Charles Lewis Camp papers, circa 1908-1975 (bulk 1920-1975).

California historical society

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First organized April 29, 1852. Official incorporation March 6, 1886. From the description of California Historical Society Correspondence, 1886-1888. (California State Library). WorldCat record id: 58746660 History The California Historical Society was first organized April 29, 1852 and officially incorporated March 6, 1886. The papers of the California Historical Society were published in two parts in 1887. ...

E Clampus Vitus (Fraternal order)

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Revival of E Clampus Vitus was begun by Carl I. Wheat and others around 1931 as a parody of mining fraternities of the nineteenth century; E Clampus Vitus almost always organized its events around historical anniversaries or in a place of historical information; a history of the organization can be found in the book, Credo quia absurdum (Placerville, CA : Onager Press, 1949). From the description of Records, 1935-1970. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 3899...

Carson, Kit, 1809-1868

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Carson, a legendary figure in the history of the American West, was a various times a trader, trapper, military scout, Indian agent, and interpreter. From the description of Kit Carson papers, 1847-1923. (Santa Fe Public Library). WorldCat record id: 37653498 Trapper, guide, Indian agent, and army officer. From the description of Kit Carson papers, 1842-1869. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453501 Kit Carson, a legendary figure in the history of the Ame...

Eberstadt, Edward, 1883-1958

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Edward Eberstadt (1883-1958) was a rare book dealer in New York City whose private collection of Western Americana was continued by his sons Lindley and Charles and sold after they retired. From the description of Eberstadt collection, 1699-1959. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 20660325 The Eberstadt Collection began with a few books that came into the possession of Edward Eberstadt (1883-1958) around the turn of the century while he was wor...

Wagner, Henry Raup, 1862-1957

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Wagner was born on Sept. 27, 1862 in Philadelphia, PA; A.B. (1884), LL. B (1886), L.H.D. (1946), Yale Univ.; D. Litt. (1935), Pomona College; LL. D (1949), UC Berkeley; admitted to Missouri bar in 1887 and began practicing in Kansas City; became member of the executive committee (1918-20), the vice president (1920-21), American Smelting and Refining Co., New York; began to collect books, and made contributions to the history and bibliography of Latin America and the American West; member, Americ...

Camp, Charles Lewis, 1893-1975

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Charles Camp was born in Jamestown, N.D. on Mar. 12, 1893. He attended the University of California, Berkeley and Columbia University and joined the U.C. Berkeley faculty as a zoologist in 1922. He transferred to the Paleontology Department in 1930, and he directed the museum of Paleontology from 1930 until 1949. Camp was also a dedicated historian of the American West. Camp died on Aug. 14, 1975. From the description of Charles Lewis Camp papers, circa 1908-1975 (bulk 1920-1975). (U...

Eberstadt, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1912-1974

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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...

Clyman, James, 1792-1881

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Virginia-born Clyman first went west with William H. Ashley's fur trading expedition up the Missouri River in 1823. In subsequent years, he lived as a trapper in the Rocky Mountains, served in the Black Hawk War in Illinois in 1832, guided an emigrant party to Oregon in 1844, spent parts of the next two years in Oregon and California, returned to the United States on the eve of the Mexican-American War and relocated permanently to California in 1848, settling in the vicinity of Napa as a farmer....