Finding Aid for the Howland family collection Bernath Mss 11

SRC staff, published 2024
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
4/11/2024
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
Phone Number: (805) 893-3062
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Contributing Institution: UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Title: Howland family collection
Creator: Howland, William O.
Creator: Shepard, Isaac F. (Isaac Fitzgerald), 1816-1889
Identifier/Call Number: Bernath Mss 11
Physical Description: 0.3 Linear Feet (1 oversize box)
Date (inclusive): 1865 - 1949
Abstract: This collection contains documents belonging to William O. Howland and a letter from Isaac F. Shepard.
Language of Material: English .
Container: 1

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged by creator.

Custodial History

Donated to the University of California in December 1959.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of Item], Howland family collection, Bernath Mss 11. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Processing Information

Collection contains materials previously identified as Howland family collection, Printers Mss 28; Gerald Shapiro Howland collection, Mss 50.

Related Materials

UCSB Special Collections has a related collection: (Isaac F. Shepard collection, Wyles Mss 74). 

Scope and Contents

This collection contains several documents and two small account books of William O. Howland, who was U.S. Vice Consul in Hankow, China in the 1870s. Also included is an 1877 letter from U.S. Consul, Isaac F. Shepard, also in Hankow, to a young Shepard Howland. Also, correspondence to Gerald Shepard Howland, of Seaver-Howland Press, regarding its publication of "Have Faith in Coolidge," 1923-1924, and other correspondence, lists, and documents of the Howland family of Massachusetts, mainly regarding books and fine binding done by L. Averill Cole Howland (Mrs. Gerald S. Howland).

Conditions Governing Use

Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and may be retained by the creator and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.
All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@ucsb.edu. Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or their assignees for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Consuls -- China
Hankou (Wuhan, China)
Massachusetts
Account books