Guide to the J. Foster Flagg papers Mss 32
Finding aid prepared by Zachary Liebhaber, 2021.
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
special@library.ucsb.edu
2021 September 1
Title: J. Foster Flagg papers
Identifier/Call Number: Mss 32
Language of Material:
English.
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Physical Description:
4.83 Linear Feet
(2 document boxes, 4 flat boxes)
Creator:
Flagg, J. Foster (Josiah Foster)
Date (inclusive): approximately 1860-1940
Date (bulk): approximately 1868-1896
Abstract: Papers of American civil engineer, J. Foster Flagg (1835-1928).
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
The collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish
or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
[Identification of Item], J. Foster Flagg papers, Mss 32. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library,
University of California, Santa Barbara.
Papers of American civil engineer, J. Foster Flagg (1835-1928). Includes maps of North and South America, documents relating
to J. Foster Flagg, Flagg family genealogy, and four late 19th and early 20th century photograph albums of Latin America and
the West Indies. The Latin American albums relate mainly to Mexico (Vera Cruz, Queretaro, Guadalajara, Colima, Mazatlan, and
other locations), as well as San Antonio, Texas, New Orleans, and Peru, with images of buildings, street scenes, ports, railway
lines, and people. The Flagg family were close friends of the Chase family of Santa Barbara, California, where he spent his
last years.
The papers also include field notebooks (1868-1896) on various work projects, including the Great Western Railway, the Mexican
National Railroad, the pipe works of the New York Steam Company, engineering notes on the sewage and septic systems of Europe,
notes on the Spanish language, and six carte-de-visite portraits of professional acquaintances, identified in verso.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Mexico -- Pictorial works
New Orleans (La.) -- Pictorial works
Peru -- Pictorial works
San Antonio (Tex.) -- Pictorial works
Cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
Field notes
Genealogies (histories)
Maps (documents)
Photograph albums
Photographs
Flagg, J. Foster (Josiah Foster) -- Archives
Flagg family -- Archives
box 1, box 2, flat-box 3, flat-box 4, flat-box 5
Photograph albums and documents
flat-box 6
Field notebooks, cartes-de-visite approximately 1868-1896