Manuscripts
Lyman C. Draper letters to Benson J. Lossing
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Daniel C. Ehrhart letters to Mollie Davis
Manuscripts
Letters from Daniel C. Ehrhart to his cousin Mollie Davis, including five letters written during his service in Pennsylvania. The letters describe the life in Camp Curtin and Scranton and discuss rather animatedly the family news and the comings and goings of his many female cousins and friends. Includes transcripts.
mssHM 68880-68887
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Lyman Belding autobiography
Manuscripts
The autobiography begins with Belding's childhood in West Farms, Massachusetts (near Amherst College). He recalls his early days of school, camping at a nearby lake, and his first crush on a girl. Of his life in Wyoming Valley, Pennyslvania, Belding talks about his bout with typhoid fever in 1846 which led his doctor to advise him to go on a sea voyage. He talks about his first voyage on the ship Zion and his first long voyage on the whaling ship Uncas (going to the Arctic for whales). Of his voyages, Belden talks about the conditions of life on the ship, their food and drink, stops along the way, sea animals they saw, and the whales they killed. Belding also talks about hunting in the Sierra Nevadas, a meeting with Mark Hopkins, and a bird collecting trip he took to Baja, California.
mssHM 75097
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Benson J. Lossing. Notes for family magazine
Manuscripts
A collection of material related to Benson John Lossing; the collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, notebooks, drawings, photographs, and ephemera. The correspondence includes letters written by Lossing, many illustrated with sketches, which he wrote to his family during his travels in preparation for his "Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution." There are also letters by Lossing, chiefly retained copies, to his scholarly associates and publishers. The miscellaneous material includes printed biographical pamphlets, a small scrapbook related to Lossing, genealogical materials concerning the Lossing and other related families, photographs, newspaper clippings, forms, and other ephemera. The collection also includes some unidentified and uncataloged manuscripts, drawings, photographs, sketches, notes, and ephemera.
LS 1142
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F. Lyle Lyman correspondence
Manuscripts
The letters relate the story of Lyman's trip from Illinois to Dawson, Yukon Territory. His first stops were in Seattle and Vancouver; he finally arrived in Skagway, Alaska on March 3rd, after which he and his friend made their way through the Chilkoot Pass to Dawson. Although Lyman did not do much mining, he does talk about the miners whom he met. He briefly mentions a scheme to make money, but never gives further details. His letters describe the difficulties of hiking through the snow and bad weather (although he found the Chilkoot Pass less dangerous than he had expected); an avalanche which killed several people; the other travelers he encountered; the dangers of rafting down the Whitehorse rapids; and the conditions of the mining towns of Dyea and Dawson. There is one letter to Lyman from his mother. The group also includes a cabinet photograph of F. Lyle Lyman and four newspaper clippings regarding gold mining in the Klondike.
mssHM 65941-65958
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Lyman H. Howland letters to his son
Manuscripts
Lyman H. Howland wrote seven of these letters to his son, Garrald, after he left New Bedford to become an itinerant miner in California, Idaho, Nevada, and Montana. The first letter is a 16-page description of his 1892 railroad journey to Sacramento. In 1894, Howland is living in Spokane, Washington and talks of mining prospects. In 1896, Howland is mining in Troy, Idaho, and in 1897, he is mining in Sylvanite, Montana. Besides mining and his life as a miner, Howland also lectures his son on the evil of alcohol, talks of sending for his son to join him, and asks about family and friends back in New Bedford. Two of these letters are incomplete.
mssHM 83122-83129
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Moore and Draper families photograph collection
Visual Materials
A collection of 21 photographs and 1 oil painting on cardboard related to the Moore and Draper families and the family business, the Moore & Draper grocery store, in late-19th century Los Angeles. The store is seen in one photograph showing a large wooden building with a sign and Moore, Draper, and others standing in front. There are three images of family members in front of houses in Los Angeles: a bungalow at 4109 S. Figueroa, and a house at 4735 Compton Avenue, taken on Thanksgiving, 1903. The portraits are by a variety of early Los Angeles photographers including F. C. Dando of the Lamson Studio; James D. Westervelt; Lawrence & Son, Excelsior Gallery, Downey Block; Lorenz; and James B. Blanchard. Portrait sitters include: Henry A. and Phoebe Moore and their son Eugene; Durell Draper; Henry and Emma Draper; Kitty Draper; Warren C. Waite (Phoebe's brother) and his family in Chillicothe, Missouri; Minnie Waite Stowell; and members of the Washburn, Crockett and Davies families. The nonprofessional oil painting is a portrait of Joseph Clark Waite.
photCL 228