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

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