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Dale, Harrison Clifford, b. 1885. Harrison Clifford Dale research papers, 1827-1957.

Title: Harrison Clifford Dale research papers, 1827-1957.

Includes a portion of Dale's research for his 1918 book, The Ashley-Smith explorations and the discovery of a central route to the Pacific, 1822-1829. Includes Dale's correspondence and transcripts of research materials. Especially concerns mountain men, Jedediah Strong Smith and Jim Bridger.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.3 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612809917 View

Riley, Bennett, 1787-1853. Archives of the fur trade and Santa Fe trail. [microfilm].

Title: Archives of the fur trade and Santa Fe trail. [microfilm].

Letters, diaries, documents and related material pertaining to the fur trade, trade and travel along the Santa Fe Trail, and U.S. activities in the New Southwest.

ArchivalResource: 1 reel ; 35mm., pos.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122481175 View

Conrad, David Holmes, 1800-1877. Some recollections of my past life.

Title: Some recollections of my past life.

Reminiscences fully entitled "Some recollections of my past life, of near (now) three score and ten years; for my grandchildren," written in four sections by David Holmes Conrad, a lawyer who spent part of his adult life in Missouri and part in Martinsburg, W. Va. His recollections include his childhood in Winchester, Va., with his parents Daniel and Rebecca (Holmes) Conrad, his education and choice of a legal career and subsequent move to Missouri, biographical sketches of prominent Missouri lawyers such as William Henry Ashley, David Barton, Joshua Barton, Edward Bates, and Nathaniel Beverley Tucker, and his legal work in Berkeley and Jefferson counties, W. Va., and Winchester, Va. Conrad also discussed Indian relations in the territory of Missouri involving William Clarke, the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1829-1830, his opinions about the reasons for the Civil War and comments on life after the war, the Christian life and the Bible, morality of lawyers, and biographical sketches of John Marshall, John Peyton McGuire, and Henry Alexander Wise.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (186 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33953109 View

Frost, Donald McKay, 1877-1958. Papers, 1937-1951.

Title: Papers, 1937-1951.

This collection consists of typed and photostatic copies of newspaper articles and advertisements, 1818-1830, used by Frost to write his monograph, "Notes on General Ashley, the Overland Trail, and South Pass." This work describes the expeditions of the men who served under General William Henry Ashley in the fur trade during the years 1822 to 1830. The collection also includes a typed paper read at an AAS meeting which is a condensed version of Frost's monograph. There is also a typed draft of the monograph and two appendices which consist of copies of the letters, 1826-1827, of Daniel T. Potts (1794- ), one of Ashley's men, and copies of newspaper articles, 1822-1830, related to the monograph. Included in the collection is Frost's correspondence, 1937-1943, relating to his research for the monograph, and correspondence, 1944-1951, comprised largely of congratulatory letters from fellow historians, rare book dealers, publishers, and museum and historical society directors concerning the publication of Frost's monograph. Included are Clarence Saunders Brigham (1877-1963), Bernard Augustine deVoto (1897-1955), Dale Lowell Morgan (1914- ), Francis Warrington Dawson (1878- ), and Edward Emory Eberstadt (1883-1958). Morgan's lengthy letter contains many notes and criticisms pertaining to Frost's publications. There are also letters of thanks from friends for the complimentary copies of the monograph sent to them, newspaper clippings containing reviews of the publication, and additional letters of Clarence Saunders Brigham relative to Frost's contributions toward the purchase of specific collections for the American Antiquarian Society.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191259357 View

Ashley, William Henry, 1778-1838. Letter, April 17, 1835 to Albert Gallatin. [microfilm].

Title: Letter, April 17, 1835 to Albert Gallatin. [microfilm].

ArchivalResource: 1 pp. : manuscript; 35mm, neg.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122631679 View

United States. War Dept. Selected manuscripts relating to the Missouri River Military Frontier, Indian Affairs, and the Fur Trade, 1818-1832.

Title: Selected manuscripts relating to the Missouri River Military Frontier, Indian Affairs, and the Fur Trade, 1818-1832.

The documents concern the Yellowstone Expedition, 1818-1819; Long's Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, 1820; the Arikara campaign, 1823; official intercourse with the Governor of New Mexico, 1824; the Santa Fe Trail, 1829-1830; and Forts Atkinson, St. Anthony (or Snelling), and Smith. Letters are from Henry Atkinson, Henry Leavenworth, Stephen H. Long, John R. Bell, William Clark, William H. Ashley, Benjamin O'Fallon, John Jacob Astor, Thomas Hart Benton, Thomas Hempstead, and others. From records of the Adjutant General's Office and the Office of the Secretary of War in the National Archives.

ArchivalResource: 1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 118:12) and positive.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26197500 View

William Smith certificate of appointment, 1824

Title: William Smith certificate of appointment 1824

ArchivalResource: 1 item; (1 p.)

http://findingaid.lib.byu.edu/viewItem/MSS%20SC%20207 View

Jedediah Smith Society Collection, 1943-

Title: Jedediah Smith Society Collection, 1943-

ArchivalResource:

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf2v19n9cx View

William Henry Ashley letters, 1828, 1836

Title: William Henry Ashley letters 1828, 1836

American fur trader, explorer, and U.S. Congressman, 1831-37. Contains three letters.

ArchivalResource: 0.1; 1 folder

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/6777 View

Daugherty, Phebe Wood Coburn, ca. 1819-1899. Phebe Daugherty : papers, 1818-1899.

Title: Phebe Daugherty : papers, 1818-1899.

Collection primarily composed of letters, 1832-1870, to and from Phebe Daugherty regarding social life and customs, politics, temperance, Catholicism, religious concerns, and establishing a school in Lancaster. Correspondents include Roman Catholic clergymen John B. Purcell and Sylvester H. Rosecrans.

ArchivalResource: 0.33 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49216252 View

United States. War Dept. Selected items relating to the fur trade and the Santa Fe Trail from records of the Secretary of War and Adjutant General's Office, 1823-1830.

Title: Selected items relating to the fur trade and the Santa Fe Trail from records of the Secretary of War and Adjutant General's Office, 1823-1830.

Letters, 1823-1824, from William Clark, Supt., Indian Affairs, St. Louis, and communications from W.H. Ashley, L. Talliaferro, and B. O'Fallon concerning trouble witht the Arikara Indians. Letters, reports, etc., 1829-1830, from Bennet Riley concerning military protection of the Santa Fe Trail; journal of Philip St. George Cooke; letter from Thomas Hart Benton; communications from the Santa Fe Company signed by David Waldo, Charles Bent and others.

ArchivalResource: 1 microfilm reel : positive.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26451835 View

Clyman, James, 1792-1881. Papers, 1871-1879.

Title: Papers, 1871-1879.

A volume of reminiscences by Clyman of his trip to the Rocky Mountains with General William H. Ashley, 1823; and letters, biographical sketches, and other papers concerning an attempt by Lyman C. Draper to confirm several facts about the life of Clyman, a resident of the Milwaukee area in the early 1830's, especially concerning an episode in which Indians killed a travelling companion of Clyman, Ellsworth Burnett, and wounded Clyman in the arm.

ArchivalResource: 0.1 c.f. (2 folders) and.1 reel of microfilm (35mm)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122468153 View

Gwathmey family. Gwathmey family : added papers, 1780-1888.

Title: Gwathmey family : added papers, 1780-1888.

Includes land papers concerning property of the Clark, Gwathmey, and Anderson families; letters from William Clark about financial affairs of George Rogers Clark, the fur trade, and Indian trouble; a letter from Thomas T. Crittenden about appointees to a judgeship; and a copy of the 17 July 1888 Congressional Record reporting on a bill to erect a monument in honor of George Rogers Clark.

ArchivalResource: 17 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49252873 View

Smith, William. Certificate of appointment, 1824 May 25.

Title: Certificate of appointment, 1824 May 25.

Handwritten certificate of appointment to the office of a judge advocate in the Missouri Militia by Lieut-Governor William H. Ashley who signed the order.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122535745 View

Nash family. Papers, 1734-1889 (bulk 1804-1859).

Title: Papers, 1734-1889 (bulk 1804-1859).

The collection contains correspondence, 1813-1859, of John White Nash (1792-1859), lawyer and judge of Amelia and Cumberland counties, Va., owner of "Red Hill" plantation, Powhatan County, Va., and a member of the Virginia General Assembly. Subjects of the correspondence include Nash's law practice, in particular the filing of pension claims on behalf of Virginia veterans of the United States Continental Army; African-American slaves; the education of women; the estates of explorer William Henry Ashley of St. Louis, Mo., Nancy Ashley Steger, and Ludwell Brackett of Cumberland County, Va.; and land in Cooper County, Mo. Also, includes Nash's account books (7 vols.), 1804-1848, loose accounts, other financial records, and numerous reconstructed legal case files. Also, includes correspondence, 1821-1844, accounts, and other financial records of Abner Nash (1797-1844), physician of Amelia and Cumberland counties, Va.; correspondence, 1878-1889, and miscellaneous records of Francis Smith Nash (b. 1854), a surgeon in the United States Navy; and miscellaneous papers of other members of the Nash family.

ArchivalResource: 8, 438 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31752324 View

O'Fallon, Benjamin, 1793-1842. Benjamin O'Fallen letterbook : and related materials, 1783-1859 (bulk 1823-1829).

Title: Benjamin O'Fallen letterbook : and related materials, 1783-1859 (bulk 1823-1829).

Copybook of letters sent as U.S. Indian Agent, Upper Missouri Agency, 1823-1826, to the Secretary of War, William Clark, Henry Atkinson, William H. Ashley, Henry Leavenworth, Joshua Pilcher, and others, reflecting life at Fort Atkinson, Council Bluffs; the Arikara campaign, 1823; friction between the military and the Indian Office; relations with fur traders and New Mexican officials; and general administration of Indian affairs. Copies of letters, 1826-1829, after O'Fallon's resignation as agent primarily concern public affairs in Missouri. Accompanying the letterbook is a copy in Spanish, and translation, of the will, St. Louis, 1783, of Eugenio Pouré, attested by Pedro Oliver and others, transcribed November 15, 1859, from county records, St. Louis.

ArchivalResource: Microfilm from originals : 1 microfilm reel (140 frames) : negative (Rich. 118:14) and positive.Paper copies from microfilm : 1 v.Transcript : 166 leaves, typescript (carbon) in 1 portfolio.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/123430285 View

Missouri. Probate Court (Saint Louis County). Selected estate files for men prominent in the fur trade and exploration of the early West, 1810.

Title: Selected estate files for men prominent in the fur trade and exploration of the early West, 1810.

The files, filmed in their entirety, are: Nos. (930) Jedediah Strong Smith; (1377) William Henry Ashley; (665) Antoine Citoleux; (651) Holley Wheeler; (887) David Cunningham; (863) John Hanna; (1155) Thomas Virgin; (3242) Etienne Provost; (69) John Potts; (80) George Drouillard; (77) Meriwether Lewis; (927) Nathaniel Pryor; (4151) Thomas Fitzpatrick. Estates of Jedediah S. Smith (File 930); William H. Ashley (File 1377) Estates of William H. Ashley (File 1377) (cont. from Reel 1); Antoine Citoleux (File 665); Holley Wheeler (File 651); David Cunningham (File 887); John Hanna (File 863); Thomas Virgin (File 1155); Etienne Provost (File 3242); John Potts (File 69); George Drouillard (File 80); Meriwether Lewis (File 77); Nathaniel Pryor (File 927); Thomas Fitzpatrick (File 4151)

ArchivalResource: 2 microfim reels : negative (Rich. 119:2-3) and positive.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26196899 View

Morgan, Dale L. (Dale Lowell), 1914-1971,. Dale L. Morgan collection relating to Austin I. Raines and the first U.S. Consul at Monterey, California, 1832-1835.

Title: Dale L. Morgan collection relating to Austin I. Raines and the first U.S. Consul at Monterey, California, 1832-1835.

Typescript and photostat copies compiled by Dale L. Morgan regarding mountain man Austin I. Raines and the first U.S. Consulate in California at Monterey. Contains letters from Raines to Robert Campbell and to the Secretary of State concerning his trip to California and request for appointment as U.S. Consul; copies of letter from W.H. Ashley to the Secretary of State enclosing letter from Charles Bent requesting consular appointment for John Marsh, and reply from the State Department; with explanatory notes by Dale Morgan.

ArchivalResource: 6 items in portfolio (.06 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26657440 View

Jedediah Smith Society. Jedediah Smith Society collection, 1943-

Title: Jedediah Smith Society collection, 1943-

Two types of material : items pertaining to life of Jedediah Strong Smith (1799-1831) and items describing activities of Jedediah Smith Society (1943- ). In first category are 4 boxes containing manuscripts of works on Jed Smith, biography and genealogy of Jed Smith, clippings on explorations of Jed Smith and correspondence between officials of Jedediah Smith Society and various individuals regarding aspects of Smith's life. In second category are 7 boxes of Society minutes, programs, speeches, publications and correspondence.

ArchivalResource: 11 boxes (7 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35304774 View