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Additional authors

1. Akin, Louis.
2. Burchard, Anne Stanton.
3. Burchard, Lewis Sayre.
4. Burchard, S. D. (Samuel Dickinson), 1812-1891.
5. Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel, 1853-1935.
6. Edwards, William Henry, 1833-1920.
7. Galloway, Nathan.
8. Hawkins, William R.
9. Hislop, John.
10. Kolb, Ellsworth Leonardson.
11. Marston, Otis R.
12. Matthes, François, 1874-1948.
13. Parry, John E.
14. Stanton, R. L. (Robert Lodowick), 1810-1885.
15. Stone, Julius F.
16. Sumner, John C.

Description

1. 18.07 linear feet (36 boxes, 2 volumes, 2 oversize folders, 13 tubes, 8 microfilm reels)

Summary

1. Robert Brewster Stanton (1846-1922) was a civil and mining engineer, who as chief engineer of the Denver, Colorado Canyon and Pacific Railroad Company led a survey party through the Grand Canyon in 1889-1890. The collection includes correspondence, 1880-1923; field notes and diaries, 1871-1917; photographs, including his Colorado River voyage, 1889-1890, operations of the Hoskannini Mining Company, 1897-1900, and family photographs; writings; maps; printed matter; and family and miscellaneous papers.

Subject

1. Stanton, Robert Brewster, 1846-1922
2. Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company
3. Cincinnati Southern Railway Company
4. Denver, Colorado Canyon and Pacific Railroad Company
5. Great Bras d'Or Gold Mining Company
6. Hoskannini Company
7. Tripple Trip Mining Company
8. Union Pacific Railway Company
9. Explorers > Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
10. Explorers > Arizona > Grand Canyon
11. Mines and mineral resources > Cuba
12. Mines and mineral resources > Idaho
13. Mines and mineral resources > Nova Scotia
14. Mines and mineral resources > Washington (State)
15. Railroads > Surveying > 19th century
16. Railroads > United States
17. World War, 1914-1918
18. Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
19. Grand Canyon (Ariz.)

Genre/Form

1. Diaries.
2. Field notes.
3. Maps.
4. Photographic prints.

Call number

1. MssCol 2860

Access (note)

1. Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Source (note)

1. Burchard, Anne Stanton

Processing action (note)

1. Accessioned
2. Cataloging updated

Author

1. Stanton, Robert Brewster, 1846-1922.

Title

1. Robert Brewster Stanton papers, 1851-1960

Restricted access

1. Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Finding Aid

Occupation

1. Civil engineers.
2. Mining engineers.

Added author

1. Akin, Louis.
2. Burchard, Anne Stanton.
3. Burchard, Lewis Sayre.
4. Burchard, S. D. (Samuel Dickinson), 1812-1891.
5. Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel, 1853-1935.
6. Edwards, William Henry, 1833-1920.
7. Galloway, Nathan.
8. Hawkins, William R.
9. Hislop, John.
10. Kolb, Ellsworth Leonardson.
11. Marston, Otis R.
12. Matthes, François, 1874-1948.
13. Parry, John E.
14. Stanton, R. L. (Robert Lodowick), 1810-1885.
15. Stone, Julius F.
16. Sumner, John C.

Research call number

1. MssCol 2860