PhD dissertations, South America, and postcards

File — Box: 67, Folder: 1

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Scope and Contents

1: Map of the Southern Mines near the Sierra Nevada mountains, by C.D. Gibbes in 1852
2: Map of the property of Merced Gold Mining Company in Coulterville, Mariposa county, California
3: Map of the counties of California
4: Map of Territory and Villages of the Maidu and Miwok Native Americans. Published in 1925 in Handbook of the Indians of California by A.L. Kroeber
5: Map of Las Mariposas showing the relation of its final location to the Von Schmidt survey. Published in San Francisco Bulletin, June 8, 1858
6: Map of the Mariposa mining religion and Yosemite Valley, 1849-1859
7: Map written in Spanish possibly of an area in Nevada
8: Map by John C. Fremont of Mariposa County
9: Deed from the Mariposa County Courthouse, 87
10: Illustration of Fremont’s house on the Mariposa river
11: Illustration of mining methods showing use of arrastra
12: Illustration of Yosemite Valley in 1855
13-14: Unidentified illustrations of frontier life
15: Cover of the book Miner’s Own Book, methods of mining
16: Illustration by Remington of panning for river Gold

Dates

1850-1990

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.