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List of localities in California, Nevada and Utah, visited by the Death Valley expedition of 1891
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Camels and surveyors in Death Valley : The Nevada-California border survey of 1861
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Greenland Ranch, Death Valley, California. Near mouth of Furnace Creek. 1891
Visual Materials
Collection of photographs taken mainly between December 1890 and September 1891 by naturalist Theodore S. Palmer and fellow United States Department of Agriculture scientists, collecting flora and fauna in California. Areas covered include the Antelope, Owens, and San Joaquin valleys and Death Valley. The Death Valley photographs are by Palmer, San Francisco chronicle reporter William C. Burnett, and New York correspondent John R. Spears (the latter, on a second expedition in December 1891).
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Bancroft's Map of California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona
Manuscripts
The first section of the collection consists of 43 volumes: two William Allen diaries (1878-1879), one Harold Allen diary (1884), and 40 ranch journals from 1879 to 1918. The first volume, written by William Allen in 1878, begins in Europe and continues in Southern California later in the year. Subsequent volumes document primarily the day-to-day activities of the ranch, from pruning to harvesting and irrigating the vineyards and citrus trees. Some writing indicates that there were Chinese laborers on the ranch, and entries in later volumes may have been recorded by one of William Allen's sons, Walter I. Allen, who ran the ranch in later years.
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Map of California and Nevada with Parts of Utah & Arizona
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A large detailed map. Tia Juana is shown as north of the Mexican/American border. MS note: 140235. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS notes: Govt map Cal & Nevada C-12.
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