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ABOUT LANCER
Call Sheets and Shooting Schedules
Fandom Wiki (in development)
Lancer (TV Series 1968-1970) – IMDB
Lancer (TV Series 1968-1970)- Photo Gallery IMBD
SCRIPTS (downloadable pdf format)
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ACTORS
Andrew Duggan entry at IMDB and Wikipedia
Elizabeth Baur entry at IMDB and Wikipedia
James Stacy entry at IMDB and Wikipedia
Paul Brinegar entry at IMDB and Wikipedia
Wayne Maunder entry at IMDB and Wikipedia
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WRITING: HISTORICAL SOURCES
American West – general sites
Asian-American History Timeline
Legends of America – articles and information on the old west.
Making of America – Cornell’s online collection of documents and journals
Western Movement – chronicles of the pioneer movement across America. Masses of links here – sadly not all are live.
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Boston
Boston Directories and Street Maps
Boston History and Architecture
Harvard Class Catalogue for 1862-63 Academical year.
Probably the year Scott would have been a freshman. This gives details of the entrance examination requirements and the curricula for all the classes for that year.
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California
California Cattle Boom 1849-62
California Gold Rush – 1849 map for prospectors
California History Resource Guide
California State-wide Database
History of California (Wikipaedia)
Indigenous Peoples of California (Wikipaedia)
Monterey County Historical Society
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Civil War And Aftermath
Abraham Lincoln’s Legal Career – Thanks to Peyton Vogel for the link.
Atlanta’s Role in the Civil War – with thanks to Noah Sloane for finding this link for us. There are more useful links inside the article. NEW
Civil War in Richmond, Virginia
From Cotton to T-Shirts: The Role of Cotton in the Civil War
History of the 14th Amendment, post Civil War. More links inside the article. Thanks to Miss Morales’ pupils for the link.
Legal Changes After the Civil War and the 14th Amendment – thanks to Ana for sharing her research with us.
Legal History of the 14th Amendment – thanks to Becca Riggs for her research and for sharing.
Shotgun’s Home of the American Civil War
Understanding the 14th Amendment – Rights of Former Slaves – thanks to Elizabeth at the Social Studies Help Center for the link.
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Clothing
Victorian Fashions and Costumes from Harper’s Bazar
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Cowboys/Vacqueros
Information compiled from various sources
Vacquero – history of the vacquero (links to .pdf book). The whole site very interesting for Spanish/American perspective, although focused on New Mexico
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Food
The Food Timeline – pioneer, Civil War, Cowboy and Victorian foods
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Glossaries/Western Terminology
Dictionary of Americanisms (downloadable .pdf of a dictionary compiled in 1859. Lots of New England phrases and words)
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Guns
Wiki entries for:
Carbine
Colt Single Action Army revolver and Handgun That Won The West
Colt Navy Revolver
Deringer
Henry Rifle
Revolvers explains double and single actions
Rifle
Winchester Rifle
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Horses
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Lancer Hacienda
Rancho San Carlos, built in the 1920s near Carmel, was the Lancer hacienda. It was reported as destroyed during the Californian wildfires of late 2018.
Geraldine’s Research – photos and suggested floorplans
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Lancer Ranch Location
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Maps
David Rumsey Collection of historical maps
Library of Congress Map Collections
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Medicine
19th Century Medicine – Pre Civil War
200 Years of American Medicine – 1776 – 1976 (downloadble pdf)
Apply Salt, Gunpowder and the Yellow of an Egg – the treatment of rattlesnake bites
Common Diseases of the 19th Century
Early 19th Century American Medical Worldview
Health and Medicine in the 19th Century – V&A museum
History of Wound Care (Wikipedia)
Medical Antiques– extensive internal links to manuals, history etc.
Medical Care in 19th Century America
Medical Treatments in the late 19C – Melnick Medical Museum
Pharmaceutical Patents & Potions 1800s-1919
Public Health in The 19th Century
Victorian Medicine – BBC
Victorian Medicine – Livingstone
Victorian Medicine – Simple History
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Money
Costs and Comparisons – information on things like pay, how much things cost, the buying power of a dollar at various dates etc
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Newspapers and Journals
California Digital Newspaper Collection
Chronicling America – Library of Congress searchable online database
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Spanish Names
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Transport: Railroads
California Railroads ca 1870-1872
Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum – a treasure trove of a site about the Transcontinental Railroad. Click on the History tab for dozens of documents on the building of the railroad, ephemera, guidebooks, timetables and 19C accounts of travelling across America
Chinese Immigration and the Transcontinental Railroad
Pacific South West Railroad Museum
(The) Transcontinental Railroad
(The) Traveller’s Guide to Trains 1871 (.pdf file)
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Transport : Stagecoach
Butterfield Overland Mail See here for images
Butterfield Overland Mail in California (with stations listed and distances between them)
Stagecoach Travel The Over-Land site – a treasure trove of Western information.
Wells Fargo history – Wikipaedia
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Useful Reference Books List
Useful Reference Books lists resources suggested and rated by writers in the fandom, covering everything from guns to gals!
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Writing Resources: Technical
How to type Spanish letters and accents (á, é, í, ó, ú, ü, ñ, ¿, ¡)
World Wide Words – a site on the meaning and derivation of words and phrases.
Wonderful World of Editing – advice on grammar and punctuation