Elrie Robinson collection. California gold rush research materials, 1844-1937 (bulk 1848-1853).

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Elrie Robinson collection. California gold rush research materials, 1844-1937 (bulk 1848-1853).

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Collection consists of research materials gathered by Robinson in his study of the California Gold Rush and Louisiana residents who participated. Manuscript and typescript copies of letters (mostly to John McKowen, a merchant of Jackson, Louisiana) comment on travel, the economy, and life in California and the West. They provide biographical information on Louisiana migrants to California including Westley L. Burgess, Manassah Chandler, W. T. Rogillio, David O. Shattuck, Micajah McGehee, John Kernan, Henry B. Chase, Robert Perry, and Marion Munsen. Printed volumes chiefly pertain to migrations to California and the Gold Rush.

133 items.10 pr. v.

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7278544

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Robinson, Elrie

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Publisher and job printer of St. Francisville, Louisiana. From the guide to the Elrie Robinson papers, 1934-1946, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Elrie Robinson was born in Alvarado, Tex., on May 17, 1883 and arrived in New Orleans in 1906. He first married May E. Leake, editor and publisher of the St. Francisville True Democrat, which she and W.W. Leake had founded in 1893. Robinson joined her in publishing the newspaper in 1908 and became ...

McKowen, John, 1812-1871.

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John McKowen, an Irish American, was a general merchant of Jackson, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. His son, John Clay MacKowen (1842-1901), was a physician. From the description of John McKowen papers, 1836-1898 (bulk 1836-1869). (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 122467777 John McKowen was an Irish American merchant of Jackson, East Feliciana Parish, La. From the description of John McKowen papers, 1850-1873. (Louisiana State University). World...