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Remarks on the centennial of the New Madrid earthquakes
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Bertrand Russell letter to Harry R. Major
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In this letter, Russell is discussing his religious beliefs, or lack thereof. He says that he is unsure sometimes of his beliefs and call himself both an atheist and agnostic at varying times. He also states that he thinks the idea of "God" is very unlikely and the same as the belief in "the Gods of Olympus or Valhalla." The letter is written on Russell's own letterhead from his estate in Wales "Plas Penrhyn."
mssHM 78353
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Jessie Benton Frémont letters
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This group of items is comprised of three letters by Jessie Benton Frémont to George Whitwell Parsons, an article written by Jessie Benton Frémont, and a letter by George Whitwell Parsons to William Jennings Bryan. The Frémont letters discuss an article Jessie was writing on her husband, her father, the Bear Flag Revolt, and California history; an incomplete copy of that article is included in the group. The Parsons letter to Bryan consists of a request by Parsons to Bryan to speak to the members of the YMCA of Los Angeles; at the bottom of the page is a signed note by Bryan saying that it is "impossible."
mssHM 66102-66106
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Charles E. Pickett letter to Thomas Hinckley Thompson
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In this letter, Pickett is alerting Thompson to an article recently published about Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo. Pickett asks Thompson to include it in the next issue of the Sonoma Democrat (the newspaper published by Thompson). Pickett also talks about Vallejo's candidacy for presidential elector on the Democratic ticket and the Democratic party's state convention in California.
mssHM 68342
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Memorandum regarding California Bi-Centennial and Centennial
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This memorandum by Frederick W. Cropp talks about the Bible being brought to California shortly after gold was discovered. He talks about Reverend Frederick Buel, the American Bible Society and the role of God and religion in California becoming part of the United States. With the memorandum is a facsimile copy of Cropp's article "Old Fine Gold in California," which he quotes in his memorandum.
mssHM 75106
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Report on the field work with the Rainbow Bridge-Monument Valley expedition of 1934
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This is a mimeographed copy of the official report resulting from the Rainbow Bridge-Monument Valley Expedition of 1934. These expeditions, which were privately funded and headed by Ansel Franklin Hall, took place from 1933-1938. The work was supervised by Lyndon Hargrave of the Museum of Northern Arizona and the crew consisted of archaeologists, paleontologists, botanists, biologists, and geologists. The report details the group's findings from their archaeological surveys and excavations of several early Anasazi (Pueblo) sites in northern Arizona and southern Utah. It also gives a detailed description of the geology of the region including Monument Valley, Navajo National Monument, the Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park, and concludes with a chapter on the modern Indians of the region, the Hopi and Navajo. Also included are maps and seventy-two mounted original photographs. The forward is by Ansel Franklin Hall
mssHM 65243
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The Shakespeare documents: new studies in facts and problems
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Typescript carbon copy dated 1935. Approximately one third more material than the published version; published by Stanford University Press in 1941.
mssHM 84200