Robert Brewster Stanton papers

Title
  1. Robert Brewster Stanton papers, 1851-1960
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  1. Finding Aid
Author
  1. Stanton, Robert Brewster, 1846-1922.

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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.
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  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
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