The Burnett Family Papers consist of diaries, memoirs, invitations, and miscellaneous printed material. The diary of Lester Burnett, the father of W. C. Burnett, chronicles his journey to San Francisco by way of Panama, and his early days there. The entries run from July 13, 1850 to January 8, 1851. The diary of W. C. Burnett also describes a voyage to San Francisco and his early days there. Entries run from April 20 to May 24, 1854. In addition, there is an undated typescript memoir by Jane Cleveland Burnett, W. C. Burnettt's wife, entitled, "My Memories of Early California Days." There are also two folders of invitations to events in the San Francisco area dating from 1851 to 1891.
Description:
First two leaves of W. C. Burnett's diary lacking bottom corner, affecting text.
Subject (Geographic):
California--Description and travel, Sacramento (Calif.)--Description and travel, and San Francisco (Calif.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Burnett, Jane Cleveland, Burnett, Lester, and Burnett, W. C.,--(Wellington C.)
Thompson's diary describes his 1850 journey from St. Joseph to Sacramento and a trip home in 1851 from Nevada City by the Isthmus. Notes on the westward trip include distances and camps. He went overland to South Pass, Sublette's Cut-off, Fort Hall, the California Trail, the Humboldt and Truckee, and Nevada City. Returning, Thompson sailed from San Francisco on the Olive Branch for Panama, and from Chagres on the North America for New Orleans, reaching Lagrange, [Missouri ?].
Description:
Diary and transcript are stored in one case., Gift of William Robertson Coe., and Original binding.
Subject (Geographic):
California National Historic Trail. and West (U.S.)--Description and travel.
Subject (Name):
North America (Ship), Olive Branch (Ship), and Thompson, William P.,--fl. 1850-1852.
Subject (Topic):
Ocean travel., Overland journeys to the Pacific., and Overland journeys to the Pacific--1850.
Commentary on al-Kawākib al-durrīyah fī madḥ khayr al-barīyah (or Qaṣīdat al-burdah, poem in praise of the Prophet) by Muḥammad al-Būṣīrī., Copied in A.H. 1151 (A.D. 1738)., and Preceded (leaves 1-5) by an exposition of the formula "lā ilāha illā Allāh."
Description:
Good small naskhī. and Islamic binding, paper covered, with flap.
Subject (Name):
Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd, 1213?-1296? Burdah., Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd, 1213?-1296? Kawākib al-durrīyah fī madḥ khayr al-barīyah., and Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd,--1213?-1296?--Kawākib al-durrīyah fī madḥ khayr al-barīyah.
Subject (Topic):
Arabic language and literature--Poetry. and Islamic binding.
George Gibbs notebooks of scientific observations of the Pacific Northwest,
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 3
Image Count:
140
Abstract:
Three holograph notebooks containing diary entries relating to travel; barometrical recordings; and observations on the languages and customs of the Indians and the flora and fauna of Washington Territory and the Pacific Northwest written while Gibbs was working on the U.S. Army railroad survey and the survey of the International Boundary Commission. The first two notebooks contain a few miscellaneous drawings. The volumes are entitled "Indian Tribes 1853-1854," "No. II Journal & Notes, N.W.B.S. 1855-1858," and "Washington Territory Miscellaneous, Chiefly Natural History [ca. 1857]."
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest, Pacific--Description and travel, Northwest, Pacific--Surveys, Washington (State)--Description and travel, and Washington (State)--Surveys
Subject (Name):
Gibbs, George,--1815-1873 and Northwest Boundary Commission, 1857-1869
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--Northwest, Pacific--Languages, Indians of North America--Northwest, Pacific--Social life and customs, Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Languages, Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Social life and customs, Natural history--Northwest, Pacific, Natural history--Washington (State), Pacific railroads--Explorations and surveys, Surveyors--Northwest, Pacific, and Surveyors--Washington (State)--lcsh