Louisiana
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 21 Collections and/or Records:
A Map of Louisiana and of the River Mississippi, 1721
Item — Case MC-2, Folder: Map 24
Identifier: 39.557
Scope and Contents
This map contains depictions of Louisiana territory and the surrounding areas, such as Florida, Carolina and as north as the Great Lakes. This map also depicts areas near Louisiana as inhabited by Indigenous peoples, such as the Apache and the Padoucas tribes. Inscribed in type, "The Landing Place of Fyrnand Soto in 1539" in middle on recto; Inscribed in type, "Explanation: [house] Habitations of the Indians [asterisk] Promiscuous Nations [plus sign] Nations destroyed [snake emblem] Course...
Dates:
1721
A Map of the Indian Territory, Northern Texas, and New Mexico Showing the Great Western Prairies, 1844
Item — Box 8, Folder: Map 148
Identifier: 3926.802
Description
Josiah Gregg was the trader and writer.From catalog info:Indian Territory/Western United StatesJosiah Gregg (1806-1850)Scale: 1:3,500,000Atlas plate #29 from Sidney E. Morese & Samuel Breese Cerographic Atlas of the United States, 1842, 32 maps. This map also appears in Josiah Gregg's book, Comerese of the Prairies, 1850, facing p.58.Phillips Atlases, vol.1, p.773 (entry #1383).Phillips Maps p.332. ...
Dates:
1844
A New & Accurate Map of the Provinces of North & South Carolina, Georgia, &cc., 1752
Item — Box 8, Folder: Map 35
Identifier: 39.646
Description
From catalog info:Southeast United StatesEmaual Bowen (ca.1720-1767), English PublisherA new and accurate map of the provinces of North & South Carolina, Georgia, etc., drawn from late surveys and regulated from astronomical observations by Emanuel Bowen (map publisher).This map depicts the provinces located in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana and Florida. This map also includes the area inhabited by the Cherokee Nation, as well as the Appalachian Mountains,...
Dates:
1752
A New Map of Georgia with Part of Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana, 1764
Item — Box 8, Folder: Map 48
Identifier: 3976.654
Description
From catalog info:
Southeast U.S.
Bowen, Emanuel (ca. 1720-1767)
London:(1764)
Scale:1:2,500,000; bar. English & French Leauges 20 to a Degree. 1 inch = 11 units.
[In Harris (John). Navigatium. atque itineratium bibliotheca, or, a completed collection of voyages and travels. fol. London, for T. Osborne, 1764 v. 2 opp. p. 323].
Hargrett Catalog, p.340 under 1764.
Phillips, Maps, p.295
Tooley's Dictionary, p.74.
Dates:
1764
An Accurate Map of Louisiana and the Territory in Dispute between the English and French, 1760
Item — Box 1, Folder: Map 43
Identifier: 3976.555
Description
From catalog info:G. Rollos (fl. 1754-89) English Engraver.London: The British Magazine [1760?]Scale: 1:7,000,000Not located in Phillips Label Text Made during the French and Indian War (1754-63), this map labels the British colonies of Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia as "territories in dispute." While European powers fought to claim control of these regions, the map records elsewhere...
Dates:
1760
Carte des États-Unis d’Amérique, 1830
Item — Box 5, Folder: Map 117
Identifier: 3976.554
Translated Title
Description
Map of the United States of America
Description
From catalog info:
U.S./Canada/Mexico
Thierry, French Engraver
Paris: [1830]
Scale: 1:15,400,000
Atlas plate no.75 from Geographie Moderne.
Shows Louisiana and Oregon Territory as part of U.S. Oklahoma, shown as part of Arkansas Territory.
Not found in Phillips
Dates:
1830
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, May 18, 1889
Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.8358.1-15
Description
Newspaper. Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, p.254-268. Transcript (DCI) Frank Leslie’s
Illustrated
Newspaper
Entered according to active Congress, in the year 1889, by the judge publishing company, in the office of the Library of Congress at Washington, – entered at the post-office, New York, N.Y., as second-class matter.
No. 1757.—Vol., LXVIII.] New York – for the week ending May 18, 1889. [Price, 10 cents. $4.00 yearly. 12 weeks,...
Dates:
May 18, 1889
General map of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, 1794
Item — Drawer MC-3, Folder: Map 69
Identifier: 3976.655
Description
From catalog info:S.E. U.S.A New and General Map of the Southern Dominions Belonging to the United States of Ameria, via Norht Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia:... LA & FLLaurie, Robert (1755-1836) & Whittle, James (d.1818)Colored boundaries.London:Laurie & Whittle, no.53, Fleet Street, 1794Scale: one inch equals 30 miles; 1:3,000,000.Two insets: Charlestown & St. Augustine.$17.50 in pencil on upper right portion of sheet. Plate no.38 on...
Dates:
1794
J. H. Colton's Map of Arkansas and Indian Territory, 1863
Item — Box 2, Folder: Map 191
Identifier: 3926.236
Description
From catalog info:
Colton, Joseph Hutchin (1800-1893)
Arkansas, Oklahoma (Indian Territory)
New York: J.H. Colton, Publisher [1863]
1"=48mi.
May be one of the 10 maps from R.S. Fisher's A Chronological History of the Civil War in America 160p. 1863
Phillips Atlases v-1 p.747 (Entry #1350)
Dates:
1863
Letter from Richard to Leigh referencing a hunting trip, the Cody "Gold Rush", Yellowstone Park and Buffalo Bill Museums, and Rockefeller and H. C. Bunpas, 3/1/1931
Item — Folder 353: [Barcode: 127.353]
Identifier: 3826.2693
Description
Folder 353 Transcript (DCI) [first page of multi-page letter]
[handwritten in cursive with ink]
[stationery with personal letterhead of four lines centered at top of page:
“WILL RICHARD”, “SCULPTOR-TAXIDERMIST”, “THE CODY MUSEUM”, “CODY, WYO.”] Mar 1 / 31Dear Leigh: - It looks as tho I never would get around to answer your long letter of over a month ago, but I received it just as I was about to start down to...
Dates:
3/1/1931