Samuel Franklin Emmons papers, 1725-1914 (bulk 1861-1911).

By: Contributor(s): Material type: Mixed materialsMixed materialsLanguage: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish Description: 14,000 items; 41 containers plus 1 oversize; 1 microfilm reel; 16.4 linear feetSubject(s): Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Microfilm edition of a diary (1872) available, no. 16,978.
Action note:
  • In 1981, papers relating to Paul W. Bartlett and Bessie McPherson were transferred from this collection to the Paul W. Bartlett papers in the Manuscript Division.
Summary: 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.
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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 edition of a diary (1872) available, no. 16,978.

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

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

Geologist.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012070

In 1981, papers relating to Paul W. Bartlett and Bessie McPherson were transferred from this collection to the Paul W. Bartlett papers in the Manuscript Division.

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