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- A -	Aldrich, Lorenzo; A journal of the overland route to California & the gold mines SPE 978 A365 1950 CAL; *SPE 090 P714 1950a BAC VAU* Appleton, Frank W.; Notes from my diary on the journey from Whitby to Florin SPE 979.404092 A649 1888 CAL VAU Arguello, Luis Antonio; The diary of Captain Luis Antonio Argüello : October 17-November 17, 1821 : the last Spanish expedition in Calfornia SPE 979.402 A772 1992 CAL Atherton, Faxon Dean; California diary of Faxon Dean Atherton, 1836-1839 SPE 979.403 A868 1964 CAL; *SPE 090 W264 1964a BAC VAU* Menu
- B -	Bean, Lowell John; Diaries & accounts of the Romero Expedition in Arizona and California, 1823-1826 SPE 979 B367 1962 CAL Beasley, Delilah L.; Negro trail blazers of California : a compilation of records from the California archives in the Bancroft Library at the University of California, in Berkeley; and from the diaries, old papers, and conversations of old pioneers in the State of California SPE 979.4 B368 1969 CAL Belden, L. Burr; Death Valley heroine : and source accounts of the 1849 travelers SPE 979.487 B427 1954 CAL Bennett, James; Overland journey to California : journal of James Bennett whose party left New Harmony in 1850 and crossed the plains and mountains until the golden West was reached SPE 978.02 B471 1932 CAL Bidwell-Bartleson Party :1841 California emigrant adventure : the documents and memoirs of the Overland pioneers SPE 979.403 B585zb 1991 CAL Bigler, Henry William; Chronicle of the West : the conquest of California, discovery of gold, and Mormon settlement as reflected in Henry William Bigler's diaries SPE 978 B593 1962 CAL Bolin, Major C.; Narrative of the life and adventures of Major C. Bolin, alias David Butler SPE 979.404 B689 1966 CAL Borthwick, John David; Gold hunters : a first-hand picture of life in California mining camps in the early fifties SPE 979.404 B739g 1917 CAL Borthwick, John David; 3 years in California SPE 979.404 B739 1948 CAL Brewer, William; Up and down California in 1860-1864 SPE 979.4 B847 1930 CAL VAU; *SPE 979.4 B847 1931 CAL* SPE 979.4 B847 1966 CAL; *SPE 979.4 B847 1974 CAL* Bryant, Edwin; Index for what I saw in California by Edwin Bryant SPE 979.4 B9152 1849 index CAL Bryant, Edwin; What I saw in California : being the journal of a tour, by the emigrant route and south pass of the Rocky Mountains, across the continent of North America, the great desert basin, and through California, in the years 1846, 1847 SPE 979.4 B9152 1849a CAL; SPE 979.4 B9152 1849 CAL VAU SPE 979.4 B9152 1848 CAL VAU; SPE 090 F495 1936b BAC VAU Butruille, Susan; Women's voices from the Mother Lode : tales from the California gold rush SPE 979.43 B987 1998 CAL Menu
- C -	Caughey, John Walton; California SPE 979.4 C371 1940 CAL; SPE 979.4 C371 1953 CAL Caughey, John Walton; Gold is the cornerstone SPE 979.404 C371g 1948 CAL Chichinov, Zakhar; Adventures in California of Zakahar Tchitchinoff : 1818-1828 SPE 090 D282 1956c BAC VAU Clarke, Dwight; William Tecumseh Sherman, gold rush banker SPE 332.1 S553zc 1969 CAL Clyman, James; James Clyman, American frontiersman, 1792-1881 : the adventures of a trapper and covered wagon emigrant as told in his own reminiscences and diaries SPE 978.02092 C649j 1928 CAL VAU Cogswell, Moses; The Gold Rush diary of Moses Cogswell of New Hampshire SPE 979.404 C677 1949 CAL Colton, Walter; California diary SPE 979.403 C725c 1948 CAL Couts, Cave Johnson; Hepah, California! : the journal of Cave Johnson Couts from Monterey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, to Los Angeles, California, during the years, 1848-1849 SPE q979 C781 1961 CAL Covered wagon women : diaries & letters from the western trails, 1840-1890 SPE 978.02092 C873 1983 CAL (11 volumes) Coy, Owen Cochran; In the diggings in 'Forty-nine SPE 979.404 C881 1948 CAL Crosby, Elisha; Memoirs of Elisha Oscar Crosby : reminiscences of California and Guatemala from 1849 to 1864 SPE 979.404 C949zc 1945 CAL Menu
- D -	Dankin, Susanna Bryant; A Scotch paisano in old Los Angeles : Hugo reid's life in California, 1832-1852, derived from his correspondence SPE 979.403 R355zd 1978 CAL Daniels, Sylvester; Frontier times : the 1874-1875 journals of Sylvester Daniels SPE 979.404 D186 1985 CAL Davis, William; Seventy-five years in California : a personal, political and military ; under the Mexican regime ; during the quasi-military government of the territory of the United States, and after admission of the state to the Union... SPE 979.403 D265 1929 CAL Day, Ella Perry Stockton; Letter of a pioneer daughter : Ella Perry Stockton Day SPE 979.454 D273 1998 SAC Decker, Peter; The diaries of Peter Decker : overland to California in 1849 and life in the mines, 1850-1851 SPE 979.404 D295 1966 CAL Delaplane, Kristin; Gold hunter : memoirs of John Berry Hill, 1827-1917 SPE 979.404 H646zd 1997 CAL Doten, Alfred; The journals of Alfred Doten, 1849-1903 SPE 979.404 D725 1973 CAL (3 volumes) Drury, Clifford Merrill; First white women over the Rockies; diaries, letters, and biographical sketches of the six women of the Oregon Mission who made the overland journey in 1836 and 1838 SPE 266 D796 CAL (3 volumes) Duhaut-Cilly, Auguste; A voyage to California, the Sandwich Islands & around the world : in the years 1826-1829 SPE 090 R287 1997d BAC VAU Menu
- E -	Eaton, Margaret Holden; Diary of a sea captain's wife : tales of Santa Cruz Island SPE 979.491 E14 1980 CAL Eccleston, Robert; Mariposa Indian War, 1850-1851 : diaries of Robert Eccleston : the California gold rush, Yosemite, and the High Sierra SPE 979.446 E17 1975 CAL Eccleston, Robert; Overland to California on the Southwestern Trail, 1849 : diary of Robert Eccleston SPE 978 E17 1950 CAL Edwards, Philip; California in 1837 : Diary of Col. Philip L. Edwards, containing an account of a trip to the Pacific coast SPE 979.403 E26 1890 CAL Edwards, Philip; The diary of Philip Leget Edwards : the great cattle drive from California to Oregon in 1837 SPE 090 G728 1932e BAC VAU Erskine, Michael; Diary of Michael Erskine : describing his cattle drive from Texas to California together with correspondence from the gold fields, 1854-1859 SPE 976.4 E73 1979 CAL Estudillo, Jesus Maria; Sketches of California in the 1860s : the journals of Jesus M. Estudillo SPE 979.404 E82 1988 CAL Menu
- F -	Ferguson, Charles; The experiences of a Forty-niner during a third of a century in the gold fields SPE 979.4 F352e 1923 CAL Fitzgerald, O. P.; California sketches SPE 979.404 F554c 1896 CAL Font, Pedro; The Anza expedition of 1775-1776 : diary of Pedro Font SPE 979.402 F677 1913 CAL Foote, Mary; A Victorian gentlewoman in the Far West : the reminiscences of Mary Hallock Foote SPE 813 F689 1972 CAL Franzwa, Gregory M.; Maps of the California Trail SPE 912.794 F837 1999 CAL Frink, Margaret A.; Journal of the adventures of a party of California gold seekers SPE 979.404 F914 1988 CAL Menu
- G -	Geiger, Vincent Eply; Trail to California : the overland journal of Vincent Geiger and Wakeman Bryarly SPE 978 G454 1945 CAL Goodsell, Fred Field; John Service : California pioneer freightman and agriculturalist with stories of Placerville Road, Dutch Flat road, Virginia City, Iowa City, Auburn, and Ceres, including such historical figures as Ephraim Hatch, John Mitchell, and Daniel Whitmore SPE 979.4 G655 1999 CAL Gould, Jane; The Oregon & California trail diary of Jane Gould in 1862 : the unabridged diary SPE 978 G697 1993 CAL Greenhow, Robert; History of Oregon and California, and the other territories of the north-west coast of North America : from their discovery to the present ; accompanied by a geographical view of those countries, and a number of documents as proofs and illustrations of the history SPE 979 G813 1845 CAL; *SPE 979 G813 1847 CAL VAU* Griffin, John S.; A doctor comes to California : the diary of John S. Griffin, assistant surgeon with Kearny's dragoons, 1846-1847 SPE 979.40082 G853zg 1943 CAL Menu
- H -	Hafen, Le Roy Reuben; Old Spanish trail : Santa Fé to Los Angeles SPE 979 H138 1954 CAL Hall, William Henry Harrison; Private letters and diaries of Captain Hall : an epic of an argonaut in the California gold rush, Oregon Territories, Civil War, and Oil City SPE 978 H181 1974 CAL Halsey, Francis W.; The pioneers of Unadilla village, 1784-1840 SPE 974.7 H196 1902 CAL VAU Harpending, Asbury; The great diamond hoax : and other stirring incidents in the life of Asbury Harpending SPE 979.404 H293 1913 CAL Hays, Lorena; To the land of gold and wickedness : the 1848-59 diary of Lorena L. Hays SPE 979.020924 H425 1988 CAL Heckman, Marlin L.; Overland on the California Trail, 1846-1859 : a bibliography of manuscript & printed travel narratives SPE 979.0016 H449 1984 CAL The High Sierra of California SPE f090 Q1 2000h BAC VAU Hitchcock, Martha; A salon at Larkmead : a charmed life in the Napa Valley SPE 979.419 H674 2000 CAL Ho for California! : Women's overland diaries from the Huntington Library SPE 978 H678 1980 CAL Howell, Elijah; The 1849 California trail diaries of Elijah Preston Howell SPE 979.404 H859 1995 CAL Hutton, Wm. R.; Glances at California, 1847-1853 : diaries and letters of William Rich Hutton, surveyor SPE 979.404 H985 1942 CAL; *SPE 090 W264 1942h BAC VAU* Menu
- I -	Ingersoll, Chester; Overland to California in 1847 : letters written en route to California, west from Independence, Missouri, to the editor of the Joliet Signal SPE 090 B6276 1937i BAC VAU Menu
- J -	Journals of Forty-niners : Salt Lake to Los Angeles : with diaries and contemporary records of Sheldon Young, James S. Brown, Jacob Y. Stover, Charles C. Rich, Addison Pratt, Howard Egan, Henry W. Bigler, and others SPE 978.02 J86 1998 CAL Menu
- K -	Kilgore, William H.; The Kilgore journal of an overland journey to California in the year 1850 SPE 978 K48 1949 CAL Menu
- L -	Langworthy, Franklin; Scenery of the plains, mountains and mines SPE 978 L287 1932 CAL Leonard, Zenas; Adventures of Zenas Leonard, fur trader and trapper, 1831-1836 SPE 978 L581a 1904 CAL VAU Levy, Jo Ann; They saw the elephant : women in the California gold rush SPE 979.404082 L668 1990 CAL Lewis, Donovan; Pioneers of California : true stories of early settlers in the Golden State SPE 979.403 L673 1993 CAL Lewis, Oscar; Quest for Qual-a-wa-loo, Humboldt Bay : a collection of diaries and historical notes pertaining to the early disciveries of the area now know as Humboldt County, California SPE 979.412 L675 1966 CAL Longinos Martinez, José; California in 1792 : the expedition of José Longinos Martinez SPE 979.402 L855 1938 CAL Lord, Israel Shipman Pelton; At the extremity of civilization : a meticulously descriptive diary of an Illinois physician's journey in 1849 along the Oregon Trail to the goldmines and cholera of California, thence in two years to return by boat via Panama SPE 978.02 L866 1995 CAL Loveland, Cyrus C.; California trail herd : the 1850 Missouri-to-California journal of Cyrus C. Loveland SPE 978 L898 1961 CAL Low, Garrett W.; Gold rush by sea SPE 979.404 L912 1941 CAL Lyman, Chester Smith; Around the Horn to the sandwich Islands and California, 1845-1850 : being a personal record kept by Chester S. Lyman SPE 979.404 L986 1924 CAL Menu
- M -	MacGregor, Greg; Overland : the California emigrant trail of 1841-1870 SPE 978 M147 1996 CAL McKinstry, Byron; The California gold rush overland diary of Byron N. McKinstry, 1850-1852 SPE 978 M158 1975 CAL McLane, Louis; The private journal of Louis McLane, U.S.N., 1844-1848 SPE 359.332 M161 1971 CAL Manly, William Lewis; Death Valley in '49 : an important chapter of California pioneer history SPE 979.4 M279 1929 CAL; *SPE 979.4 M279 1949 CAL* SPE 979.4 M279 1982 CAL; *SPE 979.4 M279 1894 CAL VAU* Miller, Henry; Account of a tour of the California missions & towns, 1856 : the journal & drawings of Henry Miller SPE 979.402 M648 1985 CAL Miller, Joaquin; Joaquin Miller, his California diary; beginning in 1855 & ending in 1857 SPE 090 D654 1936m BAC VAU Moraga, Gabriel; The diary of Ensign Gabriel Moraga's expedition of discovery in the Sacramento Valley, 1808 SPE 090 K35 1957m BAC VAU Menu
- N -	Navarro, Ramón Gil; Gold rush diary of Ramón Gil Navarro SPE 979.404 N319 2000 CAL New Helvetia diary : a record of events kept by John A. Sutter and his clerks at New Helvetia, California, from September 9, 1845, to May 25, 1848 SPE f979.454 S967m 1939 SAC; *SPE f090 G728 1939n BAC VAU* Northwest coast of America & California : 1832 : letters from Fort Ross, Monterey, San Pedro, and Santa Barbara SPE 090 P714 1959n BAC VAU Menu
- O -	Osbun, Albert Gallatin; To California and the South Seas, 1849-1851 SPE 979.404 O81 1966 CAL Overland in 1846 : diaries and letters of the California-Oregon Trail SPE 978 O96 1963 v.2 CAL Owen, John; The journals and letters of Major John Owen, pioneer of the Northwest, 1850-1871 : embracing his purchase of St. Mary's mission; the building of Fort Owen; his travels; his relation with the Indians; his work for the government; and his activities as a western empire builder for twenty years SPE 978 O97 1927 v.1 SPE Menu
- P -	Parke, Charles; Dreams to dust : a diary of the California gold rush, 1849-1850 SPE 978.02092 P237 1989 CAL Paul, Rodman W.; The California gold discovery : sources, documents, accounts, and memoirs relating to the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill SPE 979.404 P234c 1966 CAL Paul Wilhelm, Duke of Wurttemberg; Early Sacramento [manuscript] : glimpses of John Augustus Sutter, the Hok farm, and the neighboring Indian tribes SPE 979.454 W678 1900 SAC Perkins, Elisha; Gold rush diary : being the journal of Elisha Douglass Perkins on the Overland Trail in the spring and summer of 1849 SPE 978 P448 1967 CAL Perlot, Jean-Nicolas; Gold seeker : adventures of a Belgian Argonaut during the Gold Rush years SPE 979.404 P451 1985 CAL Pierce, Richard; H.M.S. Sulphur at California, 1837 and 1839 : being the accounts of Midshipman Francis Guillemard Simpkinson and Captain Edward Belcher SPE 979.403 P617 1969 CAL; *SPE 090 C353 1969p BAC VAU* Pritchard, James Avery; Overland diary of James A. Pritchard from Kentucky to California in 1849 SPE 978 P961 1959 CAL Menu
- R -	Robinson, Zirkle; The Robinson-Rosenberger journey to the gold fields of California, 1849-1850 : the diary of Zirkle D. Robinson SPE 090 P898 1966r BAC VAU Rogers, Fred; Soldiers of the overland : being some account of the services of General Patrick Edward Conner & his volunteers in the old West SPE q090 G728 1938r BAC VAU Root, Riley; Journal of travels from St. Josephs to Oregon : with observations of that country ; together with some description of California, its agricultural interests, and a full description of its gold mines SPE 978 R783 1955 CAL Royce, Sarah; A frontier lady : recollections of the gold rush and early California SPE 979.4 R888f 1932 CAL Rushing for gold SPE 979.404 R953 1949 CAL Menu
- S -	Santos, Robert LeRoy; The Gold rush of California : a bibliography of periodical articles SPE 979.40016 S237 1998 CAL Scamehorn, H. Lee; The Buckeye rovers in the gold rush : an edition of two diaries SPE 979.404 S293 1965 CAL Shepherd, James S.; Journal of travel across the Plains to California and guide to the future emigrant SPE 978.02 S548 1994 CAL Sherburne, John P.; Through Indian country to California : John P. Sherburne's diary of the Whipple Expedition, 1853-1854 SPE 978.02 S551 1988 CAL Shirley, Dame; The Shirley letters : from the California mines, 1851-1852 SPE 978.404 C589 1949 CAL Smith, Azariah; The gold discovery journal of Azariah Smith SPE 978.403 S642 1990 CAL Menu
- T -	Taylor, Bayard; Eldorado or adventures in the path of empire : comprising a voyage to California, via Panama, life in San Francisco and Monterey, pictures of the gold region, and experiences of Mexican travel SPE 979.4 T239 1949 CAL; *SPE 979.4 T238 1967 CAL* *SPE 979.4 T238 1857 CAL VAU* Toole, Delos E.; Where to find gold in California : an epic gold journal of classic information SPE 622.3422 D671 1994 CAL Townsend, E. D.; California diary of General E. D. Townsend SPE 979.404 T747 1970 CAL; *SPE 090 W264 1970t BAC VAU* Turner, Henry; The original journals of Henry Smith Turner with Stephen Watts Kearny to New Mexico and California, 1846-1847 SPE 978 T947 1966 CAL Menu
- V -	Victor, Frances Fuller; New Penelope : and other stories and poems SPE 979 V642 1877 CAL Menu
- W -	Ward, Harriet Sherrill; Prairie schooner lady : the journal of Harriet Sherrill Ward, 1853 SPE 978.02 W268 1959 CAL Ware, Joseph; The emigrants' guide to California SPE 978 W269 1932 CAL Wayman, John; A doctor on the California trail : the diary of Dr. John Hudson Wayman from Cambridge City, Indiana, to the gold fields in 1852 SPE 978 W358 1971 CAL Wheelwright, Jane Hollister; Ranch papers : a California memoir SPE 979.475 W566 1988 CAL Windeler, Adolphus; California Gold Rush diary of a German sailor SPE 979.404 W763 1969 CAL Wing, Stephen; Daily journal of Stephen Wing, 1852 to 1860 SPE 979.404 W769 1982 CAL Woods, James; Recollections of pioneer work in California SPE 285.1794 W895 1878 CAL Wooster, David; The gold rush : letters of David Wooster from California to the Adrian, Michigan, Expositor, 1850-1855 SPE 979.404 W917 1972 CAL Menu
- Y -	Year of mud and gold, San Francisco in letters and diaries SPE 979.461 Y39 1999 CAL Menu

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