Papers, 1867-1937.

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...

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). ...

MacDougal, Daniel Trembly, 1865-1958

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Daniel Trembly MacDougal (1865-1958) was the leading American authority on desert ecology and one of the earliest botanists to research chlorophyll. He was the inventor of the MacDougall dendrograph, used to record changes in the volume of tree trunks. He began his association with the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) in 1899 as Director of the Laboratories. In 1904 he was named as Assistant Director. In 1905 the Plant Desert Laboratory was established and MacDougal became its first director. Wh...

Explorers Club (N.Y.)

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Hodge, Frederick Webb, 1864-1956

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Frederick Webb Hodge was an ethnographer, archaeologist, editor and museum director. Hodge's first exposure to archaeology was as secretary of the Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition. When the project was over he returned to work at the Bureau of American Ethnology as Librarian. His work as editor began with the revitalization of the American Anthropologist and carried through his 2 vol. set of the Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, to the famous 20 vol. set by Edward S. C...

Kolb, Emery Clifford, 1881-1976

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Photographer; of Grand Canyon, Ariz. From the description of Emery Kolb papers, 1905-1976. (Nogales-Santa Cruz County Public Library). WorldCat record id: 28740018 ...

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...

Goddard family

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Burroughs, John, 1837-1921

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American naturalist and writer. From the description of Poem 1917. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 49995946 One of America's great naturalist authors. From the description of Memorabilia, 1905-1931. (Hartwick College). WorldCat record id: 27057683 American teacher, naturalist, poet, and essayist of national prominence. Friend of Walt Whitman; influenced by Thoreau, Carlyle, and Emerson. Employed accurate observations of nature, scientific re...

Kolb, E. L. (Ellsworth Leonardson), 1876-

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Member of the Cataract-Glen Canyon Mapping Expedition. From the description of Diary, Sept. 3, 1921 -Oct. 13, 1921. [microfilm]. (Utah Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122496184 ...

Beaman, E. O. (Elias Olcott), 1837-1876

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Elias Olcott Beaman (1837-1876), American landscape photographer, active in the 1870s. From the description of Beaman, E. O. (Elias Olcott), 1837-1876 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10614505 ...

Taft, Robert, 1894-1955

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Chemistry professor, author, historian; of Lawrence, Kan. From the description of Robert Taft papers, 1918-1955 (bulk 1933-1955). (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 53973758 Taft received his A.B. from Grand Island College in 1916 and his Ph.D. in 1925 from KU. He joined the faculty of KU in 1922 in the Department of Chemistry, reaching full Professor status in 1937. He died in 1955. From the guide to the Personal Papers of Robert Taft, 1941-1...

Harriman Alaska Expedition 1899

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The expedition was sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History. From the description of Photograph, [ca. 1899]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155532497 The Expedition was financed by Edward Henry Harriman as a combination pleasure cruise and scientific expedition from May to August 1899. From the description of Arctic field photographs, 1899. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155517798 Originally proposed as a hunting expedition, Edward Harriman tr...

Hillers, John K., 1843-1925

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Important early photographer for the Powell Survey, the Bureau of Ethnology, and the Geological Survey. From the description of Papers, 1870-1889. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 43738678 The Cline Endowment Collection consists of photographs purchased through an endowment established by Platt and Barbara Cline, for whom the Cline Library is named. The images were selected on the basis of their relevance to the Department's collecting focus: the Colorado Plate...

Bass, William Wallace, 1848-1933

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Grand Canyon entrepreneur; established a camp at the Grand Canyon in 1844, engaged in prospecting and developed tourist facilities on the South Rim of the Canyon. Bass was active in the tourism industry at the Grand Canyon from 1885 to 1923. From the description of Bass family photographs, 1875-1933, 1980 (bulk 1890-1920). (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 42853117 Entrepreneur and promoter of early tourism at the Grand Canyon; play...

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...

Ayer, Edward Everett, 1841-1927

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Edward Everett Ayer (Nov. 16, 1841 -- May 3, 1927), businessman, bibiliophile and collector. In 1860 he joined an overland expedition to California. He stopped in Nevada, where he worked at a quarz mill in Silver City, but soon moved on to San Francisco. He remained there, working at a planing mill, until the outbread of the Civil War. He enlisted in the 1st Regiment of California Cavalry Volunteers, and was later transferred to the 1st Regiment of New Mexico Infantry. Ayer served in many posts ...