Graphite drawing of globe on paper and mounted on paper board. On the paper board below the drawing is hand written "Drawing of globe in full light and shade. For a more artistic rendering the extreme delicacy of shading would give way to a broader...
Charcoal drawing on paper depicting two men in a newspaper office. One man is pointing angrily at the other who is clearly an employee of the paper. Title is assigned by the cataloger. Original drawing is 27 x 35 cm.
Newspaper buildings -- Pictorial works; Newspaper employees -- Pictorial works
Brush drawing in ink of foot bones of fossil elephant. Above title in lower right corner is written "Brush drawing from specimen Los Angles Museum." "2/3 nat size JLR" is also written in the lower right corner along with an indecipherable...
Handwritten incoming correspondence to Robert Ridgway from Harriet J. Ridgway, August 4, 1867. This letter was sent to Robert while he was on the expedition. It outlines the family's concern for his well-being and fills him in on family happenings.
Teenagers -- Correspondence; Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929 -- Correspondence; Ornithologists -- Correspondence; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
Handwritten incoming correspondence to Robert Ridgway from Spencer Baird, July 12,1864. This letter explained to Ridgway where he could find a copy of Baird's book, Birds of North America.
Handwritten incoming correspondence to Robert Ridgway from Spencer Baird, July 4, 1869. To Ridgway in Salt Lake City, Utah. The letter mentioned items Ridgway had collected in the Wasatch Mountains.
Handwritten incoming correspondence to Robert Ridgway from Spencer Baird, June 22, 1869. To Ridgway in Salt Lake City, Utah. It discussed Utah specimens that Ridgway had sent to Baird and ones that he was to collect.
Handwritten incoming correspondence to Robert Ridgway from S.F. Emmons, May 6, 1869. The letter explained to Ridgway how he was to meet with Clarence King, in Chicago, in order to receive money to return west.
Teenagers -- Correspondence; Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929 -- Correspondence; Ornithologists -- Correspondence; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
Handwritten incoming correspondence to Robert Ridgway from Spencer Baird, November 7, 1866. This letter discussed bird specimens that Ridgway had sent to Baird.
Handwritten incoming correspondence to Robert Ridgway from Spencer Baird, October 26, 1866. This letter discussed bird specimens that Ridgway had sent to Baird.
The John L. Ridgway scrapbook consists of fifty-one scrapbook leaves bound in cloth-covered paper boards (15 1/4 x 11 in.). Contained in the scrapbook are drawings and proof prints by John L. Ridgway. The scrapbook leaves are foliated in pencil...
Scientific illustration; Natural history -- Pictorial works; Birds -- Pictorial works
Drawing of a landscape done in pastels on paper. There are two figures with a horse in the bottom left corner by a river. Title is assigned by the cataloger. Original painting is 26 x 34 cm.
Landscape painting of snow covered mountain done in oil on particle board. The title is assigned by the cataloger. The original painting is 29 x 38 cm.
Letters of introduction prepared for Robert Ridgway by Spencer Baird to Samuel Hubbard, May 8, 1867. The letter asked Hubbard to assist Ridgway in preparing for his upcoming trip, with Clarence King, to the West.
Handwritten letters of introduction prepared for Robert Ridgway by Spencer Baird to Whom it may concern, May 8, 1867. Letter includes a sheet of paper entitled "Persons to whom Mr. Ridgway is especially recommended."
Painting of a pair of magnolias in a bowl done in watercolor on paper. The bottom left corner is signed "J.L. Ridgway 1889." Title is assigned by the cataloger. The original painting is 11 x 23 cm. and pasted to a board (20 x 33 cm.)
One sheet (34 x 32 cm.) with two black and white drawings done in ink and gouache. The top drawing entitled "My Childhood's Enchtress" is of a child in bed listening to a woman tell her a story. The bottom drawing is untitled and depicts a march...
Handwritten outgoing correspondence from Robert Ridgway. This letter is torn in half with no date and no addressee. It was most likely sent to Harriet Ridgway, as the contents mention the word mother. The letter was postmarked by Ridgway's hand,...
Teenagers -- Correspondence; Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929 -- Correspondence; Ornithologists -- Correspondence; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
Handwritten outgoing correspondence from Robert Ridgway to (Harriet Ridgway?), n.d., postmarked the Great Salt Lake City, Utah. Part of this letter is missing, but the existing piece discussed survey events, and it mentions some of the party...
Teenagers -- Correspondence; Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929 -- Correspondence; Ornithologists -- Correspondence; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel; Geological Survey (U.S.)
Handwritten outgoing correspondence from Robert Ridgway to Father (David Ridgway), April 18, 1867. The letter, sent from Cincinnati, Ohio, gave details to his father about his current trip to Washington, D.C., to meet Spencer Baird.
Teenagers -- Correspondence; Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929 -- Correspondence; Ornithologists -- Correspondence; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
Handwritten outgoing correspondence from Robert Ridgway to Mother (Harriet Ridgway), April 28, 1871. This letter was sent from the Smithsonian Institution and it requested his mother to send him a Black Hawk specimen.
Teenagers -- Correspondence; Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929 -- Correspondence; Ornithologists -- Correspondence; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
Handwritten outgoing correspondence from Robert Ridgway to Mother (Harriet Ridgway), August 11, 1867. This letter was sent from Camp #12 at Big Bend of Truckee, Nevada. The letter described to his mother his trip from Sacramento, California through...
Teenagers -- Correspondence; Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929 -- Correspondence; Ornithologists -- Correspondence; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel; Geological Survey (U.S.)
Handwritten outgoing correspondence from Robert Ridgway to Spencer Baird, August 7, 1864. Ridgway was inquiring of Baird for the names of several birds that he had observed. Baird returned the letter, dated it August 17, 1864, with the names of the...
Teenagers -- Correspondence; Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929 -- Correspondence; Ornithologists -- Correspondence; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
Handwritten outgoing correspondence from Robert Ridgway to Father (David Ridgway), Dec. 13, 1869. This letter was sent from the Smithsonian Institution. It discussed the report that he was compiling from his survey work and a book that he was...
Teenagers -- Correspondence; Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929 -- Correspondence; Ornithologists -- Correspondence; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
Handwritten outgoing correspondence from Robert Ridgway to Mother (Harriet Ridgway), February 11, 1871. This letter was sent from the Smithsonian institution and mentioned his completed manuscript compiled from his survey trip. He went on to tell...
Teenagers -- Correspondence; Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929 -- Correspondence; Ornithologists -- Correspondence; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel; Geological Survey (U.S.)
Handwritten outgoing correspondence from Robert Ridgway to Sister Fannie (Ridgway), January 14, 1868. This letter was sent from "Headquarters U.S. Geological Exploration 40th Parallel, Carson City, Nevada and detailed photographs that he had sent...
Teenagers -- Correspondence; Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929 -- Correspondence; Ornithologists -- Correspondence; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel; Geological Survey (U.S.)
Handwritten outgoing correspondence from Robert Ridgway to Father (David Ridgway), January 19, 1869. This letter was sent from the Smithsonian Institution and it discussed specimen collecting done the previous year on the survey.
Teenagers -- Correspondence; Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929 -- Correspondence; Ornithologists -- Correspondence; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel; Geological Survey (U.S.)
Handwritten outgoing correspondence from Robert Ridgway to Father (David Ridgway), January 20, 1869. This letter was sent from the Smithsonian Institution. It told his father about Clarence King's decision to drop zoology and botany from the next...
Teenagers -- Correspondence; Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929 -- Correspondence; Ornithologists -- Correspondence; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
Handwritten outgoing correspondence from Robert Ridgway to Mother (Harriet Ridgway), June 14, 1869. This letter was sent from the U.S.G.S. headquarters, Salt Lake City, Utah. It mentioned family matters, Granville Turner, and Spencer Baird.
Teenagers -- Correspondence; Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929 -- Correspondence; Ornithologists -- Correspondence; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel; Geological Survey (U.S.)
Handwritten outgoing correspondence from Robert Ridgway to Mother (Harriet Ridgway), June 24, 1867. This letter, titled Sacramento, California, Camp no. 1, U.S.G.S. described to his father the establishment of the survey party's first camp.
Teenagers -- Correspondence; Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929 -- Correspondence; Ornithologists -- Correspondence; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel; Geological Survey (U.S.)
Handwritten outgoing correspondence from Robert Ridgway to Father (David Ridgway), May 17, 1867. The letter mailed from the steamer "Chauncey" at sea in the Caribbean told his father about his travels in the Carribean and in the Panama area, with...
Teenagers -- Correspondence; Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929 -- Correspondence; Ornithologists -- Correspondence; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
Handwritten outgoing correspondence from Robert Ridgway to Father (David Ridgway), May 25, 1867. This letter again described to his father his travels through Panama and into the Pacific Ocean. It was mailed from the steamer "Constitution" at sea...
Teenagers -- Correspondence; Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929 -- Correspondence; Ornithologists -- Correspondence; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
Handwritten outgoing correspondence from Robert Ridgway to Mother (Harriet Ridgway), May 5, 1867. The letter, sent from the Smithsonian institution, discussed Ridgway's upcoming meeting with Clarence King, in New York City, his trip west to San...
Teenagers -- Correspondence; Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929 -- Correspondence; Ornithologists -- Correspondence; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
Handwritten outgoing correspondence from Robert Ridgway to Father (David Ridgway), May 9, 1867. The letter detailed to Robert's father what kind of equipment he had been outfitted with for the U.S.G.S. expedition.
Teenagers -- Correspondence; Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929 -- Correspondence; Ornithologists -- Correspondence; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel; Geological Survey (U.S.)
Handwritten outgoing correspondence from Robert Ridgway to Father (David Ridgway), November 21, 1868. This letter was sent from the Smithsonian Institution and was his first letter written home after returning to the East. The letter described his...
Teenagers -- Correspondence; Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929 -- Correspondence; Ornithologists -- Correspondence; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
Handwritten outgoing correspondence from Robert Ridgway to Father (David Ridgway), October 15, 1867. This letter was sent from "Camp #19 Buena Vista" and discussed his summer's field work. Of particular interest in this letter was a list of Paiute...
Teenagers -- Correspondence; Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929 -- Correspondence; Ornithologists -- Correspondence; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel; Geological Survey (U.S.)
Handwritten outgoing correspondence from Robert Ridgway to Father (David Ridgway), September 1, 1867. This letter was sent from Camp #17, "Banks of the Humboldt River," and it described, to his father, his trip with Mr. Parker (an Indian agent) and...
Teenagers -- Correspondence; Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929 -- Correspondence; Ornithologists -- Correspondence; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel; Geological Survey (U.S.)
Painting of foliage growing on architecture done in watercolor on cardboard. The predominant colors in the painting are greens and pinks. There are several mathematical figures written in the margins. The title is supplied by the cataloger. The...
Climbing plants -- Pictorial works; Dwellings -- Pictorial works
Painting of three birds done in gouache and transparent watercolor on paper board. The birds are white-crowned sparrows. Two birds are on the ground and the third is perched on a twig on the ground. There is a house in the background. The bottom is...
Painting done in watercolor with gouache on paperboard of three birds walking along the shore. The birds are most likely house finches and include 2 males (red plumage) and one female (brown plumage). In the background is a city scape. Signed twice...
Finches -- Pictorial works; Seashore -- Pictorial works
Painting of two quails done in watercolor and pencil on paper. The quails are probably mountain quails. On the bottom of the sheet is written "unfinished" while on the top it says "reduce 1/4." On the area of the sheet outside of the drawing there...
Painting of two red-winged blackbirds in a marsh done in gouache and watercolor on paper board. One bird is male (black) and other is female (brown). The bottom is signed "John L. Ridgway-1941." The titled is assigned by the cataloger. The...
Red-winged blackbird -- Pictorial works; Marshes -- Pictorial works
Painting of two roadrunners done in watercolor on paperboard. One bird is walking in a road and the other is flying above the road. The bottom left corner is signed "John L. Ridgway-1941." Title is assigned by the cataloger. Original painting is...
Black and white perspective drawing of architecture done in charcoal on illustration board. The title is supplied by the cataloger. Original drawing is 24 x 32 cm.
Oil painting of woman in profile on paper board attributed to either to John L. or Robert Ridgeway. Title is assigned by the cataloger. Original painting is 23 x 20 cm.
Painting of two roadrunners in a landscape with boulders done in gouache and watercolor on paperboard. One is walking along a road and the other is in flight above the road. Signed in the bottom left corner "J.L. Ridgway-1940" below the title. ...
M.A. thesis by Matthew C. Godfrey submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in History, Utah State University, 1997. Typewritten, 165 single-sided pages.
Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929 -- Correspondence; Ornithologists -- Biography; United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel (1867-1881); West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
Drawing done in watercolor and gouache of two black-colored birds walking through grass and clover. The birds are mostly likely grackles. Title is supplied by cataloger. Original drawing is 28 x 40 cm.
One unfinished painting of an landscape with trees done in oil on canvas board. Title is assigned by the cataloger. The original painting is 31 x 41 cm.
Landscape -- Pictorial works; Trees -- Pictorial works
United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel. Clarence King, Geologicst-in-charge. Part III. Ornithology. By Robert Ridgway.
Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929 -- Correspondence; Ornithologists -- Biography; United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel (1867-1881); West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
