Guide to the Henry Lloyd Tevis papers, 1907-1931

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Guide to the Henry Lloyd Tevis Papers, 1907-1931

Collection number: BANC MSS C-B 778

The Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, California

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The Bancroft Library.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu

Processed by:: The Bancroft Library staff
Date Completed:: ca. 1960
Encoded by:: Xiuzhi Zhou

Collection Summary

Collection Title: Henry Lloyd Tevis Papers,

Date (inclusive): 1907-1931

Collection Number: BANC MSS C-B 778

Creator: Tevis, Henry Lloyd, 1856-1931

Extent: Number of containers: 17 boxes, 1 carton

Repository: The Bancroft Library

Berkeley, California 94720-6000

Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Abstract: Primarily social and family correspondence, requests for financial help and contributions to charitable causes; and diaries

Languages Represented: English

Information for Researchers

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Henry Lloyd Tevis papers, BANC MSS C-B 778, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Scope and Content

Correspondence and papers of Dr. Henry Lloyd Tevis (1856-1931), son of the noted financier, Lloyd Tevis.

The papers consist primarily of social and family correspondence, requests for financial aid, contributions to charitable causes, etc., and diaries. They were presented to the Bancroft Library by William F. Sharon in May 1960.

Boxes 1-15

Letters to Tevis

Scope and Content Note

Arranged alphabetically by name of person or organization. Single letters have been placed in miscellanies preceding each letter of the alphabet. A list of the more important correspondents follows the Key to Arrangement.

Box 1

A-Bo

Box 2

Br-Co

Box 3

Cr-Dunlap, E

Box 4

Dunlap, K-Fo

Box 5

Fr-Ha

Box 6

He-J

Box 7

K-Mc

Box 8

Ma-O

Box 9

P-S Miscellaney

Box 10

Sa-Se

Box 11

Sh-Tevis, L

Box 12

Tevis, M-Thompson, Harry

Box 13

Thompson, Harry-Thompson, Henriette

Box 14

Thompson, J-V

Box 15

W-Z

Box 16

Letters written by Tevis

Scope and Content Note

Primarily carbon copies of cables and telegrams and a few letters. Some were written for him by his secretary.

Boxes 16-17

Miscellany

Scope and Content Note

Contracts, memoranda books, bank books, etc.

Carton 1

Diaries, 1907-1931

A- Miscellany (Single letter)

Atherton, Gertrude Franklin (Horn), 1857-1948

Letter, Dec. 31, 1919.

Ames, Alden

2 letters, Apr. 9 & 16, 1917

Andrews, Margaret

12 letters, 1917-1929 & n.d.

Ball, Katherine M.

5 letters, 1921-1924

Blair, Jennie M.

21 letters, 1920-1923 & n.d.

Blanding, Gordon

2 letters, 1914 & 1924

Blanding, Lena

21 letters, 1911-1924

Blanding, Margaret (Tevis) d. 1915

6 telegrams, Jan.-Feb., 1911. Concerning Harry Tevis' illness.

Bourne, Agnes

7 letters, 1918-1923

Boyd, Margaret K.

4 letters, 1919 & n.d.

Breckinridge, John Cabell, 1903-

8 letters, 1917-1929. Addressed to his "uncle", Harry Tevis Mainly concerning his life in the theater, with mention of associations with various actors.

Britton, John A.

2 letters, 1917 & 1922

Brown, Phillip King, 1869-1940

2 letters, 1918 & n.d.

C - Miscellany (Single letters)

California Spring Blossom & Wild Flower Association

Letter, April 10, 1929. Signed by Katherine Chandler.

Carpenter, Edward

Letter, Sept. 18, 1905. Concerning several books he had written.

Carrillo, Edith (Shakespeare), d. 1953

Letter, 1924

Coolbrith, Ina Donna, 1842-1928

Letter, July 7, 1926

Crocker, Ethel W. (Sperry)

Letter, April 15, 1918

Carmier, Henri Napier

3 letters, n.d.

Carolan, Francis

4 letters, 1922-1923

Carrillo, Leo, 1891-1961

2 letters, 1924 & n.d.

Coleman, Robert Louis, d. 1924

3 letters, 1911-1924

Conway, James C.

12 letters, 1921-1928

Conway, Ora B.

5 letters, 1921-1926

Crocker, Ruth Mary (Hobart) (Mrs. William Willard Crocker)

5 letters, 1923 & n.d.

Crocker, William Henry, 1861-1937

4 letters, 1914-1928

Curran, Ethel

4 letters, n.d.

Davis, Alice (Grosvenor)

3 letters, n.d

Deering, Mabel C.

7 letters, n.d

De Latour, Fernande

4 letters, 1919-1923

De Long, Edith (Haggin) Lounsbery

61 letters, 1916-1929. Many concern Louise Sharon. Some relate to the death of her husband, George B. De Long.

De Long, George B., d. 1924

5O letters, 1916-1924. Also, a newspaper clipping relating to his murder in Albania in 1924.

Dunlap, Edwin Lee

75 letters, 1911-1929. Mainly relating to his activities as Harry Tevis' personal secretary and business manager.

Dunlap, Katherine, d. 1922

44 letters, 1918-1922.

Dyer, Lelia Peel

20 letters, 1926-1929. As Harry Tevis' housekeeper.

E - Miscellany (Single letter)

Eyre, Edward J.

Letter, Aug. 16, 1918

Eames, Emma, 1865-1949

18 letters & postcards, 1917-1921 & n.d. Many concerning her career as an international opera star.

Eastland, Thomas B.

4 letters, 1919-1920

Ellis, Glen

17 letters, 1912-1920

Eisen, Gustavus Augustus, 1847-1940

8 letters, 1918-1922. Mainly concerned with the archaeological research and writing of his book, The Great Chalice of Antioch.

Ewing, Myrna

4 letters, 1919-1921

Eyre, Florence (Atherton)

7 letters, n.d.

Fay, Maude

8 letters, 1920-1922

Felton, Cora (Snedley)

2 letters, n.d.

Ferguson, Juliette M.

3 letters, 1922-1924

Field, Charles Kellogg, 1873-

2 letters, 1918 & n.d

Findlay, Frank

8 letters, 1921-1922 & n.d.

Fouté, Augusta (Gibbs)

3 letters, 1919-1920

Friedlander, Fanny

34 letters, 1911-1929

Friedlander, May

53 letters, 1922-1929 & n.d.

Goodrich, Henriette (Blanding)

14 letters, Jan.-Dec. 1920. Including two from hers husband, Chauncy.

Grace Cathedral. San Francisco

6 letters, 1910-1928. Three signed by J. Wilmer Gresham, dean

H - Miscellany (Single letters)

Hanna, Edward Joseph

Letter, April 5, 1926. Signed also by James Rolph and Gavin McNab .

Hamilton, Heath

Letter, n.d.

Haughton, Marian Shaw

Letter, April 3, n.d.

Harrison, Maurice Edward, 1888-1951

Letter, June 23, 1926

Howard, John Galen, 1864-1931

Letter, Nov.23, 1911

Howell, John, 1874-1956

Letter, Feb. 6, 1922. Concerning Robert Louis Stevenson.

Hanley, Bill

4 letters, 1928 & n.d.

Harvey, Soffie

6 letters, n.d.

Hertzstein, Morris, d. 1927

30 letters, 1911-1926

Hesketh, Florence Louise (Breckinridge), [1880]-1956

28 letters, 1913-1928 & n.d.

Hesketh, Thomas George Fermor, 1881-1944

5 letters, 1928-1929

Hewitt, Katherine (Clement)

42 letters, 1923 & n.d.

Hotaling, Ella K.

7 letters, 1921 & n.d.

Hotaling, Richard M.

5 letters, 1917-1924 & n.d.

Ingerson, Charles Frank

13 letters, 1917-1928. Signed Frank Ingerson

J - Miscellany (Single letters)

Jolliffe, Mary

Letter, June 23, n.d.

Johns & McMurtrie

Letter, May 11, 1910

Jordan, Frank Chester, 1860-1939

Letter, Feb. 1, 1911

Janin, Louise

2 letters, n.d.

K - Miscellany (Single letter)

Kelham, George William, 1871-1936

Letter, n.d.

Kelham, Katherine Taft (Bruce)

41 letters, 1919-1923

Kilner, W. R.

3 letters, 1926-1928. Signed also "Bud" Kilner.

Koshland, Cora

8 letters, 1926 & n.d.

Lawlor, Lillie Jean

13 letters, 1919-1927

Livermore, Elizabeth King

12 letters, 1917-1918 & n.d.

M - Miscellany (Single letters)

McNear, Frederick W.

Letter, n.d.

Magee, Estelle

Letter, Sept. 28, n.d.

Morse, Samuel F. B.

Letter, May 4, 1920

Moore, Inez Macondray

Letter, n.d.

McDuffie, Duncan

4 letters, 1927 & n.d.

McDuffie, Jean (Howard)

8 letters, n.d.

Martin, Walter S.

3 letters, 1923

Mendell, May Janin

59 letters, 1920-1923 & n.d.

Moffitt, Margaret

3 letters, 1929 & n.d.

Montezuma Mountain Ranch School

5 letters, 1916-1926. Two signed by E. A. Rogers, President.

N - Miscellany (Single letter)

Neuhaus, Eugen, 1879-

Letter, Sept. 29, 1917

Nuttall, George Henry Falkiner, 1862-1937

4 letters & cards, Feb.-Dec., 1924

Older, Ora Miranda (Baggerly)

14 letters, 1915-1929

P - Miscellany (Single letter)

Public Education Society of San Francisco

Letter, n.d.

Phelan, James Duval, 1861-1930

13 letters, 1922-1929

Porter, Bruce, 1865-

12 letters, 1913-1918

Preston, Mabel

5 letters, 1922-1927

Pritchard, Zarth H.

4 letters, 1916 & n.d.

Rixford, Emmet, 1865-1938

8 letters, 1928-1929

Robertson, W. J.

3 letters, 1913-1915

S - Miscellany (Single letters)

Serbian Relief Society

Letter, Dec. 24, 1917

Shoup, Paul

Letter, Mar. 23, 1924

Spreckels, Adolph Bernard, 1857-1924

Letter, Jan. 25, 1918

Spreckels, Alma (de Bretteville)

Letter, Jan. 2, 1923

Spreckels, Eleanor

Letter, Sept. 26, n.d.

Spreckels, Oroville

Letter, n.d.

Stern, Rosalie M.

Letter, Aug. 23, 1918 (Mrs. Sigmund Stern)

Sacred Heart Novitiate. Los Gatos

3 letters, 1913-1926

San Francisco. Park Commission

5 letters, 1918-1919

San Francisco Association for the Blind

17 letters, 1913-1920

San Francisco Garden Club

3 letters, 1928-1929

Sanchez, Laura

7 letters, 1917 & n.d.

Sayers, George

3 letters, 1920 & n.d.

Schweim, Mary Elliott

4 letters, n.d.

Scott, Katherine D.

5 letters, 1919-1923

Sembrich, Marcella Stengel, 1858-1935

Card & wire, 1913 & 1918

Sharon, Louise (Tevis) Breckinridge, ca. 1858-1938

185 letters, 1911-1929 & n.d.

Shiels, John Wilson, 1868-1929

Letter & card, 1921 & n.d.

Skinner, Howard

20 letters & card, 1924-1927

Spreckels, Anna S.

2 letters, 1913 & n.d.

Spreckels, Eleanor (Jolliffe)

8 letters, 1924-1927 & n.d.

T - Miscellany (Single letter)

Taber, Louise Eddy, 1890-

Letter, Nov.22, 1921

Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Association

3 letters?, 1915-1927

Tevis, Edith

49 letters, 1910-1924 & n.d.

Tevis, Gordon Blanding

20 letters, 1918-1924

Tevis, Hugh, 1900-

3 letters, 1918-1929

Tevis, Lansing

11 letters, 1918-1929 & n.d.

Tevis, Lloyd, d. 1963

2 letters, n.d.

Tevis, Mabel (Pacheco), d. .1921

7 letters, 1911 & n.d.

Tevis, May

2 letters, Sept.-Oct., 1928

Tevis, Samuel

58 letters, 1908-1928 & n.d.

Tevis, William Sanders

42 letters, 1910-1929 & n.d.

Tevis, William Sanders [Jr.]

62 letters & 8 cards, 1918-1927

Theobald, Annie K.

8 letters, 1926-1929

Theobald, Beverly W.

3 letters, 1926-1927

Thompson, Annie

98 letters, 1911-1929 & n.d.

Thompson, C. L.

12 letters, 1918-1926

Thompson, Florence

4 letters, 1918-1919 & n.d.

Thompson, Harry (Box 12)

74 letters, 1917-1919

Thompson, Harry (Box 13)

50 letters, 1920

54 letters, 1921

41 letters, 1922-1923

53 letters and 7 cards, 1924-1929 & n.d.

Thompson, Helen G.

12 letters, 1918-1921 & n.d.

Thompson, Henriette

22 letters, 1916-1926

Thompson, Joseph

110 letters, 1909-1922

83 letters & 12 cards, 1923-1929 & n.d.

Thompson, Lillie

30 letters, 1917-1929 & n.d.

Thompson, Stanley

10 letters, 1918-1927

Thompson, William

14 letters & card, 1917-1928

Thompson, William Percival

16 letters, 1917-1928 & n.d.

Tighe, Delia J.

29 letters, 1895-1909

25 letters, 1914-1922 & n.d.

Tobin, Mary Dimond

2 letters, n.d.

Train, George Francis

2 letters, 1911-1921

Travelers' Aid Society of California

3 letters, 1915-1917

Turner, Isabelle

2 letters, 1924 & n.d.

Turner, J. P.

23 letters, 1915-1929

Turner, Pauline

2 letters, 1917-1918

Turner, Thomas

3 letters & card, 1920-1928

U Miscellany (single letters)

U. D. C., Jefferson Davis Chapter

card, Sept. 25, 1922

United States Junior Naval Reserve

card, Apr. 9, 1917

Unity School of Christianity

letter, booklet, card, Apr. 1920

Upshur, George L.

invitation, Jan. 1925

V Miscellany (single letters)

Van Denburgh, Elizabeth D.

letter, n.d.

Vanduber, N. F.

letter, June 22, n.d.

Van Eck, A.

letter, May 14, 1917

Van Landt, Charles A.

card, n.d.

Verdier, Paul

telegram, July 12, 1920

Mrs. Wladimir Victoroff

invitation, July, 1928

Vogelgesang, Ernst

post card, Sept. 17, 1914

The Vallance Nursery

2 letters, Apr. 6-30, 1915

Vincent, Maud

3 letters, n.d.

Vogel, Edna Marie

3 letters, 1917-1918 & n.d.

W- Miscellany (Single letter)

Wright, J. W.

Letter, Sept. 20, 1917

Younger, Virginia

3 letters, 1923 & n.d.

Zeile, John

2 letters, 1919-1929