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Mss Eur F252/7
- Record Id:
- 040-002291223
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002291215
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001001.0x0000a4
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F252/7
- Title:
- Journal of Experiences in the USA, 1914-15
- Scope & Content:
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Diary includes the following:
- Folio 6 verso: photograph entitled “Making a Trip in the Ford at Placerville” (with Burke and H Champion standing in front of motorcar)
- Folio 9 verso: photograph of Digger Pine pinus sabiniana showing cones maturing (Placerville, California)
- Folio 13 verso: photograph of the waterfall Yosemite Fall (Yosemite National Park)
- Folio 14 verso: photograph of the vertical rock formation El Capitan, from the floor of the valley looking east (Yosemite National Park)
- Folio 15 verso: photograph of J J Sullivan on horseback (Yosemite Valley)
- Folio 16 verso: photograph of Snow Plant sarcodes sanguinea (Yosemite National Park, 23rd June 1915)
- Folio 17 verso: photograph of waterfall The Nevada Fall (Yosemite National Park)
- Folio 18 verso: photograph of waterfall The Vernal Fall (Yosemite National Park)
- Folio 19 verso: photograph of deer in Yosemite Valley
- Folio 21 verso: photograph of ‘“Pat,” our cook at work,' Control-work camp, Illilovette Valley
- Folio 22 verso: photograph of the Control Crew, Illilovette Valley
- Folio 23 verso: photograph of felling a 36in infested pine tree, Illilovette Valley, Yosemite National Park (24TH June 1915)
- Folio 25 verso: photograph of peeling infested trees, Illilovette Valley, Yosemite National Park (24TH June 1915)
- Folio 27 verso: photograph of burning loppings and peeled bark of infested trees 'along the logs,' Illilovette Valley, Yosemite National Park (24TH June 1915)
- Folio 29 verso: photograph of Harry Champion on horseback, Yosemite Valley
- Folio 30 verso: photograph of ‘A Day’s Bag in Rattlesnakes Den below Ruck,’ Yosemite National Park, showing Harry Champion sitting near snakes and holding an axe
- Folio 31 verso: photograph of Mount Starr King from site of Control-work, Illilovette Valley, Yosemite National Park
- Folio 32 verso: photograph of Mirror Lake, Yosemite Valley
- Folio 33 verso: photograph of Happy Isles, Yosemite Valley
- Folio 36 verso: photograph of the Bridal Veil Falls, Yosemite Valley
- Folio 36 verso: photograph of a view up the valley from Inspiration Point showing the Bridal Veil Falls, El Capitan and Half Dome
- Folio 37 verso: photograph of a group of Saprophytes and a cone of Rnus Lambertiana, Hazel Green, Yosemite National Park
- Folio 39 verso: photograph of Sequoia Gigantea in the Merced Grove, Yosemite National Park, with Harry Champion on horseback (8th July 1915)
- Folio 40 verso: photograph of Vertrum Californicum plants, Hazel Green, Yosemite National Park
- Folio 41 verso: photograph of the Aquilegia Truncata plant, Hazel Green, Yosemite National Park, (8th July 1915)
- Folio 42 verso: photograph of Natural Meadow, Aspen Valley, Yosemite National Park (10th July 1915)
- Folio 43 verso: photograph of Aspen Valley, Yosemite National Park, edge of natural meadow showing the trees Populus tremuloides and Pinius murrayana (10th July 1915)
- Folio 44 verso: photograph of 'The Morning Start' with Pack outfit, Aspen Valley, Yosemite National Park (11th July 1915)
- Folio 49 verso: photograph of Tuolumne River at Junction of Cherry Creek, Yosemite, ‘at our camp’ (14th July 1915)
- Folio 50 verso: photograph of Western End of Lake Eleanor
- Folio 51 verso: photograph of Papilio Eurymedon butterflies on the shore of Lake Eleanor, Yosemite National Park (15th July 1915)
- Folio 52 verso: photograph ‘Looking across Lake Eleanor’
- Folio 53 verso: photograph of branch of Torreya Californica showing ‘nutmegs’ (Lake Eleanor, Yosemite National Park, 16th July 1915)
- Folio 54 verso: photograph of a view of Hetch-Hetchy Valley showing ‘Meadow’ and Wapana Fall (19th July 1915)
- Folio 55 verso; photograph of Abies Magnifica (Harden Lake, Yosemite National Park, 19th July 1915)
- Folio 58 verso: photograph of Abies Magnifica, ‘Red Fir Mature Trees’ (Harden Lake, 19th July 1915)
- Folio 59 verso: photograph of Pinus Monticola, Tsuga Mertensiana and Pinus near Tenaya Lake, Yosemite National Park, 20th July 1915
- Folio 60 verso: photograph of west end of Tenaya Lake, Yosemite National Park (20th July 1915)
- Folio 61 verso: photograph of Tsuga Mertensiana mountain hemlock (Lake Tenaya, Yosemite National Park, 20th July 1915)
- Folio 62 verso: photograph of Quercub Californica [or Black Oak] (Hetch-Hetchy, Yosemite National Park)
- Folio 64 verso: photograph of silhouette of Sugar Pine P. Lambertiana (Alder Creek, Yosemite)
- Folio 65 verso: photograph of camp outfit (Alder Creek, Yosemite National Park, 26th July 1915)
- Folio 66a: photograph of trunks of a group of un-named trees [loose item]
- Folio 67 verso: photograph of tree trunk “The Fallen Monarch” Sequoia Gigantea (Mariposa Grove)
- Folio 68 verso: photograph of tree “The Grizzly Giant”
- Folio 69 verso: photograph of tree “The Grizzly Giant” [with open wagon and horses in foreground]
- Folio 69 verso: photograph named “General Grant” [showing cabin in a forest]
- Folio 69a: cutting from un-named journal showing photograph entitled “Permanent Road Construction and Entrancing Scenery make the Sacramento Valley the Auto Tourists’ Paradise” [undated loose item]
- Folio 70 verso: photograph named “The Three Graces” showing tree trunks in forest (Mariposa Grove)
- Folio 71 verso: photograph of ‘Haverford,’ Mariposa Grove, showing with rider on horseback at hollow tree trunk
- Folio 73 verso: photograph of Pinus albicaulis at North Pwoder Parks, Oregon
- Folio 74 verso: photograph of View from Glacier Point showing Half Do [illeg.], High Sierra and the Nevada Falls
- Folio 75 verso; photograph of overhanging rock, Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park
- Folio 76a: Ordinance Survey Map (actual size 110cm x 145cm[scale not specified]) of part of California bordering western part of Nevada State, showing a journey route and camps along the route marked in red (1915)
- Folio 87 verso: photograph of Pinas Radiata (or Monterey Pine) near Pacific Grove
- Folio 88 verso: photograph of Pinus Muricata (or Bishops Pine), Huckleberry Hill, Monterey, 13th August 1915
- Folio 90 verso: photograph of Cupress Goveniana, Huckleberry Hill, Monterey
- Folio 91 verso: photograph of Point Lobos with Monterey Cypress showing sea horizon (14th August 1915)
- Folio 92 verso: photograph of Point Lobos with Monterey Cypress (14th August 1915)
- Folio 94 verso: photograph of View of Point Lobos with Cupressus Macrocarpa (14th August 1915)
- Folio 97 verso: photograph of Yucca Whipplei in fruit (top of Mount Wilson, Los Angeles)
- Folio 97a: cutting from page 5 of News Letter, dated March 1915, reporting the activities of H G Champion and Entomological Ranger W G Glendinning [loose item]
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002291215
036-002291216
040-002291223 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F252 : Papers of Sir Harry Champion, Indian Forest Service 1912-40; Professor of Forestry, Oxford 1940-59
Mss Eur F252/1-80 : Diaries
Mss Eur F252/7 : Journal of Experiences in the USA, 1914-15 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002291215[0001]/036-002291216[0007]/040-002291223
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F252
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
1 volume and 59 photographs
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1915
- End Date:
- 1915
- Date Range:
- Jun-Aug 1915
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- 98 folios
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)