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Contributing Institution:
Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: Ellen Amos and Family Letters
Creator:
Amos, Ellen
Identifier/Call Number: MS.501
Physical Description:
0.25 Linear Feet
(12 folders)
Date (inclusive): 1909-1927
Abstract: Ellen (Mrs. Joe) Amos and family were Miwok Indians residing in Mariposa County, California. Ellen Amos lived in Wawona, Mariposa
County, near Yosemite area, in the early 1900s. Collection of letters to Ellen Amos from her children and other family members.
Letters span from 1909 to 1927 and includes the time when Mrs. Amos's son, Eddie, was in the army and France during World
War I.
Language of Material:
English
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Ellen Amos and Family Letters, 1909-1927, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West; MS.501; [folder number] [folder title][date].
Gift of Joseph and Helen DuShane, 1973 December 14.
Collection of letters to Ellen (Mrs. Joe) Amos from her daughter, Eliza (Mrs. Henry) Leonard, daughter Daisy Harlow, son Eddie
Harlow, cousin Lucy Telles, and other family member. Letters span from 1909 to 1927 and includes the time when Ellen's son,
Eddie, was in the army and France during World War I.
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Ellen (Mrs. Joe) Amos and family were Miwok Indians residing in Mariposa County, California. Ellen Amos lived in Wawona, Mariposa
County, near Yosemite area, in the early 1900s and she sometimes visited in Miami, California. Joe Amos is her second husband.
Eliza Leonard, daughter of Ellen Amos, was married to Henry Leonard. They resided in Ben Hur, then Raymond, California. The
letters reveal that they had several children including one girl born in 1910 and one boy born after 1910. At one point the
family raised turkeys.
Daisy Harlow was another daughter of Ellen Amos. She was unmarried when working in Menlo Park between 1909 and 1910. Letters
indicate she was employed at a store in Menlo. Circa 1912, she became a house servant looking after the baby of Percival Frances.
Daisy lived in San Francisco and Raymond, California.
Eddie Harlow was the son of Ellen Amos and worked in the Raymond mines and elsewhere. In the spring of 1918, he joined the
United States Army and served in 319th Engineers Company D in World War I. He was sent to France circa 1918 and was there
until 1919. On his return he married and had at least two daughters by 1924.
The letters also mention that several of the men relatives worked in the mines in Raymond, California.
Inventory created by Library staff, after 1973. Finding aid created by Anna Liza Posas in 2013. Final processing of collection
and publication of finding aid made possible by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry Museum of the American West. All requests for permission to publish or quote
from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Research Services and Archives. Permission for publication is
given on behalf of the Autry Museum of the American West as the custodian of the physical items and is not intended to include
or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1914-1918
Mines and mineral resources
Correspondence
Raymond (Calif.)
Mariposa County (Calif.)
Wawona (Calif.)
Miwok Indians
Harlow, Daisy
Leonard, Henry
Amos, Joe
Leonard, Eliza