The William Monks Photograph Albums are comprised of two albums containing two hundred four (204) black and white photographs of the Monks family and William Monks's World War I service in the U.S. Navy. The first album contains primarily images from Monks's training in the Navy, with numerous views of aircraft including biplanes, float planes, and dirigibles, in flight, on the ground, and many wrecked. Other images include Navy ships such as the New Mexico, barracks and camp construction, and group shots of Navy men. A few captions make mention of the sinking of the Titanic, which may imply that some of the photos were taken prior to the war. The second album contains mostly family shots and scenic views. Although uncaptioned, most of these images appear to have been taken in the Pacific Northwest and were likely post-war. This second album has two inscriptions to a George Huse of Seattle. The connection between William Monks and George Huse is unclear, but George was likely a relative of some kind to the Monks family and this album may have been a gift to him.
Dates
- circa 1915-1920s
Creator
- Monks, William (Person)
Language of Materials
All materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research and is accessible in the Dahlberg Research Center by appointment. For more information contact us.
Conditions Governing Use
The Museum of Flight (TMOF) Archives is the owner of the physical materials in the archives and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from TMOF archives before any publication use. TMOF does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners. Consult repository for more details.
Extent
0.14 Cubic Feet (2 photograph albums)
Abstract
Two photograph albums containing images of the Monks family and William Monks's World War I service in the U.S. Navy.
Biographical Note
William Monks served in the United States Navy during World War I. No further information is known.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
Existence and Location of Copies
Materials from this collection have been digitized and are available at The Museum of Flight Digital Collections.
- Aeromarine 39-A
- Aeromarine 39-B
- Aeromarine 40 (40-F)
- Airplanes, Military
- Airships
- Curtiss HS-2L
- Curtiss N-9
- Curtiss R-9
- Florida
- Monks family
- Monks, William
- Naval aviation
- New Jersey
- New Mexico (Battleship)
- Sailors
- Seaplanes
- United States. Navy
- Warships
- Washington (State)
- World War, 1914-1918
- photograph albums
- photographic prints
- scrapbooks
Creator
- Monks, William (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the William Monks Photograph Albums
- Status
- Completed - Level 4
- Author
- A. Demeter
- Date
- 2017
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Sponsor
- Processing, cataloging and digitization of this collection was made possible by a Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) "Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives" grant.
- Edition statement
- 1st Edition
Revision Statements
- November 2018: Finding aid migrated to ArchivesSpace.
Repository Details
Part of the The Museum of Flight Archives Repository
Contact:
9404 East Marginal Way South
Seattle Washington 98108-4097
206-764-7874
curator@museumofflight.org
9404 East Marginal Way South
Seattle Washington 98108-4097
206-764-7874
curator@museumofflight.org