Manuscripts

Survey field books

Description: A collection of approximately 330 items from approximately 1875 to 1909, it consists of letters, documents, 17 field books, survey notes, and maps related to various California mines in Amador, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Mariposa, Tuolumne, and Yuba counties.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1877-1908
Call number: mssSummers
Creator: Summers, Alfred B(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Egbert Robinson, August 1937.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Alfred B. Summers papers

Manuscripts

A collection of approximately 330 items from approximately 1875 to 1909, it consists of letters, documents, 17 field books, survey notes, and maps related to various California mines in Amador, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Mariposa, Tuolumne, and Yuba counties.

mssSummers

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Alfred B. Summers papers

Manuscripts

mssSummers

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J. W. Stow papers

Manuscripts

The collection consists primarily of letters and some documents related to the examination of quartz mines in Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, and Tuolumne counties, California, as well as several mines in Nevada. Many of the letters are addressed to Stow, but there are also a few addressed to Edward J. Pringle and others. The primary authors of the letters are W.A. Williams and Joseph Lee.

mssHM 64102-64141

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J. W. Stow papers

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mssHM 64102-64141

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Account books, record books, journals

Manuscripts

A collection of approximately 1,775 items from 1840 to 1926, it consists of letters, journals, manuscripts, volumes, and maps related to the life and activities of Dr. Joseph Pownall and the Pownall family. The collection contains material concerning the town of Columbia, California, and the Southern mines; business papers of the Tuolumne County Water Company; a narrative of an 1849 overland journey from Louisiana to Mariposa, California; high schools in San Francisco, California, in the 1870s; and information about the University of California in the 1880s. Family members represented in the collection include: Mary C. H. Newell Pownall, Joseph Benjamin Pownall, and Lucy Pownall Senger.

mssPW

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Account books, record books, journals

Manuscripts

mssPW

Survey field books

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