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Box 2

 Container

Contains 31 Results:

[Donner Trail Trip] (Folder 2 of 4)

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 24
Identifier: Folder 24
Scope and Contents

Pictures, brochures, and notes from a trip following in the Donner Party's footsteps, mostly of the Donner Memorial State Park and Donner Museum. The materials are undated.

Dates: Created: 1835 - 2010; Other: Date acquired: 09/03/2008

[Donner Trail Trip] (Folder 3 of 4)

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 25
Identifier: Folder 25
Scope and Contents

Pictures from a trip following in the Donner Party's footsteps, mostly the Donner camp site. Some of the pictures are dated 1977, most are undated.

Dates: Created: 1835 - 2010; Other: Date acquired: 09/03/2008

[Donner Trail Trip] (Folder 4 of 4)

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 26
Identifier: Folder 26
Scope and Contents

Negatives from a trip following in the Donner Party's footsteps. Separated into six categories: Miscellaneous; Virginia City, Tahoe City, Squaw Valley; Lake Scenes; Settlers Post; Donner Museum and Park; Donner Camp. They are undated.

Dates: Created: 1835 - 2010; Other: Date acquired: 09/03/2008

Donner Bibliography, 1979-1981

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 27
Identifier: Folder 27
Scope and Contents

A listing of books on the Donner Party, separated into eleven categories: Books - Complete; Books - Partial; Newspapers; Periodicals; Museums and Libraries; Historical Societies; Miscellaneous; Visual Productions; Music; Documents, Other Books of Interest; and Genealogy. Also contains newspaper articles, notes and correspondence on Donner materials such as plays and operas, 11/20/1979 through 3/12/1981.

Dates: Created: 1979-1981

The Cypress by Hermann Seele, 1979

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 28
Identifier: Folder 28
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of excerpts from: Hermann Seele. The Cypress and Other Writings of a German Pioneer in Texas. Translated by Edward C. Breitenkamp. Texas: University of Texas Press, 1979.

Dates: Created: 1979

Donner Party, 2001-2004

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 29
Identifier: Folder 29
Scope and Contents

Notes, correspondence, and computer printouts on acquiring Donnerana. Mostly through Ebay, 12/3/2003 through 2/26/2004. Also contains a photocopy of a letter to the editor in Overland Journal.

Dates: Created: 2001-2004

Trailing the Donners by Frank Mullen Jr., 1999

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 30
Identifier: Folder 30
Scope and Contents

Tour guide booklet and brief history of the California trail. Personal note written to Don Springer from Frank Mullen Jr. on July 29th, 1999 Added to collection 08-14-14

Dates: Created: 1999

The Hastings Cutoff by Roy D. Tea, 1996

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 31
Identifier: Folder 31
Scope and Contents

Short guide booklet detailing the geography and history of the area between Grantsville and Donner Springs, Utah. Includes a printed email regarding Donner Party event. Added to collection on 09/11/2014

Dates: Created: 1996

[Donner TV Movie Listing, and Pamphlet], 1992

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents

Donner book order form, undated; TV guide listing, dated 10/25/1992; Shoe ad, undated; pamphlet on the Donner Party, undated.

Dates: Created: 1992

[Donner Family Reunion 2006], 2004

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: Folder 2
Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding a possible Donner Family Reunion in 2006. One letter undated, the other dated 7/23/2004.

Dates: Created: 2004