Box 1019
Container
Contains 11 Results:
William C. Swartout Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1998.121
Abstract
Books, pamphlets, photographs and reports on flooding in the United States, particularly in the areas of Cape Girardeau and New Madrid [Mo], Cairo, [Il], Paducah, [Ky], and northern Arkansas. Also includes general information on the development of the nation’s railroads.
Dates:
1897-1950
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Correspondence- written and typed manuscripts, 1917 - 1927
File — Box: 1019, Folder: 001
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Materials consist of photographs, primary and secondary sources relating to floods and railroads in the U.S. Included is information on floods of the Mississippi River Valley in 1897, 1913, 1927, and 1936-37; and the damage these floods had in regional areas, including Cape Girardeau and New Madrid, Missouri; Cairo, Illinois, Paducah, Kentucky, Northern Arkansas, and Pueblo, Colorado.
Other materials consist of secondary information on railroad development and railroad company...
Dates:
1917 - 1927
Pueblo, Colorado Flood Photographs, June 1921
File — Box: 1019, Folder: 002-004
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Materials consist of photographs, primary and secondary sources relating to floods and railroads in the U.S. Included is information on floods of the Mississippi River Valley in 1897, 1913, 1927, and 1936-37; and the damage these floods had in regional areas, including Cape Girardeau and New Madrid, Missouri; Cairo, Illinois, Paducah, Kentucky, Northern Arkansas, and Pueblo, Colorado.
Other materials consist of secondary information on railroad development and railroad company...
Dates:
June 1921
Louisville, Nebraska, flood postcards, Sept. 1923
File — Box: 1019, Folder: 005
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Materials consist of photographs, primary and secondary sources relating to floods and railroads in the U.S. Included is information on floods of the Mississippi River Valley in 1897, 1913, 1927, and 1936-37; and the damage these floods had in regional areas, including Cape Girardeau and New Madrid, Missouri; Cairo, Illinois, Paducah, Kentucky, Northern Arkansas, and Pueblo, Colorado.
Other materials consist of secondary information on railroad development and railroad company...
Dates:
Sept. 1923
Missouri-Pacific Health Train (Anti-Malaria Train), 1925
File — Box: 1019, Folder: 006
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Materials consist of photographs, primary and secondary sources relating to floods and railroads in the U.S. Included is information on floods of the Mississippi River Valley in 1897, 1913, 1927, and 1936-37; and the damage these floods had in regional areas, including Cape Girardeau and New Madrid, Missouri; Cairo, Illinois, Paducah, Kentucky, Northern Arkansas, and Pueblo, Colorado.
Other materials consist of secondary information on railroad development and railroad company...
Dates:
1925
Flood of Arkansas , Spring 1927
File — Box: 1019, Folder: 007
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Materials consist of photographs, primary and secondary sources relating to floods and railroads in the U.S. Included is information on floods of the Mississippi River Valley in 1897, 1913, 1927, and 1936-37; and the damage these floods had in regional areas, including Cape Girardeau and New Madrid, Missouri; Cairo, Illinois, Paducah, Kentucky, Northern Arkansas, and Pueblo, Colorado.
Other materials consist of secondary information on railroad development and railroad company...
Dates:
Spring 1927
"The Floods of the Mississippi River: Including an account of their principal causes and effects, and a description of the levee system and other means proposed and tried for the control of the river, with a particular account of the great flood of 1897", by William Starling (2 copies), 1897
File — Box: 1019, Folder: 008
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Materials consist of photographs, primary and secondary sources relating to floods and railroads in the U.S. Included is information on floods of the Mississippi River Valley in 1897, 1913, 1927, and 1936-37; and the damage these floods had in regional areas, including Cape Girardeau and New Madrid, Missouri; Cairo, Illinois, Paducah, Kentucky, Northern Arkansas, and Pueblo, Colorado.
Other materials consist of secondary information on railroad development and railroad company...
Dates:
1897
"The Floods of July, 1916: How the Southern Railway organization met an emergency", Published by Southern Railway Company, 1917
File — Box: 1019, Folder: 010
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Materials consist of photographs, primary and secondary sources relating to floods and railroads in the U.S. Included is information on floods of the Mississippi River Valley in 1897, 1913, 1927, and 1936-37; and the damage these floods had in regional areas, including Cape Girardeau and New Madrid, Missouri; Cairo, Illinois, Paducah, Kentucky, Northern Arkansas, and Pueblo, Colorado.
Other materials consist of secondary information on railroad development and railroad company...
Dates:
1917
"A History of the Flood of March, 1913", compiled by C.W. Garrett, 1913
File — Box: 1019, Folder: 009
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Materials consist of photographs, primary and secondary sources relating to floods and railroads in the U.S. Included is information on floods of the Mississippi River Valley in 1897, 1913, 1927, and 1936-37; and the damage these floods had in regional areas, including Cape Girardeau and New Madrid, Missouri; Cairo, Illinois, Paducah, Kentucky, Northern Arkansas, and Pueblo, Colorado.
Other materials consist of secondary information on railroad development and railroad company...
Dates:
1913
Series I: Flood Photographs and Correspondence, 1917 - 1927
Series — Box: 1019
Abstract
Photographs and letters compiled by William Swartout surrounding floods in Colorado, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Nebraska. Correspondence pertains to how some of the photographs were recieved, Swartout's work with the railroads, and comments on his report.
Dates:
1917 - 1927