Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Scope and Content of Collection
Descriptive Summary
Title: Utah Topographical Sketchbooks,
Date (inclusive): 1877, 1879, 1883
Collection Number: Wyles Mss 32
Collector:
Fisher (Richard V.)
Extent:
.2 linear feet
(1 half-size document box)
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Department of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, California 93106-9010
Physical Location: Del Sur
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special 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.
Preferred Citation
Utah Topographical Sketchbooks. Wyles Mss 32. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Richard V. Fisher, 1972.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains three bound Utah topographical sketchbooks, with faint pencil drawings, by three separate topographers,
1877, 1879, 1883. The first two have labels indicating "Engineer Department, U.S. Army, Geographical Surveys West of 100th
Meridian," while the third indicates "Northern Transcontinental Survey."
These sketchbooks accompanied a larger collection of books on geology donated by Richard V. Fisher.