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Robert Brewster Stanton papers

Title
Robert Brewster Stanton papers, 1851-1960
Author
Stanton, Robert Brewster, 1846-1922.
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Additional Authors
  • Akin, Louis.
  • Burchard, Anne Stanton.
  • Burchard, Lewis Sayre.
  • Burchard, S. D. (Samuel Dickinson), 1812-1891.
  • Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel, 1853-1935.
  • Edwards, William Henry, 1833-1920.
  • Galloway, Nathan.
  • Hawkins, William R.
  • Hislop, John.
  • Kolb, Ellsworth Leonardson.
  • Marston, Otis R.
  • Matthes, François, 1874-1948.
  • Parry, John E.
  • Stanton, R. L. (Robert Lodowick), 1810-1885.
  • Stone, Julius F.
  • Sumner, John C.
Description
18.07 linear feet (36 boxes, 2 volumes, 2 oversize folders, 13 tubes, 8 microfilm reels)
Summary
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
  • Stanton, Robert Brewster, 1846-1922
  • Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company
  • Cincinnati Southern Railway Company
  • Denver, Colorado Canyon and Pacific Railroad Company
  • Great Bras d'Or Gold Mining Company
  • Hoskannini Company
  • Tripple Trip Mining Company
  • Union Pacific Railway Company
  • Explorers > Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
  • Explorers > Arizona > Grand Canyon
  • Mines and mineral resources > Cuba
  • Mines and mineral resources > Idaho
  • Mines and mineral resources > Nova Scotia
  • Mines and mineral resources > Washington (State)
  • Railroads > Surveying > 19th century
  • Railroads > United States
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
  • Grand Canyon (Ariz.)
Genre/Form
  • Diaries.
  • Field notes.
  • Maps.
  • Photographic prints.
Access (note)
  • Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
Source (note)
  • Burchard, Anne Stanton
Processing Action (note)
  • Accessioned
  • Cataloging updated
Call Number
MssCol 2860
OCLC
NYPW89-A633
Author
Stanton, Robert Brewster, 1846-1922.
Title
Robert Brewster Stanton papers, 1851-1960
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Finding Aid
Occupation
Civil engineers.
Mining engineers.
Added Author
Akin, Louis.
Burchard, Anne Stanton.
Burchard, Lewis Sayre.
Burchard, S. D. (Samuel Dickinson), 1812-1891.
Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel, 1853-1935.
Edwards, William Henry, 1833-1920.
Galloway, Nathan.
Hawkins, William R.
Hislop, John.
Kolb, Ellsworth Leonardson.
Marston, Otis R.
Matthes, François, 1874-1948.
Parry, John E.
Stanton, R. L. (Robert Lodowick), 1810-1885.
Stone, Julius F.
Sumner, John C.
Research Call Number
MssCol 2860
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