Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh correspondence, 1913-1935

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Summary

Creators:
Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel, 1853-1935
Abstract:
Papers belonging to American explorer, and co-founder of the Explorers Club, Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh.
Extent:
1.2 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh correspondence, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of 32 letters between Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh and family and friends including letters from Irving Bacheller and Elwood P. Bonney. The letters from Bacheller are mainly personal with references to a screenplay. Bonney's letters include subjects on the Colorado River, John W. Powell, and the Grand Canyon. There is a manuscript by Maria Dellenbaugh McFarland titled, Graphic Account of the Emigration of the Dellenbaugh Family...1824-1827. In addition, there is an excerpt from B. [or R?] Young on the cause of death of three men from Powell's 1869 expedition.

Biographical / historical:

Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh (1853-1935) was an American explorer. He was born in McConnelsville, Ohio and was educated in the United States and in Europe. An explorer of the American West at an early age, he was a member of an expedition that mapped and named the Escalante River and the Henry Mountains. From 1871 to 1873, he was artist and assistant topographer with Major Powell's second expedition down the Colorado River. He joined the 1899 Harriman Alaska Expedition financed by railroad magnate E. H. Harriman. He served as librarian of the American Geographical Society from 1909 to 1911 and became a fellow of the American Ethnological Society. He helped found the Explorers Club in 1904.

Acquisition information:
Purchased from Lobo Book Shop, August 1985.
Processing information:

Processed by Gina C Giang in December 2013. In September 2024, Brooke M. Black created a finding aid.

Arrangement:

Arranged chronologically.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Terms of access:

The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh correspondence, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
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