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MS.560
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Title: Jayhawkers of '49 Clippings Collection
Identifier/Call Number: MS.560
Contributing Institution:
Autry National Center, Braun Research Library
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.1 linear feet
(2 folders)
Date (inclusive): 1916-1934
Abstract: The Jayhawkers of '49 were a Death Valley pioneering party, many of which died of starvation en route in 1849. This collection
includes newspaper articles on the reunion of the survivors in 1913 and a newspaper clipping on member Colonel John B. Colton
from 1916.
Processed by Glenna Schroeder, circa 1977-1981. Final processing and finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing
Archivist, 2012 October 5, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions
(NHPRC).
This collection used to include correspondence from group members and descendants of group members to Charles Fletcher Lummis,
but they were returned to the Lummis correspondence collection, MS.1.1. Correspondents include Captain John B. Colton, J.
W. Brier, Helen Brier Martin, and John Wells Brier.
The materials in this collection pertain to an 1849 Death Valley pioneering party known as the Jayhawkers of '49. This collection
includes newspaper articles on the reunion of the survivors in 1913 and a newspaper clipping on member Colonel John B. Colton
from 1916.
The Jayhawkers of '49 were a Death Valley pioneering party, many of which died of starvation en route in 1849.
Donation from A. Dwight Newton from the San Francisco Examiner, 1934 December 13.
Jayhawkers of '49 Clippings Collection, 1916-1934, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry National Center, Los Angeles; MS.560; [folder number] [folder title][date].
Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry National Center. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing to the Autry Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Autry National Center
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.
Collection is open for research. Appointments to view materials are required. To make an appointment please visit http://theautry.org/research/research-rules-and-application
or contact library staff at rroom@theautry.org.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Colton, John B.
Jayhawker Party.
Clippings
Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.)
Frontier and pioneer life -– California
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Reunions