Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to all researchers.

Conditions Governing Use

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred Citation

Mina Barnhouse Diary, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information

The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 05/05/2009.

Processing Information

Accessioned and described in May 2009 by Ute Schechter.

Biographical Note

Information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Mina Barnhouse">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Mina Barnhouse</a>.

Scope and Contents

Diary titled "Covered Wagon Days, As Written by Mina Barnhouse,"  documenting a family's 1895 move from Kansas to Flathead Valley near Kalispell, Flathead County, Montana as part of a larger wagon train. The diary was written in 1945 and it is not clear whether it is a transcription of a 1895 document or whether it was composed 50 years after the event based on memory or oral histories. Several clippings from newspapers, magazines and also postcards are glued into the diary.For a more detailed description and excerpts provided by the seller see box list link below.

Index Terms

Genre/Form of Material:

• Clippings (information artifacts)
• Diaries

Topical Term:

• Migration, Internal--United States--History--19th century
• Postcards.
• Wagon trains--Montana--1890-1900

Additional Information