The Floyd Risvold collection highlights

Binders are large PDF files - right click and download.

Items Binder
1 Fur Trade / Western mails - Chouteau, Sarpy 1
2 Canada Fur Trade - Peter Dease Arctic Expedition, Peter Skeen Ogden, steamboat Yellowstone, A. H. Murray, Ft. Yukon Ft. Yukon 1849 2
3 Fur Trade - Le Sueur 1685, Manuel Lisa, John Adams, John C. Calhoun (re Indians), John Franklin Arctic Expedition, Steamboat Yellowstone 3
4 Fur Trade - Wm. Ashley re J. Smith firm, J.J. Astor 4
5 Fur Trade - Red River, Fort Pierre, Yellowstone Expedition 5
6 Fur Trade - J. Smith, Sublette expeditions 1826-1832, Wyeth 6
7 Canada Fur Trade 7
8 Mormon - Brigham Young free frank 8
9 Mormon - SLC pmks, Joseph Smith DS, SLC to Russia, Ft Bridger sl, 9
10 Spanish & GB Colonial - JQ Adams, Parry Expedition, Franklin Expedition, Father Serra, LA purchase Clark & Jefferson, Pensacola sl, New Orleans, Florida, Spanish California 10
11 Nuevo Orleans & Charleston - New Purchases 11
12 Hawaii, early letters 12
13 California - steamships, etc, Via Nic, Tehuantepec Route, CA Express 13
14 Spanish New Mexico, Texas, Doniphan Exp, Kansas trail pmks 14
15 Overland Trail - Forts, Ft. Kearney, Ft. Laramie, 15
16 Oregon Trail, Sarah Smith, Whitman massacre, Eliza Spaulding, 16
17 Overland Trail, Stagecoach covers, Wyoming, Dakota, Mont 17
18 Colorado - Sitting Bull 18
19 California & Oregon Trails, Bateman corres, Chrittenden corres, 19
20 California - Kearny mails, CA lettersheets, Vigilantes, Cady corres western & Civil War 20
F1-3 Folders, TPR 2008 exhibits F1-3
21 Lincoln, Indian mails - Sioux Wars 21
22 Pony Express  / Overland, Stockton route, NV, UT and WY, Twain stock certificate 22
24 Western Forts - AZ, WA, WY, CO, KS, Indian T, 24
25 Mexican War - Ransom correspondence, Somers Mutiny 25
26 Dakotas, MT - Forts 26
27 Mexican War - Texas, Scott 27
28 California - Seattle, Snowshoe Thompson, CA Express 28
29 Steamers- Ohio, Great Lakes. Missouri River steamers 29
30 Cady Correspondence, Sioux uprising 30
32 War of 1812 32
33 Alaska / Yukon - USS Polaris 33
34 Amalgama 1 - combo covers 34
35 Amalgama 2 - combo covers 35
36 Minn / Sioux Wars 36
37 Slavery, Dred Scott, Livingston, 37
41 Railroads 41
43 Philippines 43
45 Minnesota, Iowa, Dan Patch 45
D1 Drawer 1 - Misc. Nugget Express, Sitka RA, Taos, Boston Corbett D1
46 Minnesota misc., Nuevo Orleans 46
48 Misc., ad covers, Texas 48
49 Iowa 49
50 Iowa 50
51 Iowa DPOs 51
52 CDV's, Civil War, Burns letters, Kit Carson, Custer 52
53 Illinois, Michigan, Florida, Chicago, Black Hawk War, Scott ALS 53
54 Campaign & Patriotics, Fremont, Lincoln 54
55 New Mexico, JEB Stuart, Bateman corres., Bents Fort, Santa Fe 55
56 Texas, Spanish, Alamo, Crockett Almanac 56
57 War of 1812, Harrison. Dearborn, Hull 57
58 Steamboats 58
59 Mexican War, Lee at Vera Cruz 59
60 Denver corres., Kansas 60
61 Steamers 61
62 West Africa, Liberia 62
63 Patriotics, CSA wallpapers 63
64 Patriotics 64
65 Patriotics 65
66 Patriotics, Lincoln 66
67 Pitcairn Islands, HMS Bounty 67
68 Lincoln 68
69 Patriotics, Lincolns Generals 69
70 Misc. Western Mails, Indian Treaty transmittal 70
Circus Circus collection C
D3 Drawer 3 D3
Clippers 1 Clipper Ships C1
Clippers 2 Clipper Ships C2
Clippers 3 Clipper Ships C3
MN1 Minnesota MN1
MN2 Minnesota MN2
MN3 Minnesota MN3
MN4 Minnesota MN4
MN5-6 Minnesota, Pembina MN5-6
Loose Loose material L

Richard Frajola (August 2009)