West (U.S.) -- Surveys
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Geographical surveys west of the 100th meridian (U.S.) papers
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-744
Abstract:
The collection contains letterpress copies of letters signed by Wheeler and other officers of the survey, registers of correspondence sent and received, records of meteorological and topographical observations, atlas sheets, and photographs and stereoscope views of parts of the territory covered by the expeditions.
Dates:
1871-1877
Washington Hood papers
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-2687
Abstract:
The papers consist of journals, correspondence, drawings, maps, architectural plans, family papers and business papers relating to Washington Hood, his father John McClellan Hood, and the Hood family. Journals document Hood's surveys of the Ohio and Michigan border in 1835 and of northeastern Oklahoma in 1839, and also include notes on painting and engineering. Family papers consist chiefly of correspondence and include letters to and from family members that describe Hood's expeditions....
Dates:
1772-1861