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Autobiographical material, diaries, correspondence, and manuscripts; material related to Brazil


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    Addenda: letter and letter book

    Manuscripts

    The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, seven volumes of diaries related to Branner's life and his work as a geologist in Brazil, autobiographical material, and an addenda of one letter and a 1920 to 1921 letter book.

    mssBranner

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    John Casper Branner papers

    Manuscripts

    The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, seven volumes of diaries related to Branner's life and his work as a geologist in Brazil, autobiographical material, and an addenda of one letter and a 1920 to 1921 letter book.

    mssBranner

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    Correspondence, autobiographical material, typescript

    Manuscripts

    Box contains a series of letters to Craig's wife, Gertrude Craig, written during his term of duty during World War I; the box also contains autobiographical material Craig had expected to include in a late book. In addition, there is a bound typescript of "English Religious Drama of the Middle Ages," chapters 5-8 only.

    mssCraig

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    Manuscripts and diaries

    Manuscripts

    The collection consists of the four-volume autobiography of Ethel Mazynski and two shorter autobiographical manuscripts by her; two typescript diaries describing the Mazynskis' trip to the United States and their ensuing cross-country journey; assorted military, career, and family records; correspondence with Robert F. Karolevitz and Ross S. Fenn regarding the Kosciuszko Squadron and the book Flight of Eagles : The Story of the American Kosćiuszko Squadron in the Polish-Russian War 1919-1920 / Robert F. Karolevitz and Ross S. Fenn (Sioux Falls, S.D. : Brevet Press, 1974); and photographs and ephemera.

    mssMazynski

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    Letters (correspondence), diary, and other manuscript materials

    Manuscripts

    Letters, diaries, essays, and other papers of Samuel Frank Dexter. The large portion of the collection consists of the letters that Dexter wrote to his children during the 1901 trip to California. The almost daily letters describe in minute detail their experiences and observations of various parts of California such as Alameda County, Bakersfield, Kern County, La Jolla, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Mount Lowe, Pasadena, Redlands, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Gabriel, San Pedro, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz County, and Santa Monica. The letters also contain descriptions of the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art, the California coast, and North Mexico. He also wrote frequently along their railroad trip to California, describing such places as Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, and Iowa.

    mssHM 65822-65938

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    Trip - Cataract Canyon diary and related material

    Manuscripts

    The collection consists of letters and documents (including 8 volumes) and 876 maps related to irrigation projects in the western United States. There are correspondence, reports, etc. regarding Colorado River projects (including the Colorado River-Los Angeles Gravity Flow Aqueduct); the Klamath Lake Project in Oregon; the Merced Irrigation District in California; the San Juan River, Little Colorado, and Verde projects in Arizona; and many others. Of note in the collection are diaries of La Rue's Colorado River trips from 1921, 1922, and 1924, and maps of western areas.

    mssLa Rue papers