John Wesley Powell correspondence and diary, 1871-1907 1871-1907

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John Wesley Powell correspondence and diary, 1871-1907 1871-1907

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Contents: diary kept by Frederick S. Dellenbaugh of the Colorado River Expedition (1871-1873); J. F. Steward's "Through the Canyons of the Colorado" (1871); letters of John Wesley Powell and James C. Filling from records of the geological survey, Rocky Mountain survey, letters sent, 1877, 1878, 1879; Bureau of American Ethnology letters sent, J. W., Powell, 1897-1902; correspondence of Robert B. Stanton and Jack Sumner about Powell (1907). Includes references to Ute Indians.

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Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel, 1853-1935

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Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh, artist, topographer, explorer and author, was born September 13, 1853 in McConnelsville, Ohio. After graduating from high school in Buffalo, New York, Dellenbaugh's interest in painting and boating led his uncle Almon Harris Thompson to introduce him to John Wesley Powell. Thompson was Powell's brother-in-law and served as second-in-command and chief topographer of Powell's second expedition down the Colorado River in 1871-1873. Powell appointed the seventeen year o...

Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902

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Wallace Earle Stegner is an author. From the guide to the Papers, 1868-1879, relating to John Wesley Powell and the Colorado River, 1868-1879, (American Philosophical Society) John Wesley Powell was a geologist, ethnologist, and director of the United States Geological Survey; he was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1889. From the guide to the John Wesley Powell correspondence, 1869-1879, of the Powell Survey, 1869-1879, (American Philosophical So...

Steward, John F. (John Fletcher), 1841-1915

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Stanton, Robert Brewster, 1846-1922

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Civil and mining engineer. From the description of Field notes of Robert Brewster Stanton : Denver, Colorado Canyon and Pacific R.R. Survey, 1889 and 1890. [microfilm]. (Utah Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122610968 Engineer from Madisonville (Hamilton Co.), Oh. From the description of Correspondence, 1874-1880. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 39100395 Robert Brewster Stanton (1846-1922) was a civil and mining engine...

Sumner, Jack

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