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Samuel C. Upham Papers
Contains handwritten and printed correspondence, speeches, dedications, poems, reviews, song sheets, etc. One of the letters (18 p.), dated May 6, 1878, contains an extensive autobiographical account of Upham's life including his family history, his brief time as a gold miner, and his eventual career as a journalist. Song sheets include a copy of "Evangel Hymns for Church Choirs, Sunday-Schools, Revival, Praise, and Camp Meetings," edited by Samuel C. Upham, along with several others. Also includes the published poem, "Ye Ancient Yuba Miner of the Days of '49." Also includes one scrapbook of various ephemera, correspondence, clippings, meeting ephemera from the Associated Pioneers of the Territorial Days in California, and other related material.
Notes of a Voyage to California Via Cape Horn
Samuel Curtis Upham (1819-1885) was a clerk in a Philadelphia merchant house when he decided to try his luck in California in January, 1849. Sailing round the Horn, he visited Rio de Janeiro and Talcahuana before landing in San Francisco. After a brief career as a gold miner at the Calaveras diggings, Upham moved to Sacramento, where he published the Sacramento Transcript, May-August 1850. Notes of a voyage to California (1878) includes Upham's memoirs of his early years in California, with special attention to Sacramento's colorful history in 1850. He closes his narrative with a brief description of his return to Philadelphia that same year via Panama. The book's lengthy appendix contains chapters on California journalism, the California exhibition at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition, and various reunion dinners and other events sponsored by the California "Pioneers" association.
Florida Past and Present
"Florida Past and present" from Samuel Curtis Upham. Samuel Curtis Upham, american journalist, lyricist, merchant (1819-1885).
Notes of a Voyage to California Via Cape Horn
Samuel Curtis Upham (1819-1885) was a clerk in a Philadelphia merchant house when he decided to try his luck in California in January, 1849. Sailing round Cape Horn, he visited Rio de Janeiro and Talcahuana before landing in San Francisco. After a brief career as a gold miner at the Calaveras diggings, Upham moved to Sacramento, where he published the Sacramento Transcript, May-August 1850. Notes of a voyage to California (1878) includes Upham's memoirs of his early years in California, with special attention to Sacramento's colorful history in 1850. He closes his narrative with a brief description of his return to Philadelphia that same year via Panama. The book's lengthy appendix contains chapters on California journalism, the California exhibition at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition, and various reunion dinners and other events sponsored by the California "Pioneers" association.
