Content Description
Dates
- 1848-1975
- Majority of material found within 1907-1953
Creator
- Davenport family (Author)
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Arrangement
Extent
2.09 Linear Feet (5 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
Davenport Family
Processing Information
These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards. For more information, please refer to the Beinecke Manuscript Unit Processing Manual.
- California -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- Cogswell, J. H.
- Davenport, Donald, 1910-1974
- Davenport, Evita, 1875-1962
- Davenport, Lee, Jr., 1915-1998
- Davenport, Levi B., 1876-1964
- Dried flowers
- Families -- California
- Families -- Correspondence
- Families -- Minnesota
- Family papers
- Gold miners -- Nevada -- 20th century
- Goldfield (Nev.)
- Minneapolis (Minn.)
- Minnesota -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- Nevada -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- Photographs
- Rait, Eva M., 1854-1917
- Rait, James M., 1846-1926
- Reuben, Lucile Frank, 1915-1998
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- Soldiers -- United States -- 20th century
- Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence
- Textile materials
- Women -- West (U.S.)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
- Title
- Guide to the Davenport Family Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Sarah Lerner
- Date
- 2019 April
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
Access Information
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