Manuscripts

Usher, William R. To John Burt Colton. Richland, Ore

Description: Annexed: 2 obituaries of Harrison B. Frans.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1902 - 1916
Call number: JA 995 - 999
Creator: Jayhawker Party(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Edward T. Colton, 1930.; Asa Haines diary (JA 1051), gift of G. William Hume, September 1957.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.; RESTRICTED: Box 12: Asa Haines diary is fragile; use facsimile reproduction. Original available with curatorial approval only.

Usher, William R. To Colton, John Burt and Mecum, Charles Bert ... and Jayhawkers of '49. Richland, Ore

Manuscripts

The collection contains letters, narratives, and eight large volumes of clippings related to the members of the Jayhawkers, their overland trip to the California gold fields through Death Valley, and their annual reunions held between 1872 to 1918. It also contains diaries by Asa Haines and Sheldon Young of the Jayhawkers' route and a map of Death Valley by William Lewis Manly, approximately 1889. The collection was assembled by John B. Colton (1831-1919), a member of the Jayhawker party. Participants in the collection include: John Wells Brier, Reverend James Brier, William Frederick Dody, Jessie Benton Fremont, John Groscup, Eliza Poor Donner Houghton, Charles Fletcher Lummis, William Lewis Manley, Charles B. Mecum, and Lorenzo Dow Stephens. The collection also includes items related to Mary Hunter Austin, Frederic Remington, and Theodore Roosevelt.

JA 1000

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Frans, Harrison B. To John Burt Colton. Kansas City, Mo

Manuscripts

In the handwriting of John B. Colton with note addressed to Harrison B. Frans.

JA 437

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Usher, William R. To Charles Bert Mecum. Richland, Ore

Manuscripts

JA 1001

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Reschke, Jennie Baker. To John Burt Colton. Dixon, Wyo

Manuscripts

2 letters. Annexed: short biograpy of James Baker signed by John B. Colton.

JA 808 - 809

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Colton, John Burt. To Usher, William r. Kansas City, Mo

Manuscripts

Press copy.

JA 295

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Usher, William R. To Mecum, Charles Bert and Mecum, Frances E. Richards. Richland, Ore

Manuscripts

JA 1002

Usher, William R. To John Burt Colton. Richland, Ore

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