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Erlebnisse einer Reise nach den Goldregionen Californiens, [1849-1850].
BANC MSS C-F 8LOCAL
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Title:

Erlebnisse einer Reise nach den Goldregionen Californiens, [1849-1850]

Creator/Contributor:

Nusbaumer, Louis, 1819-1878, creator

Creator/Contributor:

Knight, Max E.

Creator/Contributor:

Whitmore, Bertha Nusbaumer.

Abstract:

Diary (original in German; Mar. 20, 1849 - Mar. 10, 1850) of overland journey to California. Nusbaumer started in company with a group of Germans (the German California Mining Company) and ended with one of the small groups from Captain Hunt's wagon train which came through Death Valley. Additional notes and accounts to Dec. 31, 1850. With this: a resume, also in German and incomplete. Various copies available: photocopy of original holograph manuscript (1948) transcription made by Max E. Knight from photocopy (1948); and typed copy of translation made (1933) by Bertha Nusbaumer Whitmore for her son (Welles Whitmore, Jr.) with title: Adventures of a trip to the Gold fields of California, May 20, 1849 to June 19, 1850, from the diary of Louis Nusbaumer.

Date:

1849 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca -- n-us-nv
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Gold mines and mining -- Associations
Germans -- California
Voyages par terre jusqu'au Pacifique
Allemands -- Californie
Germans
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.)
Mort, Vallée de la (Calif. et Nev.)
California
United States -- Death Valley
German California Mining Company.
Jayhawker Party.
Jayhawker Party.
Hunt, Jefferson -- 1804-1879
Hunt, Jefferson -- 1804-1879

Note:

RESTRICTED HOLOGRAPH ORIGINAL. Use other copies: Use of holograph original only with permission of the director.
Original holograph manuscript and translation : Also available on microfilm.

Physical Description:

4 volumes
partial microfilm reel (71 exposures) : negative (Rich. 538:15) and positive

Language:

German
und

Identifier:

BANC MSS C-F 8LOCAL

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

RESTRICTED HOLOGRAPH ORIGINAL. Use other copies: Use of holograph original only with permission of the director.