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Guide to the Photograph Collection of Family Members and Descendents of
General M.G. Vallejo
BANC PIC 1978.195--PIC
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Collection Title: Family members and descendents of General M.G. Vallejo
Date (inclusive): circa 1850-1972
Collection number: BANC PIC 1978.195--PIC
Creator:
Vallejo family
Extent:
25 photographic prints : chiefly b&w ; various sizes.
26 digital objects
Repository: The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Abstract: Photographs of the family of Mariano G. Vallejo, prominent
California leader and landowner during the late Mexican and early American era of
the region.
Languages represented: Collection materials are in English and Spanish
Physical location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored
offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the
location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Collection is open for research. Please use digital facsimiles when possible.
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for
permission to publish or reproduce must be submitted in writing to the Head of
Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA
94720-6000. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft
Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or
imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original
materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
[Identification of item], Family Members and Descendents of General M.G. Vallejo,
BANC PIC 1978.195--PIC, The Bancroft Library, University of
California, Berkeley.
Digital reproductions of items are available.
Vallejo Family Papers, circa 1832-1889
BANC MSS C-B 441
BANC MSS C-B 441
Vallejo Family Papers : Additions, 1846-1950
BANC MSS 76/79 c
BANC MSS 76/79 c
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Vallejo family.
Sepulveda family.
Emparan family.
Frisbie family.
Vallejo, Mariano Guadalupe, 1808-1890 -- Portraits.
Haraszthy, A. (Agoston), 1812-1869 --
Family -- Portraits.
Vallejo, Francisca Benicia Carrillo de,
1815-1891 -- Portraits.
Mexicans -- California -- Photographs.
Pioneers -- California -- Santa Barbara -- Portraits.
Mexican Americans -- California -- Photographs.
Hispanic Americans -- California -- Photographs.
Card photographs.
Photographic prints.
Daguerreotypes.
Cartes de visite.
The Family Members and Descendents of General M.G. Vallejo was a gift to The Bancroft Library by Mrs. Richard R. Emparan.
Additional material is not expected.
The Family Members and Descendents of General M.G. Vallejo collection was
cataloged by James Eason, Archivist for the Pictorial Collections. The
collection was processed for digitization as part of the California Cultures
project by Mary Elings, Archivist for Digital Collections. The digitization was
carried out by the Digital Imaging Lab at UC Berkeley.
Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo (1808-1890) was among the most prominent leaders and
landowners of Mexican California at the time of the gold rush and subsequent
American statehood. Although never formally granted the rank of general, from 1838
Vallejo was comandante-general of California. He was later a member of the
California constitutional convention and instrumental in the California's entry into
Unites States. From 1834 Vallejo owned the Petaluma Rancho, and his later home was
Lachryma Montis, in Sonoma. Although he was one of the largest landowners in
California, statehood and subsequent legal battles over land claims cost him nearly
all of his holdings.
By descent, marriage, or the marriage of his offspring, Vallejo was related to many
prominent Californio families, including the families of Alvarado, Castro, Molera
and Carillo. By marriage he was also connected to several early Anglo American
settlers, including Juan Bautista Rogers Cooper and Jacob Leese. M.G. Vallejo and
his wife, Francisca Benicia Carrillo de Vallejo, had ten children who lived to
adulthood. Their children were:
- Andronico Antonio (the first, 1833-1834),
- Andronico Antonio (the second, b.1834),
- Epifania de Guadalupe (b. 1835, m. John B. Frisbie),
- Adelayda ("Adela", b. 1837, m. Levi Cornell Frisbie),
- Natalia Venerada (b. 1838, m. Attila Haraszthy),
- Plutarco (the first, 1839-circa 1841),
- Platon Mariano Guadalupe (b. 1841, m. Lily Wiley),
- Guadalupe (circa 1842-circa 1846),
- Jovita Francisca (b. 1844, m. Arpad Haraszthy),
- Uladislao (b. 1845), Plutarco (b. 1847),
- Plutarco (the second, circa 1848-1848),
- Benicia (the first, 1849-circa 1853),
- Napoleon Primo (b. 1850),
- Benicia (the second, 1853-circa 1860),
- Maria Luisa Eugenia (b. 1856, m. Ricardo de Emparan),
- Maria Ignacia (b. 1857, m. James Harry Cutter).
(Source: Brown, Madie D. The Vallejos of California. San Francisco: Gleeson
Library Associates, 1968.)
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection, received from a member of the Emparan family, includes portraits
(some inscribed) of General Mariano G. Vallejo, his wife, their children, Salvador
Vallejo, Napoleon Vallejo, Fannie Vallejo Frisbie and others of the Frisbie family,
Sepulveda family members, Natalia Vallejo Haraszthy, and R.R. Emparan and wife Madie
Brown Emparan. It includes a few views of Sonoma County locations associated with
the family. The collection consists of 1 daguerreotype, 4 vintage albumen prints
(including an 1869 carte de visite of M.G. Vallejo), and numerous 20th century
snapshots and copy photographs. The one daguerreotype present is an unidentified
portrait, possibly of M.G. Vallejo or a brother of his.
The images were taken by various photographers, most of whom are identified.
Identified photographers are I.W. Taber, James G. Smith (Vallejo, Calif.), the
Solano Art Studio of J.G. Smith, Gabor Eder (New York, N.Y.), Weidner Photo, and the
Garrett Studio (Oakland, Calif.).