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2.
- Creator:
- James, Edwin, 1797-1861, compiler
- Published / Created:
- 1822-1823.
- Call Number:
- Zc20 +822ja
- Image Count:
- 41
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Alternative Title:
- Major Long's Expedition to the Rocky Mountains and Expedition to the Rocky Mountains
- Description:
- Spine title, on publisher's printed labels: Major Long's Expedition to the Rocky Mountains., Engravings by Young & Delleker, Cephas Grien Childs, Alexander Lawson, Francis Kearney, and William Hay; after Stephen H. Long, Samuel Seymour and Titian Ramsay Peale., Some maps on double leaves., Text and atlas in slipcase., BEIN: Bookplate of Joseph Y. Jeanes., GEO: Atlas wanting, no slipcase., and BAC: British Art Center copy complete with atlas. Bound in publisher's original tan boards. Inscribed: Maine Charity School from Mrs. Lord.
- Publisher:
- H.C. Carey and I. Lea, Chesnut St.
- Subject (Geographic):
- West (U.S.), Ohio River, Missouri River, and United States
- Subject (Topic):
- Discovery and exploration, Indians of North America, Languages, Geology, Discoveries in geography, and Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains : performed in the years 1819 and '20, by order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Sec'y of War ; under the command of Major Stephen H. Long : from the notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and other gentlemen of the exploring party
3.
- Creator:
- Billy, the Kid.
Garrett, Pat F. (Pat Floyd), 1850-1908 - Published / Created:
- undated
- Call Number:
- Zc10 +T482 11
- Collection Title:
- The gunfighters / by the editors of Time-Life Books ; with text by Paul Trachtman
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Subject (Geographic):
- West (U.S.)
- Subject (Topic):
- Criminals
- Collection Created:
- New York : Time-Life Books, [1974]
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Billy fells a deputy with a shotgun blast from the balcony of the Lincoln County jail prior to his final escape from the clutches of the law. / Entering a friend's darkened bedroom, Billy is surprised by Garrett and brought down with a bullet to the heart
4.
- Creator:
- Matteson, Sumner W., 1867-1920
- Published / Created:
- ca. 1899-1903.
- Call Number:
- WA Photos 204
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 (album)
- Image Count:
- 20
- Abstract:
- Photograph album created by Sumner Matteson from a selection of his photographs of the Southwest, Montana, and Colorado. The photographs, which are captioned in a typed list that accompanies the album, date from 1899 to 1902, and depict a variety of places and events. The majority of the photographs are of the Hopi Indians, their Snake, Antelope, and Flute ceremonies, kiva interiors, as well as weaving, grinding corn, courting, working in fields, making pottery, and marketing at the Moenkopi, Mishongnovi, Shipolovi and Shongopovi Pueblos. There are also photographs of cliff-dwellings at Mesa Verde and Mancos Canyon, Colorado; Canyon de Chelly, Arizona; Pueblo Indians at Isleta and Acoma, New Mexico; Navajo and Ute Indians in New Mexico and Colorado; Penitentes in Abiquiu, New Mexico; and views of wagon trains, Indian encampments, mines, and sheepherding in Montana
- Description:
- Sumner Matteson, a bicycle salesman in Denver who became a photographer, traveled around the West between 1899 and 1903, photographing the Mesa Verde and Pueblo Bonito cliff-dwellings, Navajo Indians, Penitentes in New Mexico, Hopi Snake and Flute ceremonies in Arizona, the Pueblo villages of Acoma and Isleta, Montana wagon trains, and cattle and sheep roundups. He sold his own photographs, wrote articles and provided illustrations for popular magazines, and provided photographs for several books on Southwestern Indians written by others., Accompanied by a contemporary typescript containing captions and often explanatory background for almost all of the photographs in the album. Typescript titled "Index to the Frank Klepetko Album. Photos and Data by Sumner W. Matteson" and signed "Sumner W. Matteson, D.A.C. [Denver Athletic Club] Denver, Colo. Jan. 1903.", Individual photographs are 12 x 17 cm. and smaller., 157 of the photographs are platinum prints., Album and copy prints in 2 boxes., and Copy prints available for every page except the first.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Southwest, New, Montana, New Mexico, Arizona, Abiquiu (N.M.), Acoma (N.M.), Canyon de Chelly National Monument (Ariz.), Colorado, Isleta (N.M.), Mancos Site (Colo.), Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.), Moenkopi Pueblo (Ariz.), and West (U.S.)
- Subject (Name):
- Klepetko, Frank., Matteson, Sumner W., 1867-1920., and Hermanos Penitentes
- Subject (Topic):
- Hopi Indians, Rites and ceremonies, Indians of North America, Cliff-dwellings, Kivas, Navajo Indians, Pueblo Indians, Snake dance, Mines and mineral resources, Sheep ranches, Wool industry, and Religious life and customs
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cliff dwellings, pueblo ruins, & Indian life in the South West
5.
- Creator:
- Clark, William, 1770-1838
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1814]
- Call Number:
- Zc10 814Le
- Collection Title:
- History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark, to the sources of the
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Maps, Atlases & Globes
- Subject (Geographic):
- Missouri River. and West (U.S.)
- Subject (Topic):
- Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)
- Collection Created:
- Philadelphia : Bradford & Inskeep ; New York : A.H. Inskeep : J. Maxwell, Printer, 1814
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Fortification
6.
- Creator:
- Clark, William, 1770-1838
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1814]
- Call Number:
- Zc10 814Le
- Collection Title:
- History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark, to the sources of the
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Maps, Atlases & Globes
- Description:
- Between p. 62-63.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Missouri River. and West (U.S.)
- Subject (Topic):
- Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)
- Collection Created:
- Philadelphia : Bradford & Inskeep ; New York : A.H. Inskeep : J. Maxwell, Printer, 1814
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Fortification
7.
- Creator:
- Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Co
Reed, Samuel Benedict, 1818-1891
Schimonsky, Stanislas W. Y - Call Number:
- Zc19 Un3i 866um
- Collection Title:
- Union Pacific Railroad : report of Thomas C. Durant, vice-president and general manager, to the
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Description:
- Between p. 10 & p. 11.
- Subject (Geographic):
- West (U.S.)
- Subject (Name):
- Durant, Thomas Clark, 1820-1885
- Subject (Topic):
- Pacific railroads --Explorations and surveys
- Collection Created:
- New York : W.C. Bryant & Co., Printers, 1866
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Great American desert
8.
- Creator:
- Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Co
Reed, Samuel Benedict, 1818-1891
Schimonsky, Stanislas W. Y - Call Number:
- Zc19 Un3i 866um
- Collection Title:
- Union Pacific Railroad : report of Thomas C. Durant, vice-president and general manager, to the
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Description:
- Following p. 23.
- Subject (Geographic):
- West (U.S.)
- Subject (Name):
- Durant, Thomas Clark, 1820-1885
- Subject (Topic):
- Pacific railroads --Explorations and surveys
- Collection Created:
- New York : W.C. Bryant & Co., Printers, 1866
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Great Salt Lake City looking west
9.
- Creator:
- Gibson, Miller & Richardson Litho
The Platte Land Company, Limited
Union Pacific Railroad Company - Published / Created:
- [1887]
- Call Number:
- Zc10 +887un
- Collection Title:
- Union Pacific sketch book: a brief description of prominent places of interest along the line of
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Alternative Title:
- Aqueduct of the Platte Canal, crossing Plum Creek at Acequia Station, Near Denver, Colo
- Subject (Geographic):
- Denver (Colo.) and West (U.S.)
- Subject (Topic):
- Aqueducts and Irrigation
- Collection Created:
- Omaha, Neb., D.C. Dunbar & Co., 1887
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Irrigation
10.
- Published / Created:
- undated
- Call Number:
- Zc10 +T482 11
- Collection Title:
- The gunfighters / by the editors of Time-Life Books ; with text by Paul Trachtman
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Subject (Geographic):
- West (U.S.)
- Subject (Topic):
- Criminals
- Collection Created:
- New York : Time-Life Books, [1974]
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Occasionally, a menace to himself as well as to society, Clay Allison recuperates in 1870 after shooting himself in the foot in a mule stampede. That same year, he helped lynch a suspected killer, then beheaded him
