Charles Frederick Beals Haskell papers

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{"value"=>"Charles Frederick Beals Haskell papers"}

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{"value"=>"1889-1892", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1889/1892"}

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date_inclusive_start

1889

date_inclusive_end

1892

origination

{"value"=>"Haskell, Charles Frederick Beals, 1856-1895", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Charles Frederick Beals Haskell (1856-1895) was an engineer for the Great Northern Railroad.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Collection consists of correspondence, account books, printed matter, and other papers. Letters, 1889-1891, include ones from Haskell to his wife while he was searching for a pass across the Rocky Mountains in Montana and the Cascades in Washington; and letters, 1889-1892, from Haskell's superior, E.H. Beckler. Also, account book kept while on trips; scrapbook of clippings concerning Haskell's death; account book related to the Montana Central Railroad Company; and loose items such as notes, letter and inventory.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MSS 49M137"}

{"date"=>"1949", "source"=>"Haskell, Daniel C", "method"=>"Gift", "value"=>"Gift, Haskell, Daniel C, 1949"}

bibliography

{"value"=>"<p>Haskell's letters to his wife were published in 1948 under the title: On Reconnaissance for the Great Northern</p>"}

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1889

prefercite

{"value"=>"Charles Frederick Beals Haskell papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Charles Frederick Beals Haskell (1856-1895) was an engineer for the Great Northern Railroad. Collection consists of correspondence, account books, printed matter, and other papers. Letters, 1889-1891, include ones from Haskell to his wife while he was searching for a pass across the Rocky Mountains in Montana and the Cascades in Washington; and letters, 1889-1892, from Haskell's superior, E.H. Beckler. Also, account book kept while on trips; scrapbook of clippings concerning Haskell's death; account book related to the Montana Central Railroad Company; and loose items such as notes, letter and inventory.", "generated"=>true}

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.5 linear feet (1 box)

date_start

1889

date_end

1892

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