Typed letter to his wife from Kanesville, Iowa, May 12th, 1850
Typed letter to his wife from Fort Larrimie, June 9th 1850
Typed letter to his wife from six miles west of Independence Rock, June 23rd
Typed letter to his wife from Great Salt Lake City, July 13th
[Pages are out of order]
Copy of handwritten journal excerpt
McBride, W. S., Journal of an Overland Trip from Goshen, Ind. to Salt Lake City
1850, Mar. 31 – June 26
Six typed pages
Excerpts from diary dated June 30, 1862 to September 9, 1862
Five typed pages
“Notes of a Journey” and “Mining Experiences”
Merrill Mattes research notes
Printed pages from a book
Pioneering on the Plains, Journey to Mexico 1848, The Overland Trip to California
Preparation for the Overland Journey to California in 1849
The Diary of Samuel F. McCoy of Chillicothe, Ohio, Outlining the Overland Journey to California by the Death Route in 1849
Four handwritten pages
Letter written to his father on May 26, 1852
Three handwritten pages
Letter written to his brother and sister on August 15, 1852
Printed pages of an article
:”Memoirs of Lemuel Clarke McKeeby” in California Historical Society Quarterly
26 typed pages
Transcription of entries April 5 – May 23, 1852
Printed pages from a book
Meline, James F. Two Thousand Miles on Horseback, Santa Fe and Back: A Summer Tour Through Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and New Mexico in the Year 1866. New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1867
31 typed pages
A Trip To California With His Father When He Was About Eighteen Years Old
[pages 1-11 are repeated]
185 typed pages
Contains list and description of 165 watercolors by the artist
14 typed pages
Copy of handwritten journal, cover and pp 1-43, 76
Five typed pages
A Trip Across the Plains
Merrill Mattes research notes