Helen E. Clark Diary
Scope and Contents
Collection contains an account of a journey from Plano, Ill. to Denver, Colo. in 1860. Followed the northern or Platte Valley route.
Dates
- April 11-June 23, 1860
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Copyright
All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from material in the collection should be discussed with the appropriate librarian or archivist. Permission for publication may be given on behalf of the Denver Public Library as the owner of the physical item. It is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained by the customer. The Library does not assume any responsibility for infringement of copyright or publication rights of the manuscript held by the writer, heirs, donors, or executors. Reproduction restrictions are decided on a case-by-case basis.
Biographical / Historical
Helen E. Clark was a member of a family group traveling West together by wagon train. Se was the son of Josiah D Clark (1797-1885) and Esther Tracy Clark (1803-1882) and the sister of Calvin Perry Clark (1835-1907).
Extent
1 envelope(s)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, John E. Marshall, 1936.
Existence and Location of Copies
Repository also has available as published in: Two diaries (Denver : Public Library, 1962).
General
Typed transcript. Originally written by Miss Clark on scraps of paper which were later assembled and copied by her daughter, Ida D. Albee.
- Diaries Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- West (U.S.) -- Description and travel. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy Repository
