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Mitchell family papers
Series II: Miscellaneous items

Manuscripts

Series II: Miscellaneous items

Description: The collection consists of letters and documents related to the Mitchell family's life in Coloma and El Dorado County, CA, and in Nevada mining areas such as Austin, Virginia City, Treasure City, and Hamilton. There are also letters discussing life in San Francisco in 1866 and between 1876 to 1887. Although there are over 32 individuals represented in the collection, the most frequent correspondents include Josephine Beckman, William J. Forbes, George W. Kinney, Eliza Mitchell Schieffer Taylor, and William H. Taylor.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1858-1882
Call number: mssMitchell
Creator: Mitchell (Family)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Edwin Grabhorn, January 1945.
Associated people: Beckman, Josephine. (active 1868-1871.)

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Forbes, William J., (active 1863-1877.)

Kinney, George W., (active 1866-1869.)

Taylor, Eliza Mitchell Schieffer.

Taylor, William H.,

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Series I: Correspondence
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The collection consists of letters and documents related to the Mitchell family's life in Coloma and El Dorado County, CA, and in Nevada mining areas such as Austin, Virginia City, Treasure City, and Hamilton. There are also letters discussing life in San Francisco in 1866 and between 1876 to 1887. Although there are over 32 individuals represented in the collection, the most frequent correspondents include Josephine Beckman, William J. Forbes, George W. Kinney, Eliza Mitchell Schieffer Taylor, and William H. Taylor.
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Mitchell family papers
Manuscripts
The collection consists of letters and documents related to the Mitchell family's life in Coloma and El Dorado County, California, and in Nevada mining areas such as Austin, Virginia City, Treasure City, and Hamilton. There are also letters discussing life in San Francisco in 1866 and between 1876 to 1887. Although there are over 32 individuals represented in the collection, the most frequent correspondents include Josephine Beckman, William J. Forbes, George W. Kinney, Eliza Mitchell Schieffer Taylor, and William H. Taylor.
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Maria Schieffer to Eliza Mitchell Schieffer Taylor
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1 piece. Following the above: John Fuhr to Eliza Mitchell Schieffer Taylor, 1864, July 17.
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William J. Forbes to Charles Carter
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1 piece. Enclosed in William J. Forbes to W. H. Taylor, 1870, October 16.
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Jane Mitchell to Mary Mitchell Forbes
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1 piece. Following the above: Lucy Bankle to Mary Mitchell Forbes, 1864, July 20.
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Series II. Photograph albums
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This collection contains approximately 1520 photographs in 11 volumes, comprising four journal accounts written by Walter Savage Wright from 1899-1901 and 7 photograph albums compiled by Walter S. Wright and his son, Howard Walter Wright. The journal accounts contain approximately 210 photographs and the photograph albums approximately 1310 photographs, dating from approximately 1878-1930, chiefly 1896-1917. The photographers are chiefly unidentified, though it is assumed that most were taken by members of the Wright family, chiefly Walter S. Wright and Howard Walter Wright; some photographs were taken by commercial photographers. The journal accounts concern the Wrights' family life in Pasadena; Walter S. Wright's journeys to Sonora, Mexico, with business partners to secure a railroad concession for the Los Pintos Mines; and a cruise taken by the Wright family to the Channel Islands in 1899, so that son Howard W. Wright could engage in bird collecting and photography. The photograph albums depict the Wrights' life and residence in Pasadena; the family's travels to Mount Wilson in the San Gabriel Mountains, Santa Catalina Island, and other areas of California; trips to the Channel Islands, Mexico, and other destinations; Howard W. Wright's years as a student at Stanford University (1911-1915) and his tours in Japan, China, and the Philippines during his service in the Navy during World War I.
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