"My first Christmas in Nevada" Manuscript, undated

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Summary

Creators:
anonymous
Abstract:
Presumably the account is of the author's own experience. Manuscript includes 21 pages of an incomplete and handwritten account. The account is about a girl, presumably the author, growing up in England and going to America after the death of her mother to live with her older sister and brother-in-law. The manuscript ends with her on a train before her arrival to Nevada on Christmas day. The name of the author is unknown.
Extent:
21 pages (1 folder)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

"My first Christmas in Nevada" Manuscript, undated, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.566.

Background

Scope and content:

Manuscript includes 21 pages of an incomplete and handwritten account. The account is about a girl, presumably the author, growing up in England and going to America after the death of her mother to live with her older sister and brother-in-law. The manuscript ends with her on a train before her arrival to Nevada on Christmas day.

Biographical / historical:

Presumably the account is of the author's own experience. The account is of a young woman born and raised in England. Her father died when she was a baby and her mother was in delicate health so she was largely raised by her sister, Edith, who was ten years older than the author. She also had a brother Edwin who married when the author was ten and moved to Scotland.

Edith married when the author was 15 and moved to America - somewhere west of the Rocky Mountains says the author - possibly California. Her mother died when the author was 18. The author decided to go to America to live with her sister and brother-in-law. She describes leaving her old home, taking a steamer from Liverpool, England, resting with friends in New York and then taking the train West.

Acquisition information:
Unknown, possibly pulled from MS.4 George Wharton James collection held at the Braun Research Library, Autry Museum of the American West.
Processing information:

Processing of collection and publication of finding aid made possible by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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Preferred citation:

"My first Christmas in Nevada" Manuscript, undated, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.566.

Location of this collection:
4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles, CA 90027, US
Contact:
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