Roy F. Kelley Photographs of Miami, Arizona

Collection

Identifier: CP SPC 56

Scope and Content Note

This collection houses 36 8" x 10" silver gelatin photographic contact prints showing mines in Miami, Arizona. These images date from 1917 to the 1940s.

Dates

Creation: 1917-1940s

Language of Materials

Material in English

Access Restrictions

To view this collection, make an appointment at least five business days prior to your visit by contacting Ask an Archivist or calling (480) 965-4932. Appointments in the Wurzburger Reading Room at Hayden Library (rm. 138) on the Tempe campus are available Monday through Friday. Check the ASU Library Hours page for current availability.

Copyright

Arizona State University does not own copyright to this collection. Distinctive Collections recognizes that it is incumbent upon the researcher to procure permission to publish information from this collection from the owner of the copyright.

Biographical Note

Roy Flewen Kelley was born to James and Etta Kelley in Newton, Illinois on March 17, 1882. In 1914, he opened a photography studio in Miami, Arizona after having documented the Miami-Globe area for several years. Several copper companies commissioned him to document the various stages of mining and he, along with his employees A. J. and W. T. Mullarky, recorded the transformation of the copper industry from small tunnel and shaft operations to more developed open pit mining. Taken as a whole, their body of work shows the development of Miami and Globe and the growth that resulted from the mining industry. Kelley married Mary E. Mullarky (1881-1957), sister of A. J. and W. T. Mullarky, and died in Miami, Arizona on March 30, 1933.

Full extent

36 Photograph(s)

Full extent

0.25 Linear Feet

Additional description

Abstract

This collection houses 36 8" x 10" silver gelatin photographic contact prints showing mines in Miami, Arizona. These images date from 1917 to the 1940s.

Arrangement

This collection consists of thirty-six photographs.

Other Finding Aids

All of the images described in this finding aid have been indexed in the Special Materials Index and can be searched using the interface at http://spmi.lib.asu.edu/.

Provenance

Archives and Special Collections acquired these photographs in 1993 (Accession #1993-00831).

Related Materials

Additional photographs taken by Kelley can be found in CP RK: Roy F. Kelley Photographs (guide available at http://www.azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/asu/kelleyphotos.xml.