Manuscript field journal that documents the military career of Bennett A. Clements, July 27, 1859, to January 4, 1886. The volume principally discusses the daily activities of Clements and the United States Army troops commanded by Colonel Edward Richard Sprigg Canby in Utah and New Mexico Territories from 1860 to 1862 . Activities included protecting settlers against American Indians and negotiating with Navajo, Ute, and Zuni Indians, and fighting with Confederate States Army troops. Later journal entries include details of Clements' subsequent service with the Army of the Potomac and at hospitals in New York City, and as a medical doctor with United States Army troops commanded by General George Crook in the Dakota Territory in 1876. The journal also documents events and trips taken by his immediate family.
Description:
Bennett Augustine Clements (1831-1886) was a surgeon in the United States Army. In 1856, he earned a commission as an assistant surgeon in the Regular Army Medical Staff Infantry Regiment. From 1856 to 1863, he served in Florida, Texas, Utah, and New Mexico. In 1863, he became a full surgeon with the rank of major and administered hospitals during the American Civil War. In 1876, Clements served in the Indian Wars in the Dakota Territory. In 1871, he married Mary Isabella Rutherford Clements (born 1844), and they had two daughters, Lucille Rutherford Clements Arnold (1872-1952) and Maude Hamilton Clements (1874-1944). He died at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas., In English., and Purchased from William Reese Company on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 3, 2010.
Subject (Geographic):
New Mexico--Discovery and exploration, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, and Utah--Discovery and exploration
Subject (Name):
Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg,--1817-1873, Clements, Bennett A.--(Bennett Augustine),---1886, Confederate States of America.--Army, Copley, James S.--(James Strohn)--Bookplate, Crook, George,--1829-1890, and United States.--Army of the Potomac--Medical care
Subject (Topic):
Dakota Indians--Wars, 1876, Frontier and pioneer life--New Mexico, Frontier and pioneer life--Utah, Navajo Indians, Navajo Indians--Wars, Ute Indians, and Zuni Indians
Photographs of: Neighbour surveying and camping in Montana and Nevada; Shoshone and Piute Indians in Nevada and Zuni Indians in New Mexico; students and buildings at the University of Montana at Missoula in 1911-1912; people and buildings in Gallup, Ramah, and Santa Fe, New Mexico; cattle herding at Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico; the Gillespie Dam, Arizona at the time of the flood of the Gila River, in 1923; aftermath of the Long Beach Earthquake of 1933; and the Orange County California Flood of 1938 (these made by Watson Airfotos, Inc.).
Description:
Hugh M. Neighbour, senior, an engineer and surveyor who studied in Montana and worked in Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, and southern California., Nitrate negatives accompanying the collection were discarded according to Yale University policy in 2023. Digital surrogates are available., Accompanied by a box list., and Many of the photographs are accompanied by later copy prints with manuscript captions on verso.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.), Nevada, New Mexico, California, Long Beach, Gila River (N.M. and Ariz.), and Orange County
Subject (Name):
Neighbour, Hugh M. b. 1888. (Hugh Mears),, Watson Airfotos, Inc., and University of Montana--Missoula
Subject (Topic):
Surveyors, Paiute Indians, Shoshoni Indians, Zuni Indians, Earthquakes, and Floods
Photographs of: Neighbour surveying and camping in Montana and Nevada; Shoshone and Piute Indians in Nevada and Zuni Indians in New Mexico; students and buildings at the University of Montana at Missoula in 1911-1912; people and buildings in Gallup, Ramah, and Santa Fe, New Mexico; cattle herding at Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico; the Gillespie Dam, Arizona at the time of the flood of the Gila River, in 1923; aftermath of the Long Beach Earthquake of 1933; and the Orange County California Flood of 1938 (these made by Watson Airfotos, Inc.).
Description:
Hugh M. Neighbour, senior, an engineer and surveyor who studied in Montana and worked in Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, and southern California., Nitrate negatives accompanying the collection were discarded according to Yale University policy in 2023. Digital surrogates are available., Accompanied by a box list., and Many of the photographs are accompanied by later copy prints with manuscript captions on verso.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.), Nevada, New Mexico, California, Long Beach, Gila River (N.M. and Ariz.), and Orange County
Subject (Name):
Neighbour, Hugh M. b. 1888. (Hugh Mears),, Watson Airfotos, Inc., and University of Montana--Missoula
Subject (Topic):
Surveyors, Paiute Indians, Shoshoni Indians, Zuni Indians, Earthquakes, and Floods
Photographs of: Neighbour surveying and camping in Montana and Nevada; Shoshone and Piute Indians in Nevada and Zuni Indians in New Mexico; students and buildings at the University of Montana at Missoula in 1911-1912; people and buildings in Gallup, Ramah, and Santa Fe, New Mexico; cattle herding at Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico; the Gillespie Dam, Arizona at the time of the flood of the Gila River, in 1923; aftermath of the Long Beach Earthquake of 1933; and the Orange County California Flood of 1938 (these made by Watson Airfotos, Inc.).
Description:
Hugh M. Neighbour, senior, an engineer and surveyor who studied in Montana and worked in Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, and southern California., Nitrate negatives accompanying the collection were discarded according to Yale University policy in 2023. Digital surrogates are available., Accompanied by a box list., and Many of the photographs are accompanied by later copy prints with manuscript captions on verso.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.), Nevada, New Mexico, California, Long Beach, Gila River (N.M. and Ariz.), and Orange County
Subject (Name):
Neighbour, Hugh M. b. 1888. (Hugh Mears),, Watson Airfotos, Inc., and University of Montana--Missoula
Subject (Topic):
Surveyors, Paiute Indians, Shoshoni Indians, Zuni Indians, Earthquakes, and Floods
Photograph album of John Wesley Powell's Second Colorado River Expedition, containing photographs by E. O. Beaman, James Fennemore, and John K. Hillers. The first 118 photographs are attributed to Beaman, and depict the start of the expedition at the Green River Station in Wyoming, and the journey through the Red Canyon, Brown's Park, the Lodore Canyon, the Canyon of Desolation, the Cataract Canyon, and Salt Lake City, Utah, The next set of photographs in the album was probably taken by James Fennemore, showing views of Powell's expedition after his departure from Salt Lake City. They illustrate the journey from the mouth of the Dirty Devil River down through Glen Valley, Nevada, and Finally, there are several views of the Marble Canyon, the Grand Canyon, the Green River, the Virgin River, the Sevier River, Pine Creek, Kanab Creek, and a series of portraits by Hillers of Paiute, Ute and Pueblo Indians. Portraits of Hopi and Zuni Indians were probably taken by Beaman
Description:
Individual prints consist of 452 stereo-sized photographs, measuring 7.6 x 11.0 cm. or smaller, 52 larger photographs, measuring 18.5 x 10.9 cm. or smaller, and 5 photographs measuring 24.2 x 18.2 cm. or smaller. The photographs are generally not captioned. Attribution is based on secondary sources. and Insect damage to some pages, not affecting photographs.
Subject (Geographic):
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico), Grand Canyon (Ariz.), United States, and Cataract Canyon Wilderness (Utah)
Subject (Name):
Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Hopi Indians, Zuni Indians, Paiute Indians, Ute Indians, and Exploring expeditions
