Granville Stuart papers, 1851-1957.

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Granville Stuart papers, 1851-1957.

Collection includes information on the life of Granville Stuart, including diaries, correspondence, personal writings, sketches, photographs, and other materials. These items document his life from the 1860s to the 1910s. Also included in the collection are the papers of some of Stuart's relatives, including his brothers, James and Thomas, and his second wife, Allis Isabella Brown Stuart.

19 boxes (13 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7385940

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Train, Edgar H., 1831-1899.

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Stuart, Thomas, 1840-1915

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Stuart, Allis Brown, 1863-1947

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Stuart, James, 1832-1873

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Granville Stuart was born in Clarksburg, Virginia (now West Virginia) on August 27, 1834, and was the son of Robert and Nancy (Currence) Stuart. James was born in the same place on March 14, 1832. Granville and James also had two younger brothers Samuel and Thomas. The family, of Scottish origin, came to the United States in 1775 and is identified with the development of Virginia. In 1837 Robert Stuart moved the family to Illinois, and a year later, to Iowa. Granville Stuart grew up...

Stuart, Granville, 1834-1918

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Granville Stuart was born August 27, 1834, in Clarksburg, Harrison County, Virginia, to Robert Stuart and Nancy Currence Hall. He was the second of five children. Stuart left Iowa in 1852 with his brother James to seek a fortune in the gold fields of California. They traveled with their father, Robert Stuart, from the American Valley (Quincy) to Bidwell Bar, then on through Morris Ravine near Cherokee, finally arriving at Sam Neal's ranch near present-day Durham. He and his brother moved up the ...

Van Wagner, Merritt.

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Huffman, L. A. (Laton Alton), 1854-1931

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L. A. Huffman spent most of his life photographing the area around his Montana home. He worked at Fort Keogh before starting his own studio selling prints of his glass plate negatives. His photos capture frontier and Indian life. From the description of Colored photographs of the frontier, 1877-1886. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 62320522 From the description of The Huffman pictures, 1870-1910. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64064233 ...

Brady, Alex Gardner.

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