Cranstone (Susan Marsh) Journals, undated

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Title:: Susan Marsh Cranstone Journals
Dates:: undated
Creators:: Cranstone, Susan Marsh
Abstract:: This is a typed copy of the daily journal of Susan M. Cranstone on an Oregon Trail journey by covered wagon from Woodstock, Ohio to Dalles, Oregon, May 8, 1851 to August 27, 1851.
Extent:: 0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Language:: English .
Preferred citation:: Susan Marsh Cranstone Journals, undated, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.542.

Scope and content:: This is a typed copy of the daily journal of Susan Marsh Cranstone (1829-1857) on an Oregon Trail journey by covered wagon from Woodstock, Ohio to Dalles, Oregon, May 8, 1851 to Aug. 27, 1851. Includes brief entries describing Cranston's overland journey to the Pacific Northwest. Records mileage travelled, landscape features, encampments, and rivers and creeks along the route.
Biographical / historical:: Susan Marsh Cranstone (or Cranston) (1829-1857) traveled from St. Joseph, Missouri to Oregon Territory in 1851. Her husband was Warren Crastone (or Cranston).
Acquisition information:: Donation from Mrs. Ortha Hoblit, 1960s.
Processing information:: Processed by Glenna Schroeder, circa 1977-1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 October 1, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects:: Frontier and pioneer life -- Oregon
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Women pioneers
Overland travel
Personal narratives
Diaries
Places:: Lebanon (Or.)
Saint Joseph (Mo.)
Oregon -- History -- Sources

Collection Guide Author:: Holly Rose Larson
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-11-17 05:18:05 +0000 .

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Preferred citation:: Susan Marsh Cranstone Journals, undated, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.542.

Location of this collection:: Autry Museum of the American West

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