UUM_Accn1106 Inventory of the Charles I. Wheat papers, 1937-1958 Wheat (Charles I.) papers Finding aid created by Betsey Welland Manuscripts Division, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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ACCN 1106 Wheat, Carl I. (Carl Irving), 1892-1966 Charles I. Wheat papers 1937-1958 1 box 0.25 linear feet The Charles I. Wheat papers (1937-1958) contain thirteen letters from Dale Morgan to Carl Wheat concerning research in Western history. Also included are transcripts of articles from various Illinois and Iowa newspapers and a proposal for a book by Wheat titled, First Visible Footsteps of the White Man in Death Valley. Collection materials are in English.

The Charles I. Wheat papers contain thirteen letters from Dale Morgan to Carl Wheat concerning research in Western history, including attempts to find the William Lorton diary. Included are transcripts of articles from various Illinois and Iowa newspapers, including the Oquawka Spectra and Knoxville Journal, concerning overland travel to the California gold fields in 1850. Folder 2 contains a proposal for a book by Wheat titled, First Visible Footsteps of the White Man in Death Valley. The proposal also contains a letter to Miss Caroline Wenzel.

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Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Purchased from Dawson Bookstore in 1989.

Box 1 folder 2 was purchased from the Argonaut Book Shop in 2008.

Processed by Betsey Welland in 2013.

 Morgan, Dale Lowell, 1914-1971--Correspondence California--Gold discoveries West (U.S.)--History Overland journeys to the Pacific Overland Journeys to the Western United States Correspondence Articles 1 1 Correspondence 1958 1 2 Book proposal for First Visible Footsteps of the White Man in Death Valley 1937