Descriptive Summary
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Administrative Information
Biographical Note
Scope and Content
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Toulmin Estate papers
Dates: 1829-1965
Collection Number: mssToulmin Estate papers
Creators:
Toulmin, Alice Larkin;
Toulmin, Henry Wrougton;
Holladay, Margaret
Extent:
Approximately 2,992 items in 16 boxes
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: This collection consists of records
concerning the planning and distribution of the estate of Alice Larkin Toulmin (1879-1963), owner of the Larkin House in Monterey,
California.
Language of Material: The records are in English.
Access
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Administrative Information
Publication Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material,
nor does it charge fees for such activities.
The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the
researcher.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. Toulmin Estate Papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Provenance
In library.
Biographical Note
Alice Larkin Toulmin (1879 Dec. 5 - 1963 Feb. 13) is the granddaughter of Thomas
Oliver Larkin (first U.S. consul to Alta California and a signer of the original
California Constitution) and daughter of Alfred O. Larkin and Mary Ball Larkin
Chappell. She married Henry W. Toulmin in 1914. The Toulmin Estate included stocks,
bonds, cash, furniture, residential and commercial properties, and miscellaneous
items. Among her real Estate holdings, the Larkin House in Monterey, California,
stood out for its historical significance, for it was built by Thomas Oliver Larkin
in 1835 and served as the U.S. consulate in Alta California. Alice purchased the
house in 1922 and made it her family residence for many years. In 1962 she deeded
the Larkin House to the State of California. The Larkin House is recognized by the
U.S. government as a National Historic Landmark and is part of the larger Monterey
State Historic Park.
Henry Wrougton Toulmin (1871 March 2 - 1952) was a sportsman and amateur
archaeologist born in England. He and his wife Alice lived in the Larkin House in
Monterey, California, for many years.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of records
concerning the planning and distribution of the estate of Alice Larkin Toulmin (1879-1963), owner of the Larkin House in Monterey,
California.
Records include correspondence, manuscripts, ephemera, and diaries.
The bulk of the correspondence and documents concern the
planning and distribution of Alice Larkin Toulmin’s Estate by executor Margaret
Holladay, the law firm O’Melveny and Myers, and the Larkin House Advisory Committee.
Other correspondence includes a small number of early correspondence by Alice Larkin
Toulmin, Henry W. Toulmin, Alfred O. Larkin, and Mary Ball Larkin Chappell. In
addition, photos of the Larkin, Toulmin, Molera, and Childs families are also
included.
There are a total of 66 bound diaries of Alice Larkin Toulmin in the collection, dating from 1900 to 1962.
Arrangement
The Toulmin Estate papers are organized into two series: 1) Correspondence,
manuscripts, and ephemera, 2) Dairies.
Indexing Terms
Personal and Corporate Names
Toulmin, Alice
Larkin
California. Dept. of
Parks and Recreation
California. Division of
Beaches and Parks
Hammond, George P.
(George Peter), 1896-1993
Henry E. Huntington
Library and Art Gallery
Holladay,
Margaret
Larkin, Alfred
O.
O'Melveny and
Myers
Portsmouth Athenaeum
(Portsmouth, N.H.)
Subjects
Distribution of decedents'
Estates
Executors and administrators--United
States.
Trusts and
trustees--California.
Women--California
Geographic Areas
California--History--20th century--Sources.
Los Angeles
(Calif.)
Monterey
(Calif.)
Genre
Letters (correspondence)--United
States
Photographs--United States--19th
century.
Photographs--United States--20th
century.