Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Access Points
Biography
Scope and Content
Descriptive Summary
Title: Brame (Herbert) Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1934-1936
Collection number: Mss60
Creator:
Extent: 0.5 linear ft.
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
Shelf location: For current information on the location of these
materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Brame (Herbert) Papers, Mss60, Holt-Atherton Department of
Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library
Access Points
personal name
Smith, Williamson Lincoier
personal name
Marshall, James Wilson (1810-1885)
personal name
Gilbert, Henry T.
personal name
Meek, William Bull
personal name
Johnston, Wade
personal name
Holladay, Benjamin (1819-1887)
personal name
Carson, Christopher (1809-1868)
personal name
Delano, Alonzo (1802-1874)
personal name
Tubbs, Russell
personal name
Lampson, Robin
personal name
Wheat, Carl Irving (1892-1966)
personal name
Wells, Henry L.
personal name
Sutton, Frank
corporate name
Pony Express Courier (Placerville, Calif.)
subject
Voyages to the Pacific coast
subject
Chinese Americans -California -History
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Mines and mineral resources -California
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Mines and mineral resources -Nevada
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Authors -Correspondence, reminiscences, etc.
subject
West (U.S.) -History
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California -History
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Journalists -California -Correspondence, reminiscences, etc.
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Nevada -History
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Calaveras County (Calif.) -History
subject
Women as pioneers
Biography
Herbert Brame, journalist and historian, founded the Pony Express Courier in Placerville
(Calif.) to foster public interest in California and Western history (1934). Although
Brame died two years later, his wife Verna continued the journal, which was published as
late as 1977.
Scope and Content
The Brame Papers consist principally of correspondence files with readers or contributors
to the Pony Express Courier (1934-1936) touching on lives or events important in 19th c.
California and the West.
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