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Charles William Whipple papers, 1874-1888 (bulk 1874-1878)Creator/Contributor:
Whipple, Charles William, 1846-1916, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)Abstract:
Contains record books from U.S. Army Lieutenant Charles William Whipple's work with the Wheeler Survey including three manuscript
diaries, one typographical record book (Book No. 194, 1875) of pencil sketches and maps pertaining to the area just north
of Los Angeles, and one aneroid readings book (Book No. 10, 1874-1878). Diaries have dated entries with reports from a number
of different survey camps. The aneroid readings book includes detailed entries from the Wheeler Survey and entries Whipple
made at a later date, November 2, 1887 to January 5, 1888, for Lieutenant Edward W. Casey's expedition to the Grand Canyon.
Date:
1874 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caSurveying -- West (U.S.)
Surveying -- California -- Los Angeles
Surveys -- Plotting
Barometric hypsometry
Altitudes -- Measurement
Levés -- Tracé
Hypsométrie barométrique
Altitudes -- Mesure
Altitudes -- Measurement
Barometric hypsometry
Surveying
Surveys -- Plotting
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area (Calif.) -- Maps
California -- Los Angeles
California -- Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
West United States
Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
United States. -- Army. -- Corps of Engineers.
Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
United States. -- Army. -- Corps of Engineers
Whipple, Charles William -- 1846-1916 -- Archives
Whipple, Charles William -- 1846-1916 -- Diaries
Wheeler, George M. (George Montague) -- 1842-1905
Casey, Edward W
Wheeler, George M. (George Montague) -- 1842-1905
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Purchase; From Michael Vinson; 20130402.
Charles William Whipple (1838 or 1839-1916) was a graduate of West Point (class of 1865), where he was awarded a presidential
appointment by President Abraham Lincoln. He was the son of Amiel Weeks Whipple (1818-1863), an American military engineer
and surveyor who served as a brigadier general in the American Civil War where he was mortally wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
The Wheeler Survey was a survey of a portion of the United States lying west of the 100th meridian. It was comprised of multiple
expeditions and supervised by First Lieutenant (later Captain) George Montague Wheeler.
Preferred citation: Charles William Whipple papers, 1874-1888, BANC MSS 2013/123, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
In English.
Type:
topographic maps.manuscript maps.
Archives.
Diaries.
Manuscript maps.
Maps.
Topographic maps.
Topographic maps.
Manuscript maps.
Diaries.
Cartes topographiques.
Cartes manuscrites.
Physical Description:
print
5 volumes.
Language:
English