The collection consists of ten bound volumes of autograph manuscript correspondence to and from American meteorologist William C. Redfield largely concerning steam navigation and weather phenomena including cyclones, hurricanes, storms, and typhoons. ...
Description:
William C. Redfield (1789-1857), American meteorologist and first president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Redfield was born in Middletown, Connecticut, on March 26, 1789, and died in New York, New York, on February 12, 18...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., United States., Barbados, Bermuda Islands, and Malta
Subject (Name):
Becher, A. B. 1796-1876. (Alexander Bridport),, Coffin, James H. 1806-1873. (James Henry),, Clinton, DeWitt, 1805-1833., Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895., Gibbes, Robert W. 1809-1866. (Robert Wilson),, Hall, James, 1811-1898., Henwood, William Jory, 1805-1875., Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864., Lefroy, J. H. Sir, 1817-1890. (John Henry),, Loomis, Elias, 1811-1889., Martin, F. P. B., Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858., Piddington, Henry, 1797-1858., Preston, Samuel, 1756-1834., Redfield, John Howard, 1815-1895., Redfield, W. C. 1789-1857. (William C.),, Reid, Sarah Bolland, -1858., Reid, William, 1791-1858., Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864., Silliman, Benjamin, 1816-1885., Smith, Vivus Wood, 1804-1881., Verneuil, Édouard de, 1805-1873., Webster, Matthew Henry, 1803-1846., Whitney, Asa, 1791-1874., and Whittlesey, Charles, 1808-1886.
Subject (Topic):
Cyclones, Hurricanes, Meteorologists, Ocean currents, Railroads, Steam-navigation, Tornadoes, Description and travel, Politics and government, and Social life and customs
Sixteen albumen prints depicting a variety of locations and people in Southern California and Arizona. There are views of six missions, one of them identified as San Miguel, and three others probably the California missions San Buenaventura, San Luis ...
Description:
Carleton E. Watkins, western photographer.
Subject (Geographic):
California, Tehachapi Pass, Yuma (Ariz.), San Francisco, Pasadena (Calif.), and San Gabriel (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Mission San Miguel Arcangel (San Miguel, Calif.), San Buenaventura Mission, San Luis Rey Mission (Calif.), Santa Inés Mission (Solvang, Calif.), and Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Subject (Topic):
Missions, Railroads, Chinese Americans, and Viticulture
Bound volume of mounted photographs by Andrew J. Russell that document the landscape views and buildings along the Union Pacific Railroad in Nebraska, Wyoming, and Utah, ca. 1867-1869. Many images of landscapes include men and women posited in the te...
Description:
Title from cover.
Publisher:
A. Mudge & Son Print
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.), Echo (Utah), Echo Canyon (Utah), Fort Sanders (Wyo.), Green River Valley (Wyo.-Utah), Missouri River, Nebraska, Omaha (Neb.), Salt Lake City (Utah), Utah, Weber River Valley (Utah), and Wyoming
Subject (Name):
Dillon, Sidney, 1812-1892, Grant, Ulysses S. 1822-1885 (Ulysses Simpson),, Russell, Andrew J., Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888, Sherman, William T. 1820-1891 (William Tecumseh),, Young, Brigham, 1801-1877, Beehive House (Salt Lake City, Utah), Lion House (Salt Lake City, Utah), Salt Lake Temple, Tabernacle (Salt Lake City, Utah), and Union Pacific Railroad Company
Print depicts the town of Sherman, Wyoming, at the summit of the original grade of the Union Pacific Railroad, at an elevation of 8,247 ft (2,514 m); shows the town's two hotels, Sherman House and Summit House, train engine and flat cars, other buildi...
Description:
BEIN BrSides4o Zc47 869un: On sheet 13.0 x 28.5 cm.
Publisher:
Harper & Brothers
Subject (Geographic):
Sherman (Albany County, Wyo. : Ghost town), Albany County (Wyo.), United States, and Overland Trails
Indexed pocket map, tourists' and shippers' guide of Texas, Texas, Rand McNally indexed pocket map, tourists' and shippers' guide, Rand McNally standard map of Texas, Standard map of Texas, Rand McNally new commercial atlas map of Texas, and New commercial atlas map of Texas
Description:
BEIN Covers 796 1921: Original wrappers. Inscription on front cover: Malcolm R. Thorpe.
Publisher:
Rand McNally
Subject (Geographic):
Texas and Texas Panhandle (Tex.)
Subject (Topic):
Administrative and political divisions and Railroads
Photographs of logging operations in Shelton, Washington Territory, along the line of the Satsop railroad. Included are views of loggers, ox and horse teams hauling logs, trains loaded with cut timber, and the office and store of the Satsop Rail Road...
The collection documents the construction and expansion of the Moffat Road. With one exception, the photographs in the album were taken by C. L. McClure, and show views from and of the railway and its many tunnels, including several towns along the ro...
Description:
The Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway, also known as "the Moffat Road" after its creator David Moffat, crossed the Continental Divide over Rollins Pass, northwest of Denver, Colorado. Construction began in 1903, and the line reached Steamboat S...
Subject (Geographic):
Colorado, Kremmling, Colo., Hot Sulphur Springs (Colo.), Estes Park (Colo.), Grand Lake (Colo.), and Alaska
Subject (Name):
Francis, F. J., Gibson, Frank B., McClure, Louis Charles, 1867-1957., Moffat, David H. 1839-1911 (David Halliday),, Alaska Central Railway Company, Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway, and Detroit Publishing Co.
Photographs documenting the Klondike gold rush, including views of miners and mining towns and transportation to the mines via railway, steamer, and dog sled. Views en route to the gold fields feature the Klondike, Yukon, Pelly and Stewart rivers, La...
Description:
Accompanied by a box list.
Subject (Geographic):
Yukon Territory., Yukon, Yukon Territory, Klondike River Valley (Alaska), Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska), and Dawson (Yukon)
Subject (Name):
Goetzman, H. J., Mrs. and Goetzman, Edith.
Subject (Topic):
Photographers, Mining, Pictorial works, Railroads, Steamers, and Gold discoveries
