Collection Contents
Research Material
Research Material: Annals of San Francisco – Bibliographic References 5
Annals of San Francisco [c.1949]. 2 items.
Applegate, Jesse [c.1949]. 5 items.
Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography [c.1949]. 5 items.
Avery, Benjamin [c.1949]. 4 items.
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad [c.1949]. 2 items.
Bancroft, Hubert Howe [c.1949]. 29 items.
Bibliographical References 1 [undated]. Approximately 130 items. Cataloger’s Note: this material was originally in a folder entitled “Bib Refs.”
Bibliographical References 2. [undated]. Approximately 140 items. Cataloger’s Note: this material was originally in a folder entitled “Bib Refs.”
Bibliographical References 3. [undated]. Approximately 140 items. Cataloger’s Note: this material was originally in a folder entitled “Bib Refs.”
Bibliographical References 4. [undated]. Approximately 160 items. Cataloger’s Note: this material was originally in a folder entitled “Bib Refs.”
Bibliographical References 5. [undated]. Approximately 160 items. Cataloger’s Note: this material was originally in a folder entitled “Bib Refs.”
Research Material: Blanchet, Francois – Gold Rush: Introduction 2
Blanchet, Francois (1936-1941). 21 items.
Brier, Juliet Wells [c.1949]. 2 items.
Bruff’s Camp (1939). 7 items.
Bryant, Edwin (1937-1948). 54 items.
Buffum, Edward Gould [c.1949]. 2 items.
Caldwell [c.1949]. 5 items.
California State Library (1936). 35 items.
Chalfant, W. A. [c.1949]. 3 items.
Chittenden, H. M. [c.1949]. 10 items.
Coe Collection (1948). 60 items.
Cole, Gilbert [c.1949]. 1 item.
Coy, Owen [c.1949]. 3 items.
Delano, Alonzo [c.1949]. 10 items.
Drew, C. S. [c.1949]. 4 items.
Fairchild, Lucius [c.1949]. 5 items.
Fairfield, Asa M. [c.1949]. 1 item.
Farris & Smith [c.1949]. 4 items.
Farrow's Military Encyclopedia [c.1949]. 3 items. 19. Fort Hall (1932-1939). 18 items.
Frémont, John C. [c.1949]. 12 items.
General Wilson [c.1949]. 33 items.
Gold Rush: Acknowledgements [c.1949]. 5 items. Includes copies of two letters between Georgia Willis Read and Columbia University Press, Mildred Prinzing, 1942.
Gold Rush: Bibliography [c.1949]. 2 items.
Gold Rush: Introduction 1 [c.1949]. Approximately 80 items.
Gold Rush: Introduction 2 [c.1949]. Approximately 80 items.
Research Material: Gold Rush: Index – Keller, George
Gold Rush: Index [c.1949]. 11 items.
Gold Rush: Columbia University Press correspondence (1931-1939). 90 items.
Gold Rush: Columbia University Press correspondence (1941-1947). 72 items.
Gold Rush: Columbia University Press correspondence (1948-1951). 89 items.
Gold Rush: Re: Bruff documents (1932-1943). 15 items.
Goldsmith, Oliver [c.1949]. 5 items.
Henderson Company (1948). 2 items.
Hittell, John S. [c.1949]. 21 items.
Howell, Elijah [c.1949]. 2 items.
Hutchings’ Illustrated California Magazine [c.1949]. 5 items.
Indians of North America (1918-1923). 101 items.
Johnson, Theodore [c.1949]. 1 item.
Keller, George [c.1949]. 1 item.
Research Material: Lassen Trail – Niles’ Register
Lassen Trail [c.1949]. 27 items.
Lockley, Fred [c.1949]. 1 item.
Logan, Thomas M. [c.1949]. 2 items.
Mason, R. B. [c.1949]. 5 items.
McArthur, Lewis A. (1939-1944). 13 items.
McIlhany, Edward Washington [c.1949]. 2 items.
Miller, Joaquin (1930). 3 items.
Miscellaneous Notes 1 [c.1949]. Approximately 80 items.
Miscellaneous Notes 2 [c.1949]. Approximately 60 items.
Miscellaneous Notes 3 [c.1949]. Approximately 100 items.
Miscellaneous Notes 4 [c.1949]. Approximately 110 items.
Mormon Guide [c.1949]. 9 items.
Muir, John [c.1949]. 3 items.
Niles’ Register [c.1949]. 7 items.
Research Material: Overland Routes 1 – Powers, Stephen
Overland Routes 1 (1942). Approximately 80 items.
Overland Routes 2 [c.1942]. Approximately 100 items.
Overland Routes 3 [c.1942]. Approximately 50 items.
Paden, Irene [c.1949]. 6 items.
Palmer, Joel [c.1949]. 5 items.
Platt, Elvira [c.1949]. 1 item.
Powers, Stephen [c.1949]. 2 items.
Research Material: Research Notebook – Wildlife and Vegetation
Research Notebook (1942-1947). 26 items. Includes several notes found in back of notebook.
Research Notebook: binder [c.1942]. 1 item. In Oversize Box 14.
Research Notebooks (1949). 2 items.
Research Notebooks: spiral notebooks [undated]. 3 items.
Rucker, Daniel H. [c.1949]. 9 items.
Sedgley, Joseph [c.1949]. 3 items.
Seward, William H. [c.1949]. 1 item.
Shaw, Reuben Cole [c.1949]. 2 items.
Shinn, Charles [c.1949]. 3 items.
Ships [c.1949]. 2 items.
Spanish California [c.1949]. 15 items.
Stansbury, Howard [c.1949]. 10 items.
Stoneman’s Mt. [c.1949]. 6 items.
Warner and Lyon [c.1949]. 2 items.
Washington Gold Mining Company [c.1949]. 3 items.
Water Issues (1898-1948). 35 items.
Wildlife and Vegetation [c.1949]. 51 items.
Correspondence
Correspondence, A – O
Alexander, A. John. 1 letter (1947, Nov. 1) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952. With envelope.
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. 7 letters (1936-1937) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1925. Signed by Enoch F. Bell and Dorothy Cole. 13 items. Includes transcripts of Cherokee Advocate.
Arkansas History Commission. 2 letters (1937) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952. Signed by Dallas T. (Dallas Tabor) Herndon, b. 1878.
Austin, W. Harold. 1 letter (1948, Feb. 6) to Georgia Willis Read. With envelope.
Bagley, Joseph L. 2 letters (1941-1943) to Georgia Willis Read.
Bancroft Library. 6 letters (1937-1947) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952. Signed by Herbert Ingram Priestley, 1875-1944, George P. (George Peter) Hammond, 1896-1993, and Eleanor Bancroft. 7 items. Includes letter by A. L. Kreber to Gaines.
Bancroft Library. 6 letters (1939-1947) to Georgia Willis Read. Signed by Herbert Eugene Bolton, 1870-1953, Herbert Ingram Priestley, 1875-1944 and George P. (George Peter) Hammond, 1896-1993.
Boston Evening Transcript. 1 letter (1938, Aug. 8) to Georgia Willis Read. Signed by Edwin Francis Edgett, 1867-1946.
Brokenshire, Wesley J. 12 letters (1939-1948) to Georgia Willis Read.
California Historical Society. 2 letters (1935-1948) to Georgia Willis Read. Signed by Dorothy Huggins Harding, 1894- and Edna Martin Parratt.
California State Library. 11 letters (1934-1947) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952. 12 items. Signed by Mabel R. Gillis and Phyllis Klang. Includes note about Henry Hicks.
California State Library. 1 letter (1938, Aug. 22) to Verna Moulton. Signed by Mabel R. Gillis.
California State Library. 20 letters (1932-1942) to Georgia Willis Read. Signed by Mabel R. Gillis.
Charles Scribner's Sons. 2 letters (1947-1948) to Georgia Willis Read. Signed by R. V. (Roy V.) Coleman, 1885-1971 and Joseph G. E. Hopkins.
Chisman, James, Mrs. 1 letter (1940, Aug. 21) to Georgia Willis Read. 2 items. Includes newspaper clipping and envelope.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. 1 letter (1936, Apr. 9) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952. Signed by A. William Lund.
Corcoran Gallery of Art. 1 letter (1936, Apr. 7) to Georgia Willis Read. Signed by C. Powell Minnigerode.
Culmer, Frederic Arthur. 2 letters (1937-1947) to Georgia Willis Read. 7 items. Includes transcripts of letters by John Wilson and Ann R. Wilson (1849-1852).
Curtis, Grace W. 3 letters [undated] to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952.
Dakin, Gertrude. 3 letters (1947) to Georgia Willis Read.
Dartmouth College. Library. 12 letters (1937-1947) to Georgia Willis Read. Signed by Paul Allen, Caroline Neef Headley, and Mildred Brode.
Dodds, George E. 1 letter (1937, Mar. 27) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952. 23 items. Includes 22 handwritten newspaper clipping transcripts.
Dodds, George E. 2 letters (1937) to Georgia Willis Read.
Doheny, Estelle, 1875-1958. 1 letter (1936, Apr. 23) to Georgia Willis Read.
Dorman, John Frederick. 1 letter (1948, July 19) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952.
Eberstadt, Edward, 1883-1958. 1 letter (1948, June 28) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952.
Eberstadt, Edward, 1883-1958. 6 letters (1948-1949) to Georgia Willis Read. 7 items. Includes copy of “The Book Club of California Quarterly News-Letter” (1948, Spring).
Ellenbecker, Irene. 1 letter (1947, June 1) to Georgia Willis Read.
Ellenbecker, John G. 1 letter (1940, Dec. 4) to Georgia Willis Read.
Evans, George. 1 letter (1938, Mar. 25) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952.
Farquhar, Francis Peloubet, 1887-1974. 1 letter (1937, Apr. 8) to Ruth Gaines, 1877- 1952.
Filson Club. 1 letter (1948, Feb. 5) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952. With envelope. 33. Foreman, Grant, 1869-1953. 8 letters (1935-1940) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952.
Freemasons. Grand Lodge of California. 1 letter (1948, June 23) to Georgia Willis Read. Signed by Leon O. Whitsell, b. 1876.
Gabriel, Ralph Henry, 1890-1987. 1 letter (1944, Sep. 7) to Georgia Willis Read.
Gaines, George. 1 letter (1948, Nov. 30) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952.
Gaines, Ruth, 1877-1952. 3 letters (1937) to Arkansas History Commission. Addressed to Dallas T. (Dallas Tabor) Herndon, b. 1878.
Gaines, Ruth, 1877-1952. 1 letter (1937, Feb. 1) to Bancroft Library. Addressed to Eleanor Bancroft.
Gaines, Ruth, 1877-1952. 3 letters (1938-1948) to California State Library. Addressed to Mabel R. Gillis and Caroline Wenzel, 1886-1959.
Gaines, Ruth, 1877-1952. 4 letters (1937) to Francis Peloubet Farquhar, 1887-1974.
Gaines, Ruth, 1877-1952. 1 letter (1936, Apr. 1) to Grant Foreman, 1869-1953.
Gaines, Ruth, 1877-1952. 1 letter (1947, Nov. 16) to Kentucky Historical Society. Addressed to Bayless E. (Bayless Evans) Hardin, 1912-1956.
Gaines, Ruth, 1877-1952. 1 letter (1944, May 31) to Lewis A. (Lewis Ankeny) McArthur, 1883-1951.
Gaines, Ruth, 1877-1952. 5 letters (1937-1939) to Nevada. Dept. of Highways. Addressed to Mary L. Ream and Fred G. Greulich.
Gaines, Ruth, 1877-1952. 4 letters (1947) to Oakland Tribune. Addressed to Joseph R. (Joseph Russell) Knowland, 1873-1966.
Gaines, Ruth, 1877-1952. 3 letters (1949) to Fred Blackburn Rogers.
Gaines, Ruth, 1877-1952. 4 letters (1941-1944) to Southwest Museum (Los Angeles, Calif.). Addressed to M. R. (Mark Raymond) Harrington, 1882-1971.
Gaines, Ruth, 1877-1952. 2 letters (1937) to Florence P. Spofford. 3 items. Includes copy of letter by Gaines to “Miss Cole.”
Gaines, Ruth, 1877-1952. 1 letter (1938, Mar. 31) to Susanville Chamber of Commerce.
Gaines, Ruth, 1877-1952. 1 letter (1947, June 27) to Yale University. Library. Addressed to David H. Clift.
Gaines, Ruth, 1877-1952 and Georgia Willis Read. 1 letter [1936] to Grant Foreman, 1869-1953. With envelope.
Gaines, Ruth, 1877-1952 and Georgia Willis Read. 7 letters (1939) to Nevada. Dept. of Highways. 8 items. Includes note. Addressed to Mary L. Ream and Fred G. Greulich.
Gerking, Elmer Charles. 2 letters (1947) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952.
Hanley, James C. 2 letters (1949) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952 and Georgia Willis Read. With envelopes.
Harding, Ellen T. 7 letters (1948-1949) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952. With envelopes.
Harvard University. Library. 2 letters (1941) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952. Signed by Robert H. Haynes.
Harvard University. Library. 4 letters (1944) to Georgia Willis Read. Signed by Keyes DeWitt Metcalf, 1889-1983.
Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. 14 letters (1932-1949) to Georgia Willis Read. Signed by Reginald Berti Haselden, 1881-, Leslie E. Bliss and Noya Haydee. 20 items. Includes copy of letter by Read to Haselden and other items.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 1 letter (1936, June 11) to Georgia Willis Read. Signed by Julian P. (Julian Parks) Boyd, 1903-1980.
Hodge, Frederick Webb, 1864-1956. 2 letters (1941-1943) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952.
Hodge, Frederick Webb, 1864-1956. 9 letters (1930-1947) to Georgia Willis Read. 12 items. Includes copy of letter by Hodge to Herbert Eugene Bolton, 1870-1953, note by Read and copy of letter to Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
Iowa State College. 1 letter (1937, Jan. 26) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952. Signed by Fred W. (Frederick William) Lorch, 1893-1967.
Kansas State Historical Society. 1 letter (1935, Dec. 18) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952. Signed by Helen M. McFarland.
Kentucky Historical Society. 1 letter (1947, Nov. 18) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952. Signed by Bayless E. (Bayless Evans) Hardin, 1912-1956.
Leland, J. A. C. 2 letters (1950) to Georgia Willis Read and Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952. With envelope.
Library of Congress. 1 letter (1949, Aug. 10) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952. Signed by Francisco Aguilera.
Library of Congress. 5 letters (1927-1950) to Georgia Willis Read. 6 items. Includes copy of Library of Congress memorandum. Signed by Charles Martel, 1860-1945, Lawrence Martin, 1880-1955, Robert C. Gooch and Donald C. (Donald Carver) Holmes, 1911-.
Lindenwood College. 2 letters (1947) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952. Signed by Kate L. (Kate Leila) Gregg, d. 1954. 3 items. Includes list of Photostats. With envelopes.
Louisville Free Public Library. 1 letter (1948, Jan. 5) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952. Signed by Edna J. Grauman.
Marysville City Library. 4 letters (1941) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952. Signed by Ella Danielson.
McArthur, Lewis A. (Lewis Ankeny), 1883-1951. 2 letters (1944-1947) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952.
McArthur, Lewis A. (Lewis Ankeny), 1883-1951. 3 letters (1947) to Georgia Willis Read.
McArthur, Nellie Pipes. 1 letter (1947, Oct. 18) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952. With envelope.
McArthur, Nellie Pipes. 1 letter (1947, June 5) to Georgia Willis Read.
Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942. 1 letter (1937, Jan. 11) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952.
Museum of New Mexico. Library. 1 letter (1949, Aug. 26) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952. Signed by Evelyn Bauer.
National Archives (U.S.). 6 letters (1939-1949) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952. 9 items. Includes two reference service reports and a pension records summary. Signed by Philip M. (Philip May) Hamer, 1891-, Vernon G. Setser, 1902-, Arthur H. Leavitt, Elbert L. Huber, Karl L. Trever, Margareth Jorgensen and Marshall D. Moody.
National Archives (U.S.). 5 letters (1942-1944) to Georgia Willis Read. 7 items. Includes note about maps and receipt. Signed by Philip M. (Philip May) Hamer, 1891-.
Native Sons of Kansas City, Missouri. 4 letters (1946-1948) to Georgia Willis Read. 5 items. Includes biography of pioneer Milton McGee. Signed by James Anderson.
Nevada. Dept. of Highways. 10 letters (1937-1939) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952. 11 items. Signed by Mary L. Ream and Fred G. Greulich. Includes note.
Nevada. Dept. of Highways. 3 letters (1939-1940) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952 and Georgia Willis Read. 7 items. Includes photographs. Signed by Mary L. Ream and Fred G. Greulich.
Nevada. Dept. of Highways. 9 letters (1939-1948) to Georgia Willis Read. Signed by Mary L. Ream.
New-York Historical Society. 1 letter (1932, Mar. 12) to Georgia Willis Read. Signed by Alexander J. (Alexander James) Wall, 1884-1944.
Newberry Library. 1 letter (1939, Apr. 22) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952. Signed by George Burwell Utley, 1876-1946.
Newberry Library. 1 letter (1939, Oct. 25) to Georgia Willis Read. Signed by Ruth Lapham Butler, b. 1896.
New Hampshire State Library. 1 letter (1947, Dec. 21) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952. Signed by Mildred Peterson McKay.
Oakland Tribune. 1 letter (1947, Oct. 16) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952. Signed by Joseph R. (Joseph Russell) Knowland, 1873-1966.
Oklahoma Historical Society. 1 letter (1947, May 21) to Georgia Willis Read. Signed by Louise Cook.
Oregon Historical Society. Library. 3 letters (1938-1940) to Georgia Willis Read. 4 items. Includes biography of James Brown “One Arm Brown.” Signed by Nellie Pipes McArthur and Irene Upson.
Oroville Press. 2 letters (1945-1947) to Georgia Willis Read. Signed by J. H. Pank.
Correspondence, P – Y and unidentified
Pacific County (Wash.). Library. 1 letter (1947, May 13) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952. Signed by Ella Danielson.
Paden, Irene Dakin, 1888-1974. 2 letters (1944-1947) to Georgia Willis Read.
Pittman, E. F. 1 letter (1941, Mar. 10) to Georgia Willis Read.
Procter, Nellie J. 1 letter [undated] to Georgia Willis Read.
Proctor, Mary. 1 letter [1947] to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952. With envelope.
Proctor, Mary. 2 letters (1947-1949) to Georgia Willis Read.
Proctor, Mary. 5 letters to (1948-1949) Georgia Willis Read and Ruth Gaines, 1877- 1952.
Rea, Dixie Bell. 8 letters (1947-1949) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952. 13 items. Includes newspaper clippings, a photograph and fabric piece.
Rea, Dixie Bell. 1 letter [1949] to Georgia Willis Read. With envelope.
Read, Georgia Willis. 1 letter (1937, Apr. 3) to American Antiquarian Society. Library. Addressed to R. W. G. (Robert William Glenroie) Vail, 1890-1966.
Read, Georgia Willis. 2 letters (1941-1943) to Joseph L. Bagley. Includes copy of trail route. 3 items.
Read, Georgia Willis. 7 letters (1939-1947) to Bancroft Library. Addressed to Herbert Ingram Priestley, 1875-1944, George P. (George Peter) Hammond, 1896-1993 and Herbert Eugene Bolton, 1870-1953. 9 items.
Read, Georgia Willis. 15 letters (1939-1948) to Wesley J. Brokenshire. 18 items. Includes notes re: Bruff’s Camp.
Read, Georgia Willis. 2 letters (1935-1948) to California Historical Society. Addressed to Edna Martin Parratt.
Read, Georgia Willis. 27 letters (1932-1942) to California State Library. Addressed to Mabel R. Gillis.
Read, Georgia Willis. 7 letters (1944-1948) to Charles Scribner's Sons. Addressed to R. V. (Roy V.) Coleman, 1885-1971 and Joseph G. E. Hopkins.
Read, Georgia Willis. 1 letter (1932, July 9) to A. H. Clough. 2 items. Includes statement about Joseph Goldsborough Bruff, 1804-1889 and Warren G. Clough.
Read, Georgia Willis. 6 letters (1937-1947) to Frederic Arthur Culmer.
Read, Georgia Willis. 1 letter (1947, June 6) to Gertrude Dakin.
Read, Georgia Willis. 8 letters (1947) to Dartmouth College. Library. Addressed to Ellen F. (Ellen Frances) Adams, 1893-1985, Caroline Neef Headley and Gordon C. Abrams. 9 items. Includes copy of letter by Enid F. Tanner to Oliver L. Lilley.
Read, Georgia Willis. 2 letters (1937) to George E. Dodds. 3 items. Includes note.
Read, Georgia Willis. 7 letters (1948-1949) to Edward Eberstadt, 1883-1958. 8 items. Includes page from publication.
Read, Georgia Willis. 1 letter (1947, Apr. 30) to John G. Ellenbecker.
Read, Georgia Willis. 2 letters (1937) to Francis Peloubet Farquhar, 1887-1974.
Read, Georgia Willis. 2 letters (1948) to Freemasons. Grand Lodge of California. Addressed to Leon O. Whitsell, b. 1876.
Read, Georgia Willis. 1 letter (1944, Aug. 16) to Ralph Henry Gabriel, 1890-1987.
Read, Georgia Willis. 1 letter (1949, Nov. 8) to James C. Hanley.
Read, Georgia Willis. 3 letters (1944) to Harvard University. Library. Addressed to Keyes DeWitt Metcalf, 1889-1983.
Read, Georgia Willis. 7 letters (1933-1950) to Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Addressed to Leslie E. Bliss. 10 items. Includes item about Bruff manuscript and copy of letter by Frederick Coykendall, 1872-1954 to Max Farrand, 1869-1945.
Read, Georgia Willis. 2 letters (1947-1951) to Frederick Webb Hodge, 1864-1956.
Read, Georgia Willis. 10 letters (1927-1950) to Library of Congress. Addressed to Charles Martel, 1860-1945, Lawrence Martin, 1880-1955 and Donald C. (Donald Carver) Holmes, 1911-. 12 items. With two notes.
Read, Georgia Willis. 2 letters (1947) to Lewis A. (Lewis Ankeny) McArthur, 1883- 1951.
Read, Georgia Willis. 1 letter (1937, July 11) to C. Hart (Clinton Hart) Merriam, 1855- 1942.
Read, Georgia Willis. 8 letters (1941-1948) to National Archives (U.S.). 11 items. Includes receipts and note. Addressed to W. L. G. (Wolfgang Louis Gottfried) Joerg, 1885-1952, Pension Records Division and Philip M. (Philip May) Hamer, 1891-.
Read, Georgia Willis. 4 letters (1940-1948) to Nevada. Dept. of Highways. Addressed to Mary L. Ream and Robert A. Allen, 1885-1968.
Read, Georgia Willis. 3 letters (1947) to Oklahoma Historical Society. Addressed to Louise Cook and “Dear Sirs.”
Read, Georgia Willis. 3 letters (1938-1947) to Oregon Historical Society. Library. Addressed to Nellie Pipes McArthur.
Read, Georgia Willis. 1 letter (1947, Mar. 20) to Oroville Press. Addressed to J. H. Pank.
Read, Georgia Willis. 3 letters (1944-1947) to Irene Dakin Paden, 1888-1974. 5 items. Includes two notes.
Read, Georgia Willis. 1 letter (1937, Mar. 6) to Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. Addressed to Edward Sapir, 1884-1939.
Read, Georgia Willis. 1 letter (1942, Jan. 15) to Postmaster, Meriden, Conn. Following the above is reply letter (1942, Jan. 17) by W. J. Ryan. With envelope.
Read, Georgia Willis. 2 letters (1936) to United States. Army. Office of the Judge Advocate General. 3 items. Addressed to H. R. Bitzing. Includes copy of letter by Georgia Willis Read to C. L. Cannon.
Read, Georgia Willis. 1 letter (1939, Aug. 5) to United States. War Dept. Office of the Chief of Engineers.
Read, Georgia Willis. 2 letters (1944) to University of California, Los Angeles. Library. 3 items. Includes note. Addressed to Lawrence Clark Powell, 1906-2001.
Read, Georgia Willis. 1 letter (1947, May 14) to University of Texas. Library.
Read, Georgia Willis. 1 letter (1937, Apr. 2) to H. P. (Helen Putnam) Van Sicklen, b. 1894.
Read, Georgia Willis. 1 letter (1947, Aug. 16) to Yale University. Library. Addressed to Dorothy W. Bridgewater.
Read, Gertrude. 1 letter (1948, Jan. 26) to Georgia Willis Read. With envelope.
Rogers, Fred Blackburn. 1 letter (1949, Aug. 21) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952. With envelope.
Rogers, Fred Blackburn. 3 letters (1949) to Georgia Willis Read and Ruth Gaines, 1877- 1952.
San Francisco Public Library. 1 letter (1938, May 6) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952. Signed by Robert Rea.
Silsby Free Public Library. 2 letters (1947) to Georgia Willis Read. 10 items. Signed by Jennie E. Smith. Includes letters by Catharine Pratt and Mildred Peterson McKay, New Hampshire State Library, to Smith, note about reference books wanted by Read, and memo from Library of Congress and letter by Smith to Library of Congress. Also copy of letter by Smith to Inez Haskell, Oregon Historical Society.
Smithsonian Institution. 1 letter (1936, Dec. 19) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952. Signed by Alexander Wetmore, 1886-1978.
Society of California Pioneers. 2 letters (1947) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952. Signed by Helen S. Griffin.
Society of California Pioneers. 1 letter (1940, July 5) to Georgia Willis Read. Signed by Helen S. Griffin.
Southwest Museum (Los Angeles, Calif.). 3 letters (1938-1944) to Ruth Gaines, 1877- 1952. Signed by M. R. (Mark Raymond) Harrington, 1882-1971.
Spofford, Florence P. 7 letters (1937) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952.
State Historical Society of Colorado. 1 letter (1937, Sep. 10) to Ruth Gaines, 1877- 1952. Signed by LeRoy R. (LeRoy Reuben) Hafen, 1893-1985.
State Historical Society of Iowa. 1 letter (1936, Apr. 14) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952. Signed by Benjamin Franklin Shambaugh, 1871-1940.
State Historical Society of Missouri. 6 letters (1936-1947) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952. 8 items. Signed by Stella Madeleine Drumm and F. C. (Floyd Calvin) Shoemaker, b. 1886. Includes typescript from Missouri Statesman and Photostat of clipping.
State Historical Society of Missouri. 4 letters (1937-1948) to Georgia Willis Read. 5 items. Signed by F. C. (Floyd Calvin) Shoemaker, b. 1886 and Marie Woods. Includes excerpt from Illustrated History of Missouri by W. F. (William Franklin) Switzler, 1819- 1906.
State Historical Society of Wisconsin. 1 letter (1936, Sep. 24) to Ruth Gaines, 1877- 1952. Signed by Charles E. (Charles Edward) Brown, 1872-1946.
State Street Trust Company (Boston, Mass.). 1 letter (1937, Aug. 10) to Georgia Willis Read. Signed by Ralph Mason Eastman, 1891-.
Susanville Chamber of Commerce. 3 letters (1938-1947) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952. Signed by Asher Hoffman.
Tarpgaard, Inger. 1 letter (1940, Aug. 23) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952. With envelope.
Toole, A. W. 1 letter (1935, Dec. 10) to Georgia Willis Read. With envelope.
Union Pacific Collection at the Western Heritage Museum. 1 letter (1940, July 25) to Georgia Willis Read. Signed by Ruth Cultra Hamilton.
United States. Army. Office of the Judge Advocate General. 1 letter (1936, Mar. 17) to Georgia Willis Read. Signed by H. R. Bitzing. Includes copy of letter by Bitzing to C. L. Cannon, 1936, Mar. 11.
United States. Navy. Office of Naval Records and Library. 1 letter (1942, Mar. 31) to Georgia Willis Read. Signed by D. W. Knox.
United States. Office of Indian Affairs. 2 letters (1937-1939) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952. 6 items. Includes research notes. Signed by Anita S. Tilden.
United States. War Dept. Office of the Chief of Engineers. 1 letter (1939, Aug. 28) to Georgia Willis Read. Signed by P. H. Timothy.
United States Mint. 1 letter (1937, Dec. 22) to Georgia Willis Read. Signed by Edwin Dressel.
University of California, Los Angeles. 1 letter (1944, Dec. 15) to Georgia Willis Read. 4 items. Signed by Lawrence Clark Powell, 1906-2001. Includes strip of microfilm, facsimile copy of document and copy of letter by Powell to Keyes DeWitt Metcalf, 1889- 1983, 1944, Oct. 28.
University of Pennsylvania. School of Medicine. 1 letter (1935, Dec. 24) to Georgia Willis Read. Signed by William Pepper, 1874-1947.
University of Texas. Library. 1 letter (1947, May 19) to Georgia Willis Read. Signed by Mrs. C. Robbins.
University of Utah. Library. 1 letter (1936, Feb. 3) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952. Signed by Esther Nelson.
Van Sicklen, H. P. (Helen Putnam), b. 1894. 1 letter (1949, Sep. 23) to Georgia Willis Read. With envelope.
Wyoming State Library. 1 letter (1940, Feb. 17) to Georgia Willis Read. Signed by Gladys F. Riley.
Yale University. Dept. of the Social Sciences. 2 letters (1937) to Ruth Gaines, 1877- 1952. Signed by Edward Sapir, 1884-1939.
Yale University. Library. 12 letters (1935-1948) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952. 13 items. Signed by C. L. Cannon, Dorothy W. Bridgewater, James T. (James Tinkham) Babb, 1899-1968 and David H. Clift. With notes.
Yale University. Library. 1 letter (1948, Oct. 27) to Georgia Willis Read.
-----, Elizabeth. 1 letter (1951, Feb. 15) to Georgia Willis Read. On verso: handwritten notes.
-----, Ethel. 2 letters (1943) to Georgia Willis Read.
-----, Fanny. 1 letter (1948, Mar. 22) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952. With envelope.
-----, Peggy. 3 letters (1948) to Georgia Willis Read.
-----. 1 letter (1937, May 26) to Georgia Willis Read.
Ephemera
Ephemera: Achomawi Geography – Missouri Historical Review
Achomawi Geography (1928). 1 item.
California Historical Society Quarterly (1947, Dec.). 1 item.
Chronicles of Oklahoma (1934, June). 1 item.
Clippings (1849-1950). 30 items. Eight are in Oversize Box 14.
Maps: Lassen Trail and National Forest (1933-1951). 21 items. In Oversize Box 14. Includes 5 letters between Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952, Georgia Willis Read and land surveyor E. F. Lawrence.
Maps: Photostats (1858-1949). 6 items. In Oversize Box 14. Includes letter by National Archives (U.S.), W. L. G. (Wolfgang Louis Gottfried) Joerg, 1885-1952, to Georgia Willis Read, 1949, Feb. 8.
Maps: USGS (1909-1935). 10 items. In Oversize Box 14.
Miscellaneous Ephemera (1928-1948). 12 items. One item in Oversize Box 14.
Missouri Historical Review (1930-1947). 3 items.
Ephemera: Photostats – Yale University Library Gazette
Photostats: Bruff’s Journal (1849). 4 items. In Oversize Box 15 and separate folders.
Photostats: Publications (1849-1852). 9 items.
Photostats: Southwest Museum (Los Angeles, Calif.) (1938). 6 items. Includes handwritten note by Frederick Webb Hodge, 1864-1956 to Georgia Willis Read, 1938, May 30.
Quarterly of The Society of California Pioneers (1925-1930). 2 items.
Yale University Library Gazette (1948, Oct.). 1 item.
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Bruff Sketches (hand-drawn copies) [c. 1849]. 1 item. In fragile condition; torn. Pieces missing.
Bruff’s Big Map [c.1849]. 5 items.
California Herald – Maps (1848-1849). 8 items.
Cherokee Advocate (1849-1850). 7 items.
Evening Picayune (1850). 6 items.
Louisville Weekly Courier (1849). 7 items.
“Map of the Emigrant Road from Independence, Mo. To S. Francisco” by T. H. Jefferson. Parts I-IV (1849). 4 items.
Missouri Statesman (1849, Nov. 2). 1 item.
New York Herald (1848, Nov. 2). 1 item.
Saturday Morning Visitor (1848, July 29). 1 item.
Springfield Advertiser (1849). 3 items.
St. Joseph Gazette (1948, Nov. 30). 1 item.
True Delta (1850-1851). 5 items.
Vinita Leader (1898). 2 items.
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