Historical Documents Online: Search Hints for Selected Topics
Land
- Selected Documents from the Records of the Bureau of Land Management, 1685 - 1989
- Selected Files from the Idaho State Office of the Bureau of Land Management
- Land Entry Case Files for Missouri (5th Principal Meridian), 1818 - 1922
- Landscape Views of the Area Along the Northwest Boundary (Alden Sketches)
- Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel - The King Survey, 1867 - 1872
- Hayden Survey, William H. Jackson, Photographs, 1869 - 1878
- Wheeler Expedition Stereoscopic Photographs, 1871 - 1874
- Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, 1873
- John K. Hillers Photographs of the Powell Survey and other Geological Surveys
- Numerical Series Covering All Classes of Patented Entries
- Selected Project Histories from the Office of the Chief Engineer, Bureau of Reclamation, 1902 - 1960.
- Project Reports from the Office of the Chief Engineer, Bureau of Reclamation, 1902 - 1955
- Photograph Albums from the Engineering and Research Center of the Bureau of Reclamation, 1903 - 1972.
- Records of the Supervising Engineer of the Bureau of Reclamation in Charge of Emergency Conservation Work, 1935 - 1937
- Warrants Issued Under the Act of September 28, 1850
1 document has been digitized from this series among the Records of the Bureau of Land Management. This material is held by NARA's Old Military and Civil Records(Washington DC).Search Hint: To retrieve the multi-page digitized document:
- Go to http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/.
- Press the Yellow search button to go to the Archival Descriptions Search screen.
- To search only for archival descriptions that have digital copies, click the Digital Copies search button at the top of the ARC pages.
- Enter Bounty Land Warrant, Act of 1850 in the Keywords box.
- Select the limit results radio button for 100.
- Press the Go button.
- When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link.
From the Collection:
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ARC Identifier: 300281, Title: "Bounty Land Warrant, Act of 1850, 80 acres, #2998, issued to Alexander Blair, private, Captain Dudley's Company, Colonel Woodfolk's Regiment, Tennessee Militia, War of 1812., 1851"
- Selected Files from the Idaho State Office of the Bureau of Land Management
98 photographs have been digitized from the Serialized Land Case Files and the Range Improvement, Soil and Moisture Conservation Project Files of the Bureau of Land Management, Idaho State Office. The files include documentation on cancelled and relinquished land claims, some right-of-way files and other files created by the General Land Office and the Bureau of Land Management documenting the transfer of government land. The files also document the work done in soil and moisture conservation by Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp DG-4. These materials are held by NARA's Pacific Alaska Region (Seattle, WA).
Search Hint: To retrieve the 98 digitized photographs:
- Go to http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/.
- Press the Yellow search button to go to the Archival Descriptions Search screen.
- To search only for archival descriptions that have digital copies, click the Digital Copies search button at the top of the ARC pages.
- Enter Idaho State Office in the Keywords box.
- Select the limit results radio button for 100.
- Press the Go button.
- When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link.
From the Collection:
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ARC Identifier: 298343, Title: "Truck trails. Bostwick's Crew. This crew has worked on road alignment and construction., ca. 1935"
- Land Entry Case Files for Missouri (5th Principal Meridian), 1818 - 1922
1 land entry case file has been digitized from this series. This material is held by NARA's Old Military and Civil Records (Washington DC).Search Hint: To retrieve the digitized multi-page document:
- Go to http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/.
- Press the Yellow search button to go to the Archival Descriptions Search screen.
- To search only for archival descriptions that have digital copies, click the Digital Copies search button at the top of the ARC pages.
- Enter Cash Land Entry in the Keywords box.
- Select the limit results radio button for 100.
- Press the Go button.
- When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link.
From the Collection:
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ARC Identifier: 300283, Title: "Cash Land Entry 23785, Springfield, Missouri Land Office, of Benjamin Wingo., 1857"
- Landscape Views of the Area Along the Northwest Boundary (Alden Sketches)
62 items were digitized from this series. They are manuscript watercolor views taken along the northwest boundary between the Rocky Mountains and Point Roberts. The watercolors are by James W. Alden. These materials are held by the Cartographic and Architectural Records (College Park, MD).
Search Hint: To retrieve the 62 digitized watercolors:
- Go to http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/.
- Press the Yellow search button to go to the Archival Descriptions Search screen.
- To search only for archival descriptions that have digital copies, click the Digital Copies search button at the top of the ARC pages.
- Enter James Alden in the Keywords box.
- Select the limit results radio button for 100.
- Press the Go button.
- When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link.
From the Collection:
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ARC Identifier: 305539, Title: "Lake on E. side summit Kishenehn Pass looking E, 1857 - 1862."
- Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel-The King Survey, 1867 - 1872
218 photographs have been digitized from this survey. During the 4 years he spent as photographer for the King survey in 1867-1869 and 1872, Timothy O' Sullivan used a stereoscope camera as well as a full plate camera. The stereo negatives that resulted show the entire area covered by the expedition in eastern California, Nevada, northern Utah, Southern Idaho, southern Wyoming and northwestern Colorado. See the inventory card for 77-KS and the King Survey caption list for further information. Two different size stereo glass plates were used by O'Sullivan. The 4 by 10 plates were used mostly during the 1867-1869 in Nevada, California, Idaho and the southern Wahsatch Range in Utah. These materials are held by NARA's Still Picture Records (College Park, MD.)Search Hint: To retrieve the 218 digitized photographs:
- Go to http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/.
- Press the Yellow search button to go to the Archival Descriptions Search screen.
- To search only for archival descriptions that have digital copies, click the Digital Copies search button at the top of the ARC pages.
- Enter Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel OR King Survey in the Keywords box.
- Select the limit results radio button for 1000.
- Press the Go button.
- When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link.
From the Collection:
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ARC Identifier: 519598, Title: "Gold Hill, Nevada, 1867.", Local Identifier: NWDNS-77-KW-144
- Hayden Survey, William H. Jackson, Photographs, 1869 - 1878
1,106 photographs have been digitized from this series. This series of photographs was taken by William H. Jackson, photographer accompanying the U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories directed by Ferdinand V. Hayden. It includes a collection of photographs reflecting the surveys activities in Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Idaho and Montana. Although Yellowstone National Park is emphasized, other prominent landmarks include Pike's Peal, Garden of the Gods, Long's Peak, Berhod Pass, Mountain of the Holy Cross, Uintah Mountains, and the Badlands. Besides landscape views, they occasionally depict towns and military reservations (Salt Lake City, Ofgen, Fort Jall, Helena), survey members and equipment, Union Pacific Railroad Stations, Indians and Indian ruins, and various techniques of gold mining. These materials are held by NARA's Still Picture Records (College Park, MD)
Search Hint: To retrieve the 1,106 digitized photographs:
- Go to http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/.
- Press the Yellow search button to go to the Archival Descriptions Search screen.
- To search only for archival descriptions that have digital copies, click the Digital Copies search button at the top of the ARC pages.
- Enter Geographic Survey of the Territories in the Keywords box.
- Select the limit results radio button for 2000.
- Press the Go button.
- When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link.
From the Collection:
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ARC Identifier: 516722, Title: "The Geological Survey en route, 1871.", Local Identifier: NWDNS-57-HS-114
- Wheeler Expedition Stereoscopic Photographs, 1871 - 1874
27 photographs from this series have been digitized. The digitized images include stereoscopic photographs prepared by the Corps of Engineers from the Wheeler Expedition original photographs. Subjects include the geology, flora, fauna, and native peoples of the areas surveyed by Lieutenant George M. Wheeler in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Idaho. These materials are held by NARA's Pacific Region (Laguna Niguel, CA).
Search Hint: To retrieve the 27 digitized images:
- Go to http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/.
- Press the Yellow search button to go to the Archival Descriptions Search screen.
- To search only for archival descriptions that have digital copies, click the Digital Copies search button at the top of the ARC pages.
- Enter Wheeler Expedition in the Keywords box.
- Select the limit results radio button for 100.
- Press the Go button.
- When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link.
From the Collection:
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ARC Identifier: 295364, Title: "No. 3: Expedition of 1871, View down Black Canon, from Mirror Bar." The Walls repeated by reflection.
- Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, 1873
130 photographs have been digitized from this survey. During the 1873 field season of the Wheeler Survey, Timothy O'Sullivan photographed the Sierra Blanca or White Mountains in Arizona, Canon de Chelle, Santa Fe, the Colorado River, Inscription Rock at El Moro Canon, Zuni Pueblo and its inhabitants, Navajo, and Apache Indians, Fort Defiance and Camp Apache. These materials are held by NARA's Still Picture Records (College Park, MD).Search Hint: To retrieve the 130 digitized photographs:
- Go to http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/.
- Press the Yellow search button to go to the Archival Descriptions Search screen.
- To search only for archival descriptions that have digital copies, click the Digital Copies search button at the top of the ARC pages.
- Enter 100th Meridian in the Keywords box.
- Select the limit results radio button for 1000.
- Press the Go button.
- When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link.
From the Collection:
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ARC Identifier: 519727, Title: "Coyotero Apache Scouts at Apache Lake, Sierra Blanca Range, Arizona 1873, 1873.", Local Identifier: NWDNS-77-WF-3
- John K. Hillers Photographs of the Powell Survey and other Geological Surveys
297 photographs by John K. Hillers of the Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region led by John Wesley Powell have been digitized. These materials are held by NARA's Still Picture Records (College Park, MD).Search Hint: To retrieve the 297 digitized photographs:
- Go to http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/.
- Press the Yellow search button to go to the Archival Descriptions Search screen.
- To search only for archival descriptions that have digital copies, click the Digital Copies search button at the top of the ARC pages.
- Enter Powell Survey in the Keywords box.
- Select the limit results radio button for 1000.
- Press the Go button.
- When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link.
From the Collection:
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ARC Identifier: 517743, Title: "Marble Pinnacle, Kenab Canyon, Grand Canyon of the Colorado River, Old No. Similar to 629 and 606 Hillers photos., 1871 - 1878", Local Identifier: NWDNS-57-PS-71
- Numerical Series Covering All Classes of Patented Entries
1 serial patent land entry file has been digitized from this series. This material is held by NARA's Old Military and Civil Records (Washington DC).Search Hint: To retrieve the digitized document:
- Go to http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/.
- Press the Yellow search button to go to the Archival Descriptions Search screen.
- To search only for archival descriptions that have digital copies, click the Digital Copies search button at the top of the ARC pages.
- Enter Buffalo Bill AND patent land entry file in the Keywords box.
- Select the limit results radio button for 100.
- Press the Go button.
- When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link.
From the Collection:
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ARC Identifier: 300285, Title: "Selections from William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody's serial patent land entry file processed at the land office in Lander, Wyoming, November 26, 1903, and February 9, 1905., 11/26/1903 - 02/09/1905"
- Selected Project Histories from the Office of the Chief Engineer, Bureau of Reclamation,
1902 - 1960
6 multi-page documents have been digitized from this series. The project histories are narrative and statistical reports on the development and functioning of each project by the project engineer manager. The histories relate to the project legislative background including authorizations, photographs, graphs, charts, blueprints, and maps. Also included are operation and maintenance reports, correspondence of major importance to the project, and clippings from newspapers and magazines. The scanned pages are representative samples and do not constitute the entire report. These materials are held by NARA's Rocky Mountain Region (Denver, CO).
Search Hint: To retrieve the 6 multi-page, digitized documents:
- Go to http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/.
- Press the Yellow search button to go to the Archival Descriptions Search screen.
- To search only for archival descriptions that have digital copies, click the Digital Copies search button at the top of the ARC pages.
- Enter Project Histories in the Keywords box.
- Select the limit results radio button for 100.
- Press the Go button.
- When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link for Project Histories, 1902 - 1960 .
- Scroll down to the part of the description that says Includes 6 items. Click on that link to view the hit list for all 6 items.
From the Collection:
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ARC Identifier: 294753, Title: "Part II of IX, Supplemental Storage Reservoirs, Dams No. 1, 1.5 and 3, North Platte Project, Nebraska-Wyoming, Volume II, Part 3, 1902-1915., 1909 - 1915."
- Project Reports from the Office of the Chief Engineer, Bureau of Reclamation, 1902 - 1955
1 multi-page document has been digitized from this series. The series includes reports from the Bureau of Reclamation's (BOR) Office of the Chief Engineer which cover most of the major BOR projects built during this period. In addition to project history, operation, and maintenance, the records also provide information relating to construction costs, negotiation of compacts and agreements, formation of irrigation districts, and agricultural conditions. These materials are held by NARA's Rocky Mountain Region (Denver, CO).
Search Hint: To retrieve the digitized document:
- Go to http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/.
- Press the Yellow search button to go to the Archival Descriptions Search screen.
- To search only for archival descriptions that have digital copies, click the Digital Copies search button at the top of the ARC pages.
- Enter Project History Boulder Canyon Project in the Keywords box.
- Select the limit results radio button for 100.
- Press the Go button.
- When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link.
From the Collection:
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ARC Identifier: 294750, Title: "Volume 1 Project History Boulder Canyon Project, Hoover Dam, From Beginning to December 31, 1931, 1901 - 12/31/1931."
- Photograph Albums from the Engineering and Research Center of the Bureau of Reclamation, 1903 - 1972
1,137 photographs have been digitized from the series Photograph Albums, 1903 - 1972. The images document construction of dams and related work throughout the western United States. Evidently, they compiled primarily from periodic narrative or work reports, such as weekly and monthly construction progress reports. Although most of the albums provide a photographic history of project construction, a few contain copies of photographs used for other purposes, such as Bureau press releases. These materials are held by NARA's Rocky Mountain Region (Denver, CO).Search Hint: To retrieve the digitized images:
- Go to http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/.
- Press the Yellow search button to go to the Archival Descriptions Search screen.
- To search only for archival descriptions that have digital copies, click the Digital Copies search button at the top of the ARC pages.
- Enter Photograph albums in the Keywords box.
- Select the limit results radio button for 100.
- Press the Go button.
- When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link for Photograph albums, 1903 - 1972.
- Scroll down to the part of the description that says Includes 1,137 items. Click on that link to view all items.
From the Collection:
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ARC Identifier: 293719, Title: "Blasting operations at Lookout Point on the Nevada rim of Black Canyon. The point which was used for over a year as a tourist observation station is being leveled off to provide location for one of Six Companies' cableway runways., 08/10/1932"
- Records of the Supervising Engineer of the Bureau of Reclamation in Charge of Emergency Conservation Work, 1935 - 1937
3 multi-page documents from this series have been digitized. The digitized documents relate to Civilian Conservation Corps camps working on reclamation projects. These activities were "Emergency Conservation Work" and were placed under a Supervisory Engineer until 1937, when a CCC Division was formally established in the Bureau of Reclamation. These materials are held by NARA's Rocky Mountain Region (Denver, CO).
Search Hint: To retrieve the 3 digitized documents:
- Go to http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/.
- Press the Yellow search button to go to the Archival Descriptions Search screen.
- To search only for archival descriptions that have digital copies, click the Digital Copies search button at the top of the ARC pages.
- Enter Supervising Engineer and Emergency Conservation Work in the Keywords box.
- Select the limit results radio button for 100.
- Press the Go button.
- When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link.
- Scroll down to the part of the description that says Includes 3 items. Click on that link to view the hit list for all 3 items.
From the Collection:
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ARC Identifier: 293610, Title: "Final Report of construction projects by the CCC, Camps BR-14 and BR-19, Salt River Project, 102 Administration-Reports., 09/16/1938."
