Box 1
Container
Contains 26 Results:
"Foreword" and "Acknowledgments"
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Walter M. Stookey papers consist of research materials and a manuscript entitled "Fatal Decision: The Tragic Story of the Donner Party" which was published in 1950.
Dates:
1936-1951
Chapter 1: "President Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase"
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Walter M. Stookey papers consist of research materials and a manuscript entitled "Fatal Decision: The Tragic Story of the Donner Party" which was published in 1950.
Dates:
1936-1951
Chapter 2: "Expedition of Captains Lewis and Clark"
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Walter M. Stookey papers consist of research materials and a manuscript entitled "Fatal Decision: The Tragic Story of the Donner Party" which was published in 1950.
Dates:
1936-1951
Chapter 3: "John Jacob Astor Astoria, the Emporium of the Fur Trade"
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Walter M. Stookey papers consist of research materials and a manuscript entitled "Fatal Decision: The Tragic Story of the Donner Party" which was published in 1950.
Dates:
1936-1951
Chapter 4: "General William H. Ashley--Major Andrew Henry and Their Mountain Men"
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Walter M. Stookey papers consist of research materials and a manuscript entitled "Fatal Decision: The Tragic Story of the Donner Party" which was published in 1950.
Dates:
1936-1951
Chapter 5: "Captain Bonneville's Expedition to the West-Trapping, Exploring, Indian Contacts, Experiences and Adventures"
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Walter M. Stookey papers consist of research materials and a manuscript entitled "Fatal Decision: The Tragic Story of the Donner Party" which was published in 1950.
Dates:
1936-1951
Chapter 6: "Captain John Charles Fremont"
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Walter M. Stookey papers consist of research materials and a manuscript entitled "Fatal Decision: The Tragic Story of the Donner Party" which was published in 1950.
Dates:
1936-1951
Chapter 7: "The Donners and Reeds Decide to Go West"
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Walter M. Stookey papers consist of research materials and a manuscript entitled "Fatal Decision: The Tragic Story of the Donner Party" which was published in 1950.
Dates:
1936-1951
Chapter 8: "The Donners and Reeds Leave Independence"
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Walter M. Stookey papers consist of research materials and a manuscript entitled "Fatal Decision: The Tragic Story of the Donner Party" which was published in 1950.
Dates:
1936-1951
Chapter 9: "Contradictory Advice to Emigrants"
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Walter M. Stookey papers consist of research materials and a manuscript entitled "Fatal Decision: The Tragic Story of the Donner Party" which was published in 1950.
Dates:
1936-1951