Completed Transcripts

*As the web portion of this project is under development, the complete transcripts can be requested from the Museum.*
*Merriam indexed his own works, but a systematic indexing of any of the journals for this project is in order.*

Journal:
CA Journal, Vol #

Description:
Date: Location
Index Topic: page numbers

(Indexing inconsistent between transcriptions. Some are based on Merriam's own indexing and others have been added or reformatted.)

Journal:
1899 Vol. 1
Aug.3 - Sept. 17

Description:
*not yet indexed*

Journal:
1900 Vol. 1
Aug. 9 - Sept.8

Description:

  • Aug. 9-13: Washington D.C. to San Francisco (B.&O. Overland)
  • Aug. 13-Sept. 8: San Francisco - Lake Tahoe - Markleeville - Mokelumne Pass - Calaveras Big Trees - Sonora - Sonora Pass - Bridgeport Valley - Mono Lake - Bloody Canyon - Tuolumne Meadows - Little Yosemite - Yosemite (continued)
     
  • Mewuk (Miwok) 37-40, 93-95
  • Paiute (Mono Lake)  63-64, 68-73
  • Washoe  7, 8-10, 11
    • baskets  19

Journal:
1900 Vol. 2
Sept. 9 - 26

Description:

  • Sept. 9-11: Yosemite - Crockers - Chinese Camp - San Francisco
  • Sept. 11-19: San Francisco, Martinez, Berkeley
  • Sept. 19-26: San Francisco, Washington D.C. via Portland (O.S.L. - B.&O.)
     
  • Baskets, purchased Bannock and Shoshone baskets  118
  • Indians fishing in Columbia River for colilo  113
  • Pocatello, Idaho  117

Journal:
1901 Vol. 1
July 5 - Aug. 25

Description:

  • July 5-10: Washington D.C. to San Francisco (Overland Limited)
  • July 10-12: Martinez
  • July 12 - Aug. 25: San Joaquin - Chinese - Crockers - Tioga Road - Tuolumne Meadows (also Lyell Fork, Tuolumne Canyon, Mt. Conness, Cathedral Lakes, Yosemite, Mt. Hoffman) – Mono Lake – Bishop (Owens Valley) – Mono Lake – Tuolumne Meadows (also Tioga and Saddleback Lakes, Dana Peak)

Journal:
1901 Vol. 2
Aug. 26 - Oct. 19

Description:

  • Aug. 26 - Sept. 13: Tuolumne Meadows [also Mt. Lyell, Mt. Conness, Tuolumne Canyon (Little Yosemite)] – Lake Tenaya [Cathedral Lakes; Yosemite Trail] – Yosemite – Crockers [Hetch Hetchy] – Priests – Chinese – Cooperstown – Stockton.
  • Sept. 13-17: San Francisco and Martinez
  • Sept 17-Oct 4: San Francisco – Los Angeles [Salinas Valley – San Luis Obispo Valley – Santa Barbara]
  • {Oceanside Sept. 19 and Merriam Valley [Palomar Mountain], Oceanside – Twin Oaks and Rincon – La Jolla [Pauma] - San Diego –Tiajuana (Mexico) – Los Angeles – San Jacinto (Saboba) – Los Angeles [Mt. Lowe] – San Francisco (via Soledad Pass), Mission Indians – Mohave Desert, Tehachapi Pass}
  • Oct. 5-14: Mohave desert - San Francisco, also Martinez, Palo Alto, 
    • Oct. 7 - Lectured on crest region of Alaska at California Academy of Sciences 
    • Oct. 11 - Tamalpais, Berkeley and Mrs. Hearst’s Verona in Pleasanton Valley.
    • Oct. 12 – Sprinl Davis to Mrs. Hawks
    • Oct 13 – Wilera Basket collection
  • Oct. 14-19: San Francisco to Washington, D.C. [S. P., U. P., and B. & O.]
     
  • Baskets  
    • Burning baskets for dead  155-159
    • Luiseño baskets for sale in Tejuana  165
    • Mission  153-155 
    • Soboba baskets  167
  • Justras Barkely on Alaska  181
  • Keiths Studio, Painting Alaska flora given Mrs. Cure  180
  • Luiseño (Peyum'ko, Piyum'ko) Indians  148-159
  • Palomar Mountain  144-148
  • Pauma  140-141, 148
  • Ramada building  170-171
  • Yosemite Indians  116-117

Journal:
1902 Vol. 1
July 5 - Aug.15

Description:

  • July 2:  Sterling Bunnall gave camp fire talk before Sierra Club evening on Birds and Mammals of High Seirra.
  • July 5-10: Washington, D. C. to San Francisco [B&O, C. and N. W., and U.P.]
  • July 9: Mammals and birds Humboldt Valley Nevada. Elko and Carlin Piyutes and Shoshones also Beowawe and Golconda.
  • July 12-Aug. 5: San Francisco – Visalia – Redstone Park – Giant Forest [Mono Rock] – Kings River Canyon [Bubbs Creek –Kearsarge Pass and return] – Giant Forest – Kaweah River Region [Alta Peak – Kern Canyon, Mineral King (Farewell Gap) – Visalia]
  • Aug. 8-10: San Francisco – Took 200 glass negatives to photographer for development and printing.
  • Aug. 10-15: Monterey Bay – Salinas Valley – Santa Lucia Mountains (Paraiso Springs) – Salinas Valley – San Benito Valley (via Topa and Dry Lake Valleys).
     
  • Jim McKinney, murder  72a
  • Pat-wiska, tribe  72a
  • Wiktchumne  72-80
    • language  73a-76
      • numbers  74
      • names of animals  75-76
      • baskets  76-80
      • parts of body and trees  77a
    • Wikijaru "Sally Net", Wiktchumne elder  72, 77

 

 

 

Journal:
CA Journal, Vol #

Description:
Date: Location
Index Topic: page numbers

(Indexing inconsistent between transcriptions. Some are based on Merriam's own indexing and others have been added or reformatted.)
1899 Vol. 1
Aug. 3 - Sept. 17		 *not yet indexed*
1900 Vol. 1
Aug. 9 - Sept. 8
  • Aug. 9-13: Washington D.C. to San Francisco (B.&O. Overland)
  • Aug. 13-Sept. 8: San Francisco - Lake Tahoe - Markleeville - Mokelumne Pass - Calaveras Big Trees - Sonora - Sonora Pass - Bridgeport Valley - Mono Lake - Bloody Canyon - Tuolumne Meadows - Little Yosemite - Yosemite (continued)
  • Mewuk (Miwok) 37-40, 93-95
  • Paiute (Mono Lake)  63-64, 68-73
  • Washoe  7, 8-10, 11
    • baskets  19
1900 Vol. 2
Sept. 9 - 26
  • Sept. 9-11: Yosemite - Crockers - Chinese Camp - San Francisco
  • Sept. 11-19: San Francisco, Martinez, Berkeley
  • Sept. 19-26: San Francisco, Washington D.C. via Portland (O.S.L. - B.&O.)
     
  • Baskets, purchased Bannock and Shoshone baskets  118
  • Indians fishing in Columbia River for colilo  113
  • Pocatello, Idaho  117
1901 Vol. 1
July 5 - Aug. 25
  • July 5-10: Washington D.C. to San Francisco (Overland Limited)
  • July 10-12: Martinez
  • July 12 - Aug. 25: San Joaquin - Chinese - Crockers - Tioga Road - Tuolumne Meadows (also Lyell Fork, Tuolumne Canyon, Mt. Conness, Cathedral Lakes, Yosemite, Mt. Hoffman) – Mono Lake – Bishop (Owens Valley) – Mono Lake – Tuolumne Meadows (also Tioga and Saddleback Lakes, Dana Peak)
1901 Vol. 2
Aug. 26 - Oct. 19
  • Aug. 26 - Sept. 13: Tuolumne Meadows [also Mt. Lyell, Mt. Conness, Tuolumne Canyon (Little Yosemite)] – Lake Tenaya [Cathedral Lakes; Yosemite Trail] – Yosemite – Crockers [Hetch Hetchy] – Priests – Chinese – Cooperstown – Stockton.
  • Sept. 13-17: San Francisco and Martinez
  • Sept 17-Oct 4: San Francisco – Los Angeles [Salinas Valley – San Luis Obispo Valley – Santa Barbara]
  • {Oceanside Sept. 19 and Merriam Valley [Palomar Mountain], Oceanside – Twin Oaks and Rincon – La Jolla [Pauma] - San Diego –Tiajuana (Mexico) – Los Angeles – San Jacinto (Saboba) – Los Angeles [Mt. Lowe] – San Francisco (via Soledad Pass), Mission Indians – Mohave Desert, Tehachapi Pass}
  • Oct. 5-14: Mohave desert - San Francisco, also Martinez, Palo Alto, 
    • Oct. 7 - Lectured on crest region of Alaska at California Academy of Sciences 
    • Oct. 11 - Tamalpais, Berkeley and Mrs. Hearst’s Verona in Pleasanton Valley.
    • Oct. 12 – Sprinl Davis to Mrs. Hawks
    • Oct 13 – Wilera Basket collection
  • Oct. 14-19: San Francisco to Washington, D.C. [S. P., U. P., and B. & O.]
     
  • Baskets  
    • Burning baskets for dead  155-159
    • Luiseño baskets for sale in Tejuana  165
    • Mission  153-155 
    • Soboba baskets  167
  • Justras Barkely on Alaska  181
  • Keiths Studio, Painting Alaska flora given Mrs. Cure  180
  • Luiseño (Peyum'ko, Piyum'ko) Indians  148-159
  • Palomar Mountain  144-148
  • Pauma  140-141, 148
  • Ramada building  170-171
  • Yosemite Indians  116-117
1902 Vol. 1
July 5 - Aug.15
  • July 2:  Sterling Bunnall gave camp fire talk before Sierra Club evening on Birds and Mammals of High Seirra.
  • July 5-10: Washington, D. C. to San Francisco [B&O, C. and N. W., and U.P.]
  • July 9: Mammals and birds Humboldt Valley Nevada. Elko and Carlin Piyutes and Shoshones also Beowawe and Golconda.
  • July 12-Aug. 5: San Francisco – Visalia – Redstone Park – Giant Forest [Mono Rock] – Kings River Canyon [Bubbs Creek –Kearsarge Pass and return] – Giant Forest – Kaweah River Region [Alta Peak – Kern Canyon, Mineral King (Farewell Gap) – Visalia]
  • Aug. 8-10: San Francisco – Took 200 glass negatives to photographer for development and printing.
  • Aug. 10-15: Monterey Bay – Salinas Valley – Santa Lucia Mountains (Paraiso Springs) – Salinas Valley – San Benito Valley (via Topa and Dry Lake Valleys).
     
  • Jim McKinney, murder  72a
  • Pat-wiska, tribe  72a
  • Wiktchumne  72-80
    • language  73a-76
      • numbers  74
      • names of animals  75-76
      • baskets  76-80
      • parts of body and trees  77a
    • Wikijaru "Sally Net", Wiktchumne elder  72, 77
1902 Vol. 2
Aug. 16 - Sept. 10
  • Aug. 16-26: Hamilton Range (New Idria) – San Benito Valley – Gilroy – Salinas Valley – Santa Lucia Mountains [Santa Lucia Peak – Jolon] – Salinas Valley – Gilroy Plain.
    • 101-102, 115 Indian woman born Upper Carmel (Niv. - belongs Soledad “not Carmel”)
    • 119 San Antonio Vocabulary 119-120. Numerals 119. Vocabulary 137-141.
    • 126 Milpitas Valley Indians 127-8-130, 13X.
    • San Antonio Mission 143-144.
  • Aug. 26-31: San Francisco
  • Aug. 31 – Sept. 4: Niles Canyon – San Joaquin Valley – Sonora [Angels – Murphys and return; Carters – Soulsbyville and return] – San Francisco
    • Mewuk 153; 154; 154a-156 numerals; 160-165 Mu wa
  • Sept 4-6: San Francisco
  • Sept. 6-10: North Fork American River Region: Colfax – Iowa Hill [Forks House] Forest Hill [Todd Valley and Yankee Jim] – Colfax – Nevada City – Colfax [Bear River] – Sacramento Valley.
    • Ne-se-non 179-180 |Ho-mah Nishinam 184-187. 188, 189-191.
    • 191 Washoo and Piute baskets.
1902 Vol. 3
Sept. 11 - Oct. 10		 *not yet indexed*
1902 Vol. 4
Oct. 10 - Nov. 9		 *not yet indexed*
1903 Vol. 1
(transcription incomplete)		 *not indexed. Transcription incomplete.*
1903 Vol. 2
(transcript incomplete)
  • June 18-23; 97-134
    •  Sacramento Valley (Vacaville) – Capay Valley
    •  Cortina Creek – Snow Mt. (via Stony Ford and return by Indian and Bear Valleys) – Cortina Creek – Rumsey.
  • June 24-July 1; 135-136
    • San Francisco, Berkeley
  • July 1-11; 136-177
    • Lake Tahoe (Glen Alpine Canyon, Fallen Leaf Lake)
    • Pyramid Lake, Nev.
  • July 11-17; 177-178
    • San Francisco
  • July 18-22; 178-186 (cont’d)
    • Redding – McCloud River Region
1918
July 8 - Oct. 31
  • July 8-12: Washington, D.C. to Lagunitas [B. & O., C. & N.W., U.P.]
  • July 12 – Aug. 6: Lagunitas, also San Francisco, Berkeley, Larkspur, San Geronimo and Inverness Ridges, Olema Valley.
  • Aug. 6-12: Russian River – Willits Regon – Eel River – Humboldt6 Bay – Orick – Klamath River (Wetchpek – Orleans) – Eureka – Blue Lake – Eel River – Russian River.
  • Aug 12-25: Lagunitas, also San Francisco,
  • Aug. 25-30: Red Bluff – Redding – Bully Choop Mts [Redding – Weaverville – Canyon and Russ Creeks – Redding] – Trinity River – Redding.
  • Aug. 30 – Sept. 13: Lagunitas, also San Francisco, San Anselmo.
  • Sept. 14-25: Sacramento Canyon – Shasta and Yreka Valleys- Shasta River – Klamath River [Shasta River –Wetchpec] – Eureka – Eel and Russian Rivers.
  • Sept. 25 – Oct. 26: Lagunitas, also San Quentin Prison, Alameda – Redwood Canyon, Oakland Flats.
  • Oct. 26 – 31: Lagunitas – Washington D.C. [Overland Limited]
1921 Vol. 1
June 16 - Sept. 30
  • June 16-20: Washington – Chicago (B& O) – San Francisco (C & N.W, UP & SP Overland Limited) – Lagunitas
  • June 20-30: Lagunitas, also San Francisco, Larkspur, San Rafael
  • June 30 – July 11: Lagunitas – San Rafael – Napa – Suisun – Woodland – Red Bluff –Hayfork – Weaverville – Big Bar – return to Hay Fork – Auto Rest – Fortuna – Eel River – Russian River – San Rafael – Lagunitas
  • July 11 – Aug. 6: Lagunitas, also San Francisco, Alameda, Mill Valley
  • Aug. 6-24: Lagunitas – San Rafael – Santa Rosa – Willits – Long Valley – Eel River – Humboldt Bay – Bald Mt. – Berry Mt. – Trinity River (Willow Creek – Burnt Ranch) Return to Eureka – Trinidad – Stone Lagoon & return to Eureka – Fortuna (Table Mt. Indianola) – Eel River – Russian River – San Rafael – Lagunitas.
  • Aug. 24 – Sept. 13: Lagunitas, also Alameda
  • Sept 13-28: Mill Valley – Eureka (by train) – Stone Lagoon – Klamath River – Salmon River (to Butler Flat). Orleans – Eureka – San Rafael (by train) – Lagunitas
    • Sept. 15: Indian Dugout Canoe – p. 78
  • Sept. 28-30: Lagunitas
1922 Vol. 1
May 26 - Aug. 31
  • May 26-31: Washington – Chicago (B& O) – San Francisco (C & N.W., U.P. & S.P.) – Alameda – Lagunitas
  • May 31 – June 23: Lagunitas. [San Francisco, Alameda, Mill Valley]
  • June 23 – July 7: Lagunitas – San Rafael – Napa – Suisun – Willows – Winslow – Grindstone Creek – Salt Creek – Orland – Red Bluff – Beegum – Hayfork – Auto Rest – Ruth – Hettenshaw Valley – Zenia – Bridgeville – Fortuna (weʹ-ke Rancheria) – Eel River – Long Valley – Healdsburg - Lagunitas
  • July 8 – Aug. 15: Lagunitas [San Francisco, Fairfax – Bolinas – Coyote Lagoon – Mill Valley, Berkeley]
  • Aug. 15-21: Lagunitas – Russian River – Willits – Kahto – Round Valley – Laytonville – Ukiah – Santa Rosa – Lagunitas
  • Aug. 21-28: Lagunitas [San Rafael, San Francisco]
  • Aug. 28-30: Sausalito – Scotia [Ketentelʹbe, Lolahnʹkok, and Carson Redwood Flats] – Eureka and return in the ‘Arden’.
  • Aug. 31: Lagunitas