Samuel Franklin Emmons papers,

Emmons, Samuel Franklin, 1841-1911.

Samuel Franklin Emmons papers, 1725-1914 (bulk 1861-1911). - 14,000 items. 41 1 containers plus oversize. 1 microfilm reel. 16.4 linear feet. - Arranged in 9 series. Series 1: Diaries and Field Notes, 1861-1910; Series 2: Letterbooks, 1884-1909; Series 3: Correspondence, 1861-1912; Series 4: Financial Records, 1867-1911; Series 5: Subject File, 1725-1912; Series 6: Sophie D. Markoe Papers, 1852-1911; Series 7: Suzanne Earle Ogden-Jones Emmons Bartlett Papers, 1897-1914; Series 8: Scrapbooks, 1871-1905; and Series 9: Oversize, 1866-1907.

Open to research.

Correspondence, letterbooks, diaries and field notes, family papers, subject files, financial records, scrapbooks, printed matter, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Emmons's career as a geologist and to his family. Documents his explorations in the western United States including the United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel, 1867-1876; geological formations and mines and mining; and the U.S. Geological Survey, cofounded by Emmons and Clarence King. Family papers includes correspondence with Emmon's uncle, N. Henry Evans, and papers of Emmon's wives, Sophie D. Markoe and Suzanne Earle Ogden-Jones Emmons Bartlett.




Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division.
Washington, D.C. :
Library of Congress Photoduplication Service,
1985.


Geologist.


Collection material in English, with French, German, Italian, and Spanish.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012070

mm 80023747


Evans, N. Henry--Correspondence.
King, Clarence, 1842-1901.
Emmons family.


Geological Survey (U.S.)


United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel (1867-1881)


Geology.
Formations (Geology)
Mineral industries.
Mines and mineral resources.


West (U.S.)--Discovery and exploration.


Geologists.

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