C. Sherwood Kellogg papers
Scope and Contents
Two holograph diaries describing ship travel from New York to California and work in California for the Yankee Jim Lumber Company; an 1854 account book for the same lumber company; ten sight drafts; a complaint by Kellogg against "Brother Houts;" an envelope franked by Truman Smith, a U.S. Representative in Congress, addressed to C.S. Kellogg, enclosing a printed copy of an 1848 speech by Smith in the House describing American involvement of the Mexican War.
Dates
- 1853-1856
Creator
- Kellogg, C. Sherwood (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from C. Sherwood Kellogg must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Businessman.
Extent
3 folders (0.1 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Purchased from Fred Rosenstock, 1976.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased; Fred Rosenstock; 1976.
Appraisal
19th Century Mormon and Western Manuscripts.
- Account books
- Business, Industry, Labor, and Commerce
- California -- Description and travel
- Diaries
- Gold mines and mining -- California
- Lumber trade -- California
- Retail trade
- West (U.S.) -- History -- 1848-1860
- West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890
- West (U.S.) -- History -- 1890-1945
- Yankee Jim Lumber Company
- Title
- Register of C. Sherwood Kellogg papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Elisa Visick
- Date
- 2010 July 2
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States