California -- Gold discoveries
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
David Adams Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0007
Scope and Contents
This collection includes personal letters to David's wife, Elizabeth, business correspondence, receipts, lists, and diaries. A man of limited education, David wrote poorly, spelled phonetically, and rarely used punctuation.
Dates:
1828-1869
Cox Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0336
Scope and Contents
The collection relates to the Caleb Cox family of New Orleans and Fredericktown, Missouri. It contains primarily correspondence (originals and photostats) among family members, a journal belonging to Caleb Cox before his marriage, and family information. Items date from 1818 to 1940 with several date gaps, most notably 1821 to 1823, 1825 to 1847, 1855 to 1857, 1865 to 1869, 1881 to 1909, and 1914 to 1939. The collection is arranged chronologically.
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Dates:
1818-1940
William Henry Fields Dulany Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0415
Scope and Contents
The Dulany Papers contain the personal papers of William Henry Fields Dulany (1818-1914), pioneer Missouri tobacco and lumber entrepreneur. Included in the collection are the personal papers and ephemera of his nephew and son-in-law, Thomas Epps Gates Dulany (1841-1923); grandson William Henry Dulany, Jr. (1874-1948); granddaughter Vivian Duncan Dulany Murphy (1885-1965); and her husband George Thomas Murphy (1877-1959). There are also items pertaining to the Dulany Memorial...
Dates:
1849-1944
Willard P. Hall Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0642
Scope and Contents
The collection contains primarily letters of Hall family members to family in Virginia and Missouri discussing family news, farming, their enslaved labor, their legal and political careers, the Mexican-American War, the California Gold Rush, and the John Brown raid on Harpers Ferry. Correspondents include Willard P. Hall and wife Anne E. Richardson Hall, mother Statira Hall, and siblings William A. Hall, George H. Hall, Mary Hall, and Anna Hall.
Dates:
1841-1869
Charles R. Manassa Collection
Collection
Identifier: A3044
Scope and Contents
The collection is arranged in alphabetical order by folder title. The collection is comprised of items relating to Mary Brotherton Manassa, Charles R. Manassa, and John Walker, Mary’s maternal grandfather. Folders relating to Mary Brotherton Manassa contain a program for a musical and Washington University’s 1916 commencement program. Also included are items relating to her engagement and marriage to Charles including newsclippings, wedding invitations, and their marriage...
Dates:
1850-1945; Majority of material found within 1916-1929
Oregon-California Collection
Collection
Identifier: A1162
Scope and Contents
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:
1832-1943
Charles F. and Annie E. Ruff Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A3133
Scope and Contents
The family papers primarily include letters written and received by Annie E. Ruff, husband Charles F. Ruff, and several family members; some business and political correspondence and also land documents that belonged to John Dougherty; and two photographs. The papers are arranged chronologically. The collection dates from 1836 to circa 1890, with the bulk of the items dating from 1842 to 1850. There are several gaps in the correspondence: July 1851-1852, 1855, 1857-1864, 1867-1880,...
Dates:
1836-ca. 1890; Majority of material found within 1842-1850
Western Travel Collection
Collection
Identifier: A1734
Scope and Contents
The Western Travel Collection is an artificial, or subject-based, collection comprising 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 accounts of travel in the nineteenth-century American West, but also includes material relating to western travel in the eighteenth and twentieth centuries. The collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, and journals and diaries. Many items...
Dates:
1766-1968
Wilson Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A3020
Scope and Contents
Collection consists primarily of mid-nineteenth-century correspondence of the Wilson, Carper, Politte, and Vinyard families.
Dates:
1841-1938