Waddell Smith papers, 1925-1950.

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Waddell Smith papers, 1925-1950.

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Series I, containing 3 boxes, consists of social and business correspondence of Waddell Smith. Series II, containing 2 boxes, consists of financial records of Smith's Pony Express Museum. Series III, consisting of 1 box, contains historical research materials. Series IV, containing 1 box, consists of Pony Express Gallery records. Series V, containing 2 boxes, consists of Pony Express Museum printed matter. Series VI, containing 6 boxes, consists of photographs. Series VII, containing 3 boxes, consists of newspaper clippings. Series VIII, containing 1 box, consists of Pony Express memorabilia. Series IX, containing 1 box, consists of Waddell Smith's Pony Express scrapbook. Series X, containing 2 boxes, consists of Waddell Smith's speeches. Series XI, containing 2 boxes, consists of Waddell Smith's gun records. Series XII, containing 1 box, consists of Waddell Smith's personal financial records. Series XIII, containing 1 box, consists of Overland Mail Centennial Association records.

25 boxes (23.25 linear ft.)

University of the Pacific, William Knox Holt Memorial Library

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University of the Pacific, William Knox Holt Memorial Library

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Smith, Waddell F.

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Waddell F. Smith was the proprietor of the Pony Express Museum in San Rafael, California. From the description of Waddell F. Smith Correspondence, 1958. (University of the Pacific). WorldCat record id: 231696264 Historian, collector. Great grandson of William B. Waddell, member of freighting firm of Russell, Majors and Waddell, founders of Pony Express (1860). This company also organized Central Overland California and Pike's Peak Express Company mail and passenger services....

Weddle family.

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Pony Express History and Art Gallery

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