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California -- Social life and customs -- 19th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Brewster family papers

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-1309
Abstract:

The papers contain diaries, artwork, and an album of Elizabeth Bates Brewster and her daughters Ada Augusta Brewster, Mary Brewster Long, and Elizabeth Brewster Scribner. Subjects discussed include child rearing and family life, nursing during the Civil War, school teaching, and life in Nevada and California.

Dates: 1838-1879

Gold Rush Collection

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-2865
Abstract: This collection encompasses accessions of single letters and small groups of letters and other manuscripts, pertaining to the California Gold Rush, which the library has chosen to group and list as an artificial collection. Letters discuss voyages to the Pacific coast, including journeys through Panama; mining life in California; the inhabitants of California, including Mormons; vigilance committees in San Francisco; and the establishment of a police force in Nevada City, California. Some...
Dates: 1847-1882

Gove family papers

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-1302
Abstract:

The papers contain correspondence and other papers documenting Gove family life and the experiences of Josiah E. Gove in gold rush California.

Dates: 1788-1870, 1842-1859, bulk 1842-1859

Alonzo A. Hill papers

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-1297
Abstract:

The papers contain correspondence and other papers documenting Alonzo Hill's voyage to California, experiences in the gold fields, San Francisco, and Sacramento.

Dates: 1849-1857

Independent Order of Odd Fellows Records of California Lodges

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-2961
Scope and Contents:

Financial records and receipts, account books, membership records, meeting minutes, reports, correspondence, circulars, and ephemera generated by the activities of the Charity Lodge No. 6 of Stockton and the Hanford Lodge, the Lady of the Lake Rebekah Lodge No. 111, and the Lucerne Lodge (all located in Hanford), as well as other California-based Independent Order of Odd Fellows lodges and encampments.

Dates: 1852-1967

Kaweah Cooperative Colony papers

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-1304
Abstract:

The papers contain correspondence, business and legal papers, meeting records, and photographs documenting the existence of the Kaweah Cooperative Colony.

Dates: 1886-1890