Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region stereographs of canyons on the Green and Colorado Rivers
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 76-131
name: label: Creator
content: Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region (U.S.)
label: Names
content: Geological Survey (U.S.)
label: Photographer
content: Beaman, E. O. (Elias Olcott), 1837-1876
label: Photographer
content: Fennimore, James
label: Photographer
content: Hillers, John K., 1843-1925
label: Photographer
content: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942
label: Names
content: Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902
label: Names
content: Thompson, A. H. (Almon Harris), 1839-1906
label: Names
content: Washakie, approximately 1804-1900
index: label: Addl. KW Subj
content: Shoshone
place: label: Place
content: Colorado River Watershed (Colo.-Mexico)
label: Place
content: Green River Watershed (Wyo.-Utah)
creator: label: Creator
content: Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region (U.S.)
culture: label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Great Basin
label: Culture
content: Shoshone
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: The geological survey of John Wesley Powell, first authorized in 1870, was known by several names before its final designation as the United States Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region.  The photograph mounts in this collection refer to the "U.S. Topographical and Geological Survey of the Valley of the Colorado," a survey that continued Powell's earlier work in the basin of the Colorado River.  John K. Hillers (1843-1925) was hired as a boatman for John Wesley Powell's second expedition down the Colorado River in 1871.  Initially working as an assistant to team photographers E. O. Beaman and James Fennimore, Hillers eventually became the main photographer for the expedition in 1872.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 45 Stereographs (albumen)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1871
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Transferred from Smithsonian Institution Libraries, 1976.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.76-131
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Stereographs
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Stereographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Stereographs published by the Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region, documenting canyons along the Green and Colorado Rivers and surveyors. Although the images in this collection are credited to Powell and A. H. Thompson, the primary photographers on these surveys were John K. Hillers, E. O. Beaman, and James Fennemore. There is also one stereograph of Washakie's camp, made by William Henry Jackson on September 4, 1871; it is from the series "Picturesque Views of Rocky Mountain Scenery."
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Photographs relating to the Powell surveys can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 4605, Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 33, Photo Lot 37, Photo Lot 140.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The Library of Congress, the Bancroft Library at the University of California at Berkeley, and the New York Public Library hold additional stereographs from the Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region.