Finding Aid for the Palmer Family Papers LSC.0515
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Title: Palmer Family papers
Creator:
Palmer family
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0515
Physical Description:
23.5 Linear Feet
(47 boxes and 11 oversize boxes.)
Date (inclusive): 1800-1960
Abstract: 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.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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Biography
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.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of photographs, correspondence, diaries, glass slides, glass plate negatives, ephemera, and memorabilia
of the Harold King Palmer family of Los Angeles. Includes materials of Elizabeth Day Palmer, Henry Austin Palmer, the Beggs
and Rex family, and the Hart family. Also includes a photograph album of Elizabeth Day Palmer with photographs taken on a
trip to Chile, ca.
Date: 1903
.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Harold King Palmer (Boxes 1-7).
- Palmer family (Boxes 8-17, 21-24, 35-49).
- Elizabeth Day Palmer (Boxes 18-20).
- Henry Austin Palmer (Boxes 25-30).
- Beggs family (Boxes 31-33).
- Hart family (Box 34).
- Photograph album of Chile (Box 50).
- Rex and Beggs family photograph album (Box 51).
- Glass plate negatives (Boxes 52-58).
Existence and Location of Copies
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Diaries.
Negatives (photographs).
Photographs.
Palmer, Elizabeth Day -- Archives
Palmer, Harold King -- Archives
Palmer, Henry Austin -- Archives
Rex family -- Archives
Hart family
Beggs family--Archives.
Hart family--Archives.
Beggs family
Palmer family -- Archives
box 1, box 2, box 3, box 4, box 5
Papers and correspondence.
box 8
H.K. Palmer correspondence files.
box 9
H.K. Palmer correspondence.
box 10
Correspondence, bank statements, tax returns Mrs. H.K. Palmer (Dorothy Marie Beggs Palmer) Elizabeth Day Palmer Mrs. H.A.
Palmer.
box 11
Deeds, correspondence, etc. Mrs. H.A. Palmer.
box 13
Correspondence, papers, accounts.
box 14
Deeds, tax records H.K. Palmer & mother, J.O.D. Palmer.
box 15
Papers, some correspondence.
box 17
Correspondence, miscellaneous papers.
box 21, box 22, box 23, box 24
Palmer Family Papers and Diaries.
box 35, box 36, box 37, box 38, box 39, box 40, box 41, box 42, box 43, box 44, box 45, box 46, box 47
Palmer Family Photos, etc.
box 48
Palmer Family Photos and negatives.
box 49
Photographs.
General Physical Description note: Oversize.
box 18
Trips, geneology (of the George Rex family).
box 19
Correspondence, manuscripts, memorabilia.
box 27
Correspondence (mostly to Mrs. H.A. Palmer), papers.
box 28
Contracts, deeds, diaries, etc. much H.A. Palmer & Pomona Land & Water Company.
box 31, box 32, box 33
Correspondence and papers.
Photograph Album of Chile
box 50
Photograph album of Chile,
ca.. By Elizabeth Day Palmer.
1903
Rex and Beggs Family Photograph Album
box 51
Photograph album. Rex and Begg family photographs.
box 52
Mexico. Negative no.1-10.
box 52
Guatemala. Negative no.11-23.
box 52
La Libertad, Nicaragua and Panama. Negative no.24-38.
box 52
Northern Peru. Negative no.39-43.
box 52
Callao. Negative no.44-57.
box 52
Arica / Iquique. Negative no.71-84.
box 52
Valparaiso. Negative no.85-93.
box 52
San Felipe / Los Andes. Negative no.94-101.
box 52
Santiago area. Negative no.102-108.
box 53
Santiago area. Negative no.109-116.
box 53
Constitucion Bay and beach. Negative no.117-127.
box 53
Chile : Characteristic scenes 1. Negative no.128-141.
box 53
Constitucion. Negative no.142-149.
box 53
Concepcion, Talcahuano, Lota. Negative no.150-159.
box 53
Santiago. Negative no.160-173.
box 53
Chile: Rivers. Negative no.174-178.
box 53
Chile: Mines--Valdia. Negative no.179-183.
box 53
Chillan. Negative no.184-192.
box 53
Valdia, Corral, Osorno. Negative no.193-202.
box 53
Temuco, Villarica. Negative no.203-217.
box 54
Chilean Holidays. Negative no.218-227.
box 54
Chile: Mountains. Negative no.228-237.
box 54
Chile: Clouds / Fog. (238-239 transparencies). Negative no.238-249.
box 54
Chile: Characteristic Scenes 2. Negative no.250-265.
box 54
California: Sonora to Yosemite. (266-267 transparency). Negative no.266-280.
box 54
California: Half Dome and Peaks in Yosemite. . Negative no.281-294.
1902
box 54
California: Falls and lakes in Yosemite. . (295 transparency). Negative no.295-310.
1902
box 54
California: Yosemite, Miscellaneous, Hetch Hetchy, Lake Eleanor. . (311-312. Negative no.311-324.
1912
box 54
Mount Hamilton--Creeks. Negative no.325-329.
box 55
Mount Hamilton--Creeks. Negative no.330-339.
box 55
Mount Hamilton--Ysabel Creek. Negative no.340-351.
box 55
Mount Hamilton--Ysabel Canyon. Negative no.352-366.
box 55
Mount Hamilton--Observatory. Negative no.367-383.
box 55
Mount Hamilton--Landscapes. Negative no.384-398.
box 55
Mount Hamilton--Fog and clouds. Negative no.399-417.
box 55
Berkeley--Houses. Negative no.418-430.
box 55
Berkeley--Interiors. Negative no.431-442.
box 56
Berkeley--Landscapes. (443 transparency). Negative no.443-457.
box 56
Berkeley--Portraits. (473-475 transparencies). Negative no.458-475.
box 56
San Francisco--Cliff House and beach. Negative no.476-478.
box 49
San Francisco Bay. Negative no.479-492.
box 56
San Francisco--after the fire. . Negative no.493-511.
May 6, 1906
box 56
Marin County. Negative no.512-522.
box 56
Santa Cruz. . Negative no.523-538.
August 1900
box 56
Claremont. . Negative no.539-552.
1899-1900
box 57
Claremont. . Negative no.553-554.
1899-1900
box 57
Claremont. . Negative no.555-568.
1900-1901
box 57
Salt Lake--Uintah Railroad. Negative no.569-581.
box 57
Fort Duchesne--Uintah Railroad. Negative no.582-589.
box 57
Camp views. Negative no.590-603.
box 57
Red Cap Ditch. Negative no.604-619.
box 57
Trees. Negative no.620-632.
box 57
Mountains. Negative no.633-649.
box 57
Native Americans. Negative no.650-656.
box 57
Groups. Negative no.657-662.
box 57
Observatory--Mount Hamilton (?). Negative no.663-664.
box 58
Views. Negative no.665-671.
box 58
Irrigation. Negative no.672-685.
box 58
Irrigation Works. Negative no.686-706.
box 58
Miscellaneous. Negative no.707-724.
box 58
Expedition to countryside. Negative no.725-741.
box 58
Rivers, waterfalls and the sea. Negative no.742-752.
box 58
Oil wells. Negative no.753-761.
box 58
Unidentified port. Negative no.762-762.
box 58
Lake Eleanor (transparency). Negative no.763-763.
box 58
Yosemite: Half Dome (transparencies). Negative no.764-765.
box 58
Mirror Lake (transparency). Negative no.766-766.
box 58
Country lane (transparency). Negative no.767-767.
box 58
Tahquitz Canyon and Torres Martinez Indian Reservation. Negative no.768-784.
General Physical Description note: 6.5 × 8.5 plates.
box 58
European views. Negative no.785-790.
General Physical Description note: 5 × 7 plates.
box 58
Ostend Fish Market. Negative no.791-792.
General Physical Description note: 5 × 7 plates.
