This small collection contains 16 photographs taken on Mount Wilson. Many of the scenes include historic camp sites in the San Gabriel Mountains including Strain's and Martin's. Photographs were taken by Stiffler & Gill.
The collection contains Bruff's oversize revised version of his journal (c. 1853) which documents his journey across the plains in 1849 by way of Lassen's Trail. Also included in the collection are 264 drawings of scenes from his overland journey,...
Convalescent Camp, near Alexandria, Va. Rows of white barracks with Union soldiers standing or sitting outside in front of buildings. The barrack on the far left has a star hanging just above the door. This image similar to photCL 301 (87)....
A battalion of Union soldiers stand at attention, lead by two officers on horseback. Also shown are the barracks of Camp William Penn with a small covering of snow.
Image of one of the barrack buildings at Camp William Penn, officers lining the porch. Two African American soldiers stand at attention to the far right. The porch is lined with bunting, a portrait of President Lincoln hangs over the entrance, an...
The bulk of the collection centers on Scherer's work with the Council of National Defense during the First World War. There are two and half boxes of documents which had been previously collected in two large volumes. The original arrangement (by...
Image of twelve scenes of military camp life including asylums, hospitals, jail and workhouse, prisoners playing musical instruments and receiving mail. "Published by R.J. Fisher, Metropolitan Building, corner of Ninth & Walnut Sts. Cincinnati,...
A view of the barracks at Camp William Penn in La Mott, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There are several long, low buildings, separated from a road in the foreground by a white picket fence.
Two pieces of ephemera relating to Boston University's Sargent Camp; the first is entitled Application for Admission to the Boston University Summer Session in Physical Education at Sargent Camp, Peterborough, N.H.; the other is entitled Room...
The collection is made up of material gathered by Knox Mellon for his dissertation about Job Harriman. The papers chiefly deal with Job Harriman; Frances Nacke Noel; socialism; the Llano del Rio Colony; labor and union issues; and suffrage and...
Big Creek, Florence Lake Dam - Camp 60 - at outlet of Florence Tunnel. (Pile of firewood at left is for heating of camp buildings and for cook-house use.)
Image of 10th Massachusetts Volunteers in drill at military Camp Brightwood; Union soldiers marching in line, American flag, tents, covered wagons and cannons around the camp. "John Donovan, Deaf Mute, Del. Oct. 17th, 1861."--text, bottom left....
Image of bird's eye view of military camp with soldiers drilling in yard. "Ent. accord to Act of Congress A.D. 1862 by E. Sachse & Co in the Clerks Office of the District Court of Md."--text, bottom centered. "Lith. & Print by E. Sachse & Co 104 S....
The mansucripts include William H. Mayo's diaries; a ledger of the medical office of Harry N. Mayo (1902-1903), and three memoirs recorded by Lesley Woodruff Ritter. The correspondence includes letters from Edward R. Woorduff written from Kelly...
The Manuscript series is arranged chronologically and contains nine journals written by Henry Glyn from 1881 to 1909 regarding his farming and life in Kansas. They include daily entries regarding growing and selling his produce, details regarding...
his collection consists of typescripts of reminiscences, diaries, notebooks, and photographs. The first typescript was written in 1941 and is an autobiography that details Parker's life from his high school days in New York to his times in Alaska,...
Prehistoric Sinagua Indian cliff dwellings named "Montezuma Castle." Note in the hand of Edwin Powell Hubble on verso: "Montezuma's Castle, Ariz, 1937".
A.G. Strain's camp, Mount Wilson. This camp was 1/4 mile northwest of the Mount Wilson hotel. One log cabin and several tents are seen in a wooded area.
A group of over 200 Camp Fire Girls pose at Griffith Park in Los Angeles. The girls are seated in the foreground and standing in the background in a grassy area surrounded by trees. A message printed in white in the bottom right corner reads "Los...