Finding Aid to the Adolph Sutro Papers, 1853-1915
Finding Aid to the Adolph Sutro Papers, 1853-1915
Collection Number: BANC MSS C-B 465
The Bancroft LibraryUniversity of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
- Finding Aid Written By:
- Bancroft Library staff; revised by Alison E. Bridger
- Date Completed:
- May 2007
Scope and Content of Collection
Series 1 Correspondence circa 1864-1897
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Outgoing
Copies and drafts 1864-1897
Letter books (v. 1-26) 1870 May-1877 May
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Letter books (v. 27-42) 1876 Dec.-1890
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Incoming
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B
C
D-G
H-J
K-L
M
N-P
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Sh-Sz
T-Z
Requests for work 1894-1896
Requests for charity 1891-1897
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Series 2 Political Papers 1894-1896
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Mayor of San Francisco 1894-1896
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Series 3 Financial Records 1852-1907
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Accounts
undated
1858-1885
1886-1888
1890-1892
1893-1898
Mortgage notes circa 1872-1896
Tax receipts circa 1872-1896
Sutro Trust Fund 1882
Checks circa 1872-1896
Bank statements circa 1872-1896
Transcripts of cash accounts 1881-1893
Trial balances 1883-1896
Balance sheets 1891-1892
Payrolls for Byfield Plantation 1884-1885
Payrolls for Cliff House Ranch 1890-1907
Payrolls and bids for other San Francisco Property
Receipt and accounts books (v. 49-53) 1852-1863
Series 4 Property 1860-1909
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San Francisco 1865-1897
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Alameda, San Mateo and Napa Counties 1870-1895
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Nevada 1860-1863
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Offers of land for sale (California and Nevada) 1891-1896
San Miguel Ranch
Deeds 1876-1896
Abstract of title 1880
Payrolls 1882-1900
Sutro Heights
Payrolls 1882-1897
Labor reports 1891-1909
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Sutro Library
Payrolls 1900
Applications for jobs 1891-1896
Offers of books and manuscripts for sale.
Sutro Baths
Applications for jobs 1894-1896
Payrolls 1895-1898, 1907-1909
Receipts 1896
Contracts and papers relating to the construction and furnishing of the Baths 1891-1897
Contracts and bids relating to music and entertainment at the Baths 1893-1897
Sutro Railroad
Bids and contracts 1894-1895
Applications for jobs undated
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Maps relating to Sutro, Nevada, and the Comstock Lode; drawings of cross sections of Sutro Tunnel; articles of agreement (blank forms) to be drawn up between the Sutro Tunnel Company and other mining companies.
Rolled blue print profile map of the Sutro Tunnel Company
Series 5 Adolph Sutro's Estate 1898-1915
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Correspondence and legal documents 1898-1915
Accounts of expenditure 1898-1908
Series 6 Sutro Tunnel Company records 1869-1888
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Subseries 6.1 Correspondence 1869-1888
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W.K. Van Alen, as secretary and general agent in San Francisco 1870-1878
Pelham W. Ames, secretary, mainly from the San Francisco office, some copies, some incomplete 1872-1888
Frank S. Young, secretary in Washington, D.C., and Sutro, Nevada 1874-1879
H.S. Safford, assistant superintendent, Sutro, Nevada 1872-1873
F.A. Benjamin, assistant superintendent, Sutro, Nevada 1873-1874
R.S. Raw, accountant 1874-1876
R.S. Raw, assistant superintendent 1876
H.H. Sheldon, accountant 1878-1879
John D. Bethel, foreman 1869-1872
Henry L. Foreman, foreman 1875-1876
John Bluett, foreman 1876-1879
Thomas H. Cox, surgeon and assayer 1876
C.B. Brierly, surgeon 1878
Joshua R. Johnston, telegraph operator 1872-1877
Frank Medina, electrician 1880
Gotthard Haist, engineer 1872
Joseph T. Banks, engineer 1876
Ross E. Browne, assistant engineer 1872
John Anderson, superintendent of machinery 1872-1873
J.E. Gignoux and E. Koch, surveyors 1877-1878
Watchmen for shafts 3-4
Miscellaneous
Cipher books (v. 43-48)
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Subseries 6.2 Other Records 1869-1879, undated
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Constitution, minutes, legal papers, reports and clippings 1869-1879
Accounts
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Series 7 Miscellaneous 1861-1897
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Clippings
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Anti-funding Bill literature
Articles
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Estate of Leah Sutro
Legal papers 1861-1897
Letters relating to inventions
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Invitations, tickets and other miscellany
A Miscellany
Alexander, Barton Stone, 1819-1878
1 letter, Sept. 26, 1872
American Railway Union
1 letter, Dec. 10, 1894
Anderson, John Jacob, 1821-1906
1 letter, Nov. 12, 1894
Ashley, Delos Rodeyn, 1828-1873
1 letter, May 25, 1867
Attwood, Melville
1 letter, Jan. 14, 1895
Adams, Edward Dean, 1846-1931
21 letters, 1877-1879. Relate to financial transactions concerning stock in the Sutro Tunnel Co.
Adler, Cyrus, 1863-1940
2 letter, 1890-1891
Albert, William I.
2 letters, 1871
Alvord, William, 1833-1904
3 letters, 1891-1895
American Industrial Union of the United States, Canada and Mexico
2 letters, 1895
American Labor Bureau, San Francisco
3 letters, 1894-1895
American Railway Union. Local no. 345, San Francisco
5 letters, 1894-1896
Ames, Pelham W.
See Sutro Tunnel Company, Nev.
Anderson, Jerome A.
2 letters, 1895
Anderson, John
See Sutro Tunnel Company, Nev.
Anderson, N. B.
6 letters, 1865-1866. Relate to contracts for the Sutro Tunnel Company.
Anderson, Winslow, d. 1917
2 letters, 1894-1895
Aron, Joseph
385 letters, 1870-1879. Relate mainly to Sutro Tunnel affairs.
B Miscellany
Bandmann, Julius, 1825-
1 letter, June 26, 1865
Bell, Thomas, 1819 or 1820-1892
1 letter, Dec. 24, 1867
Bismarck-Schönhausen, Otto Eduard Leopold, fürst von, 1815-1898
1 letter, Oct. 28, 1867. In which is stated that Bismarck will not be able to see Sutro owing to press of business.
Bonté, John Harmon C., d. 1896
1 letter, May 25, 1896
Booth, Newton, 1825-1892
1 letter, Feb. 17, 1891. Copy only.
Bowen, Francis, 1811-1890
1 letter, Dec. 23, 1867
Braun, Max
1 letter, Oct. 14, 1867. Written as Chief Engineer of the Société des Mines et Fonderies de Zinc de la Vieille Montagne, approving the Sutro Tunnel idea.
Budd, Joseph H., 1822-1902
1 letter, May 4, 1895. Concerning the silver question.
Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912
1 letter, Mar. 23, 1893
Banks, Joseph T.
See Sutro Tunnel Company, Nev.
Barry, Thomas F.
2 letters, 1895-1896
Bassett, J. M.
3 letters, 1894-1895
Beseler, Charles V.
4 letters, 1878-1879
Bethel, John D.
See Sutro Tunnel Company, Nev.
Black, Jeremiah Sullivan, 1810-1883
8 letters, 1874-1878. One undated letter is a copy, addressed to Judge Heydenfeldt.
Bluett, John
See Sutro Tunnel Company, Nev.
Borchers, E.
2 letters, 1867. Relate to mining problems. In German.
Branner, John Casper, 1850-1922
2 letters, 1895
Brierly, C. B.
See Sutro Tunnel Company, Nev.
Brown, A. J.
2 letters, 1874. Relate to Independent Party in Nevada
Browne, Ross E.
See Sutro Tunnel Company, Nev.
Brush, Charles W.
191 letters, 1872-1879. Relate to Sutro Tunnel Company affairs.
Budd, James Herbert, 1853-1908
3 letters, 1894
Burkart, Josef, 1798-1874
2 letters, 1867. Relate to the Sutro Tunnel. In German.
Burr, George Lincoln, 1857-1938
2 letters, 1892. Relate to the Sutro Library.
C Miscellany
California. Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, Berkeley
1 letter, Apr. 6, 1896
Cannon, George Quayle, 1827-1901
1 letter, Sept. 30, 1893
Christy, Samuel Benedict, 1853-1914
1 letter, Sept. 26, 1892
Church, Edward Bentley, 1844-1904
1 letter, Mar. 29, 1895
Churchill, John Charles, 1821-1905
1 letter, July 13, 1878
Cole, Cornelius
1 letter, June 1867
Comstock, Anna (Botford), 1854-1930
1 letter, Apr. 28, 1892. Relates to George Lincoln Burr.
Connor, Patrick Edward, 1820-1891
1 letter, July 15, 1867
Corbett, Henry Winslow, 1827-1903
1 letter, May 26, 1867
Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899
1 letter, Mar. 26, 1892
Carlyle, Robert G.
14 letters, 1865-1871. Relate to maps and reports for the Sutro Tunnel.
Cator, Thomas Vincent, 1851-1920
2 letters, 1894-1895
Chevalier, Michel, 1806-1879
3 letters, 1867. Relate to the Sutro Tunnel.
Chilstrom, P. O.
5 letters, 1894-1895. 1894 letters relate to the Peoples' Party and to Sutro's stand against the Southern Pacific.
Clements, G. M.
17 letters, 1873-1875. Concerning legal aspects of the Sutro Tunnel Company.
Cleveland, Charles D.
2 letters, 1894
Collier, B. K.
3 letters, 1894-1895. 1894 letter offers assistance in fight against the Funding Bill.
Condict, George Herbert, 1862-1934
3 letters, 1894. Relate to bid for storage battery plant at Cliff House.
Cooper, Sarah Brown (Ingersoll), 1836-1896
8 letters, 1892-1895
Cotta, Bernhard von, 1808-1879
2 letters, 1867. Relate to Sutro Tunnel. In German.
Coulter, George T.
56 letters, 1869-1880. Relate to the financing of the Sutro Tunnel Company.
Courser, H. P.
4 letters, 1876. Relate to politics in Nevada.
Couzins, Phoebe W.
14 letters, 1894-1895. Apr. 18, 1895, letter is incomplete.
Cox, Thomas H.
See Sutro Tunnel Company, Nev.
Coyle, John F.
2 letters, 1894-1896. Relate to fight against the Southern Pacific Railroad.
D Miscellany
Darwin, Charles B.
1 letter, May 1, 1896
Daubrée, Auguste, 1814-1896
1 letter, Nov. 21, 1867. Relates to the Sutro Tunnel. In French.
Doyle, John Thomas, 1819-1906
1 letter, June 19, 1895
Dahlgren, Charles Bunker
3 letters, 1871-1878. Pertain to mining in Mexico and Arizona.
Davidson, George, 1825-1911
4 letters, 1892
Davie, John L., 1850-1934
2 letters, 1895
Day, John
13 letters, 1865-1886. Some written as Surveyor General, Nevada.
Dechen, Heinrich, 1800-1889
2 letters, 1867. Concerning Sutro Tunnel and other similar mining problems. In German.
Drinker, Henry Sturgis, 1850-1937
7 letters, 1876-1879. Letter of July 17, 1877, incomplete.
E Miscellany
Earl, John O.
1 letter, June 28, 1862
Edgecomb, Joseph A.
1 letter, June 24, 1895. Against the appointment of James D. Phelan to Election Commission.
Eisen, Gustavus Augustus, 1847-1940
1 letter, Sept. 17, 1892
Elzas, Barnett Abraham, 1867-1936
1 letter, Feb. 28, 1894
Evans, Henry, 1860-1924
1 letter, Feb. 23, 1895
Ewing, Calvin
1 letter, May 26, 1894
Eckart, W. R.
2 letters, 1879-1895. 1879 letter relates to engines for the Sutro Tunnel.
Edison, Thomas Alva, 1847-1931
3 letters, 1879. Relate to supplying power for the Sutro Tunnel Company.
Ellert, Levi R.
3 letters, 1893-1894. Written as Mayor of San Francisco.
Ellis, James M.
3 letters, 1895
F Miscellany
Farmers' alliance manufacturing and mercantile association
1 letter, Feb. 29, 1896
Fernald, Chester Bailey, 1869-1938
1 letter, no date (ca. 1894?)
Field, Stephen Johnson, 1816-1899
1 letter, June 11, 1854
Ford, Tirey Lafayette, 1857-
1 letter, Dec. 28, 1894
Fox, Charles N.
1 letter, July 23, 1891. Addressed to Mrs. Caroline Sharp
Fraser, E. J.
1 letter, Apr. 22, 1874. Copy of letter to Carl Schurz relating to the Negley Amendment and mining interests.
Freud, J. Richard
1 letter, August 17, 1895
Florence Crittenton Home, San Francisco
2 letters, 1895-1896
Foltz, Clara (Shortridge)
2 letters, 1894-1895
Foreman, Henry L.
See Sutro Tunnel Company, Nev.
Foster, John Gray, 1823-1874
2 letters, 1871-1874
Freshfields & Williams, London
14 letters, 1873-1875. Include copies of letters to G. M. Clements. Relate to Sutro Tunnel Company prospectus.
G Miscellany
Gibbon, John, 1827-1896
1 letter, Apr. 1, 1891
Gilman, B.
1 letter, June 22, 1879. Written for Chollar Mining Company.
Green, Samuel Swett, 1837-
1 letter, Dec. 13, 1892
Greene, Edward Lee, 1843-1915
1 letter, Aug. 1, 1892
George, Julia, d. 1944
4 letters, 1895-1896
George, Julius, 1833-1880
9 letters, 1853-1854
Gignoux, J. E.
See Sutro Tunnel Company, Nev.
Ginn, John I.
3 letters, 1874. Relate to politics in Nevada.
Goff, George Paul
2 letters, 1895
Griffin, George Butler, 1839-
6 letters, 1891-1892
H Miscellany
Hale, William E.
1 letter, May 5, 1866
Harris, Josiah
1 letter, June 8, 1867
Harrison, M. B.
1 letter, May 19, 1879
Haskell, Burnette Gregor, 1857-1907
1 letter, Oct. 9, 1896
Healey, Thomas M.
1 letter, Jan. 10, 1879
Henley, Barclay, 1843-1914
1 letter, Sept. 25, 1895
Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878
1 letter, June 2, 1876. Written as the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
Hilborn, Samuel G.
1 letter, Aug. 25, 1895
Hilgers, ?
1 letter, Nov. 28, 1867. Relates to the Sutro Tunnel. In German.
Hittell, John Sherzer, 1825-1901
1 letter, Nov. 7, 1865
Hittell, Theodore Henry, 1830-1917
1 letter, Feb. 14, 1896
Howard, Oliver Otis, 1830-1909
1 letter, Dec. 8, 1894
Hoyt, James T.
1 letter, Mar. 26, 1874. To Joseph Aron.
Hunt, Thomas Sterry, 1826-1892
1 letter, Dec. 5, 1877
Huntington, Henry Edwards, 1850-1927
1 letter, Oct. 19, 1893
Haist, Gotthard
See Sutro Tunnel Company, Nev.
Hale, William Henry, 1840-1919
2 letters, 1894
Halpreuner, W. S.
2 letters, 1894-1895
Hanmore, H. B.
12 letters, 1874-1894. Relate mainly to the Sutro Tunnel Company. Include drafts of 5 articles about the Sutro Tunnel.
Hansbrough, G. W.
17 letters, 1892-1893. Reports on work progress on construction of the Sutro Baths.
Hansen, George, 1824-
3 letters, 1894-1896
Harris, C. N.
3 letters, 1879. Relate to locations made near Mount Davidson, Nevada.
Harrison, A. O.
39 letters, 1891-1898. Written as foreman, Sutro Heights. Include some reports.
Herricks, George R.
3 letters, 1895-1896
Highton, Henry E., 1836-
3 letters, 1895-1896
Hoffman, Charles T.
4 letters, 1879-1880. Relate to the Sutro Tunnel.
Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914
8 letters, 1888-1895
Hopkins, Caspar Thomas, 1826-1893
2 letters, 1878-1879
Hudson, William Henry, 1841-1922
2 letters, 1892
J Miscellany
Jones, John Percival, 1829-1912
1 letter, Nov. 12, 1895
Julia Consolidated Mining Company
1 letter, Oct. 13, 1879
Janin, Louis, 1837-1914
41 letters, 1865-1891. Relate to Sutro Tunnel Company affairs.
Johnston, Joshua R., d. 1878
See Sutro Tunnel Company, Nev.
Jonas, M. G.
5 letters, 1895-1896. Some written as Pacific Coast Manager for the United Press.
Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931
3 telegrams, 1892-1893
Julian, George Washington, 1817-1899
2 letters, 1879-1894
K Miscellany
Keith, Nathaniel Shepard, 1838-1925
1 letter, Oct. 19, 1891
Kerr, Mark Brickwell, 1860-1917
1 letter, Nov. 9, 1894
Kerrigan, Frank Henry, 1868-1935
1 letter, July 29, 1895
Kinkead, John Henry, 1826-1904
1 letter, Feb. 5, 1865
Knox, John Jay, 1828-1892
1 letter, Dec. 27, 1872
Kelley, William Darrah, 1814-1890
2 letters, 1878-1879
Kellogg, Martin, 1828-1903
2 letters, 1892-1893
Kenaday, Alexander McConnell
6 letters, 1871-1874
Kendall, Charles West, 1828-1914
3 letters, 1871-1874
Kirkpatrick & Stephens, Virginia City
9 letters, 1879. Relate to the Sutro Tunnel Company, Nev.
Koch, E.
See Sutro Tunnel Company, Nev.
Krauskopf, Joseph, 1858-1923
4 letters, 1892-1895. Concern Jewish Publications Society and the establishment of the National Farm School.
L Miscellany
Lathrop, Henry Burrowes, 1867-
1 letter, Oct. 26, 1895
Lawson, Andrew Cowper, 1861-1952
1 letter, June 6, 1892
Lees, Isaiah Wrigley, 1830-1902
1 letter, Mar. 28, 1896
Lefferts, Marshall, 1821-1876
1 letter, Dec. 17, 1872
Lentz, John Jacob, 1856-1931
1 letter, Mar. 21, 1897
Loryea, A. M.
1 letter, Nov. 24, 1891
Low, Frederick Ferdinand, 1828-1894
1 letter, Dec. 31, 1877
Luce, Stephen Bleecker, 1827-1917
1 letter June 18, 1892
Lynch, Jeremiah, 1849-1917
1 letter, Jan. 7, 1878. Relate to mining interests in Nevada.
Lawrence, William, 1819-1879
2 letters, 1869-1894
Lazard Frères
13 letters, 1874-1880
Lazarus, M.
2 letters, 1867-1879
Le Conte, Joseph, 1823-1901
3 letters, 1893-1895
Little, William C.
6 letters, 1894-1897. Written as agent for Sutro.
Lynch, Edward
2 letters, 1887-1891
M Miscellany
McCullough, Ernest, 1867-1931
1 letter, Aug. 2, 1895
McKee, David Ritchie, 1842-1924
1 letter, June 21, 1871
McKinstry, Elisha Williams
1 letter, Feb. 18, 1896
MacLean, J. D.
1 letter, Dec. 11, 1894. Written as editor of the Populist newspaper, the Daily Tribune of Spokane, Washington.
McMeans, S. H.
1 letter, Feb. 19, 1876
McSwain, J. F.
1 letter, Feb. 10, 1896. Concerning the Peoples' Party candidate, E. M. Gibson.
Mansfield, Howard, 1849-1938
1 letter, June 23, 1888
Marye, George Thomas, 1849-
1 letter, Sept. 15, 1877
Matthews, William
1 letter, Nov. 11, 1891
Melliss, David Ernest, 1848-1913
1 letter, May 20, 1885
Melvill, J. H.
1 letter, Jan. 22, 1897
Mills, Darius Ogden, 1825-1910
1 letter, Dec. 23, 1878
Morgan, John Tyler, 1824-1907
1 letter, Apr. 28, 1896
Morrison, George Howard
1 letter, Aug. 8, 1888
McCalmont Bros. & Co., London
11 letters, 1874-1879. Relate to Sutro Tunnel Company stock.
McGrath, Thomas H.
4 letters, 1876. Relate to Sutro Tunnel Company politics.
McKinne, Barna
44 letters, 1891-1897. Relate to work on Park Lane Tract and other San Francisco property.
McKisick, L. D.
4 letters, 1896
Maguire, James George, 1853-1920
6 letters, 1894-1897. 1896 letters relate to the Funding Bill.
Manning, John
2 letters, 1875. Relate to the failure of Sutro's newspaper, the Independent.
Manson, Marsden, 1850-1931
3 letters, 1893-1894. The 1893 letter is a copy only.
Marlette, S. H.
2 letters, 1865-1878
Mechanics Institute, San Francisco
2 letters, 1896
Medina, Frank
See Sutro Tunnel Company, Nev.
Mercer, Frank B.
2 letters, 1878-1894?. 1878 letter relates to the Independent.
Merchants' Association, San Francisco
10 letters, 1895-1896
Merritt, Emma Laura (Sutro), 1856-1938
8 letters, 1875-1894. The telegrams, 1875-1878, were written as Emma L. Sutro.
See also correspondence relating to the Sutro Estate, Box 41.
Merritt George W.
31 letters, 1884-1892. Mainly reports concerning Sutro's San Francisco property.
See also letterbooks and reports, v. 40-41, in Carton 2.
Merritt, Mrs. George W.
See Merritt, Emma Laura (Sutro), 1856-1938
Meyer, Daniel
53 letters, 1862-1863. Relating to financial matters. Mainly in German.
Meyer, Jonas
2 letters, 1863
Monteith, George W.
2 letters, 1896. Relate to the Funding Bill.
Moore, Elliott J.
23 letters, 1872-1897. Written as Sutro's lawyer. Early letters relate to Sutro Tunnel Company affairs.
Moore, John Q.
4 letters, 1879. Relate to the Comstock mines.
Moore, Joseph H.
23 letters, 1889-1897. Mainly relate to legal aspects of San Francisco property.
Morgan, Ben
2 letters, 1894
Moses, Bernard, 1846-1930
4 letters, 1895-1896
Moss, George, d. 1898
18 letters, 1890-1897. Some relate to the Sutro Library.
Murdock, Charles Albert, 1841-1928
2 letters, 1896
N Miscellany
Northrop, Birdsey Grant, 1817-1898
1 letter, July 20, 1888
Nye, James Warren, 1814-1876
1 letter, July 16, 1867. Giving his approval of the Sutro Tunnel Company.
Neal, David Dalhoff, 1838-1915
6 letters, 1890-1896
Newall, R. S.
2 letters, 1876-1878
Newberry, F. T.
22 letters, 1888-1895. Relate to Sutro's San Francisco property.
Newcomb, W.
3 letters, 1871-1876
Noyes, Crosby Stuart, 1825-1908
2 letters, 1896
O Miscellany
Orcutt, Charles Russell, 1864-
1 letter, May 29, 1891
O'Brien, Thomas V.
4 letters, 1894-1895
Olcott, James B.
6 letters, 1895-1896. Relate to turf grass.
Osborne, J. D'Arcy
31 letters, 1890-1894. Written as Secretary to Sutro.
P Miscellany
Patton, W. H.
1 letter, Feb. 9, 1880. Written as Superintendent of the G & C Shaft.
Paul, Almarin B.
1 letter, Mar. 14, 1865
Perkins, George Clement, 1839-1923
1 letter, n.d.
Pingree, Hazen Stuart, 1840-1901
1 telegram, Feb. 27, 1895
Pixley, Frank
1 letter, Sept. 24, 1891
Plant, Henry Bradley, 1819-1899
1 letter, May 18, 1896
Pollock, P.
1 letter, Jan. 10, 1866. Relates to the Sutro Tunnel.
Poston, Charles Debrill, 1825-1902
1 letter, Nov. 9, 1894
Poujade, J.
1 letter, May 4, 1896
Paine, Halbert Eleazar, 1826-1905
4 letters, 1873-1874
Patten, Dan
23 letters, 1894-1897. Mainly relate to Calistoga.
Perkins, Frederic Beecher, 1828-1899
22 letters, 1886-1896. Mainly relate to the Funding Bill. Draft of laws for Sutro Library attached to letter of Jan. 1, 1893. Also draft of biographical sketch of Sutro.
Phelan, James Duval, 1861-1930
3 letters, 1897. 2 written as Mayor of San Francisco.
Phelps, Charles Henry, 1853-1933
2 letters, 1893
Pitchford, John B.
12 letters, 1876-1891. Relate mainly to Sutro Tunnel engineering problems.
Pondir, John
4 letters, 1877-1879. 1878 letter addressed to Joseph Aron, with note from Aron to Sutro appended. Relate mainly to Sutro Tunnel Company stock.
Poole, William Frederick, 1821-1894
3 letters, 1891
Protois, E. A.
5 letters, 1866
R Miscellany
Ralston, William Chapman, 1826-1875
1 letter, Sept. 15, 1866
Raymond, John Howard, 1814-1878
1 letter, Mar. 2, 1876
Remsen, Daniel Smith, 1853-1935
1 letter, Feb. 27, 1896
Rittinger, Peter, ritter von, 1811-1872
1 letter, Nov. 7, 1867
Robertson, J. Barr
1 letter, Nov. 3, 1877
Rodgers, Arthur, 1848-
1 letter, May 27, 1893
Rand, Addison Crittenden, 1841-1900
5 letters, 1878
Raw, R. S.
See Sutro Tunnel Company, Nev.
Raymond, Rossiter Worthington, 1840-1918
3 letters, 1871-1878
Redding, Joseph Deighn, 1859-
2 letters, 1891-1894
Requa, Isaac Lawrence, 1828-1905
4 letters, 1878-1879. Written as Superintendent of the Chollar Norcross Savage Shaft Company.
Rice, John Hovey, 1816-1911
4 letters, 1871-1876
Richards, John, 1834-
12 letters, 1891-1896
Richthofen, Ferdinand Paul Wilhelm, freiherr von, 1833-
7 letters, 1865-1867. Relate to the Sutro Tunnel Company.
Ritter, William Emerson, 1856-1944
2 letters, 1892-1894
Robbins, James J.
4 letters, 1874
Roehrig, Frederic Louis Otto, 1819-1908
3 letters, 1892-1897
Rogers, James Taylor
8 letters, 1895-1896. Secretary to Sutro, as Mayor of San Francisco.
Romeike, Henry, 1855-1903
4 letters, 1896-1897
Rothwell, Richard Pennefeather, 1836-1901
2 letters, 1878
S Miscellany
Salmon, Lucy Maynard, 1853-1927
1 letter, Feb. 26, 1896
Sawyer, A. F.
1 letter, July 8, [1894?]
Sawyer, Ebenezer D.
1 letter, Aug 12, 1897
Sbarbaro, Andrea, 1839-1923
1 letter, Nov. 7, 1894
Scaniker, S. P.
1 letter, Apr. 24, 1879
Scheel, Fritz, 1852-1907
1 letter, Apr. 20, 1896
Scott, Irving Murray, 1837-1903
1 letter, Aug. 6, 1888
Senator Mining Company
1 letter, Dec. 13, 1878
Sessions, David R.
1 letter, Jan. 2, 1892
Shannon, Thomas Bowles, 1827-1896
1 letter, May 21, 1891
Sheldon, Mark, 1829-1902
1 letter, Apr. 20, 1896
Sheridan, Michael Vincent, 1840-1918
1 letter, Oct. 19, 1875
Slack, Charles W., 1858-
1 letter, Feb. 28, 1895
Smith, Emory Evans
1 letter, Apr. 21, 1896
Spaulding, Nathan Weston 1829-
1 letter, June 20, 1895
Specht, George J.
1 letter, July 16, 1878
Spreckels, Claus, 1828-1908
1 letter, Feb. 11, 1895
Stevenson, John White, 1812-1886
1 telegram, June 1, 1874
Stow, William W., 1824-1895
1 letter, June 2, 1892
Safford, H. S.
See Sutro Tunnel Company, Nev.
San Francisco. Board of supervisors
10 letters, 1891-1897. Relate mainly to the resolutions of the Board.
San Francisco. Superintendent of streets
2 letters, 1895
San Francisco Examiner
3 letters, 1894-1896
Savage Consolidated Mining Company
8 letters, 1878-1879
Schussler, Hermann
6 letters, 1872-1896. Mainly relate to engineering problems of the Sutro Tunnel. 1896 letter written for the Spring Valley Water Company.
Seculovich, Peter T.
6 letters, 1895-1896
Seligman (J. & W.) & Co.
22 letters, 1871-1876
Sessions, E. C.
2 letters, 1888-1891
Sharp, William H.
3 letters, 1871-1876. Relate to the Sutro Tunnel Company.
Shaw, Charles P.
4 letters, 1871. Relate to the Sutro Tunnel Company.
Shay, Frank
4 letters, 1888-1896
Sheldon, H. H.
See Sutro Tunnel Company
Shellabarger & Wilson, Washington, D.C.
27 letters, 1875-1888. As attorneys of the Sutro Tunnel Company.
Silliman, Benjamin, 1816-1885
3 letters, 1866-1878
Simonton, James William, 1823-1882
4 letters, 1876-1879
Smith, James Francis, 1859-1928
2 letters, 1896-1897
Steinhart, Ignatius
3 letters, 1872
See also Seligman (J. & W.) & Co.
Stephens, B. A. C.
2 letters, 1894-1896
Stewart, William Morris, 1827-1909
3 telegrams, 1866-1867. and one letter, Aug. 9, 1866.
Straka, Hugo
10 letters, 1893-1897. Mainly as agent for Sutro, relating to San Francisco property.
Stretch, Richard Henry
8 letters, 1866-1867. Relate to model of Sutro Tunnel.
Struve, Otto [Wilhelm], 1819-1905
4 letters, 1888
Sumner, Charles Allen, 1835-1903
96 letters, 1867-1897. 1896-1897 letters concern Funding and Commission Bills.
Sutro, Edgar E.
10 letters, 1887-1896. Mainly written as purchasing agent and inspector for Sutro Baths and Sutro Railroad Co.
Sutro, Florence (Clinton), 1865-1906
2 letters, 1894
Sutro, Theodore, 1845-1927
11 letters, 1872-1896
Sutro Tunnel Company, Nev.
6 boxes (2394 letters, 1869-1888)
See the key to arrangement.
Symons, Harry S.
4 letters, 1874-1876
Sypher, J. Hale
2 letters, 1894
T Miscellany
Taylor, Charles Fremont, 1856-1919
1 letter, Mar. 17, 1896
Technical Society of the Pacific Coast, San Francisco
1 letter, June 23, 1891
Terrill, Charles C.
1 letter, June 15, 1895
Thomas, R. L.
1 letter, May 20, 1879
Thompson, Seymour Dwight, 1842-1904
1 letter, Feb. 8, 1896
Tillman, Benjamin Ryan, 1847-1918
1 letter, Feb. 6, 1896
Todd, Albert May, 1850-1931
1 letter, Mar. 22, 1897
Trumbull, Lyman, 1813-1896
1 letter, May 26, 1879
Turner, John
1 letter, Oct. 3, 1874
Treadwell, J. W.
2 letters, 1895-1896
Troutt, James M.
2 letters, 1894-1895
U Miscellany
Union League Club, San Francisco
1 letter, May 17, 1895
U.S. Library of Congress
1 letter, May 13, 1868
U.S. Surveyor General for Nevada
1 letter, Apr. 17, 1876
U.S. War Dept.
1 letter, Sept. 29, 1891
U.S. Engineer's Office
7 letters, 1878-1894
U.S. General Land Office
5 letters, 1866-1878. 1878 letter has note by Shellabarger & Wilson on verso. Letter of Aug. 1, 1866, is in oversize portfolio and includes a preliminary plot of land withdrawn for the Sutro Tunnel
U.S. Geological Survey
2 letters, 1887-1888
U.S. Land Office. Carson City, Nevada
2 letters, 1872
U.S. Surveyor General for California
2 letters, 1865. Signed by Lauren Upson.
U.S. Treasury Dept.
2 letters, 1888-1896
Unsworth, A. C.
20 letters, 1888-1896. Mainly written as private secretary to Sutro.
V Miscellany
Van Duzer, Abraham P.
1 letter, Mar. 4, 1895
Van Alen, W. K.
See Sutro Tunnel Company, Nev.
Von Rhein (Otto F.) & Co., San Francisco
15 letters, 1893-1897
Von Schmidt, A. W.
2 letters, 1896
W Miscellany
Wallace, Thomas
1 letter, June 7, 1876. To Joseph Aron, with note from Joseph Aron to Sutro pencilled on verso.
Wallace, William T.
1 letter, Mar. 28, 1895
Washington Club, San Francisco
1 letter, June 26, 1895
Weeks, Stephen Beauregard, 1865-1918
1 letter, May 3, 1897
Wheeler, Harold
1 letter, July 23, 1892
Whitehouse, Frederic Cope, 1842-1911
1 letter, Apr. 3, 1897
Wiegand, Conrad
1 letter, Mar. 3, 1876
Wildman, Rounsevelle, 1864-1901
1 letter, Feb. 14, 1895
Wilkin, S.
1 letter, July 16, 1878. In protest of hours in Shaft no. 2 at Sutro Tunnel.
Williams, John J.
1 letter, July 6, 1876
Wingfield, John Henry Ducachet, d. 1898
1 letter, July 15, 1878. Written as Rector, Saint Mary of the Pacific.
Woodward, Calvin Milton, 1837-1914
1 letter, July 22, 1881
Wooldridge, Charles William, 1847-1908
1 letter, Sept. 21, 1895
Walton, W. F.
2 letters, 1874-1894
Waymire, James A.
2 letters, 1894-1895
Wederkind, Carl O.
5 letters, 1875-1876. Feb. 22, 1875 letter written as engineer of the Sutro Tunnel Company.
Weil, A.
4 letters, 1872-1879
Weinstock, Harris, 1854-1922
2 letters, 1892
White, Alfred Stamford, 1866-
11 letters, 1897
White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918
6 letters, 1892-1893. Relate to the Sutro Library.
Wicks, M. L.
3 letters, 1891
Williams, Peter
7 letters, 1873-1875. Relate to the Sutro Tunnel Company stock.
See also Freshfields & Williams.
Wilson, Jeremiah Morrow, 1828-1901
3 letters, 1876-1887
See also Shellabarger & Wilson.
Winslow, Lanier & Co., New York
24 letters, 1878-1888. Relate mainly to Inwood property. 1878 letter is a form letter.
Winton, N. W.
3 letters, 1865
Woodruff, Edwin Hamlin, 1862-1941
3 letters, 1892. As librarian, Stanford University.
Woods, W. L.
4 letters, 1874-1878
Y Miscellany
Yale, Charles Gregory
1 letter, Feb. 13, 1895
Young, John Philip, 1849-1921
1 letter, Jan. 24, 1895
Yerington, Henry M.
5 letters, 1876-1878. Relate to lumber for the Sutro Tunnel Company.
Young, Charles Sumner
2 letters, 1895-1896
Young, Frank S.
See Sutro Tunnel Company, Nev.