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    Do They Miss Me At Home

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    Image is of a woman at a piano on the left, a young woman on the bench beside her, two girls and a man behind them, and an older couple seated on the right. Beneath the image is the text of a poem or song expressing the emotions of those who traveled west to California and are separated from their families back home. "H. Eastman S.F."--text, lower right corner of image. "Published by James M. Hutchings, 201 Clay street, Plaza, San Francisco."--text, below image. Paper color: gray.

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    Do they miss me at home? [music]

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    Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957. "Mules, Mines, and Me in Mexico": chapter 11 [typescript]

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    This collection consists of typescripts of reminiscences, diaries, notebooks, and photographs. The first typescript was written in 1941 and is an autobiography that details Parker's life from his high school days in New York to his times in Alaska, Mexico, and New Mexico as a mining engineer and assayer. The next typescript was written in 1945 and is titled "History and my story about White Oaks 1880-1900." This typescript gives more depth into his families' life in White Oaks as mine owners and as a prominent family in the community. The last typescript was written in 1947 and is titled "Mules, mines, and me in Mexico." This typescript covers Parker's life in Chihuahua and Sonora, Mexico and his extensive travels throughout the region as a mining engineer and consultant for such mining companies as Fortuna-North Tigre, La República, and many others. In this typescript he discusses the following people: Plutarco Elias Calles (1877-1945), Britton Davis (1860-1930), James Stuart Douglas (1868-1949), William Cornell Greene (1853-1911), George Wylie Paul Hunt (1859-1934), William Colt MacDonald (1891-1968), Pascual Orozco (1882-1915), Luis Terrazas (1829-1923), and Pancho Villa (1878-1923). Parker also covers the Mexico Revolution, 1910-1920 and conflicts with Yaqui Indians.

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