Finding Aid to the Francis Mellus Collection MS.674
Holly Rose Larson
Library and Archives at the Autry
2012 November 7
210 South Victory Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91502
rroom@theautry.org
Contributing Institution:
Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: Francis Mellus Collection
Creator:
Mellus, Francis
source:
Crotty, Homer Daniel
Identifier/Call Number: MS.674
Physical Description:
0.1 Linear Feet
(1 folder)
Date: 1856, 1945
Abstract: This collection consists of a typed copy of the "Journal of Francis Mellus from June 11, 1838 to March 26, 1847," the original
of which is in the Henry E. Huntington Library. The journal was written by Mellus on sea voyages to California and along the
California Coast. Also includes an invitation to a ball being hosted by Francisco Mellus in Los Angeles on October 23, 1856.
Language of Material:
English
.
Francis Mellus was the brother of Henry Mellus, a Massachusetts-born merchant who went to California in 1835. Mellus was
also a sailor and merchant. Additional information on Francis Mellus can be found in the Huntington Library Quarterly, vol.
9 no.1 (November 1945), pp. 101-102.
This collection includes a typed copy of the "Journal of Francis Mellus from June 11, 1838 to March 26, 1847," the original
of which is in the Henry E. Huntington Library. The copy appears to have been made by Homer D. Crotty, June 1945. This collection
also includes an invitation to a ball being hosted by Francisco Mellus in Los Angeles on October 23, 1856.
Francis Mellus Collection, 1856, 1945, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.674; [folder number] [folder
title][date].
Processed by Library staff after 1987. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 November
7, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).
Copy of journal donated by Homer D. Crotty, 1945 July; Transferred during the December 1986 inventory of the Casa de Adobe;
the invitation was added to the collection 1987 January 13.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Invitations
Diaries
Sailors -- California -- Diaries
California -- Description and travel
Voyages to the Pacific Coast
Ships logs
Crotty, Homer Daniel