Finding aid of the Henry B. Atkins Letters, 1901

Kris Casler
The Society of California Pioneers
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Finding aid of the Henry B. Atkins Letters, 1901

Collection number:

The Society of California Pioneers

San Francisco, California
Processed by:
Kris Casler
Date Completed:
12/3/09
Encoded by:
Kris Casler
© 2009 The Society of California Pioneers. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Henry B. Atkins Letters, 1901
Dates: 1901-1901
Collection Size: 1 folder
Repository: The Society of California Pioneers.
San Francisco, California 94107-1272
Abstract: A letter from Henry B. Atkins to members of the Society of California Pioneers in answer to a request for the story of his overland journey to California in 1849.
Physical location: Stored on-site at the Society of California Pioneers
Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English

Access

Collection is open by appointment for research.

Publication Rights

Property rights reside with The Society of California Pioneers. All requests for permission to reproduce or publish must be submitted in writing to the Librarian.

Preferred Citation

Henry B. Atkins Letters, 1901. The Society of California Pioneers.

Biography / Administrative History

Henry Blatchford Atkins was born in New York City on August 25th 1816. He arrived in San Francisco in 1849 after a difficult six-month journey from the Gulf of Mexico. Mr. Atkins died in 1901.

Chronology

1901/1901 Henry B. Atkins Letters, 1901

Scope and Content of Collection

Includes original, handwritten letter, as well as a photocopy of the letter, which provides some details about Mr. Atkins six-month journey overland in 1849 from the Gulf of Mexico through the Colorado Desert to San Francisco and then to Sacramento in California.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Atkins, Henry Blatchford (1816 - 1901)
Pioneers -- California -- Biography
Overland journeys to the Pacific
California -- Biography
California, Northern