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George M. Wheeler scrapbook : and related material.
BANC MSS P-W 32LOCAL
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Title:
George M. Wheeler scrapbook: and related materialCreator/Contributor:
Wheeler, George M. (George Montague), 1842-1905, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Adams, Samuel R., Correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918, Correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Loew, Oscar.Creator/Contributor:
Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel, 1853-1935Abstract:
Pasted clippings, 1871-1886, pertaining to Wheeler's explorations and "Surveys West of the 100th Meridian," including letters
written from the field by various members of his parties. A few relate to the Hayden Survey; 11 letters written by Samuel
R. Adams are clipped from the (Washington) Daily Chronicle, 1872. Also included is an initialed presentation copy of Oscar
Loew's "The Moquis Indians of Arizona," from Popular Science Monthly, 1874. Accompanying the scrapbook are a letter from Wheeler
to H.H. Bancroft, 1887, enclosing proofsheets of "Geographical Results," and two letters by Frederick S. Dellenbaugh to Edward
Eberstadt, 1922, concerning the scrapbook and the Adams letters it contains.
Subject:
Eberstadt, Edward -- 1883-1958 -- Correspondent.Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
Washington Daily Chronicle
Popular science monthly
United States -- Discovery and exploration
Note:
Also available on microfilm.
Type:
Scrapbooks.Clippings.
Physical Description:
78 p. ; 28 cm.
1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 665:15) and positive.
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS P-W 32LOCAL