RECOVERY CATALOG // 18-09
OFFICIAL PERSONNEL MANIFEST
RECOVERED RECORD 01
Expedition Seven personnel record recovered from Container 18-09.
The document records the expedition assigned to Survey Point 18 prior to departure on May 6, 1887.
CATALOG: BRW-1887-7 // RECOVERY DATE: 07-14-1957
EXPEDITION PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATE
RECOVERED RECORD 02
Photographic plate recovered among materials attributed to Expedition Seven.
Original field notation identifies the location as Survey Point 18.
PLATE: SP18-04 // DATE: MAY 1887
FIELD JOURNAL — F.B. LANG
RECOVERED RECORD 03
Field journal attributed to Frederick B. Lang, Log Keeper of Expedition Seven.
Entry documents geological survey activity conducted at Survey Point 18 on May 11, 1887.
CATALOG: SP18-J03 // ENTRY DATE: 05-11-1887
SURVEY POINT 18 // EXCAVATION RECORD
RECOVERED RECORD 04
Excavation survey attributed to Jonathan P. Hale, Surveyor of Expedition Seven.
Record documents geological conditions beneath Survey Point 18 following excavation activity on May 12, 1887.
CATALOG: SP18-S04 // RECORD DATE: 05-12-1887
RECOVERY INVENTORY // CONTAINER 18-09
RECOVERED RECORD 05
Materials inventory prepared by the Research Division Field Operations Recovery Unit following recovery of Container 18-09.
Record catalogs surviving Expedition Seven materials recovered from Survey Point 18.
CATALOG: RD-18-09 // RECOVERY DATE: 06-17-1957
UNIDENTIFIED JOURNAL LEAF
RECOVERED RECORD 06
Loose handwritten field record recovered among materials cataloged from Container 18-09.
Authorship could not be verified during the 1957 recovery inventory.
CATALOG: 18-09-L06 // RECORD DATE: 05-14-1887
EXCAVATION PHOTOGRAPH // SURVEY POINT 18
RECOVERED RECORD 07
Photographic plate attributed to Expedition Seven.
Image documents excavation activity at Survey Point 18.
CATALOG: SP18-P07 // DATE: UNVERIFIED
SUBSURFACE MATERIAL SAMPLE // SP-18
RECOVERED RECORD 08
Material specimen recovered among Expedition Seven geological samples.
Original field notation indicates collection from the Survey Point 18 excavation.
CATALOG: SP18-S08 // CLASSIFICATION: UNDETERMINED
COMPASS READINGS LOG // SURVEY POINT 18
RECOVERED RECORD 09
Field instrument log attributed to Expedition Seven.
Document records compass observations conducted at Survey Point 18 between May 10–13, 1887.
CATALOG: SP18-R09 // CONDITION: WATER-DAMAGED
FIELD CORRESPONDENCE // J. P. HALE
RECOVERED RECORD 10
Correspondence attributed to Jonathan P. Hale, Surveyor of Expedition Seven.
Letter reports continued excavation activity at Survey Point 18 and requests additional equipment for subsequent field operations.
CATALOG: SP18-R10 // DATE: 05-14-1887
FIELD SUPPLY RECEIPT // SURVEY POINT 18
RECOVERED RECORD 11
Supply receipt documenting equipment and provisions delivered to Expedition Seven at Survey Point 18.
Receipt acknowledged by Jonathan P. Hale, Surveyor of Expedition Seven.
CATALOG: SP18-R11 // DATE: 05-27-1887
DAMAGED EXCAVATION TOOLS // SP-18
RECOVERED RECORD 12
Three hardened-steel cutting heads recovered among Expedition Seven materials from Container 18-09.
Original field tag associates the equipment with Survey Point 18. Cause of damage is not documented.
CATALOG: SP18-T03 // ORIGINAL DATE: UNVERIFIED
RECOVERED RECORD 13
Working excavation survey attributed to Jonathan P. Hale, Surveyor of Expedition Seven.
Document records continued excavation activity and geological observations at Survey Point 18 during July 1887.
CATALOG: SP18-R13 // RECORD DATE: 07-19-1887
CAMP DUTY & MOVEMENT LEDGER // SP-18
RECOVERED RECORD 14
Daily operational ledger attributed to Expedition Seven personnel at Survey Point 18.
Document records field assignments, personnel movements, supply duties, and camp provisions during August 1887.
CATALOG: SP18-R14 // RECORD PERIOD: 08-01–08-12-1887
LOWER EXCAVATION PHOTOGRAPH // SP-18
RECOVERED RECORD 15
Photographic plate attributed to Expedition Seven.
Image documents personnel and excavation activity within the lower Survey Point 18 workings.