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Solomon D. Butcher photographs and photographic postcards of Nebraska

 Collection
Call Number: WA Photos 1273
Abstract:

Photographs and photographic postcards created by Solomon Devore Butcher of Nebraska, circa 1870-1916. Identified locations include Alliance, Anselmo, Ansley, Arcadia, Arnold, Bayard, Broken Bow, Callaway, Cozad, Crawford, Gibbon, Gothenburg, Kearney, Maxwell, Merna, Oconto, Pleasanton, Seneca, Shelton, and Wood River. Depicted are towns, businesses, events, sod houses, and landscapes.

Included are postcards of Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and South Dakota.

Dates: circa 1870-1916

Carl Owen Dunbar Archives

 Collection
Call Number: IPAR.001003
Abstract:

The archives consist of field notebooks from 1914-1957, photographs of both specimens and localities, inventories of specimens and localities, miscellaneous material gathered for notes and lectures, unpublished manuscripts, and correspondence. There are also hydrographic and topographic maps of Newfoundland, and topographic maps of Illinois, Nebraska, Oklahoma, New York, Texas, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Colorado, and Missouri.

Dates: 1914-1979

Steve Fitch photographs

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Call Number: WA Photos Folio 174
Abstract: Photographs created by Steve Fitch that document sites chiefly in the American West, 1970-2016, and printed 1990-2017. The collection contains 83 prints from his photographic projects, which include views of the vernacular roadside of highways, such as neon motel signs and hand-painted business signs, drive-in movie theaters, abandoned buildings, and radio towers. Photographs include sites in Arizona, California, Colorado, Kansas, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma,...
Dates: 1970-2017

John White Geary business papers

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-209
Abstract:

The papers consist of business and other correspondence, notes, accounts, and other documents.

Dates: 1834-1873

John White Geary papers

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Call Number: WA MSS 212
Abstract:

The collection consists of the official papers of John Geary while governor of Kansas Territory, 1856-57, with some personal papers, 1855-71. The papers document Kansas during the Free State War and the building of the capitol.

Dates: 1855-1871

William Sherwood papers

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Call Number: WA MSS S-1324
Abstract:

The papers consist of correspondence, diaries, genealogical research materials and other papers concerning Sherwood's unsuccessful mining ventures in California and Australia, his journey to England 1846-48 to research the descendants of Joshua Jennings, and Sherwood family life.

Dates: 1808-1906, bulk 1840-1880

William H. Twenhofel Archives

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Call Number: IPAR.001148
Abstract:

The archives of William H. Twenhofel including maps of Quebec, some field notebooks, and some correspondence.

Dates: 1875-1957

Watercolors and Pencil Drawings Related to the Utah Expedition

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Call Number: WA MSS S-3861
Abstract: Watercolors and pencil drawings created by Henry Sommer related to the United States Army Utah Expedition, including sites, persons, and other activities chiefly in the Kansas Territory and Utah Territory, 1858-1860. An identified site in the Kansas Territory consists of a view of a camp, probably near Fort Leavenworth. Identified sites in the Utah Territory include military camps at Camp Crosman, Camp Floyd (later known as Fort Crittenden), and Fort Bridger. Activities include views of...
Dates: circa 1858-1859

Russell D. White Archives

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Call Number: IPAR.001229
Abstract:

The archives of Russell D. (Tim) White encompassing his career at Yale. These include maps and field notebooks.

Dates: 1983-2002