California Gold Rush Correspondence Collection
Scope and Contents
The California Gold Rush Correspondence Collection includes letters discussing business and travel in California during the gold rush from various goldminers to family and friends written between 1853 and 1863. The collection includes letters sent to Boston, Massachusetts, Redwing, Minnesota, Fort Fairfield, Maine, and Ottwumwa, Ohio, as well as several locations in California.
Dates
- Creation: 1853-1863
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge. Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Full Extent
0.21 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Letters discussing business and travel in California during the gold rush from various goldminers to family and friends written between 1853 and 1863.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Cohasco, Inc. Purchased, 1997.
Accruals:
1999
- Title
- Guide to the California Gold Rush Correspondence Collection
- Date
- 2012-06-06
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections & Archives Repository
University Library
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge CA 91330-8326 USA
818-677-4594
asksca@csun.edu