C.W. Chapman letter, 1933.

Bolton, Herbert Eugene, 1870-1953

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Herbert Eugene Bolton was born on July 20, 1870 in Wilton, Wisconsin. He became Director of the Bancroft Library in 1916, and head of the History Department at Berkeley in 1919. His career in the classroom and in the field lasted until his death in January 1953. From the description of Pictorial material from the Herbert Eugene Bolton papers [graphic]. ca. 1910-ca. 1950. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 656612971 From the description of Herbert Eugen...

Houghton, Eliza Poor Donner

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Biographical Note Eliza Poor Donner Houghton (1843-1922), the youngest daughter of George and Tamsen Donner, was three years old when her family left their home in Illinois to head out west to California. This group of travelers, who became trapped in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in 1846, ultimately became known as the ill-fated Donner Party. In March 1847, after several months of entrapment, Eliza and her sisters were rescued by the third rel...

Chapman, C. W.

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Chairman of Native Sons of the Golden West Donner Monument Committee (1917-1920). Letter discusses family matters, comments on NSGW support for teaching California history in universities, the works of California historian Herbert Eugene Bolton, Eliza P. Houghton's "Expedition of the Donner Party & its tragic fate" (1911) and Charles F. McGlashan's "History of the Donner Party" (1879). From the description of C.W. Chapman letter, 1933. (University of the Pacific). WorldCat record...

Native Sons of the Golden West. Grand Parlor (San Francisco, Calif.)

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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...