Cleveland Rockwell papers, 1862-1907.

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Cleveland Rockwell papers, 1862-1907.

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The collection consists of pencil and water color sketches of scenes throughout the western U.S, southwestern Canada, and Alaska. Included are drawings of flowers and other plants, as well as a number of portraits, probably of family members. Most of the drawings are included in bound sketchbooks, although there are a number of loose sheets. Of particular note is a panorama of Lassen's Butte from Big Meadows at Prattville (folder 3), and the sketches of British Columbia and California (in vol. 7).

.45 cubic feet (1 document case)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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United States coast survey

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Rockwell, Cleveland, 1837-1907

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Cleveland Rockwell was born in 1837 in Youngstown, Ohio, the son of a lawyer who was involved with the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad. After the death of Rockwell's mother the family moved to Cleveland. He attended secondary school in Troy, New York, and later became a student at New York University. In 1856 he was appointed to the U.S. Coast Survey and carried out a survey of the islands in New York harbor. He later surveyed areas in South Carolina and the Georgia coast. During ...