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Henry H. Mason correspondence, 1872-1902.
BANC MSS C-B 775 BOX 2; BANC MSS C-B 775 BOX 1
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Title:
Henry H. Mason correspondence, 1872-1902Creator/Contributor:
Mason, Henry H., creatorAbstract:
Mainly letters to family in the East relating travels and various aspects of life in mining camps and towns of Nevada in the
Reno area and California in the Mammoth City and Bodie area. References to Indian fighting. Material concerning social life
of the period; life in San Diego from 1887- 1902. Also includes several letters from friends to Henry Mason, a few letters
from his brother, Merril Mason, to the family. Typed transcripts of most of Henry Mason's letters filed at the end of Box
2.
Date:
1872 (issued)Subject:
Indians of North America -- CaliforniaIndians of North America -- Nevada
Gold mines and mining -- California
Mines and mineral resources -- Nevada
California -- Social life and customs
Nevada -- Social life and customs
California -- Economic conditions
Nevada -- Economic conditions
California -- Description and travel
Nevada -- Description and travel
Note:
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
Portrait photograph and photograph in front of Mason and Hedges Livery Stable transferred to the Pictorial Collections of
The Bancroft Library.
Physical Description:
print
2 boxes (.8 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS C-B 775 BOX 2
BANC MSS C-B 775 BOX 1