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MS 4419 Copy and Fragment of John Colton Sumner Journal

Creator:: Sumner, John Colton Search this; Stanton, Robert Brewster, 1846-1922 Search this

Addressee:: Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933 Search this

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Journals (accounts)

Date:: 1869

Scope and Contents:: August 17-27 [1869]. 3 pages. Found in J. W. Powell's 1869 journal (Manuscript 1795a). Written in pencil on 3 torn-out leaves similar to those in the notebooks used by Powell for his journal. Believed to be a fragment of Sumner's original notes. July 5- August 31, 1869. 22 leaves and pages. Typed copy made from handwritten copy believed to have been made by Sumner from his original notes. Stanton, Robert Brewster to William H. Holmes, Washington, D. C. New York City, March 23, 1907. 1 page Typed letter signed. Acknowledges receipt of copy of Sumner's journal, which he recognises as being in Sumner's hand and signed by him. [No previous correspondence in Smithsonian Institution files, June, 1954.]

Local Numbers:: NAA MS 4419

Genre/Form:: Journals (accounts)

Citation:: Manuscript 4419, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:: NAA.MS4419

Archival Repository:: National Anthropological Archives

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Whalebone Thimble Eye

Physical Description:: rope (overall material); whalebone (overall material)

Measurements:: overall: 5 in x 3 in; 12.7 cm x 7.62 cm

Object Name:: thimble eye

Date made:: 1800s

Subject:: Fishing Search this

Related event:: Expansion and Reform Search this; Civil War and Reconstruction Search this; The Development of the Industrial United States Search this

Related Publication:: On the Water online exhibition

Related Web Publication:: http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater

Credit Line:: E.H. Cook

ID Number:: AG.025801

Catalog number:: 025801

Accession number:: 2009.0182

See more items in:: Work and Industry: Fisheries; Cultures & Communities; Work; Industry & Manufacturing; Natural Resources; Transportation; Art

Exhibition:: On the Water

Exhibition Location:: National Museum of American History

Data Source:: National Museum of American History

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MS 4807 Collections of the United States South Sea Surveying and Exploring Expedition 1838, 9, 40, 41 & 42. By T. R. Peale, U. S. Patent Office, 1846

Creator:: Peale, Titian R. (Titian Ramsay), 1780-1798 Search this; United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) Search this

Extent:: 57 Pages

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Pages

Date:: undated

Scope and Contents:: Catalogue of 2516 ethnological specimens, numbered 1-2487.; Some original accession data concerning anthropological specimens collected on the Wilkes Expedition are also included in section C, in the Manuscript volume catalogued in the Smithsonian Institution Library as follows: MSS c Case U58 eori U. S. Exploring Expedition Original invoices and other official papers. Estimated 73 full pages FF. Section C, "Original Invoices of Miscellaneous Specimens" (1839-41) includes "Catalogue of Boxes Barrels &c Shipped on board the American Ship Lausanne [from ?] Oahu," no date, 4 pages and other untitled lists that include some anthropological entries. Also in Section C is a 1-page "List of articles...[belonging to the] Philological Dept." signed by H[oratio ] Hale; these are mostly printed articles, but there is one reference to a Quichua and Moxa grammar, presumably a Manuscript.

Biographical / Historical:: Note on title page states: The collections made by the Exploring Expedition under Capt. Wilkes were brought to Washington and unpacked at the U. S. Patent Office, where they were on exhibition for several years. About 1851 they were transferred to the Smithsonian Building. This catalogue was presented to the Nat. Museum in January 1877 by Mr Peale in person. Accompanying letter of A. H. Clark to [G. B.] Goode, March 24, 1887 transmits catalogue to Goode, stating that it was found "Among the National Institute papers several months ago." Title page refers to catalogue(s) of 134 mammal specimens and 150 ornithological species which are not included in this volume. Note with Smithsonian Institution Library card catalogue entry for a 46 page typescript of this volume states that the original Manuscript catalogs of birds and mammals are in the American Museum of Natural History, and xerox copies of both are in the MNH, Division of Mammals (Dr D. H. Johnson).

Local Numbers:: NAA MS 4807

Topic:: Expeditions -- United States South Sea and Exploring Expedition Search this; Pacific Islanders Search this; Specimens -- catalog of Search this; Language and languages -- Documentation Search this

Citation:: Manuscript 4807, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:: NAA.MS4807

Archival Repository:: National Anthropological Archives

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New Bedford Whaleship Crew List

Physical Description:: paper (overall material)

Measurements:: overall: 11 5/8 in x 18 in; 29.5275 cm x 45.72 cm

Object Name:: crew list

Crew list recorded:: United States: Massachusetts, New Bedford

Date made:: 1876-05

Related event:: The Development of the Industrial United States Search this

Related Publication:: On the Water online exhibition

Related Web Publication:: http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater

Credit Line:: Gift of J. T. Brown

ID Number:: TR.103009.03

Catalog number:: 103009.03

Accession number:: 12006

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Exhibition:: On the Water

Exhibition Location:: National Museum of American History

Data Source:: National Museum of American History

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Scrimshaw Tooth

Maker:: unknown Search this

Physical Description:: scrimshaw (overall production method/technique); sperm whale tooth (overall material); wood (base material)

Measurements:: overall: 6 3/4 in x 3 1/2 in x 2 5/16 in; 17.145 cm x 8.89 cm x 5.87375 cm

Object Name:: scrimshaw; scrimshaw tooth, whale

Date made:: ca 1840

Related event:: Expansion and Reform Search this

Related Publication:: On the Water online exhibition

Related Web Publication:: http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater

Credit Line:: Gift of Frederic A. Delano

ID Number:: TR.374506

Catalog number:: 374506

Accession number:: 136263

See more items in:: Work and Industry: Maritime; Family & Social Life; Clothing & Accessories; Cultures & Communities; Work; Industry & Manufacturing; Natural Resources; Transportation; On the Water exhibit; Art

Exhibition:: On the Water

Exhibition Location:: National Museum of American History

Data Source:: National Museum of American History

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MS 39-d-2 Drawings by Tichkematse and others

Creator:: Tichkematse, 1857-1932 Search this

Extent:: 13 Drawings (visual works) (graphite, crayon, watercolor, and ink; laminated)

Culture:: Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne) Search this

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Drawings (visual works); Works of art; Ledger drawings; Drawings

Place:: North America

Date:: undated

Scope and Contents:: The colletion consists of thirteen (13) drawings, primarily scenes of warfare. Most of the drawings were heavily water and mildew damaged; all have been laminated. Several drawings have been attributed to the Cheyenne artist Tichkematse on the basis of style, and two others are inscribed with names that have been identified as Cheyenne. Three are from an unknown Plains tribe. One drawings contains copies of scenes appearing in the Bloody Knife robe pictures in MS 2372. One drawing depicts two Fijian figures drawn in a Western style.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.

Biographical Note:: Tichkematse (also known as Squint Eyes and Quchkeimus) (1857-1932) was among the men held prisoner at Fort Marion in Saint Augustine, Florida, from 1875-1878. While imprisoned, he learned to speak English and to read and write. Upon release he attended school at the Hampton Institute in Virginia for about a year before coming to work at the Smithsonian, primarily preparing bird and mammal specimens. During his time at the Smithsonian, he also produced drawings illustrating his old life on the Plains. In 1880 he returned to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Reservation in what is now Oklahoma, but he continued his affiliation with the Smithsonian, collecting bird and mammal specimens as well as craft items acquired from Cheyenne friends and relatives, which he shipped to the museum.

Local Numbers:: NAA MS 39D-2

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Genre/Form:: Works of art; Ledger drawings; Drawings

Citation:: MS 39D-2 Drawings by Tichkematse and others, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:: NAA.MS39D2

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Archival Repository:: National Anthropological Archives

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Men Bundling Skins Before Shipping

Collector:: Stanley-Brown, Joseph Search this

Collection Creator:: Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology Search this; National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology Search this

Extent:: 1 Photomechanical print (003 in x 002 in)

Container:: Box I:6, Folder 7-12

Culture:: Unangan (Aleut) Search this; Arctic peoples Search this

Type:: Archival materials; Photomechanical prints; Photographs

Date:: 1890

Local Numbers:: NAA INV.01455901

Local Note:: Black and white photomechanical print in album

Place:: Alaska

Genre/Form:: Photographs

Citation:: Photo Lot 24 SPC Arctic Aleut NM 165342 Seals & Sealing Operations 01455901, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

See more items in:: Photographs of Native Americans and Other Subjects; Photographs of Native Americans and Other Subjects / Series 1: America north of Mexico / Arctic / Aleut

Archival Repository:: National Anthropological Archives

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EDAN-URL:: ead_component:sova-naa-photolot-24-ref14339

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Men Rolling Barrels Onto Beach from Two-Masted Ship (Trawler?)

Collector:: Stanley-Brown, Joseph Search this

Collection Creator:: Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology Search this; National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology Search this

Extent:: 1 Photographic print (007 in x 004 in mounted on 007 in x 004 in)

Container:: Box I:6, Folder 7-12

Type:: Archival materials; Photographic prints; Photographs

Date:: 1890

Local Numbers:: NAA INV.01461600

Local Note:: Black and white photoprint on cardboard mount

Place:: Alaska/Pribilof Islands

Genre/Form:: Photographs

Citation:: Photo Lot 24 SPC Arctic Aleut NM 165342 Natives Scenery & Misc 01461600, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Archival Repository:: National Anthropological Archives

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Four Men on Ship's Deck

Collector:: Stanley-Brown, Joseph Search this

Collection Creator:: Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology Search this; National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology Search this

Extent:: 1 Photographic print (006 in x 008 in mounted on 006 in x 008 in)

Container:: Box I:6, Folder 7-12

Type:: Archival materials; Photographic prints; Photographs

Date:: 1890

Local Numbers:: NAA INV.01461900

OPPS NEG.89-15,433

Local Note:: Black and white photoprint on cardboard mount

Place:: Alaska/Pribilof Islands

Genre/Form:: Photographs

Citation:: Photo Lot 24 SPC Arctic Aleut NM 165342 Natives Scenery & Misc 01461900, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Archival Repository:: National Anthropological Archives

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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Records

Creator:: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Search this

Author:: Garrett, John W. (John Work), 1820-1884 Search this; Latrobe, Benj. H. (Benjamin Henry), 1807-1878 Search this

Collector:: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of History of Technology Search this; National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering Search this

Extent:: 33 Cubic feet (76 boxes, 46 map-folders)

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Annual reports; Correspondence; Drawings; Glass plate negatives; Negatives (photographic); Photographs; Tracings

Date:: 1827-1987

Summary:: The collection consists of correspondence, invoices, drawings, photographs, and negatives and other printed literature documenting the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from its inception in 1827 to its merger with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad in the 1960s.

Scope and Contents:: The collection consists of correspondence, engineering drawings, notes, photographs, transparencies, negatives, glass plate negatives, printed materials, and newspaper clippings documenting the Baltimore and Ohio railroad from its inception in 1827 to its merger with the Chesapeake and Ohio in the 1960s.

Arrangement:: The records are arranged into ten series.

Series 1, Historical Background, 1827-1987

Series 2, Bridge Histories, 1867-1966

Series 3, President's Office, 1826-1880

Series 4, Correspondence, 1826-1859

Series 5, Business Records, 1894-1914, and undated

Series 6, Agreement, 1870

Series 7, Drawings, 1858-1957, and undated

Subseries 7.1, Indices and Lists, 1924-1943, undated

Subseries 7.2, Bailey's Station, 1887; 1899; 1901

Subseries 7.3, Baltimore Belt Railroad, 1895, undated

Subseries 7.4, Bay View and Canton Bridges, 1884-1885

Subseries 7.5, Big Seneca Creek Viaduct, 1905

Subseries 7.6, Bollman Bridges, undated

Subseries 7.7, Boyds, Maryland Station, 1886; 1927

Subseries 7.8, Bridewell Station, undated

Subseries 7.9, Bridges (general), 1893-1917

Subseries 7.10, Brunswick, Maryland, 1890-1907

Subseries 7.11, Building Materials List, undated

Subseries 7.12, Building Signs, 1911-1912

Subseries 7.13, Camden Station, 1881-1942 (not inclusive)

Subseries 7.14, Camden Station (related), 1881-1915

Subseries 7.15, Centenary Bridge Models, 1927

Subseries 7.16, Central Office Building, undated

Subseries 7.17, Chestnut Street Station, 1925-1952

Subseries 7.18, Coaling facilities, water tanks, turntables, and miscellaneous structures, 1888-1912

Subseries 7.19, Cumberland Station, 1910-1955

Subseries 7.20, Curtis Bay Branch, 1900-1911

Subseries 7.21, Frederick Station, 1908-1915

Subseries 7.22, Hyattsville Station, 1913

Subseries 7.23, Keedysville Station, undated

Subseries 7.24, Laurel Station, undated

Subseries 7.25, Ledger, undated

Subseries 7.26, Lieperville Station, 1889

Subseries 7.27, Locust Point, 1881-1957

Subseries 7.28, Maps, 1862; 1918

Subseries 7.29, Martinsburg, West Virginia, 1913-1927

Subseries 7.30, Miscellaneous Buildings, 1875-1956

Subseries 7.31, Miscellaneous Large Photographs, undated

Subseries 7.32, Miscellaneous Structures, 1890-1916

Subseries 7.33: Mt. Clare (general)

Subseries 7.34, Mt. Clare New Blue Line Stable, 1899; 1905

Subseries 7.35, Mt. Clare New Car Shops, undated

Subseries 7.36, Mt. Royal Station, undated

Subseries 7.37, Newton Falls and Fairpoint, Ohio, 1909

Subseries 7.38, Patapsco River Bridge, 1883

Subseries 7.39, Plans for house no. 1846 (N. Gay Street, Baltimore, Maryland), undated

Subseries 7.40, Point of Rocks Station, 1951

Subseries 7.41, Scales, 1903

Subseries 7.42, Signal towers, 1900-1908

Subseries 7.43, Stations (general), 1866-1907

Subseries 7.44, Sykesville Station, undated

Subseries 7.45, Untitled, undated

Subseries 7.46, Warnings, 1894-1911

Subseries 7.47, Woodstock Station, undated

Subseries 7.48, Miscellaneous (rolled), 1858-1930 (not inclusive)

Series 8, Photographs and Copy Prints, 1872-1980s (not inclusive)

Subseries 8.1, Photographs, 1872-1980s

Subseries 8.2, Copy prints, 1901-1931, undated

Subseries 8.3, Indices and Lists, 1909-1920

Series 9, Negatives, 1850-1983 (bulk 1920s-1930s)

Subseries 9.1, Glass plate negatives (unidentified), undated

Subseries 9.2, Glass plate negatives (numbered), 1850-1957 (bulk 1920s-1930s)

Subseries 9.3, Negatives by number, undated

Subseries 9.4, Negatives by location, 1870; 1978-1983

Subseries 9.5, Negatives by subject, 1922-1930s, undated

Series 10, Stations and Buildings, 1884-1982

Biographical / Historical:: The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) was the nation's first extensive steam powered railroad. It was founded by Baltimore merchants in 1827 as a means of promoting trade and making Baltimore competitive with other east coast ports. The original intent of the founders was to provide direct and fast access to the Ohio River, and the markets that the river reached. The railroad, however, went beyond the Ohio River and its lines went as far west as St. Louis and Chicago. The B&O was also known for its use of an electric locomotive in the mid 1890s. It also had a completely air conditioned train, and it was a forerunner in the use of diesel-electric locomotives. Company activities paralleled those of other American railroads and over the course of its life included expansion, near bankruptcy, innovations, regulations, and finally buy out. In February 1963, the Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) completed its purchase of the B&O. Today, B&O is part of the CSX Transportation (CSX) network.

John Work Garrett president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 1858-1884, was born in Baltimore, Maryland July 31, 1820. He was the second son of Elizabeth Stouffer and Robert Garrett. He married Rachel Ann Harrison, the daughter of Thomas Harrison, a Baltimore merchant. They had one daughter, Mary and two sons Robert and Thomas Harrison Garrett.

After attending Lafayette College (Pennsylvania) for two years John W. Garrett left in 1836 to become associated with his father's commission business in Baltimore. The commission house which dealt in wholesale groceries, produce, forwarding and a commission business expanded to establish direct connections with Latin America, seek outlets in Europe and develop its own banking operations. In time its financial operations overshadowed the commission and shipping business.

When John W. Garrett began to invest heavily in Baltimore and Ohio Railroad stock, the road was in competition with the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and the stock was not popular. Its value rose steadily over the years. Mr. Garrett was elected a director of the railroad in 1855. His report as chairman of a subcommittee on the need for additional funds to complete the line to the Ohio River led to his election to the presidency of the road on November 17, 1858, a position he held for 26 years. New policies with emphasis on economy, personal supervision and gradual expansion were inaugurated and consistently maintained, in spite of a general financial crisis, Mr. Garrett's first year in office showed a net gain in earnings.

Sympathetic to his southern friends during the Civil War, Mr. Garrett nevertheless supported the Union. He recognized the inevitability of Confederate defeat by superior northern resources. Confederate leaders blamed him for their inability to seize Washington and he received warm appreciation for his services to the Union cause from President Lincoln. The railroad stretched along the theater of war and twice crossed Confederate territory. It was, therefore, a main objective for southern attack. Branches were frequently damaged by Confederate raids, but the main line to Washington became important for the transport of troops and supplies. The Baltimore and Ohio carried out the first military rail transport in history and the transfer of 20,000 men from the Potomac to Chattanooga in 1863 was a major triumph for its president.

With the advent of peace Mr. Garrett turned to rebuilding and strengthening the railroad. He replaced equipment and track damaged by the war, then extended the system by securing direct routes to Pittsburgh and Chicago and arranging an independent line into New York. Wharves were built at Locust Point for ocean liners and a system of elevators erected. The B&O. built its own sleeping and dining cars, established hotels in the mountains and created its own express company. By 1880, after battles over rates with other trunk lines, a costly rivalry with the Pennsylvania Railroad over the eastern route and charges of discrimination against local shippers Mr. Garrett was at the height of his success. He cooperated in establishing the B. and 0. Employees Relief Association for accident and life insurance, a hospital system, saving and building funds, and arrangements for improving sanitation in the work place. He was on friendly terms with Johns Hopkins, a trustee of John Hopkins Hospital, and with George Peabody, founder of the Peabody institute of which he was also a trustee. Garrett County, Maryland was named in his honor.

John W. Garrett died on September 26, 1884 within a year of his wife's death in a carriage accident. During his connection with the railroad the stock increased from $57 to $200; at the outbreak of the Civil War the railroad was operating 514 miles of rail, gross earnings were $4,000,097 and net per mile was $4246.1 By 1864 gross earnings were $10,138,876 and net per mile, $7113.2 By the end of his presidency mileage had increased to 1711 miles and net earnings were $4535 per mile.3

References

1 -- National Cyclopedia of American Biography -- Vol. 18:3

2 -- National Cyclopedia of American Biography -- Vol. 18:3

3 -- National Cyclopedia of American Biography -- Vol. 18:3

Related Materials:: Materials at Other Organizations

Maryland Historical Society

Baltimore and Ohio Museum

Provenance:: This collection was donated to the National Museum of American History by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in the 1960s.

Restrictions:: Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

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Topic:: Bridges Search this; Construction Search this; Engineering -- 19th century Search this; Railroads Search this; Repairing -- Railroads Search this; Railway engineering -- 1860-1890 Search this

Genre/Form:: Annual reports; Correspondence -- 19th century; Drawings -- 1860-1890; Glass plate negatives; Negatives (photographic); Photographs; Tracings