Manuscripts

Eric Bergland plan of Fort Yuma

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Description: This manuscript, attributed to Bergland but not signed by him, is a pencil drawing done by hand of the arrangement of the various buildings of Fort Yuma, for purposes of the Wheeler Survey. Included are approximate measurements of the buildings and of the spaces between. Dated 1876, March 15-20.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1876.
Call number: mssHM 16552
Creator: Bergland, Eric (1844-1918)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of unknown, 1948, October 28.
Dimensions: 31 cm :
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Chart of temperature readings at Fort Yuma

Manuscripts

This manuscript is a hand-written chart of thermometer readings at Fort Yuma, California, for the dates June 1 through August 31, 1853. Readings were taken each day at sunrise, 9 a.m., 3 p.m. and 9 p.m. Daily and monthly means were also calculated and entered. Facsimile from loaned original.

mssHM 75016

Plan of Fort Cumberland [cartographic material]

Manuscripts

A manuscript map showing Fort Cumberland, New Brunswick (formerly Fort Beauséjour). Copy by Charles Rivez; the "Explanation" is in another hand. The map shows the profile of the fortifications for several sections. Kashnor attributes the original to Richard Gridley.

mssHM 15414

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Photographs of Western U.S. Army Forts

Visual Materials

Views of frontier United States Army forts in Wyoming and Nebraska made by Pvt. Charles Howard, 1876-1877, and two views of Fort Wingate, New Mexico, ca. 1870s by an unidentified photographer. The photographs are mostly broad views of the military posts and their surrounding landscapes, showing cavalry, barracks and other buildings. The forts illustrated are Camp Canby, Camp Sheridan and Camp Robinson in Nebraska; Fort Fetterman, Fort Laramie and Fort McKinney in Wyoming Territory; and Fort Wingate in New Mexico. Besides views of the forts, there is one view of the town of Cheyenne; the Red Cloud Indian Agency, Nebraska; and a group portrait of soldiers and their families at Fort Wingate.

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A plan of the Fort of Beau Seiour with the attack in Iune 1755 [cartographic material]

Manuscripts

Manuscript map depicting the Fort of Beauséjour, later Fort Cumberland and showing the road to Bay Vert. Copied by Samuel Holland, probably in 1756, from an original by John Brewse.

mssHM 15424

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General Braddock's Military Plans Captured by the French Before Fort Du Quesne

Manuscripts

Three manuscript maps referred to General Braddock by Thomas Gage: "Plan of Fort Duquesne," The Environs of Fort Duquesne," and "Plan of Fort Cumberland;" housed in a blue buckram slip case.

mssHM 898

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"Fort Huachuca Ariz."

Manuscripts

HM 81548: The first volume, written in ink, consists of miscellaneous reports prepared by Frank West. The volume begins with a report about a transportation march from Camp Supply, Indian Territory to Fort Clark, Texas in 1873. West meticulously details the journey of the cavalry including length of travel, rivers crossed, and personal remarks. "Our wagon was [?] in the quick sand at the crossing of the Red River men were disseminated and applied to ropes attached to the wagon and it was drawn out" (p. 2). The total distance of their march was 1,371 miles, which took 74 days. The next two reports are about the murder of Jacob Dilsey in 1873. Other reports include number of utility poles erected in Arizona and confidential statements and endorsements about various Army personnel. Also included are briefs from Fort Niobrara, Nebraska and Fort Myer, Virginia. The last portion of the volume appears to be excerpts from a history book concerning Europe, Asia, and the Middle East during the 19th century. The endpapers have miscellaneous notes and account information written on them.

mssHM 81548-81554

Eric Bergland plan of Fort Yuma

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