Inventory of the Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection
Sara Gunasekara
Department of Special Collections
General Library
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616-5292
Phone: (530) 752-1621
Fax: (530) 754-5758
Email: speccoll@ucdavis.edu
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Creator:
University of California, Davis. Library
Title: Miscellaneaous Manuscripts Collection
Date (inclusive): 1786-1940
Extent:
1 linear foot
Abstract: This collection contains a variety of manuscripts that were extracted from the Mining Collection (D-016). Included in the
collection are letters, diaries, account books, and scrapbooks which range in date from 1786-1940.
Physical location: Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
Repository:
University of California, Davis. Library. Dept. of Special Collections.
Davis, California 95616-5292
Collection number: D-561
Language of Material: Collection materials in English.
Scope and Content
This collection contains a variety of manuscripts that were extracted from the Mining Collection (D-016). Included in the
collection are letters, diaries, account books, and scrapbooks which range in date from 1786-1940.
Arrangement of the Collection
The manuscripts are arranged chronologically.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Cleaveland, N. (Nehemiah), 1796-1877--Correspondence
Zellerbach, Marks
Nevada County (Calif.)--History
Access
Collection is open for research.
Processing Information
Sara Gunasekara processed this collection and created and encoded this finding aid.
Acquisition Information
Extracted from D-016, Mining Collection in 2013.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection, D-561, Department of Special Collections, General Library,
University of California, Davis.
Publication Rights
Copyright is protected by the copyright law, chapter 17, of the U.S. Code. All requests for permission to publish or quote
from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf
of the Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis as the owner of the physical items
and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Box 1:1
Letter to Captain Aaron Welch, commanding the ship Columbia, Philadelphia
1786
Box 1:2
Johnston, James H., writings
1846-1863
Box 1:3
Account book, unidentified
1851
Box 1:4
Letter to Horace Bushnell from Nehemiah Cleaveland
1853 March 5
Scope and Content Note
The letter discusses Henry Durant.
Box 1:5
Expense book of Matthias Lukens
1853
Box 1:6
Hotel register (Bridgeport?) with newspaper clippings of recipes
1855
Box 1:7
Bartender's account book, George Wheeler, Pike City, California
1858-1859
Box 1:8
Account book, unidentified
1862-1864
Box 1:9
Grocery account book of Elise Schmidt
1863
Box 1:10
Commission of Llewellyn Tozer
1864 December 21
Box 1:11
Grocery account book, unidentified
1864
Box 1:12
Letter from Chief of Bureau of Navigation and Office of Detail, Washington, D.C., granting leave of absence from naval service
1865
Box 1:13
Account book, unidentified
1865-1869
Box 1:14
Zellerbach, Marks, legal documents and receipts from Zellerbach Paper Company
1865-1915
Box 1:15
Shipping invoices from Downieville, Marysville, and Sacramento, California
1866
Physical Description:
three invoices
Box 1:16
Document of Charter, San Francisco
1868
Box 1:17
Scrapbook with newspaper clippings of recipes and domestic information pasted on top of pages in an account book
1872
Box 1:18
Crew List and Agreement for Voyage from San Francisco to Eureka, California and return trip.
1875
Box 1:19
Store account book (Oak Grove?)
1877-1881
Box 1:20
Diary of P.O. Huntley, attorney, Oroville, California
1877
Box 1:21
Commission of Frank B. Jones
1880 June 1
Box 1:22
Letter copybook of Charles F. Wilcox, attorney, San Jose, California
1883-1885
Box D Folio 2
Register, National Exchange Hotel, Nevada City, California
1885 March 19
Box 1:23
Probate document for David Finley with attached bill of John C. Mollison, ship's blacksmith, San Francisco
1886
Box 1:24
Letters from C.A. Hooper, lumber dealer, San Francisco, California regarding shipments from Mexico to San Francisco
1888
Box 1:25
Diary, unidentified of writer employed at San Francisco Mint with connections in Grass Valley.
1893-1895
Box 1:26
Induction notice to W.L. Mobley
1898
Box 1:27
Letters from San Francisco, California regarding ships' whereabouts and an earthquake
off the Farallones, two of which are on "Geographical Society of the Pacific" letterhead
1907
Physical Description:
three letters
Box 1:28-29
Wilson, Frank A., carbon copies of outgoing letters from Wilson in Truckee, California
1938-1940
Box 1:30
Society of California Pioneers, draft of committee report
undated
