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General incoming correspondence

Watkins, Carleton Emmons, 1829-1916

Receipt of payment signed by Carleton Watkins for one set of Yosemite views, 30 prints. May 28, 1864 BANC MSS C-B 490

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Signed page of letter from Carleton Watkins to George Davidson. September 2, 1878 BANC MSS C-B 490

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Letter from Carleton Watkins to George Davidson. June 2, 1879 BANC MSS C-B 490

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Letter from Carleton Watkins to George Davidson. July 14, 1879 BANC MSS C-B 490

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U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey correspondence

Miscellaneous correspondence

Letters written by Davidson 1845-1911

Letterbooks, 33 volumes 1851-1895

1851-1854 1851-1854

1854-1857 1854-1857

1857-1859 1857-1859

1859-1861 1859-1861

1861-1862 1861-1862

1862 1862

1862-1864 1862-1864

1863-1864 1863-1864

1864-1866 1864-1866

1866-1867 1866-1867

1867-1868 1867-1868

1868-1869 1868-1869

1869 1869

1869 1869

1869-1870 1869-1870

1870 1870

1870-1871 1870-1871

1871 1871

1871 1871

1871-1872 1871-1872

1872 1872

1872 1872

1872 1872

1872 1872

1872-1873 1872-1873

1873 1873

1873 1873

1874 1874

1874 1874

1874-1875 1874-1875

1875-1876 1875-1876

1876 1876

1889-1895 1889-1895

Diaries, 62 volumes, 1845-1911

Personalia

Biographical and autobiographical sketches, chronologies of major events in his life, sketches of his public services, etc. (3 folders)

Autobiographical sketches written by Mrs. Davidson

Certificates of election to scientific organizations, notices of awards bestowed on him, lists of memberships and awards, etc.

Papers relating to his dismissal from the Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1895, and to his candidacy for the position of Survey Superintendent, 1897, including petitions and memorials, resolutions of various societies, clippings, etc. Most of the correspondence has been removed and placed in the general correspondence files, and a list of correspondents placed in the folder.

Phrenological character readings for the Davidson family

Passports

Travel mementos

Wills

Commission as Regent of the University of California

Marriage license and related papers

Misc. material re the Davidson family

Bibliographies and bibliographic notes

Catalogue of his library; lists of books, etc.

Notes on his public lectures; admission cards for lectures, etc.

Address book

Invitations

School papers, circa 1842-1843; material relating to his Alma Mater, Central High School, Philadelphia

Notes on his eye operation

Miscellany

Clippings re Davidson (4 folders)

Obituary clippings

Mrs. Davidson's letters describing their travels, 1874-75, as published in <title>The Little Monitor and Parish Guide</title> 1874-75

Financial statements - account with J. T. Boyd, 1856-1891

Miscellaneous financial and legal papers

Income tax statements, 1862-1868

Account books, 5 volumes, 1847, 1858-circa 1862, 1861-1865, 1891-1892, 1893-1894

Canceled checks

Manuscripts of his writings (published and unpublished)

Geodesy

[Comments on method used in Coast Survey for the determination of the difference of longitude between any two places]. 1871

[Introduction to fourth edition of Directory of the Pacific Coast...

The lengths of the Los Angeles and Yolo Base Lines with remarks upon the apparatus and methods employed; with related papers

The magnetic variation at San Francisco

[Notes on triangulation and reconnaissance]

[Portion of a report on the trigonometrical survey in India]

[Report to the International Geodetic Association]. 1889

Spectrum phenomena observed in heliotrope signals

Standard Geodetic Data. Read before the California Academy of Sciences, Oct. 18, 1886

The United States Coast and Geodetic Survey upon the Pacific Coast

Variation of the geographical latitude; with related papers. See also letter, Oct. 23, 1893 from S. C. Chancellor to Davidson. Oct. 23, 1893

Astronomical

The apparent projection of stars upon the bright limb of the moon at occultation and similar phenomena; and related papers

[Astronomical notes]

Comets

Field catalogue of 1060 time stars. Mean places for. 1885

Field catalogue of transit stars. April 15, 1874

General plan of observatory telegraphic connections

The midnight sun

Notes on comets - 18th century

Notes of occultation

The opposition of Mars. The determination of the earth's distance from the sun by the parallax of Mars

The partial solar eclipse of Oct. 9, 1893

Recent astronomical research

The reported missing and variable stars

Rotation of the earth

Spectrum appearance of Venus, July 17, 1877

Suggestions of a cosmical cause for the great climatic changes upon the earth. "Read at meeting of October 7, 1872"

Suggestions for the increase of number of stars in the American ephemeris

Total solar eclipse of Jan. 1, 1889

Transit of Mercury 1891 and 1881

Transit of Venus

The transit of Venus, 1874

Transit of Venus. New Mexico

Why does the moon appear copper colored during a total eclipse

Instruments, etc.

"Correction for run of microscopes"

Geodetic instruments of precision at the Paris Exposition and in European workshops

Instruments of precision. Read before the California Academy of Sciences, Nov. 5, 1877

Measure of the irregularity in one turn of the micrometer screw; and the value of each turn. March 23, 1893

Mechanical defects in micrometers. 1876

New break circuit chronometer

New problems in mensuration

The prototypes of the standard metre and kilogramme. 1889

Miscellaneous

Report of the examination of weights and Balances, Branch Mint of the United States, San Francisco...

Upon the general laws affecting the results of spiral levellings

Activities of nature

[Alaska gold rush]

The Beaufort Wind Scale and its conversion into velocity; with related papers

[Comments on an old almanac]

[Comments on education for women]

[Essay on education]

Events leading to the acquisition of California

Examination of the Carson footprints. 1883

[Experiences with American Indians]

The Four Gospels in Syriac from the Sinactic Palimpsest...

In the matter of the proposed statute to Robert Dale Owen

Magnetic ores

Memoranda re Runic stone found at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia; with related papers

[Memoranda on the fur seal controversy,]. 1892-1893

Notes on spearheads and harpoons in whales and sea lions

[Opinion of David Starr Jordan's article, "The study of Impressionist Physics," in the Popular Science Monthly]

[Opinion on proposed system for numbering houses in Contra Costa County] 1890

The origin and meaning of the name California; with related papers

The origin and meaning of the name California; with related papers.

Pacific Commercial Museum

[Plan for monuments recognizing early explorers]

A problem in computing interest, Oct. 18, 1894

Published writings of George Davidson for University of California, Oct. 30, 1898

The raising of the flag at Monterey, July 7, 1846: events and incidents leading thereto; with related papers

San Francisco Bar

[Science and the University]

A Scientific Christmas

Scientific explorations by the United States

The scientific explorations of the United States

Some incidents relating to the seizure of Monterey in; with relatedpapers. 1846

[U.S. ocean commerce]

Engineering

[Account of two visits to the San Mateo Dam Site]. 1887 July 18 and 28

The crucial tests of a good harbor for commerce or for refuge

The engineering services of George Davidson, United States during the Civil War

Examination and report of the lines of defense of Philadelphia...

The head or regulating sluices of the canal

Lectures on irrigation before the legislature of California

Notes on San Pedro breakwater

[Portion of a report on San Francisco waterfront; with related papers]

[Report on essential points involved in an effective system of sewerage for San Francisco] with related notes

[Report on Philadelphia water supply]

Report on sewerage of San Francisco, April 25, 1886

[Report to Farmers Canal Company of Merced on proposed location of canal for irrigation]. 1877

Report upon subject of a harbor of refuge on the coast north of San Francisco. Requested by Board of Engineers, U.S. A.. 1880 April 20

[Reports on piers]

The San Luis Rey River irrigation project; with related papers.

[A series of papers read before the California Academy of Sciences on irrigation in India]

Reports on irrigation

[Series of papers on irrigation and reclamation in India, Egypt...]

Sewerage problem of San Francisco

Submarine cables; with related material

Sub-marine valleys in the Pacific Coast of the United States

The Suez Canal

Temperature of air and water from Dec. 1, 1877 to Dec. 31, 1881, Sausalito Tidal Station Dec. 1, 1877 to Dec. 31, 1881

The temperature of the water of the Golden Gate

Geography and navigation

Abrasions of the Northwest Coast of America

Account of the First Ascent of the Volcano Mak£shin on the Island of Unalaska, in the Aleutian Chain

Bays and anchorages in the Aleutian Islands...

Cabrillo, Ferrelo, Drake, Viscaino, Costans¢ - in the approaches to San Francisco Bay

A Century of Discovery in the United States

Coast Climate of Alaska

Coast Pilot Material [notes]

The Colonization of California and the Founding of San Francisco

Currents and Tides

Currents of the North Pacific

The Discovery of Humboldt Bay

The Discovery of San Diego Bay

The Discovery of San Francisco Bay and the History of San Francisco, with related material (3 folders)

Dr. Cook never reached the summit of Mt. McKinley; Why did Dr. Cook leave his records in Greenland?

The Early Explorations of the Russians in the North pacific; their Discoveries and Occupation of the Lands discovered; Intention to Control the North Pacific

Early Spanish Voyages of Discovery on the Coast of California

Examination... Ulloa, Cabrillo, Ferrelo, Drake, Vizcaino

An Examination of Some of the Early Voyages of Discovery on the Northwest Coast of America

An Examination of Some of the Early Voyages of Discovery and Exploration on the Northwest Coast of America, 1539-1603 (2 folders)

Explanation of an Indian map of the rivers, lakes, trails and mountains from the Chilkaht to the Yukon...

Explanation of some cases of "Reported Breakers" at sea

Falkland Islands or Malouine Isles

Forestry of California

Francis Drake on the Northwest Coast of America... (4 folders)

[Glaciers of Alaska]

The Growth of Great Commercial Centres

The History of the Volcano Joanna Bogostova in the Bering Sea

Identification of Francis Drake's Anchorage on the Coast of California in the year 1579 (3 folders)

[Incomplete paper on Alaska]

[India]

Introduction to Gustav Niebaum's translation of <title>The Discoveries of the Norsemen on the Northeast Coast of America</title>

Lists of navigators who discovered various ports of California, of Spanish officials important in California history, etc.

The loss of the San Augustin

The Mastery of the Pacific

Memoranda of some early landmarks on the NW coast of America from San Diego to the Strait of Fuca

Memorandum concerning the "Flat Globe"

Memorandum upon the relation of Plover Island to Wrangel Land

Mount Sinai - illustrated

[Notes on California geography]

[Papers on ocean currents off the Pacific Coast]

Past History of California

Prominent objects visible from Tamalpais

Recommendation for Fog Signal on North Farallones

[Report on relative merits of Port Orford and Port Trinidad]

[San Francisco Earthquake, 1906].

San Sebastian

Some physical, climactic and geological features of Southeast Alaska. The glaciers of the Chilkaht, Chilkoot and Taiya Valleys

[Studies on Prince William Sound and Volcano Miranda]

A study of the Entrance to the Fuca Strait

There is no International Date Line

The Tracks and Landfalls of Bering and Chirikof on the Northwest Coast of America

Traveling around the world: "Losing a day - Gaining a day"

Travelogue to the Geysers in California

What one sees about the Bay of San Francisco

Why Spain got Action in 1767-1769.

Winds far above the Surface of the Earth

Wrangell Land: Arctic Ocean

Manuscripts of his speeches

Notebooks

"Private Journal to Russian America. 1867-1868

Notebook entries of knot tying instructions with illustrations (two page spread). 1867-1868 BANC MSS C-B 490

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"Russian America. Description of the Coast." 1868

"Alaska Notes" [These were originally numbered by Davidson, 1-12; no.4 is missing].

"Memoranda for the Eclipse Expedition to Alaska." 1869

"Expedition to Alaska; Letters & Description..." 1869

Drawings in notebook of view through telescope during an eclipse (two page spread). August 7, 1869 BANC MSS C-B 490

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"Private Notes; Details of Magnetic Observations & Experiments 1850" 1850

"Geodetic Miscellany of Work. Mt. Diablo, Cal.." 1876

"Yukon River. Compass courses from St. Michaels to Fort Yukon in by J. J. Major assistant to Lieut Raymond U.S. Engineers, Copied 1895." 1868 June-July

"Chronometer Trip from Cape Flattery to Port Townsend." 1852 July

"Field Signal Book 1859-60" 1859-60

"Miscellanea. No.1", "Miscellanea, no. 2", "Miscellanea. no. 3." 1862 May-June

"Experiment Book. From Aug. 16 1866 at Cape Henry Va. to Sept. 2, 1866" Aug. 16 1866

"Expedition 1866. Experiments & notes" 1866.

" 1867... Darien" 1867

"Chilkaht Pillars. Sketches along Coast." 1869-1870

Notebook entry of description and drawing of a Chilkat totem pole, captioned: Yegh = Crow (two page spread). 1869-1870 BANC MSS C-B 490

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Notebook entry of description and drawing of a Chilkat totem pole (two page spread). 1869-1870 BANC MSS C-B 490

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"San Francisco... to La Mesa." 1871

"Observations from San Francisco to Guaymas and back. D. Walker." 1872 Sept.

"Rough notes. Stations and Verdi work 1872..." 1872

"Washington. Venus Expts." May/74

[Observations, India, Mar.-Apr. 1875]

"Awards at Paris Exposition." 1878

" 1882. Memoranda. Transit of Venus" 1882.

[Paris Exposition 1878 and International Geodetic Conference 1889] 1878

[San Diego Triangulation. Rock Mission Bay]

"Bering & Chirikof. Distribution of pamphlet"

"Meteorological Records 1859-70 - Kept on board U.S.C.S. Brig R. H. Fauntleroy - Washington Territory" 1859-70

"Meteorological Journal No. 11" [San Diego, Calif.]. 1863-1865

"Meteorological 1870" [Dominguez Hill] 1870

"Journal of Meteorological Observations at Cape Mendocino Light House 1872-73" 1872-73

"Meteorological Observations, Astoria Tidal Station." 1872-1873

"Meteorological Observations Lassen's Peak." 1879

"Meteorological Record Lassen's Butte."

"Astronomical Observations" [Unalaska and other stations]. 1871-1872

[Astronomical Observations, Crescent City, Calif. July 1871]

"Barometrical Observations at Station Verdi, Nevada." 1872 June-July

"Absolute Magnetic Declination Station Seattle." 1871

"Horizontal Intensity vibrations. Santa Barbara 1869, San Buenaventura 1869, Dominguez Hill 1870, Seattle W. T. 1871" 1869, 1870, 1871

"Magnetic Dip. Santa Barbara 1869, San Buenaventura 1869, Dominguez Hill 1870, Seattle W. T, 1871, Verdi, Nevada 1872" 1869

"Tide observations on Saco, Maine from May 8th 1866..." 1866 May 8

"Tidal Observations... Station Philadelphia... Station Red Bank N. J. 1861. Station at Delaware City, Del... 1861." 1861

"Observations of Horizontal Angles. Station Ocean Beach & Bay Beach Bodega Bay Sonoma Co. California..." 1860

"Geodetic Miscellany. Stations in Santa Barbara Channel. Determ. of Mountains etc. Vertical angles." 1869-1870

"Observations of Horizontal Angles... Mission Santa Barbara." 1870

"Triangulation Mount Lola Sierra Nevada, Daily journal occupation commencing May 19/79 ending July 31. Triangulation Round Top. Commencing Aug. 1 ending Aug. 22/79" May 19/79

"Latitude Stay. Reduced to epoch 1900. 0. 1894" 1900.

"Bodega. Secondary Triangulation. Bodega Bay. California." 1860

[Journals of deep sea soundings]. 1872-1874

"Telegraphic difference of Longitude between Nagasaki and Tokei, Japan... December 1874. January 1875" December 1874.

"Star Factors for Deviation, Level & Collimation"

"Computation of the star factors A. B. C...."

"Azimuth Notes."

"Base measurement. Extracts from the volume of Field Record of the Atlanta Base by Asst. C. O. Routelle." Oct. 1878

[Notebook containing observations on turns of the micrometer screw]

"Tabulation of Results of Obs. for Testing the graduation and determinating the Instrumental Constants of 20' inch Theod. No 5." 1876-1878

[Notebook containing observations on bars used at Yolo Base]

"Memoranda about the Base Bars Nos. 1 & 2, and the Field Standard Bar No. 2, and the Comparators III and IV." 1888

Lecture notes

Notes on the object and scope of the course

Examination questions

Suggestions

Notebook with bibliographic references

Africa

Alaska

Areas; Subsidies to foreign ships; Tobacco, etc.

Australia (5 folders)

Bering Sea; Reindeer; Natives

Climate and rainfall

Colonial systems

Colonies

Comparison of North and South America

Costa Rica

Cuba

Distances: across pacific Ocean, etc.

Expansion

Formosa

Great Canals of the World

Growth of great Commercial centers

Guadalupe Island

Guatemala (2 folders)

Hawaii (3 folders)

Inshore eddy current

Irrigation and arid lands: forestry

Japan (3 folders)

Ladrones and Philippines (2 folders)

Map drawing and map reading

Maps and charts: methods of projection

Mastery of the pacific

Mexico (5 folders)

Midway Island

Netherland Indies (5 folders)

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nicaragua (5 folders)

Nicaragua Canal

Notes for Review

Panama Canal

Paumotu or Low Islands

Philippines (12 folders)

Points on earth below the level of the sea

Raw products

Salvador

Samoa

Straits Settlement

Tasmania

Tides

Turks and Armenians

Typhoons

Computations

Notes, drawings, reports, etc., relating to various scientific instruments (4 folders) See also oversize

Subject files

Agassiz, Louis - Ms. of lecture delivered by him before the California Academy of Sciences, Sept. 1872; clippings; material re memorials Sept. 1872

Alaska - notes on Alaska history, Indians, geography, etc.; tracings, maps and charts; clippings; meteorological data; reports; reprints of articles, etc. (5 folders)

Diagram of the range of the tides, Lliuliuk Harbor, Unalaska, Alaska. October 13, 1871-February 14, 1872 BANC MSS C-B 490

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Article with illustrations and map of Russian America (Alaska), page 277 of Harpers Weekly. May 4, 1867 BANC MSS C-B 490

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Alaska, Boundary - Notes and clippings

Alaska, Glaciers - Notes

Amundsen, Roald - Notes re his expedition, 1905-1906, to the Arctic; clippings; copies of two letters written by him from King William's Land, 1904-1905; material re banquet honoring him

Astronomy - Misc. notes and reports on eclipses, comets, meteors, transit of Jupiter, transit of Venus, etc.

Bache, Alexander D. - Draft and related notes of Davidson's reminiscences

Bacon and Shakespeare - Notes, clippings, etc., re theory that Bacon wrote Shakespeare's plays; Davidson's analysis of some of the cipher books (2 folders)

Bancroft Library - Draft of Davidson's opinion re sale of the Library to the University of California; clipping

Baranoff, Alexander A. - Notes taken from a biography

Bear Valley Land and Water Co. - Copies of reports submitted by James S. Black, designing engineer, to Board of Directors. 1889

Bogoslov - Notes, clippings, photographs, reports, etc., re the volcanic island in the Aleutians

Boomerangs - Notes

Botany - Notes

Cables - Notes on cables for the Bering Sea; report on submarine cable lines connecting military posts in harbor of San Francisco; statistics on Atlantic cables

Calendar - Notes on what year constituted the beginning of the 20th century

California - Notes on origin of the name

California. State Earthquake Investigation Commission - Copies of reports written for the Commission on effects of the 1906 earthquake; some copies of letters written to and among its members

California. University - Clippings; acknowledgments of gifts; recommendations of Regents on salary schedules,; draft of Davidson's memo on methods of administration; draft of resolution proposing Davidson as regent; list of regents with information on terms of office; meteorological synopses for students' observatory; miscellaneous reports of various departments; invitations, notices, etc.. 1881

California. University. Regents - Form letters re meetings

California. University. Student records for geography classes, including lists of students, a few enrollment cards and photocopies of course reports

California. University. College of Commerce - articles, announcements, drafts of Davidson's reports, memos re departmental needs, book lists, draft of curriculum, notes on geography courses at other universities, correspondence with libraries over the world to obtain copies of publications on geography and commerce, Davidson's drawings and plans for chart cases, etc. (3 folders)

California Academy of Sciences - Lists of officers, constitution and by-laws, reports of the treasurer and of special committees, election tickets, subscription lists, lists of nominees for office, proposed amendments to the constitution, material relating to the dissension over management, 1886-88, miscellaneous receipts, drafts of Davidson's annual addresses and reports, etc. (3 folders) 1886-88

California Historical Society - Lists of members

California History - Notes

California-Nevada Boundary Survey - Notes, clippings, triangulation reports and sketches, printed copies of reports of state surveyor general, 1890, and of George H., Goddard, 1855, copies of letters and reports relating to 1873 survey by A. W. Von Schmidt, etc. (2 folders) 1890

California-Oregon Boundary - Extracts from field notes of Daniel G. Major, U.S. astronomer and surveyor

California Water and Forest Association - Drafts of report of first meeting of committee on surveys and records, circa Dec. 1899

Carson Footprints - Davidson's notebook with sketches and notes

Civil War - Maps and miscellaneous circulars

Colorado River - Early Passage - Letters from early residents of Arizona Territory re James White's journey through the great canyon of the River on a raft; clippings, notes, copy of a report from C. C. Parry, UPRR survey geologist, to president of the company giving an account of White's passage

Commercial Museums - Prospectus and by-laws for pacific Commercial Museum; clippings, notes, material relating to other commercial museums

Currents - Notes and clippings re ocean currents and tides, sketch map showing the set of the Davidson current, drafts of reports, etc.

Darien Canal - Maps for the proposed interoceanic canal, copies of Davidson's contract for the Isthmus Survey, accounts for the survey, clippings, notes on methods of the survey and on previous exploration of the area (2 folders)

Debris Question - Draft of proposal for a commission to examine effects of debris on rivers and bays in the state, clippings re Davidson's testimony before state assembly's committee on the question

Directory of the Pacific Coast - Miscellaneous notes

Drake, Sir Francis - Notes

Drakes Bay - Notes on Davidson's researches, sketch maps (3 folders)

Earthquakes and volcanoes - material relating to earthquakes in San Francisco and on earthquakes at sea, clippings notes, reports of the Seismological Society of America, etc. (4 folders)

"Ewing" mutiny - Extracts from log of U.S. Schooner "Ewing",; Davidson's notes; copies of letters re the affair. 1849

Freemasons - Notices of meetings, form letters, certificates of membership

Geodetic Conference, 1894, Washington, D. C. - Copies of committee reports, minutes of meetings 1894

Geographic Society of the Pacific - Notices of meetings, lists of officers, form letters, resolutions, constitution and by-laws, copy of report of committee appointed to consider merits of Nicaragua inter-oceanic ship canal

Geography - Notes, bibliographical references, sources of geographical research, etc. (2 folders)

Goat Island - Clipping and invitation re pending bill, to grant Goat Island to railroad companies. 1872

Indian languages - Notes, comparative vocabulary of Spuch-a-latz tribe of Tchim-cha-an people, N. W. Coast of America, Fort Simpson, recorded by Davidson, 1867

International Boundary Commission, to consider boundary line between U.S. and Mexico, 1891 - Note, and copies of letters from Superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey 1891

International Date Line - Clippings, notes, memoranda, maps and tabulations

International Geodetic Association Meeting, Paris, 1889 - Instructions; reports; miscellaneous letters re meetings, transportation, introductions, etc.; programs (2 folders) 1889

International Geographical Congresses - Form announcements. 1892-1904

Irrigation - Notes, clippings, list of Davidson's services in field of irrigation, draft of his suggestions for improvements of questionnaire on irrigation prepared for 12th census

Japan - Transit of Venus, 1874 - Miscellaneous letters from members of other delegations, Davidson's notes, passport through Japan, telegrams re exchange of signals, astronomical observations, estimates of expenses 1874

"Jeannette" Relics - Printed report of the special committee of the Geographical Society of the Pacific, appointed to report on the genuineness of the relics, May 1896, and extract of review of the report from German newspapers May 1896

Lick Observatory - Notes re Davidson's meetings with James Lick, clippings, report written by Charles H. Rockwell on the appointment of Edward S. Holden as astronomer, material re difficulties over directorship, copies of deed of gift, report to trustees of James Lick Trust by S. W. Burnham; draft of article for the Alta California, etc. (2 folders). 1873 Oct. 21

Limantour Claim - Davidson's memorandum on his testimony as witness for the government on authenticity of seals, statement of J. S. Hittell re Limantour's claim, clippings, copy of "The Official Argument against the Limantour Claim," publications re forgery

Lower California - Notes on climate, rainfall, etc., and copy of Smithsonian Institution report on geology and natural history

Magnetic Observatory - Sketches and plans

Mathematics - Notes

Moqui Indians of Arizona - Notes on names given to the Indians

Mount St. Elias - Notes, draft of report by John E. McGrath, Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1894

Mountains - Elevations - Provisional list of mountains and their elevations in California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and Alaska, prepared by Davidson; notes, clippings, miscellaneous articles and publications, etc. (2 folders)

National Academy of Sciences - Form letters on nomination of individuals to membership, printed copy of president's address. 1895

Nehalem Wax - Clippings, notes and snapshots re bees wax found along the Oregon Coast near Nehalem

Nicaragua Canal - Draft of report by Davidson on commercial and political importance of the canal to the U.S., memorial of the Geographical Society of the Pacific for the construction of the canal. 1892

Paris Exposition, 1878 - Form letters 1878

Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road Case--Davidson's notes on the case which involved charge of discriminatory rates

Pious Fund - Bibliographic note on the Senate document dealing with the fund

Place names - Notes, draft of Davidson's report to the Sierra Club on changing name from Mt. Rainier to Mt. Tacoma, clippings, etc. (3 folders)

Projection of Stars upon the Moon - Reviews and comments on Davidson's paper on the subject, notes on solar eclipses, etc.

Rainfall - Statistics, miscellaneous correspondence, charts, clippings, relating to rainfall readings at particular stations

Redding, Benjamin B. - Eulogy in Davidson's hand

San Francisco - Notes on areas of anchorage

San Francisco. Presidio - Two tracings made by Davidson of the ground plan of the Presidio, made by Edward Vischer, copies of letter from M. G. Vallejo to Vischer, 1878, notes on the Presidio. 1820

San Francisco Bay: Portol Expedition - Notes

San Francisco Harbor - Reports on dangers to navigation at the entrance to the harbor, copies of correspondence re improvement of the harbor, sketch of the harbor, clippings, etc.

San Francisco history - Notes

Santa Monica Harbor - Annotated copy of Congressional Record. 1896 May

Seismological Society of America - Copy of annual report of the president written by Davidson, March 1908

Sewerage and Sanitation - Notes, clippings, reports, miscellaneous letters from citizens in various communities re sewerage problems

Ship and sailing - Description of Coast and Geodetic steamer "Blake", list of old clipper ships, clippings, extracts from log of Capt. Lindquist in Bering Sea, 1902

Sinaitic Four Gospels - Notes

Spanish Archives - Copies of circular letter protesting against proposed transfer to Washington, D. C., clippings, notes, copies of letters re proposed transfer, etc.

Spanish navigators - Notes

Submarine valleys of Lower California - Notes

Telegraph - Copy of an unsigned memo incorporating a programme for telegraphic longitude determinations across the continent, notes, sketches, map of U.S. cables and telegraph lines, Seattle to Sitka. 1869

Temperature - Pacific Coast - Tracings showing temperatures along the coast from San Francisco to Mexico and from San Francisco to Juan de Fuca Strait

Topographical Survey of California - Printed circular on a proposed survey, proof sheets for discussion on a topographical map.. 1892 Dec.

Typhoons - Notes

U.S. Mint, San Francisco - Notes relating to Davidson's examination of the coin and bullion weights and balances

U.S. Naval Observatory - Circulars and clippings re organization and location of the Observatory, Davidson's notes, drafts of his replies to questionnaire re organization and functions of the Observatory

Volcanoes: The Kuril Islands, Kamchatka - Notes

Water Supply - Reports and clippings re water supply of San Francisco, Hetch Hetchy, Tahoe, use of Merced River for irrigation, water supply for Philadelphia; notes, etc. (2 folders)

Whitney Survey - Papers re claim of Julius Bien, lithographer, against California for work done for the geological survey, draft of Davidson's statement advocating continuance of the survey, copy of legislative bills re transfer of survey material, etc.

Wilkes Antarctic Expedition - Davidson's comments on talks with Lt. James Alden who was with Wilkes

Wrecks - Notes, clippings, list of wrecks in Golden Gate, material re currents and Japanese ship wrecks, etc. (2 folders). 1875-1884

Subject files - Coast and Geodetic Survey

Annual reports, progress reports, etc. - Primarily copies of the reports submitted by assistants and aids to the Superintendent 1871-1888

Civil War - Material relating to the activities of the Coast Survey during the War, particularly in the defense of Philadelphia. In a separate folder is Davidson's notebook relating to the latter.

Mt. Conness Triangulation - Monthly reports of field party, receipts for services, bills, etc.. 1890

Monthly reports of field party - Boundary survey near Needles. 1893

Yolo Base Line - Memoranda, notes and printed copy of the Survey report on the methods and results

Latitudes: Reconnaissance. 1852-1853

Reports and memoranda (mainly drafts) written by Davidson on Survey matters (3 folders)

Clippings, articles, U.S. documents, etc.

Reports, memoranda, etc. (printed and manuscript) relating to proposed reorganizations, reductions, and appointments

Memorial resolutions, biographical sketches, obituaries

Examination questions for Survey aids

Abstracts of work done, circa 1852-1854

Estimates for field expenses. 1886-1895

Miscellaneous estimates

Account books, 3 volumes, 1850-1851, 1854-1855, 1864

Miscellaneous accounts (4 folders)

Inventories

Papers relating to the brig "R. H. Fauntleroy" - Account book, photographs, inventories of instruments and books aboard, list of crew, etc.. 1854-1857

US Coast Survey brig R.H. Fauntleroy on the Pacific Coast. 1854 BANC MSS C-B 490

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Moonlight effect. U.S. Coast Survey, Brig Fauntleroy at Port Townsend, Puget Sound. circa 1859 BANC MSS C-B 490

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Papers relating to the schooner "Humboldt" - Inventories and receipts

Log of the U.S.S, "Tuscarora." 1874

Notebook of T. J. Lowry

Capt. Hewitt's sketches and notes - coast of Kamschatka

Meteorological Records - Sausalito and Sacramento

Charts of the Pleiades - occultations

Maps charts and sketches

Mississippi River Commission - Copies of letters written by members of the Commission, photographs (3 folders)

Notes on light houses, buoys, dangers to navigations

Notices to Mariners: Pacific Coast, issued by the Survey; Hydrographic Notices from the U.S. Hydrographic Office

Miscellaneous Survey and Treasury Department circulars

Notices to Mariners from Office of Light-House Board

Miscellany (3 folders)

Photographs - Transferred to Pictorial Collections - 1946.008

Sketches for Coast Pilot of California, Oregon and Washington.

Panoramic coastal view, which includes Santa Monica, La Ballona, Mount San Antonio and the San Gabriel Range. BANC MSS C-B 490

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Panoramic coastal view, which includes Coxo Point, Point Conception Lighthouse, Coxo Anchorage and Tranquillon Mountain. BANC MSS C-B 490

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Panoramic coastal view of the North Farallones. BANC MSS C-B 490

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Panoramic coastal view, which includes Mount Rainier, West Point Lighthouse, Battery Point, Puget Sound, Dolphin Point, Vashion Island, Colvos Passage, Restoration Point, Point Vashon and Blake Island. BANC MSS C-B 490

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Sketches and maps: transferred to pictorial collection

Miscellaneous transcripts and translations

Miscellaneous reports and papers

Clippings

Arranged by subject in envelopes, as follows:

Alaska

Astronomy

American History

Antiquities

Bible

Biographical sketches, obituaries, etc.

Botany

Calendar

California. University

California Academy of Sciences

California History

Cook and Peary - North Pole Exploration

Commerce

Commercial Museum

Conness, Mt.

Currents

Darien Canal

Diablo, Mt.

Drake

Drake's Bay

Earthquakes, tidal waves, fires

Exploration

Finance and commerce

Geographical Notes

Girard College

Glaciers

Harbors

Hearst

Humboldt Bay

Irrigation, water works, etc.

Knots

Microscopical Society

Mining debris

Meteorology

Mineralogy

National Academy of Science

Navigation

Ocean temperature

Panama Canal

Poetry

Railroads

Rockwell, John [Series of articles in the Santa Barbara News]

San Francisco - History

Ships - Wrecks, etc.

Ships and sailing

Stanford University

U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey

World History

Wrecks

Miscellaneous clippings; five scrapbooks of clippings: four in carton 27 and one shelved seperately as volume 3

Printed material

Davidson publications and reprints

Miscellaneous government reports, magazines, etc.

Calling cards, etc. (box and two envelopes)

Papers of Ellinor (Fauntleroy) Davidson [Mrs. George Davidson]

Letters written to various members of her family, primarily to her mother and her sister (one folder). Letters written to her husband are in Davidson's general correspondence files.

Letters to her by members of the Fauntleroy family (one folder)

Diary of Thomas Davidson, Jr, [George Davidson's brother], Partial transcript included. 1871

Papers of Ellinor C. Davidson [daughter]

Letters written to her, arranged alphabetically by name of person or organization, with a miscellany of single letters, A-Z, preceding the rest of the folders.

Snapshots

Notes on her brother, Thomas

Clippings - including some about Mt. Davidson Park

Miscellany

Papers of George F. Davidson [son]

Papers of Thomas D. Davidson [son]

Papers of and relating to the Fauntleroy and Owen families

Papers of Robert H. Fauntleroy [Davidson's father-in-law] - a few letters, papers relating to patents (1 folder)

Papers relating to R. H. Fauntleroy - primarily biographical information (1 folder)

Papers of Jane Dale (Owen) Fauntleroy [Davidson's mother-in-law]

Papers relating to her estate (1 folder)

Papers of and relating to Arthur Robert Fauntleroy - a few letters, biographical sketch, notes on his trip to Europe, etc. (1 folder)

Miscellaneous Fauntleroy family correspondence (1 folder)

Miscellaneous papers re Fauntleroy family

Miscellaneous papers re Owen family

Clippings re New Harmony and the Owen family

Printed pamphlets relating primarily to Owen family and the New Harmony experiment

Drawings and tracings of maps for <title>The Glaciers of Alaska that are shown on Russian charts or mentioned in older narratives</title> (San Francisco) 1904)

Maps and tracings primarily of Philadelphia and environs, probably used in connection with laying out and building fortifications for defense of Philadelphia during the Civil War

Oversize sketches and photographs; penmanship certificate

Miscellaneous charts, maps, tabulations, etc.

Coast Pilot views

Panoramic coastal views around Puget Sound and Possession Sound. BANC MSS C-B 490

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Panoramic coastal views around the Salish Sea and Puget Sound. BANC MSS C-B 490

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Photographs, tracings, etc, of old charts and maps of the coast of Mexico and California

Surveys and charts of the Mississippi River made under the direction of the Mississippi River Commission; Davidson's hydrography of the River; related maps and charts

Hydrograph of the Mississippi River from Cairo to Carrolton. January 1890 BANC MSS C-B 490

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[Material found at a later date]

Drawings of instruments; charts; tabulations; sketch of a building for the California Academy of Science, 1883

Miscellaneous papers, gift of John Howell Boone, July 1980.

School notebook, kept while in Germany by E. H. Fauntleroy, on stereometry, analytical geometry, and geometry.. 1855-1858

Algebra notes kept by A. R. Fauntleroy. 1861

Reprints belonging to George Davidson.

Photograph of eclipse taken at Cayenne off the Spanish Main. 1889 Dec. 21-22