Correspondence, 1886-1914 and undated; other papers, most relating to his work as in Yukon Territory, 1897-1901 and undated; and photographs, most of Yukon Territory scenes, ca. 1900-1901 and undated. Most correspondence concerns his work in Alaska f...
Description:
William Henry White graduated from Yale University in 1900. He went to Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush, arriving in August, 1900, and initially serving as a representative of a thawing machine company, involving R. M. Elliot, H. C. Elliot, and W...
Subject (Geographic):
Klondike River Valley (Yukon), Yukon., Forty Mile (Yukon), Dawson (Yukon), Alaska, Waterbury (Conn.), and Yukon
Subject (Name):
Elliot, H. C., Elliot, R. M., McCracken, W. L., Wade, Mary Elizabeth., White, George L., White, George L., Mrs., White, William Henry., Yale University, and Yukon Territory. Office of the Gold Commissioner.
Subject (Topic):
Students, Gold discoveries, Mining districts, Description and travel, and Hunting
Correspondence, 1886-1914 and undated; other papers, most relating to his work as in Yukon Territory, 1897-1901 and undated; and photographs, most of Yukon Territory scenes, ca. 1900-1901 and undated. Most correspondence concerns his work in Alaska f...
Description:
William Henry White graduated from Yale University in 1900. He went to Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush, arriving in August, 1900, and initially serving as a representative of a thawing machine company, involving R. M. Elliot, H. C. Elliot, and W...
Subject (Geographic):
Klondike River Valley (Yukon), Yukon., Forty Mile (Yukon), Dawson (Yukon), Alaska, Waterbury (Conn.), and Yukon
Subject (Name):
Elliot, H. C., Elliot, R. M., McCracken, W. L., Wade, Mary Elizabeth., White, George L., White, George L., Mrs., White, William Henry., Yale University, and Yukon Territory. Office of the Gold Commissioner.
Subject (Topic):
Students, Gold discoveries, Mining districts, Description and travel, and Hunting
Seventy letters from William C. Ellis to his wife describe the trip to California by way of Panama and experiences in the gold fields. Accompanied by six other family letters, including five letters by or to Anne Ellis, wife of the Welsh poet, Robert ...
Description:
The six additional family letters are available on microfilm as part of the Beinecke Library's Frontier Women II microfilm set.
Subject (Geographic):
California. and California
Subject (Name):
Ellis, Anne., Ellis, Cornelia., Ellis, Robert, 1810-1875., and Ellis, William C.
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life, Gold mines and mining, Voyages to the Pacific coast, and Gold discoveries
The journal describes an 1849 voyage to San Francisco by way of Cape Horn, working in the bay unloading ships, and the daily routine of gold mining. Windeler, with eight others, formed a company and their account books, containing entries for various ...
Description:
Windeler was a native of Hamburg, Germany who sailed from New York to California as a member of the crew of the ship Probus.
Subject (Geographic):
California. and California
Subject (Name):
Christendorff, Carl Frederich., Windeler, Adolphus., and Probus (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life, Gold mines and mining, Loading and unloading, Voyages to the Pacific coast, Description and travel, and Gold discoveries
Six vignettes show the flumes (and their surrounding landscape) constructed by the Columbia and Stanislaus River Water Company to deliver water to miners and other customers
Alternative Title:
Views of the new ditch, of the Columbia and Stanislaus River Water Co.
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Published by F. Holtzmann, L. Nagel, print, and Kuchel & Dresel's Lith. 176 Clay St. S.F.
Letters documenting Thomas Nelson's voyage to, and life in, Oregon City, Oregon, where he served as an Oregon Territory Supreme Court judge, written to his wife Cornelia and their children in Peekskill, New York, from 1851 Mar 20 to 1853 Jul 16. Nels...
Subject (Geographic):
Oregon., California, Northwest Coast of North America, Oregon, Oregon Territory, Peekskill (N.Y.), and San Francisco (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
André, John, 1751-1780., Chenoweth, Francis A., 1819-1899., Currey, John E. B., Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790., Gaines, John Pollard, 1795-1857., Nelson, Cornelia., Nelson, Thomas., Pratt, Orville C., 1819-1891., Seymour, Allen., Seymour, David Lowrey, 1803-1867., California (steamer), Columbia (Steamer), and Oregon. Supreme Court.
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life, Gold mines and mining, Indians of North America, Legal status, laws, etc, Overland journeys to the Pacific, Description and travel, Capital and capitol, Gold discoveries, Politics and government, and Social life and customs
Four vignettes illustrate two men's experience with gold prospecting, from the promise of the early trek, to the excitement of a pan of gold, to the doldrums of a worthless pit, to the final bedraggled return to civilization
Description:
Title from caption above image.
Publisher:
Lith. & published by Quirot & Co. corner of Montgomery & California Sts
Subject (Geographic):
California
Subject (Topic):
Gold miners, Miners, Gold mines and mining, and Gold discoveries
Four vignettes illustrate two men's experience with gold prospecting, from the promise of the early trek, to the excitement of a pan of gold, to the doldrums of a worthless pit, to the final bedraggled return to civilization
Description:
BEIN WA Prints 428: State A, with "9" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Lith. & published by Britton & Rey, corner of Montgomery & Commercial Sts
Subject (Geographic):
California
Subject (Topic):
Gold miners, Miners, Gold mines and mining, and Gold discoveries
Four vignettes illustrate two men's experience with gold prospecting, from the promise of the early trek, to the excitement of a pan of gold, to the doldrums of a worthless pit, to the final bedraggled return to civilization
Description:
BEIN WA Prints 428: State A, with "9" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Lith. & published by Britton & Rey, corner of Montgomery & Commercial Sts
Subject (Geographic):
California
Subject (Topic):
Gold miners, Miners, Gold mines and mining, and Gold discoveries
A central image of a group of miners is surrounded by an elaborate frame of leaves and sticks with four additional, smaller images enclosed in cartouches along the four sides of the main image. The central image, which has the caption title "The mine...
Alternative Title:
Miners (no. 4)
Description:
Title from caption below primary image.
Publisher:
Lith. & published by Quirot & Co., corn'r Calif'a & Montg'y Sts., S. Francisco
Subject (Geographic):
California, Sutter’s Fort (Sacramento, Calif.), and Mokelumne Hill (Calif.)
Subject (Topic):
Gold miners, Miners, Gold mines and mining, Gold panning, and Gold discoveries
