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Alice M. Reading collection of material relating to her father, Pierson B. Reading, 1930s.
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Alice M. Reading collection of material relating to her father, Pierson B. Reading, 1930sCreator/Contributor:
Reading, Alice M., 1859-1939, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Sutter, John Augustus, 1803-1880, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Bidwell, John, 1819-1900, correspondent.Abstract:
Notes for chapters of contemplated biography; research notes; transcripts of letters from circa 1844-1867, by Reading and
to him, including some from John A. Sutter and John Bidwell; 5 photostats from his journal of detail maps showing his route
from the Missouri to the Sacramento in 1843.
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193u (issued)Subject:
n-us-caReading, Alice M -- 1859-1939 -- Archives
Reading, Pierson Barton
Overland journeys to the Pacific -- Personal narratives
Pioneers -- California -- Biography
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Copies of detail maps are photostats.
Alice M. Reading collection of material relating to her father, Pierson B. Reading, BANC MSS C-B 1052, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley.
Copies of detail maps location of originals unknown.
Copies of detail maps FOR REFERENCE USE ONLY. Reproduction prohibited.
Photographs of a portrait of Pierson B. Reading transferred to the Portrait File of the Bancroft Library.
Sketch of Pierson B. Reading's house transferred to the Pictorial Collections of the Bancroft Library.
Additional Reading family papers available at the Bancroft Library (BANC MSS C-D 5141 and BANC MSS 72/66 c)
In English.
Physical Description:
1 portfolio (0.1 linear feet)
Language:
English
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United StatesCopyright Note:
Copies of detail maps FOR REFERENCE USE ONLY. Reproduction prohibited.