Tittmann Family papers, 1834-1983.

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Tittmann Family papers, 1834-1983.

Collection contains personal and business correspondence belonging to all four members of the Tittmann Family and photocopies of Tittmann genealogical material. Collection also contains photographs of all four members of the Tittmann Family, O.H. Tittmann's photographs of his surveying activities, and Edward Tittmann's photographs of the Southern Peru Copper Corporation's copper mine and mill near Ilo, Peru. Collection also holds Edward Tittmann's photograph albums of the Southern Peru Copper Corporation's copper mine and mill near Ilo, Peru, scrapbooks created by O.H. Tittmann and Charles T. Tittmann, and a 16 mm motion picture film of Edward Tittmann's 1930 trip to California's Sierra Nevada Mountains. Government documents, miscellaneous clippings, miscellaneous printed materials, miscellaneous periodicals, sheet music belonging to Charles T. Tittmann, books belonging to O.H. Tittmann, and a few artifacts are in this collection as well.

18.40 cubic ft. (30 boxes) + 6 envelopes.

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Tittmann Family.

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O.H. Tittmann (1850-1938) was a well known American surveyor during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Belleville, Illinois, Tittmann joined the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1867 and enjoyed a long and distinguished career with this federal agency, serving as Superintendent of the Bureau of Weights and Measures (1889-1893) and Superintendent of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (1900-1915). In the course of his government career, Tittmann was involved in a number ...

Southern Peru Copper Corporation

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Tittmann, Edward.

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Tittmann, Harold H., 1893-1980

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Tittmann, Charles T.

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American Smelting and Mining Company.

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U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey

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Drawn by R.D. Cutts. From the description of Pulgas base : map, 1854. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122398096 Historical Background The story of the Union Pacific Railroad's involvement with oil and the Tidelands goes back to at least 1911 when the State of California granted the City of Long Beach its tidelands properties for development of commerce, navigation, fisheries, and recreation under a public trust doctine, me...

Tittmann, O. H. (Otto Hilgard), 1850-1938

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Otto Hilgard Tittmann was born on August 20, 1850, at Belleville, Illinois, where he received his early education. He subsequently received degrees from Stevens Institute, Washington University, and George Washington University. He joined the Coast and Geodetic Survey on November 10, 1867, as an aid. He rendered service with field parties on the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific Coasts, Puerto Rico, and southeastern Alaska; became Assistant in Charge of Office July 1, 1895; Assistant Superintendent Ap...