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Material concerning the Dorsey and Taylor families of Grass Valley, Calif., [undated]
BANC MSS C-V 7LOCALBANC FILM 2802LOCAL
Collection Overview

Title:

Material concerning the Dorsey and Taylor families of Grass Valley, Calif., [undated]

Creator/Contributor:

Taylor, Adelaide Virginia Dorsey, d. 1947, creator, Compiler.

Abstract:

Scrapbook of clippings, correspondence, stock certificates, etc., chiefly for her father, Samuel P. Dorsey, Wells, Fargo agent, 1857-1904, and former owner, Idaho Maryland mine. Also, material relating to descendents of William Taylor, gold rush pioneer.

Subject:

Dorsey family
Taylor family
Dorsey, Samuel Packwood -- 1827-1917
Taylor, William -- 1804-1890
Taylor, Edgar Mayo -- 1854-1933
Wells, Fargo & Company.
Mines and mineral resources -- California
Idaho Maryland Mine, Grass Valley, Calif

Note:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Copy of Scrapbook "The Dorsey Family" : also available on microfilm with call number BANC FILM 2802.
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections (1905.07890-.07924) and to the Portrait File of The Bancroft Library.

Type:

Scrapbooks.
Clippings.
Family papers.

Physical Description:

1 v. and 1 portfolio.
1 microfilm reel : negative (BNEG Box 3163) and positive.

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS C-V 7LOCAL
BANC FILM 2802LOCAL

Origin:

United States

Copyright Note:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.