Henry Martyn Pomeroy Collection
Scope and Contents
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Bookseller. A photocopy and typescript of a portion of the diary (1959-1960) kept by Henry M. Pomeroy during his overland journey to California, with descriptions of gold fields and of the cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco, the minutes of a vigilante committee near Omaha, Nebraska, and an account of a massacre in Oregon Territory.
Dates
- Creation: 1859-1860
Restrictions on Access
On June 26, 2023, the Western History Collections began a preservation project that has made many of its collections unavailable for a period of time. This collection is among the materials temporarily unavailable. Please contact Western History Collections if you wish to be added to a contact list to be notified when this collection becomes available.
Available for public access.
Extent
.15 Cubic Feet (.15 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Harriet Roab Hill Kelley.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Source of acquisition--Kelley, Harriet Roab Hill. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1976.
Subject
- Pomeroy, Henry Martyn, 1830-1916 (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Arizona -- Description and travel
- California -- Description and travel -- 1848-1869
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Description and travel
- Nebraska -- History
- New Mexico -- Description and travel
- Oregon -- Description and travel
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- Description and travel
- Texas -- Description and travel
Topical
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
Monnet Hall, 3rd Floor
630 Parrington Oval
Norman Oklahoma 73019
405-325-2904
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu