Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Halsted, Walter Kerr
- Abstract:
- This is a typed copy of a manuscript by Walter Kerr Halsted entitled "My Trip to California in '49," wherein Halsted recounts the four years he spent traveling to and living in California, starting in 1849. Halsted was 91 at the time he wrote the original manuscript.
- Extent:
- 0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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Walter Kerr Halsted California Manuscript, after 1849, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.634.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This is an 18-paged typed copy of a manuscript by Walter Kerr Halsted entitled "My Trip to California in '49," wherein Halsted recounts the four years he spent traveling to and living in California, starting in 1849. Halsted was 91 at the time he wrote the original manuscript.
The extended title of the account is "My Trip to California in '49. Via boat to Panama, overland to the Pacific, and up the coast to San Francisco by boat." The document describes Halsted's life in California during the gold rush days; lynching; method of mining; Native Americans; and clipper ships.
- Acquisition information:
- Donated to the Library as part of the Munk Library of Arizoniana, 1910 April 7.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Glenna Schroeder, circa 1977-1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 October 25, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Appointments to view materials are required. To make an appointment please visit https://theautry.org/research-collections/library-and-archives and fill out the Researcher Application Form.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry Museum of the American West. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Research Services and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Autry Museum of the American West as the custodian of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
- Preferred citation:
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Walter Kerr Halsted California Manuscript, after 1849, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.634.
- Location of this collection:
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4700 Western Heritage WayLos Angeles, CA 90027, US
- Contact:
- (747) 201-8448