Asa Merrill Fairfield Collection, 1904-1928

Summary

Creators:

Fairfield, Asa Merrill, 1854-1926

Language:

English.

Background

Scope and content:

Letters of pioneers and early settlers of Lassen County used by Fairfield in preparing his county history published by H. S. Crocker in 1916.

Biographical / historical:

Asa M. Fairfield was born in Massachusetts July 30, 1854. He taught for a short time in Iowa, then in various localities in Lassen County, California from 1875-1899. He was the author of PIONEER HISTORY OF LASSEN COUNTY published by H.S. Crocker of San Francisco in 1916. He died September 2, 1926 in Susanville, California.

Physical description:

2 boxes

Related resources

Other descriptive data:

Major Correspondents

• Lomas, Henry

Other Correspondents

• Adams, Asa
• Agee, W. E.
• Anderson, A. H.
• Armstrong, W. A.
• Ashbury, W. W.
• Baldwin, Seth, Mrs.
• Bankhead, Jessie
• Bennett, N. W.
• Borrette, H.R.
• Borrette, J. S.
• Brashear, W. S.
• Brown, Kenneth M.
• Brown, Thomas.
• Bryant, Daniel W.
• Cains, W. M.
• Carmichael, J. A.
• Cramer, C. C., Mrs.
• Cressler, William T.
• Dakin, H. H.
• David, F. L.
• Dow, William.
• Eldridge, J. P.
• Epley, T.
• Evans, A.
• Forgay, N. B.
• Fry, C. (Mrs.)
• Gale, A. Y. (Mrs.)
• Gray, (Mrs.)
• Hall, W. H.
• Harper, A. L.
• Harris, (Mrs.)
• Hart, C. F.
• Hawkins, D. R.
• Hill, [Smith J.]
• Hines, (Mrs. F.)
• Holdridge, D. K.
• Holmes, Ed
• James, Press R.
• Kelley, [?]
• Kingsbury, F. F.
• Knauer, W. O.
• Knox, S. P.
• LaPlant, J. C.
• LaTour, C. A.
• Laws, Ella
• Leavitt, [?]
• Long, T. N.
• McCormick, W. H.
• McCoy, Geo. (Mrs.)
• McKessick, John B.
• McLean, Maude
• Mead, Alley
• Moody, Opal
• Moon, A. G.
• Murphy, Lee
• Myers, William
• Parker, F. L.
• Peck, J. S.
• Penrod, E.
• Peyton, Harry
• Pool, William
• Price, John
• Putnam, John D.
• Rice, J. B.
• Schott, L. M. (Mrs.)
• Senton, Caroline
• Shinn, A. L.
• Shumway, E. B.
• Simonis, J. B., Mrs.
• Smith, L. S.
• Spoon, Will
• Stark, J. W.
• Stewart, J. M., Mrs.
• Streshley, O.
• Tyler, S., Mrs.
• Vinyard, W. E.
• Wemple, J. C.
• Williams, W. B.
• Wilson, Clara, Mrs.
• Wright, T. J.
• Young, R. W.
• Zumwalt, J. W.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Pioneers-California-Lassen County
Frontier and pioneer life-California-Lassen County-Sources

Names:

Fairfield, Asa Merrill, 1854-1926

Places:

Lassen County (Calif.)-History-Sources

Location of this collection:

California State Library, California History Room

900 N Street, Room 200, P.O. Box 942837

Sacramento, CA 94237-0001, US

Contact:

(916) 654-0176

cslcal@library.ca.gov

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