Finding Aid to Overland to California: An Interesting History of the Trip of General Hammond and Robert Eliot Across the Continent in 1849 MS.620
Holly Rose Larson
Library and Archives at the Autry
2012 October 24
210 South Victory Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91502
rroom@theautry.org
Contributing Institution:
Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: Overland to California: An Interesting History of the Trip of General Hammond and Robert Eliot Across the Continent in 1849
Creator:
Eliot, Robert
Identifier/Call Number: MS.620
Physical Description:
0.1 Linear Feet
(2 folders)
Date: 1939
Abstract: This collection contains one typed copy and one carbon copy of a typed manuscript by Robert Eliot entitled, "Overland to California:
An Interesting History of the Trip of General Hammond and Robert Eliot Across the Continent in 1849." The manuscript describes
travel through Southern California.
Language of Material:
English
.
Overland to California: An Interesting History of the Trip of General Hammond and Robert Eliot Across the Continent in 1849, 1939, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.620; [folder number] [folder
title][date].
Processed by Glenna Schroeder, circa 1977-1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012
October 24, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).
This collection contains one typed copy and one carbon copy of a typed manuscript by Robert Eliot entitled, "Overland to California:
An Interesting History of the Trip of General Hammond and Robert Eliot Across the Continent in 1849." The manuscript was published
as a newspaper article in the
Essex County Republican of Port Henry, New York on March 16, 1899. The manuscript describes travel through Southern California. The copies were made
from a typed copy owned by Grant Foreman of Muskogee, Oklahoma.
Copy made by Mrs. Cody in the Southwest Museum from a copy lent by Grant Foreman, 1939 January.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Manuscripts
Typescripts
California -- Description and travel
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Carbon copies
California, Southern -- Description and travel
Hammond, General