Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | F.W. Lander and J.M. Lander papers, 1836-1894 |
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Span Dates | 1836-1894 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1849-1862) |
ID No. | MSS29322 |
Creator | Lander, F. W. (Frederick West), 1821-1862 |
Creator | Lander, J. M. (Jean Margaret), 1829-1903 |
Extent | 1,250 items |
Extent | 12 containers |
Extent | 3.2 linear feet |
Extent | 1 microfilm reel |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms014007 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm77029322 |
Summary | Engineer, explorer, and army officer (F. W Lander). Actress (J. M. Lander). Correspondence, writings, military dispatches and telegrams, notes, maps, reports, scrapbooks, printed material, and other papers relating to F. W. Lander’s explorations in the West, advocacy of a western railroad system, political activities in California, and service during the Civil War. Also correspondence, scrapbooks, and other papers documenting the acting career of J. M. Lander. |