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Box 1

 Container

Contains 218 Results:

Diary entries of Robert Brewster Stanton transcribed by Anne Stanton Burchard, undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8, Object: 16
Abstract

Diaries featuring various entries from 1881. There is additional commentary from Burchard regarding a letter from the past President Thompson of Miami University.

Dates: undated

Transcription of a quote taken from pg. 138 of the book "High Ball" by Lucius Beebe, undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8, Object: 18
Scope and Contents From the Item: The Robert Brewster Stanton Collection includes photographs, diaries and journals, correspondence and other manuscripts pertaining to Robert Brewster Stanton, particularly his participation in a surveying expedition to determine the feasibility of constructing a railroad through the Grand Canyon during 1889 and 1890. The survey is one of the most meticulous primary records ever made of the Colorado River from Grand Junction, Colorado to the Gulf of California. While some items...
Dates: undated

John D. Millett to Anne Stanton Burchard, 1958-03-07

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, Object: 4
Abstract

Letter replying to a letter from Burchard dated 1958-02-17. Millett confirmed that he received the carbon copy of the manuscript of Robert Brewster Stanton's book and that it would be reviewed by the Chairman of the History Department.

Dates: 1958-03-07

Anne Stanton Burchard to John D. Millett, 1958-03-08

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, Object: 5
Abstract

Letter in regard to the sending of the copy of the manuscript of Robert Brewster Stanton's book, "The River and the Canyon." Burchard is asking for the “historians” to give their opinions of the book to her after reading.

Dates: 1958-03-08

John D. Millett to Dr. Harris G. Warren, 1958-03-11

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, Object: 6
Abstract

Inter-office memorandum asking Warren to include the letter from Anne Stanton Burchard dated 1958-03-08 in a file with correspondence he had with Burchard.

Dates: 1958-03-11