Gold Rush news

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Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

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Charles Bell

Name/Title

Gold Rush news

Entry/Object ID

2024.01.36

Scope and Content

Scans of Commercial Record newspaper clippings pertaining to the national fever for getting rich by finding gold in Alaska in the 1890s. In addition is a 1973 reprint of a 1856 Merit Towner letter from the "gold fields of California."

Context

Impact of national trends on a small community.

Collection

Newspapers

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2024.01

Source or Donor

Yoder, Chris

Acquisition Method

Donation, unconditional

Notes

These Commercial Record newspaper clippings — scanned by Chris Yoder in the 2000s — had been available on the pre-2023 SDHC website. The content has been moved to this online catalog for safekeeping. Publication dates are indicated in the year/month/day/page file name. For example "cr1938102801Description.jpg" = Commercial Record, 1938, October, 28th, page 01

Location

* Untyped Location

Digital data in CatalogIt

Create Date

May 2, 2024

Update Date

May 2, 2024