Henry Cummins's diaries and journal give a daily record of his studies, work, social life, and local events. He joined and recorded Dr. Patterson's 1861 geographic survey of northeastern Oregon. The diaries note his interest in science and s...
Description:
Henry Cummins came to Oregon in 1853 with his father William M. Cummins and settled in Lane County, near Eugene. He attended school and worked on his father's farm, in the Eugene bookstore, and at the People's Press of Eugene. In 1861, he joined Dr. A...
Subject (Geographic):
Oregon., Oregon, and Eugene (Or.)
Subject (Name):
Cummins, Henry, 1840-, Davis, Andrew Jackson, 1826-1910., DeWolfe, Charles H., Gale, J. M., Patterson, Andrew W., Shaw, H., Pantheon of Science (Eugene, Oregon), People's Press (Eugene, Oregon), and State Republican (Eugene, Oregon)
Subject (Topic):
Newspaper presses, Phrenology, Spiritualism, Surveying, Exploring expeditions, Geography, and Social life and customs
BEIN: Copy 2 was James W. Abert's personal copy and includes a ms. letter from John Fremont tipped in, ordering Abert to make preparations for departure from St. Louis in 1845. Copy 2 is also extra illustrated with 12 plates of watercolors of Indians...
Publisher:
s.n.
Subject (Geographic):
Southwest, New, Arkansas, and United States
Subject (Topic):
Discovery and exploration and Exploring expeditions
Photographs in California of Mount Shasta, Mount Lassen, and the Whitney Glacier
Description:
Carleton E. Watkins was a San Francisco photographer who worked both with official surveys and independently to photograph California, Nevada and Utah. In 1867 he served with Clarence King as the official photographer to the California Geological Sur...
Publisher:
U.S. Engineer Department
Subject (Geographic):
United States and California
Subject (Name):
United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel
Photographs of Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming, Arizona, and Utah, including views of the Humbolt Mountains, Pyramid Lake and mining districts in Nevada; Shoshone Falls and the Snake River in Idaho; Twin Bluffs along the Green River in Wyoming; the Grand Canyo...
Description:
Accompanied by a box list.
Subject (Geographic):
United States, Arizona, Grand Canyon (Ariz.), Nevada, Idaho, and Wyoming
Subject (Name):
Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.) and United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel
By some bibliographers the author is wrongly supposed to be Dionisio Alcalá Galiano, commander of the expedition; Medina and Leclerc ascribe the historical introduction to Alcalá Galiano, commander of the Sutil, and Cayetano Valdés, commander of th...
Publisher:
Imprenta real
Subject (Geographic):
Juan de Fuca, Strait of (B.C. and Wash.), Northwest Passage., Northwest Coast of North America., British Columbia, Vancouver Island (B.C.), and Spain
Subject (Name):
Sutil (Ship) and Mexicana (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Description and travel, Nootka Indians, Nootka language, and Exploring expeditions
LSF F592 F7: "Map of an exploring expedition to the Rocky mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the years 1843-44" removed and housed separately as BEIN 80 1844A.
Publisher:
Gales and Seaton, Printers
Subject (Geographic):
United States, West (U.S.), Pacific States., and Rocky Mountains.
Subject (Topic):
Exploring expeditions, Description and travel, Geology, Geomorphology, and Paleontology
