Finding Aid to the "Across the Plains in 1850" and "In Camp and Cabin" Clippings Collection MS.632

Holly Rose Larson
Library and Archives at the Autry
2012 October 25
210 South Victory Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91502
rroom@theautry.org


Contributing Institution: Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: "Across the Plains in 1850" and "In Camp and Cabin" Clippings Collection
Creator: Steele, John, Reverend
Identifier/Call Number: MS.632
Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet (1 scrapbook)
Date (inclusive): 1930-1931
Abstract: This is a collection of newspaper clippings of two serial columns by the Reverend John Steele, bound in a single scrapbook by Library staff. The columns, "Across the Plains in 1850" and its sequel, "In Camp And Cabin" ran in the Wisonsin newspaper, the Lodi Enterprise from 1930-1931.
Language of Material: English .

Scope and Contents

This is a collection of newspaper clippings of two serial columns by the Reverend John Steele, bound in a single scrapbook by Library staff. The columns, "Across the Plains in 1850" and its sequel, "In Camp And Cabin" ran in the Wisonsin newspaper, the Lodi Enterprise from 1930-1931.

Publications note

Libraries each have a copy of final publication "In Camp and Cabin" and "Across the Plains in 1850."

Acquisition

Donated by John W. Sherman, 1949 February.

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

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.

Processing history

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).

Preferred citation

"Across the Plains in 1850" and "In Camp and Cabin" Clippings Collection, 1930-1931, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.632.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Frontier and pioneer life -- California
Lodi Enterprise
California -- Description and travel
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Across the Plains in 1850 In Camp and Cabin
Scrapbooks
Clippings