Papers of Theodore Sherman Palmer, 1849-1954.

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Papers of Theodore Sherman Palmer, 1849-1954.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122559971

The collection consists of Palmer's diary of the Death Valley Expedition, related notebooks, and his research material on the Jayhawker Party of 1849. Correspondents include Theodore Raymond Goodwin, William Lewis Manly, and Carl I. Wheat. Of note in the collection is an oversize map by William Lewis Manly of the Jayhawkers' trail from Salt Lake City to San Bernardino, circa 1890 (HM 50895). The collection also contains letters from Palmer's brother, Harold King Palmer (an astronomer at Lick Observatory and at Mount Wilson in 1906) and family letters between an aunt, Harriet Day Palmer, and his mother, Jane Olivia Day Palmer.

306 pieces.5 boxes.1 notebook.1 oversize map.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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Palmer, T. S. (Theodore Sherman), 1868-1955

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Naturalist, author and ornithologist. From the description of Papers of T. S. Palmer, 1877-1954. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84163135 Theodore Sherman Palmer was a naturalist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture who led the first Death Valley expedition in 1891. From the description of Papers of Theodore Sherman Palmer, 1849-1954. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122559971 Theodore Sherman Palmer (1...

Goodwin, Theodore R., 1877-1969.

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Manly, William Lewis, 1820-

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Palmer, Harold King

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Jayhawker Party

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The Jayhawker Party (originally composed of 36 single young men) left Illinois in April 1849 to cross the plains in search of gold in California. After joining several other wagon trains intending to travel the Spanish Trail to Los Angeles, the Jayhawkers and some of the other wagon owners separated themselves to try a shortcut by way of Walker Pass and got lost in what is now known as Death Valley. After a struggle with hunger and thirst, in addition to the loss of 3 lives, the party safely arr...

Palmer, Dorothy A.

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Wheat, Carl I. (Carl Irving), 1892-1966

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Wheat was an historian of California and the American West with a particular interest in early maps of the region. He was also a collector of books and manuscripts, a founder of the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, and an active member of E Clampus Vitus, the Bohemian Club, and the Zamarano Club. From the description of Carl I. Wheat notes and maps. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122598853 Carl I. Wheat, Western historian, chairman of The Friends of the Bancroft...

Palmer, Harriet Day.

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