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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Cornelia Ryan letters
creator:
Ryan, Cornelia
Identifier/Call Number: 7069
Physical Description:
7 items
1 folder
Date (inclusive): 1885-1894
Abstract: Five letters, plus two envelopes postmarked El Cajon and Los Angeles, written by Cornelia Ryan (later Yates) to her friend
Annie Upham in Boston, 1885-1894. The letters document Cornelia's transcontinental train trip and experiences after settling
in Southern California. The letters were written from Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and Anaheim, and describe Cornelia's day
to day experiences both on the journey west and her life in Southern California after she settles.
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Five letters, plus two envelopes postmarked El Cajon and Los Angeles, written by Cornelia Ryan (later Yates) to her friend
Annie Upham in Boston, 1885-1894. The letters document Cornelia's transcontinental train trip and experiences after settling
in Southern California. The letters were written from Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and Anaheim, and describe Cornelia's day
to day experiences both on the journey west and her life in Southern California after she settles.
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[Box/folder no. or item name], Cornelia Ryan letters, Collection no. 7069, Regional History Collection, Special Collections,
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Jeffrey Rovenpor Rare Books, August 9, 2018.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Railroad travel -- United States -- 19th century -- Archival resources
California -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Archival resources
California, Southern -- History -- Archival resources
Letters
Ryan, Cornelia -- Correspondence