West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 13 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
Badger Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0073
Scope and Contents
Collection contains material of the St. Louis-based Badger family, including letters of Capt. Alexander Badger, Sr. and Jr.; newsclippings; bonds; steamboat memoranda; a pilot certificate issued to William H. Cable in 1852; envelopes of Wells Fargo and Overland Mail; cards of steamboat Magnolia and a timetable of St. Louis railroads and steamships; material concerning the Badger, Cable and Cayton families; two Missouri defense bonds issued in 186-; and several letters...
Dates:
1852-1950
Bartlett Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A1975
Scope and Contents
The collection contains an 1860 diary to the Pikes Peak gold rush region; memoirs of Aurelius T. Bartlett, dated March 20, 1890, describing his Civil War service; official papers relating to Bartlett’s Civil War service; and other Bartlett family papers.
Dates:
1860-1957
Charles Ludwig Jacob Borberg Papers
Collection
Identifier: A2966
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a bound volume that consists primarily of the diary of Charles Borberg (pages 29-54 of the volume) describing his experiences during a march from Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Fort Union, New Mexico, to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, with the 57th United States Colored Infantry from June 8 to November 30, 1866. The volume also includes an undated, handwritten draft obituary of John L. Criswell of Stanton, Missouri (obituary is written in pencil and is difficult to read); a page...
Dates:
1866-1885
Clark Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: A0289
Scope and Contents
The Reference Files (Boxes 1-2) consist almost entirely of photocopies, typescripts, and reproductions of documents from other repositories, and should be used as a supplement to the original material in the rest of the Clark Family Collection. This group provides general information about the Clark family and the collection, and also includes reproductions of documents pertaining to the Lewis and Clark Expedition, George Rogers Clark, and...
Dates:
1766-1991
John H. Gundlach Collection
Collection
Identifier: A0630
Scope and Contents
The John H. Gundlach Papers consist primarily of correspondence, clippings, notes, memoranda, and printed material that document Gundlach’s activities in city planning and civic affairs, as well as his interest in the theater and collecting manuscripts.
The Civic Affairs Series comprises correspondence, memoranda, notes, and clippings arranged by the various St. Louis city improvement projects that Gundlach was instrumental in...
Dates:
1848-1927
Harney Collection: Scenes in the Indian Country by Alexander Gardner
Collection
Identifier: P0124
Scope and Contents
Scenes in the Indian Country by Alexander Gardner contains 79 photographs, mostly taken between 1866 and 1868, showing studio portraits of Native American leaders; Native Americans and Peace Commissioners at the Fort Laramie Treaty Council; and scenes of the landscape in the western United States. The Lakota Sioux, Dakota Sioux, Sac/Sauk, and Fox tribes are well documented in the collection. The Kaw, Pawnee, Crow, Arapaho, and Cheyenne tribes are also...
Dates:
1862-1868; Majority of material found in 1866-1868
Hewitt-Neff Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A2380
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of personal correspondence of the Hewitt-Neff family, including several letters sent to Mrs. Cynthia A. Hewitt and several letters of Frank Adam Neff to his mother. The collection also includes business cards and invitations.
Dates:
1867-1925
Kennerly Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0811
Scope and Contents
Collection consists primarily of Kennerly family correspondence, including several letters of George H. Kennerly to his wife and letters of Claude Saugrain Kennerly to his mother while serving in the army during the Spanish-American War, 1898. (Many of the letters in the collection are typescript transcriptions, not originals.) Also in the collection are a cash book of James and George Kennerly dated 1818-1823; a diary of William Clark Kennerly relating his experiences on an...
Dates:
1812-1948
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