Colonel John L. Thomas album
Collection
Identifier: Ms-0416
Scope and Content
This album, Trip of Car 705, documents a trip made January 12 to April 5, 1885 to Mexico and the Southwest United States from Baltimore, Maryland by Colonel John L. Thomas. The volume contains approximately 244 original photographs, 10 maps, 47 pages of plates, 16 pages of illustrations, dispatches from 21 cities and towns and includes time table schedules. There are copy negatives of the photographs and also slides of the different bird feather art.
Dates
- 1885
- Majority of material found in Placeholder Unit Date Text
Language of Materials
English
Access Restrictions
Open. All materials in this collection are available for research under supervised conditions in the Research Room.
Copy Restrictions
Copyrights associated with materials in this collection have not been transferred to New Mexico State University.
Biography / History
Not much is known Colonel John L. Thomas except that he wrote in correspondence to a publication called The American.
Extent
2 Linear Feet
Abstract
Album, , documenting rail journey by Col. John L. Thomas from Baltimore to Mexico in 1885.Trip of Car 705, documenting rail journey by Col. John L. Thomas from Baltimore to Mexico in 1885.
Processing Information
Updated by Cassie McClure, November 2005.
- Title
- Guide to the Colonel John L. Thomas album, 1885
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Cassie McClure
- Date
- © 2009
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- Monday, 20210524: Attribute normal is missing or blank.
Repository Details
Part of the New Mexico State University Library Archives and Special Collections Repository