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Zoeth Skinner Eldredge papers.
BANC MSS C-R 9LOCAL
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Title:

Zoeth Skinner Eldredge papers

Creator/Contributor:

Eldredge, Zoeth S. (Zoeth Skinner), 1846-1918, creator

Creator/Contributor:

Font, Pedro, 1737-1781

Creator/Contributor:

Yount, George C. (George Calvert), 1794-1865

Creator/Contributor:

Clark, Orange, 1797-1869

Creator/Contributor:

Eixarch, Tomás.

Abstract:

Roughly sorted. Correspondence, notes, transcripts and manuscripts for his writings on California history.
Includes Pedro Font, Diario a Monterey por el Rio Colorado...(672 l.) , a typed transcript of manuscript in the John Carter Brown Library, copied from a transcript prepared in 1899 for Elliott Coues and corrected by George Parker Winship and Manuel de Alcázar in 1908. With reproductions of maps and diagram of Casa Grande. This is the expanded diary, concluded at Tubutama, May 11, 1777, for Anza's second expedition, Sept. 29 1775-June 2 1776. Includes diary, Dec. 4 1775-May 11, 1776 of Fr. Thomas Eixarch.
Also includes Pedro Font, Diary...1775-1776 (91 l.), a copy made by Zoeth Eldredge, with introduction and notes, of a translation by Charles F. Gompertz. This is a translation of Font's manuscript Diario...Ures...1776, for the second Anza expedition.
Padrones and extractos de libros de misiones de California, 1776-1846. These are copies of census lists for various towns, garrisons, etc., and records of the baptisms, marriages, etc., at the missions San Francisco de Asis, Santa Barbara, and Santa Clara, made by Zoeth Eldredge from the Archives of California, the mission records and materials in the Bancroft Library.
Also includes George Calvert Yount, Memoirs...and narrative... as recorded by Orange Clark. This is a typed transcript of a manuscript at the Huntington Library.

Subject:

Anza, Juan Bautista de -- 1735-1788

Note:

COLLECTION STORED IN PART OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for use.
Index to Padrones (from ctn. 3) : also available on microfilm.
Card index: Mujeres : also available on microfilm.
Selected folders from ctn. 3 : also available on microfilm.
Temporary finding aid available.

Physical Description:

5 cartons, 1 portfolio, 1 v.
1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 665:18) and positive.
1 microfilm reel (16 mm.) : negative (Rich. 816:11) and positive.
partial microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 392:18) and positive.

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS C-R 9LOCAL

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

COLLECTION STORED IN PART OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for use.