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New Mexico -- Description and travel

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Bert R. Utterback Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: WHC-M-1926
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Author. Manuscripts and typescripts (n.d.) of short stories by Utterback with reminiscences of territorial and early statehood-era New Mexico, with descriptions of cowboys, ranches, and social life and conditions.

Dates: 1988

Henry Martyn Pomeroy Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-1855
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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: 1859-1860

Richard D. Gamble Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: WHC-M-1995
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History professor. Photocopies of correspondence (1853-1854) from the letterbook of the commanding officer of the garrison at Fort Union, New Mexico; typescript of the diary (1853-1854) of Caleb Burwell Rowan Kennerly, entitled "Diary of a Journey to California, 1853-1854"; photocopies of articles on the founding of D'Hanis, Texas, and on exploring expeditions through the American Southwest; and notecards (n.d.) made by Gamble while conducting historical research on the Southwest.

Dates: 1853-1866