Researcher's Guide to Sutter's Fort's Collections of Donner Party ...

Map, annotated, Utah State Highway Association, c 1927. Oversized
item moved to Box 17-35-308.
8-18-308 : 6
Series 3. Harry Peterson’s Notes, Clippings and Scrapbooks, 1925-1928. 1 box 20 folders.
This sub series contains the notes, jottings and correspondence that Harry Peterson collected
during Davis’ explorations into the Reed-Donner trail. Most of the material is undated and
arranged in no specific order. This sub series also contains 15 oversized scrapbooks that
Peterson assembled to document Davis’ trip. They contain notes, maps, ephemera,
correspondence and miscellaneous items. The scrapbooks themselves have been moved to
box 32-7-308 due to their size, but scans and digital photographs of their contents are contained
in this series. Also in this group is a diary in Peterson’s handwriting titled “Last Trip” detailing a
trip from Sacramento to Kansas City and back from May 1 to September 19, 1928.
Description
Project Notes, undated. 8-19-308 : 1-2
Proposals and notes regarding Wagon Train reenactment, undated. 8-19-308 : 3
Diary, “Last Trip,” May-Sep 1928. 8-19-308 : 4
News clippings about the Reed-Donner project, May 3, 1925 to Aug
14, 1928.
8-19-308 : 5
Scrapbooks numbered 1 to 15, 1927. 8-19-308 : 6-20
Box : Folder
Series 4. Charles E. Davis Biographical Material, 1915 to 1927 and undated. 1 box, 4
folders.
This sub series contains notes, clippings, business cards, personal remembrances, and photos
regarding the life of Charles E. Davis. Most of the items in this group describe Davis’ life before
the Reed-Donner project and provide information on his activities as a fisherman, explorer, and
naturalist and on his home on Mullet Island in the Salton Sea. A hand-drawn map of the area is
also in this group. Photos in this sub series show Davis’ Mullet Island home, local wildlife there,
and an oversized photograph of Davis with Harry Peterson taken at Sutter’s Fort in the 1920s.
Description
Biographical notes, clippings, and ephemera, 1915 to 1927 and undated.
Hand-drawn map of the Salton Sea, undated. Oversized item moved to
17-35-308.
Photographs of Davis, Mullet Island and wildlife, 16 prints, undated.
Photo of Davis with Harry Peterson at Sutter’s Fort, c.1927. Oversized
item moved to 17-35-308.
Box : Folder
8-104-308 : 1-2
8-104-308 : 3
8-104-308 : 4
8-104-308 : 5
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