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Contributing Institution:
Huntington Library::Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
mssHoughton
Description:
This collection chiefly contains material dealing with Donner Party and their ill-fated overland journey to the Pacific in
1846, as well as several items written by Eliza Poor Donner Houghton (1843-1922) dealing with California history. Half of
the correspondence deals
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122 search terms found:
...Houghton, Eliza Poor
Donner....
...Houghton (Eliza Poor
Donner) Papers...
...Eliza Poor
Donner Houghton Papers...
Contributing Institution:
California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Collection Number:
MS 214
Description:
Donner Lake toll house keeper's report (blank form).
9 search terms found:
...Dutch Flat and
Donner Lake Wagon Road Company form...
...Dutch Flat and
Donner Lake Wagon Road Company Form...
...Dutch Flat and
Donner Lake Wagon Road Company form...
Contributing Institution:
UC Berkeley::Bancroft Library
Collection Number:
BANC PIC 1905.03215-.03217--PICLOCAL
Description:
Views show the area where the Donner Party camped while trying to cross the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Contributing Institution:
UC Berkeley::Bancroft Library
Collection Number:
BANC PIC 1961.017 --fALB
Description:
The Views of Donner Lake, California album contains 16 photographic prints consisting of views of Donner Lake from various
perspectives taken circa 1915. The album was created by R.J. Waters & Co., Photographers, for the Donner Lake Co. and many
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34 search terms found:
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Donner Lake, looking West....
...Office:
Donner Lake Camp...
...Moonlight on
Donner Lake....
Contributing Institution:
UC Berkeley::Bancroft Library
Collection Number:
BANC MSS 2006/236LOCAL
Description:
Documents Vera B. Cornell's research on the Donner Party. Includes transcripts of letters from the Charles Fayette McGlashan
papers and correspondence, ephemera, clippings, and miscellaneous materials relating to the Donner Party.
Contributing Institution:
Chinese Historical Society of Southern California
Collection Number:
2020.M.1..Costello
Description:
Over a total of four days in 1983 and 1984, surface collections were made at the Donner Summit site by archaeologist Julia
Costello and her husband Jeff Tuttle. This work camp, occupied between 1865 and 1869 by Chinese construction workers
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7 search terms found:
...Julia Costello Collection:
Donner Summit Chinese Railroad Camp 2020.M.1.....
...Julia Costello Collection:
Donner Summit Chinese Railroad Camp...
...Laborers Transcontinental Railroad
Donner Lake (Calif. ) Sierra Nevada ( Calif....
Contributing Institution:
UC Berkeley::Bancroft Library
Collection Number:
Description:
Includes exterior and interior views of the Ice Palace in Truckee, exhibits at the 1898 state fair, and an ice house on Donner
Lake.
Contributing Institution:
UC Berkeley::Bancroft Library
Collection Number:
Description:
Chiefly 19th century California views in and around Truckee, Donner Lake, the Tahoe basin, and San Francisco. Of particular
note are numerous views of C.F. McGlashan's Rocking Stone Tower (Where he housed Donner Party relics), a series of views of
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Contributing Institution:
California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Collection Number:
MS 819
Description:
The scenic photographs in this album include views with Central Pacific locomotives, trains, the right of way, and towns between
Colfax and Donner Summit, California.
7 search terms found:
...Central Pacific Railroad from Colfax to
Donner Summit photograph album...
...Central Pacific Railroad from Colfax to
Donner Summit Photograph Album...
...Central Pacific Railroad from Colfax to
Donner Summit photograph album...
Contributing Institution:
UC Berkeley::Bancroft Library
Collection Number:
BANC PIC 1970.036--PIClocal
Description:
Many photographs and original negatives relating to his books "U.S. 40", "N.A. 1: The North-South Continental Highway", "Donner
Pass and those who crossed it", and other publications. Collection contains files of photos, many mounted and marked for publication.
Locations include
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Contributing Institution:
California Historical Society
Collection Number:
Collection Identifier:
Vault MS
30
Description:
Collection consists of San Francisco merchant and financier William D. M. Howard’s correspondence and business papers. Also
includes business papers of William R. Warren, a Honolulu merchant; Howard’s brother George; Henry F. Teschemacher, tenth
mayor of San Francisco; and William
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8 search terms found:
...Teschemacher, Henry F. Warren, William R.
Donner Party Rancho Lup-Yomi (Calif. )...
...D. M. (William Davis Merry), 1818-1856.
Donner Party Collection consists of San...
...of the expedition to rescue the
Donner Party are also part of the collection....
Contributing Institution:
Autry Museum of the American West
Collection Number:
MS.543
Description:
This collection contains letters written by Virginia Elizabeth Reed (later Virginia Reed Murphy), a member of the Donner Party,
at age 12, as well as manuscripts written about her by George Wharton James and Frances Watkins. It also includes magazine
...
8 search terms found:
...Articles Overland travel Manuscripts
Donner Party Overland journeys to the...
...life -- California Overland travel
Donner Party Overland journeys to the Pacific...
...Reed Murphy), a member of the
Donner Party, at age 12, as well as manuscripts...
Contributing Institution:
UC Berkeley::Bancroft Library
Collection Number:
BANC PIC 1956.008--PICLOCAL
Description:
Mainly photographs acquired during the course of writing McGlashan's book, History of the Donner Party, published in Truckee,
Calif., 1879. Includes views of plagues, historical monuments, sites. Also view of McGlashan's residence in Truckee, Calif.,
and portrait.
Contributing Institution:
Society of California Pioneers
Collection Number:
058878
Description:
File contains photocopy of handwritten letter (4 pages) and typed copy of letter. It was written by Cyrus Haynes to Elisha
Haynes on September 9th, 1849.
3 search terms found:
...Cholera
Donner Party Sutter's Mill File contains photocopy of handwritten...
...unknown. Haynes, Cyrus Haynes, Elisha Haynes, Jacob C. Cholera
Donner...
...Lake
Donner Party Sacramento (Calif. ) - History - 19th century. San Francisco (...
Contributing Institution:
California State Parks::Archives
Collection Number:
Consult repository
Description:
On April 15, 1846 the families of James Fraser Reed and George and Jacob Donner, comprising 31 people in 9 wagons, left Springfield,
Illinois for California. On May 19 the party joined a larger wagon train captained by William
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104 search terms found:
...Series 10. Separated Items Indexing Terms Personal Names Breen, Patrick
Donner,...
...Eliza
Donner,...
...George
Donner, Jacob Eddy, William H. Hull. K.B. Kern, E. M. Keseburg, Lewis...
Contributing Institution:
UC Berkeley::Bancroft Library
Collection Number:
Description:
Photographer's numbers: 131, 1067, and 3509 (corrected from 6509?).
Contributing Institution:
Sacramento Public Library - Sacramento Room
Collection Number:
MC 7
Description:
The Appleton family papers consist of journals, letters, photograph albums, photographs, and printed material documenting
the history of the Appleton family in Whitby, England, and Northern California (1873-1919).
7 search terms found:
...Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev. )--Description and travel.
Donner Pass (Calif. )...
...removal and protection. --California--
Donner Pass. The Appleton family papers...
...the Central Pacific Railroad over
Donner Pass (1890); views of San Francisco,...
Contributing Institution:
Autry Museum of the American West
Collection Number:
MS.612
Description:
This is a photostatic copy of a manuscript entitled , chronicling his journey with the Donner Party from 1846-1847. This photostatic
copy was made in 1942 from the original in the Edward E. Ayer Collection at the Newberry Library in
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8 search terms found:
...Breen, Patrick McKinstry, George, Jr.
Donner Party Overland journeys to the...
...chronicling his journey with the
Donner Party from 1846-1847. This photostatic...
...died in 1868. Manuscripts Diaries
Donner Party Photostats Overland journeys to...
Contributing Institution:
Sacramento Public Library - Sacramento Room
Collection Number:
MC 15
Description:
This small collection consists of school report cards and an autograph book from Ruth H. Miles, a longtime resident of Sacramento.
3 search terms found:
...and protection. --California--
Donner Pass. This small collection consists of...
...removal and protection. --California--
Donner Pass. Florin (Calif. ) Sacramento (...
...Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev. )--Description and travel.
Donner Pass (Calif. )...
Contributing Institution:
UC Berkeley::Bancroft Library
Collection Number:
BANC MSS C-B 362LOCAL
Description:
Letter from James F. Breen concerning the Donner Party; letters to Bernard Moses and others; invitation to opening of Market
St. store in 1870; galleys of some chapters of Chronicles of the Builders; honorary degree from Yale University, and membership
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