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James Beith diaries : and related materials : ms., 1862-1888.
BANC MSS C-F 187; BANC FILM 3088 reel 1; BANC FILM 3088 reel 2
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Title:

James Beith diaries: and related materials : ms., 1862-1888

Creator/Contributor:

Beith, James., creator

Abstract:

Record of his life and activities, mainly in Arcata, Calif. Notes on national and state politics and his own participation in local Democratic affairs; logging, farming and mining; Indians of the area; friends and associates. Later volumes contain only intermittent and more general reflections on current events.
Poem, "Written for my friend James Beith, Arcata, Feb. 6, 1861," a few accounts and a clipping, removed from various volumes, placed in portfolio.

Date:

1862 (issued)

Contents:

V. 1 - May 5, 1862-Mar., 1863--V. 2 - Jan., 1864-Feb. 2, 1866--V. 3 - Feb. 2, 1866-Feb. 20, 1867--V. 4 - Feb. 22, 1867-Dec. 30, 1868--V. 5 - Jan. 10-Mar. 14, 1869 and Mar. 9, 1878-Mar. 19, 1882--V. 6 - Sept. 3, 1875-Sept. 22, 1879--V. 7 - Apr. 6, 1882-Dec. 31, 1885--V. 8-May 21, 1886-May 13, 1888--V. 9 - miscellaneous items as noted previously.

Subject:

Democratic Party (Calif.)
Indians of North America -- California
Lumbering -- California
Agriculture -- California
California -- Politics and government
Arcata (Calif.)
Humboldt County (Calif.) -- History -- Sources
Klamath (Calif.) -- History -- Sources
Siskiyou County (Calif.) -- History -- Sources

Note:

Also available on microfilm with call number BANC FILM 3088.
In 1865-1866, Beith visited San Francisco and the Bay area; in Aug., 1876, was one of the commissioners to settle financial affairs of the abolished Klamath Co.; for various periods was a resident of Humboldt, Klamath and Siskiyou Counties. His father, James Beith, Sr., from Scotland, was a farmer at Arcata.

Type:

Diaries.

Physical Description:

9 v. in 1 box ; 15-25 cm.
2 microfilm reels : negative (BNEG Box 3278, 518 frames, V.1-V.5; BNEG Box 3279, 240 frames, V.6-V.9)

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS C-F 187
BANC FILM 3088 reel 1
BANC FILM 3088 reel 2

Origin:

California