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Finding Aid for the Palmer Family Papers, 1800-1960
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Description
Henry Austin Palmer came to California in 1862 and was employed in a banking and assay office in Folsom until 1864, and then
spent a year in assaying in Michigan Bluff. He became the first cashier of the Union National bank, established in 1877, serving
as president from 1882-86, while also serving as vice president and treasurer of the Union Savings Bank. The collection consists
of photographs, correspondence, diaries, glass slides, glass plate negatives, ephemera, and memorabilia of the Harold King
Palmer family of Los Angeles.
Background
Henry Austin Palmer was born in 1842, a native of Stonington, Connecticut; worked there as an express agent, then a clerk
in the U.S. custom house; came to California in 1862 and was employed in a banking and assay office in Folsom until 1864,
and then spent a year in assaying in Michigan Bluff; worked as cashier in U.S. Mint at San Francisco, 1865-67; cashier at
banking house of Banks & Company until 1869 when he organized and was appointed cashier of the Union Savings Bank of Oakland;
became the first cashier of the Union National bank, established in 1877, serving as president from 1882-86, while also serving
as vice president and treasurer of the Union Savings Bank; in 1867, he married Jane O. Day; their children were Theodore S.,
Elizabeth Day, and Harold King Palmer; in 1882, along with C.T. Mills and M.L. Wicks, Palmer incorporated the Pomona Land
and Water Company; in 1884 served as vice president, and then president until 1887; also became the owner and incorporator
of the Pomona Bank in 1883.
Extent
47 boxes (23.5 linear ft.)
11 oversize boxes
Restrictions
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Availability
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.