Papers, 1856-1930.

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Papers, 1856-1930.

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Chiefly the correspondence of Amanda Badger Chittenden with her sons, Samuel H. and George B. Chittenden, relating to their engineering studies at Yale University (1868-1871); Samuel's work on the Union Pacific Railroad (1869-1874); George's work as a topographer with the U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories (Hayden Expedition, 1873-1877); description and travel in the western states; Mormons, Brigham Young, and his former wife, Ann Eliza Young; James Terry Gardiner, Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden, William Henry Holmes, and William Henry Jackson; and the Delano family into which George married; together with printed material and photographs.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942

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Renowned photographer of Western landscapes, employed by the United States Geological Survey and commercial enterprises to document wilderness areas and Native American cultures. From the description of Colorado Views [picture], ca. 1870-1890. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 46460710 Official photographer for the U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories conducted by Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden. From the description of Papers, 1851-1878. (Duke University Library). ...

Yale University.

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Chittenden, George B.

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George Benjamin Chittenden was born in Conn. in Dec. 1849. A graduate of Yale University, he worked as a topographer for the U. S. Geological and Geographic Survey of the Territories conducted by Ferdinand V. Hayden in Colo. and Wyo. (1873-1877). Known as the Hayden Survey, the surveys helped define the Western U. S. during expansion after the American Civil War. Chittenden died in 1939. From the description of George B. Chittenden papers, 1873-1877 [manuscript]. (Denver Public Libra...

Young, Brigham, 1801-1877

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Second president of the Mormon Church. From the description of Certificate, 1876. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122630973 American religious leader, second president of the Mormon Church, first governor of the Territory of Utah, and colonizer who significantly influenced the development of the American West. From the description of Cash ledger books, 1862-1877. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122480196 From the description of Cash ledger books 1862-1877 ...

Gardiner, James T. (James Terry), 1842-1912

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Surveyor, engineer, public health pioneer, and son-in-law of Bishop William Croswell Doane. Gardiner was Director of the New York State Survey. From the description of Papers, 1791-1912. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122519828 ...

Chittenden, Amanda Badger

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Chittenden, Samuel H.

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Samuel H. Chittenden was employed as a survey engineer during construction of the Union Pacific transcontinental rail line in 1868. During this time he wrote many letters to his family in East River, Connecticut, describing his life and conditions and events in the construction camps. From the guide to the Samuel Chittenden papers, 1868, 1874, 1983-1985, (University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.) Samuel H. Chittenden was employed as a survey engineer during the const...

Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933

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Participated in Hayden Geological Survey. Named six Colorado mountains. From the description of Explorations in the Rocky Mountains, 1872-1887, [1932?]. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 16905051 William Henry Holmes, archaeologist and artist, served as chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution from 1902-1920. From the description of Letter : Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, to My dear Mr. [E.A.] Bur...

Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)

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Union Pacific railroad company

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Served Oklahoma and other Western states. From the description of Union Pacific collection, 1930-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70972329 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, meaning any development and revenues from such...

Delano family.

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Chittenden family.

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Hayden, F. V. (Ferdinand Vandiveer), 1829-1887.

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