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Kathryn Conlon Childress correspondence : ALS, 1886-1937 (bulk 1886-1902).
BANC MSS 2003/120 cLOCAL
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Title:
Kathryn Conlon Childress correspondence : ALS, 1886-1937 (bulk 1886-1902)Creator/Contributor:
Childress, Kathryn Conlon., creatorCreator/Contributor:
Conlon, Daniel.Creator/Contributor:
Conlon, Rose.Creator/Contributor:
Childress, Henry.Abstract:
Contains correspondence to Kathryn Conlon Childress from her husband Henry Childress, and her parents Daniel and Rose Conlon.
Correspondence from Henry Childress discuss their courtship, finding teaching positions, a land case against the railroads,
and Chinese. Correspondence from Kathryn's parents discuss mining, farming, the Carmichael family, consulting Chinese and
Indian doctors for illness, and boarding teachers, including an Irish Catholic.
Date:
1886 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caCourtship
Teachers -- California -- Butte County
Land grants -- California
Chinese -- California -- History
Indians of North America -- Medicine -- California
Medicine, Chinese -- United States
Mines and mineral resources -- California -- Sierra County
Agriculture -- California -- Sierra County
Irish -- California
Courtship
Amours
Enseignants -- Californie -- Butte
Chinois -- Californie -- Histoire
Médecine chinoise -- États-Unis
Irlandais -- Californie
courtships
Agriculture
Chinese
Courtship
Indians of North America -- Medicine
Irish
Land grants
Medicine, Chinese
Mines and mineral resources
Teachers
Sierra County (Calif.) -- History, Local
California
California -- Butte County
California -- Sierra County
United States
Carmichael family
Carmichael family
Note:
Daniel Conlon, father of Kathryn Childress, arrived in St. Louis, Calif. in 1855. Conlon owned many mines, owned and operated
a freighting business, as well as running a 1000 acre ranch. St. Louis, Calif., which no longer exists, was located in Sierra
County near Downieville, Calif. Kathryn Conlon married Henry Childress of Chico, Calif. in 1887.
Type:
love letters.Love letters
History
Local history
Love letters.
Lettres d'amour.
Physical Description:
print
1 box (.4 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 2003/120 cLOCAL