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Walters, Louisa Cook, d. 1865. Louisa Cook Walters papers, 1852-1891 (bulk 1852-1866).

Title: Louisa Cook Walters papers, 1852-1891 (bulk 1852-1866).

Chiefly letters from Louisa to her mother and sisters, accompanied by several letters of others and a manuscript obituary of Louisa's mother, Eunice Miller, who died in 1891. Louisa's letters are detailed descriptions of the journey to the West and of a woman's life on the frontier. She writes of her home life, teaching school, her marriage, holidays, and conditions for women in the frontier towns. In several letters she describes local sentiments toward the Civil War and in one letter her brother writes of his wartime experiences to their mother from an army camp near Macon, Georgia in 1865. Another letter, one of three to Louisa's mother by her husband D.M. Walters, describes her death and funeral. Accompanied by a typed transcript. In two letters to Louisa Cook, R.M. Fuller writes of his experiences in the gold fields of California, first from Bidwell Bar, Feather River in 1850 and then from Grass Valley in 1851. He mentions mining, the prices of provisions, the weather, and local crops. He tells of the lack of women in the camps and the money they could make working for the miners. In his letter of 1851 he describes his travels of the past year throughout California. A postscript to the letter is signed "E.C." and contains comments on family and friends.

ArchivalResource: 30 items.

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Frontier women microfilm set, 1849-1913, [microform].

Title: Frontier women microfilm set, 1849-1913, [microform].

Women's diaries, correspondence, and related papers. Written by women who were early settlers in California, Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Includes accounts of the westward journey and of life on the frontier.

ArchivalResource: 1 reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702139815 View

Frontier women microfilm set, 1849-1913, [microform].

Title: Frontier women microfilm set, 1849-1913, [microform].

Women's diaries, correspondence, and related papers. Written by women who were early settlers in California, Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Includes accounts of the westward journey and of life on the frontier. Includes: Mary Burrell's Book (WA MSS 58), Julia R. Collins Letters (WA MSS S-1268), Sarah Green Davis: Diary of an Overland Journey to California (WA MSS S-1320 D298), Lucy H. Fosdick: Across the Plains in '61 (WA MSS S-1410 F786), Celinda E. Hines: Overland Journey (WA MSS 424), Maria R. Hodgdon: Journal of a Voyage from Boston to San Francisco (WA MSS S-1425), Jennie T. Kimball: Diary of a Trip to California (WA MSS S-1683), Almira Markell Papers (WA MSS S-1660), Martha Missouri Bishop Moore: Journal of a Trip to California (WA MSS S-1438), Mary Rockwood Powers: The Overland Route, Leaves from the Journal of a California Emigrant (WA MSS 387), Louisa Cook Walters Papers (WA MSS S-1656), and Lillie I. Wells: My Journey to California (WA MSS S-1669 W4621).

ArchivalResource: 1 reel.

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