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McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885. George B. McClellan letter to H. Wilson and F. P. Blair [manuscript], 1862 May 15.

Title: George B. McClellan letter to H. Wilson and F. P. Blair [manuscript], 1862 May 15.

Letter from George B. McClellan, near Cumberland, Virginia, to Henry Wilson and Francis P. Blair, 3 pp, 15 May 1862, regarding the need for legislation to merge the Corps of Engineers and Topographical Engineers and to make them work more efficiently. With typed transcript.

ArchivalResource: .02 cubic feet (1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/759935419 View

Simpson, J. H. (James Hervey), 1813-1883. Abstract of disbursements on account of survey of N.W. lakes (Green Bay survey) made during the 2nd & 3rd quarter of the year : ms., 1843.

Title: Abstract of disbursements on account of survey of N.W. lakes (Green Bay survey) made during the 2nd & 3rd quarter of the year : ms., 1843.

List of financial disbursements regarding expenses for survey party by Capt. William G. Williams in account with Lt. James Hervey Simpson at Green Bay, Wis., May 19-Sept. 30, 1843. These disbursements reflect expenses, mostly concerning provisions, transportation, and general supplies. Listed are date, voucher no., name of person paid, reason for payment, and amount.

ArchivalResource: 3 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48726618 View

Saginaw-Mackinaw City Military Road Survey Collection, 1834, 1965.

Title: Saginaw-Mackinaw City Military Road Survey Collection, 1834, 1965.

Typed transcript of the report of Benjamin Poole, 1834, recommending that the road from Saginaw to Mackinaw City (188 miles) be built, to Lt. Col. Henry Whiting, Assist. Quartermaster, U.S. Army, Detroit; notes by Charles M. Cook, undated, as to why the road was not built; copies of correspondence, 1961-1965, to Prof. Rolland Maybee at Central Michigan University (CMU); miscellaneous undated notes about Poole and his survey.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38919563 View

US Army Topographic Engineers of World War II Association. US Army Topographic Engineers of World War II Association collection, 1942-2000.

Title: US Army Topographic Engineers of World War II Association collection, 1942-2000.

Contains the following types of materials: personnel documents, awards / certificates, clippings, newspapers, leaflets / brochures, diary / journal, photos (reproductions), ephemera. Contains information pertaining to the following war and time period: World War II (WWII). Contains information pertaining to the following military units and organizations: 650th Engineer Topographic Battalion; 2nd Army Air Force Intelligence Detachment. General description of the collection: The U.S. Army Topographic Engineers of World War II Association papers are the result of a "clearing house project" conducted by the Association to preserve the diaries and papers of individual members. Also included is information on a "Census 2000 project," a suvey conducted by the Association of its members. Members included: Peter P. Viviano, diaries and papers; Donald L. Blaydes', work entitled "OPERATIONAL AIRCRAFT IN SWPA" (Southwest Pacific Area); and Edwin Paster's report "BAMBLING BY HEAVIES."

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50047952 View

Military roads collection [manuscripts], 1854-1875.

Title: Military roads collection [manuscripts], 1854-1875.

Collection includes: Photocopy documents pertaining to military roads in Oregon, 1854-1858, including Astoria-Salem roads and Myrtle-Creek road; Typescript copies of documents pertaining to the activities of the Bureau of Topographical Engineers of the War Department on the Columbia River, from Columbia Barracks (Fort Vancouver) to Fort Dalles, 35 pp, 1855-1857 and 1874-1875.

ArchivalResource: .04 cubic feet (2 folders)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/680047499 View

Le Conte, John Eatton, 1784-1860. Papers, 1816-1877.

Title: Papers, 1816-1877.

These are primarily papers relating to the work of the United States Army Corps of Topographical Engineers, with special reference to surveys of harbors of the eastern United States. Some papers and letters relate to natural history and are addressed to John Lawrence LeConte. Correspondents include Rutherford B. Hayes, Joseph Henry, Daniel Parker, and E.G. Squier.

ArchivalResource: 86 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173465801 View

Abert, John James, 1788-1863. John James Abert letters to W.G. Williams, 1838-1844.

Title: John James Abert letters to W.G. Williams, 1838-1844.

Five ALS and one printed circular letter, signed, written by John James Abert, Bureau of Topographical Engineers, to Captain W.G. Williams in Buffalo, New York. The ALS concern Williams's work in the U.S. Lake Survey, referring to harbor construction, reporting of accounts, and damage to works at Cattaraugus Creek, New York, and other harbors caused by a storm in October, 1844. Four of the letters are written in an unidentified hand and signed by Abert; one is both written and signed by him. The printed circular letter, dated November 15, 1844, concerns negligence by officers in maintenance of the Bureau's instruments and briefly refers to the introduction of Patten's circumferenter for use by the Corps.

ArchivalResource: 6 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702150686 View

Macomb, J. N. (John N.), 1810 or 11-1889. Part of Carroll County, Maryland / prepared under the direction of Col. J.N. Macomb, A.D.C., Maj. Top. Engrs.

Title: Part of Carroll County, Maryland / prepared under the direction of Col. J.N. Macomb, A.D.C., Maj. Top. Engrs. 1862.

ArchivalResource: 1 ms. map : tracing linen ; on sheet 105 x 93 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/550282594 View

Poe, O. M. (Orlando Metcalfe), 1832-1895. Report, 1861 May 12.

Title: Report, 1861 May 12.

Report of a reconnaissance undertaken by Lieutenant Poe of the Topographical Engineers from 2-12 May, describing Ohio River towns from Portsmouth, Ohio, to Parkersburg, W. Va., including the Ky. town of Greenupsburg. This report was prepared for General George B. McClellan of the Dept. of the Ohio.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49264199 View

Forster, Thomas. [Letter] 1840 June 1 [to] William G. Williams 1840.

Title: [Letter] 1840 June 1 [to] William G. Williams 1840.

Letter concerns acceptance of a job offer as local agent for the U.S. Topographical Engineers.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/471469475 View

Nicollet, J. N. (Joseph Nicolas), 1786-1843. Papers, 1838-1839 [microform].

Title: Papers, 1838-1839 [microform].

ArchivalResource: ca. 40 items : maps ; 34 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/15991928 View

Henry Larcom Abbot Papers, 1853-1943, 1855

Title: Henry Larcom Abbot Papers 1853-1943 1855

The collection consists of survey field notes, journals and letters.

ArchivalResource: .5 cubic feet (1 document case)

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv27031 View

United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers. Map of a reconnoissance between the Missouri River and Great Salt Lake.

Title: Map of a reconnoissance between the Missouri River and Great Salt Lake. [18--?]

ArchivalResource: 1 map : ms., col. ; 71 x 169 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82461583 View

Wills, John A. U.S. government map of 1818 : copied from a map in the Topographical Bureau.

Title: U.S. government map of 1818 : copied from a map in the Topographical Bureau. [ca. 1855]

ArchivalResource: 1 ms. map ; 46 x 30 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44505924 View

Williamson, R. S. (Robert Stockton), 1824-1882. R. S. Williamson correspondence, 1848-1854.

Title: R. S. Williamson correspondence, 1848-1854.

Letters (1848 January 21-1854 April 1) from Williamson to members of his family relating chiefly to his experiences as a lieutenant in the Army Corps of Topographical Engineers in California during the gold rush period.

ArchivalResource: 10 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70982991 View

Gunnison, J. W. (John Williams), 1812-1853. Papers of J. W. Gunnison, 1832-1926 (bulk 1832-1896).

Title: Papers of J. W. Gunnison, 1832-1926 (bulk 1832-1896).

The collection consists of letters, manuscripts (including 9 journals and 2 sketch books), and photographs arranged in three separate groups. The first group of papers concern Gunnison himself: his journal kept in Florida and Georgia in 1840, information about Wisconsin Territory (1841), the Stansbury Expedition (1849-50), life among the Mormons, the expedition that Gunnison led from St. Louis to Utah (1853), and the official communications related to his death. The second group contains letters written by his wife's family in the South during the Civil War and also some Bunnison and Briard family materials. The third group concerns his nephew, Charles Andrew Gunnison, who traveled in Europe and Japan with San Francisco area businessman Timothy Hopkins.

ArchivalResource: 83 pieces.4 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122382994 View

Stansbury, Howard, 1806-1863. Stansbury Survey diaries, 1849-1850.

Title: Stansbury Survey diaries, 1849-1850.

Diaries kept on the expedition commanded by the U.S. Topographical Engineers, Captain Howard Stansbury and Lieutenant John Williams Gunnison, sent to survey the Great Salt Lake and adjacent valleys. The Stansbury and Gunnison diaries (9 v.) describe the journey to and from Fort Leavenworth and life among the Mormons, as well as the actual surveys, April 24, 1849-October 1, 1850. With these is the diary of Albert Carrington, a Utah settler hired as scientific assistant, April 3-December 24, 1850; and that of an artist, John Hudson, who served during the actual survey of the lake, April 3-June 28, 1850.

ArchivalResource: 1 reel microfilm (592 exposures) : negative (Rich. 112:11) and positive.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/215072134 View

Lee, William. Notes taken by William Lee while on a journey across the plains, [19--?].

Title: Notes taken by William Lee while on a journey across the plains, [19--?].

Transcript of a journal kept by William Lee from April 11, 1858 to Oct. 25, 1859, while on Captain Simpson's expedition to Utah and across the Great Basin from Camp Floyd to Genoa, Nevada, returning to Washington, D.C. with sojourns at Fort Bridger, Camp Floyd and Genoa.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (57 leaves) ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52635276 View

Abbot, Henry L. Henry Larcom Abbot Papers, 1853-1943, 1855.

Title: Henry Larcom Abbot Papers, 1853-1943, 1855.

The collection consists of letters Abbot wrote to his parents in 1855, journals kept during his survey work of 1855-1856 in California and Oregon, and various books of field notes and celestial observations taken for the survey. Also included is an address given at the 1943 launching of the Liberty ship, Henry L. Abbot.

ArchivalResource: .5 cubic feet (1 document case)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62784792 View

George Gardner papers 1821-1900 1854-1895 Gardner, George papers

Title: George Gardner papers 1821-1900 1854-1895 Gardner, George papers

This collection contains correspondence, letter books, and additional material related to the career of George Clinton Gardner, a surveyor and railroad engineer who worked in the United States, Mexico, and Peru throughout the latter half of the 19th century. Correspondence includes several letters related to Gardner's attempt to join the Army Corps of Topographical Engineers during the Civil War. The letter books provide details of Gardner's work with nitroglycerin in Pennsylvania, his experiences and travels while supervising railroad construction throughout Mexico, and his work with the Pacific Company in Peru.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 linear feet

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-1898gar?rgn=main;view=text View

Washington Hood papers, 1772-1861

Title: Washington Hood papers 1772-1861

The papers consist of journals, correspondence, drawings, maps, architectural plans, family papers and business papers relating to Washington Hood, his father John McClellan Hood, and the Hood family. Journals document Hood's surveys of the Ohio and Michigan border in 1835 and of northeastern Oklahoma in 1839, and also include notes on painting and engineering. Family papers consist chiefly of correspondence and include letters to and from family members that describe Hood's expeditions. John Hood's business papers consist of correspondence, legal papers, and financial papers that document John Hood's personal finances and the business partnership of Hamilton and Hood in Philadelphia. One daguerreotype by photographer James M'Clees is included in the family papers, likely depicting John Hood circa 1850. Architectural plans include drawings that formed the basis of the Hood country home Bessie Bell in Limerick Township, Pennsylvania (built in 1834), and an 1834 proposal for a U.S. Government building designed to centralize executive staff. Maps include an early manuscript draft of Hood's 1835 map of Indian tribes west of Arkansas and Missouri. Printed maps depict charts and waterways in eastern North America.

ArchivalResource: 1.46 linear feet (4 boxes) + 2 broadsides.

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.hoodw View

Carlton, William H. Sketch of Flathead Reservation, as shown by map of the Indian nations and tribes, of the territories of Washington and Nebraska, west of the mouth of Yellowstone / drawn by William H. Carlton, Surveyor and Top. Eng'r.

Title: Sketch of Flathead Reservation, as shown by map of the Indian nations and tribes, of the territories of Washington and Nebraska, west of the mouth of Yellowstone / drawn by William H. Carlton, Surveyor and Top. Eng'r. Mar. 1857.

ArchivalResource: 1 ms. map ; 29 x 33 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/742004443 View

Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861. Letters to John James Abert [facsimiles], 1850-1859.

Title: Letters to John James Abert [facsimiles], 1850-1859.

Set of facsimile letters written from George Horatio Derby to Colonel J.J. Abert, mainly regarding work on the San Diego River levee. Derby writes of his activities at Monterey, his appointment to San Diego, his various expenses, his "long and tedious passage" from New York to San Diego, the results of his levee building survey for the San Diego River, the difficulties of acquiring funding for the project, his troubles trying to carry equipment on horseback, the completion of work on the San Diego River, Abert's unhappiness with modifications made by Derby to original levee plans ("I believe I am the only officer on this coast whose official drafts have ever been dishonored" writes Derby of the incident), his appointment as Aide-de-Camp of General Wool, and his work in the Cascades (Washington state). Derby also writes of being delayed on his travels by the birth of his child aboard a ship and his request to "improve in my profession...by examining the fortifications of Europe" with the hope of achieving the rank of Captain. Also includes a letter to Secretary of War Jefferson Davis in which Derby asks to be sent east to be near his ailing mother, a list of equipment lost in the Punta River, and various plans and estimates relating to the San Diego River.

ArchivalResource: 34 pieces.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/662491084 View

Blake, Jacob Edmund, 1811 or 12-1846. Map of the reconnaissance in Texas / by Lieut's Blake and Meade of the Corps. of Topl. Engs. 1845-6.

Title: Map of the reconnaissance in Texas / by Lieut's Blake and Meade of the Corps. of Topl. Engs. 1845-6. 1846?

Military topography of that area of Texas encompassing a portion of the Texas Gulf Coast area near present day Brownsville and the area north and west to San Antonio including much of Bexar County, and San Patricio County.

ArchivalResource: 1 ms. map : photocopy ; on sheet 69 x 46 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61388743 View

Radziminski, Chas. Boundary between the United States and Mexico agreed upon by the Joint Commission under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo : surveyed in 1853 under the direction of W.H. Emory, Corps of Topographical Engineers / by Chas. Radziminski and Arthur Schott.

Title: Boundary between the United States and Mexico agreed upon by the Joint Commission under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo : surveyed in 1853 under the direction of W.H. Emory, Corps of Topographical Engineers / by Chas. Radziminski and Arthur Schott. [185-]

ArchivalResource: 1 ms. map ; 58 x 90 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/310575614 View

United States. Topographical Bureau. Part of map of portions of the milit'y dept's of Washington, Pennsylvania, Annapolis, and north eastern Virginia [electronic resource] / compiled in the Bureau of Topographical Eng'rs, War Department &c. Washington, D.C. Oct. 6th, 1862 ; copied in Engr. Bureau C.S.A. Sept. 6th, 1864 [by] Wm. L. Sheppard, Dftsmn. ; forwarded to Lieut. Genl. J.A. Early Sept. 6th 1864.

Title: Part of map of portions of the milit'y dept's of Washington, Pennsylvania, Annapolis, and north eastern Virginia [electronic resource] / compiled in the Bureau of Topographical Eng'rs, War Department &c. Washington, D.C. Oct. 6th, 1862 ; copied in Engr. Bureau C.S.A. Sept. 6th, 1864 [by] Wm. L. Sheppard, Dftsmn. ; forwarded to Lieut. Genl. J.A. Early Sept. 6th 1864.

ArchivalResource: 1 ms. map : col., cloth ; 58 x 85 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61882641 View

Abert, John James, 1788-1863. John James Abert papers, 1840-1851.

Title: John James Abert papers, 1840-1851.

Printed circular (1840 April 29) signed by Abert and a letter (1851 March 28) written by Abert, while serving as chief of the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers, to Alexander H. H. Stuart discussing personnel matters.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79449638 View

Emory, William H. (William Hemsley), 1811-1887. William Hemsley Emory papers, 1823-1886.

Title: William Hemsley Emory papers, 1823-1886.

The bulk of the collection documents William Emory's service on the Mexican boundary survey in the years 1848 to 1858. Series I contains correspondence with members of the boundary commission, the American and Mexican Survey parties, and government officials. Correspondence for 1849-50 describes California during the Gold Rush and Forty-Niners on the Gila route. There are also other military records. Series II contains letters and other records from Emory's service in Kansas and in the Civil War.

ArchivalResource: 5.5 linear ft. (14 boxes + 1 portfolio)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702128554 View

Graham, J. D. (James Duncan), 1799-1865. Montpelier canal : Wells River route : experimental survey / by Lieutenants A.D. Mackay, E. French, and G.E. Chase ; under the orders of Capt. J.D. Graham, U.S.T. Engineers.

Title: Montpelier canal : Wells River route : experimental survey / by Lieutenants A.D. Mackay, E. French, and G.E. Chase ; under the orders of Capt. J.D. Graham, U.S.T. Engineers. 1829-1830.

ArchivalResource: 1 map on 9 sheets : photocopy ; 62 x 119 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/505266708 View

William Hemsley Emory papers, 1823-1886

Title: William Hemsley Emory papers 1823-1886

The bulk of the collection documents William Emory's service on the Mexican boundary survey in the years 1848 to 1858. Series I contains correspondence with members of the boundary commission, the American and Mexican Survey parties, and government officials. Correspondence for 1849-50 describes California during the Gold Rush and Forty-Niners on the Gila route. There are also other military records. Series II contains letters and other records from Emory's service in Kansas and in the Civil War.

ArchivalResource: Total Boxes: 14; Other Storage Formats: Oversize portfolio , Linear Feet: 5.50

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.emory View

Stansbury, Howard, 1806-1863. Letter : Cleveland, Ohio, to Colonel John James Abert, Washington, D.C., 1853 Dec 30.

Title: Letter : Cleveland, Ohio, to Colonel John James Abert, Washington, D.C., 1853 Dec 30.

ALS to Colonel John James Abert of the United States Topographical Bureau in Washington, D.C., requesting travel to Washington to study the maps, plans, and estimates of the harbors in the Cleveland district in order to carry out orders for work to be done (presumably on the U.S. Lake Survey) under Captain Stanbury's supervision. One leaf contains signed notes dated 1853 and 1854, including Abert's recommendation and Secretary of War Jefferson Davis's denial of Stansbury's request.

ArchivalResource: 1 item ([3] p.); 19 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702150647 View

Nicollet, J. N. (Joseph Nicolas), 1786-1843. J.N. Nicollet letters received from John James Abert and John Charles Frémont, 1838-1841.

Title: J.N. Nicollet letters received from John James Abert and John Charles Frémont, 1838-1841.

Twenty-two letters relating to explorations conducted by J.N. Nicollet, including eighteen letters, mostly ALS, written to him by John James Abert. Most letters written by Abert concern arrangements and instructions for Nicollet's Corps of Topographical Engineers expeditions, including discussion of government appropriations and support of Joel Roberts Poinsett, Secretary of War; the assignment of John Charles Frémont to assist Nicollet; and progress and results of expeditions. Other letters from Abert relate to purchase by the United States government of data from Nicollet's exploration of the sources of the Mississippi River in 1837-1838; a draft, signed, written by Nicollet describing this expedition, including his observations on relations between settlers and Dakota and Ojibwa Indians; and two ALS from Frémont to Nicollet regarding arrangements for a second expedition in 1839. Frémont also discusses his family life and asks for Nicollet's advice regarding breaking of a marriage engagement. Both Frémont and Abert briefly refer to financial support from Pierre Chouteau Jr. and Company for a second expedition.

ArchivalResource: 22 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82426794 View

Ives, J. C. [Joseph C. Ives Collection].

Title: [Joseph C. Ives Collection]. 1857-1858.

Collection consists of 17 letters (photocopies) between Lt. Joseph C. Ives and his wife, Cora Semmes Ives, between Sept. 1857 and June 1858. The correspondence is largely personal in nature, but is a useful supplement to the official report documenting the voyage, "Report upon the Colorado River of the west -- explored in 1857-58".

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/462220220 View

Thom, George, 1819-1891. Papers.

Title: Papers. 1845.

Officer, U.S. Army, Corps of Topographical Engineers. "Prime vertical observations at Richford, Vermont" (2 copies); miscellaneous notes for boundary survey, Richford, Vt., 1845; "Transit observations at East Albany, N.Y., 1845."

ArchivalResource: 4 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8159417 View

Abert, John James, 1788-1863. John James Abert letters to W.G. Williams, 1838-1844.

Title: John James Abert letters to W.G. Williams, 1838-1844.

Five ALS and one printed circular letter, signed, written by John James Abert, Bureau of Topographical Engineers, to Captain W.G. Williams in Buffalo, New York. The ALS concern Williams's work in the U.S. Lake Survey, referring to harbor construction, reporting of accounts, and damage to works at Cattaraugus Creek, New York, and other harbors caused by a storm in October, 1844. Four of the letters are written in an unidentified hand and signed by Abert; one is both written and signed by him. The printed circular letter, dated November 15, 1844, concerns negligence by officers in maintenance of the Bureau's instruments and briefly refers to the introduction of Patten's circumferenter for use by the Corps.

ArchivalResource: 6 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79699853 View

Graham, J. D. (James Duncan), 1799-1865. Papers.

Title: Papers. 1846.

Topographical engineer, discovered existence of lunar tides in Great Lakes. Report of the operations of the topographical engineers under Graham's command. Report includes commendation for Lt. Whipple and lists the cities in Maine and Canada surveyed by Thom, Whipple and Graham; "Table for the equation of equal altitude of the sun."

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8566715 View

Graham, J. D. (James Duncan), 1799-1865. Memoirs &c. on scientific subjects.

Title: Memoirs &c. on scientific subjects. 1833-1861.

ArchivalResource: 3 v. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/732896198 View

Humphreys, A. A. (Andrew Atkinson), 1810-1883. U.S. explorations, with geology of the Far West.

Title: U.S. explorations, with geology of the Far West.

ArchivalResource: 5 items in 1 v. : 4 maps (1 col.) ; 24 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55133425 View

J. D. Graham papers, 1804-1896, 1848-1865

Title: J. D. Graham papers 1804-1896 1848-1865

The papers document the military career of a topographical engineer in the nineteenth century. The collection contains correspondence, reports, maps, and data from astronomical observations created during the surveys of the Northeastern and Mexican boundaries, a review of the Mason-Dixon Line, a project to improve the Great Lakes's harbors, and a survey of the North and North West Lakes. The papers also have information on Graham's personal life as well as family members such as his son, William Montrose Graham.

ArchivalResource: Total Boxes: 50; Other Storage Formats: oversize, bound volume, broadside folder; Linear Feet: 26.5

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.graham View

Carpenter, Frank, fl. 1875. Topographical surveying records.

Title: Topographical surveying records. 1875.

Topographical engineer. Sketches, diagrams and calculations made by Frank Carpenter, 1875, who was working with C.W. Whipple and with the Corps of Topographical Engineers, surveying west of the 100th meridian.

ArchivalResource: 3 v., bound ; 22 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8246928 View

LeConte, John L. (John Lawrence), 1825-1883. Papers, 1812-1897.

Title: Papers, 1812-1897.

This collection contains mostly entomological material, with much information on the description and identification of particular insects, entomological collections, and the study of entomology in Europe and the United States. In addition, there are materials on medicine and hospitals during the American Civil War, on the Corps of Topographical Engineers, the United States Army, on natural history in the United States, and on LeConte's family life. Some letters are written to President Rutherford B. Hayes and concern the Commissionership of Agriculture, for which LeConte was considered, but not appointed. Letters of John Eatton LeConte and Joseph LeConte are included.

ArchivalResource: ca. 1900 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122440049 View

Nicollet, J. N. (Joseph Nicolas), 1786-1843. J.N. Nicollet letters received from John James Abert and John Charles Frémont, 1838-1841.

Title: J.N. Nicollet letters received from John James Abert and John Charles Frémont, 1838-1841.

Twenty-two letters relating to explorations conducted by J.N. Nicollet, including eighteen letters, mostly ALS, written to him by John James Abert. Most letters written by Abert concern arrangements and instructions for Nicollet's Corps of Topographical Engineers expeditions, including discussion of government appropriations and support of Joel Roberts Poinsett, Secretary of War; the assignment of John Charles Frémont to assist Nicollet; and progress and results of expeditions. Other letters from Abert relate to purchase by the United States government of data from Nicollet's exploration of the sources of the Mississippi River in 1837-1838; a draft, signed, written by Nicollet describing this expedition, including his observations on relations between settlers and Dakota and Ojibwa Indians; and two ALS from Frémont to Nicollet regarding arrangements for a second expedition in 1839. Frémont also discusses his family life and asks for Nicollet's advice regarding breaking of a marriage engagement. Both Frémont and Abert briefly refer to financial support from Pierre Chouteau Jr. and Company for a second expedition.

ArchivalResource: 22 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702150322 View

Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861. George Horatio Derby Reports [manuscript], 1855-1856.

Title: George Horatio Derby Reports [manuscript], 1855-1856.

Photostatic copies of reports by George Horatio Derby, Lieutenant, U.S. Corps of Topographical Engineers, to Harman Bache concerning survey of a military road from Astoria to Salem, including letters from Bache transmitting the reports to John J. Abert, Chief Topographical Engineer, Washington, D.C.

ArchivalResource: 0.04 cubic feet (3 folders)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/660834562 View

Stansbury, Howard, 1806-1863. Letter : Cleveland, Ohio, to Colonel John James Abert, Washington, D.C., 1853 Dec 30.

Title: Letter : Cleveland, Ohio, to Colonel John James Abert, Washington, D.C., 1853 Dec 30.

ALS to Colonel John James Abert of the United States Topographical Bureau in Washington, D.C., requesting travel to Washington to study the maps, plans, and estimates of the harbors in the Cleveland district in order to carry out orders for work to be done (presumably on the U.S. Lake Survey) under Captain Stanbury's supervision. One leaf contains signed notes dated 1853 and 1854, including Abert's recommendation and Secretary of War Jefferson Davis's denial of Stansbury's request.

ArchivalResource: 1 item ([3] p.) ; 19 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84224618 View