Scope and Contents
Dates
- 1772-1861
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Arrangement
Extent
1.46 Linear Feet ((4 boxes) + 2 broadside folders)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
Washington Hood, 1808-1840
Processing Information
This collection received a basic level of processing in 2011, including rehousing and minimal organization. Information included in the Description of Papers note and Collection Contents section is drawn from information supplied with the collection and from an initial survey of the contents. Folder titles appearing in the contents list below are often based on those provided by the creator or previous custodian. Titles have not been verified against the contents of the folders in all cases. Otherwise, folder titles are supplied by staff during initial processing.
- Architectural drawings (visual works)
- Businessmen -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
- Businessmen -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
- Cartographers -- West (U.S.)
- Cartographers -- West (U.S.) -- 19th century
- Daguerreotypes (photographs)
- Hood, John M., 1778-1848
- Hood, Washington
- Indians of North America -- Maps
- Limerick (Pa.)
- M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.)
- Maps -- West (U.S.)
- Maps -- West (U.S.) -- 19th century
- Michigan -- Boundaries
- Michigan -- Surveys
- Ohio -- Boundaries
- Ohio -- Surveys
- Oklahoma -- Surveys
- Philadelphia (Pa.)
- Surveyors -- West (U.S.)
- Surveyors -- West (U.S.) -- 19th century
- United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers
- United States. War Department. Corps of Engineers
- West (U.S.) -- Surveys
Creator
- Title
- Guide to the Washington Hood Papers
- Author
- by Lisa Conathan
- Date
- 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
Access Information
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