Bell, William H.
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Photographic Prints from the US Geological Explorations of the Fortieth Parallel and the US Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian
Collection
Identifier: MC-0682
Scope and Contents of the Collection
Four major surveys (King, Powell, Hayden, Wheeler) of the geography and geology of the western United States were authorized by the US government in the years after the Civil War. The King Survey was established by Congress (Acts of March 2, 1867) in the Office of the Chief of Engineers, War Department; the Wheeler Survey was officially established by Congress (Act of June 10, 1872). This majority of photographic prints in this collection were taken by Timothy H. O'Sullivan for...
Dates:
1867 - 1872
Series 2. US Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, 1871 - 1872
Series
Scope and Contents of the Collection
From the Collection:
Four major surveys (King, Powell, Hayden, Wheeler) of the geography and geology of the western United States were authorized by the US government in the years after the Civil War. The King Survey was established by Congress (Acts of March 2, 1867) in the Office of the Chief of Engineers, War Department; the Wheeler Survey was officially established by Congress (Act of June 10, 1872). This majority of photographic prints in this collection were taken by Timothy H. O'Sullivan for...
Dates:
1871 - 1872
Subseries 2B. 1872 Expedition, photographs by William H. Bell, 1872
Sub-Series
Scope and Contents of the Collection
From the Collection:
Four major surveys (King, Powell, Hayden, Wheeler) of the geography and geology of the western United States were authorized by the US government in the years after the Civil War. The King Survey was established by Congress (Acts of March 2, 1867) in the Office of the Chief of Engineers, War Department; the Wheeler Survey was officially established by Congress (Act of June 10, 1872). This majority of photographic prints in this collection were taken by Timothy H. O'Sullivan for...
Dates:
1872
Found in:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections
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Photographic Prints from the US Geological Explorations of the Fortieth Parallel and the US Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian
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Series 2. US Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian
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- Albumen prints 1
- Expedition photographs 1
- Landscape photographs 1