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Finding Aid for the Albert G. (Dutch) Roth Photo Album, 1925-1937


MS-2584

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN


Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, July 24, 2006.

Summary Information
Title: Albert G. (Dutch) Roth Photo Album

Date/Date Range :   1925-1937

Extent: 1.5 linear feet

Abstract:
This collection consists of a photo album by Albert G. (Dutch) Roth, containing pictures of the Smoky Mountains and the Smoky Mountain Hiking Club. The earliest dated photograph is December 1925; the latest dated photograph is May 2, 1937.

Call number: MS-2584

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Access and Use
Aquisition Information:
This collection is property of the University of Tennessee Special Collections Library.
Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Copyright:
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of Item], Albert G. (Dutch) Roth Photo Album, MS-2584. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of one box.


Biography / History

Albert Gordon "Dutch" Roth, born September 20, 1890 in Knoxville, Tenn., is recognized as one of the most prolific early photographers of the Great Smoky Mountains' Greenbrier and Mount Le Conte sections. What began in 1913 as a diversion soon developed into a serious avocation as Roth perfected his penchant for photography while avidly hiking the unexplored regions near his home. He worked exclusively with a Kodak 122 camera, and, often carrying a heavy tripod, would climb twenty to thirty feet up a tree or venture hundreds of yards off the trail to capture the landscape images for which he would later be noted. Roth remained an amateur photographer, and, consequently, his photographs were never highly distributed. Roth died in 1974.


Collection Scope and Content Note

This collection consists of a photo album by Albert G. (Dutch) Roth. The album contains pictures of the Smoky Mountains, the "Smoky Mountain Hiking Club," and miscellaneous persons experiencing the Smoky Mountains and working on its trails. The earliest dated photograph is December 1925; the latest dated photograph, May 2, 1937.

Most of the photographs are landscape pictures, but many are of people in the woods. Especially interesting are the pictures of the Smoky Mountain Hiking Club. On some of these pictures "Dutch" Roth has been identified in blue ink.

This box is organized by item. Each page (front and back) is one item. The numbers on the mylar cover (11-01-xx) indicate the picture. The titles to each picture are taken from the pages in the photo album, not what is written on the back of the picture.

Subject Terms

  • LeConte, Mount (Tenn.)
  • Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.) -- Pictorial works.
  • Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.) -- History.
  • Roth, Albert Gordon, 1890-1974.
Contents List
Box   1     Folder   1    
Front Cover, 1937 May 2

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11-01-58 May 2, 1937

11-01-01 Loose picture, Albert G. (Dutch) Roth marking the A.T
Box   1     Folder   2    
Title Page, undated

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Views of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park Albert G. Roth

11-01-02 Albert G (Dutch) Roth marking the A.T. Mileage
Box   1     Folder   3    
Page 1, 1926

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11-01-03 Cabin on La Conte 1926

11-01-04 Cabin on La Conte
Box   1     Folder   4    
Page 2, undated

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11-01-05 View from Porters Gap (pagination begins)

11-01-06 Large Trees in Porters flats
Box   1     Folder   5    
Page 3, undated

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11-01-07 View from Porters Gap

11-01-08 Mt. Collins from Porters gap
Box   1     Folder   6    
Page 4, undated

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11-01-09 Rock Formation at Dry Sluice Gap

11-01-10 Large Trees in Porters Flats
Box   1     Folder   7    
Page 5, 1927

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11-01-011 Porters Flats

11-01-12 Hiking Club at night on the way to Thunder Head- 1927
Box   1     Folder   8    
Page 6, undated

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11-0113 Sunset near Gatlinburg

11-01-14 Sunset near Gatlinburg
Box   1     Folder   9    
Page 7, undated

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11-01-15 Basket Makers near Gatlinburg

11-01-16 Poplar on Nortons Creek
Box   1     Folder   10    
Page 8, 1926

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11-01-17 Abrams Creek

11-01-18 Prairie and Smoky Mt Hiking Clubs at Abrams Falls July, 1926
Box   1     Folder   11    
Page 9, 1926

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11-01-19 Smoky Mountain Hiking Club on the hike to Gregory Bald. 1926

11-01-20 View from trail to Gregory Bald
Box   1     Folder   12    
Page 10, undated

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11-01-21 Fence from a Tree on trail to Gregory Bald (Pagination ends, p17)

11-01-22 View of Thunder Head on trail to Gregory Bald
Box   1     Folder   13    
Page 11, undated

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11-01-23 Cades Cove as seen from Gregory Bald

11-01-24 View of North Carolina Mountains from Gregory Bald
Box   1     Folder   14    
Page 12, undated

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11-01-25 View of Thunder Head from Gregory Bald

View on Trail to Gregory Bald
Box   1     Folder   15    
Page 13, 1925

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11-01-27 Viewing Indian gap Trail from the Chimneys

On the Road to Indian Gap 1925
Box   1     Folder   16    
Page 14, 1925

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11-01-29 Breakfast on the Road to Indian Gap 1925

11-01-30 Chimneys from Bear Pen Hollow
Box   1     Folder   17    
Page 15, undated

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11-01-31 Falls on Indian Gap trail

Laurel Covered Mountains
Box   1     Folder   18    
Page 16, undated

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11-01- 33 Falls on Indian gap Trail

11-01-34 Hemlock on West Prong of Pigeon River
Box   1     Folder   19    
Page 17, undated

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11-01-35 Tulip Poplar and Hemlock west prong Pigeon River

Falls on Indian Gap Trail
Box   1     Folder   20    
Page 18, undated

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11-01-37 Hemlock Trees on Indian Gap Trail

11-01-38 Fort Harry and Le Conte from the Chimneys
Box   1     Folder   21    
Page 19, undated

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11-01-39 End of Bull Head from Sugar Land Mountain

11-01-40 Sunset from Indian Gap Trail
Box   1     Folder   22    
Page 20, undated

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11-01-41 View of Valley from Sugar Land Mountain

End of Bull Head Mountain
Box   1     Folder   23    
Page 21, undated

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11-01-43 Sugar Land Mountains

11-01-44 La Conte and Chimneys from Sugar Land Mountain
Box   1     Folder   24    
Page 22, undated

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11-01-45 Climbing the Chimneys

11-01-46 Chimneys from Sugar Land
Box   1     Folder   25    
Page 23, undated

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11-01-47 Chimney

11-01-48 La Conte from the Chimneys
Box   1     Folder   26    
Page 24, undated

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11-01-49 Top of the Chimneys

11-01-50 View of La Cont from the Chimneys
Box   1     Folder   27    
Page 25, undated

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11-01-51 View of Pigeon River along Indian Gap Trail

11-01-52 Chimneys from Indian Gap Trail
Box   1     Folder   28    
Page 26, undated

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11-01-53 Looking down Indian Gap Trail from Chimneys

11-01-54 Chimneys
Box   1     Folder   29    
Page 27, 1927

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11-01-55 Hiking Club on Chimney 1927

11-01-56 Chimneys 1927
Box   1     Folder   30    
Page 28, 1926

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11-01-57 On trail to Alum Cave 1926

11-01-59 Trail Back of La Conte 1926
Box   1     Folder   31    
Page 29, undated

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11-01-60 Trail to Alum's Cave

11-01-61 Alum Cave
Box   1     Folder   32    
Page 30, undated

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11-01-62 Alum Cave

11-01-63 Falls
Box   1     Folder   33    
Page 31, undated

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11-01-64 Grassy Patch Cabin

11-01-65 View from Sugar Lad Mountain
Box   1     Folder   34    
Page 32, undated

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11-01-66 Rock on Rocky Spur

11-01-67 Cherokee Orchard from Rocky Spur
Box   1     Folder   35    
Page 33, undated

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11-01-68 Viewing the Pinacle and Mt from Brushy

11-01-69 View of La Conte from Elkmont Road
Box   1     Folder   36    
Page 34, undated

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11-01-70 View of La Conte from trail to Cat Stairs Cliff

11-01-71 View from Rocky Spur over Blue Head, Sugar Land Mt in the distance.
Box   1     Folder   37    
Page 35, undated

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11-01-72 Blue Head View from Rocky Spur

11-01-73 Round Top and Brushy from Rocky Spur
Box   1     Folder   38    
Page 36, 1925

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11-01-74 La Conte December 1925

11-01-75 View of La Conte from Elkmont Road
Box   1     Folder   39    
Page 37, 1925

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11-01-76 La Conte December 1925

11-01-77 La Conte December 1925
Box   1     Folder   40    
Page 38, 1925

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11-01-78 Mill Creek December 1925

11-01-79 Rainbow Falls December 1925
Box   1     Folder   41    
Page 39, 1925

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11-01-80 Mill Creek December 1925

11-01-81 Mill Creek December 1925
Box   1     Folder   42    
Page 40, undated

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11-01-82 Mill Creek on La Conte Trail

11-01-83 Rainbow Falls
Box   1     Folder   43    
Page 41, 1925

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11-01-84 Rainbow Falls

11-01-85 Rainbow Falls December 1925
Box   1     Folder   44    
Page 42, 1925

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11-01-86 Spruce growing out of Black Birch

11-01-87 Uncle Carter 76 years old at the Highest Point on La Conte. He lives at the base of La Conte this is the first time he has been on top since the Civil War.
Box   1     Folder   45    
Page 43, undated

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11-01-88 Bunk in Cabin on La Conte

11-01-89 members of the Rotary Club on La Conte
Box   1     Folder   46    
Page 44, undated

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11-01-90 View from Brushy

11-01-91 On Myrtle Point
Box   1     Folder   47    
Page 45, undated

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11-01-92 Looking across Huggins Hell to Indian Reservation

11-01-93 Looking at Clingman's Dome from La Conte
Box   1     Folder   48    
Page 46, 1927

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11-01-94 Rainbow Falls after Cloudburst 1927

11-0195 Rainbow Falls after Cloudburst
Box   1     Folder   49    
Page 47, undated

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11-01-96 Le Conte

11-01-97 Le Conte and Alum Cave Peak from Chimney
Box   1     Folder   50    
Page 48, 1927

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11-01-98 Rainbow Falls after a Cloudburst 1927

11-01-99 Hiking Club on Mt Le Conte 1927
Box   1     Folder   51    
Page 49, undated

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11-01-100 Sunrise from Myrtle Point

11-01-101 Sunrise from Myrtle Point
Box   1     Folder   52    
11-01-102 loose, undated
Box   1     Folder   53    
11-01-103 Jim Thompson measa at [loose], undated
Box   1     Folder   54    
Back cover of photo album, undated