Finding Aid to My first Christmas in Nevada manuscript, undated MS.566

Anna Liza Posas
Library and Archives at the Autry
2011 October 2
210 South Victory Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91502
rroom@theautry.org


Contributing Institution: Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: "My first Christmas in Nevada" Manuscript
Creator: anonymous
Identifier/Call Number: MS.566
Physical Description: 21 pages (1 folder)
Date: undated
Abstract: Presumably the account is of the author's own experience. Manuscript includes 21 pages of an incomplete and handwritten account. The account is about a girl, presumably the author, growing up in England and going to America after the death of her mother to live with her older sister and brother-in-law. The manuscript ends with her on a train before her arrival to Nevada on Christmas day. The name of the author is unknown.
Language of Material: English .

Biographical Note

Presumably the account is of the author's own experience. The account is of a young woman born and raised in England. Her father died when she was a baby and her mother was in delicate health so she was largely raised by her sister, Edith, who was ten years older than the author. She also had a brother Edwin who married when the author was ten and moved to Scotland.
Edith married when the author was 15 and moved to America - somewhere west of the Rocky Mountains says the author - possibly California. Her mother died when the author was 18. The author decided to go to America to live with her sister and brother-in-law. She describes leaving her old home, taking a steamer from Liverpool, England, resting with friends in New York and then taking the train West.

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Acquisitions

Unknown, possibly pulled from MS.4 George Wharton James collection held at the Braun Research Library, Autry Museum of the American West.

Preferred Citation

"My first Christmas in Nevada" Manuscript, undated, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.566.

Scope and Contents

Manuscript includes 21 pages of an incomplete and handwritten account. The account is about a girl, presumably the author, growing up in England and going to America after the death of her mother to live with her older sister and brother-in-law. The manuscript ends with her on a train before her arrival to Nevada on Christmas day.

Processing History

Processing of collection and publication of finding aid made possible by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration
Immigrants -- Nevada
Manuscripts
Ocean travel
Nevada -- History -- Sources
Christmas
Nevada