- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Gano, Daniel, 1794-1873
- Title:
- Daniel Gano Gold Rush Scrapbook
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/2j62s4949
- Dates:
- 1846-1850
- Size:
- 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (mss): Box 1
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Consists of a scrapbook compiled by Daniel Gano, documenting the California Gold Rush (1849-1850), including his son Stephen's journey to the gold fields of California and his subsequent experiences in "the diggings" there. "Images of this collection are available online at Digital PUL.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
The collection consists of a scrapbook (old barrister book) compiled by Daniel Gano, documenting the California Gold Rush (1849-1850), including his son Stephen's journey to the gold fields of California and his subsequent experiences in "the diggings" there. It holds 17 contemporary letters--eleven sent home by Stephen, two by his cousin Samuel Jones who followed a different route west, and four by friends interested in Stephen's fate--as well as 87 pages of pasted-in contemporary news clippings, a hand-colored print depicting "California Gold Diggers" at work in a Sacramento gold field, a broadside addressed "To California Emigrants," and a photographic portrait labeled on verso "Stephen Gano, My Grandfather." In addition, the book contains approx. 51 pages of listings of court cases for 1846, arranged by docket number, presumably relating to Daniel"s position as county clerk.
- Arrangement
The loose items in the scrapbook, particularly the letters, have been foldered separately.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Gano, Daniel, 1794-1873
Daniel Gano was the clerk of the county court at Cincinnati, Ohio, from 1818 till 1856.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Purchased from R & A Petrilla Booksellers in February 2011 (AM 2011-75).
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by John Delaney on March 18, 2011. Finding aid written by John Delaney on March 21, 2011, using descriptions provided by the dealer.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
- Credit this material:
Daniel Gano Gold Rush Scrapbook; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/2j62s4949
- Location:
-
Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (mss): Box 1
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- Subject Terms:
- Gold miners -- California -- 19th century -- Correspondence.
Gold mines and mining -- California -- 19th century.
Overland journeys to the Pacific. - Genre Terms:
- Clippings (information artifacts) -- 19th century.
Letters -- 1849-1850.
Scrapbooks -- 19th century - Names:
- Gano, Stephen, 1819-1903
