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1882-1888


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    1889-1900

    Manuscripts

    The collection consists of sixty-nine field books kept by J. H. Dockweiler. Subject matter includes surveys of Los Angeles and environs from 1882 to 1892, water supplies for the San Francisco and Oakland area, from 1906 to 1916, and mining in Arizona and British Columbia.

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    1901-1912

    Manuscripts

    The collection consists of sixty-nine field books kept by J. H. Dockweiler. Subject matter includes surveys of Los Angeles and environs from 1882 to 1892, water supplies for the San Francisco and Oakland area, from 1906 to 1916, and mining in Arizona and British Columbia.

    mssDockweiler

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    1916-1931

    Manuscripts

    The collection consists of sixty-nine field books kept by J. H. Dockweiler. Subject matter includes surveys of Los Angeles and environs from 1882 to 1892, water supplies for the San Francisco and Oakland area, from 1906 to 1916, and mining in Arizona and British Columbia.

    mssDockweiler

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    J.H. Dockweiler papers

    Manuscripts

    The collection consists of sixty-nine field books kept by J. H. Dockweiler. Subject matter includes surveys of Los Angeles and environs from 1882 to 1892, water supplies for the San Francisco and Oakland area, from 1906 to 1916, and mining in Arizona and British Columbia.

    mssDockweiler

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    1882-1888 April

    Manuscripts

    Chiefly letters, including three letter books, with documents, manuscripts, 38 Civil War maps, nine photographs, newspaper clippings, and other ephemera relating to Buckner's service in the Civil War, Reconstruction, Kentucky and national politics, and Buckner's business and personal affairs. The papers deal with various aspects of the Civil War: Buckner-Bragg controversy, Chickamauga campaign, battle of Perryville, siege of Fort Donelson, various Confederate armies, departments, and districts. Included are military maps, especially for Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, and the Chickamauga Campaign. Also included are papers of Joseph Walker Taylor, nephew of Zachary Taylor, scout for Buckner and a major in Adam Johnson's Partisan Rangers (10th Kentucky). The portion of the collection covering Reconstruction includes a group of letters by Buckner's sister Mary Buckner Tooke, written from Texas, and letters from various other people. Also included are materials related to Buckner's political affairs, including his gubernatorial campaign and various state governmental and political questions. Buckner's business affairs are represented by the materials of the litigation involving his Kentucky and Chicago property (Kingsbury suit), his insurance activities as regional manager of the Globe Mutual Life Insurance Co., and interest in railroads. The collection also contains poetry written by Buckner; letters of Buckner's sister, Mary Buckner Tooke; letters of his first wife, Mary Kingsbury Buckner; and letters of his daughter, Lily Buckner Belknap.

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    Scrapbook 6.5

    Rare Books

    This album contains sixty-five copy prints of Lawrence's photographs from the Arab campaign, 1916-1918 (reproduced from originals held by the Imperial War Museum); newspaper and periodical clippings, primarily from the 1960s, including reviews of works about Lawrence, about the 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia, and topics related to Lawrence and the Arab world, such as such as the reconstruction work on the Hejaz Railway in 1964. Album has light blue covers; with "Frank C. Baxter" bookplate.

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