The Reed and Donner Party

Name/Title

The Reed and Donner Party

Entry/Object ID

2009.144.2

Scope and Content

The Reed and Donner Party: A story of starvation and cannibalism in the California mountains in the winter of 1846-47. Snow twenty feet deep. The story of an awful tragedy that does not need embelishment, because it is horrible enough without it.

Collection

Manuscripts

Acquisition

Accession

2009.144

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Manuscript

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Relief (Aid), Food supply, Winter, Snow, Rescues, Trails & paths, Independence, Immigrants, Food, Wagon trains, Group discussion, Rescue work, Groups of people, Cannibalism, Immigration

Search Terms

Batiste, John, Boone, Alphonso, Boone, Daniel, Bryant, Edwin, Cannibalism, Clyman, Hannah, Clyman, James, Denton, John, Donner Party, Donner, George, Donner, Jacob, Donner, Mrs. Tamsen, Elliot, Milt, Food, Food supply, Fremont, Col. John c., Graves, W.C., Greenwood, Caleb, Group discussion, Groups of people, Hastings, Lansford, Hollerman, Luke, Hook, Solomon, Hook, William, Houghton, Eliza Donner, Hull, J. B., Immigrants, Immigration, Independence, Keseberg, Lewis, Keyes, Mrs. Sarah, McCutchen, William, Murphy, Virginia Reed, Oregon Trail, Polk, President James, Reed, James Frazier, Relief (Aid), Rescue work, Rescues, Russell, William H., Schallenburg, Moses, Snow, Snyder, John, Trails & paths, Trubode, Jean-Baptiste, Tucker, Reason P., Wagon trains, Williams, Eliza, Winter, Woodworth, Selim E.

Archive Details

Creator

Mills, Henry R.

Date(s) of Creation

1946 - 1946

Archive Size/Extent

26 pgs.

Archive Notes

Date(s): 1946 Publication Notes: 1946

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Batiste, John

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Boone, Alphonso

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Boone, Daniel

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Bryant, Edwin

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Clyman, Hannah

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Clyman, James

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Denton, John

Person or Organization

Donner, George

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Donner, Jacob

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Donner, Mrs. Tamsen

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Elliot, Milt

Person or Organization

Fremont, Col. John c.

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Graves, W.C.

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Greenwood, Caleb

Person or Organization

Hastings, Lansford

Person or Organization

Hollerman, Luke

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Hook, Solomon

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Hook, William

Person or Organization

Houghton, Eliza Donner

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Hull, J. B.

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Keseberg, Lewis

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Keyes, Mrs. Sarah

Person or Organization

McCutchen, William

Person or Organization

Murphy, Virginia Reed

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Polk, President James

Person or Organization

Reed, James Frazier

Person or Organization

Russell, William H.

Person or Organization

Schallenburg, Moses

Person or Organization

Snyder, John

Person or Organization

Trubode, Jean-Baptiste

Person or Organization

Tucker, Reason P.

Person or Organization

Williams, Eliza

Person or Organization

Woodworth, Selim E.

Create Date

August 13, 2009

Update Date

May 14, 2024