University of Wyoming
Collection Summary | ||
| Title | Franklin E. Adams papers, | |
| Dates (Inclusive) | 1858-1929 | |
| Creator | Adams, Franklin E. | |
| Abstract | ||
| Collection Number | 11245 | |
| Size | 1 cubic foot (1 box) | |
| Repository | University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. | |
| Language(s) | English | |
Franklin E. Adams traveled overland with his wife and son from St. Louis, Missouri to Fresno, California in 1865.
The Franklin E. Adams papers contain correspondence by and about Adams (1858), photographs (ca.1860s), his original diary regarding his overland journey from St. Louis, Missouri to Fresno California in 1865, notebooks listing expenses along the way to California (1865), obituaries of his relatives in California (1893-1929), and a photocopy of an article by Walter Edens "The Overland Trail Diary of Franklin E. Adams: Upward Bound in 1865". Collection also contains four typescript copies of the diary.
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
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Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
There are no known other archival collections created by Franklin E. Adams at the date of processing.
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890.
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