Jump to Content

Collection Guide
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
Batchelder-Nelson family papers, 1835-1956.
BANC MSS C-B 614LOCAL
Collection Overview

Title:

Batchelder-Nelson family papers, 1835-1956

Creator/Contributor:

Batchelder, Amos, 1811-1892

Creator/Contributor:

Nelson, William, 1837-1922

Creator/Contributor:

Nelson, Emily Serena, 1867-

Creator/Contributor:

Nelson, Edward Emil, 1877-1956

Creator/Contributor:

Nelson Family.

Creator/Contributor:

Batchelder Family.

Abstract:

Batchelder family papers: Dr. Amos Batchelder's journal of overland journey to Calif., 1849, with transcript and notes by his grandson Edward Emil Nelson; several commonplace books and diaries, 1838-1886; book of medical prescriptions, 1835-1849.
Nelson family papers: Diary and commonplace book, official correspondence, and papers of William Nelson, mainly concerning his service in the U.S. Navy during the Civil War; letters and papers of Edward Emil Nelson; sketchbook and diaries of Emily Serena Nelson; miscellaneous newspaper clippings and printed items relative to the Batchelder and Nelson families in New Hampshire.
Portfolio: Naturalization papers of William Nelson.

Date:

1835 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca -- n-us---
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Gold mines and mining -- California
Physicians -- California
Women -- California
Voyages par terre jusqu'au Pacifique
Médecins -- Californie
Gold mines and mining
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Physicians
Women
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession)
California
United States

Note:

National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
Pt. I Item I : Also available on microfilm.
Box 1, journal : Also available on microfilm.
Cataloged separately: Clayton, William, William Clayton's Journal F827 .C45 Cop. 2.
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of the Bancroft Library.

Type:

Family papers.
History.
Sketches.
Overland journals-1849.
Diaries.
Commonplace books.
Clippings.

Physical Description:

2 boxes and portfolio
1 microfilm reel (32 exposures) : positive
1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 954:9)

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS C-B 614LOCAL

Origin:

California

Related Item:

National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections