Kingerly's letters to his parents and friends describe the 1852 journey from Illinois to California by way of Iowa, Kanesville, the Platte and Sweetwater, Kinney's and Hudspeth's Cut-offs, the Shasta and Nobles Pass route, Sierra Nevadas, and Shasta City. The letters note camping places, the cost of ferriage and food, encounters with Indians, sickness, and deaths. Kingerly traveled with a group from Pine Creek, Ogle County, Illinois. One letter describes storekeeping in Shasta City.
Subject (Geographic):
Shasta (Calif.) and West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Topic):
Overland journeys to the Pacific and Overland journeys to the Pacific--1852
Art--Periodicals, Authors and publishers--United States, Editors--United States, Literature--Periodicals, Little magazines--Archives, and Periodicals--Publishing--United States
American fiction--20th century, American literature--20th century, Americans--France--History--20th century, and Authors, American--20th century--Archives
Holographs, corrected typescripts and corrected clippings comprising Fedorov's unpublished poetry collections: "Lirika i poėmy," "Lirika i poėmy, part 2," 10 long poems, and "Sonnets." Also, Fedorov's Memoir of Vladimir Jabotinsky dated 1940 Aug 7, an ALS from Jabotinsky Foundation (1948 Mar 5), and clippings about Fedorov.
Two fragments of two holograph letters concerning Lenin's view of the Turkish-Italian War and the role of wives in society.
Description:
Each fragment is bound with more complete photostats of the page from which the fragment was taken, and an English translation of the photostat letter., Ex libris Laura K. and Valerian Lada-Mocarski, who acquired it from Grigoriĭ Aleksinskiĭ. Purchased from Valerian Lada-Mocarski with funds from the Beinecke Endowment, 1985., and Letters in Russian, with English translations.
Subject (Name):
Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, 1870-1924 and Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, 1870-1924--Relations with women
Subject (Topic):
Turco-Italian War, 1911-1912 and Wives--Conduct of life
Two fragments of two holograph letters concerning Lenin's view of the Turkish-Italian War and the role of wives in society.
Description:
Each fragment is bound with more complete photostats of the page from which the fragment was taken, and an English translation of the photostat letter., Ex libris Laura K. and Valerian Lada-Mocarski, who acquired it from Grigoriĭ Aleksinskiĭ. Purchased from Valerian Lada-Mocarski with funds from the Beinecke Endowment, 1985., and Letters in Russian, with English translations.
Subject (Name):
Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, 1870-1924 and Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, 1870-1924--Relations with women
Subject (Topic):
Turco-Italian War, 1911-1912 and Wives--Conduct of life
Buddhist sanghas--California, Christian communities--California, Collective settlements--California, Communal living--California, Cooperative societies--California, Socialism--California, and T
American fiction--20th century, American literature--20th century, Americans--France--History--20th century, and Authors, American--20th century--Archives