Guide to the California Gold Rush Correspondence Collection
Special Collections & Archives
University Library
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8326
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: California Gold Rush Correspondence Collection
Creator:
Drew, M.W.
Creator:
Holden, William
Creator:
Ladd, C.K.
Creator:
Scott, Thomas
Identifier/Call Number: SC.GRC
Extent:
0.21 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1853-1863
Abstract: Letters discussing business and travel
in California during the gold rush from various goldminers to family and friends written
between 1853 and 1863.
Language of Material: English
Scope and Contents
The
California Gold Rush Correspondence Collection includes
letters discussing business and travel in California during the gold rush from various
goldminers to family and friends written between 1853 and 1863. The collection includes
letters sent to Boston, Massachusetts, Redwing, Minnesota, Fort Fairfield, Maine, and
Ottwumwa, Ohio, as well as several locations in California.
Related Material
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.
Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires
the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
Accruals:
1999
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Cohasco, Inc. Purchased, 1997.
Preferred Citation:
For information about citing items in this collection consult the appropriate style
manual, or see the
Citing Archival
Materials
guide.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Documents
Box 1, Folder 1
Letters from M. W. Drew to Mother, Father, and Brother, Boston, MA,
1853-1856
Box 1, Folder 2
Letters from M. W. Drew to "Folks at Home," Redwing, MN,
1856
Box 1, Folder 3
Letter from M. W. Drew to Mother,
1858
Box 1, Folder 4
Letters from M. W. Drew to James P. Drew, from Columbia, CA,
1860-1861
Box 1, Folder 5
Letters from M. W. Drew to James P. Drew, from San Francisco, CA,
1861
Box 1, Folder 6
Letter from M. W. Drew to James P. Drew, from American Camp,
1861
Box 1, Folder 7
Letter from M. W. Drew to Mother, from Fort Fairfield,
1863
Box 1, Folder 8
Letter from Frank to "Friend Ladd," from Willow Creek, CA,
1855
Box 1, Folder 9
Letter from John Jones to "Friend Ladd," from San Andreas, CA,
1856
Box 1, Folder 10
Letters from William Holden to Mother, from San Francisco, CA,
1854
Box 1, Folder 11
Letter from Thomas Scott to Theodore Guerez, from Ottumwa, IA,
1850