William Noble Lacey Yosemite travel journal

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  Yosemite travel album

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  A travel album of snapshots and reminiscences in typescript pages documenting the camping trip of eight young women and men through Yosemite in 1909. The majority of snapshots are accompanied by captions in a contemporary hand. Views include the iconic Yosemite waterfalls, redwood trees, and geologic features, and show the group hiking, relaxing, riding burros, and cooking at the campground. The album begins with a two-page whimsical poem titled "To Yosemite" about preparing for the trip, and is signed Renette Felt. The back of the album has a nine-page typescript travelogue titled "Snapshots About Camp" (unsigned; presumably by Felt), followed by a three-page typescript titled "A Knocker's View of the Yosemite Trip or a Few Bum Jokes," signed by William H. Hughes, one of the travelers.

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  The Emperor of San Francisco: a musical: script

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  This typescript is a copy of the script for the musical "The Emperor of San Francisco" written by Franklin Lacey in 1981 (the copy is signed by him). It was written for a cast of 22 actors and is about Joshua Abraham Norton, the celebrated citizen of San Francisco who claimed to be the "Emperor of the United States" in 1859.

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  Hiking in the High Sierras, Yosemite National Park

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  This account of a four-person hiking trip in Yosemite National Park and extended trips into the Sierra Nevada high country in the summer of 1916, includes approximately 130 photographs and extensive manuscript descriptions, written by Dorothy Willard. The photographs follow the narrative and capture the scenery of the region and the members of the hiking party engaged in their excursions including hiking, setting up camp, fishing, and making meals.

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  Anonymous letter regarding trip to Yosemite National Park

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  In this incomplete letter, the unknown author describes in detail a trip to Yosemite and camping in the national park. The addressee of the letter is also unknown.

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  Travel journal

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  Includes a trip aboard the ship "Venus" from London to New York; travels to Washington, Baltimore, and New York.

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  Travel album including Yosemite, New England, and Yellowstone

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  Album of amateur snapshots taken during trips chiefly in California, New England, and Yellowstone Park, Wyoming, from 1903 to 1905, with handwritten captions identifying the locaions depicted. The album begins with photographs documenting a trip to California beginning in the Yosemite Valley in May 1903 before progressing to Mariposa Grove, the Sacramento River, Shasta Springs, Sisson (Mount Shasta), San Francisco, the University of California, Berkeley, campus, including houses identified as "my homes," Santa Cruz, Monterey, the Hotel Del Monte, and the Santa Barbara Mission. There are images of New England and Upstate New York from 1903 to 1905 including Lake Pleasant, Massachusetts, Deerfield Valley, Connecticut, Charlestown, New Hampshire, South Framingham, Massachusetts, winter in Boston Harbor (1903-04), Lake Winnipesaukee, Seal Harbor and Mt. Desert Maine, and the New York State Capitol in Albany. There are also photographs from a trip in Summer 1905 to Yellowstone Park, Wyoming, with stops along the way in St. Paul, Minnesota, and at Minnehaha Falls, Minneapolis. Of note are a few photographs of President Theodore Roosevelt's arrival in Yosemite, including one captioned "President Roosevelt and John Muir." The photographs primarily depict the natural scenery including waterfalls, lakes, trees, and mountains, as well as hotels, tourist destinations, and landmarks. There are also some images of ice skating, sledding, and sleigh rides during the winter of 1904-05 in New England. The compiler of the album is unidentified though there is one photograph of a young couple on horseback at Yosemite labeled "You and I."

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