Manuscripts
Peter Lassen of California
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Geologic Atlas of the United States : Lassen Peak sheet, California
Rare Books
Contents, two descriptive sheets, three maps, and one plate: Geologic map of the United States, explanatory text -- Lassen Peak sheet, descriptive text / J. S. Diller -- [Topography] -- Areal geology -- Economic geology -- Illustrations of the cinder cone.At head of title: Department of the Interior ; United States Geological Survey ; J. W. Powell, Director.On cover: Index Map.Letter laid in, no addressee, from the United States Geological Survey, text reads: The Chattanooga Folio will be sent as soon as completed.Part of a planned set geologic folios, see Bibliography and index of the publications of the United States Geological Survey, 1893, p.306.Republished 1895 as Geologic atlas of the United States: Lassen Peak Folio, California, Folio No. 15."1st PROOF"--stamped, red ink, bottom margin of the Economic Geology map. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: contour lines. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.
266572 [Lassen Peak]
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Lassen's Rancho
Manuscripts
The collection contains J. Goldsborough Bruff's oversize revised version of his journal (c. 1853) which documents his journey across the American plains in 1849 by way of Lassen's Trail. Also included in the collection are 264 drawings of scenes from his overland journey, of various places he visited in California, and of his sea voyage to the Eastern United States via Mexico and Panama. Many of Bruff's drawings are in pencil, but thirty-eight of them were drawn with pastels and are in color.
HM 8044 (186)
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Burial of Spence - Vicinity of Lassen's Rancho
Manuscripts
The collection contains J. Goldsborough Bruff's oversize revised version of his journal (c. 1853) which documents his journey across the American plains in 1849 by way of Lassen's Trail. Also included in the collection are 264 drawings of scenes from his overland journey, of various places he visited in California, and of his sea voyage to the Eastern United States via Mexico and Panama. Many of Bruff's drawings are in pencil, but thirty-eight of them were drawn with pastels and are in color.
HM 8044 (152)
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Journal [of an overland journey to California by way of the Oregon and Lassen trails]
Manuscripts
The diary contains Bruff's descriptions of his overland journey across the plains in 1849 with the Washington City and California Mining Association and his activities in California after their arrival
mssHM 252
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Lassen Cut-Off and Lassen's Ranch
Visual Materials
This collection contains photographs by historian Ralph P. Bieber documenting the central overland route to California as it appeared in the 1950s. Bieber visited the sites in conjunction with a project to record every aspect of the trails and circumstances associated with the migration of people to California during the Gold Rush years and subsequently. The images document the route through Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, and California. Bieber organized and annotated the photographs himself, and his original order, based primarily on print size, has been maintained. Additionally, Bieber created photographic categories such as "Donner Party Sites," "Gold Discovery Sites," and "Sites associated with John C. Frémont." Note that Bieber did not arrange the photographs geographically.
photCL 469
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Tehama County history
Manuscripts
This typed manuscript is a history of Tehama County and Red Bluff, the county seat. Gans describes in detail the following characteristics of the county: climate, wild life, geographic features, industries, railroads, libraries, water supply, schools, livestock, and agriculture of the county. Gans also talks about Lassen Volcanic National Park, Lassen National Forest, as well as prominent citizen William Brown Ide, who became President of the Bear Flag Republic in 1846, and Ishi, the Yana Indian who was found in Tehama County. Glued onto the manuscript is a newspaper clipping giving the population of Tehama County in 1951. Accompanying the manuscript is a typed letter from Gans to historian William Henry Hutchinson regarding Gans' manuscript.
mssHM 68168