Roy F. Kelley Photographs

Collection

Identifier: CP RK (Prints)-CP RKN (Negatives)

Scope and Contents

The Roy F. Kelley Photographs show primarily views of the copper mining industry in Globe and Miami, Arizona, including equipment, facilities, construction, and employees of Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company, Miami Copper Company, Castle Dome, and the Globe-Miami District Mine Rescue and First Aid Association. Other photographs depict the civic side of the area and include commercial portraits, town activities, street scenes, retail establishments, school sports, and student portraits. Of particular note are the images showing Coolidge Dam construction. The panoramic photographs show Miami, Globe, Ray, Salt River Canyon, and various mining operations. Panoramic photographs are generally difficult to view because their condition. Also included are two photographs of Texas that are not credited to Kelley or his studio.

Dates

Creation: 1917-1955

Language of Materials

Material in English

Conditions Governing Access

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.

Conditions Governing Use

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 / Historical

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

6.25 Linear Feet

Additional description

Abstract

Arrangement

This collection includes 345 silver gelatin photographic prints and approximately 2000 nitrate, acetate, and safety negatives, including 129 panoramic negatives.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was donated to Arizona State University by the Miami Town Council in 1975. A list of materials was prepared after the collection's original receipt and was updated in July 2006 during a rehousing project for delicate negative materials.

Related Materials

Additional photographs taken by Kelley can be found in CP SPC 56: Roy F. Kelley Photographs of Miami, Arizona (guide available at http://www.azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/asu/kelley_miami_photos.xml.