Banning Company Records, Addenda II

Finding aid prepared by Katrina Denman.

The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens

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Descriptive Summary

Title: Banning Company Records, Addenda II

Dates: 1841-1989

Bulk: 1854-1944

Collection Number: mssBanning Company records addenda II

Collector: Banning, Katharine Stewart.

Extent: Approx. 1,683 items

Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Manuscripts Department

1151 Oxford Road

San Marino, California 91108

Phone: (626) 405-2191

Email: reference@huntington.org

URL: http://www.huntington.org

Abstract: The collection consists of correspondence, business and financial papers, family notes, bound volumes, and ephemera related to the Banning family of Southern California, chiefly dating from 1854-1944, that was collected by Katharine Stewart Banning.

Language of Material: The records are in English.

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Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Banning Company Records, Addenda II, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Provenance

Acquired in 1996 as an addenda to the Banning Company Records.

Related Materials in the Huntington Library

Banning Company Records, 1859-1948
Banning Company Records, Addenda I, 1819-1979 (bulk 1855-1925)
Banning Family Collection of Photographs, Part I, 1850-1979 (bulk 1880s-1910s) (Call number: photCL 180)
Banning Family Collection of Photographs, Part II, 1814-1879, (bulk 1880-1920) (Call number: photCL 451)

Historical Note

The Banning Company was started by Phineas Banning (1830-1885), a transportation leader in the Los Angeles area and founder of the city of Wilmington, California.

Phineas Banning (1830-1885) was born in Wilmington, Delaware. In 1861 he arrived in San Pedro, California, and worked as a store clerk and stagecoach driver before starting his own staging and shipping company, which rapidly expanded throughout California as well as to Arizona and Utah. In the late 1850s, he joined a group of investors who purchased 640 acres of land near San Pedro to expand the port. This land was later named Wilmington after Banning’s birthplace. By the 1860s Banning was heavily involved in most of the operations of San Pedro Harbor. During the Civil War he was given the honorary title of Brigadier General of the California First Brigade, and continued to use the honorarium “General” for the rest of his life. In the 1870s he became a California state senator and campaigned for more elaborate transportation connections between Los Angeles and San Pedro port. Banning’s first wife was Rebecca Sanford, with whom he had three children who survived to adulthood: William, Joseph Brent, and Hancock. After Rebecca’s death he married Mary Hollister, and they had two surviving daughters, Mary Banning Norris (1871-1953) and Lucy Tichenor Banning (1873-1929). By 1880 Banning had scaled back his business ventures, and after several years of illness died in San Francisco.

In 1888 Joseph Brent Banning (1861-1920) married his cousin Katharine Stewart Banning (1866-1954), the daughter of Phineas Banning’s older brother William Lowber Banning (1814-1893), a railroad executive and politician from Minnesota. Katharine was a co-founder of the Los Angeles Children’s Hospital and was actively involved in war relief efforts during World War I. She died in Los Angeles

Scope and Content

The collection consists of correspondence, business and financial papers, family notes, bound volumes, and ephemera related to the Banning family and collected by Katharine Stewart Banning. It includes most of her original notes on the Banning family, focusing on family traditions (particularly Christmas), genealogy, and the organization of their homes. The correspondence consists primarily of Banning family letters and correspondents include Ellen Banning Ayer, Frederick Ayer, Elizabeth Lowber Banning, George Hugh Banning, Hancock Banning (1865-1925), Joseph Brent Banning (1861-1920), Katharine Stewart Banning, Phineas Banning, William Banning, William Lowber Banning, William Phineas Banning, Beatrice Ayer Patton, and George Hugh Smith. The legal, land, and financial papers include contracts, deeds, titles, and statements of account for Banning properties. The miscellaneous manuscripts include sewing instructions from the American Red Cross, notes on Santa Catalina Island, and some photographs, as well as copies of printed articles on the life of Phineas Banning. Volumes include "Memories of Phineas Banning" (c.1895-1909), a Yale scrapbook belonging to Joseph Brent Banning (1889-1969) with accompanying ephemera, a Virginia Military Institute yearbook (1914) owned by Hancock Banning (1892-1982) with accompanying photographs, embossed volumes used to copy stories and poems and owned by Ellen Barrows Banning (Ayer) and May Alice Banning (1876), a Banning Rancho log book (1889-1894), various family scrapbooks assembled by Katharine Stewart Banning, various notes on "Bills' Comfort Bag for Soldiers and Sailors" (c.1917-1941), and Katherine Banning's Los Angeles Children's Hospital notebooks, as well as a diary kept by Katharine Banning aboard the Lusitania in 1914. Also included in the collection are various published books owned by the Bannings and miscellaneous ephemera.

Arrangement

The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by author. The collected notes and ephemera are arranged chronologically. The original arrangement of the volumes has been maintained. They are not organized alphabetically or chronologically.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog.

Personal Names

Ayer, Frederick, 1822-1918.

Banning family.

Banning, Hancock, 1865-1925.

Banning, Hancock, 1892-1982.

Banning, Joseph Brent, 1861-1920.

Banning, Phineas, 1830-1885.

Banning, William Lowber, 1814-1898.

Smith, George H. (George Hugh).

Corporate Names

American Red Cross--History--Sources.

Children's Hospital of Los Angeles.

Virginia Military Institute--History--20th century.

Yale University--History--20th century.

Subjects

Domestic relations--California.

Land use--California.

Lusitania (Steamship)

Transatlantic voyages.

World War, 1914-1918--Civilian relief.

Geographic Areas

California--History--19th century.

California--History--20th century.

England--Description and travel.

Santa Catalina Island (Calif.)

Genre

Family papers--California--19th century.

Family papers--California--20th century.

Letters (correspondence)--California--19th century.

Letters (correspondence)--California--20th century.

Scrapbooks--20th century.

Ephemera--20th century.

Correspondence

Box 1

Correspondence, Alexander - Church.

Physical Description: 89 folders.

Folder 1

Alexander and Banning. Letter to John Keeys. 1855, February 17.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 2

Atlas Freight Inc. Letter to William Banning. 1942, April 28.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 3

"Aunt Elizabeth." Letter to unknown recipient. [Undated].

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 4

"Aunt Fannie"? Letter to "my dear nieces." 1924, March 5.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 5

Ayer, Ellen Banning. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1918, March 26.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 6

Ayer, Frederick, 1822-1918. Letter to Joseph Brent Banning, 1861-1920. 1892, February 1.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 7

[Ayer, Frederick, 1822-1918. Letter to [Katharine Stewart Banning and Joseph Brent Banning, 1861-1920]. 1888, May 5

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 8

Ayer, Frederick, 1888-1969. Telegram to M.A. [Mary Alice?] Banning. 1918, April 3.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 9

Banning Co. Letter to Benjamin Davis Wilson. 1866.

Physical Description: 1 item [copy in the handwriting of Katharine Stewart Banning].

Folder 10

Banning, Elizabeth Lowber. Letter to William Lowber Banning. 1814-1898. 1854, November 19.

Physical Description: 1 letter.

Folder 11

Banning, Francina Alice. Letter to William Lowber Banning. 1854, June 15.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 12

Banning, George Hugh. Letter to William Banning. 1943, Oct.22.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Boxr 1, Folder 13

Banning, George Hugh. Letter to William Banning. 1943, Oct.25.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 14

Banning, Hancock, 1865-1925. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1884, May 7.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 15

Banning, Hancock, 1865-1925. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1886, February 9.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 16

[Banning, Hancock, 1865-1925]. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1886, April 17.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 17

Banning, Hancock, 1865-1925. Letter to {Katharine Stewart Banning]. 1890, July 31.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 18

Banning, Hancock, 1865-1925. Letter to William Lowber Banning, 1814-1898. 1888, July 27.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 19

Banning, Hancock, 1865-1925. Letter to William Banning. 1941, August 25.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 20

Banning, Hancock, 1892-1982. Letter to William Banning. 1942, March 4.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 21

Banning, Hancock, 1892-1982. Letter to William Banning. 1942, November 2.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 22

Banning, Hancock, 1892-1982. Letter to William Banning. 1943, December 22.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 23

Banning, Hancock, 1892-1982. Letter to S. Camphouse. 1942, May 20.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 24

Banning, Joseph Brent, 1861-1920. Letter to Banning Co. 1903, September 16.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 25

Banning, Joseph Brent, 1861-1920. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1889, June 10.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 26

Banning, Joseph Brent, 1861-1920. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1893, June 9.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 27

Banning, Joseph Brent, 1861-1920. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1894, September 22.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 28

Banning, Joseph Brent, 1861-1920. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1894, Oct.17.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 29

Banning, Joseph Brent, 1861-1920. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1903, September 1.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 30

Banning, Joseph Brent, 1861-1920. Letter to May Alice Banning. 1889, July 16.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 31

Banning, Joseph Brent, 1861-1920. Letter to William Lowber Banning, 1814-1898. 1891, July 7.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 32

Banning, Joseph Brent, 1861-1920. Letter to J.A. Gibson. 1919, January 6.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 33

Banning, Joseph Brent, 1861-1920. Telegram to Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Halstead. 1899, May 3.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 34

Banning, Joseph Brent, 1861-1920. Letter to Fred C. Nelles. 1920, March 1.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 35

Banning, Joseph Brent, 1861-1920. Letter to "my dear uncle." 1893, May 31.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 36

Banning, Joseph Brent, 1861-1920. Postcard. 1910, January 16.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 37

Banning, Joseph Brent, 1861-1920. Fragments of letters. Undated.

Physical Description: 2 items.

Folder 38

[Banning, Katharine Stewart?]. Letter to "Alec and Mabel." Undated

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 39

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Letter to [Katharine Alice Banning?]. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 40

[Banning, Katharine Stewart]. Letter to Mary Alice Sweeney Banning. 1890, March 14.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 41

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Letter to Mary Alice Sweeney Banning. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 42

Banning, katharine Stewart. Letter to Florence D. Rhoads. 1944.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 43

Banning, Phineas, 1830-1885. Letter to Joseph Brent Banning, 1861-1920. 1881, February 9.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 44

Banning, Phineas, 1830-1885. Letter to Joseph Brent Banning, 1861-1920. 1881, February 23.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 45

Banning, Phineas, 1830-1885. Letter to Joseph Brent Banning, 1861-1920. 1883, Oct.23.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 46

Banning, Phineas, 1830-1885. Letter to Joseph Brent Banning, 1861-1920. 1884, April 16

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 47

Banning, Phineas, 1830-1885. Letter to MAry Alice Sweeney Banning. 1859, Oct.16.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 48

Banning, Phineas, 1830-1885. Letter to William Lowber Banning, 1814-1898. 1854, June 29.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 49

Banning, Phineas, 1830-1885. Letter to William Lowber Banning, 1814-1898. 1861, September 3.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 50

Banning, Phineas, 1830-1885. Letter to William Lowber Banning, 1814-1898. 1871, April 17.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 51

Banning, Phineas, 1830-1885. Letter to William Lowber Banning, 1814-1898. 1871, April 23.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 52

Banning, Phineas, 1830-1885. Letter to William G. Halstead. 1882?, July 26.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 53

Banning, William. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1887, June 13.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 54

Banning, William. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1889, June 4.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 55

Banning, William. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1889, June 22.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 56

Banning, William. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1889, July 24.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 57

Banning, William. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1909, December 19.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 58

Banning, William. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1919.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 59

Banning, William. Letter to Mary [Mary Alice Sweeney Banning?]. 1887, August 22.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 60

Banning, William. Letter to William Lowber Banning, 1814-1898. 1887, June 20.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 61

Banning, William. Letter to William Lowber Banning, 1814-1898. 1887, November 6.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 62

Banning, William. Telegraph to William Lowber Banning, 1814-1898. 1889, December 1.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 63

Banning, William. Letter to William G. Halstead. 1883, March 13.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 64

Banning, William. Letter to George S. Patton, 1856-1927. 1903, Oct.22.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 65

Banning, William. Letter fragment. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 66

Banning, William Lowber, 1814-1898. Letter to Joseph Brent Banning, 1861-1920. 1892, April 3.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 67

Banning, William Lowber, 1814-1898. Letter to Mary Alice Sweeney Banning. 1865, May 27.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 68

Banning, William Lowber, 1814-1898. Letter to Mary Alice Sweeney Banning. 1866, July 12.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 69

Banning, William Lowber, 1814-1898. Letter to Mary Alice Sweeney Banning. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 70

Banning, William Lowber, 1814-1898. Letter to "my dear daughter." 1866, June 21.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 71

Banning, William Lowber, 1814-1898. Letter fragment. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 72

Banning, William Lowber, 1814-1898. Letter fragment. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 73

Banning, William Lowber, 1868-1925. Telegraph to William Lowber Banning, 1814-1898. 1887, August 19.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 74

Banning, William Phineas. Letter to Joseph Brent Banning, 1861-1920. Undated.

Physical Description: 2 items.

Folder 75

Banning, William Phineas. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. Approximately 1930.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 76

Banning, William Phineas. Letter to William Banning. 1942, September 24.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 77

Banning, William Phineas. Letter to O.O. Orr. 1944, July 26.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 78

Berndtson, ? Radiogram to Nancy Banning. 1934, September 4.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 79

Bicknell, Carrie Fargo. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1920.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 80

"Bill Jr.". Valentine to Katharine Stewart Banning?. Undated.

Physical Description: 2 items.

Folder 80a

Bishop, Elizabeth Blair. Postcard to Katharine Stewart Banning. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 81

Bixby, Fred H. Letters of introduction for Dale Drew. 1942.

Physical Description: 2 items.

Folder 82

Bouvet, Louis. Postcard to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1920, December 13.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 83

Bouvet, Louis. Postcard to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1921, January 26.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 84

Browne, Herbert. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1920, November 6.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 85

"Burch." Letter to "dearest family." 1944, August 16.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 86

Burnham, F.R. Letter to William Banning [re: stable fire, with two other letters]. 1944, March

Physical Description: 3 items.

Folder 87

Chandler, R.J. Memo regarding the appointment of Joseph Brent Banning Jr. as assistant to the Vicc President of the Los Angeles Steamship Co. 1931, January 17.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 88

Christie, Robert. Letter to "my dear dear friend." 1919, December 26

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 89

Church, Annie A. Letter to [Katharine Stewart Banning]. 1934, April 15.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Box 2

Correspondence, D - Wilson and unknown author

Physical Description: 52 folders.

Folder 1

Dais?, Jean. Letter to William Banning. c.1941 or 1942.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 2

Douty, F.S. Letter to William Banning. 1885, November 30.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 3

Es?, Connie? Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 194?.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 4

Everest, C.M. Telegraph to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1910, March 27.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 5

Fleming, David P. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1920, November 15.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 6

"George." Letter to Alice [P. Banning]. 1960, April 28.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 7

Habersham, Fred. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1898, April 22.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 8

Hellman, Herman W. Letter to Joseph Brent Banning, 1861-1920. 1905, February 18.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 9

Horn, Alexander E. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1943, July 22

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 10

Horn, A[lexander] E. Telegram to May Alice Banning. 1920, November 17.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 11

H?, Elizabeth. Letter to Alice Morse Banning. 1934, September 6.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 11a

Ing?, Florence G. Letters on Red Cross sewing. 1914.

Physical Description: 2 items.

Folder 12

Judd, Mary A. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. [1920].

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 13

Kennedy, S.A., Jr. Letter to Joseph Brent Banning, 1889-1969. 1926, Oct.4.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 14

"Koshie." Letter to unknown recipient. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 15

"L'Inconnue." Letter to William ? 1852, February 18.

Physical Description: 2 items.

Folder 16

"Lizzie." Letter to Mary [Alice Sweeney Banning?]. 1849, August 13.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 17

Lucas, D.P. Letter to William Banning. 1944, January 13.

Physical Description: 2 items.

Folder 18

Macfarland, Jack C. Letter to William Banning. 1942, May 27.

Physical Description: 2 items.

Folder 19

Macfarland, Jack C. Letter to William Banning. 1942, June 15.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 20

Macfarland, Jack C. Letter to William Banning. 1942, November 10.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 21

Machado, A. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning and family. 1920, November 1.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 22

Mackay, A. Letter to [Joseph Brent Banning and Katharine Stewart Banning]. 1890, May 12.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 23

Margaret ? Letter to Alice Morse Banning. 1934, September 8.

Physical Description: 2 items.

Folder 24

Marshall, William Rainey, 1825-1896. Document regarding William Lowber Banning, 1814-1898. 1866, January 20.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 25

McCarthy, E. Avery, Jr. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1920.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 26

McKinley, Lillian E. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1920.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 27

Mitchell, John J. Letter to William Banning. 1944, January 15.

Physical Description: 2 items.

Folder 28

"Nancy." Letter to "dear daddy." 1935.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 29

Orr, O.O. Letter to William Banning. 1944, July 22.

Physical Description: 2 items.

Folder 30

Patton, Beatrice Ayer. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1920, December.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 31

Smith, George H. Letter to Phineas Banning. 1882, May 17.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 32

Smith, Richard. Letter to William Banning. 1943, July 5.

Physical Description: 2 items.

Folder 33

Snyder, Peter J. Letter to Joseph Brent Banning, 1861-1920. 1913, August 22.

Physical Description: 2 items.

Folder 34

Snyder, Peter J. Letter to Joseph Brent Banning, 1861-1920. 1913, August

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 35

Snyder, Peter J. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1913, August 6.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 36

Letters regarding Peter Snyder. 1913.

Physical Description: 6 items.

Folder 37

Stanton, Edwin. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1921, January 1.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 38

Summers, W.T. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1920, November 6.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 39

U.S. Department of Commerce Steamboat Inspection Service. License to master of steam vessels for Joseph Brent Banning. 1926, September 29.

Physical Description: 2 items.

Folder 40

Vail, Walter L. Telegraph to Joseph Brent Banning, 1861-1920. 1888, April 23.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 41

Van Brunt, Arthur. Letter to Hancock Banning, 1892-1982. 1932, May 6.

Physical Description: 2 items.

Folder 42

Willey, Marion E. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1944, March 8.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 43

Willey, Marion E. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1944, Oct.25.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 44

Williams, Charles W. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1910, February 8.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 45

Wilmington Transportation Company. Letter to William Banning. 1902, June 24.

Physical Description: 2 items.

Folder 46

Wilson, Margaret S. Hereford. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1898, September 1.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 47

Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1920, November 23.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 48

Letter to "dear brother." 1852, August 19.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 49

Letter to "my dear, dear sister." 1889, July 9.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 50

Letter to unknown recipient. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 51

Form letters. 1942, undated.

Physical Description: 2 items.

Folder 52

Envelopes.

Physical Description: 5 items.

Legal, land, and financial papers

Box 3

Legal, land, and financial papers, 1874-1944.

Physical Description: 11 folders.

Folder 1

Bannning, Adelaide. Contract with Joseph Brent Banning on behalf of John M. Banning (includes letters and receipts). 1898

Physical Description: 4 items.

Folder 2

Memorandum of agreement between William Banning, Joseph Brent Banning, and Hancock Banning and George S. Patton regarding stock options in the Santa Catalina Island Company. 1915, December 31.

Physical Description: 2 items.

Folder 3

Protest of the Los Angeles Steamship Company Association against an increase in harbor rates. 1932, July 13.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 4

Deed between Phineas Banning and D.W. Alexander and E.N. MacDonald for land in Wilmington. 1874, April 4.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 5

Abstract of title for property in Rancho San Pasqual. Approximately 1880s.

Physical Description: 1 volume.

Folder 6

Receipts, financial statements, and correspondence regarding "Bill's Comfort Bags." 1918-1927.

Physical Description: 22 items.

Folder 7

Statements of account for the Townsend Land Company. 1932.

Physical Description: 3 items.

Folder 8

Statement of account for the Townsend Land Company. 1944.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 9

William Banning account statements. 1944, March -Aug.

Physical Description: 8 items.

Folder 10

Contracts and financial documents regarding the North American Drudging Co. of Nevada. 1908-1910.

Physical Description: 19 items.

Folder 11

Miscellaneous legal, financial, and land papers. Approximately 1894-1929.

Physical Description: 5 items.

Miscellaneous manuscripts

Box 4

Miscellaneous manuscripts, c.1872-1989.

Physical Description: 19 folders.

Box 4, 1

Banning, Alice Mira Morse. Inventory of the Banning house on McCadden Place, Los Angeles. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Box 4, 2

Banning, Phineas, 1830-1885. Field orders of the day: [printed sheet]. 1872.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Box 4, 3

Gibson, Franklin L. Text of the service given in the Little Church of the Flowers, Forest Lawn Memorial Park. 1935, December 31.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Box 4, 4

Wilson, Benjamin Davis, 1811-1878. Autobiography: [printed booklet]. Approximately 1878.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Box 4, 5

Miscellaneous notes on Catalina Island. Undated.

Physical Description: 2 items.

Box 4, 6

Notes on coastal navigation. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Box 4, 7

Notes on Ellen Banning Ayer and William Lowber Banning. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 8

Miscellaneous notes on Banning genealogy. Undated.

Physical Description: 16 items.

Folder 9

Correspondence regarding Banning family genealogy. 1987-1989.

Physical Description: 3 items.

Folder 10

Text of adoption service for David Wilson Patton. 1934, December 15.

Physical Description: 2 items.

Folder 11

Poem. 1889, April 16.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 12

Recipes. Undated.

Physical Description: 7 items.

Folder 13

"The Revolt Against Materialism in Science and Philosophy": [essay]. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 14

Sewing instructions and reports, British War Relief, American Red Cross. 1940.

Physical Description: 1 item (bound).

Folder 15

Sewing instructions and reports, American Red Cross. 1941.

Physical Description: c.75 items.

Folder 16

Sewing instructions and reports, American Red Cross. 1941.

Physical Description: 1 item (bound).

Folder 17

Photograph of "Our Trip to Yosemite" (including William Banning and Katharine Stewart Banning). Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 18

[Banning, Katharine Stewart]. List of china and glass stored in cellar at 426 N. McCadden Place. Undated.

Physical Description: 3 items.

Folder 19

Inventory of items to be shipped from Mrs. H. Keil, New Orleans, to William Banning. Undated.

Physical Description: 3 items.

Newspaper clippings, ephemera, and photocopies of articles

Box 5

Newspaper clippings, ephemera, and photocopies of articles, c.1841-1974.

Physical Description: 22 folders.

Boxr 5, Folder 1

Membership cards for Joseph Brent Banning, 1861-1920. 1917

Physical Description: 31 items.

Folder 2

Calling card plate for Joseph Brent Banning, 1889-1969.

Physical Description: 2 items..

Folder 3

Copies of "The Catalina Islander" newspaper. 1924-1927.

Physical Description: 8 items.

Folder 4

Newspaper clippings: Catalina Island. Approximately 1898-1974.

Physical Description: 7 items.

Folder 5

Newspaper clippings: obituaries.

Physical Description: 17 items.

Folder 6

Newspaper clippings: William Banning's stage coach.

Physical Description: 5 items.

Folder 7

Newspaper clippings: miscellaneous.

Physical Description: 19 items.

Folder 8

Ephemera: Catalina Island.

Physical Description: 15 items.

Folder 9

Ephemera: invitations. Approximately 1841-1942.

Physical Description: 15 items.

Folder 10

Ephemera: ships.

Physical Description: 3 items.

Folder 11

Ephemera: miscellaneous.

Physical Description: 25 items.

Folder 12

Bell, Horace. Chapter XXIX from "Reminiscences of a Ranger: Or Early Times in Southern California." 1927

Physical Description: 1 item [photocopy].

Folder 13

Browne, J. Ross. Excerpt from "A Tour Through Arizona 1864, or Adventures in the Apache County." 1950.

Physical Description: 1 item [photocopy].

Folder 14

Burnham, Frederick Russell. Excerpt from the forward to "Six Horses" by William Banning and George Hugh Banning. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item [photocopy].

Folder 15

Kneiss, Gilbert H. "Phineas Banning and the Los Angeles and San Pedro Railroad" from Bulletin No.97, The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, Inc. Oct. 1957.

Physical Description: 1 item [photocopy].

Folder 16

Newmark, Marco R. "Phineas Banning: Intrepid Pioneer" from The Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly, Vol.35, No.3. 1953, September

Physical Description: 1 item [photocopy].

Folder 17

[Polhamus, T.M.?]. Reminiscences of Phineas Banning. 1905

Physical Description: 1 item [photocopy].

Folder 18

Rusling, James. "Across America" [typescript of original dated 1867]. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item [photocopy].

Folder 19

Smith, Sarah Bixby. Excerpt from "Adobe Days, Being the Truthful Narrative of the Events in the Life of a California Girl...". 1931.

Physical Description: 1 item [photocopy].

Folder 20

Truman, Ben C. "General Phineas Banning: A Reminiscence." Approximately 1905.

Physical Description: 1 item [photocopy].

Folder 21

Article regarding P. Banning and Co. from the Wilmington Journal [typescript of original dated Apr.21, 1866, and Apr.6, 1867]. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item [photocopy].

Boxr 5, Folder 22

Notes on Ben Truman and the Phineas Banning housebold. Undated

Physical Description: 1 item [photocopy].

Katharine Stewart Banning - Collected notes and ephemera

Box 6

Katharine Stewart Banning, Collected notes and ephemera, 1858-1931

Physical Description: 36 folders.

Folder 1

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1858.

Physical Description: 6 items.

Folder 2

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1866.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Box , Folder 3

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1870.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 3a

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1874.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 4

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1881.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 5

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1885.

Physical Description: 19 items.

Folder 6

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1886.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 7

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1888.

Physical Description: 21 items.

Folder 8

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1889.

Physical Description: 6 items.

Folder 9

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1890.

Physical Description: 8 items.

Folder 10

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1892.

Physical Description: 7 items.

Folder 11

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1893.

Physical Description: 19 items.

Folder 12

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1894.

Physical Description: 3 items.

Folder 13

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1896.

Physical Description: 4 items.

Folder 14

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1898.

Physical Description: 2 items.

Folder 15

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1899.

Physical Description: 4 items.

Folder 16

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1900.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 17

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1902.

Physical Description: 2 items.

Folder 18

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1904.

Physical Description: 9 items.

Folder 19

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1910.

Physical Description: 10 items.

Folder 20

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1911.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 21

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1913.

Physical Description: 11 items.

Folder 22

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1914.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 23

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1915.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 24

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1917.

Physical Description: 3 items.

Folder 25

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1918.

Physical Description: 3 items.

Folder 26

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1919.

Physical Description: 7 items.

Folder 27

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1920.

Physical Description: 36 items.

Folder 28

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1921.

Physical Description: 10 items.

Folder 29

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1922.

Physical Description: 4 items.

Folder 30

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1923.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 31

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1924.

Physical Description: 5 items.

Folder 32

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1925.

Physical Description: 3 items.

Folder 33

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1926.

Physical Description: 5 items.

Folder 34

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1927.

Physical Description: 2 items.

Folder 35

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1930.

Physical Description: 13 items.

Folder 36

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1931.

Physical Description: 5 items.

Box 7

Katharine Stewart Banning, Collected notes and ephemera, 1932-1946

Physical Description: 13 folders.

Folder 1

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1932.

Physical Description: 8 items.

Folder 2

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1933.

Physical Description: 9 items.

Folder 3

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1934.

Physical Description: 34 items.

Folder 4

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1935.

Physical Description: 4 items.

Folder 5

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1936.

Physical Description: 6 items.

Folder 6

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1938.

Physical Description: 6 items.

Folder 7

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1939.

Physical Description: 15 items.

Folder 8

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1940.

Physical Description: 7 items.

Folder 9

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1941.

Physical Description: 12 items.

Folder 10

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1942.

Physical Description: 15 items.

Folder 11

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1943.

Physical Description: 22 items.

Folder 12

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1944.

Physical Description: 13 items.

Folder 13

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1946.

Physical Description: 2 items.

Box 8

Katharine Stewart Banning. Christmas notes, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous, c.1888-1951.

Physical Description: 11 folders.

Folder 1

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Notes on Christmas, including Banning family traditions. Approximately 1888-1949.

Physical Description: 8 items.

Folder 2

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected Christmas cards and notes. Approximately 1888-1951.

Physical Description: Approx. 122 items.

Folder 3

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Notes and poems. Approximately 1917-1945.

Physical Description: 174 items.

Folder 4

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Notes from Banning letters in the Huntington Library.

Physical Description: 46 items.

Folder 5

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Notes on Banning family properties and furnishings.

Physical Description: 13 items.

Folder 6

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Notes on Phineas Banning.

Physical Description: 3 items.

Folder 7

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Notes on the Los Angeles Children's Hospital. Approximately 1951.

Physical Description: 10 items.

Folder 8

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Miscellaneous genealogical notes and ephemera.

Physical Description: 5 items.

Folder 9

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Miscellaneous historical notes and clippings.

Physical Description: 31 items.

Folder 9a

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Miscellaneous notes.

Physical Description: c.18 items.

Folder 10

Newspaper clippings collected by Katharine Stewart Banning. 1919-1947.

Physical Description: 38 items.

Scrapbooks and bound volumes

Box 9

Phineas Banning Scrapbook, c.1895-1909.

Physical Description: 3 folders.

Folder 1

"Memories of Phineas Banning, 1830-1885 - Wilmington, Delaware. Wilmington, California" : [scrapbook]. Approximately 1895-1909.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Folder 2

Book of newspaper clippings on Phineas Banning.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Folder 3

Miscellaneous notes [from scrapbook].

Physical Description: 5 items.

Box 10

Volume 1 [foldered items were originally included inside scrapbook cover].

Physical Description: 16 folders.

Folder 1

Volume 1: Banning, Joseph Brent, 1889-1969. Scrapbook bound in embossed "Yale" album. Approximately 1898-1921.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Folder 2

Banning, Joseph Brent, 1889-1969. Letters to Joseph Brent Banning (1861-1920) and Katharine Stewart Banning. 1905.

Physical Description: 3 items.

Folder 3

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Letters to Joseph Brent Banning, 1889-1969. Approximately 1904.

Physical Description: 2 items.

Folder 4

Miscellaneous correspondence. 1894-1909.

Physical Description: 2 items.

Folder 5

Photographs of Joseph Brent Banning (1889-1969) as a child. Undated.

Physical Description: 2 items.

Folder 6

Photograph of Nancy Morse Banning as a child. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 7

Photograph of a picnic at Howland's, Santa Catalina Island. 1898, September 13.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 8

Navy photograph featuring Joseph Brent Banning, 1889-1969. Undated.

Physical Description: 3 items.

Folder 9

Photograph of sailors atop a submarine. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 10

Photograph of a fishing trip. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 11

Photograph of an unidentified rail yard. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 12

Los Angeles High School diploma for Joseph Brent Banning, 1889-1969. 1909, February 12.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 13

Receipt for violin lessons for Joseph Brent Banning, 1889-1969. 1904, March 24.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 14

Miscellaneous notes and clippings from record book belonging to Joseph Brent Banning, 1889-1969. 1929-1934.

Physical Description: 12 items.

Folder 15

Yale ephemera. 1914.

Physical Description: 7 items.

Folder 16

Miscellaneous ephemera.

Physical Description: 7 items.

Box 11

Volume 2-3.

Physical Description: 3 folders.

Folder 1

Volume 2: Banning, Katharine Stewart. Scrapbook. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Folder 2

Photograph of a orse team and house with men on steps. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 3

Volume 3: Banning, Katharine Stewart. Christmas scrapbook. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Box 12

Volume 4.

Physical Description: 1 folder.

Folder 1

Volume 4: Banning family scrapbook. Approximately 1885-1933.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Box 13

Volume 5-8.

Physical Description: 4 folders.

Folder 1

Volume 5: Banning, Katharine Stewart. Notebook. 1920.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Folder 2

Volume 6: Banning family scrapbook. Approximately 1884-1915.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume [most pages are blank].

Folder 3

Volume 7: Banning, Katharine Stewart. "Christmas Past" scrapbook. Approximately 1890-1925.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Folder 4

Volume 8: "Christmas Present - 1910 - Christmases to Come": [scrapbook]. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume [most pages are blank].

Box 14

Volume 9-11.

Physical Description: 3 folders.

Folder 1

Volume 9: Banning, Katharine Stewart. "Pages from My Mother [Mary Alice Sweeney Banning]'s Old Scrap Book". Undated.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Folder 2

Volume 10: Banning, Katharine Stewart. "History of the Bannings (My father [William Lowber Banning]'s family and ancestors)". Undated.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Folder 3

Volume 11: Banning, Katharine Stewart. "Very Important Early Banning Records, 1600-1850." Undated.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Box 15

Volume 12-14.

Physical Description: 3 folders.

Folder 1

Volume 12: Banning, Katharine Stewart. Miscellaneous scrapbook. To c.1947.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Folder 2

Volume 13: Banning, Katharine Stewart. First World War / Red Cross record book. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Folder 3

Volume 14: Banning, Katharine Stewart. New Service Bag Co. notebook. Approximately 1919-1933.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Box 16

Volume 15-18.

Physical Description: 4 folders.

Folder 1

Volume 15: [Banning, Katharine Stewart]. Newspaper clippings scrapbook. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Folder 2

Volume 16: Banning, Katharine Stewart. Letter scrapbook. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume [most items have been removed].

Folder 3

Volume 17: Banning, Katharine Stewart. "The History of the Banning Family in Europe and America." Undated.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Folder 4

Volume 18: [Banning, Katharine Stewart]. "Bill's Comfort Bag for Soldiers and Sailors": [scrapbook]. Approximately 1917-1941.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Box 17

Volume 19-20.

Physical Description: 2 folders.

Folder 1

Volume 19: Banning, Katharine Stewart. 426 N. McCadden Place, Los Angeles: [scrapbook]. Approximately 1938.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Folder 2

Volume 20: Banning, Katharine Stewart. Royalty and luminaries scrapbook. Approximately 1911-1919.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Box 18

Volume 21-23.

Physical Description: 3 folders.

Folder 1

Volume 21: [Banning, Katharine Stewart]. "Gates, Walks, Trellises, Etc.": [scrapbook]. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Folder 2

Volume 22: Banning, Katharine Stewart. "History of Bill's Comfort Bag." Approximately 1917-1927.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Folder 3

Volume 23: Banning, Joseph Brent, 1861-1920. Catalina Island scrapbook. Approximately 1893-1915.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Box 19

Volume 24-27.

Physical Description: 4 folders.

Folder 1

Volume 24: Guest book belonging to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1885-1889.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Folder 2

Volume 25: Banning, Katharine Stewart. Diary of a trip to Europe. 1924.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Folder 3

Volume 26: Banning, Katharine Stewart. Bill's Comfort Bag account book. 1920-1921.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Folder 4

Volume 27: Banning, Katharine Stewart. Christmas poem book. 1888.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Box 20

Volume 28-31.

Physical Description: 4 folders.

Folder 1

Volume 28: Banning, Katharine Stewart. Daybook. Approximately 1949.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume [most pages are blank].

Folder 2

Volume 29: Banning, Katharine Stewart. Children's Hospital Los Angeles notebook. Approximately 1874-1942.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Folder 3

Volume 30: Banning, Katharine Stewart. Inventory of furniture, 943 Westlake Avenue. 1933.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Folder 4

Volume 31: Banning, Katharine Stewart. "Our Home - 75 Wilkin Street": [notebook]. Approximately 1921.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume [most pages our blank].

Box 21

Volume 32-24.

Physical Description: 3 folders.

Folder 1

Volume 32: Banning, Katharine Stewart. New York to Liverpool on the Lusitania: [diary]. 1914.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Folder 2

Volume 33: Banning, Katharine Stewart. Los Angeles Children's Hospital notebook. 1914.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Folder 3

Volume 34: Banning, May Alice. Genealogy notebook. 1905.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Box 22

Volume 35-38.

Physical Description: 4 folders.

Folder 1

Volume 35: [Banning, Katharine Stewart]. Address book. Approximately 1949.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Folder 2

Volume 36: [Banning, Katharine Stewart]. Bill's Comfort bag notebook. Approximately 1918-1928.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Folder 3

Volume 37: [Banning, Katharine Stewart]. Address book. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Folder 4

Volume 38: [Banning, Katharine Stewart]. "Press notices relating to the Convention of Honest Anglers planned by the Tuna Club, and held in New York Nov.11, 1907, Dr. Henry Van Dyke, Chairman.". 1907.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Box Oversize Volumes 39-41.

Unboxed - see Oversize.

Box 23

Virginia Military Institute yearbook, photographs, and papers, 1914-1951.

Physical Description: 9 folders.

Folder 1

"The Bomb - Virginia Military Institute." Yearbook featuring cadet signatures. Bookplate inscribed by Hancock Banning, Jr. 1914.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Folder 2

Photographs removed from "The Bomb." Many of the photographs are prints of those published in the yearbook. Approximately 1914.

Physical Description: 66 items.

Folder 3

Photograph of Hancock Banning, Jr. Approximately 1914.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 4

Photograph of Camillus Christian. Approximately 1916.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 5

Photograph of the "Nuggetter Club," V.M.I. 1914.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Folder 6

Photographs of V.M.I. Class of 1914 at 35th Year Reunion. 1949.

Physical Description: 2 items.

Folder 7

Correspondence, notes, and ephemera regarding the V.M.I. Alumni Association. Approximately 1956-1957.

Physical Description: 24 items.

Folder 8

Miscellaneous printed items on the V.M.I. Class of 1914.

Physical Description: 7 items.

Folder 9

Miscellaneous V.M.I. ephemera. Approximately 1912-1951.

Physical Description: 6 items.

Box 24

Published books, c.1857-1950.

Physical Description: 8 volumes.

Folder 1

Cleland, Robert Glass. "El Molino Viejo" (The Ward Ritchie Press). 1950.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Folder 2

Hunt, Leigh. "Selections from teh English Poets" (Derby and Jackson). 1857.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Folder 3

Klette, Ernest. "The Crimson Trail of Joaquin Murieta" (Wetzel Publishing Co.). 1928.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Folder 4

Richardson, Abby Sage (Ed.). "Old Love Letters or Letters of Sentiment" (James R. Osgood and Co.). Inscribed to "Daughter Katharine." 1883.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Folder 5

Tarkington, Booth. "Seventeen: A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and The Baxter Family Especially William" (Harper and Brothers Publishers). Inscribed "J.B. Banning, Avalon." 1916.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Folder 6

"History of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church, Saint Paul, Minn., 1855-1876" (The Pioneer-Press Company). Inscribed "Katie Banning from Douglas Putnam, July 1925." 1876.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Folder 7

"Saint Paul History and Progress: Principal Men and Institutions" (The Pioneer Press Co.). 1897.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Folder 8

"Text of Truth: A Grove Play by George Sterling, Music by Domenico Brescia" (San Francisco Bohemian Club). 1926.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Box 25

Published books - FRAGILE.

Physical Description: 2 volumes.

Folder 1

Camp Banning Number of the Whittier Boys and Girls Magazine. Cover embossed "J.B. Banning."

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Folder 2

A Coaching Party in Southern California: Descriptive Poem (Press of William L. Banning, Jr.).

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Miscellaneous and Oversize

Box 26

Miscellaneous printed items and ephemera.

Physical Description: 4 folders.

Folder 1

Printed ephemera, booklets, and magazines on Santa Catalina Island. Approximately 1913-1976.

Physical Description: 6 item.

Folder 2

Magazines on harbor issues. 1972-1983.

Physical Description: 2 items.

Folder 3

Miscellaneous printed items. Approximately 1900-1969.

Physical Description: 3 items.

Folder 4

Blank stationary – Overland Stage Coach Club.

Oversize volumes

Volume 39

Ayer, Ellen Barrows Banning. Book of copied poems, stories, and songs, with illustrations. 1876.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Volume 40

Banning, May Alice. Book of copied poems, stories, and songs, with illustrations. 1876.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Volume 41

Banning Rancho Log Book, Ventura County, California. Appears to have been used primarily as an autograph and copied story book. 1889-1894.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.

Oversize Folder 1

Printed Magazines.

Physical Description: 8 items.

Game and Gossip Magazine. June 1931.

Physical Description: 1 item.

The Horse Magazine, Vol.22, No.4. July-Aug. 1941

Physical Description: 1 item.

La Fiesta de Los Angeles Offical Program. 1931.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Life Magazine. Jan.15, 1945.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Los Angeles County Museum Quarterly, Vol.2, No.3. Winter 1963-1964.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Polo - The Magazine for Horsemen. Aug.1931.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Republican National Convention Magazine. June 14, 1932.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Westways Magazine. July 1964.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Oversize Folder 2

Miscellaneous ephemera.

Physical Description: 4 items.

Copy of advertisement for Banning and Co. stage line.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Photograph of a copy of the Nautical Gazette featuring the “Cabrillo.” 1904, November 10.

Physical Description: 3 pages.

Printed photograph of the San Francisco Earthquake aftermath – Supplement to the Los Angeles Times. 1906, May 24.

Physical Description: 1 item.

Miscellaneous notes on cardboard.

Physical Description: 2 items.

Oversize

Empty "Invoices" boxes (marked "Metropole 1904").

Physical Description: 2 items.