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Box 1

 Container

Contains 35 Results:

Donner Paper: Donnerana, 1979

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 21
Identifier: Folder 21
Scope and Contents

Newspaper article with a poll on Donner Party, 12/10/1979; notes on Donner books and Donner Memorial State Park contact information, undated; newspaper article on modern wagon train rides, undated; list of future Donnerana objectives, undated.

Dates: Created: 1979

Donner Medallions, 1985

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 22
Identifier: Folder 22
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and photocopies regarding the Donner Party commemorative medallions minted by the Nevada City Mint, 1/1/1985. Also contains a receipt for 10 of the medallions, 6/17/1985.

Dates: Created: 1985

Donner Land Deeds, 1835-1841

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 23
Identifier: Folder 23
Scope and Contents

Photographs and photocopies of a land deed from George Donner to William Donner, 3/13/1841, and from the U.S. Government to William Donner, 9/8/1835.

Dates: Created: 1835-1841

Tamsen's Letters, 1840-1846

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Identifier: Folder 24
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of two letters written by Tamsen Donner, one dated 1/12/1840 while she was in Springfield, Illinois; the other dated 5/11/1846, while in Independence, Missouri.

Dates: Created: 1840-1846

George Donner's Anvil, 1996

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 25
Identifier: Folder 25
Scope and Contents

A photocopy and color photograph (4X6) of an anvil said to have been owned by George Donner. Photograph dated 5/14/1996.

Dates: Created: 1996

George Donner Stud Poster, 1831

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 26
Identifier: Folder 26
Scope and Contents

Photocopies, Black and white photographs (4X6) and negatives of a poster advertising a stallion available for stud, 3/26/1831.

Dates: Created: 1831

Donner at 150 Years: Donner Reunion 7-20-1996 (Folder 1 of 4), 1996

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 27
Identifier: Folder 27
Scope and Contents

Brochures, notes, schedules receipts and plane tickets for the 150th anniversary of the Donner party, a reunion of Donner Party descendants held at Donner Lake, Truckee, California. Also contains two micro cassettes.

Dates: Created: 1996

Donner at 150 Years: Donner Reunion 7-20-1996 (Folder 2 of 4), 1996

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 28
Identifier: Folder 28
Scope and Contents

Color photographs (4X6) from the reunion. Note says: "From Don."

Dates: Created: 1996

Donner at 150 Years: Donner Reunion 7-20-1996 (Folder 3 of 4), 1996

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 29
Identifier: Folder 29
Scope and Contents

Brochures, correspondence, color photographs (4X6), newspaper articles and notes regarding the reunion. Also contains a receipt to Phillippa Ball in payment for instructing a school, dated 8/5/1806.

Dates: Created: 1996

Donner at 150 Years: Donner Reunion 7-20-1996 (Folder 4 of 4), 1996

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 30
Identifier: Folder 30
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, schedules, notes and newspaper articles regarding the reunion.

Dates: Created: 1996