Read, Georgia Willis
Variant namesGeorgia Willis Read, historian and author, was the daughter of Dr. George Willis Read, who led a company across the plains in 1850 to California. Georgia attended Smith College and served with the Smith College Relief Unit in France during World War I. She published Médoc in the Moor in 1914 and edited A pioneer of 1850: George Willis Read, 1819-1880: the record of a journey overland from Independence, Missouri to Hangtown, California in 1927. In 1944, she and Ruth Gaines edited Gold rush: the journals, drawings, and other papers of J. Goldsborough Bruff.
From the description of Papers of Georgia Willis Read, 1849-1951 (bulk 1932-1951) (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 694518498
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| creatorOf | Read, Georgia Willis. Papers of Georgia Willis Read, 1849-1951 (bulk 1932-1951) | Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens | |
| referencedIn | Houghton Mifflin Company. Houghton Mifflin Company reader reports on manuscripts submitted for publication. 1882-1931. | Houghton Library | |
| creatorOf | Smith College. Relief Unit. Smith College Relief Unit records, 1917-1997 bulk 1917-1929. | Smith College, Neilson Library | |
| referencedIn | Century Company records | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division |
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