Box 1
Container
Contains 89 Results:
St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper article titled “Overland trail hardships told in woman’s diary,” regarding diary of Martha Missouri Moore., 1936 Mar 17
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Oregon-California Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising of a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The collection consists primarily of letters, diaries, and articles from Missouri newspapers relating to overland travel to Oregon and California in the 1840s and 1850s. Most of these items are transcriptions or reproductions, rather than original documents. The collection also includes...
Dates:
1936 Mar 17
Typescript titled “A Sketch of the Life of Lysander Johnston, who left Boonville, Missouri, in 1850 for California with William Harley of Boonville,” written by his daughter, Miss Lois May Johnston, in 1940. The sketch describes the overland wagon train journey from Missouri to California via Ft. Kearney, Ft. Laramie, Independence Rock, Salt Lake City, and the Humboldt and Truckee Rivers, which departed around May 1, 1852, and arrived on the outskirts of the Sacramento Valley nearly six months later. Includes descriptions of conflicts with Indians. The sketch also includes a genealogy of the family; account of Johnston’s life in California through 1854; account of his participation in Walker’s expedition in Nicaragua; account of his return to the U.S., service in the Civil War, and death in Chicago in 1922 (14 pages). Accompanying documents include two typescript letters signed Miss Lois May Johnston to Charles van Ravenswaay, February 3 and May 1, 1940, regarding the sketch of her father; photograph of Lysander Johnston at age 78; photograph of the Joe Cannon House in Danville, Illinois, the plans and specifications for which were drawn by Lysander Johnston; and two letterheads of the Elevated Suspension Electric Railway Co., Chicago, 189-. (6 items), 1940
File — Box: 1, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Oregon-California Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising of a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The collection consists primarily of letters, diaries, and articles from Missouri newspapers relating to overland travel to Oregon and California in the 1840s and 1850s. Most of these items are transcriptions or reproductions, rather than original documents. The collection also includes...
Dates:
1940
Typescript copy of manuscript titled “Marcus Whitman. Missionary of Oregon” by John A. Bryan. Describes Whitman’s work among the Indians, the story of his death at the hands of the Cayses in the brutal massacre of 1847, and the passage of legislation creating the Oregon Territory. (11 pages) (3 copies), 1943 Mar 20
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Oregon-California Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising of a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The collection consists primarily of letters, diaries, and articles from Missouri newspapers relating to overland travel to Oregon and California in the 1840s and 1850s. Most of these items are transcriptions or reproductions, rather than original documents. The collection also includes...
Dates:
1943 Mar 20
Minutes of a meeting of citizens of Clay County, Missouri, who contemplate emigrating to California, signed William L. Smith, chairman, and Thos. J. Morrow, secretary. Other citizens who were present at the meeting included Garard Long, J.S. Martin, Richardson Long, Henry Morton, Jas. H. Birch, Jr., Abram Thornton, Thomas Menefees, Meredith R. Miller, William Tapp, George W. Crowley, Thos. K. Bradley, R. Foster Smith, John R. Lincoln, John Huston, Benjamin Middaugh, Walter R. Davis, Daniel Buchler, Logan Wood, John Hinton, Ezekiel S. Moreer, Mr. Grizzle, Louthey W. Long, Robert T. Lincoln, William L. Smith, Mathew K. Smith, and John Henry Smith. (1 page), No date
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Oregon-California Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising of a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The collection consists primarily of letters, diaries, and articles from Missouri newspapers relating to overland travel to Oregon and California in the 1840s and 1850s. Most of these items are transcriptions or reproductions, rather than original documents. The collection also includes...
Dates:
No date
Letter signed Mrs. M.A.B. Linden, Portland, Oregon, to Miss Stella Drumm, Missouri Historical Society, presenting copy of letter (and offering the original) written by her father describing his experiences with a hunting party under Captain Stuart in 1843. (4 pages), 1924 Jan 10
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Oregon-California Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising of a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The collection consists primarily of letters, diaries, and articles from Missouri newspapers relating to overland travel to Oregon and California in the 1840s and 1850s. Most of these items are transcriptions or reproductions, rather than original documents. The collection also includes...
Dates:
1924 Jan 10
Correspondence between Charles Rudolph Adams (Eugene, Oregon), Mrs. N. Harney Beauregard (Missouri Historical Society archivist), David I. Bushnell, Jr. (Washington, D.C.), and Joseph Schafer (State Historical Society of Wisconsin) regarding a collection of original drawings made by a member of an exploring expedition into the far west that started from Fort Leavenworth circa May 1, 1849. Adams seeks to learn the artist’s name and sell the collection. (30 items), 1925-1927
File — Box: 1, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Oregon-California Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising of a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The collection consists primarily of letters, diaries, and articles from Missouri newspapers relating to overland travel to Oregon and California in the 1840s and 1850s. Most of these items are transcriptions or reproductions, rather than original documents. The collection also includes...
Dates:
1925-1927
Typescript letter signed (Ret. Rev. Major) Michael A. Shine, Plattsmouth, Nebraska, to Miss Stella Drumm, Missouri Historical Society, with a query regarding the killing of a young man by the Pawnees known as the “Rawhide Tragedy.”, 1926 Apr 16
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Oregon-California Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising of a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The collection consists primarily of letters, diaries, and articles from Missouri newspapers relating to overland travel to Oregon and California in the 1840s and 1850s. Most of these items are transcriptions or reproductions, rather than original documents. The collection also includes...
Dates:
1926 Apr 16
Typescript letter signed Miss Lucy Ball, Grandville, Michigan, to Miss M.L. Dalton, Missouri Historical Society, requesting photograph of St. Louis in 1832 to use in her father’s (John Ball) autobiography. Includes typescript reply from Mrs. N.H. Beauregard, Missouri Historical Society, and typescript letter of thanks from Miss Lucy Ball. (3 items), 1926 May 13-30
File — Box: 1, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Oregon-California Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising of a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The collection consists primarily of letters, diaries, and articles from Missouri newspapers relating to overland travel to Oregon and California in the 1840s and 1850s. Most of these items are transcriptions or reproductions, rather than original documents. The collection also includes...
Dates:
1926 May 13-30
Letter signed Mabel W. Phelps (Mrs. George W.), Monterey, California, to Dr. Arthur E. Bostwick, St. Louis Public Library, October 21, 1926, offering for sale a transcribed copy of a journal written by Captain David Dewolf about his travels west. Also includes typescript letter of Mrs. N.H. Beauregrard, Missouri Historical Society, to Mrs. George W. Phelps, December 3, 1926., 1926 Oct-Dec
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Oregon-California Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising of a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The collection consists primarily of letters, diaries, and articles from Missouri newspapers relating to overland travel to Oregon and California in the 1840s and 1850s. Most of these items are transcriptions or reproductions, rather than original documents. The collection also includes...
Dates:
1926 Oct-Dec
Typescript correspondence of Oregon Trail Memorial Association regarding a celebration planned for April 10. (12 items), 1930 Feb 17-Mar 31
File — Box: 1, Folder: 29
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Oregon-California Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising of a variety of documents that have been placed in this collection over the years due to their common subject matter. The collection consists primarily of letters, diaries, and articles from Missouri newspapers relating to overland travel to Oregon and California in the 1840s and 1850s. Most of these items are transcriptions or reproductions, rather than original documents. The collection also includes...
Dates:
1930 Feb 17-Mar 31