Guide to the Moses Schallenberger Papers M0064
Processed by Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Patricia White
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
1997 ; revised 2020
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Moses Schallenberger Papers
Creator:
Schallenberger, Moses
Identifier/Call Number: M0064
Identifier/Call Number: 279
Physical Description:
13 item(s)
(1 folder)
Date (inclusive): 1847-1898
This collection includes correspondence and photographs covering the period after the arrival of Schallenberger in California,
with an account, recorded by Mary Sheldon Barnes, of Schallenberger's overland journey to California from Missouri in 1844.
Correspondents include John Townsend, Elizabeth Schallenberger Townsend, and Mary Sheldon Barnes. Although received with the
collection, items 2, 5 and 13 appear to be unrelated.
Moses Schallenberger was an early California pioneer.
[Identification of item], Moses Schallenberger Papers, M0064, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
These materials are believed to be in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use of public domain materials.
Gift of Mary Sheldon Barnes, who received them from Moses Schallenberger in 1895.
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
California -- History -- 19th c.
Schallenberger, Moses, portrait photograph 3124313 1865 Dec. 25
Schallenberger, Moses, portrait photograph 4124311 undated
Pencil note by unknown author, apparently unrelated 5124309 undated