Manuscripts

Brier, John Wells. To Colton, John Burt. Santa Cruz &. Lodi, Calif

Description: 2 letters & 3 post cards [facsimiles].
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1913 Mar. 23 - Oct. 29
Call number: JA 95 - 99
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.

Brier, Juliet Wells. To John Burt Colton. Lodi, Calif

Manuscripts

2 letters [facsimiles].

JA 101 - 102

Image not available

Brier, John Wells. To John Burt Colton. Lodi, Calif

Manuscripts

6 letters [originals & facsimiles].

JA 79 - 84

Image not available

Brier, James Wells. To John Burt Colton. Lodi, Calif

Manuscripts

10 letters [originals and facsimiles].

JA 85 - 94

Image not available

Brier, Dwinelle. To Colton, John Burt. Santa Cruz, Calif

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 67

Image not available

Brier, Juliet Wells. To The Jayhawkers. Lodi, Calif

Manuscripts

4 letters [originals and facsimiles].

JA 104 - 107

Image not available

Brier, J. C. To John Burt Colton. Lodi, Calif

Manuscripts

JA 77

Brier, John Wells. To Colton, John Burt. Santa Cruz &. Lodi, Calif

Opening Hours

Admission Info and Tickets

You might also be interested in

Brier, Juliet Wells. To John Burt Colton. Lodi, Calif

Brier, John Wells. To John Burt Colton. Lodi, Calif

Brier, James Wells. To John Burt Colton. Lodi, Calif

Brier, Dwinelle. To Colton, John Burt. Santa Cruz, Calif

Brier, Juliet Wells. To The Jayhawkers. Lodi, Calif

Brier, J. C. To John Burt Colton. Lodi, Calif