John Lewis Thomas papers relating to the Northern Pacific Railroad, 1878-1884.

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John Lewis Thomas papers relating to the Northern Pacific Railroad, 1878-1884.

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Souvenir programs, menus, tickets, and a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings of articles about the trip written by John Lewis Thomas, maps, and photographs of the excursion made by F. Jay Haynes, who served as official photographer to the Northern Pacific. Photographs depict Crow Indians; Bismarck and Fargo, North Dakota; Butte, Montana; Seattle, Washington; Portland, Oregon; the Columbia River; and Victoria, British Columbia.

1.1 linear ft. (2 boxes)

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Haynes, F. Jay (Frank Jay), 1853-1921

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F. Jay Haynes (1853-1921), a photographer who traveled extensively in the West, was best known for his early photographs of Yellowstone National Park. In the 1870s and 1880s, Haynes operated studios in Moorhead, Minnesota, Fargo, North Dakota, and St. Paul, Minnesota. As the official photographer for the Northern Pacific Railroad, he maintained the "Haynes Palace Studio," a special railroad car equipped as a mobile photography studio. In 1891, when tourist travel to Alaska was on the rise, Hayne...

Thomas, John L. (John Lewis), 1835-1893

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John Lewis Thomas, a lawyer from Baltimore, was a member of Northern Pacific Railroad President Henry Villard's party on the first excursion over the Northern Pacific Railroad to the Pacific Coast, in August and September, 1883. He served as a special correspondent to The American while on the excursion. From the description of John Lewis Thomas papers relating to the Northern Pacific Railroad, 1878-1884. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77583981 From the description of John L...

Villard, Henry, 1835-1900

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Henry Villard was a journalist, railway promoter, and financier. Born in Bavaria, he came to the United States in 1853. He worked as a journalist for a variety of newspapers and was a Civil War correspondent for the New York Herald and New York Tribune . In 1873 Villard became a representative for a group of German bondholders of the Oregon and California Railroad, and his career as a railroad promoter in the Northwest was launched. He was president of the Northern Pacific Railroad, 1881-1884. V...

Northern Pacific Railroad Company

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These documents are duplicate copies from the papers of George A. Brackett, now part of the Northern Pacific Railroad collection at the Minnesota Historical Society. From the description of Papers. 1864-1914. (Tri-College Library). WorldCat record id: 18832082 Isaac "Ike" Gravelle was born in Canada in October 1871. He came to the United States in 1886. He was sent to the Montana State Prison in May 1891 on a conviction for horse stealing. After his release in 1893 he worked...

Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916

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Watkins was a pioneer California photographer, most well known for his large-format photographs. From the description of Views of Thurlow Lodge by Carleton Watkins: photograph album, circa 1874. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510599 An American landscape photographer, Carleton E. Watkins was noted for his views of the Pacific Northwest and Yosemite. From the description of Carleton E. Watkins Collection. [1879]. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); ...