Irving H. Webb was President of the
Texas Surveyors Association, 1967-1968.
The collection is comprised of historical records collected by Webb
and relating to land surveys and surveyors in Texas. The collection contains
notes, research materials, legal documents, and photographs, in addition to
Webb's survey reports relating to oil exploration, Texas Surveyors Association
publications and books and manuals of surveying.
Access to portions of this collection,
including negatives, is restricted. Some of the materials exhibit small amounts
of mold damage. Contact repository for further information.
Irving H. Webb Texas Surveyors
Collection, 1836-1976, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin.
Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s "History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light" project, 2009-2011.
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Inventory |
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Personal/Professional files, notes, publications and
manuscripts: |
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Editor – Texas Surveyor |
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Speeches, Irving Webb |
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Webb – Personal |
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Professional Surveying Practice, Robert Coltharp
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Technical Papers |
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Historical |
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Volume Tables Etc.? |
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Survey Record Search |
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Pipeline Surveys |
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D. D. Shine Bilby Tower |
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Culbertson Co. |
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Proposed Outline Sur. – In-Training Program
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Computations (Personal I. H. W.) |
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Misc.: |
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Bibliograph Mat. |
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Plans, Etc. … |
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T. S. A. Historical Committee |
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Opening Routes Across West Texas [transcribed
mid-1800s correspondence] |
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O. W. Williams: |
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From Dallas to the site of Lubbock in 1878 (pgs.
6-9) |
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“The Big Snow of 1878” |
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“Muddy Wilson and the Buffalo Stampede” |
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“The Honca Accursed” |
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“Historical Review of Animal Life in Pecos
County” |
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“Mendosa – 1684 in Pecos County, Texas” |
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“By The Campfire In the Southwest”: |
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Santiago Peak |
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Mescal |
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Alsate |
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Mescal as a Defensive Weapon |
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An International Kidnapping |
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Poverty Flat on Darwin |
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Letter dated, Alpine, Texas, March 16th,
1902 |
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“The Story of Guero Carransa” |
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Letter from O. W. Williams to His Children,
Terlingua, Tex., March 7, 1902 – This for promo and 2nd book |
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Letter from O. W. Williams to His Children,
Terlingua Creek, Jan. 25, 1902 |
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Letter from O. W. Williams to Mr. G. F. Grant, Ft.
Stockton, Tex., June 30, 1930 |
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“An Early College Year in the Hills” |
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“To the Boys and Girls of the Ft. Stockton Schools,”
Ft. Stockton, Jan. 1930 |
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Biography Oscar Waldo Williams, born March 17, 1853,
died Oct. 29, 1946 |
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Two excerpts from O. W. Williams book “Historic
review of Animal Life In Pecos County” by F. Daniell |
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Biographical II: |
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“General John Thomas Mason,” by Kate Mason
Rowland |
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“General Jose Maria Jesus Carabajal,” by Herbert
Davenport |
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Philip Grymes Omohundro, by Malvern Hill
Omohundro |
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Benjamin Rittenhouse (1740-1825) |
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David Rittenhouse (1732-1796) |
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Rittenhouse and Evans |
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Rittenhouse and Potts |
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First American Transit |
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A. B. Doucette – Biographical – from Beaumont
Journal, Oct. 13, 1931 |
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Edmond J. Foster – Biography |
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R. W. Fenner – Biography |
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James Benjamin Gibson – Biography and from Texas and
Texans |
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John J. Goodfellow – Biography |
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James Franklin Weed – Biography |
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James Wilson Henderson – Biography |
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Major J. N. Dark – Biography |
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Robert E. Estes – Presentation Certificate (copy) to
Mrs. R. E. Estes |
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W. J. (Jeff) Williams – Biography |
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Gustave Schleicher – Biography |
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R. E. Estes (Presentation of Book to Library etc.
1965) |
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J. M. Hall of New Waverly, Tex. –
Biography |
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Biographical III: |
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William Hudson Hunt – Wise Co., Tex., 1815 - ca.
1860 |
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John J. Terrell – Wise Co., Tex. – Sur. and
Commissioner of G. L. O. |
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John W. Hale – Surveyor Wise Co., 1824-? |
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Dr. George Wilton – Surveyor Wise Co. |
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Albert Devereux – Surveyor Wise Co., 1848 to
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Jacob De Cordova |
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S. A. Thompson the Surveyor by Barry
Scobee |
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Re: Major Emory |
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Letter from Brian Montague to I. H. W., Feb. 4,
1966, re: Surveyor Daniel Montague |
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H. R. Gard, Co. Sur. Brewster Co., Tex., died June
22, 1954 (22nd?) |
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Thomas Benton Wilson, 1840-1913, Surveyor of Collin
Co., Tex. |
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Hugh Woolridge Pennington and Sydney O. Pennington –
Letter from W. I. Hill, 785 Pinehurst St., Jackson, Miss |
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Charles P. McKnight, died July 3, 1967 |
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A. B. Gray, born Norfolk, Virginia July 6th, 1820,
died Miss. Riv., April 16, 1862 |
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Arthur Lord Stiles, born Aug. 28, 1871, died Feb.
20, 1958 |
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The Reminiscings of J. Stuart Boyles, P. E. and L.
S., June 10, 1886 to March 1966, revised copy by I. H. W. |
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E. J. Foster of Laredo, Tex. and photocopy of F/N by
him in Webb Co. 1904 |
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Forrest Daniell, brief resume and Forrest Daniell
Land Surveyor |
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Capt. A. B. Gray – report of the U. S. and Mexican
Boundary Survey by William H. Emory, 1857 |
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Capt. A. B. Gray letter to Irv. H. Webb, July 5,
1967 from Mrs. W. Edwin Gledhill, granddaughter A. B. Gray |
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Biography IV: |
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Re: Peter Chappell Ragsdale, Edward Baxter Ragsdale,
land surveyors, includes letter, Colom Allen to I. H. W., Oct. 22,
1967 |
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Col. T. S. McFarland, land surveyor, b. 1810 -
d.1880 |
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George Dougherty, surveyor, b-178[?] –
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Mark E. Ragsdale, letter from A. b. Kelly to Irv. H.
Webb, Nov. 29, 1967 |
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Report of Mark E. Ragsdale, dated July 25,
1902 |
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John Knox, surveyor, b. 1881 – d. ?, county Sur. Lee
Co., Sur. In Burleson Co. |
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Charles Bellamy, 1851-1935, Sur. Boston, Mass.
area |
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J. Stuart Boyles (The reminiscings of), June 10,
1886 to March 1966 (Copy I changed to 1st person ok’d by J. S. B) |
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Andrew Nimrod Ragsdale |
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Letter to I. H. W., Oct. 23, 1967, from Theron
Ragsdale |
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Charles P. McKnight, 66 - d. July 3, 1967,
Houston |
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E. J. Foster, 83, Laredo, Tex – Laredo Times, Mon.
May 1, 1967 |
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“Memoirs,” by Robert J. Wood, 1967 |
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T. S. A. book orders |
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List of book dealers, Texas |
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Book plan, suggestions, things to do |
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TSA Historical Committee, June-December 1936
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TSA Historical Committee, 1964 |
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[Surveyors Handbook] |
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Water Rights outline, Title and Bndry Prob. Relating
to Riverbeds by K. Roberts |
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TSA Historical Committee, 1957-1962 |
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TSA Historical Committee, January-May 1963
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TSA Historical Committee, 1965 |
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TSA Historical Committee, 1966 |
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TSA Historical Committee, 1967 |
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TSA Historical Committee correspondence with Miss Sue
Watkins, 1963, 1964 |
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TSA Historical Committee copies of Irving H. Webb’s
letters, 1966 |
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Future projects - I. H. W. |
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Brief Duval Corp. v. Jerry Sadler, Commissioner of G.
L. O. of the State of Tex., Supreme Court of Texas |
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Personal file Webb, re: Seals of G. L. O., Mexico,
Repub. Of Tex., Confederacy, etc. |
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Annual Report, National Council of Surveyors
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Surveying forms |
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Miscellaneous Correspondence |
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Owen Funk |
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Santa Isabel Grant, Cameron County, Texas, 1848
[2] |
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The State of Texas vs. Charles J. Canda, et al, No.
10351 |
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First four Texas Surveyor’s Association Short Courses,
1940, 1941, 1945, 1948 |
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Introduction to Texas Land Surveying, M. E. Spry
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[Unidentified file] |
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Newspaper Clippings I |
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Newspaper Clippings II |
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Newspaper Clippings III |
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Newspaper Clippings IV |
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“A Synopsis of the History of Texas,” D. D. Hodges
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Trees, Spanish and English names |
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Releases – “One Leagues to Each Wind” and proposed
book |
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“One League to Each Wind” book reviews |
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Original field book of Jacob Kuechler of his survey of
the T. & P. Ry. Co. Lands west of the Pecos River in Reeves, Culberson,
Hudspeth, El Paso, Jeff Davis, Pecos and Presidio Counties, Texas
[photocopied facsimile] [2] |
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Oscar Call Diary I., Horsehead Crossing bearings,
photocopies, etc. |
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Diary of Oscar Call, July 8-Aug. 4, 1858, copies
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“Man Who Knows Lots in Fort Worth To Observe 77th
Birthday Quietly,” Aug. 5, 1949 |
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[Unidentified files] |
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Survey Records |
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South Texas Development Co., notes, 1926-1938
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Irving H. Webb Correspondence, 1939-1940 |
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Memoirs of an Engineer in the Confederate Army in
Texas
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[Unidentified files] |
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Historical: Shafter’s Explorations in Western Texas,
1875 |
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Felix A. V. Blucher, grandfather of Carl and Conrad V.
Blucher |
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Gen. James J. Byrne |
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J. Stuart Boyles |
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W. S. Mabry |
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T. D. Hobart, “Surveying Exp. of a Vermonter in Texas”
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Forrest Daniell |
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Early Engineering in Texas (Unknown) |
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Jacob De Cordova, see James M. Day’s book on De
Cordova |
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Chas. U. Connellee |
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P. G. Omohundro, “Christmas In A Canyon” |
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Moses Lapham (edited by Joe B. Frantz) |
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R. Ernest Lee, “Pioneer Surveyors” |
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Major Geo. B. Erath |
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Frank Ford Friend |
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John and Hayes Dix |
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Col. R. P. Smyth – Surveyor |
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“Early Art of Terrestrial Measurement” in Texas
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Miscellaneous Articles XV |
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Miscellaneous Articles XIV |
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Dewitt’s Colony |
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“Surveyor In The Woods,” Kenneth Andler; “Surveyor’s
Fight,” Majorie Rogers |
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Gen. John T. Mason |
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Historical: Initial Mon. on Red River (100 Meridian)
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[loose papers] |
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Legrand, Howard, Smyth, “Block 97,” Butterfield Trail
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Miscellaneous “Old Surveyors” and historical stories
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Miscellaneous surveyors and stories [empty]
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Oscar Call [empty] |
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Text: “Caldwell’s Practical Land Surveying” (old
surveying book, 1882) (see W. Douglas) |
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Mason-Dixon Line |
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[Unidentified file] |
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Historical |
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[Unidentified file] |
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Duplicates of Material in $3 Per Mile |
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Spiller |
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B - Biography |
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Historical, The Old West pg. 77, “The Old Guide,” Jose
Policarpo Rodriguez, Surveyor |
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[Unidentified files] |
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History 315L |
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Surveyor promo ads |
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Ads – Surveyor, negatives |
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Photos and halftones – TSA |
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[Illustrations] |
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[Miscellaneous papers and correspondence] |
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Paul McCombs Field Book, T & P Reservation West of
the Pecos River, 1883
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P – Various pictures |
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Tex. Surveyor used copy |
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Introduction to Texas Land Surveying |
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[Unidentified file] |
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Biographical I. |
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Miscellaneous Articles I |
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Miscellaneous Articles II |
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Miscellaneous Articles III |
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Miscellaneous Articles IV |
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Miscellaneous Articles V |
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Miscellaneous Articles VI |
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Miscellaneous Articles VII |
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Miscellaneous Articles VIII |
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W. D. Twichell |
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McFarland’s Journal |
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Items from “Exploration of the Red River of La. In The
Year 1852,” Capt. R. B. Marcy, compiled by Irving H. Webb |
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“Story of Maps” |
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Counties in State of Texas (their origins)
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John J. Dix Journal for [?] – 1900 |
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Caldwell’s Practical Land Surveying 1880 |
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Mason and Dixon Line by Irving H. Webb |
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James J. Byrne, Biographical |
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Howard Trigg of Amarillo ([transcript] from a taped
interview June 1961 – some experiences) |
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Seals of General Land Office |
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Boundary between Texas and New Mexico, 1858-1861
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The Vara |
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Meridianal Boundary Between Louisiana and Texas by R.
R. O’Neal |
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[Unidentified files] |
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Report on Survey of the Anderson County School Land
Block, Anderson County, Texas |
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Legal Aspects Surveying I |
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Legal Aspects Surveying II |
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Legal Aspects Surveying III |
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Lambert Tables – Louisiana and Texas, for offshore
computations |
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“From Rome to Rolatape: a history of the measuring
wheel” |
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“Survey Manual Texas and Louisiana,” Irving H. Webb
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“Shell Oil Company Survey Manual” |
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“Index to publications by Texas Surveyors
Association,” prepared by Publications Committee, 1966, M. E. Spry Chairman
[2] |
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ACSM – Little Rock Base Line and Meridian |
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[Unidentified files] |
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Proposed Technician’s Short Course Manual |
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TSA: Surveyor-In-Training |
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“Report of Investigation Relating To The Vara”
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Survey Technician Short Course, 1975 |
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Technicians Short Course |
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Technician Short Course, July 29 – Aug. 2, 1974
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TSA Convention Reg., 10/16-18/75 |
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1973 Convention Program |
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1967 Short Course Program |
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1975 Conv. Programs |
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1974 Convention Exhibits |
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TSA 1975 Short Course Booth File |
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Texas Surveyors Ass’n 1975 Convention File Sheraton
Ft. Worth Hotel |
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TSA Convention Repts., 1974 contracts/proposals
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1976 [Membership] applications |
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1975 [Membership] applications |
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Late 1973-1974 [Membership applications] |
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Flowers of Texas, [brochure], published by Texas
Highway Department |
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TSA – Governmental affairs |
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[Envelope of Index to Publications carbons and copies]
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Index to Publications by Texas Surveyors Association,
prepared by Publications Committee, 1966, M. E. Spry, Chairman
[7] |
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| 3P336 |
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[Unidentified miscellaneous files] |
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[Orders for “One League to Each Wind,” loose in box]
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Calendars: |
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National Diary for 1966 |
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National Diary for 1967 |
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Miscellaneous survey-related newsletter and
publications, 1974-1976 |
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[Unidentified file] |
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“Law and the Surveyor,” draft
[14] |
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[Various TSA fliers and articles, multiple copies]
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Survey Manual for Texas |
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Texas Surveyors Association, Technicians Short Course
Manual, Revised 1976 |
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| 3P338 |
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Data on the Story of the Compass |
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[Unidentified file] |
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Job Description File: Irving H. Web, COS Co.
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[Unidentified research file] |
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[Unidentified manuscript] |
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Report of Investigation Relating to the Vara, Feb. 3,
1938, Jack H. Meeks
[2] |
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Legal References, personal property, Irving H. Webb
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Shell Oil Company, survey manual
[2] |
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Survey manual, Texas and Louisiana, office copy
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Survey manual, Texas and Louisiana |
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Manual of survey notekeeping |
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Luke Natchez Area Assumption Parish, La., Survey
Report, T12S, R12 & 13E |
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Oplin Area Survey – Callahan County, Texas
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Index, Webb, Field books at Conroe Texas
[photomechanical facsimile] |
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Binder of “Chapters in the History of Terrestrial
Magnetism,” A. Chrichton Mitchell and other miscellaneous clippings
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[Transcripts of historical survey-related documents
from mid-1800s] |
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Survey Manuals/Methodology: |
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Manual of Survey Notekeeping |
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[Various note-keeping notes and
instructions] |
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Survey Law Questions and Answers
[2] |
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“Survey Manual”
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“The A-B-C’s of Land Descriptions and Illustrations”
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“Partners in Creating/The First Century of K&E”
(promotional brochure) |
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“The Gradient Boundary: The Line Between Texas and
Okla. Along the Red River,” Arthur A. Stiles
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“Summary of Offshore Drilling Methods and
Equipment,” C. M. Hartwell |
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“Humble and Shell Survey Manual,” Irving H.
Webb |
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Historical Section Texas, Volume I
[2] |
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Tidewater Oil Company |
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Nolan Co. |
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[Unidentified files] |
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Extra Material TSA Notekeeping |
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Shell Survey Manual |
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PSL Blocks 109, 110, 111, 113, 114, 115, Culberson
Co., Texas |
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Talcott’s 1839 Report, Head of Passes Area of the
Mississippi River, Volume II |
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Talcott’s 1839 Report, Head of Passes Area of the
Mississippi River, Volume III |
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Talcott’s 1839 Report, Head of Passes Area of the
Mississippi River, Volume V |
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Talcott’s 1839 Report, Head of Passes Area of the
Mississippi River, Volume VI |
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Talcott’s 1839 Report, Head of Passes Area of the
Mississippi River, Volume VII |
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Further Report with Plan Profiles and estimate of the
West Feliciana Railroad, Capt. Wm. Turnbull, July 14, 1832 [photocopy]
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Origin of Tex. Counties, neg. and copies |
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Maps and Survey Reports: |
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San Jacinto 1-4 |
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Shannon Ranch Area, Crockett Co. |
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Portions of Sec. 33, T.19.N, R12E., Tulsa Co.,
Okla. |
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Andrews Co. |
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Armstrong Co. |
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Bee Co. |
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Callahan Co. |
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(Burnett Ranch) Carson and Gray Co.’s |
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Cochran Co. |
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Cooke Co. |
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Crane Co. |
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Dawson Co. |
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Ford Co. |
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Garza |
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Glasscock Co. |
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Anderson |
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Grayson and Fannin Co.’s, No. Ambrose Area, Sheets
1-6 |
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Sheets 7-15 |
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Gregg Co., Tex. |
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Hardeman Co. |
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Hardin Co. |
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Howard Co. |
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Jack County (Wizard Wells) |
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Kimble Co. |
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Limestone Co. |
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Montague Co. |
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Loose Maps: |
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Reconnaissance of Routes from San Antonio to El
Paso and Red River,
1849 |
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Working Sketch, J. B. Shaw Sur. Area, Burnet
County, Texas
[2] |
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Lunar Farside Chart |
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Keystone Dam and Reservoir |
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Lake Eufaula |
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Oologah Reservoir |
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Northeast Portion of Floyd County
Texas |
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Parker Co. |
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Pecos |
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Reagan County |
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San Jacinto 5-9 |
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San Jacinto County, Texas, Old Waverly
block |
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Scurry Co. |
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Sherman Co. |
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Smith County |
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Stephens Co. |
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Stonewall |
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Throckmorton Co. |
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Tom Green Co. |
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Upton Co. |
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Willbarger Co. |
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Wise Co. |
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Winkler Co. |
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Young County |
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F. B. Index, Webb |
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Survey Manual, Irving H. Webb |
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Survey Notebooks of the South Texas Development
Company and Irving Webb
[33] |
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Photographs: |
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Photos I: |
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Location engineering party,
1912 |
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J. A. Simpson in office, Courthouse San Angelo,
Tex.,
1939 |
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Survey camp no. 2, Padre Island, about middle of
Island,
Aug. 14, 1941 |
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Survey camp no. 3, Padre Island, south end of
Island,
Aug. 15, 1941 |
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B. D. King Sr., Wharton County, Tex.,
1945 |
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Survey party: Freemen, Simmons, Post, Buttermore, N.
Harris County,
1934 |
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Camp at Paisano near Alpine, Willis and J. D.
Freeman, Brewster Co., Tex.,
1925 |
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H. O. “Hig” Compson, Co. Sur. Liberty Co., in
Wharton Co.,
1945 |
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J. D. Freeman in his office, 1013 Brazos, Austin,
Tex. |
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Survey party, Montgomery Co., Freeman, McIver,
Scott, Stirtzn,
1933 |
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Survey party, Montgomery Co.: McIver and
Freeman |
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Survey party, Wharton Co.: Davidson, A. Munson, King
Sr.,
1945 |
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R. G. Partlow,
Nov. 15, 1936 |
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R. G. Partlow,
Dec. 30, 1936 |
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A. Munson and B. D. King Sr., Wharton Co.,
1945 |
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Padre Island survey crew,
Aug. 15, 1941 |
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Estes, Williams and Twichell,
Dec. 1928 |
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Twichell and Estes at N. E. C. Haskell Co.,
Dec. 1928 |
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A. N. (“Anna Belle”) Lea at ca. 60 years,
ca. 1929 |
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Frand Ford Friend |
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Photos II: |
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Wm. F. Henderson’s,
1830s? |
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J. A. Simpson |
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John James Goodfellow |
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Jacob Kuechler,
1870-1874 |
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A. B. Doucette, Pampa, Tex.,
1922 |
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Survey party at Camphouse, Progreso, Tex; Clifton,
Rice, Doucette and Mex. help,
1905 |
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Survey party at Pampa, Tex.,
1905 |
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Survey party: Brayles, Bundy, Mills; Orange, Tex.,
1934 |
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R. E. Mills, Orange Co., Tex,
1934 |
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Forrest Daniell, Orange Co., Tex,
1934
[2] |
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Wilkenson, Ed Brant, Kimble, J. S. Boyles, Austin,
Tex.,
1940 |
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J. A. Simpson,
1902 |
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J. R. Woodsworth, Age 45,
1901 |
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Samuel L. Chalk (22 years old), Belle Plain,
Callahan Co., from tintype,
1878 |
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Early Sur. Party at site of Courthouse, Pampa, Tex.,
1907 |
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Albert H. Doucette
[2] |
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Photos III: |
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Hugh George and Melton,
1930 |
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Hugh George, Reading Inst.,
1930 |
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Hugh George, Reeves Co., Tex.,
1930 |
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Hugh George and dog,
1930 |
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Paul McCombs at 75 years of age,
1930 |
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Group pic near Borger, Tex.: Doucette, Pierce,
Browning, Omohundro, Moore,
1928 |
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George H. Bringhurst |
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New Mexico-Texas state line,
1903
[3] |
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J. M. Hall of New Waverly, Tex.,
Feb. 12, 1936 |
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J. M. Hall of New Waverly, Tex., 90th birthday,
Nov. 12, 1929 |
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Xerox copy various pictures in possession of Forrest
Daniel |
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J. M. Hall and Mr. Tomme, 90 years old,
June 24, 1939 |
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J. M. Hall on his saddle horse,
1912 |
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Photos V: |
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Wm Hudson Hunt, Surveyor Wise Co., Tex., born May
1815 -1860 |
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F. N. Davidson of Eagle Lake, Tex., Colorado Co.,
Tex. |
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Jacob De Cordova, 1808-1868 |
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Jacob De Cordova, reclining |
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W. S. Mabry (upper left in group picture, Pat
Garrett slayer of “Billy the Kid” in lower right) |
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Oscar Williams, R. T. Bucy and W. D. Twichell,
1930s
[2] |
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A. M. Randolph (born 1850 Williamsburg, Pa, died
Oct. 10, 1924, Pecos, Tex.) at 30 years from tintype in possession of Mrs.
Doris R. Boatright of Pecos, Tex.,
1880 |
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Geo. B. Erath (born Jan 1, 1813, Vienna, Austria;
died May 13, 1891, Waco, Tex.) |
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Ray Utt, photographer C. S. O. Co.,
1966 |
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W. S. Mabry about 1884 from “XIT Ranch” by J. E.
Haley |
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Lt. to rt.: J. S. Boyles, Matt Darrow, Homer
Henderson, Paul Darrow, Galveston County, Tex.,
1909 |
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E. Tex. Chap. No. 4, T. S. A.: R. L. Dougherty, F.
D. Smith, Jake Bivins, R. R. “Bangs” O’Neall, Harry L. Johnson,
1966 |
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Matt Darrow, Homer Henderson, Barnes, Paul Darrow;
Rattlesnake Mound, mouth of Hall’s Bayou, checking water flow (from J. S.
Boyles, Houston),
1910 |
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Santa Fe R. R. sur. Party, Richland Springs, Tex.
(from J. S. Boyles, Houston),
1910 |
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Photos VI: |
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Matt Darrow, Homer Henderson, Barnes, Paul Darrow;
Rattlesnake Mound, mouth of Hall’s Bayou, checking water flow (from J. S.
Boyles, Houston),
1910 |
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Santa Fe R. R. sur. Party, Richland Springs, Tex.
(from J. S. Boyles, Houston),
1910 |
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H. F. Johnson, father of J. Frank Johnson of Midland
(born Lufkin, Tex., Aug. 5, 1894; died Midland, Tex., Aug 4, 1948) |
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George M. Williams |
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Major William J. Powell (born 1883; died Jan. 2,
1967 Dallas, Tex.), with newspaper clipping |
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A. B. Gray, passport (front and back), appointment
Bndry. Com. Mex. and U. S. |
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Photos VII: |
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The Bunch at Lunch, 1888 (Xerox print and film neg.,
large and small) |
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Running Sec. lines in the Texas Panhandle,
1887
(neg.) |
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Survey party, Von Blucher et al,
1876 |
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R. Ernest Lee as Pioneer Surveyor,
1954 |
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L. F. Daniell, Beaumont, Tex. (from tintype and note
by W. F. Daniell),
ca. 1890 |
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W. R. Norfleet |
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W. D. Twichell, 83 yrs old,
1946 |
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W. J. (Jeff) Williams, ca. 80 years old |
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Howard Trigg |
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Group: Pierce, Johnson, Omohundro, Moore, Browning:
Borger, Tex.,
1926 |
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Oscar Williams, Ft. Stockton, Tex., age
85 |
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Photos VIII: |
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P. G. Omohundro |
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Photos IX: |
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Andrew Nimrod Ragsdale – E. Tex. Land Sur. (b. Mar.
14, 1857; d. Apr. 2, 1936 at age 79),
ca. 1882 |
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Andrew Nimrod Ragsdale - Land Surv., merchant and
real estate operator, typical field attire,
ca. 1933 |
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Taos, Tex., Porters Bluff, Navaro Co.,
1860 |
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Indian Springs where Surveyors camped, Navarro Co.,
Re: Indian fight |
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Surveyors and Indian Battle, Navarro Co. |
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Andrew Belcher Gray, from Mrs. W. Edwin Gledhill,
Santa Barbara, Calif. |
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A. G. Loder and D. A. Culpepper, Cor. On S/L Mann
Sur., Sur. W. E. Jones on Rt.,
June 25, 1939 |
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Surveyor H. F. Johnson |
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Surveyor Chas. P. McKnight |
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Major Wm. J. Powell, news clipping re: death
(negative) |
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Edward Baxter Ragsdale |
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Wm. J. Young Transit
[4] |
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Photo of news clipping from Waco showing old time
surveyors in Sur. Town of Briggs: S. Kendrick, Dr. McCarty, O. Roundtree, J.
Roundtree, W. Roundtree, Dr. Hazelwood, Geo. Briggs, J. H. Lewis,
1890s |
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Photos X: |
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Chairmen Tex. Board of Registration: Boyles, Cod,
Thompson, Hillin, Walston,
1967 |
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Peter Chappell Ragsdale |
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Irving Harrington Webb |
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Parchment and bottle recovered from mound #6, Tex.
and La. Boundary,
May 1941 |
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R. A. Wood, Rt. 4, Box 28, San Augustine, Tex.,
75972,
Dec. 1967 |
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P. G. Omohundro and R. A. Nichols in camp, Jasper
Co., Tex., on Angelina River,
April 1908
[2] |
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Owen T. Funk, age 38,
Feb. 1938 |
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Owen T. Funk, age 56,
Oct. 23, 1955
[2] |
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W. H. Hunt Cemetery, J. Fitzgerald Sur., Wise Co.
Tex., loc. Near Bridgeport Dam spillway,
1929
[6] |
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Owen Funk, Gene McDonald, Wichita Mts.,
Okla. |
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Brooks Baker Jr., Glenn McAuley, Jack Co, Tex.,
June 1, 1956 |
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Bridge Xing Hunt’s Cr., on old state road Bridgeport
to Jacksboro,
1928-29 |
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Owen Funk, Boulder Canyon, Wichita Mts., Okla.,
March 1953 |
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Hoffman, Cullum, Funk, surveying Lemon clearing
Eagle Mt. Lake area,
Apr. 1931 |
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Owen Funk and Model T |
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Owen Funk and Gene McDonald, last camp, Boulder
camp, Wichita Mts., Okla. |
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Home of Dr. and Mrs. P. C. Funk, Bridgeport,
1913 |
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E. Leonard, G. Leonard, R. Leonard, C. Funk, H. G.
Leonard, I. Stover, car,
1913 |
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Photos XI: |
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Peter Chappell Ragsdale home, San Marcos,
Tex. |
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Peter Chappell Ragsdale Memorial Mon. |
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S. E. Hockley area, Hockley Co. Tex., Ragsdale’s
Earth Ring
[2] |
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W. Escondito Spring, J. N. Shaffner Sur., #310,
Pecos, Co., Tex.,
1956 |
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Old stage stand S’ly from N. Escondito Spring, Pecos
Co.,
1956 |
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Lg. Rk. In center pic. Near NWC., J. N. Shaffner
Sur. #310, Fred Williamson in pic,
1956 |
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Poss. Earth Md. Near SWC Sur. 5, Blk. A., SE Hockly
Area, Hockley Co., Tex.
[3] |
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Hockley Co. Tex, Twichell’s 1’4” I. P. NWC Lg #17,
1954 |
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Pontoon Xing stage stand, wall at stone corral,
1953 |
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Pontoon Xing stage stand, remains old bldg.,
1953 |
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Pontoon Xing on Pecos River, looking upstream from
pontoon Xing,
1953 |
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Pontoon Xing on Pecos River, bridge site near 2 lg.
boulders,
1953 |
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Pontoon Xing on Pecos River, looking downstream,
1953 |
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Pontoon Xing stage stand, Pecos Co.,
1953
[3] |
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Pontoon Xing stage stand, Pecos Co., stone corral,
1953 |
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SE Cor. Shackelford Co., west view of Mon. marked
“SE Cor. S. C.” |
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SW Cor. Stephens Co., set July 1889, marked “SWCor
S. C. July,” east view |
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SW Cor. Stephens Co., S. view marked
“L-E” |
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SW Cor. Stephens Co., N. view marked
“1889” |
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Brooks Baker |
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John Baker |
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Stanley Baker |
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Newspaper article on Brooks Baker, Ft. Worth Star
Telegram,
Aug. 5, 1949 |
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Photos – Old Instruments I: |
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Brass Surveying Compass ca. 1795, Lawrence A.
Washington |
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Compass David Rittenhouse 1760-1770 |
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Gurley Solar Compass 1860-1900 |
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Compass, Benjamin Rittenhouse ca. 1790 |
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Compass, Horatio Hanks 1790-1838 (E and W
reversed) |
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Gurley Surveyors Compass 1852-1900 |
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Gurley Surveyors Compass on Jacob Staff
1852-1900 |
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First Transit Made in U. S. by Wm. Young
1831 |
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Gurley Pocket Compass, side view L
[2] |
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Gurley Pocket Compass, front-end view |
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Gurley Pocket Compass, side view R |
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Gurley Railroad Compass with one-minute vernier,
view of compass face |
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Gurley Railroad Compass with one-minute vernier,
view of left side with telescope |
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Gurley Railroad Compass with one-minute vernier, top
view with sight vanes |
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Wurdeman’s Pivot Level 1867, side view
right |
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Wurdeman’s Pivot Level 1867, front-end
view |
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Wurdeman’s Pivot Level 1867, side view
left |
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Wurdeman’s Pivot Level 1867, back view |
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Wurdeman’s Pivot Level 1867, in box |
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Wurdeman’s Pivot Level 1867, box |
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Wm. Young and Son, Phila. Pa. Transit 1870s,
back |
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Wm. Young and Son, Phila. Pa. Transit 1870s,
side |
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Photos – Old Instruments II: |
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Surveyors Vernier Compass made by Potts of Bucks Co.
Penna., ca. 1800 |
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Oscar Hanks, Julius Hanks, hoop compass |
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Compass, Col. Benjamin Hanks (1755-1824) |
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Negatives, early Survey Instruments by
Hanks
[3] |
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Picture proofs used in “One League to Each
Wind” |
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T. F. Randolph Compass, in collection of Fulton S.
Mills |
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Elias R. Wightman’s Compass, now owned by Judge
McNabb of Bay City, Tex, used to survey Matagorda Townsite in 1832 |
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Oscar Call II: |
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Diary – photocopy |
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The Surveyors from “Patison Rangers” by Adam R.
Johnson, Nov.-Dec. 1858 |
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Photos from Oscar Call’s Diary, Nov.-Dec.
1858 |
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Ray,
5 copies |
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[Water damaged photographs] |
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Photos 1958, marsh near Orange, Texas
(Louisiana) |
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Mex. Monument photos |
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TSA Historical Pictures |
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Texas Surveyors Assoc. 1975 Annual Short Course
photographs |
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Surveyor photos |
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[Photograph proofs for book] |
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[Matted group photograph] Texas Surveyors, College
Station, 1940 |
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2 negatives, Fannin S-9597, Re: Geo. Spiller and
Mexican Monument, Briscoe Co., Tex. |
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Stinson Lock |
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H. E. Rennels, Pres. TSA |
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Photos Historical Com. T. S. A., Albert Ducette
Sur. |
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Surveyors Camp on Rio Grande River at Brownsville,
1850s |
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Horse head Crossing of the Pecos River with Jack Spry
[4] |
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P12 – LQ-TX Boundary |
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P13 – Antique instruments |
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T. S. A. picture and Articles for book, Albert
Doucette, J. M. Hall, etc. |
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Hearne Tr. A. Benge, Sur. Anderson Co.
Tex. |
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Culberson Co., Tex. |
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[Vermillion Bay, tower building] |
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[Unidentified folders and loose
photographs] |
