Guide to the Photograph Collection of Family Members and Descendents of
General M.G. Vallejo
Guide written by James Eason
Funding for creating the digital archive of this collection was provided by the
Library of Congress through the California Cultures Project.
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Guide to the Photograph Collection of Family Members and Descendents of
General M.G. Vallejo
Collection number: BANC PIC 1978.195--PIC
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Funding for creating the digital archive of this collection was provided by the
Library of Congress through the California Cultures Project.
- Guide Written By:
- James Eason
- Date Completed:
-
February 2005
© 2005 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
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.
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research. Please use digital facsimiles when possible.
Publication Rights
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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.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Family Members and Descendents of General M.G. Vallejo,
BANC PIC 1978.195--PIC, The Bancroft Library, University of
California, Berkeley.
Alternate Forms Available
Digital reproductions of items are available.
Related Collections
Vallejo Family Papers, circa 1832-1889
BANC MSS C-B 441
Vallejo Family Papers : Additions, 1846-1950
BANC MSS 76/79 c
Indexing Terms
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.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The Family Members and Descendents of General M.G. Vallejo was a gift to The Bancroft Library by Mrs. Richard R. Emparan.
Accruals
Additional material is not expected.
Processing Information
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.
Biographical Information
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.).
BANC PIC 1978.195:001--CASE
[Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo or one of his brothers?]
[ca. 1850]
BANC PIC 1978.195:02--PIC
[Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo]
[ca. 1868]
BANC PIC 1978.195:03--PIC
[Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo]
[ca. 1880-1885]
BANC PIC 1978.195:04--PIC
[Francisca Benicia Carrillo de Vallejo, wife of Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo]
1880
BANC PIC 1978.195:05--PIC
Grand Army Badge, Hotel del Monte. [William Boggs, Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo and unidentified woman, next to floral badge
on lawn.]
[ca. 1885]
BANC PIC 1978.195:06--PIC
[Salvador Vallejo, brother of Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo]
[ca. 1865?]
BANC PIC 1978.195:07--PIC
[Unidentified woman and Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo]
[ca. 1875?]
BANC PIC 1978.195:08--PIC
[Napoleon Vallejo, son of Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo]
1863
BANC PIC 1978.195:09--PIC
[Group of seven young women, some of whom are identified as Francisca Vallejo McGettigan (daughter of Dr. Platon Vallejo),
William, Wheeler, Wheeler, Freda Ortman (Shumate)]
[ca. 1885?]
BANC PIC 1978.195:10--PIC
[Luisa Vallejo Emparan's children]
1880
BANC PIC 1978.195:11--PIC
[Fanny Vallejo Frisbie]
[ca. 1865?]
BANC PIC 1978.195:12--PIC
[Natalia Vallejo Haraszthy in dance pose]
[ca. 1920?]
BANC PIC 1978.195:13--PIC
Gen. Vallejo's carriage, Portola parade, Oct. 24, 1913. [Carriage carrying Vallejo relatives]
1913
BANC PIC 1978.195:14--PIC
[Natalia Vallejo Haraszthy and her daughters, Tala and Lolita?]
[ca. 1880]
BANC PIC 1978.195:15--PIC
[Dedication of Sepúlveda Park Fountain, San Pedro]
1924
BANC PIC 1978.195:16--PIC
[Luisa Vallejo Emparan, Madie Brown Emparan, Richard Raoul Emparan]
1939
BANC PIC 1978.195:17--PIC
[Madie Brown Emparan at piano]
[ca. 1960?]
BANC PIC 1978.195:18--PIC
[Madie and Richard Emparan]
1972
BANC PIC 1978.195:19--PIC
[Plaque dedication at the Presidio, San Francisco]
1965
BANC PIC 1978.195:20--PIC
[Magdalena Frisbie de Marron]
[ca. 1960?]
BANC PIC 1978.195:21--PIC
[Tomb of General Vallejo]
[19--]
BANC PIC 1978.195:22--PIC
[Plaza Sonoma, Sonoma County, from watercolor]
1852
BANC PIC 1978.195:23--PIC
[Vallejo's Flour Mills, from a book illustration]
[ca. 18--]
BANC PIC 1978.195:24--PIC
[General Harry H. Arnold]
[ca. 1950?]
BANC PIC 1978.195:25--PIC
[William Gordon Huff and his statue of Chief Solano]
[ca. 19--]