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Hamilton (Wallace F.) Papers
MSS 0842  
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BIOGRAPHY, WRITINGS & CORRESPONDENCE

Box 1, Folder 1

Biographical information

Box 1, Folder 2

Military orders (includes photographs) 1917-1919

Oversize FS-426, Folder 5

Military certificates 1917-1918

Oversize FS-426, Folder 1

World War I scrapbooks ca. 1918

General note

Includes original sketches and illustrations.
Box 1, Folder 3

Notes concerning the Overseas Courier Service in World War I

General note

Includes correspondence with Amos Peaslee and his family.
Box 1, Folder 4

Concerning the Overseas Courier Service of World War I, a U.S. Army activity

Box 1, Folder 5

Holding on to the silver greyhound's tail

Box 1, Folder 6

Obituary tribute to Mattie Monroe 1939 March 24

Box 1, Folder 7

Meeting Buffalo Bill in 1897

Box 1, Folder 8

Correspondence - WWI letters to family 1917-1919

Box 1, Folder 9

Correspondence - Hamilton to William O. Hendricks of the M. H. Sherman Foundation 1969

Box 1, Folder 10

Correspondence - Miscellaneous 1946-1950

 

CREATIVE PROJECTS & SUBJECT FILES

Box 1, Folder 11

Cavalry in San Diego - Clippings (photocopies) 1915

Box 1, Folder 12

Cavalry artwork - Ink drawings with short verse, cavalry theme 1917

Box 1, Folder 13

Clippings - "Winged Victory" float for Tournament of Roses parade 1945

Box 1, Folder 14

Clippings featuring illustrations by Hamilton, or about his work 1930-1955

Box 1, Folder 15

Imperial Irrigation District - Canal Project model 1947

Box 1, Folder 16

Mission Bay development 1946

Box 1, Folder 17

San Diego Annual Report and other illustrated works 1948-1950

Box 1, Folder 18

San Diego Chamber of Commerce map 1953

Box 1, Folder 19

San Diego County Fair - Exhibits for city centennial 1950

Box 1, Folder 20

San Diego County relief map 1945-1956, 2000

General note

Project sponsored by Union-Tribune Publishing Co. Includes many photographs of the map display.
Box 1, Folder 21

San Diego Heaven on Earth Club - Ephemera

Box 2, Folder 1

San Diego waterfront - Art Ponsford 1939-1940

Box 2, Folder 2

Shelter Island - Artist's conception ca. 1948

Box 2, Folder 3

Trinidad, British West Indies illustrated pamphlet 1940-1943

General note

Two additional works from Hamilton's time in Trinidad are in the oversize folder of pen and ink drawings on board (below).
Oversize FS-426, Folder 6

Original artworks - Pen and ink drawings on board

 

PHOTOGRAPHS

Box 2, Folder 4

Portraits

Box 2, Folder 5

Hamilton in Studio 8 of Spanish Village, Balboa Park 1939-1940

Box 2, Folder 6

Hamilton at San Diego waterfront, as dock agent for fishing fleet, Star & Crescent Boat Co. 1938-1940

Box 2, Folder 7

Photograph album with scenes from stables at 4004 Vermont St., San Diego 1920-1921

General note

Horseback riding and dogs, featuring Wallace Hamilton and Mrs. Mattie Monroe, from property at 4044 Vermont St. The property no longer exists; it was demolished to build the 163 freeway. Scenes include: Ranch life at Mesa Grande, Santa Isabel; Cliff Canyon; Adobe Falls; Fortuna Ranch; Tecolote and San Clemente Canyons; undeveloped Mission Valley
Box 2, Folder 8

Horse cavalry training near U.S.-Mexico border (small loose prints) 1914-1916

General note

Includes a small number of prints from coastal Northern California, as well.
Oversize FS-426, Folder 2

Cavalry in San Diego - Illustrated photo album/essay 1915

Box 2, Folder 9

Ranch at Poway Road and Midland Road; Poway farmsteads 1924-1925

Box 2, Folder 10

Alpine ca. 1931

General note

Original folder title noted Temple Rock Ranch property, but there is no content clearly labeled as such. Includes photos of Hamilton with Mattie Monroe's son, Thomas Wier.
Box 2, Folder 11

Balboa Park, California Pacific International Exposition 1935

Box 2, Folder 12

Idaho City and Kla-Ha-Ne Woodburn residence - Photographs with annotations, letter, placer mining, etc. ca. 1898-1908

Oversize FS-426, Folder 3

Idaho City and Kla-Ha-Ne Woodburn residence - Supporting materials

Oversize FS-426, Folder 4

Idaho - Landscape and scenery prints ca. 1900

General note

Some prints by Myers & Rice studio, Boise, Idaho.
Box 2, Folder 13

Aircraft carriers (photographic postcards) ca. 1940