W. H. Wheeler letters to his father | Collections | The Huntington

W. H. Wheeler letters to his father | Collections | The Huntington

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Nathaniel S. Wheeler papers
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This collection primarily consists of letters to and from Nathaniel S. Wheeler at various duty posts such as Fort Craig, New Mexico, and Fort Lyon, Colorado. Wheeler's wife, Nellie F. Stanley, writes mostly about daily and family life in Enfield, New Hampshire. Out west, Wheeler writes about his health, the weather, conditions of the trail, and encampment. In a letter dated September 28, 1867, Wheeler describes a congressional committee to meet tribal leaders of local indigenous people at Fort Larned, Kansas. He writes about chasing and hunting buffalo. The remainder of the letters are from friends and family writing from various locations in the United States. William Langley Seran writes about farming in Kansas and J.A. Mitchell from Memphis, Tennessee, complains about working conditions and his cattle being thin. There is an undated notebook consisting of a list of purchased goods.
mssHM 81576-81597
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Nathaniel S. Wheeler papers
Manuscripts
This collection primarily consists of letters to and from Nathaniel S. Wheeler at various duty posts such as Fort Craig, New Mexico, and Fort Lyon, Colorado. Wheeler's wife, Nellie F. Stanley, writes mostly about daily and family life in Enfield, New Hampshire. Out west, Wheeler writes about his health, the weather, conditions of the trail, and encampment. In a letter dated September 28, 1867, Wheeler describes a congressional committee to meet tribal leaders of local indigenous people at Fort Larned, Kansas. He writes about chasing and hunting buffalo. The remainder of the letters are from friends and family writing from various locations in the United States. William Langley Seran writes about farming in Kansas and J.A. Mitchell from Memphis, Tennessee, complains about working conditions and his cattle being thin. There is an undated notebook consisting of a list of purchased goods.
mssHM 81576-81597
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Brigham Young letter to Joseph A. Young
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Letter to Joseph A. Young from his father Brigham Young in Salt Lake City. Young writes of his approval of Wyoming as an "outfitting point on the Missouri," that Joseph has been "much blessed in [his] railroad contract," of his own trip to Ogden and plans for future travels throughout Utah, a visit to his cotton and woolen factory, and that "Uncle Sam's prospectors on the Bench" are in the mountains looking for gold and silver.
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Nathaniel Wheeler correspondence
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This collection consists of 76 letters, the majority addressed to Nathaniel S. Wheeler at various "Wild West" duty posts such as Fort Bliss, Texas and Fort Craig, New Mexico. The collection is organized chronologically.
mssHM 81470-81546
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W. H. Holabird Papers
Manuscripts
This collection contains forty items primarily related to the work of railroad agent and California Development Company receiver W.H. Holabird (1845-1921), as well as some personal and ephemeral items. The first and largest series (HM 73863-73875) is comprised of 13 items including correspondence and one report related to Holabird's survey of Miller and Lux's property for Southern Pacific in 1909. Holabird's surveys were in response to the Southern Pacific's interest in purchasing Miller and Lux and its various holdings. Includes one letter by Henry Miller to Holabird. Series 2 (HM 73876-73878) contains 3 documents related to Holabird's time as receiver and general manager of the California Development Company. Series 3 (HM 73879-73884) is made up of various reports Holabird wrote during and after his trips to the Philippines, Manchuria, and Siberia while working for E.H. Harriman and the Southern Pacific Railroad. This section also includes related correspondences regarding Manchuria with New York City-based journalist George Kennan (1845-1924). The final series (HM 73885-73892) contains 12 miscellaneous and personal items including a photograph of Holabird, biographical and autobiographical materials, letters, and World War I-era essays written by Holabird regarding nationalism and communism; it also includes a folder of ephemera with two copies of the Los Angeles Times announcing Holabird's death and a newspaper clipping written by Holabird on agriculture and irrigation in the Imperial Valley.
mssHM 73863-73892