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Curtis family papers, 1858-1943.
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Title:

Curtis family papers, 1858-1943

Creator/Contributor:

Curtis family., creator

Abstract:

Includes letters to William F. Curtis from his parents, Anna Maria and John W. Curtis, and his brothers, Edwin and Alfred, mainly describing life in Australia and the gold mining there; a journal, May-Sept. 1864, kept by W.F. Curtis, recording his voyage from Australia to San Francisco on the barrque Uruguay; a Curtis family genealogy and history, ca. 1943, photographs inserted, with information on activities of the family in Australia and America through World Wars I and II, and with transcripts of letters by H.H. Curtis from Colorado and W.F. Curtis from San Francisco in the 1860s. With these: copies of documents containing biographical information on Captain James H. Blethen and record of ships on which he served, 1829-1873.

Date:

1858 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca -- u-at--- -- n-us-co
Gold mines and mining -- Australia
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1939-1945
Family archives -- California
Family archives -- Australia
Or -- Mines et extraction -- Australie
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945
Archives familiales -- Californie
Archives familiales -- Australie
Family archives
Gold mines and mining
Manners and customs
Travel
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Description and travel
Australia -- Social life and customs
Colorado
Oceania -- Description and travel
Australie -- Mœurs et coutumes
Colorado
Océanie -- Descriptions et voyages
Australia
California
California -- San Francisco
Colorado
Oceania
Uruguay (Barque)
Blethen, James H -- 1841-1897
Curtis, John William -- 1789-1863
Curtis, Edwin -- 1840-1885
Curtis, Anna Maria Harper -- 1799-1877
Curtis, Alfred -- 1829-1886
Curtis, William Fontes -- 1833-1905

Note:

Portraits transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1978.002--POR).

Type:

Photographs.
Genealogies.
Diaries.
Letters.

Physical Description:

1 box (.4 linear ft.)

Language:

English

Origin:

California