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Pearson family papers, 1858-1960.
BANC MSS 2002/263 czLOCAL
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Title:
Pearson family papers, 1858-1960Creator/Contributor:
Pearson, Samuel B.Creator/Contributor:
Pearson, Margaret V.Abstract:
Consists of diaries, correspondence, and newspaper clippings. Diaries are by Samuel Pearson and his wife Margaret Pearson;
they include Samuel Pearson's service Spanish-American War in Cuba, and time stationed in Calif. and Japan. Also includes
menus, military documents, a scrapbook, and newspaper clippings covering Plainfield, N.J. and Quakers.
Date:
1858 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- n-us-nj -- a-ja---Pearson, Samuel B -- Diaries
Pearson, Margaret V -- Diaries
Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Sources
Quakers
Japan -- Description and travel
California -- Description and travel
Plainfield (N.J.)
Note:
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC )
Samuel Burnette Pearson was born ca. 1873 and died Oct. 18, 1929. He served in Cuba during the Spanish-American War in the
U.S. Cavalry.
Type:
Scrapbooks.Physical Description:
print
1 box and 1 v. (.4 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 2002/263 czLOCAL