James D. Hague Papers: Finding Aid mssHague
Gayle Richardson
The Huntington Library
June 2022
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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: James D. Hague papers
Creator:
Hague, James D. (James
Duncan), 1836-1908
Identifier/Call Number: mssHague
Physical Description:
36.91 Linear Feet
(31 boxes, 51 volumes, 3 oversize folders)
Date (inclusive): 1824-1936
Abstract: A collection of material related to the
American mining engineer James Duncan Hague.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. James D. Hague papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino,
California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Marian Hague, Eleanor Hague, and James Hague, November 1947; gift of Mrs. Ray
Conway, August 1969; gift of James Hague, September 1969.
Biographical / Historical
James Duncan Hague (1836-1908) was an American mining engineer. He was born in Boston,
Massachusetts, and graduated from the Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard in 1855 and did
graduate work in chemistry and minerology in Göttingen and Freiberg, Germany. After
returning to the United States in 1859, Hague was selected to explore several equatorial
coral islands in the Pacific Ocean in search of phosphate deposits. He was associated with
Edwin J. Hulbert in the discovery and early development of the Calumet and Hecla copper
mines in Michigan; in 1867, he was made first assistant to Clarence King on the United
States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel. He later became a consulting mining
engineer in San Francisco and developed many mining enterprises, including the North Star
Mine in Grass Valley, California. In April 1872, Hague married Mary Ward Foote (1846–1898),
sister-in-law of Mary Hallock Foote (1847-1938); the couple had three children: Marian Hague
(1873–1971), Eleanor Hague (1875–1954), and William Hague (1882–1918). Hague died August 3,
1908, at his summer home in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
Scope and Contents
The James D. Hague papers consist of correspondence, 46 letter books, manuscripts, diaries,
notebooks, field books, documents, photographs, maps and drawings. Subject matter includes
the family and business affairs of James D. Hague and mining, including the South Sea
Expedition of 1858 to 1861, the Calumet and Hecla copper mines in Michigan from 1863 to
1914, and other mining companies in the Western U.S. and in Mexico. Also included in the
collection are a few drawings and letters of Mary Hallock Foote; materials related to James
D. Hague's father, Rev. William Hague (1808-1887); and Prince Heinrich of Prussia's visit to
the United States in 1902. Persons represented in the collection include: Henry Adams,
Ellsworth Daggett, William Earl Dodge, Samuel Franklin Emmons, Stuyvesant Fish, James T.
Gardiner, James Ben Ali Haggin, Arnold Hague, Edward Everett Hale, Edward Henry Harriman,
Henry Holt, Edwin J. Hulbert, Henry Janin, Louis Janin, John La Farge, Raphael Pumpelly,
George Haven Putnam, Rossiter W. Raymond, Edmund Clarence Stedman, John Tyndall, Henry
Villard, and Stanford White. Mining companies represented in the collection include the
Calumet and Hecla Consolidated Copper Company, the New Almaden Mining Company, and the North
Star Mines Company.
Processing Information
Processed by Huntington Library Staff, circa 1950-1970. In 2022, Gayle Richardson created
the finding aid derived from a legacy summary report.
Arrangement
Arranged by subject and format.
General
Former call number: mssHague papers.
Related Materials
The James D. Hague papers addenda (mssHague1) and the Clarence King papers (mssKingcr).
Related Materials
A group of mining photographs (S 1-14) were transferred to the Photo Archive; the
photographs were cataloged as part of the Photo File (PF).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Copper mines and mining --
Michigan
Mines and mineral resources -- California, Northern
Mines and mineral resources -- Mexico
Mines and mineral resources -- West (U.S.)
Mining corporations -- California, Northern
Mining corporations -- Michigan
Mining engineers -- United States
California -- History -- 19th century
California -- History -- 20th century
California -- Surveys
Mexico -- History -- 19th century
Mexico -- History -- 20th century
West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century
West (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century
Diaries -- United States
Drawings (visual works) -- United States
Family papers -- United States
Field notes -- United States
Letter books -- United States
Letters (correspondence) -- United States
Manuscripts (documents) -- United States
Maps (documents) -- United States
Notebooks -- United States
Photographs -- United States
Adams, Henry, 1838-1918
Daggett, Ellsworth, 1845-1923
Dodge, W. E. (William Earl), 1832-1903
Emmons, Samuel Franklin (Samuel Franklin), 1841-1911
Fish, Stuyvesant, 1851-1923
Foote, Mary Hallock, 1847-1938
Gardiner, James T. (James Terry), 1842-1912
Haggin, James Ben Ali, 1822-1914
Hague, A. (Arnold), 1840-1917
Hague, William,
1808-1887
Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909
Harriman, Edward Henry, 1848-1909
Heinrich, Prince of Prussia,
1862-1929
Holt, Henry, 1840-1926
Hulbert, Edwin J.
Janin, Henry
Janin, Louis
La Farge, John, 1835-1910
Pumpelly, Raphael,
1837-1923
Putnam, George Haven (George Haven), 1844-1930
Raymond, Rossiter W. (Rossiter Worthington), 1840-1918
Stedman, Edmund Clarence,
1833-1908
Tyndall, John, 1820-1893
Villard, Henry, 1835-1900
White, Stanford, 1853-1906
Calumet and Hecla
Consolidated Copper Company
New Almaden Mining
Company
North Star Mines Co (Grass Valley, Calif.)
Box 1
Biographical and private papers: notebooks, certificates, photographs, printed
material
Box 2
Hague family letters
1855-1918
Box 3
Göttingen papers
1855-1899
Box 4
Prince Henry of Prussia papers, American Numismatic and Archaeological Society
Papers, Guano papers
Box 5
Doubtful Islands papers
1861-1908
Box 8
Teleautograph papers, James D. Hague business papers
Box 9
James D. Hague business papers
Box 10
Mining papers: journal, notes, agreements, leases, plans
Box 11
Business letters to James D. Hague
Box 12
Business letters to James D. Hague
Scope and Contents
Includes letters from Henry Janin, Louis Janin, and Clarence King.
Box 13
William Hague correspondence
Box 14
Mining reports of individual mines, companies, and properties
Box 15
Mining reports of individual mines, companies, and properties
Box 16
Mining reports of individual mines, companies, and properties
Box 17
Mining reports of individual mines, companies, and properties
Box 18
Mining reports of individual mines, companies, and properties
Box 19
Mining reports of individual mines, companies, and properties
Box 20
Mining reports of individual mines, companies, and properties
Box 21
Mining reports of individual mines, companies, and properties
Box 25
Mining notebooks R1 - R35
Scope and Contents
Personal notebooks, some with maps.
Box 26
Mining notebooks R36 - R61
Box 27
Mining notebooks, maps, and blueprints R62 - R95; T1 - T28
Scope and Contents
Maps and blueprints housed in envelopes T1-T28.
Box 28
Mining maps, blueprints, newspaper clippings, and printed material T30 - T83; V1 - V15
Scope and Contents
Maps and blueprints housed in envelopes T30-T83. Newspaper clippings and printed
material housed in envelopes V1-V15.
Box 24
Rolled maps and blueprints (small)
Scope and Contents
Approximately 26 rolled maps and blueprints.
Box 29
Rolled maps and blueprints (large)
Box 30
Rolled maps and blueprints (large)
Box 31
Rolled maps and blueprints (large)
Folder 1
Photograph of Arnold Hague
Folder 2
Map and blueprint of Granite Mountain district, Montana
