Identity area
Reference code
P/P155/41/2
Title
Virginia City, Nevada miscellaneous letters
Date(s)
- 1863-1996 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
43pp
Context area
Archival history
Keith Gallagher of the University of Michigan collected the reproduction of the letters on 30 July 1993 and donated it to Kerby A. Miller via letter of 12 January 1996. The original manuscripts are held by the Nevada Historical Society.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Materials pertaining to a pair of letters written by Irish emigrants Charles M. Clark and Chauncey Carr Jr. from the mining town of Virginia City, Nevada in 1863 and 1864. The series includes reproductions of the letters sent to Kerby A. Miller by graduate student Keith Gallagher, and correspondence between Miller and Gallagher.