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Strentzel family papers, [ca. 1842-1964].
BANC MSS 75/86 c
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Title:
Strentzel family papers, [ca. 1842-1964]Creator/Contributor:
Strentzel family., creatorCreator/Contributor:
Strentzel, Louisiana Erwin, 1821-1897, CorrespondentCreator/Contributor:
Strentzel, John Theophil, 1813-1890, CorrespondentAbstract:
1849 letter from Louisiana (Erwin) Strentzel describing her journey from Texas to San Diego, California; letters from John
T. Strentzel from Alhambra Valley near Martinez re agriculture in California and land matters in Texas; miscellaneous accounts
and documents; autobiography of John T. Strentzel; biographical sketch of Samuel A. Erwin; clippings re the Strentzel family
and John Muir. Photocopies are accompanied by one original photograph, on card mount, of an Erwin-Strentzel family reunion
in Honey Grove, Texas, August 20th, 1892.
Date:
1842 (issued)Subject:
Erwin, Samuel Augustus -- 1831-Strentzel family -- Portraits
Muir, John -- 1838-1914
Overland journeys to the Pacific -- Personal narratives
Agriculture -- California
Women pioneers
Note:
Photocopies.
Strentzel family papers, BANC MSS 75/86 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Gift; of Margaret L. White; in 1975.
Photographs of individuals transferred to the Portrait File of The Bancroft Library.
In English and German.
Type:
Clippings.Autobiographies.
Family papers.
Photographs.
Group portraits.
Physical Description:
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1 v.
Language:
English
German
Identifier:
BANC MSS 75/86 c