12 typed pages
Beresford, J. H. – The 1852 Overland Diary
Bermingham, Twiss – Diary, To Utah By Hand, 1856
Printed pages
Biddle, B. R. and Charles Maltby – 1849
12 typed pages
Series of articles “From the Plains” by B. R. Biddle in the Illinois Daily Journal [Springfield, Illinois]
Printed June 6, 8 and December 4-7, 1849
and
one typed page
Letter of Charles Maltby in the Illinois Daily Journal [Springfield, Illinois]
Printed June 25, 1849
Bidwell, John – 1841 to California
15 typed pages
A Journey to California
and
The First Emigrant Train to California
Merrill Mattes research notes
Bird, Edwin J. – Diary, 1859 to California
Handwritten diary and letters to his sister
Blake, Winslow – Diary and Letter
Handwritten pages
Bloemker, Bernard – Letter, 1852
Typed pages
Letter written to his parents, brother, and sister from Fort Laramie, June 29, 1852
Blood, James A. – 1850
Five typed pages
Merrill Mattes research notes
Bloom, Henry S. – Tales of the Pioneers of the Kankakee, 1850
Typed pages
Taken from the diary of Henry S. Bloom, overland trip from Illinois to California in 1850
Bonine, Esq. – Journey to California, 1849
20 typed pages
Bowering, George – Diary, 1852, Iowa to Great Salt Lake Valley
41 typed pages
A Journal of the Emigration Company of Council Point Pottawatamie County Iowa
From the time of their organization until their arrival Into the Great Salt Lake Valley In the summer of 1852
Bradway, Dr. J. R. – Diary, 1853, Wisconsin to California
Typed pages
Brainard, David – Journal of the Walworth County Mutual Mining Company, 1849
Typed pages
Journal of the Walworth County Mutual Mining Company Commencing March the 20th, 1849
by David Brainard, Delavan, Wisconsin
Brooks, Elisha – A Pioneer Mother of California, 1922
Printed pages from a book
Brooks, Elisha. A Pioneer Mother of California. San Francisco, California: Harr Wagner Publishing Co. 1922
Brooks, Noah – The Boy Emigrants
Three typed pages
Merrill Mattes research notes