S. J. Sedgwick collection, 1868-1895.

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S. J. Sedgwick collection, 1868-1895.

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The collection contains manuscript notes and texts for four of Sedgwick's slide lectures on the West ("Big Trees and Yosemite Valley," "Central Pacific Railroad," "Indians," and "Monterey, California"), and one on geology; the manuscript draft and later proofs of the 4th edition of "Announcement of Professor S. J. Sedgwick's Illustrated Course of Lectures and Catalogue of Stereoscopic Views of Scenery of ... the Rocky and Sierra Mountains...."; two photographs of the State of Washington ferry; a scrapbook documenting his work for George A. Crofutt, which includes his contract, diary entries, correspondence with Crofutt, clippings, and two printed maps; other business correspondence; printed bills and advertisements for the "Across the Continent" series and other lectures, many with woodcut illustrations after photographs; photographers' lists of lantern slides available for sale; and a few other papers.

1.95 linear ft. (3 boxes) + 2 broadside folders + 1 portfolio

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8274973

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Central Pacific Railroad Company

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Signed by Leland Stanford, President of the C.P.R.R. Co. and E.H. Miller, Jr., Secretary of the C.P.R.R. Co. From the description of Land sale document to Samuel Manning, 1870 Aug. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864271 California Central Railroad Company (CPRR); inc. 21 Apr. 1857; located at Folsom, Sacramento County; sold to Central Pacific Railroad, Nov. 10, 1864; in 1885 the Central Pacific Railroad was leased by the Southern Pacific Company (reorganized 1899 as Ce...

Sedgwick, S. J. (Stephen James)

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S. J. Sedgwick was born near Geneva, New York, probably in the 1820s, the son of a glassmaker. He became a principal in the Buffalo public school system at the age of 22, and went on to establish his own school, the Metropolitan Academy and Gymnasium, in New York City in 1852. He also edited the "Gymnast," a paper dedicated to physical education. In 1857 he received a Master's Degree from Union College, and taught in the New York City public schools from 1858 until the Civil War. Following the w...

Crofutt, George A.

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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...