Manuscripts

(24) Letter files of supply department for years in four accordion paper files

Description: The collection consists of materials related to railroads built in Nevada and eastern California in connection with the Comstock Lode in Virginia City, Nevada, and other mining booms in Nevada and California (mainly in the period from 1870-1890). Subjects in the collection include not only the railroad and mining industries but also the lumber industry.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1884, 1887, 1891 and 1892
Call number: mssNevadar
Provenance: Purchased from H. A. Levinson, February 27, 1963.; Purchased from Yale Brown, May 16, 1963.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

(35) ANTIQUITY. Four items, prints of sketches by railroad enthusiasts in the latter years of the railroad, when it was an antiquity, but still operating

Manuscripts

The collection consists of materials related to railroads built in Nevada and eastern California in connection with the Comstock Lode in Virginia City, Nevada, and other mining booms in Nevada and California (mainly in the period from 1870-1890). Subjects in the collection include not only the railroad and mining industries but also the lumber industry.

mssNevadar

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