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T.S. (Theodore Sherman) Palmer Photograph Collection
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Theodore Sherman Palmer papers
Manuscripts
A collection of 306 items from 1849 to 1954, it consists of Theodore Sherman Palmer's diary of the Death Valley Expedition (1891), related notebooks, and his research material on the Jayhawker Party of 1849. Correspondents include Theodore Raymond Goodwin, William Lewis Manly, and Carl Irving Wheat. Of note in the collection is an oversize map by William Lewis Manly of the Jayhawkers' trail from Salt Lake City, Utah to San Bernardino, California circa 1890 (mssHM 50895). The collection also contains family letters from Palmer's parents, Henry Austin Palmer and Jane Olivia Palmer; in addition to letters from Palmer's brother, Harold King Palmer (an astronomer at Lick Observatory and at Mount Wilson in 1906), and his aunt, Harriet Day Palmer.
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Nile Reservoirs: views of Assuan, no. 1 [Photographs in volume]
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Photograph titles, numbers, and dates chiefly transcribed from handwritten captions or captions in negatives, except for the information for Photographs 22d, 23a, and 23d, which was transcribed from handwritten captions on versos. Titles and dates in square brackets devised by cataloger.
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Prof. T.S. Palmer being barbered by a barbarian barber ("Mary" Piaute Squaw) Ash Meadows, Nev., Mch 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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Lone Pine, Owens Valley, California. June 13, 1891. Vernon Bailey, Dr. C. Hart Merriam, T.S. Palmer, Dr. A.K Fisher
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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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Nile Reservoirs: views of Assuan, no. 1 [Photographs in box]
Visual Materials
Item numbers for the loose photographs added by library staff. Items no. 1-19 were originally inserted at the beginning of the album. Titles and dates chiefly transcribed from handwritten captions on photograph versos; titles and dates in square brackets devised by cataloger.
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Photographs 403-729
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Items 540-729 are a 1965 addendum to the earlier material acquired by the Huntington from Hegemann in 1962. Most of the images cover the same subjects and are approximately the same dates as the previously acquired material. These are not under University of New Mexico copyright. The titles below are transcribed from Hegemann's captions on the versos of the images and accompanied by the original lettered sequence (A-I) created by Hegemann.
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