Brininstool, Earl Alonzo, collection, 1850-1945.

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Brininstool, Earl Alonzo, collection, 1850-1945.

Correspondence, reminiscences, memoirs, newspaper and magazine clippings, printed material, maps, and photographs collected by Brininstool, primarily between 1930 and 1939, relate to life and events in the Western half of the United States in the latter half of the nineteenth century.

3 ft., 7 in.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7169243

University of Texas Libraries

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