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Across the continent by overland stage in 1865
James A. Baudle diary and an account book
Handwritten volume and photocopies of the materials. Baudle writes about his journey from Illinois to California in 1849. It also includes the author's financial ledger covering the years 1847 to 1871. The collection includes a photograph of Baudle taken in 1907.
William Jefferson Cook diary and biography
Handwritten diary which describes Cook's journey overland from the Missouri River to California. Also describes the author's return by sea to New York, including a crossing by mule of the Isthmus of Panama. Also includes 4 pages of biographical information concerning Cook written in 1957 by Mary F. Owensby.
Henry Johnson letters
Handwritten and signed letters. These items are dated between Feb. 26, 1860 and June 9, 1861 and are addressed to members of Johnson's family. Most of the letters concern Johnson's life and travels, especially his journey to California and his subsequent employment there as an attorney. He describes his trip through Panama to San Francisco, and makes several comments on his general impression of California both physically annd morally.
C. Sherwood Kellogg papers
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.
L. H. McCullough diaries
This collection consists of a diary kept in a notebook. One section of the journal covers the years 1885-1886 when McCullough traveled to California to work. The remaining section covers the years 1895-1896. At this time McCullough was active in the Mormon Church. He visited local Mormon wards and branches and held meetings relating to the Sunday School.
Mattie Sparks Nutter and Zina Robinson Nutter Smith photograph albums
Three photograph albums, containing black and white photographs dated 1919-1941, as well as some ephemera. One album was created by Zina Robinson Nutter Smith, and depicts family life in Utah, a second album was collected by Mattie Sparks Nutter, containing family portraits and photographs depicting daily family life and travel in California. A third album in the collection is attributed to both Mattie and Zina.
A ramble over the American Sierra Nevada
Handwritten copy of an article originially published in the "Good Words and Sunday Magazine" pages 626 to 629 in October 1862. The item was hand copied by H. H. Evans in 1926. Pawling writes about his travels in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Also includes a photocopy of the item.
Reminiscence of 1861-1865
Typescript (carbon copy) of a journal of a trip from Illinois to California in 1860. Tells of Ayer's experiences in the mines of Nevada, enlistment in the U.S. Cavalry, maneuvers in California, Arizona, New Mexico and northern Mexico, resignation in 1864, and later responsibility for Ayer Library at the Newberry Library.
C. R. Savage diaries
The diaries contain notes and comments on business, descriptions of many journeys around the West and commentaries on the religious and social life of the period.
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