built.
RB69
Requa: Trollers in the Klamath River mouth, 1926. Label in Mr. Roberts' hand:
Trollers--Requa 1926.
RB70
Requa: Tucker's Rock.
RB71
Requa: A boat beached on the Klamath River bar, 1926 or 1925.
RB72
Requa: Mouth of the Klamath River, August, 1926.
RB73
Requa: Mouth of the Klamath River.
RB74
Requa: Looking up the Klamath River from near the mouth, 1926. Label in Mr. Roberts' hand:
Looking up Klamath River from Mouth 1926.
RB75
Requa town and Tucker's Rock.
RB76
Wilson's Creek: House pits at Omen on Plywood Mill Creek.
RB77
Robert Spott, Mrs. Ruth K. Roberts, young Harry Roberts.
RB78
Robert Spott, _____, and Harry Roberts. Label on reverse in Mrs. Roberts' hand:
Veratrum.
RB79
Requa: Mouth of the Klamath River.
RB80
Requa: Two small boats off the mouth of the Klamath River.
RB81
Requa: Launch going out the Klamath River mouth.
RB82
Requa: Launch going out the Klamath River mouth.
RB83
Hoopa Valley: From Willow Creek Road. Legend on reverse in Mr. Roberts' hand:
Hoopa Valley From Willow Creek Road 1926.

Series: RC1-RC61

RC1
Crescent City: Lighthouse and cypress by it.
RC2
Crescent City: Lighthouse and cypress by it.
RC3
Crescent City: Cypress on lighthouse rock.
RC4
Two children.
RC5
Wildflowers along road-cut.
RC6
Two Indian women and two Indian children.
RC7
Two Indian women, two Indian girls, and a man.
RC8
Two Indian women, two Indian girls, and a man.
RC9
Crescent City: McNulty Pioneer Home, garden, and garage.
RC10
Crescent City: McNulty Pioneer Home, house, garden, and greenhouse.
RC11
Crescent City: McNulty Pioneer Home, house, greenhouse, and garden.
RC12
Crescent City: McNulty Pioneer Home, house, garden, greenhouse, and garage.
RC13
Crescent City: Log or double-ender canoe on pickup truck.
RC14
Crescent City: Trees in bloom.
RC15
Crescent City: Trees in bloom.
RC16
Crescent City: McNulty Pioneer Home, greenhouse, and garden.
RC17
Crescent City: NcNulty Pioneer Home, house, gate, and flowering tree.
RC18
Crescent City: McNulty Pioneer Home, greenhouse, back gate, and garden.
RC19
Crescent City: McNulty Pioneer Home, front of house and bell.
RC20
Crescent City: McNulty Pioneer Home, side of house, greenhouse, and garage.
RC21
Crescent City: McNulty Pioneer Home, house, garden, greenhouse, and garage.
RC22
Crescent City: Sunset from the Lighthouse.
RC23
Crescent City: Sunset from the Lighthouse.
RC24
Crescent City: The harbor from the Lighthouse.
RC25
Crescent City:
RC26
Crescent City:
RC27
Crescent City: Lighthouse and adjacent cypress.
RC28
Crescent City: Lighthouse and adjacent cypress.
RC29
Crescent City: McNulty Pioneer Home, rear of the house, greenhouse, gardens, and garage.
RC30
Crescent City: McNulty Pioneer Home, greenhouse.
RC31
Crescent City: McNulty Pioneer Home, greenhouse and garden.
RC32
Crescent City: McNulty Pioneer Home, side of the house and greenhouse.
RC33
Crescent City: Lighthouse, view of the back.
RC34
Crescent City: Lighthouse and adjacent cypress from the east.
RC35
[blank]
RC36
[blank]
RC37
Crescent City:
RC38
[blank]
RC39
Crescent City: Harry Campbell Roberts.
RC40
Crescent City: Whale Rock and harbor from the Lighthouse.
RC41
Crescent City: Waves breaking over the breakwater near the hospital.
RC42
Crescent City: Waves breaking over the breakwater near the hospital.
RC43
Crescent City: Waves breaking over the breakwater near the hospital.
RC44
Crescent City: Group of visitors at the Lighthouse, adults.
RC45
Crescent City: Group of children at the Lighthouse; adult in an Indian shell dress.
RC46
Crescent City: Group of children at the Lighthouse; adult in an Indian shell dress.
RC47
Crescent City: A woman in an Indian shell dress and a basketry cap.
RC48
Crescent City: McNulty Pioneer Home, garden and garage.
RC49
Crescent City: Front of the McNulty Pioneer Home.
RC50
Crescent City: McNulty Pioneer Home, greenhouse, garden, and garage.
RC51
Crescent City: McNulty Pioneer Home, garage and garden.
RC52
Crescent City: Side of the McNulty Pioneer Home.
RC53
Crescent City: Elderly Indian woman in the garden of the McNulty Pioneer Home.
RC54
[blank]
RC55
Crescent City: The side of the McNulty Pioneer Home.
RC56
Crescent City: The side of the McNulty Pioneer Home.
RC57
Crescent City: McNulty Pioneer Home, garden.
RC58
Crescent City: McNulty Pioneer Home, greenhouse and garden.
RC59
Crescent City: McNulty Pioneer Home, garden and side of house.
RC60
Crescent City: McNulty Pioneer Home, back garden.
RC61
Crescent City: McNulty Pioneer home, back garden.

Series: RL1-RL87

RL1
Johnsons (?): Indian sweathouse; still in use.
RL2
Klamath River scene, some place between Johnsons and Klamath Glen.
RL3
Requa: Indian woman and child.
RL4
Requa: A group of Indian children, probably Alice Spott's.
RL5
Alice Spott (Taylor), probably at Requa. Pencilled label on reverse of photo:
Alice Spott 1917
Taylor
Handwriting of the first line is Mrs. Roberts'. Handwriting of the second line has been added much later.
RL6
Red Mountain: The last sugar pine that survived there.
RL7
On the Klamath, possibly at Blue Creek.
RL8
Requa: Captain Jack, a profile.
RL9
A group of Indian boys.
RL10
Requa: Captain Jack with a gun, a close-up, full face.
RL11
A picnic group on the Klamath River.
RL12
Group of Indian children, either at Requa at Safford Island Indian Day or at Pecwan at the Jump Dance.
RL13
Requa: Captain Jack, beating a gambling drum.
RL14
Requa: Captain Jack with a gun, full face.
RL15
Indian woman and a tame deer: Alice Spott.
RL16
Johnsons: The main street, with the Shaker Church in the rear. An early print exists. Pencilled on reverse in an unknown hand:
Johnsons ca. 1940
Harry says this label was probably written when Mrs. Roberts was just guessing; he said it could not be that late.
RL17
Requa: Rattlesnake Rock and "Cannery men's bunkhouse." Label on the reverse of the photo:
Cannery men's house.
Handwriting unidentified.
RL18
Requa: From the "Williams' side," before the trees had started growing on the hills.
RL19
Indian children.
RL20
Klamath Glen (Terwer Flat): A mule load of chrome ore from Red Mountain, ca. 1917.
RL21
Requa: Mouth of the Klamath.
RL22
Requa: Mouth of the Klamath with the "Martha" stuck on the Bar, 1926. Legend written in fine printed black ink:
Martha on Beach Golden West. ot Shar. 1926
Writer is unknown, but might be Mr. Harry Roberts, Sr., as he almost certainly took the shot. The date is certainly correct as the 1926 date for the Martha on the bar and the channel digging is well established.
RL23
Requa: Mouth of the Klamath River, with Tucker's Rock in the mid-distance.
RL24
Requa: Mouth of the Klamath River.
RL25
Requa: Mouth of the Klamath River.
RL26
Requa area: Douglas Memorial Bridge in the distance.
RL27
Requa:
RL28
Requa: Mouth of the Klamath River.
RL29
Requa: Mouth of the Klamath River.
RL30
Requa: Bringing in the catch.
RL31
Klamath mountain scene.
RL32
Klamath River scene.
RL33
Klamath mountain scenes (double exposure).
RL34
Klamath mountain scene.
RL35
Klamath River scene.
RL36
Klamath Glen (then "Terwer Flat"): Starting on a pack trip into the Klamath Mountains.
RL37
Klamath Mountains: A pack trip.
RL38
Klamath Mountains: A pack trip.
RL39
[blank]
RL40
Trail through the Redwoods.
RL41
Pecwan: Jump Dance in the early 1920's; entering the dance house.
RL42
Pecwan: Jump Dance in the early 1920's; leaving the dance house.
RL43
Pecwan: Jump Dance in the early 1920's; dancing in the pit.
RL44
Pecwan: Jump Dance in the early 1920's; lined up in the pit.
RL45
Pecwan: Jump Dance in the early 1920's; dancing outside the dance house.
RL46
Pecwan: Jump Dance in the early 1920's; entering the dance house.
RL47
Pecwan: Jump Dance in the early 1920's; one of the tables. An early print exists. The reverse of it has on it in Mrs. Roberts' hand:
Peckwan ? Jump Dance--about 1920
Mrs._____ camp.
RL48
Requa: Captain Jack in 1926. Indian name: CHAIR (Frank Douglas informant). An early print exists. The reverse has on it in a fine printing, probably that of Mr. Harry Roberts, Sr., the following:
Capt. Jack-1926.
RL49
Klamath River: Alice Spott with paddle.
RL50
An "old-fashioned" house at its rear.
RL51
Requa: Group of children in front of the Brooks' house.
RL52
Requa: Mary Ann Frank, pounding acorns.
RL53
Requa: Mary Ann Frank, pounding acorns.
RL54
Requa: Mary Ann Frank, standing before Brooks' old house.
RL55
Requa: Mary Ann Frank, carrying driftwood in a burden basket. A relatively modern print exists. The following has been written on the back in Mrs. Roberts' hand:
Mary Ann Frank Robert Spott's mother.
RL56
Requa: Mary Ann Frank, carrying a burden basket. A relatively modern print exists. Written on back:
Mary Ann Frank--Robert Spott's mother.
RL57
Requa: Mary Ann Frank, carrying driftwood in a burden basket, at a beach wood pile.
RL58
Requa: Mary Ann Frank, working on a basket. Passage on reverse reads:
Mary Ann Frank Roberts mother.
RL59
Requa: Mary Ann Frank, in front of Brooks' old house.
RL60
Requa: Captain Jack, holding a long-barrelled gun.
RL61
Stawen Bill and Mrs. Frank Woods. An early print exists with the following in Mrs. Roberts' cursive:
Starwin Bill & Mrs. Frank Woods.
RL62
In the redwoods, on the "Redwood Highway."
RL63
In the redwoods, on the "Redwood Highway."
RL64
Requa: Ter-per Rock on the north shore of the Klamath River. An early print is known with data on it. It reads in Mrs. Roberts' hand:
Ah-terp, "Rekwoi," Cal.
The reverse of the existing early print of this photo in Mrs. Roberts' hand reads:
Ter-per (a man) his wife is a rattle snake who lives on Tucker rock. She came from the rock at Johnsons just back of Mrs. Maston's house--Skerwich-clemey-gep-yer.
RL65
Requa: Man rock on the north shore of the Klamath River. An early print exists. The legend on back of it in Mrs. Roberts' hand reads:
Quer'rap-(man rock) "Rekwoi", Cal.
RL66
Requa: One of the cannery boats at the mouth of the Klamath River.
RL67
Requa: One of the cannery boats.
RL68
Wooden bridge on a roadway.
RL69
Johnsons: Cemetery. Incorrectly alleged to be ca. 1940. An early print exists. On its reverse is the following label in an unidentified cursive:
Cem at Johnsons ca 1940.
RL70
Johnsons: End of the sweathouse at the top of the roadway. An early print exists. A legend on the reverse in Mrs. Roberts' hand reads:
Yurok Indian sweat house, Klamath River, Cal.
RL71
Johnsons: Yurok cemetery with a "White man" dwelling at the rear. An early print exists, with the label:
Johnsons Yurok grave c. 1940?
RL72
Johnsons: Side or end entrance of sweathouse; cemetery in the rear.
RL73
A Klamath River scene.
RL74
Johnsons: Graves, during the 1920's.
RL75
Requa: North side of the Klamath River mouth, Tucker Rock in the rear.
RL76
Requa: Mouth of the Klamath River from its north. Pencilled on back in Mrs. Roberts' cursive:
Wissach culver.
RL77
Requa: Klamath River near its mouth. River bar is in the rear.
RL78
Requa: Mouth of the Klamath River from the north bank of the river. Cooking salmon on sticks. Mrs. Roberts' label reads:
Waterhouse Wissach Culver.
RL79
Klamath River scene.
RL80
Requa: Klamath River lagoon, coaster on the far side of the bar.
RL81
Requa: Mouth of the Klamath River.
RL82
Requa: Mouth of the Klamath River, summer of 1926.
RL83
Requa: Mouth of the Klamath River, summer of 1926.
RL84
Requa: Lagoon at the mouth of the Klamath River, summer 1926.
RL85
Requa: Mouth of the Klamath River.
RL86
Klamath River scene.
RL87
Klamath River scene, "old-fashioned" canoe, "double-ender" canoe, and a large "double-ender" at a boat landing. Also firewood pile.

Series: RM1-RM131

RM1
Requa: Roof of the Brooks house, before it collapsed. A print is known with the following label on its front:
OCT 1957
Written on its back in Mrs. Roberts' handwriting:
Roof of Brooks house
I assume that this is an early photograph, taken between 1915 and 1930, which Mrs. Roberts had reprinted in 1957. Mrs. Roberts' identification appears to be correct.
RM2
Requa: The old white man who lived on Turkey Island.
RM3
Requa: The old white man who lived on Turkey Island. A print of this shot exists, printed on the front with the date:
OCT 1957
On the reverse in Mrs. Roberts' hand is the legend:
Dr S A Barret-left Dept, Anthropology, U.C Taken about 62
This legend is totally incorrect, for I knew Sam Barrett and this is not he. Both men had similar beards, and I must assume that Mrs. Roberts labelled the back of this shot when she was nearly blind.
RM4
Johnsons: The old Johnson store.
RM5
Indian cabin.
RM6
Requa: The Requa Inn and the rest of town. An early print exists.
RM7
Requa: A group of children in the main street.
RM8
Requa: Klamath River bar.
RM9
Indian children.
RM10
Martin's Ferry: View down the Klamath River from the middle of the bridge. ca. 1926.
RM11
Martin's Ferry: The whole community from the "South Bank," ca. 1927.
RM12
Fishermen on the bar, probably Requa, maybe part of digging out the bar, 1926.
RM13
Requa: Klamath River bar, all across.
RM14
Klamath mountain scene.
RM15
Requa: The Brooks house, with Harry Roberts, Sr., and Surgone George in front. [A. R. P.: Billy Brooks, Jimmie James indentified 7/8/1971.]
RM16
Johnsons: A street scene. Legend on the back in small cursive: trail into Johnsons ca. 1930.
[For update, see Palmquist 1983, p.13]
RM17
Johnsons: A street scene. Legend on the back in Mrs. Roberts' cursive:
Johnsons Klamath River Houses made after whites come into country. Old grave yard in foreground about'40.
RM18
Requa: Fishermen return.
RM19
Girl in front of house.
RM20
Indian children.
RM21
Klamath River Indians.
RM22
Johnsons: Yurok Indian woman. [A. R. P.: Eliza Lindgren per Ray Burns.]
RM23
Yurok Indian man.
RM24
Johnsons: Poker Bob's daughter. Legend on Reverse:
Poker Bob's daughter.
RM25
Red Mountain: Ruins of a prayer alter.
RM26
Two Yurok women.
RM27
Requa:
RM28
Requa: Klamath River mouth.
RM29
Requa: Klamath River mouth.
RM30
Requa: The Hughes mill in Panther Creek.
RM31
Indian woman and child.
RM32
Johnsons: Group shot in town.
RM33
Yurok Indian woman.
RM34
Johnsons: Group of Yurok men.
RM35
Requa: Brush Dance. Legend on reverse in small cursive:
Brush Dance at Requa ca. 1922.
RM36
Requa:
RM37
Redwood Highway: Between Damnation Ridge and Endert Beach, Del Norte State Park.
RM38
Dad's Camp area from Requa. This shot was clearly taken at the same occasion as is an illustration in the following book:
Graves, Charles S. 1929 Lore and Legends of the Klamath River Indians. Yreka, California: Press of The Times; 157 pp. Shot noted on page 84.
RM39
Requa: Tucker's Rock and the Klamath River mouth.
RM40
Johnsons: Taken from the area of Paddle Inn (then Crutchfield's).
RM41
Requa: Two fishermen; one Indian.
RM42
Requa: Ira Stevens at the mouth of the Klamath River, ca. 1920. Label on back in an unknown hand reads: Ira Stevens Mouth of Klamath about 1920 Note fishnet drying poles, fishnet, and net floats.
RM43
Requa: Brush Dance.
RM44
Requa: Center of town, about 1926. Label on back in small cursive:
Requa ca 1926
Obviously taken within minutes of RM36.
RM45
Requa: Canoe at wharf.
RM46
Requa: Jump Dance, Robert Spott in the center of the line. A postal exists with the legend on its bottom:
"Brush Dance" of the Klamath Indians ~Jones~
It shows the same male dancers in the same order, but no female dancers. The background is the same. The angle of the shot means it was taken from the front right of the dance line. In the postal, the male dancers are wearing their deer skin waist wraps, rather than having them laid in front.
RM47
Requa region: View up the Klamath River toward the new town of Klamath. Two prints, apparently of early date, are known.
RM48
Requa region: View up the Klamath River toward the new town of Klamath.
RM49
Requa: View of the roof of Brooks' "old-fashioned" house at Rekwoi.
RM50
Requa: View of the roof of Brooks' "old-fashioned" house at Rekwoi.
RM51
Requa: The front of Brooks' "old-fashioned" house. Note bench in front.
RM52
Requa: The front of Brooks' ""old-fashioned" house.
RM53
Requa: Mouth of the Klamath River.
RM54
Requa: Mouth of the Klamath River.
RM55
Requa: Mouth of the Klamath River.
RM56
Requa: Tucker's Rock above the mouth of the Klamath River.
RM57
Requa: Mouth of the Klamath River.
RM58
Requa: Mouth of the Klamath River.
RM59
Klamath: The Douglas Bridge.
RM60
Johnsons: A street scene; probably about 1926. A label on the reverse in the hand of Mrs. Ruth Roberts reads:
Street in town of Johnsons--on Klamath River. Houses are at end of trail. about '40.
RM61
Across from Johnsons: Whiskey Joe and wife threshing beans. Existing print has a legend on back, in small cursive, reading:
Whiskey Joe & wife across from Johnsons threshing beans.
RM62
Johnsons: Graves with garments hung on them. Legend on back, in Mrs. Roberts' cursive, reads:
Grave yard at Johnsons. Clothing hanging over graves. About '40.
RM63
Johnsons: Door on the long side of sweathouse. Data on reverse in Ruth Roberts' hand reads:
Yurok Indian--mens sleeping quarters Door to mens "sweat house"--at Johnsons on Klamath River about '40
Later print has a legend on back in Mrs. Roberts' hand:
Sweat house door Johnsons
On front is the OCT 1957 label.
RM64
Johnsons: Old family house, rear view.
RM65
Johnsons: "Old family house" and its doorway board and platform.
RM66
Johnsons: "Old-fashioned" sweathouse at the side of the old family house.
RM67
Johnsons: "Old-fashioned" house and "white man" house, adjacent.
RM68
Johnsons: The "upper" trail at Wautek.
RM69
Entrance on the long side of sweathouse.
RM70
Entrance on the long side of sweathouse.
RM71
Entrance on the long side of sweathouse.
RM72
Boat "Pecwen" on the Klamath River.
RM73
Packers with pack horses in "High Country."
RM74
Indian cabin.
RM75
Indian baby in a baby basket.
RM76
Johnsons: Nora John, sister of Lucy Thompson. Two early prints exist. One reads:
Lucy Thompson's sister
The other, in Mrs. Roberts' hand, reads:
Nora John (Wautek).
RM77
Eliza Lindgren, a Yurok woman. [A. R. P.: Axel Lindgren's grandmother per Ray Brown]. Label in Mrs. Roberts' hand reads:
Yurok Eliza Linger.
RM78
Indian male.
RM79
Requa: Ira Stevens and some Yurok women, at the mouth of the Klamath.
RM80
Two Indian women.
RM81
Requa: Elder Yurok male, Tucker Rock in the distance.
RM82
Two Yurok men.
RM83
Yurok woman on her steps.
RM84
Yurok woman and children.
RM85
Mrs. Ruth K. Roberts and Yurok woman.
RM86
Requa: Elderly Yurok male with gnarled cane.
RM87
Yurok male holding "A-frame" fish net.
RM88
Klamath River scene from the ridge above it. [J. W.: Klamath River from hills to east. Was probably taken on the north end of Starwein Ridge, ca. three miles east of Klamath Glen, which shows left of center on the flat to the right of the river. USGS Ship Mt. 15' quad shows a low standard road in this vicinity coming up from the latter and continuing up to Red Mt.]
RM89
"High Country." [J. W.: Klamath--further uphill. Seems to be a more northwesterly view from the same position as RM88, showing the ascending ridge and behind it Terwer Creek.]
RM90
"High Country." [J. W.: Klamath River--further uphill.]
RM91
"High Country." [J. W.: Bare ridge.]
RM92
"High Country." [J. W.: Bare ridge (out of focus). . .with low stunted, dead trees in foreground.]
RM93
"High Country." [J. W.: Prayer seat (semicircular) atop large piece of bedrock. Brushy ridge in background, and an unusual rock outcrop (50' high?) almost obscured by trees. Approx. 30 rocks. Another, flatter, rock outcrop visible in far distance (RM94?), off the ridge and separated from the viewer by trees.]
RM94
"High Country." [J. W.: Possible prayer seat. This one is surrounded by more brush than above and is located on more of an irregular bedrock surface. Partially bare ridge in distance with a large rock outcrop (RM93?).]
RM95
"High Country." [J. W.: Trees and snow patch (underexposed).]
RM96
Lake in "High Country." [J. W.: Small pond (50-100' diam.)
surrounded by fairly tall trees and some grassland. Man standing on opposite shore.]
RM97
"High Country." [J. W.: Tall trees with a possible rock feature beneath.]
RM98
"High Country." [J. W.: Trail, trees, snow patch and woman (?). Hill in distance brushy on one side, timbered on other.]
RM99
Red Mountain: "High Country." [J. W.: Stunted trees and glade area. Pilling's notes identify this and the following four scenes as "Red Mt."]
RM100
Red Mountain: "High Country." [J. W.: Trail (?) through dead, stunted trees. (Out of focus.)]
RM101
Red Mountain: Timber line scrub in "High Country." [J. W.: Mouth of Klamath as viewed from high country to east (out of focus). This location can be fairly accurately identified as Red Mt., probably the trail just to the south and west, Section 14, T. 13 N., R. 2 E. The bend in the Klamath in the far distance is the one immediately south of Klamath, with Flint Ridge the highest point beyond.]
RM102
Red Mountain: From "High Country" looking down on the Klamath River. [J. W.: Same as above, except from a position further down the hill to the west. The mid-foreground shows the same terrain as at the beginning of the trip (cf. RM88, 89, 80).]
RM103
Red Mountain: The remains of a medicine altar in the "High Country." [J. W.: "Remains of a medicine altar in 'high country'" (Pilling's notes). Amorphous pile of 75-100 various-sized rocks. Although the immediate setting is different, the shadows indicate this was taken at about the same time (mid-day) as RM102. Low brush and low-medium-sized trees widely spaced show in the background. Appears to be situated on a gentle (5-10 degree) sideslope.]
RM104
Prairie in the "High Country." [J. W.: Large prairie, about 200x200 yds., ringed by tall, thick trees. Snow patches indicate the view here is approx. SW.]
RM105
"High Country." [J. W.: Brush, xeric slope with large, irregular rock outcrop on ridge in distance.]
RM106
Mountains in the "High Country." [J. W.: View of Doctor Rock and Peak 8 from the west. Ridge in lower righthand corner may be the same as in the upper lefthand corner of RM98. Was taken from somewhere east of Red Mt. Lookout and west of Doctor/Peak 8, probably closer to the former. The drainage visible in the middle background is either Crescent City Fork Blue Creek, or Goose Creek, an effluent of South Fork Smith River (cf. JWC 4-17-75:28).]
RM107
A valley in the "High Country." [J. W.: Looking down broad, deep, heavily timbered valley, series of distinctive-looking ridge systems and peaks in the distance. Furthest peak may be Preston, which would make this the Smith River watershed. May have been taken from a point on the Boundary Trail a mile or so southeast of Red Mt. Meadow (RM104?). If so, the view is northeast of the upper Goose Creek drainage. Such an interpretation is consistent with the far peaks; the largest and highest is probably Preston Peak, ca. 25 miles distant.]
RM108
Trees in the "high country." [J. W.: Trail in heavy timber.]
RM109
Trees in the "High Country." [J. W.: Trail in light timber.]
RM110
Johnsons: Trail on the course of the 1968 road, church in the distance. Label in Mrs. Roberts' cursive reads:
Street in Yurok town of Johns about 20 miles up the Klamath river about '45.
RM111
Klamath River: From the ridge above Meta. Legend in Mrs. Roberts' hand reads:
From the Metta hills. '32 Christmas greetings From the Klamath river Indians, Harry, Ruth & Harry Roberts Jr.
RM112
Requa: Harry C. Roberts, Sr., and Captain Jack, at Inn. Legend on reverse reads:
Capt Jack & H C Roberts.
RM113
Requa: View of Burden Basket Hill above Dad's Camp. Label on back in Mrs. Roberts' cursive reads:
View of Kaay-way (burden basket) hill--from Requa, Cal.
RM114
Safford's Island: Stick game. Label in small cursive reads:
stick game
Photographer's stamp on back says OCT 33. This date probably means printing in 1933, but clothes, especially hats and cars, suggest an early 1920's date.
RM115
Safford's Island: Stick game.
RM116
Requa: Off-shore rocks.
RM117
Requa: Anchovies on the Klamath River bar.
RM118
Requa: Klamath River mouth in July, '29. Mrs. Roberts' pencilled cursive on back reads:
Present mouth of river, July 29.
RM119
Requa: Klamath River mouth , date unknown.
RM120
Requa: Klamath River mouth, unknown date.
RM121
Requa: Spott's house and Tucker's Rock. Label on back in small cursive reads:
Spott's hse Requa.
RM122
Requa: Tucker's Rock and mouth area of the Klamath River.
RM123
Requa: Harry C. Roberts, Sr., and Captain Jack, at Inn. Label on back in printing attributed to H. C. Roberts, Sr. reads:
Capt. Jack Nurse in background.
RM124
Requa: Island Cannery and Burden Basket Hill.
RM125
Requa: A view up the Klamath River.
RM126
Klamath Town: From about half way between the 1926 and 1966 bridges.
RM127
Across from Johnsons: Johnsons in the distance. Label on back in small cursive reads:
across from Johnsons ca 1926.
RM128
Johnsons: Francis Roberts and other women and children of the town.
RM129
Johnsons: A family house with a sinlge-pitched roof. Label on back in small cursive reads:
family hse Johnsons ca 1940.
RM130
Johnsons: A sweathouse. Label on back reads:
Sweat houses Johnsons ca. 1940.
RM131
Johnsons: A street scene about 1926. Label on back in Mrs. Roberts' cursive reads:
Street in Johnsons on Klamath River. about '40.

Series: RS1-RS105

RS1
Requa: Indian woman in a plank boat, rowing.
RS2
Klamath River: Taken from a log raft.
RS3
Klamath River: A "double-ender" at the shore.
RS4
Klamath River: A "double-ender" at anchor.
RS5
Klamath River: A "double-ender" with a mast, but no sail.
RS6
Klamath River: A boat being paddled.
RS7
Klamath River: An "old-fashioned" Indian canoe, at anchor.
RS8
Klamath Glen (then Terwer Flat): Bags of chrome ore from Red Mt.
RS9
Indian boat on the Klamath River; a "double-ender."
RS10
Requa: Poker Bob and others.
RS11
Requa: Tucker Rock. A modern print exists, with a label in Mrs. Roberts' cursive: Oregos.
RS12
Requa: Showing Tucker's Rock and Indian house in the foreground.
RS13
Requa: The trail to Tucker's Rock before autos had travelled it.
RS14
Requa: An Indian child in front of the Klamath Inn.
RS15
Requa(?): An Indian child, standing: female.
RS16
Requa(?): Hatless Indian woman with baby basket against her.
RS17
Requa(?): An Indian woman, standing in front of a porch.
RS18
Requa(?): An Indian woman, carrying a baby in a basket, profile.
RS19
Johnsons: Three Indian children on a sweathouse platform.
RS20
Requa(?): Indian woman holding a child.
RS21
Requa: Two Indian men sitting in front of the Cannery.
RS22
Requa(?): An Indian woman, carrying a baby in a basket, rear view.
RS23
Klamath River: Indian woman and child with a masted "double-ender" at the rear.
RS24
Requa (?): Indian woman on her front porch.
RS25
Indian woman.
RS26
Klamath River: Mrs. Harry Roberts, poling a "double-ender".
RS27
Klamath River: Indian male stearing a "double-ender" with a paddle.
RS28
Requa: Indian woman paddling a "double-ender."
RS29
Requa(?): Indian woman, carrying a baby basket on a chest tumpline.
RS30
Klamath Glen (Terwer Flat): People in front of bags of chrome ore. ca. 1917.
RS31
Klamath River: "Double-ender" loaded, on the river.
RS32
Harry Roberts at age seven to ten with a group of Indian children.
RS33
Indian woman and children.
RS34
Requa: Poker Bob (left center) and others. A print exists, with writing on back: Poker Bob left center.
RS35
Klamath River: Picnic group.
RS36
Redwoods: Indian woman on a fallen log.
RS37
Indian woman in the woods.
RS38
Mrs. Roberts standing in a sweat house side exit.
RS39
Requa: A group of Indian men gambling at the side of the old lower cannery.
RS40
Requa: A canoe in the Klamath River near its mouth; Tucker Rock at the right.
RS41
Requa: A canoe before the Rattlesnake Rock, a "double-ender."
RS42
Requa: The mouth of the Klamath River.
RS43
Requa: The mouth of the Klamath River.
RS44
Requa: The old cable ferry crossing the Klamath; Requa in the distance.
RS45
Requa: Klamath River bar from Requa, looking at the south side of the mouth. Harry noted the small marshy ponds on the south side, to the south of the Klamath River in this shot.
RS46
Requa: Indian men in a "double-ender" at the cannery dock.
RS47
Klamath River: A camping group on the river, including Ruth Roberts.
RS48
Harry Roberts and a female age-mate.
RS49
Mrs. Ruth Roberts by the main entrance of a sweat house.
RS50
Mrs. Ruth Roberts by the main entrance of a sweat house.
RS51
Requa(?): Harry Roberts at ca. 10 years paddling a "double-ender."
RS52
Requa(?): Harry Roberts at ca. 10 years paddling a "double-ender."
RS53
Requa(?): Harry Roberts and an Indian woman holding a good fish catch.
RS54
Requa(?): An Indian woman with Indian children.
RS55
Klamath River: "Old-fashioned" canoe, carrying Harry K. Roberts and Ruth Roberts.
RS56
Indian baby in a baby basket.
RS57
Requa: Klamath River mouth.
RS58
Requa: Klamath River mouth, north side with Tucker's Rock.
RS59
Howinquit: Surf fish drying, in the Smith River pattern. A modern print exists. Label on back in Mrs. Roberts' cursive, reads: Smelt drying June 1962 at Smith River--on ocean at Smith River reservation Amelia Browns camp.
RS60
Howinquit: Amelia Brown's fish drying camp.
RS61
Smith River: (l. to r.) Sam Barrett, Amelia Brown, Ruth Roberts, 1961.
RS62
Smith River: (l. to r.) Sam Barrett, Amelia Brown, Ruth Roberts, 1961.
RS63
Smith River: (l. to r.) Ruth Roberts, Amelia Brown, Sam Barrett.
RS64
Requa: Reconstruction of the old Brooks house; Jimmy Brooks. A modern print exists with a label in an unknown hand, reading: Jimmy Brooks.
RS65
Requa: Reconstruction of the old Brooks house.
RS66
Requa: Reconstruction of the old Brooks house.
RS67
Indian males.
RS68
Requa: Reconstruction of the old Brooks house.
RS69
Requa: Reconstruction of the old Brooks house.
RS70
An Indian male, an early shot.
RS71
Johnsons: "Sweathouse," an early shot, "ca. 1918." An early print exists with the following label on the reverse: door to sweathouse Johnsons ca. 1918.
RS72
Sweathouse and family graveyard.
RS73
Requa: Two Indian men seated.
RS74
Johnsons: The stone-ended sweathouse with a puppy on it.
RS75
Johnsons: The stone-ended sweathouse.
RS76
Johnsons: Old-fashioned family house.
RS77
Johnsons: Old-fashioned family house.
RS78
Man in a Brush Dance costume holding a dance knife.
RS79
Requa: Indian men with a drum, seated.
RS80
Johnsons: The stone-ended sweathouse.
RS81
A group of White and Indian adults and children.
RS82
Klamath River scene: "Double-ender" canoes.
RS83
A girl at a fence.
RS84
Mrs. Roberts on the beach, lying face down.
RS85
Klamath River scene: "Old-fashioned" canoe along the river bank.
RS86
Klamath River scene: "Double-ender" canoe in use.
RS87
Requa: Small children in front of the doorway of the Brooks' house.
RS88
Klamath River scene: "Double-ender" canoe in use.
RS89
Requa: "Osprey" beached on the Klamath River bar.
RS90
Harry K. Roberts in the woods.
RS91
Klamath Glen (Terwer Flat): Chrome ore being stacked.
RS92
Klamath River scene: Towing and paddling a canoe upriver. Shot was probably taken on a 1918 trip, as were RS23 and RS102. The canoe looks to be the Roberts' "double-ender" canoe.
RS93
Johnsons: Two "old-fashioned" family houses, nearing collapse.
RS94
Sweathouse.
RS95
Harry K. Roberts on log; Yurok woodpile behind.
RS96
Requa: Child dressed up at the doorway of the Brooks' house. An early print exists, with a legend on the reverse in Mrs. Roberts' cursive: Yurok Indian child at door of the old Yurok Indian family house at "Rekwoi", Cal.
RS97
Klamath River Scene: Towing a "double-ender" canoe under sail.
RS98
Yurok woodpile.
RS99
Old Yurok woman.
RS100
Requa: Dad's Camp.
RS101
Klamath River scene: "Double-ender" sailing with farm produce.
RS102
Klamath River scene: "Double-ender" on the river bank.
RS103
Requa: Klamath River mouth.
RS104
A middle-aged couple. [A. R. P.: Actually Ruth Roberts and Samuel Kellett, according to Robert Brogden (RR's nephew). 6/10/87]
RS105
Beach scene.

Series: RX1-RX69

RX1
Johnsons: A woman using a shoulder tumpline on Johnsons bar.
RX2
Johnsons: An Indian man [R. Burns: Trinidad Pete ?]
RX3
Johnsons: An Indian man.
RX4
Jonhsons: Stone-ended sweathouse. An early print exists with a label on back reading: door to sweathouse Johnsons ca. 1918.
RX5
A woman holding a baby in a baby basket.
RX6
Boy with a dog.
RX7
Eureka: Captain Crone. Original photograph in an oval mount has a label on back: Captain Krone.
RX8
A northern California coastal scene.
RX9
Indian against a fence. Photo taken by Charles S. Graves.
RX10
Two Indian children against a fence. Photo taken by Charles S. Graves.
RX11
Indian teenage female. Photo probably taken by Charles S. Graves.
RX12
Brush Dance. An early print exists, with a label on back, in what is probably Charles S. Graves' handwriting: Brush Dance.
RX13
Callahan, Calif.: Callahan Ranch Hotel, ca. 1931. Photo by Charles S. Graves.
RX14
Klamath River scene: From a ridge.
RX15
Callahan, Calif.: Callahan Ranch Hotel, ca. 1931.
RX16
Hoopa: Stick game players, ca. 1912. An early postal exists, written on back in the hand of Harry C. Roberts, addressed to: Mr Capt Jack Requa California The message on the left hand side reads: Hoopa June 19, 1913 Dear Sir I will send you a Card and Tell you That I am not comeing down this Summer For I have to much work Frome Harry Campbell The postmark on back reads: Hoopa Cal. JUN 23 7AM 1913.
RX17
Requa: Fish nets drying along a Klamath River channel.
RX18
Requa: A small coaster at the cannery wharf.
RX19
Requa: Mouth of the Klamath River near Tucker's Rock, ca. '25. An early postal exists, addressed on back in an unknown hand: Mrs H C Roberts 239 Mather Oakland Calif. The message reads: Requa Calif. April 20--1925 Vernon sends his regards to you and Mr Roberts Hoping to see you this summer Cates Bros.
RX20
Somes Bar: Klamath River scene.
RX21
Near Orleans: Klamath River scene.
RX22
Orleans: Hotel.
RX23
Somes Bar: Sugar Loaf at the mouth of the Salmon River.
RX24
Requa: Mouth of the Klamath River and Dad's Camp, ca. '30. An early postal exists, with a May 20, 1935 Klamath Calif. postmark. The address and message read: D R Jones Hotel Berry Sacramento Sunday 5 P.M. Arrived safely. Country lovely. R.K.R.
RX25
Requa: The cheese factory. Same cabin in white, highest on the hill at the right is the Roberts' family place.
RX26
Requa: Alice Spott (Taylor) in Spott family dresses.
RX27
Requa: Sting ray at the cannery wharf. Cf. RX18.
RX28
Requa: Mouth of the Klamath River in 1926. An early postal exists which has been printed backwards. It shows Tucker's Rock and the mouth of the Klamath River in the early fall of 1926, probably during August or early September of that year. As far as is known, at no other time did the mouth have the form shown in this shot.
RX29
Requa: Jump Dance with Robert Spott at the center. An early postal exists, with the signature on back: Ruth K. Roberts.
RX30
Blue Nose Bridge: Between Somes Bar and Happy Camp.
RX31
Requa: Ruth Roberts in one of the Spott family dresses. Harry Roberts, Jr. notes in seeing this print that his mother had borrowed this Spott family dress to wear to a costume ball. He said that his mother was "playing Indian."
RX32
Coastal scene.
RX33
Requa: Restoration of Brooks' house; Mrs. Roberts in the doorway. A modern print exists with a label on back: Mrs Roberts in doorway.
RX34
Requa: Restoration of the Brooks' house; laying roof boards.
RX35
Requa: Doorway of the Brooks' house, in 1959. Three modern prints exist. One has a label on back in Mrs. Roberts' hand: Front of the house.
RX36
Requa: Restoration of the Brooks' house, in 1959; Mrs. Roberts and group. A modern print exists, which has on back in Mrs. Roberts' cursive: "Out."
RX37
Requa: Restoration of the Brooks' house, Jimmy Brooks. A modern print exists, labelled: Jimmy Brooks.
RX38
Requa: Restoration of the Brooks' house.
RX39
Requa: Restoration of the Brooks' house; Jimmy Brooks. A label in Mrs. Roberts' hand, reads: Alice 1 Margaret 1.
RX40
Requa: Restoration of the Brooks' house, 1959. A modern print exists, with a label in Mrs. Roberts' hand: Alice 1 Roberts 1.
RX41
Crescent City: Mrs. Charles, Margaret Mathews' mother, 1938. A modern print exists, in the hand of Margaret Mathews, reading: To Mrs. Roberts 2/65 A picture of my very wonderful mother. You were always so very nice to her. Margaret Mathews Passage continues at the bottom of the back: Picture taken 1938 at 51 yrs. of age A full Blooded Indian Mother--Nellie Ruben--Yurok Father--Frank Ruben Sr.--Kaurak.
RX42
Klamath River scene, ca. 1918.
RX43
Requa: Restoration of the Brooks' house, 1959. Shown side roof beam. Label by Mrs. Roberts reads: 1 Don Davis Rt 2 Box 260 CC 1 Roberts.
RX44
[blank]
RX45
Requa: Downtown scene.
RX46
The Roberts and the McBeths of Klamath Glen.
RX47
[blank]
RX48
Requa: Teedee Spott Lewis, as a girl of ca. six years old. An early print exists. Label in unknown hand reads: Do you no who is this girl 7 years old now Teedee out side of my house at Requa.
RX49
Coastline.
RX50
Yurok woman.
RX51
Requa: View of the whole town.
RX52
Requa: Klamath River in flood; Safford Island cannery.
RX53
Requa: Reconstruction of the Brooks' house, in 1959.
RX54
Requa: Reconstruction of the Brooks' house, in 1959.
RX55
Requa: Reconstruction of the Brooks' house; Geneva and Mrs. Roberts.
RX56
Requa: Reconstruction of the Brooks' house; Geneva and Mrs. Roberts.
RX57
Requa: Reconstruction of the Brooks' house, in 1959.
RX58
Requa: Geneva Brooks Matz at Brooks' house restoration.
RX59
Crescent City: Mary Gist in the sring of 1959. A modern class picture, reading as part of print at its bottom: School Days 58-59 Pencilled data or signature on back reads: Mee Mary Gist.
RX60
Requa: Restoration of the Brooks' house. A modern print exists, with a label on back in Mrs. Roberts' hand reading: House under construction.
RX61
Requa: Alice Spott (Taylor) at Brooks' house restoration, 1959. Label on back reads: Alice "bossing" the work.
RX62
Requa: Alice Spott (Taylor) at Brooks' house restoration. Label on back reads: Alice Spott Taylor 1 Matz 1 Roberts.
RX63
Pecwan: Jump Dance. An early print exists on thin paper. Stamp on back reads: Pasadena, California GRACE NICHOLSON.
RX64
Pecwan: Jump Dance.
RX65
Woman carrying a baby in a baby basket.
RX66
Requa: Gambling game about 1920. Label reads: Yurok Indian gamboling game--taken about 1920.
RX67
Crescent City Lighthouse: Harry Roberts, Sr.
RX68
Old woman.
RX69
Requa: Restoration of the Brooks' house; Mrs. Roberts in the doorway. Label reads: "Getting out."

Bibliography

Palmquist, Peter E. / The Roberts Collection of California Indian Photographs: A Brief Review. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology. Vol. 5, Nos. 1 and 2, pp. 3-32 (1983)

Pilling, Arnold R. / Mrs. Ruth K. Roberts: In Memory. Del Norte County Historical Society Bulletin. January 15, 1979, pp.3-5

Roberts, Ruth Kellet / Conservation as Formerly Practiced by the Indians in the Klamath River Region. California Fish and Game. Sacramento, October, 1932. Volume 18, No. 4, pp. 283-290

Roberts, Ruth Kellet / "Rekwoi". Part I. Pacific Sportsman. March, 1934. Vol 14, No. 8, pp. 3-4, 31-32 and Part II. Pacific Sportsman. April, 1934. Vol 14, No. 9, pp. 2, 5, 25, 29, 31, 32

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