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Finding-Aid for the D.G.W. Ricketts Collection (MUM00389)

MUM00389

Summary Information

Repository
University of Mississippi Libraries
Title
D.G.W. Ricketts Collection
ID
MUM00389
Date
1917-1966
Extent
4.0 Linear feet 3 boxes, 1 large envelope, 1 book
Abstract
The collection encompasses D.G.W. Rickett's correspondence, maps, publications, and manuscript of "Solution of Land Survey Problems." Approximate dates range from 1917-1966. The collection is comprised of three hollinger boxes.

Preferred Citation

D.G.W. Ricketts Collection (MUM00389). The Department of Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi.

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Scope and Contents Note

The collection encompasses D.G.W. Rickett's correspondence, maps, publications, and manuscript of "Solution of Land Survey Problems." Approximate dates range from 1917-1966. The collection is comprised of three hollinger boxes.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

University of Mississippi Libraries 2005

Access Restrictions

Open.

Use Restriction

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use", that user may be liable for copyright infringement.

Processing Information

Processed by University of Mississippi Department Special Collections Staff . EAD encoded finding-aid begun September 2005.

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Related Materials

Separated Materials

Stored separately in the Map Collection:

Box 4, Map #164 United States map, tracing showing principal meridians, baselines, and accessions of territory in 1803, 1819, 1845, and 1853. 15 x 19.

Box 4, Map #165 Plat maps of property owned by heirs or legal representatives of Mrs. Magdalene B___, widow of Don Pedro (1856). Reproductions, 15 x 19.

Special Collections Map Case Drawer 8, Map #141 Map of Louisiana, Braithwaite Plantation (Plaquemins Parish). Color. Property map. Includes abstract on early land surveys (1927).

Special Collections Map Case Drawer 10, Map #166 Miscellaneous surveyor’s drawings.

Tube, Map #160 Three maps of Halcyon Island (also known as Deer Island). Tracings and suggestions for development. 21 x 43.

Tube, Map #161 Tracings and other survyor’s maps. Two maps, first shows layout of Laurel Country Club golf course, second is Deer Island, 64.5 x 18.

Tube, Map #161 Tracings and other survyor’s maps. Two maps, first shows layout of Laurel Country Club golf course, second is Deer Island, 64.5 x 18.

Tube, Map #163 Map of Louisiana. Surveyor’s drawings of the battlefield of 8 January 1815. Includes a 54 x 23 map of battle of 3 December 1814. Identifies terrain features.

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Controlled Access Headings

Personal Name(s)

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Collection Inventory

Box 1 

Folder 1: AD. Undated. Draft of Resume of D.G.W. Ricketts. 

Folder 2: General Correspondence, 1917-1966 

Folder 3: Professional Correspondence, 1936-1966 

Folder 4: Correspondence and documents relating to Deer Island Project 

Folder 5: Miscellaneous notes 

Folder 6: TD. Undated. "Principal Undertaking, in the years listed, in the Civil Engineering and Surveying Experience of D.G.W. Ricketts, Registered Civil Engineer and Surveyor." 

Folder 7: Rickett's original file entitled, "Procedure for co-ordinate calculations, etc." 

Folder 8: Rickett's original file entitled, "Index Map of Oak Ridge." 

Folder 9: D.G.W. Rickett's Certification of License (Canada, Louisiana, and Mississippi). 

Folder 10: Miscellaneous charts and maps. 

Folder 11: Periodical articles. 

Box 2 

Folder 1-Folder 8: TMs. Undated. Solution of Land Survey Problems/ D.G.W. Ricketts. 

Box 3 

Folder 1: TMs. [1966]. Speech to Mississippi Association of Land Surveyors/ D.G.W. Ricketts. 

Folder 2: TMs. Undated. "Retracing with Variations"/ [D.G.W. Ricketts?] 

Folder 3: Rickett's original file entitled, "Correspondence, book publication. January 18, 1965-June 14, 1966." 

Folder 4: Rickett's original file entitled, "Solution of Triangles." 

Folder 5: Two spiral bound small notebooks [academic notes?]. 

Tube 1: Negative copy of map “Plan of Survey of portions of Sec. 8 & 17 T. 225.R.18E. Bordering on Bayou Petit Caillou, Presenting a Correct Retracement of U.S. Meanger Reported in the Field Notes of G.F. Connelly, D.S. in 1837,” 38 x 19; negative copy of map “Plan Showing Boundaries and Acquisitions, the Property of the International Lubricant Corporation, New Orleans, LA.” 18 x 27.5; typed manuscript “Specifications and Comments in Regard to Ricketts Angle-Finder Device” with 6 pages of plates on the invention, 15 x 10.