Milton Roswell and Milton Edwin Trenam photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P1212
Scope and Contents
The Milton Roswell and Milton Edwin Trenam photograph collection consists of 2 boxes containing 1,071 black-and-white photographs depicting Milton and Ned Trenam's careers in engineering, particularly dam construction. The collection also contains images of Milton Edwin Trenam's military service during World War II. The collection spans the 1900s to the 1950s.
Dates
- circa 1900s-1950s
Creator
- Trenam, Lois E. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Milton Roswell and Milton Edwin Trenam photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator.
Permission to publish material from the Milton Roswell and Milton Edwin Trenam photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator.
Biographical Note
Milton Roswell Trenam (1882-1937) was born on March 9, 1882, in South Dakota to John James and Eliza Elvira Yeamans Trenam. He earned an engineering degree from the University of South Dakota and worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs as a construction engineer. Milton Trenam worked on dams throughout the western United States, including designing the model for the Coolidge Dam. Milton married Flora Lucille Wilcox (1884-1967) on November 23, 1904, in Salt Lake City. The couple had two children: Milton Edwin Trenam, Jr. (1905-1996) and Johannah Ruth Trenam (1906-1964). Milton Roswell Trenam died in 1937.
Milton Edwin “Ned” Trenam was born on September 18, 1905. He graduated from the University of Utah School of Engineering in 1931. He worked on dam construction, including the Echo and Vallecito dams. Trenam served in World War II as a captain in the field artillery. His duties included supervising Italian and German Prisoners of War. Ned Trenam died in 1996.
Milton Edwin “Ned” Trenam was born on September 18, 1905. He graduated from the University of Utah School of Engineering in 1931. He worked on dam construction, including the Echo and Vallecito dams. Trenam served in World War II as a captain in the field artillery. His duties included supervising Italian and German Prisoners of War. Ned Trenam died in 1996.
Extent
2 Boxes
Abstract
Milton Roswell Trenam (1882-1937) and his son Milton Edwin "Ned" Trenam, Jr. (1905-1996) were engineers who worked in dam design and construction in the American West in the twentieth century. The Milton Roswell and Milton Edwin Trenam photograph collection contains photographs documenting their careers in dam building as well as Ned Trenim's military service in World War II.
Arrangement
Arranged by subject
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Tracy L. Trenam and Lois E. Trenam in 2001..
Separated Materials
See also the Milton Roswell Trenam papers (ACCN 1948) and Milton Edwin Trenam papers (ACCN 1951) in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.
Processing Information
Processed by Special Collections staff.
Creator
- Trenam, Lois E. (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Milton Roswell and Milton Edwin Trenam photograph collection, circa 1900s-1950s
- Author
- Finding aid created by Claire A. Kempa
- Date
- 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid encoded in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu