Collection ID: LMC 1930
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Summary

Creator:
Root, Riley, 1795-1870
Abstract:
The Root mss., 1815-1888, are papers of Riley Root, 1795-1870, teacher, surveyor, inventor, and author of Journal of Travels from St. Josephs to Oregon with Observations of that Country, together with Some Description of California, its Agricultural Interests, and a Full Description of its Gold Mines. Galesburg, [Ill.], Gazetteer and Intelligencer Prints, 1850 (Lilly F593.1 .R7).
Extent:
1 folio (oversize) and 1 Box (1 standard)
Language:
Materials are in English .
Preferred citation:

[Item], Root mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Background

Biographical / Historical:

Riley Root, 1795-1870, was a teacher, surveyor, inventor, and author.

Biographical material on Riley Root is filed in the first box containing the collection and also in a folder in the oversize cases. See also Doris M. Reed's "Riley Root, Overland Traveler," The Indiana Quarterly for Bookmen, V: 17-28, January, 1949 (Lilly Z1007 .I39).

Scope and Content:

The Root mss., 1815-1888, are papers of Riley Root, 1795-1870, teacher, surveyor, inventor, and author of Journal of Travels from St. Josephs to Oregon with Observations of that Country, together with Some Description of California, its Agricultural Interests, and a Full Description of its Gold Mines. Galesburg, [Ill.], Gazetteer and Intelligencer Prints, 1850 (Lilly F593.1 .R7).

Note on Indexing Term - "Science": Of interest is the Dec. 12, 1851 Treatise on natural philosophy, dealing with the philosophy of salt lake, cause of deserts, origin of gold, matter, magnetism, and planetary motion written by Riley Root.

Note on Indexing Term - "Travel": Includes an account of a ca. 1835 journey to Peoria by way of the canal, steamboat from Buffalo to Chicago to Peoria, Illinois and gives a description of the surrounding country.

Acquisition information:
Gift. 1946.
Physical location:
ALF (Auxiliary Library Facility) - OVFlat; Lilly - Stacks

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PREFERRED CITATION:

[Item], Root mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
1200 East Seventh Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
CONTACT:
(812) 855-2452
liblilly@indiana.edu