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This talk was given at the First Joint Meeting of the Utah Society of Engineers, American Institute of Electrical Engineers. The typescript also includes an introduction by fellow electrical engineer Paul P. Ashworth and 12 pages of illustrations (all electrical related). Accompanying the typescript is a photograph of the Olmsted Station Power House in Provo, Utah.
mssHM 79875
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Welsh wrote reminiscences of his journey to, and life in California in the 1880s and 90s. There is particular emphasis on citrus orchard management and labor in Southern California and a cattle drive or autumn round-up from the Rancho Los Cerritos. Also included are descriptions of cities and towns in Southern California encompassing people, geology, climate, flora and fauna. Excursions in and around Southern California are well described including trips to Long Beach, Santa Monica, Catalina Island and Death Valley.
mssHM 16371
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Typescript of the pamphlet "Reminiscences of the early life of Earl H. Richardson," which includes brief biographies of Richardson by his brother J.R. Richardson and George T. Stamm. Forcuses on Richardson's invention of the orange brusher and his involvement with the electric railway running from Ontario to San Antonio Heights. Also includes several pages of praise for the pamphlet by various friends of Richardson in the southern California area.
mssHM 74115
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This text discusses a wide range of topics regarding life in Nevada before 1900, including coming west, mining, corruption, and home life on the frontier. Also included is a photocopy of a map showing the Northern Mother Lode during the 1850s.
mssHM 80836
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A photocopy of a corrected typewritten manuscript. It is a memoir of Allan Nevins' time at the Huntington Library and was written by John Steadman, Nevins' contemporary during his years at the Huntington. The memoir includes trips to Mexico, and various places in California, including Death Valley and Idyllwild. He includes many humorous Huntington Library stories about witty lunches, walks on the grounds, and playing lawn-bowling. Notable people mentioned in the memoir include, among others: Robert O. Dugan, John F. Kennedy, Mary Elizabeth Massey, Cholmondeley M. Nelson, John E. Pomfret, and A. L. Rouse.
mssHM 84055
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This typescript of Edward Hawkins Rogers' diary details his overland trip to California from Denton County, Texas. His group, which includes his wife and son, as well as several other emigrants, takes the Butterfield Overland Trail through Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. Rogers mentions the Butterfield Overland Stage Line stations as his group passes them. He talks about the hardships of the trail including the birth and death of his infant daughter, lack of food and water, and fear of attacks by Indians.
mssHM 66498