Handwritten letters from Harriet P. Goodell Howard and other members of the Goodell family including M.W. Goodell. The letters discuss Goodell family matters and give insights into life in the mining camps.

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.

Contains a collection of transcripts from the Indian Claims Commission from the 19th and 20th centuries, concerning mainly the Shosone Indians; appraisals of land and mineral resources; exhibit material; selection of books and maps; reel-to-reel tapes; case petitions and pleadings and legislative history.