Fairfield (Asa M.) Collection, 1904-1928

Summary

Title:

Asa Merrill Fairfield Collection,

Dates:

1904-1928

Creators:

Fairfield, Asa Merrill, 1854-1926

Language:

English.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Asa Merrill Fairfield Collection, California State Library.

Background

Scope and content:

Letters of pioneers and early settlers of Lassen County used by Fairfield in preparing his county history published by H. S. Crocker in 1916.

Biographical / historical:

Asa M. Fairfield was born in Massachusetts July 30, 1854. He taught for a short time in Iowa, then in various localities in Lassen County, California from 1875-1899. He was the author of PIONEER HISTORY OF LASSEN COUNTY published by H.S. Crocker of San Francisco in 1916. He died September 2, 1926 in Susanville, California.

Physical description:

2 boxes

Related resources

Other descriptive data:

Major Correspondents

• Lomas, Henry

Other Correspondents

• Adams, Asa
• Agee, W. E.
• Anderson, A. H.
• Armstrong, W. A.
• Ashbury, W. W.
• Baldwin, Seth, Mrs.
• Bankhead, Jessie
• Bennett, N. W.
• Borrette, H.R.
• Borrette, J. S.
• Brashear, W. S.
• Brown, Kenneth M.
• Brown, Thomas.
• Bryant, Daniel W.
• Cains, W. M.
• Carmichael, J. A.
• Cramer, C. C., Mrs.
• Cressler, William T.
• Dakin, H. H.
• David, F. L.
• Dow, William.
• Eldridge, J. P.
• Epley, T.
• Evans, A.
• Forgay, N. B.
• Fry, C. (Mrs.)
• Gale, A. Y. (Mrs.)
• Gray, (Mrs.)
• Hall, W. H.
• Harper, A. L.
• Harris, (Mrs.)
• Hart, C. F.
• Hawkins, D. R.
• Hill, [Smith J.]
• Hines, (Mrs. F.)
• Holdridge, D. K.
• Holmes, Ed
• James, Press R.
• Kelley, [?]
• Kingsbury, F. F.
• Knauer, W. O.
• Knox, S. P.
• LaPlant, J. C.
• LaTour, C. A.
• Laws, Ella
• Leavitt, [?]
• Long, T. N.
• McCormick, W. H.
• McCoy, Geo. (Mrs.)
• McKessick, John B.
• McLean, Maude
• Mead, Alley
• Moody, Opal
• Moon, A. G.
• Murphy, Lee
• Myers, William
• Parker, F. L.
• Peck, J. S.
• Penrod, E.
• Peyton, Harry
• Pool, William
• Price, John
• Putnam, John D.
• Rice, J. B.
• Schott, L. M. (Mrs.)
• Senton, Caroline
• Shinn, A. L.
• Shumway, E. B.
• Simonis, J. B., Mrs.
• Smith, L. S.
• Spoon, Will
• Stark, J. W.
• Stewart, J. M., Mrs.
• Streshley, O.
• Tyler, S., Mrs.
• Vinyard, W. E.
• Wemple, J. C.
• Williams, W. B.
• Wilson, Clara, Mrs.
• Wright, T. J.
• Young, R. W.
• Zumwalt, J. W.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Pioneers-California-Lassen County
Frontier and pioneer life-California-Lassen County-Sources

Names:

Fairfield, Asa Merrill, 1854-1926

Places:

Lassen County (Calif.)-History-Sources

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:

Processed by The California State Library staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Xiuzhi Zhou

Date Prepared:

© 1999

Date Encoded:

Machine-readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect.

Restrictions:

Unrestricted.

Terms of access:

Please credit California State Library.

Copyright has not been assigned to California State Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing. Permission for publication is given on behalf of California State Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Asa Merrill Fairfield Collection, California State Library.

Location of this collection:

California State Library, California History Room

900 N Street, Room 200, P.O. Box 942837

Sacramento, CA 94237-0001, US

Contact:

(916) 654-0176

cslcal@library.ca.gov

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