Notes and materials relating to the American West, 1859-1914 (inclusive), 1859-ca. 1890 (bulk).

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Notes and materials relating to the American West, 1859-1914 (inclusive), 1859-ca. 1890 (bulk).

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Notes, excerpts, clippings, and photographs gathered by Palmer during his travels in the West during the last half of the 19th century. Includes material on Arizona, California, Hawaii, Pocatello, Idaho, and Utah as well as on various Indian tribes and the Mormons. Also includes a copy of the auction catalogue at which Palmer's collection was sold in 1914, with the lots acquired by Harvard so marked.

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Harvard Commission on Western History.

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Palmer, Edward, 1829-1911

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Palmer was a physician in the United States Army and a naturalist. From the description of Notes and materials relating to the American West, 1859-1914 (inclusive), 1859-ca. 1890 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612371601 Edward Palmer (1831-1911) was born on January 12, 1831, in Norfolk, England. He came to the United States at the age of eighteen and settled in Cleveland, Ohio. There he met Dr. Jared Kirkland, one of the most eminent scientists of that day...