Container List

SERIES 1: PAPERS

BOX 1: GRAND COUNCIL RECORDS

1.1: Articles of Incorporation

1.2: Do. #2

1.3: By-laws

1.4: Rituals #1

1.5: Rituals #2

1.6: Rituals #3

1.7: Rituals #4

1.8: Rituals #5

1.9: Rituals #6

1.10: Rituals #7

BOX 2: GOVERNING BODY MINUTES, 1940-

2.1: Index to Minutes [by C. Briggs]

2.2: Board Minutes, 1940s

2.3: Directors Minutes, Apr 1940

2.4: Directors Minutes, May 1940

2.5: Directors Minutes, Sep 1940

2.6: Directors Minutes, 1941

2.7: Directors Minutes, 1943

2.8: Directors Minutes, Jan 1945

2.9: Directors Minutes, Nov 1945

2.10: Directors Minutes, 1947

2.11: Directors Minutes, 1950

2.12: Directors Minutes, Feb 1954

2.13: Directors Minutes, May 1954

2.14: Directors Minutes, Oct 1954

2.15: Directors Minutes, 1955

2.16: Directors Minutes, 1956

2.17: Grand Council Minutes, 1957

2.18: Directors Minutes, 1958

2.19: Directors Minutes, 1959

2.20: Grand Council Minutes, 1960

2.21: Grand Council Minutes, 1961

2.22: Grand Council Minutes, 1962

2.23: Grand Council Minutes, 1963

2.24: Grand Council Minutes, 1964

2.25: Grand Council Minutes, 1965

2.26: Grand Council Minutes, 1966

2.27: Grand Council Minutes, 1967

2.28: Grand Council Minutes, 1968

2.29: Grand Council Minutes, 1969

2.30: Grand Council Minutes, 1970

2.31: Grand Council Minutes, 1971

2.32: Grand Council Minutes, 1972

2.33: Grand Council Minutes, 1973

2.34: Grand Council Minutes, 1974

2.35: Grand Council Minutes, 1975

2.36: Grand Council Minutes, 1976

2.37: Grand Council Minutes, 1977

2.38: Grand Council Minutes, 1978

2.39: Grand Council Minutes, 1979

2.40: Grand Council Minutes, 1980

2.41: Grand Council Minutes, 1981

2.42: Grand Council Minutes, 1982

2.43: Grand Council Minutes, 1983

2.44: Grand Council Minutes, 1984

2.45: Grand Council Minutes, 1985

2.46: Grand Council Minutes, 1987

BOX 3: GRAND COUNCIL CORRESPONDENCE & MEMOS, 1937-1972

3.1: Correspondence & Memos, 1930-1959

3.2: Correspondence & Memos, 1961-1963

3.3: Correspondence & Memos, 1964-1966

3.4: Correspondence & Memos, 1967-1969

3.5: Individual Correspondence & Memos [Don Segerstrom], 1967-1968

3.6: Correspondence & Memos re Murphys Meeting, 1970

3.7: Correspondence & Memos, 1970

3.8: Correspondence & Memos, 1971

3.9: Correspondence & Memos, 1972

BOX 4: GRAND COUNCIL CORRESPONDENCE & MEMOS, 1973-1980

4.1: Correspondence & Memos, 1973

4.2: Correspondence & Memos, 1974

4.3: Correspondence & Memos, 1975

4.4: Correspondence & Memos, 1976

4.5: Correspondence & Memos, 1977

4.6: Correspondence & Memos, Jan-Apr 1978

4.7: Correspondence & Memos, May-Dec 1978

4.8: Correspondence & Memos, Jan-Mar 1979

4.9: Correspondence & Memos, Apr-Jun 1979

4.10: Correspondence & Memos, Jul-Dec 1979

4.11: Correspondence & Memos, Jan-Mar 1980

4.12: Correspondence & Memos, Apr-Jul 1980

4.13: Correspondence & Memos, Aug-Dec 1980

BOX 5: GRAND COUNCIL CORRESPONDENCE & MEMOS, 1981-1986

5.1: Correspondence & Memos, 1981 Jan. & Feb.

5.2: Correspondence & Memos, 1981 March-October

5.3: Correspondence & Memos, Briggs, SNGH Correspondence 1981

5.4: Correspondence & Memos, 1982

5.5: Correspondence & Memos, 1983

5.6: Correspondence & Memos, 1984

5.7: Correspondence & Memos, 1985

5.8: Correspondence & Memos, 1986

5.9: Correspondence & Memos, 1987

BOX 6: GRAND COUNCIL CORRESPONDENCE, TOPICAL (A-R)

6.1: Correspondence, Topical---Calif. Hist. Soc., 1969-1980

6.2: Correspondence, Topical---ECV Patent, 1977

6.3: Correspondence, Topical---ECV Affair [Pecchenino fatal shooting], 1968-1970

6.4: Correspondence, Topical---Incorporation Issue, early to 1950

6.5: Correspondence, Topical---Incorporation Issue [Archie Stevenot], 1961-1965

6.6: Correspondence, Topical---Incorporation Issue [Whitsell-Cross], 1947-1954

6.7: Correspondence, Topical---Incorporation Issue [Andy Rogers], 1938-1958

6.8: Correspondence, Topical---Incorporation Issue, miscellany, 1950-1956

6.9: Correspondence, Topical---Incorporation Issue, miscellany, 1957-1961

6.10: Correspondence, Topical---Incorporation Issue, miscellany, 1962-1972

6.11: Correspondence, Topical---Incorporation Issue, miscellany, 1972-1973

BOX 7: GRAND COUNCIL CORRESPONDENCE, TOPICAL (S-Z)

7.1: Correspondence, Topical---Al Shumate, 1954-1957

7.2: Correspondence, Topical---Al Shumate, 1958-1960

7.3: Correspondence, Topical---Al Shumate, 1961

7.4: Correspondence, Topical---Al Shumate, 1962-1963

7.5: Correspondence, Topical---Al Shumate, 1964-1966

7.6: Correspondence, Topical---Archie Stevenot, 1961-1965

7.7: Correspondence, Topical---Lee Stopple, 1959-1960

7.8: Correspondence, Topical---Virginia City & Yuba City Chapters, 1960-1963

BOX 8: GRAND COUNCIL FISCAL RECORDS

8.1 Financial Reports, 1968-1973

8.2: Legal Records, 1966-1979

8.3: Tax Exempt Organization Info, 1970-1978

BOX 9A: REGISTER FOR GRAND COUNCIL ANNUAL MEETINGS, 1963-1987

BOX 9B: CHAPTER ROSTERS; OTHER RECORDS

9.1: Grand Council Records, Chapter Lists, miscellany, 1957-1983

9.2: Statistical Reports

9.3: Questionnaires

9.4: Grand Council Rosters

9.5: Membership

9.6: Membership 1936-1950

9.7: Membership 1951-1978

9.8: Membership: Rosters, Clamproctor progression, mailing lists, 1969-1985

9.9: Chapter Returns, 1967

9.10: Chapter Returns, 1968

9.11: Chapter Returns, Statistical reports, 1969

9.12: Chapter Returns, 1970

9.13: Chapter Returns, 1971

9.14: Chapter Returns, 1972

9.15: Chapter Returns, 1973

9.16: Chapter Returns, 1974

9.17: Chapter Returns, 1975

9.18: Chapter Returns, 1977

9.19: Chapter Returns, 1978

9.20: Chapter Returns, 1979

9.21: Chapter Returns, 1980

9.22: Chapter Returns, 1981

9.23: Grand Council announcements [samples only]

9.24: Past Proctors, Bylaws (1984), Newsletters

9.25: Schedules, 1987-

9.26: Grand Council Misc. Proclamations

9.27: Duties of SGNR

9.28: Chapter Boundaries---Historical, 1969

9.29: ECV Archives Inventories, 1976 - 1987

BOX 10: WRITINGS BY MEMBERS

10.1: Adam Lee Moore. "Proclamation No. 4," 1939

10.2: Rough drafts: chiefly articles on history of ECV; incl. R. Coke Wood on revival

10.3: Rough drafts: incl. more on ECV history; Donald Gill. Linden history, etc.

10.4: Rough drafts: Ben F. Dixon [Squibob Chapter]. "Camp Salvation, 1849: City of Calexico," 1965 [2 copies]; Mariposa Chapter writings

10.5: Rough drafts: Carl Wheat on comic strip in Calif. history; J. Ross Browne on Mt. Diablo Coal Mines; "A pragmatic history of Gazinta"; "E Clampus Vitus in the Mother Lode," etc.

10.6: Rough drafts: Bill Huff miscellany; "Perils of the Past" [radio broadcast, 1946]; "A letter from the diggins" (1849); "Indian Chief to revoke ancient grant of Calif. to England," etc.

10.7: Songs & Poems

10.8: Published writings

a-Albert Shumate. "A note on ECV in the Gold Fields"

b-"Legendary Indian: Chief Truckee"

c-"On suckers, on to New Helvetia!"

d-W.W. Robinson. "An ECV keepsake issued in memory of Lindley (Pink) Bynum"

e-W.W. Robinson. "In remembrance: Robert James Woods (1892-1967)"

f-Archie D. Stevenot. "Who was the first borax king?"

g-Peter A. Evans. "The life & loves of Eliza W. Farnham"

h-"The fourth of March at Murphys"

i-"Wall of comparative ovations, Murphys, Calif.," 1972 [2 copies]; "A resolution for E Clampus Vitus" [on occasion of dedication of Wall]

j-Eugene K. Chamberlin. "The 1894 wheelbarrow odometer survey of Porter Perrin Wheaton," 1973

k-Buffalo Bilious. "The rise and fall of His Dorkship"

l-"The story of E Clampus Vitus," 1966 [2 copies]

m-Ronald Dean Miller. "In search of the Salton Sea Scrolls," 1977

n-Eric A. Falconer. "The story of E Clampus Vitus"

o-Mrs. Ophelia Pratt. "A Widow's Guide," 1965

p-“Peter Lebeck in Tehachapi Valley, 1837: Excerpts from his lost journal,” 1993

q-Dick (Barnum) Bailey. “The Genuine True Authentic History of Peter LeBeck”

r-Dr. Robert J. Chandler. “ECV: 75 Years of Making History,” 2007

s-Ron Weir. “Illustrated Bibliography and history of E Clampus Vitus,” 2006

10.9: Published writings---Songs & poems

10.10: Published writings---Journal articles

a-Edmund G. Kinyon. "What say the brethren?" Ghost Town News (n.d.)

b-Carl I. Wheat. "Credo quia absurdum," n.s. (n.d.)

10.11: Seth Slopes. “The Complete Book of E: Being a thorough compendium of philological and historical writings on E Clampus Vitus,” ca. 2000

BOX 11: WRITINGS BY MEMBERS---BOOKS

11.1: Ben Dixon. "Squibob on a nail keg" [2 versions]

11.2: G. Ezra Dane. "Ghost town," 1941 [chiefly about Columbia during Gold Rush]

11.3: Albert Shumate. "Mariano Malarin: A life that spanned two cultures," 1980

11.4: "What was your name in the States?," 1939

11.5: "The enigmatical book of Vitus," 1934

11.6: "The curious book of Clampus, or, Gumshaniana," 1935

11.7: "Credo Quia Absurdum," 1949

11.8: "Ye preposterous booke of brasse," 1937 [1978 reprint]

11.9: "My Darling's ECV" [2 copies]

BOX 12: SERIAL PUBLICATIONS

12.1: The Flatlander Nugget [Oakland Chapt. newsletter], 1978-1986

12.2: The Flatlander Nugget [Oakland Chapt. newsletter], 1987-1991

12.3: The Flatlander Nugget [Oakland Chapt. newsletter], 1992-1995

12.4: The Flatlander Nugget [Oakland Chapt. newsletter], 1996-2005

12.5: Hewgag Monitor [Wm. Bull Meek-Wm. Morris Stewart Chapt. Newsletter] 1990-

BOX 13: The Clamper [ECV newsletter], v. 1-25; 1961-1996

BOX 14 [oversize]: CLIPPINGS ABOUT ECV

14.1: Scrapbook, 1938-1963 [contains many photographs]

14.2: Reprint from San Francisco Chronicle (1935)

14.3: Clippings about ECV in Pony Express Courier, 1938-70, and Territorial Enterprise, 1959, 1963, 1966

14.4: Miscellaneous oversize articles, proclamations, announcements

BOX 15: CLIPPINGS ABOUT ECV

15.1: “Old” ECV- articles on organization history

15.2: ECV, 1935-1936

15.3: Modoc Independent (1878)

15.4: General Activities, 1932-1949

15.5: General Activities, 1950-1955

15.6: General Activities, 1956-1959

15.7: General Activities, 1960-1965

15.8: General Activities, 1966-1970

15.9: General Activities, 1970-

15.10: General Activities, n.d.

15.11: History, Commentary, 1932-1949

15.12: History, Commentary, 1950-1959

15.13: History, Commentary, 1960-1969

15.14: History, Commentary, 1970-

15.15: History, Commentary, n.d.

15.16: Monument or Plaque Dedications, 1936-1959

15.17: Monument or Plaque Dedications, 1960-1970

15.18: Monument or Plaque Dedications, 1970-

15.19: Monument or Plaque Dedications, n.d.

15.20: Misc. Personalities

15.21: Pecchenino Affair, 1967-1969

15.22: Misc. Clippings, 1940s-1950s

15.23: Misc. Clippings, 1960s

15.24: Misc. Clippings, 1970s-1984

15.25: Misc. Clippings, 1985

15.26: Misc. Clippings, 1986-1987

15.27: Misc. Clippings, 1988

BOX 16: LANDMARK PROGRAM

16.1: E Clampus Vitus Plaques (1930-1980), E Clampus Vitus Plaques (1930-1995), E Clampus Vitus Plaques (1994-2007)

16.2: Plaque Lists

16.3: Clamplaque Reports

16.4: Plaque Registration Forms [Mtn. Charlie Chapt. only]

16.5: Do.---all other chapters

16.6: Plaques---Corresp., 1939-1975

16.7: Misc. Landmark Dedication Programs [incl. Wall of Comparative Ovations]

BOX 17A [oversize]: ECV MEMORABILIA

BOX 17B: COMMEMORATIVE GLASSES

BOX 18: ECV TREKS: TRANSIERRA ROISTEROUS ALLIANCE OF SENIOR HUMBUGS ["T.R.A.S.H." ]

18.1: Bridgeport, n.d.

18.2: Charity Valley, 1976

18.3: Deep Creek, n.d.

18.4: Donner Party, 1979

18.5: Fales Hot Springs, n.d.

18.6: Grovers Hot Springs, n.d.

18.7: Indian Creek, n.d.

18.8: Johnson Cutoff plans, n.d.

18.9: Lower Carson/Zumwalt, 1974

18.10: Lower Donner/Johnson's Ranch, n.d.

18.11: Mojave Road Proposal [Sid Blumner], 1983

18.12: Mojave Road

18.13: Pony Express Trail proposal, 1980s

18.14: TRASH 1975 outing

18.15: TRASH 1976

18.16: TRASH 1977

18.17: TRASH---incorporation, 1977

18.18: TRASH 1978

18.19: TRASH Roster, 1978

18.20: Recommendations for TRASH 1979

18.21: TRASH 1979

18.22: TRASH VI 1980

18.23: TRASH 1981

18.24: TRASH 1982

18.25: TRASH 1983 San Pascual

18.26: TRASH 1984

18.27: CRAP 1984

18.28: TRASH Board, 1985

18.29: TRASH Membership certificates, n.d.

18.30: TRASH Perpetual Schedule of Board

BOX 19: "T.R.A.S.H." (16 ff.)

19.1: Reports & Board Minutes

19.2: TRASH Clippings

19.3: TRASH defined

19.4: TRASH Notes & Tour Guides

19.5: TRASH Corresp. & Memos, 1975-1980

19.6: TRASH Corresp. & Memos, 1981-1986

19.7: TRASH Membership

19.8: TRASH Memorabilia

19.9: TRASH Background Articles

BOX 19A: "T.R.A.S.H." GUIDES/BOOKLETS, 1976; 1979-1985;1988-1995; 1997-2003

BOX 20: BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL ON MEMBERS

20.1: Charles Camp: George R. Stewart interview

20.2: Charles Camp: From Briggs Collection

20.3: Charles Camp: State Park

20.4: Charles Camp: Field Notes, 1953

20.5: Charles Camp: Clippings; Awards, etc.

20.6: Charles Camp: Biographical

20.7: Charles Camp: Corresp., 1915; 1937-1938

20.8: Charles Camp: Corresp., 1939

20.9: Charles Camp: Corresp., 1940-1960

20.10: Charles Camp: Corresp., 1961-1965

20.11: Charles Camp: Corresp., 1966-1971

20.12: Charles Camp: Corresp., n.d.

20.13: George Ezra Dane: Biographical

20.14: George Ezra Dane: Corresp.

20.15: William Huff

20.16: R. Coke Wood: Biographical

20.17: R. Coke Wood: Corresp. 1970-79

20.18: R. Coke Wood: Corresp. n.d.

20.19: Archie Stevenot: Biographical; Corresp.

20.20: Archie Stevenot: Clippings

20.21: Archie Stevenot: Awards

20.22: Archie Stevnot: Writings

20.23: John Porter: Tape recording

20.24: Herb Hamlin

BOX 21: BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL ON MEMBERS---CARL BRIGGS

21.1: Book

21.2: Unidentified Corresp.

21.3: Byars Award narrative, 1976

21.4: Carl Briggs. "Charles Camp"

21.5: Camp Memorial: Geological Soc. of America

21.6: Ken Castro

21.7: Duff Chapman

21.8: ECV as reference

21.9: ECV History [Oakland Tribune 1974]

21.10: Bill Huff

21.11: Edgar Jessup

21.12: Neversweats Chapt.

21.13: Pecchenino historical

21.14: Sid Platford

21.15: Research Corresp.

21.16: Earl Schmidt

21.17: Al Shumate

21.18: Lee Stopple

21.19: Berry Swift

21.20: Hugh Tolford

21.21: Dr. V.L. Vander Hoof

21.22: George Washington

21.23: Carl Wheat

21.24: Francis Wheat

21.25: Alan Wilson

21.26: Women in ECV

21.27: R. Coke Wood

21.28: Eldon Zeuger

BOX 22: BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL ON MEMBERS---NOTES AND CLIPPINGS

22.1: Keepsake folder

22.2: Misc. unsorted biographical notes & clippings

BOX 23: BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL ON MEMBERS #4

23.1: Adam Lee Moore

23.2: Carl Wheat: Biographical

23.3: Carl Wheat: Writings & Awards

23.4: Carl Wheat: Clamper Ritual

23.5: Carl Wheat: Corresp., 1935

23.6: Carl Wheat: Corresp., 1936

23.7: Carl Wheat: Corresp., 1937-1938

23.8: Carl Wheat: Corresp., 1940-1945

23.9: Carl Wheat: Corresp., 1947-1949

23.10: Carl Wheat: Corresp., 1950-1959

23.11: Carl Wheat: Corresp., 1960-1963

23.12: Carl Wheat: Corresp., n.d.

23.13: Carl Wheat: Drafts of papers & speeches

23.14: Carl Wheat: Memorials

BOX 24: BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL ON MEMBERS #5

24.1: Duff Chapman: Falconer corresp., 1960s

24.2: Duff Chapman: Speeches

24.3: Duff Chapman: Writings

24.4: Leon Whitsell: Writings, etc.

24.5: Leon Whitsell: ECV Scrapbook #1 (1935) [incl. many photos]

24.6: Do. #2 (1935-1938)

24.7: Do. #3 (1932-1936)

BOX 25: BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL ON MEMBERS #6

25.1 Eric Falconer

25.2 Sid Platford

25.3 Milton Shutes

25.4 Harry O'Brien

25.5 H.M. "Ike" Lovett

25.6 Ken Castro

25.7 L. Burr Belden

25.8 Lindley "Pink" Bynum

25.9 Ben Dixon

25.10 Joseph Zumwalt

25.11 George Washington

25.12 Roger Dalton

25.13 Duke Asserude

BOX 26: INDIVIDUAL CHAPTER RECORDS: PLATRIX (LOS ANGELES) [incl. Corresp.; member lists; newsletters; publications, etc.]

BOX 27: INDIVIDUAL CHAPTER RECORDS: YERBA BUENA (SAN FRANCISCO) [incl. Corresp.; member lists; newsletters; publications, etc.]

BOX 28: INDIVIDUAL CHAPTER RECORDS, 1938-1989

28.1: ARGONAUT

28.2: BILLY HOLCOMB[aka 4x4 Vituscan Missionaries]

28.3: BODIE

28.4: CHIEF TRUCKEE

28.5: CHIEF TRUCKEE

28.6: CHILEAN DESK

28.7: DOWNEY

28.8: ESTANISLAO

28.9: JAMES MARSHALL

BOX 29: INDIVIDUAL CHAPTER RECORDS, 1938-1989

29.1: JIM SAVAGE (Savage Bugle)

29.2: JIM SAVAGE

29.3: JIM SAVAGE

29.4: JULIA BULLETTE

29.5: JULIA BULLETTE

29.6: LAS PLUMAS

29.7: LAS PLUMAS

29.8: MATUCA

29.9: MATUCA

29.10: MONTEREY VIEJO

29.11: MOUNTAIN CHARLIE

29.12: MOUNTAIN CHARLIE

BOX 30: INDIVIDUAL CHAPTER RECORDS, 1938-1989

30.1: NEW HELVETIA

30.2: NEW HELVETIA

30.3: PAIR-O-DICE

30.4: PETER LEBEC

30.5: SAM BRANNAN

30.6: SHOWSHOE THOMPSON

30.7: SNOWSHOE THOMPSON

30.8: SQUIBOB

30.9: SQUIBOB

30.10: SQUIBOB

BOX 31: INDIVIDUAL CHAPTER RECORDS #6

31.1: TRINITARIANUS

31.2: TULEBURG

31.3: WM. BULL MEEK/WM. MORRIS STEWART

31.4: WM. BULL MEEK/WM. MORRIS STEWART

31.5: CAPITULUS REDIVIVUS

31.6: DEVIL MOUNTAIN BRIDGE

31.7: EUREKA

31.8: FIVE FLATLAND/EMPEROR NORTON BRIGADE

31.9: FLOATING WHANG

31.10: FRANK REILLY

31.11: GRAND ENCAMPMENT

31.12: GROWLERSBURG

31.13: GRUB GULCH

31.14: HUMBUG

31.15: JOAQUIN MURRIETA

31.16: LORD SHOLTO DOUGLAS

31.17: LUCINDA JANE SAUNDERS

31.18: NEVERSWEATS

31.19: SAMUEL GREGG GEORGE

31.20: SLIM PRINCESS

31.21: SIERRA VALLEY TRI (S.E.A.R.C.H.)

BOX 32: INDIVIDUAL CHAPTER RECORDS---CORRESP. & ACTIVITES, 1990-

32.1: BILLY HOLCOMB

32.2: BODIE

32.3: DE LA GUERRA Y PACHECO

32.4: DR. SAMUEL GREGG GEORGE

33.5: FRANK C. REILLY

32.6: GRUB GULCH

32.7: HUMBUG

32.8: JAMES MARSHALL

32.9: JIM SAVAGE

32.10: JOAQUIN MURRIETA

32.11: JULIA C. BULLETTE

32.12: LAS PLUMAS DEL ORO

32.13: LOST DUTCHMAN

32.14: LUCINDA JANE SAUNDERS

BOX 33: INDIVIDUAL CHAPTER RECORDS---CORRESP. & ACTIVITIES, 1990-

33.1: MATUCA

33.2: MONTEREY VIEJO

33.3: MTN. CHARLIE

33.4: NEVERSWEATS

33.5: NEW HELVETIA

33.6: PAIR-O-DICE

33.7: PLATRIX

33.8: SAM BRANNAN

33.9: SLIM PRINCESS

33.10: SOCIETY OF THE ICEWORM COCKTAIL

33.11: SONS OF GEORGE

33.12: SQUIBOB

33.13: TRINITARIANUS

33.14: TULEBURG

33.15: YERBA BUENA

SERIES 2: PHOTOGRAPHS

BOX 1: PHOTOGRAPHS #1, 1936-1959 [47 folders; chiefly of activities arr. by chapt.]

BOX 2: PHOTOGRAPHS #2, 1960- [33 folders; chiefly of activities arr. by chapt.]

BOX 3 [oversize]: PHOTOGRAPHS #3 [3 items]