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Descriptive Summary

Title:
Alexander W. Chase overland journal, 1861

Collection number:
MS-R061

Creator:
Chase, Alexander W. (Alexander Wells), 1843-1888

Extent:
0.2 linear feet (1 box)

Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library. Special Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557

Abstract:
The illustrated holograph journal of Alexander W. Chase documenting his family's overland journey from Iowa to California by covered wagon from May to August 1861. The illustrations include both pencil sketches and watercolors. The journal is accompanied by 43 loose watercolor illustrations by Chase that correspond to events or scenery described in the journal. As a first-hand account of a pioneer journey over the Great Plains in mid-nineteenth-century America, the journal provides both textual and visual documentation on the landscape, wildlife, and Native American population of this time period. An informal transcription of the journal produced by UCI staff is available for consultation.

Language:
English.

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