Maurice Sullivan papers, 1919-1937, 1930-1934.

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Maurice Sullivan papers, 1919-1937, 1930-1934.

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Series 1 consists of correspondence about Jedediah Strong Smith. Series 2 consists of research notes on Jedediah Strong Smith. Series 3 consists of a negative photostat of Samuel Parkman's transcription of Jedediah Strong Smith's journal (1831), manuscript and typescript copies of same. Series 4 consists of draft chapters of Sullivan's books on Jedediah Smith.

4 boxes (2 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, Jedediah Strong, 1799-1831

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Jedediah Strong Smith was born June 24, 1799 in Bainbridge, Chenango County, New York. He was the son of Jedediah Smith of New Hampshire and was the eldest of fourteen children. Jedediah's early childhood was spent in Ohio where he received and English and Latin education. At thirteen he became a clerk on a Lake Erie freighter where he learned business methods and met traders returning from the Far West. Jedediah became ambitious for an adventure to the wilderness and he went to St. Louis around...

Parkman, Samuel B.

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Sullivan, Maurice S., 1893-1935

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Author, historian. New Jersey newspaper reporter and editor. Friend of H.L. Mencken, published articles in "American Mercury." Contracted tuberculosis; came to Southern California for health (ca. 1920). Settled in Redlands, Calif. where employed as writer, later editor, for "San Bernardino Daily Sun." Member of San Bernardino County Historical Society. Worked on novel of fur trade and published two historical works on Jedediah Smith: "The Travels of Jedediah Smith" and "Jedediah Smith; Trader &a...