[Cheyenne & Laramie: 1871]. Three letters, totaling [11]pp. Previously folded. Leaves of one letter separated along central fold; a few other minor separations and small chips at old folds. Light tanning and dust soiling; occasional small patches of staining. Three interesting letters from Cheyenne resident W.H. Wheeler, who wrote to..... More

[Onawa, Ia. 1870-1871]. [88]pp. Handmade journal comprised of forty-four lined sheets, folded and stitched with twine. Outer leaves detached, minor wear at upper corner. In a somewhat cramped but legible hand. Manuscript diary and account book for 1870 and 1871 of Harlow Erskine, a farmer and lumberman in the small..... More

[Virginia City, Nv. 1877-1896. Three items, totalling [5]pp. Light wear and soiling. Three neat documents of early mining unions in Nevada during the last quarter of the 19th century. The two principal pieces here comprise oaths of office and certifications of the elections for the trustees of the Virginia City..... More

[Victoria, Tx., and various places in New York: 1853-1891]. Eighteen manuscript letters, totaling [46]pp., plus twenty-one deeds, receipts, and other printed documents. Tears and minor losses to two letters, otherwise, quite sound. Interesting group of eighteen letters concerning the real estate investments made by Alexander B. Sloan in the region..... More

[Various places in Germany, mostly Darmstadt, as well as England, Holland, the Atlantic Ocean, New York, and Allentown: 1914. 144pp., with ten original photographs and printed document mounted at rear. Quarto commercial journal. Black cloth boards, edges dyed red. Spine perished, boards attached with amateur tape repairs. Text block solid..... More

Gatesville, Texas, and other locations: 1895-1901, 1924. Twenty-six letters, totaling 103pp., plus a photograph, associated newspaper clippings, and biographical information. Octavo sheets. Old folds. Minor wear and soiling overall. Archive of sixteen letters written between businessman George Royalty and his wife, Margaret, together with ten further family letters. George William..... More

[Pryor Creek, Montana: St. Charles Mission, ca. 1892]. 20pp. Mimeographed from manuscript, printed in purple. Gathered sheets, no wrappers. Minor soiling. A translation of selections from the Old Testament into the Crow language by Father Peter Paul Prando (1845-1906), a Jesuit priest who lived among the Indians of the Northwest..... More

[Various places in Oklahoma: 1935-1963]. 611 photographs, almost entirely 4.5 x 6.5 inches; images occasionally reduced on the sheet. Prints starting to curl; occasional light wear at corners and edges. All images captioned in type on blank verso and numbered in the negative; occasional ink stamps on images. Sharp, clear..... More

San Francisco: Waters Company, [ca. 1915]. 393 silver gelatin photographs, each 8 x 10 inches. Each image annotated in pencil on verso, corresponding to numbered index sheet. Formerly mounted with remnants of glue on verso. Images generally clean, with minor wear and soiling. Several images lightly creased. An extensive photographic..... More

Los Angeles: 1917. [12]pp. plus eleven silver gelatin photographs. Folio. Typescript with brown card spine and rear cover. Spine perished, leaves loose. Manuscript notations, light soiling. Typescript report by mining engineer Samuel Storrow, supplemented with eleven original photographs. Storrow (1865-1939) was the manager of the Goldstone Mining Company of Delaware..... More

Jackson, Ca. 1899-1900. [49] leaves. Large folio. 20th-century half calf and marbled boards. Minor wear to binding, contents generally clean. Volume containing carbon copies of manuscript forms ordering supplies for the Kennedy Mining and Milling Company of Jackson, California. The Kennedy Mine is located in the Mother Lode and was..... More