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Creator::

Evans, John, 1812-1861  Search this

Extent:

0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Diaries

Place:

Port Orford (Or.)

Central America

Date:

1854-1856, 1860

Introduction:

This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.

Descriptive Entry:

These papers include a journal for Evans' tenure with the railroad survey, covering the period July to September 1854. They also include journals for Evans' journeys in the Port Orford region of Oregon in 1855-1856, and one page of Evans' journal for the Isthmus of Chiriqui Expedition of 1860.

Historical Note:

John Evans (1812-1861) joined David Dale Owen's survey of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota following his graduation from St. Louis Medical College, circa 1848. In 1851, he was appointed by the Secretary of the Interior to survey the Washington and Oregon territories, and in 1853 joined Isaac Stevens' Pacific Railroad Survey. He was also geologist to the Isthmus of Chiriqui Expedition to Central America in 1860.

Topic:

Geology  Search this

Railroads -- Surveying  Search this

Genre/Form:

Diaries

Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7198, John Evans Papers

Identifier:

Record Unit 7198

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John Evans Papers

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

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Collection Creator::

Evans, John, 1812-1861  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7198, John Evans Papers

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John Evans Papers

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

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Collection Creator::

Evans, John, 1812-1861  Search this

Container:

Box 1 of 1

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7198, John Evans Papers

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John Evans Papers

John Evans Papers / Box 1

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

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Collection Creator::

Evans, John, 1812-1861  Search this

Container:

Box 1 of 1

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7198, John Evans Papers

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John Evans Papers

John Evans Papers / Box 1

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

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Collection Creator::

Evans, John, 1812-1861  Search this

Container:

Box 1 of 1

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7198, John Evans Papers

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John Evans Papers

John Evans Papers / Box 1

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

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Author:

Evans, John 1812-1861  Search this

Physical description:

10 p. ; 26 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

Panama

Chiriquí (Province)

Date:

1861

1861?]

Topic:

Coal mines and mining  Search this

Call number:

TN806.P22 C44 1861Z

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_352335

Author:

Evans, John 1812-1861  Search this

Physical description:

66 l. 32 cm

Type:

Archival materials

Place:

Washington (State)

Date:

1853

1853-1856

Topic:

Geology  Search this

Description and travel  Search this

Call number:

557.4W2E92

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

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Author:

Roberts, Gary L.  Search this

Subject:

Chivington, John M (John Milton) 1821-1894  Search this

Evans, John 1812-1861  Search this

Physical description:

xx, 300 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Type:

Biography

Place:

United States

Date:

2016

19th century

1789-1869

Topic:

Sand Creek Massacre, Colo., 1864  Search this

Wars, 1864  Search this

Wars  Search this

Methodists  Search this

Church and social problems--Methodist Church  Search this

Relations with Indians  Search this

Indians, Treatment of--History  Search this

Government relations  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

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