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Finding Aid for the Richard E. Lingenfelter Papers, 1957-1988
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Notebooks

 

Research Notes on 19th Century Miners Union

Box 1, Folder 1

no.1: Hard rock miners and mines. 1863-1893.

Box 1, Folder 2

no.2: Comstock miner's unions. 1863-1893.

Box 1, Folder 3

no.3: Expansion of miners labor movement. 1869-1873.

Box 2, Folder 1

no.4: Expansion of miners labor movement. 1869-1873 (continued).

Box 2, Folder 2

no.5: Union against the Chinese. 1869-1893.

Box 2, Folder 3

no.6: Miners labor notes. 1872-1880.

Box 3, Folder 1

no.7: Mining labor notes. 1872-1880 (continued).

Box 3, Folder 2

no.8: Leadville strike. 1880.

Box 3, Folder 3

no.9: The $4 fight. 1884-1885.

Box 4, Folder 1

no.10: The $4 fight. 1884-1885(continued).

Box 4, Folder 2

no.11: Butte miners union. 1878-1893.

Box 4, Folder 3

no.12: Miners labor notes. 1886-1891.

Box 5, Folder 1

no.13: The miners war. 1892-1893.

Box 5, Folder 2

no.14: Western federation of miners. 1893.

 

Manuscripts of Publications. 1957-67

 

First Through the Grand Canyon (1958)

Box 6, Folder 4

Manuscript [typescript] with illustrations.

Physical Description: ([83 leaves] In blue notebook)

Scope and Content Note

Some holograph notes.
Box 6, Folder 5

James White. Manuscript.

Physical Description: [Typescript. 72 leaves]

Scope and Content Note

1st rough draft with holograph changes & annotations.
Box 6, Folder 7

Galley sheets.

 

James White's Voyage Down the Colorado River, 24 August-7 September 1867

Box 6, Folder 6

Research notes, maps & illustrations. Miscellaneous holograph notes & correspondence re researching the volume. ca. 1957-1959.

Physical Description: ([Typescript: 53 leaves] and [ca. 45 leaves]. Holograph notes in blue binder)
 

Presses of the Pacific Islands, 1817-1867

Box 7, Folder 4

Manuscript.

Physical Description: [Typescript]

Scope and Content Note

1st copy with holograph notes & annotations.
Box 7, Folder 5

Manuscript [final typescript, photocopy] with holograph annotation.

Physical Description: (In brown notebook)

Scope and Content Note

[Also], clippings, correspondence re publication, miscellaneous notes.
Box 7, Folder 6

Proof sheets.

Box 100, Folder 1

Card index in binder, Honolulu & New Caledonia.

Box 100, Folder 2

Card index in binder, Bibliography - New Zealand.

Box 100, Folder 3

Card index in binder, Hawaiian Islands.

 

First Directory of Nevada Territory.... (1962)

Box 7, Folder 3

Introduction by REL. Manuscript [typescript] with holograph notes. Miscellaneous notes, etc. re directory.

Physical Description: (In black notebook)
 

Songs of the American West (REL, R.A. Dwyer & D. Cohen, comps. & eds. 1968)

Box 8, Folder 3

Notes on sources.

Box 8, Folder 4

Research notes.

Box 8, Folder 5

Correspondence ca. 1965-1968.

Box 9, Folder 1

Manuscript.

Box 9, Folder 2

Galley sheets.

Box 10, Folder 1

Proof sheets.

Note

See also Box 42.
Box 10, Folder 2

Song texts.

Note

See also Box 42.
 

The 'Non Pareil' Press of T.S. Harris (REL & R.A. Dwyer. 1957)

Box 6, Folder 1

Manuscript [typescript] with illustrations. 1954-1957.

Physical Description: ([47 leaves] In blue notebook)

Scope and Content Note

[Also], correspondencce re research & publication ( ca. 45 items).
Box 6, Folder 2

Manuscript.

Physical Description: [Typescript. 39 leaves]

Scope and Content Note

1st draft with holograph corrections.
Box 6, Folder 3

Galley sheets.

Box 86, Folder 6

Page proofs.

Physical Description: [In binder]
 

The Cement Hunters: Lost Gold Mine of the High Sierra (J.W. Wright. 1960)

Box 7, Folder 1

Manuscript, REL editor.

Physical Description: ([Typescript, carbon ca. 90 leaves] In blue notebook)

Scope and Content Note

With holograph notes, clippings & correspondence re publication.
Box 7, Folder 2

Newspaper clippings, REL editor.

Physical Description: (Galley sheets & page proof [photocopy]. In black notebook)
 

The Rush of '89: the Baja California Gold Fever.... (1967)

Box 8, Folder 1

Galley sheets.

Box 8, Folder 2

Research notes.

Physical Description: [Photocopy]

Scope and Content Note

With holograph notes & clippings.
 

Hardrock Miners, a History of the Mining Labor Movement in the American West, 1863-1893

 

Manuscripts, Correspondence, Research Materials. ca. 1970-1974

Box 12, Folder 2

Page proofs.

Physical Description: [278 leaves]
Box 12, Folder 3

Illustrations.

Physical Description: [24 photographs, 1 map]
Box 12, Folder 4

UC Press announcements of the publication for June 1974 & other announcements.

Box 12, Folders 5-6

Research materials.

Physical Description: [Photocopies & typed copies]

Scope and Content Note

Primarily constitutions & by-laws of various miners' unions.
Box 12, Folder 7

Correspondence. ca. 1970-1971.

Scope and Content Note

Primarily requesting research materials & information.
 

Manuscripts, Correspondence, Research Notes. ca. 1970-1974

Box 11, Folder 1

Manuscript [original] with some typescript leaves.

Physical Description: (Manuscript primarily holograph)
Box 11, Folders 2-3

Manuscript, 1st copy.

Physical Description: [Typescript, photographic reproduction]

Scope and Content Note

Folder 1 of 2: pp.1-224.
Folder 2 of 2: pp.225-460.
Box 11, Folders 4-6

Manuscript, revised copy with extensive holograph corrections.

Physical Description: [Typescript, photographic reproduction]

Scope and Content Note

Folder 1 of 3: pp.1-178.
Folder 2 of 3: pp.179-371.
Folder 3 of 3: pp.372-385.
[Also], Notes [52 leaves].
Box 12, Folder 1

Galley proofs.

Physical Description: [87 leaves]
 

Steam Navigation on the Colorado River

 

Research Materials

Box 13, Folder 1

vol.1: General histories of Colorado River steam navigation.

Physical Description: (Volumes are brown clasp notebooks with photocopies, arranged chronologically)
Box 13, Folder 2

vol.2: 1849-1852.

Physical Description: (Volumes are brown clasp notebooks with photocopies, arranged chronologically)
Box 13, Folder 3

vol.3: 1849- ca. 1865.

Physical Description: (Volumes are brown clasp notebooks with photocopies, arranged chronologically)
Box 14, Folder 1

vol.4: 1862-1870.

Physical Description: (Volumes are brown clasp notebooks with photocopies, arranged chronologically)
Box 14, Folder 2

vol.5: 1864-1870.

Physical Description: (Volumes are brown clasp notebooks with photocopies, arranged chronologically)
Box 14, Folder 3

vol.6: 1870-1877.

Physical Description: (Volumes are brown clasp notebooks with photocopies, arranged chronologically)
Box 15, Folder 1

vol.7: 1877-1885.

Physical Description: (Volumes are brown clasp notebooks with photocopies, arranged chronologically)

Note

Continued in Box 18.
Box 15, Folder 2

vol.8: 1885-1905.

Physical Description: (Volumes are brown clasp notebooks with photocopies, arranged chronologically)

Note

Continued in Box 18.
Box 15, Folder 3

vol.9: Upper Colorado. 1890-1971.

Physical Description: (In brown clasp notebooks, arranged chronologically)

Note

Continued in Box 18.
Boxes 16-17

Photographs.

Physical Description: (8 × 10 glossies)

Scope and Content Note

Both used & not used in book.
360 items in Box 16 and 325 items in Box 17.
Box 17, Folder 2

Negatives.

Physical Description: (In protective envelopes, ca. 350 items)
Box 18, Folder 1

Research materials.

Physical Description: ([Photocopies] In 2 blue clasp notebooks with some holograph notes)

Note

Continues Box 15.
 

Publication Files

Boxes 19-26

Various. ca. 1950s-1970.

 

Steamboats on the Colorado River, 1852-1916

 

Manuscripts & Correspondence

Box 27, Folder 1

Manuscript.

Physical Description: [Original, photocopy]

Note

See also Boxes 13-18.
Box 27, Folder 2

Manuscript, 1st draft.

Physical Description: [Typescript, photocopy]

Note

See also Boxes 13-18.
Box 27, Folder 3

Manuscript, revised draft with holograph corrections.

Physical Description: [Typescript, photocopy]

Note

See also Boxes 13-18.
Box 27, Folders 4-6

Manuscript, final draft with holograph corrections.

Physical Description: [Typescript, photocopy]

Note

See also Boxes 13-18.
Box 27, Folder 7

Correspondence with publisher. 1978.

Note

See also Boxes 13-18.
Box 28, Folder 1

Page proofs.

Note

See also Boxes 13-18.
Box 28, Folders 2-3

Photographs.

Scope and Content Note

Both used and not used in book.

Note

See also Boxes 13-18.
 

Hardrock Miners: a History of the Mining Labor Movement in the American West, 1863-1893 (The)

 

Manuscripts & Photographs

Box 29, Folders 2-4

Manuscript, 1st copy with holograph corrections.

Physical Description: [Typescript]

Note

See also Boxes 11-12.
Box 30, Folders 1-3

Manuscript, final draft with holograph corrections.

Physical Description: [Typescript, photocopy]

Note

See also Boxes 11-12.
Box 30, Folders 4-6

Photographs.

Scope and Content Note

Both used and not used in the book.

Note

See also Boxes 11-12.
 

Steamboats on the Colorado. 1952-1958

Box 33, Folder 1

Manuscript [original] and photographs used in publication.

Note

See also Boxes 13-18, 27.
 

Colorado River Steamboats

Box 81, Folder 3

Correspondence.

Box 83, Folder 3

[Research notes].

 

Songs of the American West

Box 42, Folder 1

42 ink drawings (Steven M. Johnson).

Physical Description: (Negatives & photocopies of drawings. Some drawings used as illustrations)
Box 85, Folder 3

Permissions.

 

Manuscripts

Box 31, Folders 1-4

Manuscript [typescript, photocopy], final draft with holograph corrections.

Note

See also Boxes 8-10, 42.
Box 31, Folders 5-7

Corrected page proofs.

Note

See also Boxes 8-10, 42.
 

Various Scientific Writings

 

Final Proofs

Box 32, Folders 1-3

Manuscripts [typescripts] of various articles on scientific subjects.

Scope and Content Note

[With] holograph corrections and additions.
 

Newspapers of Nevada

 

Newspapers of Nevada, 1858-1958 (The)

 

Manuscripts and Research Materials re 1st Edition (1964) & Revised Enlarged 2nd Edition (1982)

Box 34, Folders 1-3

Manuscript, 1st edition.

Box 34, Folders 4-5

Manuscript [draft], revised edition.

Box 34, Folders 6

Research notes.

Boxes 35-36

Research notes.

Box 37, Folder 1

Miscellaneous Nevada newspapers.

Box 38, Folders 1-3

Discards, used notes.

Box 38, Folders 4-5

Correspondence re research for books. 1955-1981.

Box 90, Folder 1

Correspondence.

 

Newspapers of Nevada, 1854-1979

Box 90, Folders 2-5

Original Version Manuscript.

Box 90, Folder 2

Title page - Contact.

Box 90, Folder 3

Copperfield (see Arena) - Kingston.

Box 90, Folder 4

Lander - Reno County (Recreation Whirlwind).

Box 90, Folder 5

Reno (Nevada Independent) - Index.

 

Death Valley & Armagosa

Box 39, Folder 1

Manuscript.

Physical Description: [Typescript]
Box 40, Folder 1

Manuscript.

Physical Description: [Typescript]
Box 41, Folder 1

Galley & page proofs.

 

General Death Valley Descriptions & Fantasy

Box 44, Folder 1

Naming of Death Valley.

Box 44, Folder 2

Lost wagon train myths.

Box 44, Folder 3

Depth of Death Valley.

Box 44, Folder 4

Topography.

Box 44, Folder 5

Death Valley temperature.

Box 44, Folder 6

Desert physiology.

Box 44, Folder 7

Fantastic views of Death Valley.

Box 44, Folder 8

Ancient civilizations.

Box 44, Folder 9

Strange creatures.

Box 44, Folder 10

Poisonous gases - bloody geysers.

Box 44, Folder 11

Biblical Hell & Eden.

Box 44, Folder 12

Sandstorms, etc.

Box 44, Folder 13

Flora and fauna.

Box 44, Folder 14

Lost mine (synopsis).

Box 44, Folder 15

Mundane descriptions.

 

Gold Boom Camps

Box 54, Folder 1

Montgomery district.

Box 54, Folder 2

Confidence mine.

Box 55, Folder 2

Lee - Echo - Schwab.

Box 57, Folder 4

Transvaal - Flourine - Telluride.

 

Government Surveys

Box 49, Folder 2

Government surveys and explorations of Death Valley.

Box 49, Folder 3

Township surveys - 1850s.

Box 49, Folder 6

California - Nevada boundary reconnaissance.

Box 50, Folder 1

Inyo and Nye County tax rolls.

 

Old Spanish Trail and Chaguanosos

Box 46, Folder 1

Old Spanish trail.

Box 46, Folder 2

Chaguanosos.

Box 47, Folder 1

Census enumerations - Death Valley and vicinity.

 

Panamint and other Death Valley Mining Camps

Box 50, Folder 2

19th Century Death Valley mining camps.

Box 50, Folder 3

Palmetto.

Box 50, Folder 4

Tule Canyon.

Box 50, Folder 5

Lida.

Box 50, Folder 6

Sylvania.

Box 50, Folder 7

Deep Springs.

Box 50, Folder 8

Ubehebe and Wacoba.

Box 50, Folder 9

Silver Peak.

Box 50, Folder 10

Slate Range.

Box 50, Folder 11

Coso.

Box 51, Folder 1

Panamint (town).

Box 51, Folder 2

Panamint (crime).

Box 51, Folder 3

Panamint (transportation).

Box 51, Folder 4

Panamint (miscellaneous).

Box 51, Folder 5

Wild Rose district.

Box 51, Folder 6

Darwin and Lee.

Box 51, Folder 7

Great register of voters. 1871- .

 

Pioneer & Keane Wonder

Box 55, Folder 1

Keane wonder and South Bullfrog district.

Box 57, Folder 3

Pioneer.

 

Private Explorations

Box 47, Folder 3

Pre Hunt parties.

Box 47, Folder 4

Hunt party.

Box 47, Folder 5

O.K. Smith party.

Box 47, Folder 6

Rynierson party.

Box 47, Folder 7

Flake - Rich party.

Box 47, Folder 8

Stover party.

Box 47, Folder 9

Derr - Dallas party.

Box 47, Folder 10

Pomeroy party.

Box 47, Folder 11

Huffaker party.

Box 47, Folder 12

Egan party.

Box 47, Folder 13

Pinney - Savage party.

Box 47, Folder 14

Jayhawkers.

Box 48, Folder 1

Bennett - Arcan party.

Box 48, Folder 2

Brier party.

Box 48, Folder 3

Martin - Town party.

Box 48, Folder 4

Culverwell party.

Box 48, Folder 5

Wade - Earhart party.

Box 49, Folder 5

Davis expedition.

Box 49, Folder 7

Blasdel expedition.

Box 49, Folder 8

Bendire expedition, etc.

Box 49, Folder 9

Wheeler's expedition - lost guides.

Box 49, Folder 10

Private explorations of Death Valley and vicinity to 1890.

 

19th Century Death Valley and Amargosa Ranchers

Box 53, Folder 3

Death Valley and Amargosa ranchers.

 

Ballarat

Box 54, Folder 3

Ballarat.

 

Borax Mines and Mule Teams

Box 52, Folder 1

Death valley borax (19th Century).

Box 52, Folder 2

Eagle borax.

Box 52, Folder 3

Coleman operations in Death Valley and Amargosa.

Box 52, Folder 4

Death Valley works.

Box 52, Folder 5

Borax wagons and teams' routes.

Box 52, Folder 6

Borax claims and companies in Death Valley.

Box 52, Folder 7

Biographical information: W.T. Coleman, et al.

Box 53, Folder 1

Calico borax.

Box 53, Folder 2

Death Valley borax - miscellaneous.

 

Bullfrog & Rhyolite

Box 55, Folder 3

Bullfrog & Rhyolite. 1904-1906.

Box 56, Folder 1

Bullfrog & Rhyolite. 1907-1909.

Box 57, Folder 1

Bullfrog & Rhyolite. 1910-.

Box 57, Folder 2

Bullfrog & Rhyolite (miscellaneous).

 

Death Valley '49ers

Box 47, Folder 2

Death Valley '49ers.

Box 48, Folder 6

Secondary accounts of Death Valley '49ers.

Box 49, Folder 1

Secondary accounts of Death Valley '49ers.

Box 49, Folder 4

Joel H. Brooks.

 

Death Valley Indians and Archaeology

Box 45, Folder 1

Death Valley Indians - general.

Box 45, Folder 2

Death Valley Shoshone.

Box 45, Folder 3

Death Valley Kawpiisu.

Box 45, Folder 4

Ash Meadows and Pahrump Paiute.

Box 45, Folder 5

Northern Death Valley Paiute.

Box 45, Folder 6

Death Valley archaeology.

 

20th Century Boom Camps (Before 1912)

Box 58, Folder 1

Harrisburg.

Box 58, Folders 2-5

Skidoo.

Box 58, Folders 6-8

Greenwater - Death Valley Chuck - Walla.

Box 59, Folder 1

Ubehebe after 1890.

Box 59, Folder 2

Crackerjack and Avawate.

Box 59, Folder 3

Sylvania. 1890-1910.

Box 59, Folder 4

Willow Creek.

Box 59, Folder 5

Palmetto. 1890-1910.

Box 59, Folder 6

Lida. 1900-1910.

Box 59, Folder 7

Tule Canyon. 1890-1910.

Box 59, Folder 8

Gold Mountain and Tokop. 1890-1910.

Box 60, Folder 1

Hornsilver and Limepoint.

Box 60, Folders 2-3

Johnnie.

Box 60, Folder 4

Tecopa after 1890.

Box 60, Folder 5

Antimony, Manganese, Tungsten.

Box 60, Folder 6

Carbonate.

Box 60, Folder 7

Lead mines Tecopa/Ubehebe.

Box 60, Folder 8

Skookum, etc.

Box 61, Folder 1

Miscellaneous Southern End mines after 1900.

Box 61, Folder 2

Desert King.

 

20th Century Borax & other Minerals

Box 61, Folder 3

Death Valley Borate/Colemanite operations.

Box 61, Folders 4-5

Old Ryan - Lilac.

Box 61, Folders 6-9

New Ryan.

Box 62, Folders 1-2

Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad.

Box 62, Folder 3

Death Valley Borate - miscellaneous.

Box 62, Folders 4-5

Death Valley ranching after 1906.

Box 62, Folder 6

Ashford / Augerberry and Ballarat after 1912.

Box 62, Folder 7

Rhyolde / Pioneer / KWz after 1912.

Box 63, Folder 1

Death Valley oil.

Box 63, Folder 2

North End, Tule, Sylvania, Hornsilver, etc. after 1912.

Box 63, Folders 3-4

Nitrate and other salts in Death Valley.

Box 63, Folder 5

Epsom salt monorail.

Box 63, Folder 6

Carrara marble.

Box 63, Folder 7

Precious gems in Death Valley.

Box 63, Folder 8

Death Valley Talc mines.

Box 64, Folder 1

Amarosa Clay Pits.

Box 64, Folders 2-3

Neighboring districts.

 

Death Valley Exploration (After 1890) & Arts

Box 67, Folders 6-7

Death Valley exploration after 1890.

Box 68, Folder 1-4

Death Valley exploration after 1890.

Box 68, Folder 5

Death Valley poetry - fiction - movies - radio - television.

Box 68, Folder 6

Death Valley movies, radio, television.

Box 69, Folder 1

Death Valley poetry, fiction and art.

Box 69, Folder 2

Death Valley books - non-fiction.

Box 69, Folder 3

DVA clippings.

Box 69, Folders 4-6

Bibliographical notes.

Box 70, Folders 1-3

Miscellaneous unsorted Death Valley notes.

Box 70, Folders 4-6

Unsorted research material.

 

Tourism & Death Valley National Monument

Box 64, Folder 4

Trips thru Death Valley after 1910.

Box 64, Folder 5

Death Valley auto trips after 1910.

Box 64, Folders 6-7

Great Race New York - Paris (through Death Valley - 1908).

Box 65, Folders 1-2

Death Valley auto trips after 1910.

Box 65, Folder 3

Death Valley as a resort - early suggestions.

Box 65, Folders 4-5

Stovepipe Wells - Bungalow City.

Box 65, Folders 6-7

Furnace Creek Inn - Death Valley view, etc.

Box 65, Folder 8

Other resorts.

Box 65, Folder 9

Death Valley tourism before 1933.

Box 66, Folders 1-2

Death Valley tours (bus - rail - air) before 1933.

Box 66, Folders 3-4

Death Valley promotion.

Box 66, Folders 5-6

Death Valley roads, signs and samaritans.

Box 66, Folders 7-9

Death Valley National Monument - formation and development.

Box 67, Folder 1

Death Valley National Monument - formation and development.

Box 67, Folders 2-3

Maps.

Box 67, Folder 4

Early Panamint mining claims and deed records.

Box 67, Folder 5

Death Valley - Gateway Gazette (vol.3, no.18-19).

 

Death Valley & the Amargosa: a Land of Illusion

Box 11, Folder 7

Correspondence.

Box 70, Folder 7

Correspondence.

Box 70, Folder 8

UC Press - miscellaneous.

Box 71, Folder 1

Death Valley book promotion.

Box 71, Folder 2

Death Valley 49ers & UCLA Extension lectures.

Box 71, Folder 3

Death Valley - Information Jaws of Hell[?] - [illegible] - revisions to make.

Box 71, Folder 4

Death Valley Borax - additional notes.

Box 71, Folder 5

Death Valley bibliography miscellaneous.

Box 71, Folder 6

Unsorted Death Valley.

Box 71, Folders 7-8

Unsorted Death Valley notes.

Box 72, Folder 1

LeRoy Johnson correspondence.

Box 72, Folder 2

Death Valley photos - originals.

Box 72, Folder 3

Lingenfelter - half tone originals.

Box 72, Folder 4

Final - photo correspondence.

Box 72, Folder 5

Final line art & half tones.

Box 72, Folder 6

Final line art.

Physical Description: (2nd copy)
Box 72, Folder 7

DVA chapter maps - originals.

Box 72, Folders 8-9

[DVA] line art masters.

Box 72, Folder 10

Death Valley conference on history.

Box 73, Folder 1

Death Valley conference on history.

Box 73, Folder 2

Walker Cut-Off - Death Valley history conference [illegible].

Box 73, Folder 3

UC Press - 1986 Spring catalog - California.

Box 75, Folders 1-3

Original manuscript.

Box 75, Folder 4

Manuscript bibliography.

Box 76, Folders 1-2

Manuscript revisions.

Box 76, Folders 3-5

Revised manuscript, with holograph notes.

Physical Description: (Photocopy)
Box 77, Folders 1-3

Revised manuscript, with holograph notes.

Physical Description: (Photocopy)
Box 77, Folder 4

Line art to be obtained.

 

Death Valley Lore

Box 43, Folder 1

Manuscript [typescripts], correspondence, galley and page proofs for Death Valley Lore. 1987-1988.

Physical Description: (In no-compromise box)
 

Death Valley Lore: Classic Tales of Fantasy, Adventure & Mystery

Box 73, Folder 4

Death Valley lore.

Box 73, Folder 5

Death Valley lore - correspondence.

Box 73, Folder 6

Death Valley lore - permissions.

Box 73, Folder 7

Death Valley lore - illustrations.

Box 73, Folder 8

Death Valley lore - masters 1.

Box 73, Folder 9

Death Valley lore - masters 2.

Box 73, Folder 10

DVNP [Death Valley News].

Box 87, Folder 4

Manuscript (folder 1 of 3).

Physical Description: (Title page - p.170)
Box 87, Folder 5

Manuscript (folder 2 of 3).

Physical Description: (pp.171-312)
Box 87, Folder 6

Manuscript (folder 3 of 3).

Physical Description: (pp.312-455)
 

Lying on the Eastern Slope: James Townsend's Comic Journalism on the Mining Frontier

Box 74, Folder 1

Lying Jim Townsend, dated 1966.

Physical Description: (Typescript & photocopy with corrections)
Box 74, Folder 2

Truth with variations by James W.E. Townsend, dated 1964.

Physical Description: (Photocopied manuscript with corrections)
Box 74, Folder 3

Lying on the eastern slope, dated 1981.

Physical Description: (Photocopied corrected manuscript)
Box 74, Folder 4

Lying on the eastern slope. 1982 copy with related correspondence.

Box 74, Folder 5

Lying on the eastern slope (April 1984).

Physical Description: (Page proofs and galleys)
Box 87, Folder 3

Manuscript.

Physical Description: (Photocopy)
 

Alvord & Breyfogle

Box 85, Folder 6

HOW comments (Howard Wright). 1979-1980.

 

Book Reviews by Richard Lingenfelter

Box 81, Folder 4

Correspondence and manuscripts re book reviews.

 

Cement Hunters

Box 82, Folder 2

Correspondence re reprint. 1984.

 

Correspondence

Box 82, Folder 1

Alan Hensher. ca. 1983-1984.

Box 82, Folder 3

[ ca. 1955-1974].

Box 82, Folder 4

[ ca. 1963-1986].

Box 83, Folder 5

History correspondence.

Box 85, Folder 1

History correspondence.

Box 85, Folder 4

Historical correspondence [and research notes].

Box 85, Folder 5

Historical correspondence. ca. 1993-1998.

 

Dan De Quille

Box 88, Folder 1

Card index DDQ published works. 1860-1897, DDQ manuscripts, secondary sources.

Box 88, Folder 2

Card index - DDQ clippings.

 

Dan De Quille, the Washoe Giant

Box 89, Folder 1

Original manuscript (folder 1 of 3).

Physical Description: (pp.1-175)
Box 89, Folder 2

Original manuscript (folder 2 of 3).

Physical Description: (pp.176-388)
Box 89, Folder 3

Original manuscript (folder 3 of 3).

Physical Description: (pp.389-513)
Box 89, Folder 4

Correspondence and galley proofs (folder 1 of 3).

Physical Description: (pp.1-148)
Box 89, Folder 5

Galley proofs (folder 2 of 3).

Physical Description: (pp.149-315)
Box 89, Folder 6

Galley proofs (folder 3 of 3).

Physical Description: (pp.316-532)
Box 91, Folder 1

Master set galleys (folder 1 of 2).

Physical Description: (Title page - p.154)
Box 91, Folder 2

Master set galleys (folder 2 of 2).

Physical Description: (pp.155-333)
Box 91, Folder 3

Master set proofs (folder 1 of 2).

Physical Description: (Title page - p.293)
Box 91, Folder 4

Master set proofs (folder 2 of 2).

Physical Description: (pp.294-452)
 

Manuscripts and Articles

Box 78, Folder 1

Biography & bibliography.

Box 78, Folder 2

Master file.

Box 78, Folder 3

Bibliography & checklist.

Box 78, Folders 4-5

Manuscripts & articles.

Box 79, Folder 1

[Research material, photocopy].

Box 79, Folder 2

Duplicates [research materials, photocopy].

Box 79, Folder 3

New DDQ.

Box 79, Folder 4

About the precious opal.

Box 79, Folder 5

The demon coroner of the Comstock.

Box 79, Folder 6

The demon hand.

Box 79, Folder 7

The ingenuity of Mrs. Smiley.

Box 79, Folder 8

A Piute legend. Pahnenit, prince of the land of lakes.

Box 79, Folder 9

The sorceress of Attu.

Box 79, Folder 10

Stuttering Tom.

Box 79, Folder 11

Traveling stones.

Box 79, Folder 12

[Newspaper articles - San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Post, Salt Lake Tribune].

Box 79, Folder 13

[Newspaper articles - Territorial Enterprise].

Box 79, Folder 14

[Copies of material from the William Wright Collection - UCB, various newspapers and research notes].

Box 80, Folder 1

[Copies of articles by Dan De Quille].

Box 80, Folder 2

[Copies from the Willaim Wright Papers - UCB and various newspapers].

Box 80, Folder 3

The Golden Era.

Box 80, Folder 4

Territorial Enterprise.

Box 80, Folders 5-6

Secondary.

Box 81, Folder 1

[Notes and research material].

Box 81, Folder 2

The Nevada sketches of Dan De Quille.

 

First Through the Grand Canyon

Box 86, Folder 7

Page proofs. May 16, 1958.

 

Gold Rush Songs

Box 85, Folder 2

Correspondence, etc.

 

Hardrock Miners

Box 83, Folder 4

Quires.

 

J.W. Gally

Box 86, Folder 1

[Notes and research material].

 

James Townsend

Box 84, Folder 1

Card index - life: 1870-1879; 1800-1881; 1882-1887; 1888-1895; 1896-1900, commentary.

Box 84, Folder 2

Card index - At the Mosquito Ranch, Antioch steamboats, Lundy Jim-Jams, High Sierra justice, Mill Creek millionaires, Homer mining index.

Box 84, Folder 3

Card index - Washoe zephyrs, S.Y.D.Y., Lundy revisited, The big winter, Whiskey visions, Bodie doldrums, etc.

 

Lying Jim Towsend (Lying Jim Townsend)

Box 86, Folders 2-5

Manuscript, correspondence and related material.

Box 87, Folder 1

Manuscript.

Physical Description: (Photocopy)
Box 87, Folder 2

Manuscript with holograph corrections.

Physical Description: (Typescript)
 

Mining

Box 91, Folder 5

[Original documents from Keystone Incorporated, Mineral Park Milling Company. ca. 1916-1946].

 

Mojave Desert Notes

Box 92, Folder 1

RWW duplicates.

Box 92, Folder 2

Jonas B. Osborne.

Box 92, Folder 3

McFarlanes.

Box 92, Folder 4

Views of the land.

Box 92, Folder 5

Trails & Railroads.

Box 92, Folder 6

Early settlers.

Box 92, Folder 7

Death in the desert.

Box 92, Folder 8

Soldiers & Indian troubles.

Box 92, Folders 9-10

Land boom.

Box 92, Folder 11

Searles Lake Borax.

Box 92, Folder 12

Bob Waterman.

Box 93, Folders 1-2

Mojave.

Box 93, Folder 3

Cleovaro Chavez.

Box 93, Folders 4, 6

Calico.

Box 93, Folder 5

Daggett & subsidiary districts.

Box 93, Folder 7

Hard lessons - mines of '60s.

Box 93, Folder 8

29 Palms, Lone Valley, Black Hawk, etc.

Box 93, Folder 9

Needles area.

Box 93, Folder 10

Searchlight, Hart & Vic.

Box 94, Folder 1

Searchlight, Hart & Vic.

Box 94, Folder 2

[Correspondence with Alan Hensher & research materials on Mountain Pass and Eagle Mountain].

Box 94, Folder 3

Ghost towns of the upper Mojave Desert by Alan Hensher & Larry Vredenburgh, vol.1: San Bernardino County (Preliminary draft: text only).

Box 94, Folder 4

Material on Antelope Valley gathered by Dorothy Barbara Guenther.

Box 94, Folder 5

California Desert Studies Consortium, third biennial desert conference - programs and abstracts. May 11 & 12, 1990.

Box 94, Folder 6

National Park Service Workshop on Historic Mining Sites, Death Valley National Monument. January 23-27, 1989.

Box 95, Folder 1

The Invanpah Loop / The Mojave Road, Mojave Road report 37. September 1, 1985.

Box 95, Folder 2

[Articles and correspondence re the Mojave Road].

Box 95, Folder 3

Guide to the Mojave Road by Dennis G. Casebier. c. 1982.

Box 95, Folder 4

[Notes, correspondence and information on the Mojave Desert].

Box 95, Folder 5

[Notes on Almondale - Llano Colony from Alan Hensher].

Box 95, Folder 6

[WPA report on San Bernardino County from Alan Hensher].

Box 95, Folder 7

[Histories of desert towns].

Box 95, Folder 8

History of the significant factors contribuitng to the development of the Mojave Desert by James William Lawrence. June 1959.

Box 95, Folder 9

History of the town of Lancaster, center of Antelope Valley, California by Lucie Morris. February 1934, MA thesis, USC.

Box 96, Folder 1

Agricultural and industrial survey of Inyo County, California ...June-July 1917, Thalia Wood Newcomb, Field Agent.

Box 96, Folder 2

A brief history of the schools of Inyo County and a statistical and financial report covering sixteen years. December 1954.

Box 96, Folder 3

The California desert: A critical environmental challenge. California State Office, Bureau of Land Management. October 1969.

Box 96, Folder 4

Environmental consequences of mineral extraction: Death Valley and Organ Pipe Cactuc National Monuments. Department of the Interior. August 1978.

Box 96, Folder 5

The California Desert: Conservation area plan1980. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management.

Box 96, Folder 6

Photo notes.

Box 96, Folder 7

Final (2nd choices) - [illustrations].

Box 96, Folders 8-9

[Illustration choices?].

Box 97, Folder 1

Odd-sized illustrations.

Box 97, Folder 2

Final line art (3rd etc. copies) & extras.

Box 97, Folder 3

[Illustrations].

 

Nevada Press, 1858-1900

 

Manuscripts

Box 28, Folder 4

Manuscript, rough and final drafts.

Physical Description: (In binder)
 

Prints and Negatives for Various Publications

Box 102, Folder 1

Colorado River (primarily steamboats).

Physical Description: (60 negatives)

Scope and Content Note

Many for illustrations in old steamboat book - note by RL.
Box 102, Folder 2

Death Valley - negatives for photos in Death Valley & Amaragosa book & miscellaneous other salt mining.

Physical Description: (13 negatives)
Box 102, Folder 3

Inyo, Mojave & Colorado Desert.

Physical Description: (20 negatives)
Box 102, Folder 4

Miscellaneous (mining labor & Guano Islands).

Physical Description: (31 negatives)
Box 102, Folder 5

Death Valley, Searles Lake, Salton, etc. (includes Borax & other salt mining).

Physical Description: (17 prints)
Box 102, Folder 6

Colorado River.

Physical Description: (17 prints and 2 negatives)
Box 102, Folder 7

Mojave & Colorado Desert.

Physical Description: (34 prints)
Box 102, Folder 8

Miscellaneous.

Physical Description: (13 prints)
 

Sagebrush Trilogy: Idah Meacham Strobridge and Her Works

Box 82, Folder 5

Idah Strobridge.

Box 83, Folder 1

Idah Strobridge.

 

T.S. Harris

Box 83, Folder 2

Biographical notes on T.S. Harris. 1836-1893.

Physical Description: (2 vol. notebooks)
 

Various Materials

 

Western Oil Promotional Materials. 1919-1922

Box 29, Folder 1

Microfilm of various source materials, including newspapers.

Physical Description: (In 5 film boxes)

Scope and Content Note

Mostly correspondence & ephemera.
 

Western American Mining Stock Certificates

Box 97, Folder 4

The Wilson administration, organized labor, and the Colorado coal strike, 1913-1914 (dissertation), by Manfred F. Boemeke. Princeton University. 1983.

Physical Description: (Title page - p.110)

Note

(folder 1 of 2)
Box 97, Folder 5

The Wilson administration, organized labor, and the Colorado coal strike, 1913-1914 by Manfred F. Boemeke, dissertation, Princeton University. 1983.

Physical Description: (pp.111-260)

Note

(folder 2 of 2)
Box 97, Folder 6

Bibliography of mining stock.

Box 97, Folders 7-8

Mining stock certificate companies.

Box 98, Folders 1-3

Correspondence and notes.

Box 98, Folders 4-5

Correspondence, notes, catalogs.

Box 99, Folder 1

Correspondence, notes, catalogs.

Box 99, Folders 2-4

Correspondence, notes, catalogs.

Box 99, Folder 5

Friends of Financial History catalog & yearbook. 1984.

Box 99, Folder 6

W.H. Collectables Limited, London, catalogs: n.d.; 1984; 1984/85; 1987; 1988; 1988/89.

Box 99, Folder 7

Scripophily catalogs: November 18, 1985; December 19, 1986; August 28, 1987; December 30, 1987; June 23, 1988; November 28, 1988; February 10, 1989; March 23, 1990.

Box 101, Folder 1

Criswell's 35th anniversary paper Americana (catalog in 4 parts). n.d.

Note

Box 101 is an oversize flat box (13 x 15).