Nevada
Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Scope Note: The Thesaurus of Geographic Names\World\continents\North and Central America\nations\United States\states\
Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:
Hoover Dam Site at Black Canyon, late 19th century - early 20th century
Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.270.46
Description
Black and white negative of Hoover Dam Site at Black Canyon.
Dates:
late 19th century - early 20th century
Hoover Dam Site at Black Canyon, late 19th century - early 20th century
Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.270.48
Description
Black and white photograph of Hoover Dam Site at Black Canyon. Center top in ink, "Hoover Dam Site-Black Canyon", "Looking Down River", "5/14/32"
Dates:
late 19th century - early 20th century
Hoover Dam Site at Black Canyon, late 19th century - early 20th century
Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.270.49
Description
Black and white negative of Hoover Dam Site at Black Canyon.
Dates:
late 19th century - early 20th century
John Lowery Brown's account of his journey from Grand Saline, Indian Territory to California goldfields, April 1850
Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 27.1]
Identifier: 3616.94
Description
Foreword by Muriel H. Wright, June 1934. See transcription field for full text. Yellowed and crumbling with the passing of eighty-four years, the pages of a small, leather bound notebook reveal the story of the overland journey of a party of Cherokees who set out from the Grand Saline, Cherokee Nation, for California in 1850. This journal was kept by a young Cherokee, John Lowery Brown, who recorded the progress of the emigrants day by day. It tells the difficulties encountered along a...
Dates:
April 1850
Manuscript Collection: John Lowery Brown
Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.26
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Journal of John Lowery Brown (1779-1852), a Cherokee. He and a party of fellow tribesmen left Grand Saline (near Salina, Oklahoma) on April 20, 1850, for the gold fields of California. After suffering many hardships, the party arrived late in September. The last entry is November 10, 1850. This journal is in English. A transcript with notes is printed in Vol. XII of the Chronicles of Oklahoma (Oklahoma Historical Society,...
Dates:
1850
Map of the United States and Territories, 1866
Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 233.Unknown]
Identifier: 3926.707
Description
A map of the United States and territories showing the extent of public surveys.
Dates:
1866
Nevada Landscape, late 19th century - early 20th century
Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.270.54
Description
Black and white photograph of Nevada landscape.
Dates:
late 19th century - early 20th century
Nevada Landscape, late 19th century - early 20th century
Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.270.55
Description
Black and white negative of Nevada landscape.
Dates:
late 19th century - early 20th century
Progress Map of the U. S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, 1877
Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 233.Unknown]
Identifier: 3926.360
Collection Overview
From the Collection:
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: The Gilcrease Cartographic Collection was initially created as a storage designation for maps found in the manuscript collections and for the few original maps purchased during the life of Thomas Gilcrease. From the collections initial humble beginnings, it has continued to grow into am official map collection through additional gifts and purchases. The collection includes atlases, hand drawn maps from the manuscript...
Dates:
1877