Charles Fayette McGlashan papers, 1878-1946.

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Charles Fayette McGlashan papers, 1878-1946.

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Mainly material used in writing his book, History of the Donner Party, including letters from survivors and members of rescue parties and their relatives, newspaper clippings, photographs and relics. Included also: newspaper articles on the Mountain Meadows massacre and on the Truckee area, some family correspondence, and maps. reel 1: box 1, folders 1-4, 19-28; box 2, folders 54-55; box 3, folders 56-57; carton 1, folders 83-84, 99, 103. reel 2: box 1, folders 5-18; reel 3-4: box 2; reel 5: box 3; reel 6: carton 1, folders 96-98, 100-102, 104-105, 106a.

3 boxes, 2 cartons, 4 oversize folders.Selected items : 6 microfilm reels.

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McGlasham family.

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McGlashan, C. F. (Charles Fayette), 1847-1931

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Biography Charles Fayette McGlashan was born in Wisconsin in 1847 and came overland with his father and sisters, arriving at Placerville in September 1854. He attended Sotoyme Institute, Healdsburg, California, from 1861 to 1865 and Williston Seminary in Massachusetts, 1868-1870. From 1872, McGlashan lived in Truckee almost continuously. Until 1874 he was principal of the public schools, resigning in October to go to Utah as corre...