Finding Aid to the Memorandum or Travels to California by Charles O. Loomis MS.619
Holly Rose Larson
Library and Archives at the Autry
2012 October 23
210 South Victory Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91502
rroom@theautry.org
Contributing Institution:
Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: Memorandum or Travels to California by Charles O. Loomis
Creator:
Loomis, Charles O.
Identifier/Call Number: MS.619
Physical Description:
0.2 Linear Feet
(4 folders)
Date (inclusive): 1852-1926
Date (bulk): 1852-1853
Abstract: This collection contains a leather-bound journal, written in pencil and ink, written by Charles O. Loomis of Ripley, Chatauqua
County, New York, during his travels to California from March 25, 1852 to March 25, 1853.
Language of Material:
English
.
Processed by Glenna Schroeder, circa 1977-1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012
October 23, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).
Memorandum or Travels to California by Charles O. Loomis, 1852-1853, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.619.
The journal was left by the Charles O. Loomis in a hotel owned by D. W. Madden in Tulare, California. Madden's granddaughter,
Lillian Gorham, donated the volume to the Southwest Museum in 1926.
This collection contains a leather-bound journal, written in pencil and ink, written by Charles O. Loomis of Ripley, Chatauqua
County, New York, during his travels to California from March 25, 1852 to March 25, 1853. Written on the first page: Memorandum
or Travels to California. This collection also includes a typed transcript of the journal, and acid-free copies of the typed
transcript.
Donation from Lillian Gorham, 1926 July 22.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Manuscripts
California -- Description and travel
Diaries
Cholera
Paiute Indians
Typescripts
Overland journeys to the Pacific