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Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984.

Biography/Organization History

San Francisco-born photographer, known for his images of natural beauty in Yosemite and other American wilderness settings, and his activity in movements for environmental preservation.
 

Guest speaker Ansel Adams of Carmel, California, at the Annual Meeting of the Friends of the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley Campus. May 14, 1967 POR: Adams, Ansel:1

Additional Note

The book under his arm is entitled: "Valley of Salt, Memories of Wine" by Louis Nusbaumer, edited by George Koenig.
 

Clark Kerr, Ansel Adams and Joel Hildebrand [Charter Day, Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley]. 1961 POR: Adams, Ansel:2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Photograph by Pirkle Jones.
 

Ansel Adams, Albert Bender, Virginia Adams. 1930? POR: Adams, Ansel:3

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Ansel Adams [with camera]. 1947 POR: Adams, Ansel:4

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Photograph by Ed Grainey, Alaska,.
 

Ansel Easton Adams. POR: Adams, Ansel:6

 

Adrian Wilson and Ansel Adams [conversing at desk]. July 1974 POR: Adams, Ansel:12

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Ansel Adams, left, and two other men at a worktable.] POR: Adams, Ansel:13

 

[Ansel Adams at Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve dedication.] 1978 POR: Adams, Ansel:18

Additional Note

Photo by N.H. (Dan) Cheatham.
 

Adler, Kurt Herbert, 1905-1988.

Biography/Organization History

Viennese-born conductor and General Director of the San Francisco Opera from 1957-1981.
 

Kurt Herbert Adler, general director of the San Francisco Opera, conducts the company's new production of Verdi's "Un Ballo in Maschera." 1977? POR: Adler, Kurt Herbert:1

Additional Note

National Public Radio member stations are broadcasting the company's entire 1977 Fall Season.
 

[Kurt Herbert Adler, autographed on the front by Adler, San Francisco.] 1977 POR: Adler, Kurt Herbert:2

 

Afro-American Council

 

Afro-American Council members gathered for thirteenth annual meeting. 1907 POR: Afro-American Council:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Alvarado, Juan Bautista, 1809-1882.

Biography/Organization History

12th Mexican governor of California (1836-1842), a native-born Californian, who aimed at establishing a state free of Mexican rules and ties.
 

[Juan Bautista Alvarado.] POR: Alvarado, Juan Bautista:1 c. 2

 

Angellotti, Frank M., 1861-1932.

Biography/Organization History

California Supreme Court Justice.
 

[Portrait of Frank M. Angellotti]. circa 1920 POR: Angellotti, Frank M.:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Anzar, Padre

Biography/Organization History

The last Franciscan assigned to Mission San Juan Bautista.
 

[Portrait of Padre Anzar reading]. circa 1850? POR: Anzar, Padre:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Photographic copy, probably from a daguerreotype.
 

Arguello, Santiago

 

[Portrait of Santiago Arguello]. 1860-1861 RESTRICTED POR: Arguello, Santiago:1

Additional Note

Miniature oil portrait by Mrs. Caroline Hartman.
 

Aspinwall, William Henry, 1807-1875.

Biography/Organization History

New York trader who helped found the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. in 1848 and a railway across the Isthmus of Panama, which gave him and his colleagues a monopoly on an expedient shipping route from New York to San Francisco prior to the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869.
 

Wm. H. Aspinwall, the Founder and First President of the P.M.S.S. [Pacific Mail Steamship] Co. POR: Aspinwall, William Henry:1

Additional Note

Bradley & Rulofson, Photographers, S.F. [San Francisco]
 

Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn, 1857-1948.

Biography/Organization History

San Francisco-raised writer of dramatic fiction, some of which is set in California from Spanish times to the 20th century; her many works include (1898), (1894), (1912), (1931), and (1945).
 

[Portrait of Gertrude Atherton with autograph.] 1916 POR: Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn:5

 

Gertrude Atherton, aged 2. POR: Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn:7

 

[Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton.] POR: Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn:11

 

[Gertrude Atherton given honorary degree of doctor of laws at Mills College 50 year jubilee commencement services.] June 1935 POR: Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn:19

Additional Note

"This picture reproduced in S.F. [San Francisco] Examiner, June 11, 1935."
 

Austin, Mary Hunter, 1868-1934.

Biography/Organization History

Writer who helped establish the artists' colony in Carmel. She wrote on a variety of topics, including women, socialism, religion, and Native American culture; her works include (1912), (1919), (1911), and the autobiographical (1932).
 

[Portrait of Mary Hunter Austin.] POR: Austin, Mary Hunter:1

 

Mary Austin and Diego Rivera - Cuernevaca. c. 1932 POR: Austin, Mary Hunter:7

 

Mary Austin at the Pecietente Cross at Pilar. POR: Austin, Mary Hunter:10

 

[Mary Hunter Austin sitting next to a treee.] POR: Austin, Mary Hunter:14

 

Bacon, H.D.

 

H.D. Bacon. POR: Bacon, H.D.:2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 print

Additional Note

Engraved by A.H. Ritchie, expressly for W. Alvin Lloyd's Steam-boat & Railroad Guide.
 

Bade, William Frederic, 1871-1936.

Biography/Organization History

Professor of Old Testament literature and various languages who became an activist in the Sierra Club and an editor of books on conservationist John Muir.
 

[William Frederic Bade.] POR: Bade, William Frederic:1

 

Baldwin, Elias Jackson, 1828-1909.

Biography/Organization History

Arrived in San Francisco in 1853, entered the hotel business, and went on to make a fortune in bricks, real estate, and the stock market. He built the San Francisco hotel and theater bearing his name and the Santa Anita Rancho in the San Gabriel Valley, with vineyards and the largest racing stable in the U.S.
 

[Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin.] POR: Baldwin, Elias Jackson:1

 

Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918.

Biography/Organization History

Ohio-born book seller and collector who moved to California and began collecting Pacific Coast-related materials for an encyclopedia, which turned into thousands of books, manuscripts, maps, periodicals, etc.; they were centered around the history of California and the West, Mexico and Central America, Canada, and Alaska. His collections, along with his own historical writings, became The Bancroft Library, which he sold to the University of California, Berkeley in 1905.
 

[Portrait of Hubert Howe Bancroft, standing holding top hat and cane]. POR: Bancroft, Hubert Howe:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (cabinet card format)
 

[Collage of Hubert Howe Bancroft family portraits]. POR: Bancroft, Hubert Howe:2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (cabinet card format)
 

[Bust-length portrait of Hubert Howe Bancroft with autograph]. POR: Bancroft, Hubert Howe:5

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (cabinet card format)
 

[Bust-length portrait of Hubert Howe Bancroft]. POR: Bancroft, Hubert Howe:7

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (cabinet card format)

Additional Note

Photograph of a print by Fred Gates, 1883.
 

[Bust-length portrait of Hubert Howe Bancroft]. POR: Bancroft, Hubert Howe:12

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (cabinet card format)

Additional Note

Photograph by Bradley and Rulofson Studio, San Francisco.
 

[Bust-length portrait of Hubert Howe Bancroft]. POR: Bancroft, Hubert Howe:14

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 print
 

[Portrait of Hubert Howe Bancroft]. 1852 POR: Bancroft, Hubert Howe:15 c. 2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (cabinet card format)

Additional Note

W.J. Root, photographer.
 

[Bust-length portrait of Hubert Howe Bancroft]. POR: Bancroft, Hubert Howe:17

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Photograph by H.T. Motoyoshi, San Francisco.
 

Hubert Howe Bancroft, Philip Bancroft, Sr. and Philip Bancroft, Jr. circa 1915 POR: Bancroft, Hubert Howe:18

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

The marble bust of Hubert Howe Bancroft stands near the information desk in the main reading room of the library he founded, and which this week observes its 50th anniversary on the Berkeley campus, University of California. 1955? POR: Bancroft, Hubert Howe:19

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Bust-length portrait of Hubert Howe Bancroft]. ffPOR: Bancroft, Hubert Howe:20

Additional Note

Bradley & Rulofson photographers.
 

[Seated portrait of Hubert Howe Bancroft]. POR: Bancroft, Hubert Howe:22

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (cabinet card format)

Additional Note

Photograph by Bradley and Rulofson Studio, San Francisco.
 

[Hubert Howe Bancroft.] POR: Bancroft, Hubert Howe:23

Additional Note

Bradley & Rulofson, photographers.
 

[Bust-length portrait of Hubert Howe Bancroft]. POR: Bancroft, Hubert Howe:26

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Photograph by Bradley and Rulofson Studio, San Francisco.
 

Bancroft, Matilda Coley Griffing, 1848- .

Biography/Organization History

Second wife of Hubert Howe Bancroft.
 

[Portrait of Matilda Griffing Bancroft]. POR: Bancroft, Matilda Griffing:1, copy 2

Additional Note

Photograph by Elmer Chickering, Boston.
 

Bandini, Juan, 1800-1859.

Biography/Organization History

Came to California in 1822 from Peru and became a social and political leader in San Diego and Los Angeles, holding various political posts.
 

[Juan Bandini.] POR: Bandini, Juan:1

 

Barrows, David P., 1873-1954.

Biography/Organization History

Professor of political science at the University of California, Berkeley, he was also an administrator and eventually president of the University from 1919 to 1923.
 

[David P. Barrows portrait in uniform.] POR: Barrows, David P.:1

 

[David P. Barrows.] POR: Barrows, David P.:2

 

Bartlett, Washington, 1824-1887.

Biography/Organization History

Georgia-born printer who moved to California in 1849, became active in the Democratic Party, and later became mayor of San Francisco (1882-1886) and governor of California (Jan.-Sept. 1887).
 

[Washington Bartlett seated portrait.] POR: Bartlett, Washington:4

Additional Note

Taber's State Collection of portraits of representative Californians in memoriam to be presented to the State Library, by I.W. Taber. "That the state may preserve the names and faces, and keep alive the memory of those who made it what it is."
 

[Washington Bartlett.] POR: Bartlett, Washington:5

Additional Note

Taber's State Collection of portraits of representative Californians in memoriam to be presented to the State Library, by I.W. Taber. "That the state may preserve the names and faces, and keep alive the memory of those who made it what it is."
 

Bartlett, William Chauncey, 1818-1907.

Biography/Organization History

Lawyer and preacher who eventually became a journalist for the San Francisco , then an editor of the . He later joined the Forest Service and wrote philosophical essays.
 

[William Chauncey Bartlett.] POR: Bartlett, William Chauncey:1

Additional Note

Bradley & Rulofson, photographers.
 

[William Chauncey Bartlett.] September 1935 POR: Bartlett, William Chauncey:2

Additional Note

Photograph by Morse. Gift of Annie C. Day
 

Bechdolt, Frederick Ritchie, 1874-1950.

Biography/Organization History

Pennsylvania-born writer who became a newspaperman after a brief experience with the Klondike gold rush, and went on to write cowboy stories, collaborate with James Hopper on (1908), and become a member of the Carmel Bohemian colony.
 

[Frederick Ritchie Bechdolt.] Writer. POR: Bechdolt, Frederick Ritchie:1

 

[Frederick Ritchie Bechdolt.] POR: Bechdolt, Frederick Ritchie:2

 

Belden, Josiah, 1815-1892.

Biography/Organization History

Came to California from Connecticut with the first overland party in 1841, was named of Monterey, and later was elected the first mayor of San Jose in 1850.
 

[Josiah, Belden.] POR: Belden, Josiah:3

Additional Note

Photograph by Morse.
 

Taken at the house in San Jose, Mr. & Mrs. Belden & their three daughters & husbands & two grandchildren. POR: Belden, Josiah:4

 

Bell, John T.

 

John T. Bell. 1873 POR: Bell, John T.:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (carte de visite format)

Additional Note

"One I had made before I was married."
 

[Portrait of John T. Bell with son Stanley J. Bell.] November 1889 POR: Bell, John T.:3

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (cabinet card format)
 

Bell, Stanley J.

 

[Portrait of Stanley Bell with dog.] circa 1893? POR: Bell, Stanley J.:2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (cabinet card format)

Additional Note

Photograph by F.O. Haussler, Oakland.
 

Bender, Albert Maurice, 1866-1941.

Biography/Organization History

Irish-born philanthropist and patron of the arts in San Francisco who aided artists, photographers (including Ansel Adams), musicians, printers, and rare books libraries, and was a founder of the Book Club of California.
 

Albert Bender - a great collector and friend of writers & artists. POR: Bender, Albert Maurice:3

 

[Albert Maurice Bender.] POR: Bender, Albert Maurice:6

Additional Note

Photograph by Peter Stackpole.
 

Albert M. Bender and Mirelle Piazzone, (daughter of Gottardo?) POR: Bender, Albert Maurice:7

 

Benton, Joseph Augustine, 1818-1892.

Biography/Organization History

A leading California preacher who was a missionary to outlying regions and a founder of the College of California (later the state university) and a professor at the Pacific Theological Seminary.
 

[Joseph Augustine Benton.] POR: Benton, Joseph Augustine:3

 

Bidwell, Annie E. Kennedy, 1839-1918

 

[Portrait of Annie Bidwell.] POR: Bidwell, Annie:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Bierce, Ambrose Gwinett, 1842-1914.

Biography/Organization History

Sent to San Francisco on an army assignment after his service in the Civil War, Bierce began his literary career as a writer for , the , and the . He began to write satirical columns, prose, and verse, usually marked by sardonic humor and irony -his works include (1892), (1893), and (1911).
 

[Portrait of Ambrose Gwinett Bierce.] 1892 POR: Bierce, Ambrose Gwinett:2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (cabinet card format)

Additional Note

Inscribed on back to Ina Lillian Peterson, October 7, 1892.
 

[Portrait of Ambrose Bierce.] POR: Bierce, Ambrose Gwinett:5

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (carte de visite format)
 

[Ambrose Gwinett Bierce.] "Wrights, Calif." POR: Bierce, Ambrose Gwinett:10

 

Bigler, John, 1805-1871.

Biography/Organization History

Printer and lawyer from Pennsylvania who became the third governor of California (1852-1856) and later a Minister to Chile.
 

John Bigler, Governor 1852-1858, died November 29th, 1871. POR: Bigler, John:1

 

Billings, Warren Knox, 1893-1972.

Biography/Organization History

Associate of the Socialist labor leader Tom Mooney, who allegedly assisted him in planting a bomb that killed 10 people and injured 40 in the Preparedness Day parade in San Francisco (July 22, 1916) in order to oppose the parade's aim at asserting United States readiness to fight in World War I. He was convicted, but eventually pardoned in 1961.
 

Warren Billings at Folsom. November 1923 POR: Billings, Warren Knox:1

 

Black, Janet, 1878-1952?

Biography/Organization History

Wife of writer Frank Norris.
 

Jeannette Norris Black, widow of Frank Norris. POR: Jeannette Norris Black:1

Additional Note

Reproduced from Brown-tone originals by Brugeise & Eisen of S.F. [San Francisco], which were loaned by her son, Frank Preston of San Mateo.
 

Jeannette Norris Black, widow of Frank Norris. POR: Jeannette Norris Black:2

Additional Note

Reproduced from Brown-tone originals by Brugeise & Eisen of S.F. [San Francisco], which were loaned by her son, Frank Preston of San Mateo.
 

Black, Winifred Sweet, 1869-1936.

Biography/Organization History

 

[Winifred Sweet Black Bonfils with two dogs.] POR: Black, Winifred Sweet:6

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Blake, Anita Day Symmes, 1872-1962

 

[Anita Blake in garden with 3 dogs.] circa 1915? POR: Blake, Anita:2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Photograph by Sidney V. Webb.
 

Bland, Henry Meade, 1863-1931.

Biography/Organization History

California poet who followed Ina Coolbrith as the state's Poet Laureate (1929), and went on to teach English at San Jose State Teachers College; his verse was published in (1924).
 

[Henry Meade Bland.] November 23, 1907 POR: Bland, Henry Meade:1

Additional Note

"For Dear Ina Coolbrith from Henry Meade Bland. At 'Glazonwood', College Park, Cal."
 

Blanding, Margaret Tevis

 

[Portrait of Margaret Tevis Blanding.] 1 photograph POR: Blanding, Margaret Tevis:1

Additional Note

Photograph by Habenicht.
 

Blum, Marcos

Biography/Organization History

Bandleader of Blum's band, San Francisco.
 

[Portrait of Marcos Blum with dog.] circa 1882

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (cabinet card format)

Additional Note

Photograph by L. Richardson, San Francisco.
 

Boalt, Elizabeth

 

[Portrait of Elisabeth Boalt.] POR: Boalt, Elizabeth:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Bolton, Herbert Eugene, 1870-1953.

Biography/Organization History

Scholar of the history of the Spanish-American frontier who was a professor at the University of California, Berkeley and director of The Bancroft Library.
 

Herbert [Bolton] , 16 or 17 years old. circa 1876 POR: Bolton, Herbert Eugene:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Herbert E. Bolton] taken during the time he was supt. of schools at Fairchild. 1891-1893 POR: Bolton, Herbert Eugene:5

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (cabinet card format).

Additional Note

Photograph by Heinzelman, Augusta, Wisc.
 

Herbert E. Bolton and Will Naylor, while they were roommates at the U of Wisconsin. 1893-1895 POR: Bolton, Herbert Eugene:6

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Appears to be taken in a dormitory room.
 

[Herbert Eugene Bolton.] U. Texas. 1905 POR: Bolton, Herbert Eugene:11

 

Herbert E. Bolton when he joined the faculty of the University of Texas. POR: Bolton, Herbert Eugene:12

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Herbert Eugene Bolton] digging in the ruins of Carmel Mission. June 25, 1920 POR: Bolton, Herbert Eugene:14

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Herbert I. Priestley (left) with Herbert E. Bolton (right). 1919 POR: Bolton, Herbert Eugene:19

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Herbert Eugene Bolton and "baby." POR: Bolton, Herbert Eugene:41

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Herbert E. Bolton seated at desk, with a document.] POR: Bolton, Herbert Eugene:44

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Herbert Eugene Bolton. POR: Bolton, Herbert Eugene:46 copy 2

 

[Herbert E. Bolton and Bergil Shinn with Drake's Plate of Brass.] POR: Bolton, Herbert Eugene:53

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Herbert E. Bolton examining a volume with a magnify glass.] POR: Bolton, Herbert Eugene:55

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Herbert Eugene] Bolton at St. Francis Hotel. December 28, 1945 POR: Bolton, Herbert Eugene:56

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Team photo [with Herbert E. Bolton] on field. POR: Bolton, Herbert Eugene:63

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Includes E. G. Sewell, Everett S. Brown, Charles E. Chapman, George L. Albright, Keith Vosburg, Francis William Rubke, G. C. Davidson, H. I. Priestly, C. D. O'Sullivan, Clement Moffett, J. Scammell, Charles W. Hackett, H. M. Stephens and K. C. Leebrick.
 

[Herbert E. Bolton with two women in a office in the Doe Library, UC Berkeley.] POR: Bolton, Herbert Eugene:67

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Herbert E. Bolton with Z. Englehardt.] POR: Bolton, Herbert Eugene:69

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Bonney, Therese, 1897-1977.

Biography/Organization History

A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley who was a war correspondent, journalist, photographer, and author.
 

[Therese Bonney with camera.] POR: Bonney, Therese:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Therese Bonney with camera.] POR: Bonney, Therese:3

 

Bonney with Jean Auburtin, President of the Municipal Council of Paris. POR: Bonney, Therese:16

 

Booth, Newton, 1825-1892.

Biography/Organization History

Lawyer and contributor of writings to the , Booth became the 11th governor of California (1871-1875) and later a U.S. Senator.
 

Govenor [Newton] Booth. POR: Booth, Newton:3

Additional Note

Bradley & Rulofson, photographers.
 

Hon. Newton Booth, Gov. Calif. POR: Booth, Newton:4

 

Bouton, William Egbert

 

[Portrait of William Egbert Bouton.] POR: Bouton, William Egbert:2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Photograph by Tonkin, San Francisco.
 

Bowie, Augustus

 

[Portrait of Augustus Bowie.] POR: Bowie, Augustus:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (carte de visite format)

Additional Note

Photograph by Bradley and Rulofson Studio.
 

Bozarth, Mary

 

[Portrait of Mary Bozarth.] 1865? POR: Bozarth, Mary:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (carte de visite format)

Additional Note

Handwritten on back: Taken on Whidbey's Island, Wash. Ter.
 

Bozarth, N.E.

 

[Portrait of N.E. Bozarth.] POR: Bozarth, N.E.:1

Additional Note

Photograph by Catin & Williams, Jacksonville, Illinois.
 

Braly, J.H.

 

[Portrait of J.H. Braly.] POR: Braly, J.H.:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Brannan, Samuel, 1819-1889.

Biography/Organization History

Convert to Mormonism who was charged with settling the first Mormon colony outside the U.S. Brannan landed his settlers in Yerba Buena (now San Francisco), where he established a flour mill and newspaper, and heralded the discovery of gold in San Francisco. His drinking left him ostracized from the Mormon community and he died poor and forgotten.
 

[Samuel] Brannan, (State Library). POR: Brannan, Samuel:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 print
 

From left to right, back to front: Samuel J. Hensley, Sam Brannan, Jacob Leese, Thomas O. Larkin, W.D.M. Howard. POR: Brannan, Samuel:2

Additional Note

Photograph by Moulin Studios.
 

Brautigan, Richard, 1935-1984.

Biography/Organization History

Writer who was part of the San Francisco Beat movement, whose works include (1964), (1970), (1970), and (1968).
 

Richard Brautigan. 1961? POR: Brautigan, Richard:1

 

Breckinridge, Louise Tevis, 1858-1938

 

[Oval portrait of Louise Tevis Breckinridge.] POR: Breckinridge, Louise Tevis:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Breen, Patrick, ca. 1805-1868.

Biography/Organization History

Irish-born member of the ill-fated Donner Party who recorded his experiences at Donner Lake in a diary.
 

[Oval portrait of Patrick Breen, Sr.] POR: Breen, Patrick.1

 

Brewer, William Henry, 1828-1910.

Biography/Organization History

Principal Assistant to Josiah Dwight Whitney's Geological Survey of California (1860-1864), Brewer was an acute observer of California's physical attributes and his findings contributed to the (1865).
 

William H. Brewer, San Francisco. 1861 POR: Brewer, William Henry:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (carte de visite format)
 

[Portrait of William Henry Brewer.] circa 1859 POR: Brewer, William Henry:7

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

William Henry Brewer. POR: Brewer, William Henry:13

Additional Note

Photo by Phelps Studio, from Yale Scientific Monthly.
 

Bridges, Harry, 1901-1990.

Biography/Organization History

Australian who came to California and became a union leader of the International Longshoremen's Association. He led a strike against shipowners which became a general strike (1934).
 

[Harry Bridges.] POR: Bridges, Harry:1

Additional Note

Photograph by Peter Stackpole.
 

Broderick, David Colbreth, 1820-1859.

Biography/Organization History

A U.S. Senator who vehemently opposed slavery and its supporters, Broderick was challenged to a duel by one of his opponents, California Chief Justice David S. Terry, in which Broderick was mortally wounded.
 

[Portrait of David Colbreth Broderick.] POR: Broderick, David Colbreth:2

Additional Note

"From John Fay's album." Photograph by Brady, New York.
 

[David Colbreth Broderick.] POR: Broderick, David Colbreth:3

 

[Portrait of David Colbreth Broderick.] POR: Broderick, David Colbreth:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (carte de visite format)
 

Brower, David Ross, 1912-.

Biography/Organization History

Executive Director of the Sierra Club (1952-1969) who was considered an extremist and ousted, after which he became President of Friends of the Earth (1969) and an editor of nature books.
 

David R. Brower, President, Friends of the Earth. POR: Brower, David Ross:1

 

[David Ross Brower.] POR: Brower, David Ross:5

 

Brown, Edmund G., 1905-1996.

Biography/Organization History

32nd governor of California (1959-1967) who was known for what he called "responsible liberalism," which included programs for developing beaches and parks, welfare and fair employment practices plans, and governmental reorganization.
 

Edmund G. Brown, District Attorney POR: Brown, Edmund G.:1

 

[Edmund G. Brown.] POR: Brown, Edmund G.:2

 

[Edmund G. Brown.] POR: Brown, Edmund G.:3

 

[Edmund G. Brown.] POR: Brown, Edmund G.:4

 

[Edmund G. Brown.] POR: Brown, Edmund G.:5

 

[Edmund G. Brown.] POR: Brown, Edmund G.:6

 

[Edmund G. Brown.] POR: Brown, Edmund G.:11

 

[Edmund G. Brown.] POR: Brown, Edmund G.:13

 

[Edmund G. Brown.] POR: Brown, Edmund G.:14

 

[Governor Edmund G. Brown at microphone.] early to mid 1960s POR: Brown, Edmund G.:15

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Edmund G. Brown.] POR: Brown, Edmund G.:16

 

[Edmund G. Brown.] POR: Brown, Edmund G.:23

 

[Edmund G. Brown shaking hands with a woman.] POR: Brown, Edmund G.:24

 

[Edmund G. Brown.] POR: Brown, Edmund G.:25

 

[Edmund G. Brown.] POR: Brown, Edmund G.:26

Additional Note

Jan Dempsey photograph.
 

[Edmund G. Brown.] POR: Brown, Edmund G.:29

 

[Edmund G. Brown.] POR: Brown, Edmund G.:30

 

[Edmund G. Brown.] POR: Brown, Edmund G.:31

 

[Edmund G. Brown.] POR: Brown, Edmund G.:33

Additional Note

Jan Dempsey photograph.
 

[Edmund G. Brown.] POR: Brown, Edmund G.:34

Additional Note

Jan Dempsey photograph.
 

[Edmund G. Brown.] POR: Brown, Edmund G.:35

Additional Note

Barney Vogel photograph, San Francisco.
 

[Edmund G. Brown.] POR: Brown, Edmund G.:37

 

[Edmund G. Brown with children.] POR: Brown, Edmund G.:39

 

[Edmund G. Brown.] POR: Brown, Edmund G.:40

 

[Edmund G. Brown.] POR: Brown, Edmund G.:46

 

[Governor Edmund G. Brown talking.] early to mid 1960s POR: Brown, Edmund G.:50

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Jan Dempsey photograph.
 

[Edmund G. Brown.] POR: Brown, Edmund G.:53

Additional Note

George Shimmon photographer, San Francisco.
 

[Contact sheet, bulk are of Governor Edmund G. Brown reading papers at his desk.] early to mid 1960s POR: Brown, Edmund G.:57

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Left to right: S. E. Shapiro, William Bramwell, Judy Conley, Edmund Brown, John Jackel. POR: Brown, Edmund G.:60

 

[Edmund G. Brown with Lena Horne.] POR: Brown, Edmund G.:61

 

[Edmond G. Brown, Cameron and Engle.] POR: Brown, Edmund G.:63

 

Edmund G. Brown with Tag and Alan Cranston.] POR: Brown, Edmund G.:68

 

[Edmund G. Brown and Robert F. Kennedy at microphone.] early to mid 1960s POR: Brown, Edmund G.:82

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Edmund G. Brown and John F. Kennedy at the San Luis Dam ground breaking ceremony.] August 18, 1962 POR: Brown, Edmund G.:83

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Edmund G. Brown and John F. Kennedy talking secretly at the San Luis Dam ground breaking ceremony.] August 18, 1962 POR: Brown, Edmund G.:86

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Edmund G. Brown and John F. Kennedy at the San Luis Dam ground breaking ceremony.] August 18, 1962 POR: Brown, Edmund G.:87

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Edmund G. Brown and John F. Kennedy talking at the San Luis Dam ground breaking ceremony.] August 18, 1962 POR: Brown, Edmund G.:88

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Edmund G. Brown and John F. Kennedy talking at the San Luis Dam ground breaking ceremony.] August 18, 1962 POR: Brown, Edmund G.:89

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Portrait of Edmund G. Brown and Bernice Brown.] circa 1958 POR: Brown, Edmund G.:100

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Edmund G. Brown and family.] circa 1955 POR: Brown, Edmund G.:101

Additional Note

Charles Biddle, Bayview Photographers, San Francisco.
 

[Edmund G. Brown holding a hot dog.] POR: Brown, Edmund G.:103

Additional Note

John Le Baron [photographer], Santa Rosa, California.
 

[Edmund G. Brown with his birthday cake.] 1955? POR: Brown, Edmund G.:105

Additional Note

Cristof Studio, San Francisco.
 

[Governor-elect Edmund G. Brown.] 1958? POR: Brown, Edmund G.:111

Additional Note

CBS Photo by Bob Clouse.
 

[Edmund G. Brown and Dezi Arnaz in Palm Springs.] POR: Brown, Edmund G.:113

Additional Note

Anderson, photographer, Palm Springs, California.
 

[Edmund G. Brown with Justice Mildred L. Lillie.] May 6, 1959? POR: Brown, Edmund G.:114

 

[Edmund G. Brown and Bernice Brown in Palm Springs.] POR: Brown, Edmund G.:119

Additional Note

Anderson, photographer, Palm Springs, California.
 

[Edmund G. Brown wear a lei and shaking hands.] POR: Brown, Edmund G.:121

 

[Edmund G. Brown, Kathleen Brown and Bernice Brown.] circa 1955 POR: Brown, Edmund G.:122

 

[Edmund G. Brown at a convention.] POR: Brown, Edmund G.:123

Additional Note

Life Magazine Photograph.
 

[Edmund G. Brown about to throw the first ball at a baseball game, San Francisco.] circa 1955 POR: Brown, Edmund G.:124

 

[Portrait of Edmund G. Brown.] circa 1958 POR: Brown, Edmund G.:125

 

[Portrait of Edmund G. Brown.] circa 1952 POR: Brown, Edmund G.:126

 

[Edmund G. Brown looking through papers with an unidentified man.] 1953 POR: Brown, Edmund G.:133

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Photograph by Mason Weymouth.
 

[Group portrait with Edmund G. Brown.] circa 1962 POR: Brown, Edmund G.:139

Additional Note

Photograph by Larry O'Dell.
 

Edmund G. Brown and Council, Los Angeles, Calif. November 30, 1959 POR: Brown, Edmund G.:140

Additional Note

Photograph by Larry O'Dell.
 

Governor [Edmund G.] Brown, accompanied by Cal Poly's Vice President Robert C. Kramer, told news men during his visit to California State Polytechnic College, Kellog Campus, Pomona, that one of his proudest achievements was helping shape California's State College System as President of its Trustees. August 29, 1966 POR: Brown, Edmund G.:141

 

Governor [Edmund G.] Brown, Paul Spencer, Cal Poly Vice President Robert C. Kramer. Kellog Campus, California State Polytechnic College, Pomona. August 29, 1966 POR: Brown, Edmund G.:142

 

Governor Brown with Richard M. English, A. L. Horton Junior, of English and Horton attorneys, Lynwood, California (FDR Memorial Dinner). POR: Brown, Edmund G.:143

 

[Edmund G. Brown.] 1960 POR: Brown, Edmund G.:144

 

[Edmund G. Brown.] Santa Barbara Fiesta. 1959 or 1960 POR: Brown, Edmund G.:145

 

"Oof" [Edmund G.] Brown and Grossfeld. April 1965 POR: Brown, Edmund G.:146

Additional Note

Photograph by Ward Sharer.
 

[Frank Sinatra, Edmund G. Brown and Dean Martin.] early to mid 1960s POR: Brown, Edmund G.:147

Additional Note

Jay Arnold, Inc., Beverly Hills, California.
 

[Edmund G. Brown and Billy S. Mills?] POR: Brown, Edmund G.:148

Additional Note

"To Our Great Governor 'Pat'," Billy S. Mills, County Chairman.
 

[Edmund G. Brown at California State Polytechnic College.] early to mid 1960s POR: Brown, Edmund G.:149

 

[Edmund G. Brown watching color guard march by.] early to mid 1960s POR: Brown, Edmund G.:150

 

Capuchino High School Band, who represented California in the Presidential Inaugural Parade in January 1961 - serenading Governor Edmund G. Brown in front of the mansion. February 22, 1961 POR: Brown, Edmund G.:151

Additional Note

Suzy Strauss, photographer, Burlingame, California
 

[Edmund G. Brown with two men.] early to mid 1960s POR: Brown, Edmund G.:152

 

[Portrait of Edmund G. Brown.] POR: Brown, Edmund G.:153

 

[Portrait of Edmund G. Brown.] February 1961 POR: Brown, Edmund G.:154

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 drawing

Additional Note

Artist A. Osborne, CHP-92.
 

[Portrait of Edmund G. Brown.] circa 1958 POR: Brown, Edmund G.:155

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 drawing

Additional Note

Artist G. S. Herbert.
 

[Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jerry Brown and Bernice Brown with singer Nat King Cole.] early to mid 1960s POR: Brown, Edmund G.:157

Additional Note

Rothschild Photo, Los Angeles.
 

[Governor Edmund G. Brown and Lena Horne.] early to mid 1960s POR: Brown, Edmund G.:161

 

[Two young women standing next to a poster of Edmund G. Brown.] 1958? POR: Brown, Edmund G.:171

Additional Note

George Shimmon, photographer, San Francisco.
 

[Governor Edmund G. Brown campaigning for re-election as governor of California.] 1962 or 1966 POR: Brown, Edmund G.:173

 

[Governor Edmund G. Brown during re-election campaign.] 1962 or 1966 POR: Brown, Edmund G.:174

 

[Governor Edmund G. Brown with Hispanic constituents.] early to mid 1960s POR: Brown, Edmund G.:181

Additional Note

Paul Mapes, Photographer, Woodland, California.
 

[Governor Edmund G. Brown at] San Francisco Mission District Party. 1962 or 1966 POR: Brown, Edmund G.:184

 

[Governor Edmund G. Brown talking to families in San Bruno during his re-election campaign.] June 1962 POR: Brown, Edmund G.:185

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Same portrait as POR 192.
 

[Governor Edmund G. Brown talking to families in San Bruno during his re-election campaign.] June 1962 POR: Brown, Edmund G.:192

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Same portrait as POR 185.
 

[Governor Edmund G. Brown visiting a family in San Bruno during re-election campaign.] 1962 or 1966 POR: Brown, Edmund G.:196

 

[Governor Edmund G. Brown and Bernice Brown with their daughter and grandchild.] early to mid 1960s POR: Brown, Edmund G.:202

Additional Note

Ralph Demeree, Richard Osborn, Air News Photos, San Francisco.
 

[Governor Edmund G. Brown and Robert C. Weaver.] mid to late 1950s POR: Brown, Edmund G.:203

 

[Governor Edmund G. Brown] leading yell at Eureka airport. 1962 or 1966 POR: Brown, Edmund G.:204

 

[Governor Edmund G. Brown with Simonds of Building Trade Council at a blood bank in Burlingame.] early to mid 1960s POR: Brown, Edmund G.:208

 

[Edmund G. Brown at] South Bay aqueduct dedication. July 10, 1962? POR: Brown, Edmund G.:209

Additional Note

Albert Kayo Harris, Associates Photographer, Oakland California.
 

[Governor Edmund G. Brown shaking hands with Richard M. Nixon.] October 1, 1962 POR: Brown, Edmund G.:215

Additional Note

Ken McLaughlin, photographer.
 

United Press International sponsored debate between Edmund G. Brown and Richard M. Nixon during California gubernatorial election. 1962 POR: Brown, Edmund G.:216

 

[Edmund G. Brown in front of a microphone with his daughter Kathleen.] 1957 POR: Brown, Edmund G.:219

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Edmund G. Brown and Bernince Brown.] early to mid 1960s POR: Brown, Edmund G.:225

 

[Edmund G. Brown, probably when he had just taken oath as Governor either first or second term.] POR: Brown, Edmund G.:229

 

Left to right are California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown, Bishop Merlin Guilfayle, William Ferdon, (rear), president of St. Thomas More Society, Chief Justice Philip Gibson, Rev. Keller, Rep. William Mailliard. October 14, 1955 POR: Brown, Edmund G.:230

 

Brown, Edmund G., Jr., 1938-.

Biography/Organization History

34th governor of California (1975-1983) and son of Edmund G. Brown Sr. (32nd governor), he ran for President of the U.S. after a year as governor of California. He is known for his alternative lifestyle and his refusal to follow many conventional political procedures.
 

[Edmund G. Brown, Jr.] POR: Brown, Edmund G., Jr.:1

Additional Note

Rothschild Photo, Los Angeles [Original shelved: Brown, Edmund G., 1905-1996:157 POR]
 

Browne, John Ross, 1821-1875.

Biography/Organization History

Irish-born chronicler of his travels around the world as a reporter for the U.S. Senate and other governmental posts. His works include (1846), (1853), (1864), and (1950).
 

[John Ross Browne.] POR: Browne, John Ross:1

 

Buckley, Christopher, 1845-1922.

Biography/Organization History

Irish-born political boss in San Francisco who controlled the local Democratic Party.
 

Chris Buckley, the "blind boss" whose political mechanisms were the scandal of the gay 'nineties, fled from the city before an expose in the middle of the decade. POR: Buckley, Christopher:1

 

Budd, James Herbert, 1851-1908.

Biography/Organization History

19th governor of California (1895-1899), who was the first governor to have graduated from the state university; while governor he created a Bureau of Highways and supported improvements in higher education.
 

Governor [James Herbert] Budd - governor of California in its gayest age. POR: Budd, James Herbert:1

Additional Note

Johan Hagemeyer, photographer.
 

Bufano, Beniamino, 1898-1970.

Biography/Organization History

Italian-born sculptor who lived in San Francisco, and was known for his pacifist views on World War I and his associations with Sun Yat-sen and Gandhi. His sculptures consisted largely of animals, figures representing peace, and the people who influenced him.
 

[Beniamino Bufano.] POR:Bufano, Beniamino:15

Additional Note

Johan Hagemeyer, photographer.
 

[Beniamino Bufano.] POR:Bufano, Beniamino:17

Additional Note

Johan Hagemeyer, photographer.
 

Bufano, Beniamino & bust of Fremont Older (made about 1920). 1935 POR: Bufano, Beniamino:20

 

Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton, 1824-1903.

Biography/Organization History

Leader of the Mariposa Battalion (a group of white settlers sent to kill Native Americans who had tried to defend their lands from white invasion) with James Savage, he was one of the white discoverers of Yosemite Valley, as well as a Civil War surgeon and writer of (1880).
 

[Lafayette Houghton Bunnell.] POR: Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton:1

Additional Note

Solomons-Winchell gift, 1940.
 

Burbank, Luther, 1849-1926.

Biography/Organization History

Botanist from Massachusetts who bred and cultivated new species of flowers, fruits, and vegetables; he described the results in (1893-1901) and other writings.
 

[Signed portrait of Luther Burbank.] 1910? POR: Burbank, Luther:4

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 picture
 

Luther Burbank (left), W. Atlee Burpee (right), Luther Burbank in his garden testing out cherries. POR: Burbank, Luther:6

 

[Luther Burbank.] POR: Burbank, Luther:9

 

Thomas Edison, Luther Burbank, Henry Ford, and Harvey Firestone. 1915 POR: Burbank, Luther:11

 

Burgess, Gelett Frank, 1866-1951.

Biography/Organization History

Boston-born humorist who edited (1895-1897) and ; his works include (1900), (1906), (1954), and the famous quatrain: "I never saw a Purple Cow / I never hope to see one / But I can tell you anyhow / I'd rather see than be one!"
 

[Gelett Frank Burgess.] POR: Burgess, Gelett Frank:2

 

[Gelett Frank Burgess.] POR: Burgess, Gelett Frank:40

 

[Gelett Frank Burgess.] POR: Burgess, Gelett Frank:41

 

Burnett, Peter Hardeman, 1807-1895.

Biography/Organization History

1st governor of the state of California (1849-1851), who began as a gold seeker and resumed his law practice after his term as governor, as well as being appointed a justice of the state Supreme Court and a president of the Pacific Bank in San Francisco. His writings include (1860) and (1880).
 

Peter H. Burnett, California's First Governor - Pacific Bank. POR: Burnett, Peter Hardeman:1

 

[Peter Hardeman Burnett.] Park Museum. POR: Burnett, Peter Hardeman:3

 

Burnham, Daniel H., 1846-1912

Biography/Organization History

Chicago Architect.
 

[Portrait of Daniel H. Burnham.] POR: Burnham, Daniel H.:3

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Burns, Hugh M.

 

[Portrait of Hugh M. Burns.] POR: Burns, Hugh M.:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

California Geological Survey

 

[Group portrait of California Geological Survey party.] POR: California Geological Survey:1

 

Brewer, Hoffmann, etc., camp at Soda Springs [California Geological Survey]. 1863 POR: California Geological Survey:2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Group portrait of California Geological Survey party.] September 26, 1864 POR: California Geological Survey:4

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Original shelved as BANC PIC 1954.008, series 1:49--PIC. Inscribed: Prof. J.D. Whitney, with the regards of Wm. H. Brewer.
 

California Geological Survey party near Mount Diablo. 1862 POR: California Geological Survey:5

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Copy print. Restricted original salt print, BANC PIC 1954.008 ser.1:140.
 

Camp, Edgar Whittlesey, 1860-1943

Biography/Organization History

Organizer of the North Dakota state government, came to California in 1894. He was a member of the California Assembly in 1903 and an attorney for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company from 1904.
 

[Stereo portrait of Edgar W. Camp and William H. Camp with dog.] POR: Camp, Edgar W.:1

 

[Portrait of Edgar E. Camp as a young man.] POR: Camp, Edgar W.:2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (cabinet card format)

Additional Note

Photograph by C.L. Judd, Jamestown, Dakota.
 

[Portrait of Edgar E. Camp with glasses.] POR: Camp, Edgar W.:4

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Camp, William H.

 

Will H. Camp, Jamestown, North Dakota. 1901 POR: Camp, William H.:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Carleton, James Henry

 

[Portrait of James Henry Carleton.] POR: Carleton, James Henry:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Carrillo Family

Biography/Organization History

Prominent family of Alta California.
 

[Carrillo family portrait.] POR: Carrillo Family:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Carrillo, Josefa Bandini de, 1823-1896.

Biography/Organization History

[The above text is all at the series or group level. The actual item caption text is correct as-is.]
 

Tomado, Josefa Bandini de Carrillo, Esposa de [wife of] Pedro C. Carrillo. October 1867 POR: Carrillo, Josefa Bandini de:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (carte de visite format)
 

Carrillo, Theodosia (Mrs. Julio)

 

[Portrait of Theodosia Carrillo.] POR: Carrillo, Theodosia (Mrs. Julio):1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Carrillo de Wilson, Ramona, 1812-1887.

Biography/Organization History

Daughter of Joaquin Victor Carrillo, wife of Romualdo Pacheco (d. 1831), and mother of the younger Romualdo Pacheco (1831-1899), governor of California. Secondly, wife of John Wilson. Also, a sister-in-law of Gen. Mariano G. Vallejo.
 

Doña Ramona Carrillo de Pacheco de Wilson, who married 2d Captain John D. Wilson, a native of Scotland. POR: Carrillo de Wilson, Ramona:1

 

Carson, Christopher Carson (Kit), 1809-1868.

Biography/Organization History

A leading mountain man of California who became a guide on Frémont's first three expeditions relating to the conquest of California, and became a brigadier general in the Civil War. He became a popular heroic figure and dictated (1926).
 

[Portrait of Christopher "Kit" Carson.] POR: Carson, Christopher (Kit):3

Additional Note

From the Frederick H. Meserve collection of photographs for the use of students and writers of history.
 

Brigadier General James H. Carleton and [Christopher] "Kit Carson". POR: Carson, Christopher (Kit):11

Additional Note

Reproduction from a group photograph in "History of New Mexico", Vol 2, p. 208, by R.E. Twitchell. (Photographic Arts Laboratories, San Francisco).
 

Casati, Luisa, 1881-1957

 

Marchesa Luisa Casati Stampa inscription with autograph on back of portrait. POR: Casati, Luisa:14

 

Cassidy, Gerald, 1869-1934.

Biography/Organization History

Artist, illustrator.
 

[Gerald and Ina Cassidy in a rowboat.] POR: Cassidy, Gerald-:61

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Gerald Cassidy on beach with woman and dog] at Ventura. 1912 POR: Cassidy, Gerald:63

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Castro, José, 1810-1860.

Biography/Organization History

8th Mexican governor of California (1835-1836) who was active in Alta California's political and military events, he was a military chief who defeated Pío Pico and overthrew Governor Micheltorena, and was California's military commander from 1845-1846, after which he was forced to retreat to Mexico.
 

[José Castro.] POR: Castro, José:1

Additional Note

Photo by Arnold, 1526 Park St., Alameda.
 

[Portrait of José Castro.] POR: Castro, José:2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 print
 

Cerruti, Henry

 

[Portrait of Henry Cerruti.] POR: Cerruti, Henry:2 (copy 2)

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Chapman, Carolina

 

[Portrait of Carolina Chapman.] POR: Chapman, Carolina:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 picture

Additional Note

Digital capture taken from negative. No print avaialble.
 

Chapman, William

 

[Portrait of William Chapman.] POR: Chapman, William:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 picture

Additional Note

Digital capture taken from negative. No print avaialble.
 

Chiles, Joseph Ballinger, 1810-1885.

Biography/Organization History

Went to California from Kentucky with the Bartleson-Bidwell Party in 1841, where he had a mill site and supplied Frémont in the Bear Flag Revolt from his Napa Valley .
 

Col. & Mrs. Joseph B. Chiles. POR: Chiles, Joseph Ballinger:1

Additional Note

Gift of Mrs. James H. Rea, 6/8/56.
 

Chinese people

 

Chinese girl with bound feet. POR: Chinese:38

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Photograph by Taber.
 

Chinese butcher and grocery shop, Chinatown, S.F. POR: Chinese:39

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Photograph by Taber. Related images: BANC PIC 1905.05278:080--PIC; BANC PIC 1905.06485:45; BANC PIC 1905.07353.
 

[Portrait of a little person standing on a table.] POR: Chinese:43

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Photograph by Charles Eisenmann.
 

Clare, Ada, 1836-1874.

Biography/Organization History

American actress, known as Queen of Bohemia.
 

[Portrait of Ada Clare.] BANC PIC 1954.011--AX

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (carte de visite format)

Additional Note

Photograph by Bradley & Rulofson, Successors to H.V. Vance. Photograph formerly shelved as Clare, Ada--POR 1.
 

Clark, Galen, 1814-1910.

Biography/Organization History

Discovered the Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park and settled Wawona in 1857; at 90 he began publishing books, which included and (1907).
 

Galen Clark and George Fiske in Yosemite Valley. POR: Clark, Galen:1

Additional Note

Courtesy: Celia Crocker Thompson - Lodi, California, to Margaret E. Schlichtmann, San Leandro, Calif. [Original shelved: Fiske, George:1 POR].
 

Galen Clark, Yosemite, Calif. POR: Clark, Galen:2

 

[Galen Clark.] POR: Clark, Galen:3

 

Clayton, Joshua E. (Joshua Elliot).

Biography/Organization History

Mining engineer
 

[Portrait of Joshua Elliot Clayton.] POR: Clayton, Joshua Elliot:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (cabinet card format)
 

Clyde, Norman, 1885-1972.

Biography/Organization History

Pennsylvania-born mountaineer who moved to California in 1911 and spent much of his time climbing in the Sierra Nevadas; he is credited with over 200 first ascents of peaks and held the speed record for climbing Mount Shasta.
 

[Norman Clyde.] POR: Clyde, Norman:2

 

[Norman Clyde.] POR: Clyde, Norman:4

 

[Norman Clyde.] August 1966 POR: Clyde, Norman:7

Additional Note

Rick Polsdorfer, Aug. '66.

Additional Note

Photograph by Rick Polsdorfer.
 

[Norman Clyde.] August 1966 POR: Clyde, Norman:8

Additional Note

Rick Polsdorfer, Aug. '66.

Additional Note

Photograph by Rick Polsdorfer.
 

Coffroth, James

 

[James Coffroth with three dogs.] POR: Coffroth, James:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Coit, Lillie Hitchcock, 1843-1929.

Biography/Organization History

Eccentric member of San Francisco's best social circles, Coit was an enthusiastic supporter of the city's volunteer firemen and a supporter of the South in the Civil War. She left San Francisco $100,000 with which to build Coit Tower (1933) as a memorial to the volunteer firemen of San Francisco.
 

[Lillie Hitchcock Coit.] November 20, 1862 POR: Coit, Lillie Hitchcock:1

 

[Lillie Hitchcock Coit.] POR: Coit, Lillie Hitchcock:2

Additional Note

"Same size", photograph by Bradley & Rulofson.
 

Colby, William Edward, 1875-1964.

Biography/Organization History

Conservationist who was a Club representative of the Sierra Club as well as its secretary from 1900-1946. He was also the first chairman of the California State Park Commission beginning in 1927.
 

[William Edward Colby.] POR: Colby, William Edward:3

Additional Note

From W.N. Tuttle's, "Rotunda Art" Gallery.
 

Beach at Coastlands, Will [Edward] Colby. POR: Colby, William Edward:6

 

Will [Edward] Colby, "Mr. Jones" & Helen Colby at Minnow's Landing, Big Sur, Calif. circa 1955 POR: Colby, William Edward:14

 

Will [Edward] Colby - Albert Haskell at Big Sur. circa 1948 POR: Colby, William Edward:17

 

[William Edward Colby.] POR: Colby, William Edward:21

 

Cole, Cornelius, 1822-1924.

Biography/Organization History

Lawyer who went west during the gold rush, helped publish the , and served in Congress and the Senate in the Republican Party.
 

Hon. [Cornelius] Cole, U.S. Senator from Calif. POR: Cole, Cornelius:1

 

Hon. Cornelius Cole, U.S. Senator. POR: Cole, Cornelius:3

Additional Note

Photograph by William Shew.
 

Coleman, William Tell, 1824-1893.

Biography/Organization History

Kentucky-born merchant in San Francisco who became a leader of the Vigilance Committee and the second Vigilance Committee, and was one of the early developers of borax and sugar refining.
 

[William Tell Coleman.] POR: Coleman, William Tell:1

 

[William Tell Coleman.] POR: Coleman, William Tell:3

 

Colton, Walter, 1797-1851.

Biography/Organization History

Vermont-born chaplain, admiralty judge, of Monterey, and editor of journals including (1846-1847), he sponsored a schoolhouse in Colton Hall, his Monterey building that was the site of the 1849 Constitutional Convention.
 

[Portrait of Walter Colton.] POR: Colton, Walter:2

Additional Note

Inscribed on back: Very sincerely yours, Walter Colton.
 

Conness, John, 1821-1909.

Biography/Organization History

Irish-born miner who was elected to the U.S. Senate. Conness Peak in Tuolumne County was named for him because of his work towards the establishment of the California Geological Survey.
 

Hon. John Conness - U.S. Senator. POR: Conness, John:1

Additional Note

William Shew, photographer.
 

Hon. John Conness, Cal. 1864 POR: Conness, John:2

Additional Note

Silas Selleck, photographer.
 

U.S. Senator [John] Conness of California. POR: Conness, John:3

 

Coolbrith, Ina Donna, 1842-1928.

Biography/Organization History

Niece of Mormon Church founder Joseph Smith who, after becoming a poet, associated with Bret Harte, Joaquin Miller, Mark Twain, Ambrose Bierce, Jack London, and Isadora Duncan; she was named the state's first poet laureate and has a Sierra County peak named after her.
 

Ina Coolbrith as a young girl, possibly early teens. POR: Coolbrith, Ina Donna:1

 

Miss [Ina Dinna] Coolbrith. circa 1894 POR: Coolbrith, Ina Donna:2 c. 1

 

Ina Coolbrith and Charles Fletcher Lummis. POR: Coolbrith, Ina Donna:4

Additional Note

Lyon St., S.F. [San Francisco].
 

Miss [Ina Donna] Coolbrith with cat. 1924 POR: Coolbrith, Ina Donna:15

Additional Note

56 Tarabal St., S.F. [San Francisco].
 

[Ina Coolbrith holding a white cat.] circa 1924 POR: Coolbrith, Ina Donna:18

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Photograph by Ansel Adams. Oversize item shelved as ffPOR.
 

Miss [Ina Donna] Coolbrith with Mrs. Verneille de Wittwer (?), Aviatrix Lillian Gatlin (who flew to the Mother Lode Country for branches), Mrs. Genevieve Newmark and unknown woman at birthday celebration for Ina. March 31, 1925 POR: Coolbrith, Ina Donna:19

 

Coolidge, Dane, 1873-1940.

Biography/Organization History

Massachusetts-born collector of cowboy photographs and writer of popular Western novels, including (1910), (1928), and (1939).
 

[Dane Coolidge.] POR: Coolidge, Dane:2

 

[Dane Coolidge.] POR: Coolidge, Dane:5

 

[Dane Coolidge.] POR: Coolidge, Dane:8

 

[Dane Coolidge.] POR: Coolidge, Dane:10

 

Coolidge, Mary Roberts, 1860-1945.

Biography/Organization History

Wife of writer Dane Coolidge, she helped him write (1930) and (1939).
 

Head-portrait of Mary Roberts Coolidge. POR: Coolidge, Mary Roberts:1

 

[Mary Roberts Coolidge.] POR: Coolidge, Mary Roberts:3

 

[Mary Roberts Coolidge.] POR: Coolidge, Mary Roberts:7

 

[Mary Coolidge standing next to vines.] POR: Coolidge, Mary Roberts:8

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Mary Roberts Coolidge in camp in New Mexico. 1916 POR: Coolidge, Mary Roberts:9

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Cooper, Sarah Brown Ingersoll, 1835-1896.

Biography/Organization History

Founded 40 allied kindergartens, some for slum children, and organized a national Woman's Congress meeting in San Francisco (1891).
 

[Portrait of Sarah B. Cooper.] 1874 POR: Cooper, Sarah Brown Ingersoll:1

Additional Note

Inscribed on back: Yours very gratefully, Sarah B. Cooper. Monday Morn, April 6th, 1874.
 

[Portrait of Sarah B. Cooper.] 1877 POR: Cooper, Sarah Brown Ingersoll:2

Additional Note

Signed on front.
 

Corbett, James John, 1866-1933.

Biography/Organization History

Banker-turned-boxer in San Francisco who became the heavyweight boxing champion of the U.S.
 

James Corbett forsook a bank clerk's future in S.F. [San Francisco] to defeat John L. Sullivan, become world's heavyweight champion, ... POR: Corbett, James John:1

 

Coronel, Antonio Francisco, 1817-1894

Biography/Organization History

Fourth Mayor of Los Angeles
 

[Antonio Coronel with three women.] 1885 POR: Coronel, Antonio Francisco:3

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

A.F. Randall photo, Los Angeles. Digital capture from modern copy print.
 

Corson, Edward Faulkner

 

[Portrait of Edward Faulkner Corson posing with dog.] June 1891 POR: Corson, Edward Faulkner:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (cabinet card format)

Additional Note

Photograph by C.M. Bell, Washington, D.C.
 

Cottrelly, Mathilde, 1851-1933.

Biography/Organization History

Actress.
 

[Portrait of Mathilde Cottrelly, standing.] POR: Cottrelly, Mathilde:2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (cabinet card format)

Additional Note

Houseworth's Celebrities photograph.
 

[Portrait of Mathilde Cottrelly, knelling.] POR: Cottrelly, Mathilde:5

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (cabinet card format)

Additional Note

Houseworth's Celebrities photograph.
 

[Portrait of Mathilde Cottrelly in military uniform with sword.] POR: Cottrelly, Mathilde:7

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (cabinet card format)

Additional Note

Houseworth's Celebrities photograph.
 

Couts, Cave Johnson, 1821-1874.

Biography/Organization History

Tennessee-born veteran of the Mexican War who surveyed and mapped pueblo lands, started a refugee camp for people stranded on their way to the gold fields, and presided over Rancho Guajome.
 

Cave [Johnson] Couts as a lieutenant of Dragoons. POR: Couts, Cave Johnson:1

Additional Note

The portrait was probably the work of one of several daguerreotypists who followed the Army from Mexico. Frontispiece portrait.
 

Cowles, Samuel, 1823-1880.

Biography/Organization History

Ohio-born lawyer who came to California in 1852 and became County Judge of San Francisco.
 

Samuel Cowles. circa 1878 POR: Cowles, Samuel:1

Additional Note

Photograph by Bradley & Rulofson.
 

Samuel Cowles in '70s. Grandpa. Nanna Reanden from Mathis. POR: Cowles, Samuel:2

Additional Note

Photograph by Bradley & Rulofson.
 

Crabtree, Lotta, 1847-1924.

Biography/Organization History

Tutored by Lola Montez, Crabtree rose from childhood stardom to become the highest paid actress of her day; she appeared in adaptations of Dickens' fiction and in plays written especially for her.
 

[Full length portrait of Lotta Crabtree.] POR: Crabtree, Lotta:3

 

[Full-length portrait of Lotta Crabtree smoking.] POR: Crabtree, Lotta:

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (carte de visite format)
 

[Bust-length portrait of Lotta Crabtree.] POR: Crabtree, Lotta:5

Additional Note

Presented by Lucy Orr Vobroukamp of 305 Spruce Street, Alameda, Cal. through Louis A. Sanchez. Enlarged copy of photograph of Lotta Crabtree presented by her to close friend, Samuel Orr, brother-in-law of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson.
 

[Bust-length portrait of Lotta Crabtree.] POR: Crabtree, Lotta:7

 

Cranston, Alan, 1914-.

Biography/Organization History

Palo Alto native who went from the real estate business to activity in Democratic politics, by which he was elected controller of the state in 1959 and U.S. Senator in 1969.
 

[Alan Cranston.] POR: Cranston, Alan:3

 

[Alan Cranston.] POR: Cranston, Alan:6

 

Dan A. Kemball, Fred Fan, Alan Cranston. POR: Cranston, Alan:9

Additional Note

Photo by Edwin Schober.
 

Crawford, John Wallace, 1847-1917.

Biography/Organization History

American author.
 

Capt. John Crawford. POR: Crawford, John Wallace:3

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (cabinet card format)

Additional Note

Houseworth's Celebrities photograph.
 

Capt. John Crawford and Gertie Granville. POR: Crawford, John Wallace:4

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (cabinet card format)

Additional Note

Houseworth's Celebrities photograph.
 

Capt. John Crawford and Gertie Granville. POR: Crawford, John Wallace:5

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (cabinet card format)

Additional Note

Houseworth's Celebrities photograph.
 

Cremony, John Carey, 1815-1879.

Biography/Organization History

Mexican War and Civil War veteran who later became a writer and founder of the Bohemian Club; he recounted his experiences surveying the U.S.-Mexican boundary in (1868).
 

Con las hernas memorias de John C. Cremony, St. Valentine's Day. 1873 POR: Cremony, John Carey:1

Additional Note

Bradley & Rulofson, photographers.
 

[Portrait of John Carey Cremony.] POR: Cremony, John Carey:2

Additional Note

T. Hill painting. Nov. 23/28.
 

Crocker, Charles, 1822-1888.

Biography/Organization History

American railroad magnate.
 

[Bust-length portrait of Charles Crocker.] POR: Crocker, Charles:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 picture
 

Crosby, Elisha Oscar, 1818-1895.

Biography/Organization History

Lawyer and member of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance.
 

[Elisha Oscar] Crosby age 68. July 1886 POR: Crosby, Elisha Oscar:1

Additional Note

E. Graybiel, photographer.
 

Cross, Ira Brown, 1880-1977.

Biography/Organization History

Illinois-born professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley. He was also Secretary of the California State Industrial Accident Commission from 1913-1914 and in World War I he served on the staff of the U.S. War Shipping Board.
 

Dr. Ira Cross. POR: Cross, Ira Brown:1

Additional Note

N.B. Drury.
 

Ira B. Cross - picture of portrait in Barrows Hall. POR: Cross, Ira Brown:2

Additional Note

Gift of I.B.C., 12/13/65.
 

D'Estrella, Theophilus Hope, 1851-1929.

Biography/Organization History

Photographer who was the first male student at the California School for the Deaf.
 

Theophilus d'Estrella. First pupil to enter the Institution for the Deaf in San Francisco. POR: D'Estrella, Theophilus Hope:1

Additional Note

Gift of Mrs. Hubert Wykoff, 7/31/61. Photograph by Bushnell.
 

Dana, Maria Josefa Carrillo, 1812-

 

[Oval portrait of Maria Josefa Carrillo Dana wearing a mantilla.] POR: Dana, Maria Josefa Carrillo:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Copy print.
 

Dana, Richard Henry, 1815-1882.

Biography/Organization History

A sailor in his youth, Dana wrote articles such as "Cruelty to Seamen" (1839) and the account of his time at sea, , before he went on to become a lawyer who defended fugitive slaves.
 

Richard H. Dana, Jr. 1842 POR: Dana, Richard Henry:1

 

Dana, William Goodwin, 1797-1858.

Biography/Organization History

Went to California on a trading vessel in 1825, converted to Catholicism and married a Carrillo, and became a at Nipomo near Santa Barbara.
 

Don. Guillermo Goodwin Dana - (Captain William G. Dana) of San Luis Obispo. POR: Dana, William Goodwin:2

 

Davidson, George, 1825-1911.

Biography/Organization History

English-born member of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (1845-1895); influential in establishing astronomical observatories in the West; convinced James Lick to fund the Lick Observatory at Mt. Hamilton; President of the California Academy of Sciences; professor of geodesy and astronomy; Regent of the University of California.
 

[George Davidson.] POR: Davidson, George:9

 

[George Davidson.] 1907 POR: Davidson, George:17

 

[George Davidson.] POR: Davidson, George:22

Additional Note

Photograph by Morse's Studio.
 

[George Davidson.] POR: Davidson, George:27

 

Danielewicz, Sigismund

Biography/Organization History

Socialist and founder of sailors' union.
 

[Portrait of Sigismund Danielewicz.]

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (cabinet card format)

Additional Note

Signed and dated on back: Dec 15, 1884.
 

Davis, Lillie

Biography/Organization History

Daughter of William Heath Davis and Maria de Jesus Estudillo Davis.
 

[Portrait of Lillie Davis as a girl.] POR: Davis, Lillie:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Davis, Pauline

 

[Portrait of Pauline Davis.] circa 1940s-1950s

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Davis, William Heath, 1822-1909.

Biography/Organization History

Hawaii-born wealthy merchant and shipowner who wedded an heiress of the Estudillo family and became a major landowner near present-day San Leandro.
 

[William Heath Davis.] POR: Davis, William Heath:2

 

Day, Sherman, 1806-1884.

Biography/Organization History

Surveyor and mining engineer who worked for the New Almaden Mine; also a California State Senator and the Surveyor General of California.
 

[Sherman Day.] POR: Day, Sherman:2

Additional Note

Watkins, New Almaden. Gift to U.C.L. Gary, June, 1933, Caroline Day [stereograph].
 

[Sherman Day.] POR: Day, Sherman:6

 

De Young, Charles, 1845-1880.

Biography/Organization History

Louisiana-born co-founder (with his brother, Michael Harry) of the newspaper (1868), which they used to promote their political interests and which led to Charles' being shot and killed in a political squabble; his brother went on to found the De Young Art Museum in San Francisco.
 

Charles De Young. POR: De Young, Charles:2

Additional Note

Houseworth, photographer.
 

[Charles De Young.] POR: De Young, Charles:4

Additional Note

nscribed on back: To Charles Warren Stoddard from his friend, Chas. de Young.
 

Dellums, Cottrell Laurence, 1900-1989.

Biography/Organization History

Chairman of the State Fair Employment Practice Commission of California.
 

[Cottrell Laurence Dellums.] Age 17. POR: Dellums, Cottrell Laurence:1

 

[Cottrell Laurence Dellums.] POR: Dellums, Cottrell Laurence:4

 

Kaiser shipyard, Richmond. L to R: [Cottrell Laurence] Dellums, Spencer Jordan, Head, Negro Boiler makers local, Ben Watkins, P.R. Officer for Kaiser. 1943 POR: Dellums, Cottrell Laurence:5

 

Denman, William, 1872-1959.

Biography/Organization History

Lawyer, judge, and Chairman of the U.S. Shipping Board.
 

[William Denman with three other judges.] POR: Denman, William:2

Additional Note

Associated Press Photo.
 

Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861.

Biography/Organization History

Mexican War veteran who became an editor for the and turned it into a comic journal; thereafter he was a western humorist whose sketches appeared in San Francisco's .
 

[George Horatio Derby.] POR: Derby, George Horatio:2

 

Destouches, Louis Ferdinand, 1894-1961.

Biography/Organization History

French author.
 

[Bust-length portrait of Louis Ferdinand Destouches.] 1937? POR: Destouches, Louis Ferdinand:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Portrait of Louis Ferdinand Destouches sitting in a chair (three-quarter view).] 1937? POR: Destouches, Louis Ferdinand:2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Portrait of Louis Ferdinand Destouches sitting in a chair (front view).] 1937? POR: Destouches, Louis Ferdinand:3

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Didion, Joan, 1934- .

Biography/Organization History

American author.
 

Joan Didion. 1964 POR: Didion, Joan:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Photograph by Dominick Dunne, Portuguese Bend, Palos Verdes, CA.
 

[Portrait of Joan Didion.] circa 1977 POR: Didion, Joan:2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Promotional book advertisement card for "A Book of Common Prayer", by Joan Didion. Photo credit: Mary Lloyd Estrin.
 

Disney, Walter Elias, 1901-1966.

Biography/Organization History

Chicago-born creator of cartoons, who went to Hollywood in 1923, where his creation of the talking film character Mickey Mouse made him a phenomenal success in 1928. His immensely popular animated films led to the establishment of his own studio in 1940 where he eventually developed full-length films. He created Disneyland in 1955.
 

[Walter Elias Disney.] POR: Disney, Walter Elias:1

Additional Note

George H. Phillips, photographer.
 

Walt Disney at home in the hills of Los Feliz. POR: Disney, Walter Elias:4

Additional Note

George H. Phillips, photographer.
 

Dobie, Charles Caldwell, 1881-1943.

Biography/Organization History

San Francisco writer who wrote about the city in stories, novels, and nonfiction, his works include (1933) and (1935).
 

[Charles Caldwell] Dobie. circa 1897 POR: Dobie, Charles Caldwell:1

Additional Note

Dobie Collection 1945. Photograph by Morse.
 

[Charles Caldwell Dobie.] POR: Dobie, Charles Caldwell:4

Additional Note

Imogen Cunningham, photographer.
 

Dollar, Robert, 1844-1932.

Biography/Organization History

Scottish-born shipowner of San Francisco's Dollar Steamship Co., which was known for its transpacific liners bearing the names of U.S. Presidents. He became the most successful shipowner in the nation and was an enemy of unions.
 

[Profile portrait of Robert Dollar.] POR: Dollar, Robert:9

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Robert Dollar. POR: Dollar, Robert:13

 

Robert Dollar, Christmas. 1928 POR: Dollar, Robert:16

 

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Dollar, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Stanley Dollar, Diana Dollar, Robert Stanley [Jr.]. Mr. & Mrs. J. Harold Dollar. POR: Dollar, Robert:18

 

On his 85th birthday, Captain Dollar greets Henry L. Stimson, who arrived on a Dollar liner from Manila en route to Washington to become Secretary of State. 1928 POR: Dollar, Robert:24

 

Mr. Robert Dollar and President Chiang Kai Shek POR: Dollar, Robert:33

 

President of China - Li Yuen Hung and wife. Capt. & Mrs. Robert Dollar. 1926 POR: Dollar, Robert:35

 

Zamboanga, P.I. Philippine Cutch Corporation. Mr. F.L. Zimmerman - Manager. Mr. Geo. Kerr - Prsident [sic]. Capt. Robert Dollar. Provincial Governor A.L. Alvarez. November 3, 1930 POR: Dollar, Robert:42

 

Capt. & Mrs. Robert Dollar. Children - A. Melville Dollar, R. Stanley Dollar, J. Harold Dollar, Grace Dollar. POR: Dollar, Robert:55

 

Dollar, Robert Stanley, 1880-1962.

Biography/Organization History

Son and heir of the shipowner Robert Dollar. He was president of the Robert Dollar Co. and Dollar Steamship Line.
 

Robert Stanley Dollar. January 18, 1955 POR: Dollar, Robert Stanley:16

 

R. Stanley Dollar, President of The Robert Dollar Co., and Dollar Steamship Line, at his desk in his office in ... POR: Dollar, Robert Stanley:36

 

R. Stanley Dollar & R. Stanley Dollar, Jr., watch as operator at Globe Wireless station Mussell Rock types the first message sent by Mr. Dollar to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Sheck, re-opening the New York/San Francisco/Shanghai circuit of Globe Wireless Ltd. POR: Dollar, Robert Stanley:53

 

R. Stanley Dollar, (left) president of The Robert Dollar Co., Dollar Steamship Line, and Globe Wireless Ltd., accepts the key ... POR: Dollar, Robert Stanley:57

 

[Robert Stanley Dollar, Jr., Robert Stanley Dollar, Sr., and Jeanne Nichols, Librarian at Capt. Robert Dollar World Trade Library.] December 1957 POR: Dollar, Robert Stanley:59

 

Robert Stanley Dollar, Pres. of Robert Dollar Co., accepting model of the President Coolidge from George Killian, Pres. of American President Lines. August 25, 1952 POR: Dollar, Robert Stanley:71

 

Mr. RSD trip to Orient. President Carlos P. Garcia, Philippines. Mr. R. Stanley Dollar. 1958 POR: Dollar, Robert Stanley:79

 

Mr. Robert Stanley Dollar Arrival On Board S.S. President Wilson. Vice Mayor Jesus Marcos Roces of Manila presenting key to City of Manila to Mr. R. Stanley Dollar. Jauary 26, 1958 POR: Dollar, Robert Stanley:91

Additional Note

Photo by Philippine Herald.
 

Donahue, Peter, 1822-1885.

Biography/Organization History

Went to California in 1849 and established the first government steamer on the Pacific Coast, the first locomotive made in California, the first printing press on the Pacific Coast, the first gas company for street lighting in San Francisco, and the city's first streetcar line.
 

Peter Donahue, Prest. Omnibus R.R.Co. POR: Donahue, Peter:1

Additional Note

Bradley & Rulofson, photographers.
 

[Peter Donahue.] POR: Donahue, Peter:3

Additional Note

Eng. by H.B. Hall's Sons, New York.
 

Dominguez y Peralta, Pablo

 

Pablo Dominguez y Peralta and wife Dona Felipa Yorba y Ontireros. circa 1870s-1880s POR: Dominguez y Peralta, Pablo:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Donner, Elitha

Biography/Organization History

 

[Portrait of Eltiha Donner wearing plaid dress.] circa 1855-1869 POR: Donner, Elitha:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Detail of Elitha Donner-- POR 2.
 

[Family portrait of Elitha Donner Wilder with husband, Ben Wilder and baby.] POR: Donner, Elitha:2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Photograph of a cased photograph.
 

Donner, Eliza, 1843-1922.

Biography/Organization History

Daughter of George and Tamsen (Tamzene) Donner, and survivor of the Donner Party. Birth and death dates from back of photograph.
 

[Bust-length portrait of Eliza Donner.] 1 photograph POR: Donner, Eliza:1

Additional Note

Photograph by Wright's Art & Portrait Gallery, San Jose.
 

[Snapshot of Eliza Donner with unknown woman.] 1 photograph POR: Donner, Eliza:2

 

Mrs. Christian Brunner, Georgia Donner, and Eliza Donner. 1 photograph POR: Donner, Eliza:3

Additional Note

Photograph of a cased photograph.
 

Eliza Donner Houghton family. 1 photograph POR: Donner, Eliza:4

Additional Note

Photograph by F.G. Schumacher, Los Angeles, Cal. Written on back: Many happy returns, August 12th, 1891.
 

Donner, Georgia Ann, 1841-1911.

Biography/Organization History

Daughter of George and Tamsen (Tamzene) Donner, and survivor of the Donner Party. Birth and death dates from back of photograph.
 

[Bust-length portrait of Georgia Donner Babcock.] POR: Donner, Georgia:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Photograph by Wright's Art & Portrait Gallery, San Jose.
 

Douglas, Helen Gahagan, 1900-1980.

Biography/Organization History

Actress who also served in Congress (1945-1951) as a Democrat and was defeated for the U.S. Senate (1951) by Richard M. Nixon when he accused her of being soft on communism.
 

[Helen Gahagan Douglas.] POR: Douglas, Helen Gahagan:10

Additional Note

Phot. by Maurice Goldberg, Hollywood.
 

Helen Gahagan Douglas photographed during 1937 tour of Middle Europe. 1937 POR: Douglas, Helen Gahagan:14

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Helen Gahagan Douglas, Joseph Marx, an Austrian composer, and Fritz Kuba.] 1937 POR: Douglas, Helen Gahagan:17

 

[Helen Gahagan Douglas.] 1955 POR: Douglas, Helen Gahagan:21

 

[Helen Gahagan Douglas] with Amb. Rhetts at Harbel Market, Firestone Plantation, Liberia. POR: Douglas, Helen Gahagan:24

 

[Helen Gahagan Douglas at] Alma College, re:Vietnam War. May 1970 POR: Douglas, Helen Gahagan:28

 

[Helen Gahagan Douglas] photographed at the first post-war hearing on migratory labor, Washington, D.C. February 5-6, 1959 POR: Douglas, Helen Gahagan:32

Additional Note

Nate Fine photograph.
 

Downey, John Gately, 1826-1894.

Biography/Organization History

7th governor of California (1860-1862) who made a fortune from his Los Angeles-based drugstore business, ranching and real estate operations.
 

[John Gately Downey.] POR: Downey, John Gately:4

 

Downey, Sheridan, 1884-1961.

Biography/Organization History

Wyoming-born political leader in California who was twice elected to the U.S. Senate (1939-1950) and was a Democratic supporter of the New Deal.
 

[Vice President Garner meeting Senator-elect Sheridan Downey and other new senators.] POR: Downey, Sheridan:17

 

[Sheridan Downey.] POR: Downey, Sheridan:18

 

[Sheridan Downey.] POR: Downey, Sheridan:44

Additional Note

oto by Acme Photograph.
 

"Election Results Important to the Downeys". [Sheridan Downey family.] POR: Downey, Sheridan:53

Additional Note

Acme Newspictures, San Francisco Bureau.
 

Vice-President John N. Garner (left) as he met Senator-elect Sheridan Downey of California (right), upon Garner's arrival in Washington D.C. for the forthcoming session of Congress. December 17, 1938 POR: Downey, Sheridan:61

 

Sheridan Downey and Veronica Lake,. 1942 POR: Downey, Sheridan:62

 

Doyle, John Thomas, 1819-1906.

Biography/Organization History

New York-born lawyer who moved to California and served as the attorney for Bishop Alemany in the Pious Fund litigation, of which he wrote a history. He was also the founder of the California Historical Society.
 

[John Thomas Doyle.] POR: Doyle, John Thomas:1

 

[Portrait of John T. Doyle.] 1894? POR: Doyle, John Thomas:2

Additional Note

Photograph by Morse. Inscribed: To my friend of forty years standing, Geo. Davidson, Nov. 26, 1894. John T. Doyle.
 

Drake, Francis, Sir, 1540-1596.

Biography/Organization History

English-born navigator who set out to sail around the world, got stuck while looking for the Strait of Anián, and docked somewhere along the coast near San Francisco; he claimed the land for England and then continued sailing westward. His California exploits led the Spanish to more seriously consider the region for settlement.
 

[Francis Sir Drake.] POR: Drake, Francis, Sir:8

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 picture

Additional Note

Photograph of engraving by Iodocus Hondius.
 

Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927.

Biography/Organization History

San Francisco-raised dancer who worked at Augustin Daly's New York company before she moved on to Europe to create her own style of dance and her Temple of the Dance in Athens.
 

[Isadora Duncan at] Theatre of Dionysus, Athens. 1903 POR: Duncan, Isadora:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Photograph by Raymond Duncan.
 

[Bust-length portrait of Isadora Duncan.] POR: Duncan, Isadora:2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Charles L. Ritzmann [stamped on back].
 

[Isadora Duncan.] POR: Duncan, Isadora:6

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Duncan, Robert Edward, 1919-1988.

Biography/Organization History

Poet who was a Bay Area native and resident and was part of the Projectivist school of poetry, influenced by Ezra Pound; his books include (1950), (1964), (1947), (1969), and the plays (1965) and (1966).
 

[Robert Edward Duncan.] POR: Duncan, Robert Edward:1

 

Durant, Henry, 1802-1875.

Biography/Organization History

Clergyman who established the Contra Costa Academy for Boys in Oakland, which eventually was merged to become the University of California; he was the first president of the University and later, the mayor of Oakland.
 

[Portrait of Henry Durant.] POR: Durant, Henry:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Portrait of Henry Durant sitting in a chair.] POR: Durant, Henry:2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (cabinet card format)

Additional Note

Wm. B. Ingersall, photographer.
 

Dwinelle, John Whipple, 1816-1881.

Biography/Organization History

Lawyer who became mayor of Oakland while keeping up with his law practice; in the state legislature he wrote the bill in 1868 establishing the University of California, which has a building named after him on the Berkeley campus.
 

[John Whipple Dwinelle.] POR: Dwinelle, John Whipple:1

 

Dymally, Mervyn M., 1926-.

Biography/Organization History

Native of Trinidad who was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1981 after a career as a teacher and stints in the California state assembly, state senate, and an election in 1974 to the California lieutenant governorship. He supported greater opportunities for minority-owned businesses and better funding for minority students' education.
 

Mervyn M. Dymally, teacher. POR: Dymally, Mervyn M.:1

 

Eccleston, Robert ,1830-1911.

 

[Portrait of Robert Eccleston.] POR: Eccleston, Robert:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Photograph of a cased photograph.
 

Eddy, William

 

William Eddy. POR: Eddy, William:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (carte de visite format)

Additional Note

Photograph by Vaughan's Photo Gallery, San Francisco.
 

Edwards, Harry

 

[Portrait of Harry Edwards with two dogs.] POR: Edwards, Harry:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (cabinet card format)

Additional Note

Photograph by Bradley & Rulofon, San Francisco.
 

Eisen, Gustavus Augustus,1847-1940.

 

Gustavus Eisen, San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. November 1897 POR: Eisen, Gustavus:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Photograph by J.H. Peters, San Francisco.
 

Elder, Paul, 1872-1948.

Biography/Organization History

Bookseller of San Francisco and proprietor of the Tomoyé Press, which printed books for John Henry Nash. Elder's bookshop also featured arts and crafts and was designed by Bernard Maybeck.
 

[Paul Elder.] POR: Elder, Paul:4

Additional Note

Photograph by Chas. Lainer.
 

[Paul Elder.] POR: Elder, Paul:6

Additional Note

Photograph by Theo C. Marceau.
 

[Paul Elder.] POR: Elder, Paul:10

 

Emparan, Luisa Vallejo.

Biography/Organization History

General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo's daughter.
 

Rily Wiley Vallejo, Luisa Vallejo Emparan, and Miss Emily Melerie. POR: Emparan, Luisa Vallejo:4

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Engelhardt, Zephyrin, 1851-1934.

Biography/Organization History

Franciscan missionary from Germany who worked with the Pomo Native Americans of California and compiled the vocabulary of their language; he wrote and printed historical studies, including (1908-15), (1897), and (1899).
 

[Zephyrin] Engelhardt at Mission Capistrano. 1915 POR: Engelhardt, Zephyrin:1

Additional Note

Identified by Fr. Geiger.
 

Engle, Clair, 1911-1964.

Biography/Organization History

Native of Bakersfield, California, who served as district attorney of Tehama County before becoming a Democratic Congressman (1943-59) and a U.S. Senator (1958-65); Clair Engle Lake in Trinity County, CA, is named for him.
 

[Bust-length portrait of Clair Engle.] POR: Engle, Clair:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Photograph by Fabian Bachrach.
 

[Bust-length portrait of Clair Engle.] POR: Engle, Clair:2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Photograph by Fabian Bachrach.
 

John F. Kennedy, Clair Engle. POR: Engle, Clair:5

 

[Clair Engle at podium, John F. Kennedy at far left.] POR: Engle, Clair:6

 

Clair & Lu Engle with 7-yr.-old Diana Leggett at Vallejo. Octeober 6 POR: Engle, Clair:7

 

Peter Odegard, [Clair] Engle, Kenneth Stahn. POR: Engle, Clair:8

 

Estudillo, José Antonio, 1805-1852.

Biography/Organization History

Official of present San Diego and Riverside counties who was a son of the prominent soldier José Maria Estudillo and brother of José Joaquin Estudillo.
 

[José Antonio Estudillo.] POR: Estudillo, José Antonio:1

 

Estudillo, José Joaquin, 1800-1852.

Biography/Organization History

of San Francisco in 1836 who was a son of the prominent soldier José Maria Estudillo and brother of José Antonio Estudillo; the town of San Leandro in California rose from his and was developed by his son-in-law, William Heath Davis.
 

Don. Jose Joaquin Estudillo. POR: Estudillo, José Joaquin:2

Additional Note

Mrs. C.B. Foot.
 

Eu, March Fong, 1927-.

Biography/Organization History

U.S. Ambassador to Micronesia, member of the California state legislature (1966-1974), former California Secretary of State, and mother of Matt Fong, who became State Treasurer of California in 1994.
 

[Portrait of March Fong Eu.] POR: Eu, March Fong:1

Additional Note

Shelved in Portrait File as Fong, March. Stamped on back: March Fong for Assembly, 5008 Foothill Blvd., Oakland, California.
 

Evans, Albert S.

Biography/Organization History

Editor of the Daily Alta California.
 

Albert S. Evans. circa 1865 POR: Evans, Albert S:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (carte de visite format)

Additional Note

Photograph by Hamilton, Tidball and Morse. Includes 2 cent tax stamp on back.
 

Evans, Herbert McLean, 1882-1971.

Biography/Organization History

Professor of Anatomy at the University of California, Berkeley from 1915-1952, Herzstein Professor of Biology, and Director of the Institute of Experimental Biology from 1930-1952; his research achievements include the discovery of Vitamin E and work on hypophyseal protein hormones.
 

Dr. Herbert [McLean] Evans. December 7, 1959. POR: Evans, Herbert McLean:1

Additional Note

Photograph by Imogen Cunningham.
 

[Herbert McLean Evans.] POR: Evans, Herbert McLean:2

Additional Note

Photograph by Imogen Cunningham.
 

Everson, William, 1912-1994.

Biography/Organization History

Poet, inspired by Robinson Jeffers, who founded the Untide Press to print poetry in Waldport, Oregon, and whose own poems were marked by regional imagery and Christian spirituality; he joined the Dominican order in 1951 and became known as Brother Antoninus. His collections of poetry include (1949), (1948), (1959), and (1962), and he later went on to a university teaching career.
 

[William Everson printing, St. Albert's College.] 1954 POR: Everson, William:6

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[William Everson.] POR: Everson, William:41

 

[William Everson with book, Hazards of Holiness.] 1 photograph POR: Everson, William:47

Additional Note

Photograph by G. Paul Bishop.
 

[William Everson at a printing press.] POR: Everson, William:62

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

William Everson. POR: Everson, William:65

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

William Everson. POR: Everson, William:82

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Original shelved as BANC PIC 1974.011 (oversize).
 

William Everson. December 7, 1969 POR: Everson, William:171

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Photographs by E. David Show, Davis. Original shelved as BANC PIC 1974.011 (oversize).
 

Marriage of William Everson and Susanna Rickson. December 1969 POR: Everson, William:180

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Original shelved as BANC PIC 1974.011 (oversize).
 

Brother Antoninus [William Everson.] 1956 POR: Everson, William:187

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Mark Lansburgh Photo.
 

[William Everson at] poetry reading, San Francisco State College, California. December 5, 1956 POR: Everson, William:188

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

William Everson. POR: Everson, William:190

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Hal Lubin, Bill Everson, Mary, Brenda and Ham Tyler. Treesbank. Sebastapol [Sebastopol], Calif. Autumn 1946 POR: Everson, William:191

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

William Everson family. circa 1920 POR: Everson, William:192

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

William Everson 1 year old. circa 1913 POR: Everson, William:193

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Graduation from grammar school [William Everson in group portrait.]. 1927 POR: Everson, William:197

 

Fair, James Graham, 1831-1894.

Biography/Organization History

Irish-born participant in the California Gold Rush who became a wealthy developer of the Comstock Lode in Nevada; he was a U.S. Senator from 1881-1887, and was well-known in San Francisco where he owned extensive property. The Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco was built in his honor by one of his daughters.
 

[Portrait of James Graham Fair.] POR: Fair, James Graham:4

Additional Note

Houseworth & Co., photographers. No. 4219.
 

[James Graham Fair.] POR: Fair, James Graham:6

Additional Note

Gift of Walter L. Huber, 5/22/55. Photograph by Chas. Lainer, no. 2968.
 

Farley, James Thompson, 1829-1886.

Biography/Organization History

Native of Virginia who came to California in 1850 and was active in the state's Democratic party, becoming Speaker of the state Assembly, state Senator, and a U.S. Senator from 1879-1885.
 

[Portrait of James Thompson Farley.] POR: Farley, James Thompson:1

 

Farquhar, Francis Peloubet, 1887-1974.

Biography/Organization History

Massachusetts native who moved to the San Francisco Bay Area and wrote about California; his works include a (1965) and an edition of the journal of William H. Brewer (1930).
 

Francis [Peloubet] Farquhar on Mt. Whitney. September 5, 1930. POR: Farquhar, Francis Peloubet:1

 

Corp. [?] O. Majors, Francis P. Farquhar. POR: Farquhar, Francis Peloubet:2

 

Roger Walderyn [?], Francis Peloubet Farquhar, Donald H. McLaughlin, Harold Gilliam. POR: Farquhar, Francis Peloubet:3

 

Farquhar, Stephen T.

Biography/Organization History

Longtime head of the University of California Press.
 

[Portrait of Stephen T. Farquhar.] POR: Farquhar, Stephen T.:3

 

[Portrait of Stephen T. Farquhar.] 1908 POR: Farquhar, Stephen T.:5

 

[Portrait of Stephen T. Farquhar.] POR: Farquhar, Stephen T.:6

 

Helen, S.T.F. [Stephen T. Farquhar]. POR: Farquhar, Stephen T.:9

 

Fergusson, Harvey, 1890-1971.

Biography/Organization History

Writer from New Mexico who later relocated to Berkeley; his writings are mostly set in the Southwest, and his most famous work is the trilogy of novels, (1921), (1927), and (1929).
 

[Harvey Fergusson.] POR: Fergusson, Harvey:5

 

[Harvey Fergusson.] circa 1965 POR: Fergusson, Harvey:7

 

[Harvey Fergusson and Jack O'Connor on a hunting trip.] 1934 POR: Fergusson, Harvey:8

Additional Note

"These photos are [?] of Jack O'Connor & myself on a hunting trip in Sinao [?]." Photograph by Geyer Studio.
 

Ferlinghetti, Lawrence, 1919-.

Biography/Organization History

New York-born publisher and poet who was educated at the University of North Carolina, Columbia, and the Sorbonne; he opened City Lights bookshop in San Francisco and was considered a leader of the Beat movement there. He was tried and acquitted on charges of obscenity for publishing Allen Ginsberg's "Howl." His own poetry includes "A Coney Island of the Mind" (1958), "Pictures of the Gone World" (1955), and "Starting from San Francisco" (1961).
 

[Lawerence Ferlinghetti.] San Francisco. January 1961 POR: Ferlinghetti, Lawrence:1

Additional Note

Photo by A. Willis.
 

[Lawerence Ferlinghetti.] 1969 POR: Ferlinghetti, Lawrence:3

Additional Note

By Susan Berman.
 

[Lawerence Ferlinghetti.] Univ. of Arizona. October 1967 POR: Ferlinghetti, Lawrence:5

 

[Lawerence Ferlinghetti.] Tucson. October 1967 POR: Ferlinghetti, Lawrence:7

 

[Lawerence Ferlinghetti.] February 1967 POR: Ferlinghetti, Lawrence:16

Additional Note

Picture taken by: Heiner Bastian on the Transsibirian-train, Moskav-Vladiswostok.
 

[Lawerence Ferlinghetti.] February 1967 POR: Ferlinghetti, Lawrence:18

Additional Note

Picture taken by: Heiner Bastian. "Khabarovsk" - Park.
 

[Lawerence Ferlinghetti.] at City Lights. circa 1960 POR: Ferlinghetti, Lawrence:24

Additional Note

Photograph by Harry Redl.
 

[Gregory Corso, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and dog Homer.] June 1969 POR: Ferlinghetti, Lawrence:27

Additional Note

Please credit photo, Ann Charters.
 

Gunter Kunert & [Lawrence] Ferlinghetti. East Berlin - Feb. '66. The Rose of Revolution. East-Berlin, Jan. 1967 POR: Ferlinghetti, Lawrence:29

 

Lawrence [Ferlinghetti] & Kirby Ferlinghetti at 706 Wisconsin St., San Francisco. July? 1959 POR: Ferlinghetti, Lawrence:34

Additional Note

Harry Redl, photograph.
 

Field, Charles Kellogg, 1873-1948.

Biography/Organization History

Stanford-educated writer from Vermont who wrote (1896), several Bohemian Club Grove Plays, and (1900) with Will Irwin; he edited from 1911-1925 and was a well-known radio personality.
 

A group of distinguished literary men present at the Bohemian Grove Play, "Apollo," by Frank Pixley. [Includes Charles Kellog Field] 1915 POR: Field, Charles Kellogg (filed with London, Jack:22 -- Vault)

 

Field, Sara Bard, 1882-1974.

Biography/Organization History

San Francisco Bay Area leader in civil liberties and feminist movements; she also wrote poems, included in (1932) and (1927).
 

[Portrait of Sara Bard Field.] October 28, 1927 POR: Field, Sara Bard:4

Additional Note

Photograph by Johan Hagemeyer, portrait 8968. Also digitized as part of the finding aid to the Johan Hagemeyer Photograph Collection.
 

Field, Stephen Johnson, 1816-1899.

Biography/Organization History

Served the longest term in the U.S. Supreme Court (1863-1897); he was against anti-Chinese statutes and was known as a strict constructionist.
 

Hon. Stephen [Johns] Field. POR: Field, Stephen Johnson:8

Additional Note

Thomas Houseworth & Co., photographers. No. 4230.
 

[Portrait of Stephen Johns Field.] POR: Field, Stephen Johnson:9

Additional Note

Photograph by I.W. Taber, no. 4232.
 

Hon. Stephen [Johns] Field, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. POR: Field, Stephen Johnson:10

Additional Note

Copyright 1890, by Napoleon Sarony.
 

[Portrait of Stephen Johnson Field wearing judge's robe.] POR: Field, Stephen Johnson:12

 

Fitch, George Kenyon, 1826-1906.

Biography/Organization History

Journalist who, after coming to California in 1849, helped found the (1850) and the (1851-1852); he also published the (1859-1895) and the (1855-56) in San Francisco.
 

[Portrait of George Kenyon Fitch.] POR: Fitch, George Kenyon:1

Additional Note

Editor, "S.F. [San Francisco] Bulletin." Photograph by I.W. Taber.
 

Fitch de Grant, Josefa (Carrillo).

 

[Portrait of Josefa Fitch de Grant.] POR: Fitch de Grant, Josefa (Carrillo):1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Also identified as Maria Anita de Grant (Fitch y Carrillo).
 

Fitch, Henry Delano, 1799-1849.

 

[Portrait of Henry Delano Fitch.] POR: Fitch, Henry Delano:1

Additional Note

Photograph of a painting.
 

Fleishhacker, Herbert, 1872-1957.

Biography/Organization History

Son of Aaron Fleishhacker and brother of Mortimer Fleishhacker; he was a San Francisco banker and an executive of the Great Western Electric Power Co. He was a donor of the Fleishhacker Zoo in San Francisco.
 

[Herbert Fleishhacker.] POR: Fleishhacker, Herbert.:1

Additional Note

Photograph by Peter Stackpole.
 

[Herbert Fleishhacker.] POR: Fleishhacker, Herbert.:2

Additional Note

Photograph by Peter Stackpole.
 

Fleishhacker, Mortimer, 1866-1953.

Biography/Organization History

Son of Aaron Fleishhacker and brother of Herbert Fleishhacker; he was a San Francisco banker and an executive of the Great Western Electric Power Co.
 

[Mortimer Fleishhacker.] POR: Fleishhacker, Mortimer:1

Additional Note

Photograph by Peter Stackpole.
 

Flores Magon, Ricardo.

Biography/Organization History

Mexican anarchist.
 

Ricardo Flores Magon. POR: Flores Magon, Ricardo:1

 

Foltz, Clara Shortridge, 1849-1934.

Biography/Organization History

Lawyer who successfully fought for Hastings College and the state bar to accept women. Her success as a lawyer was supplemented by her work as a suffragette, an editor of a daily magazine and newspaper, a force in Republican party politics, and her work for penal reform.
 

[Portrait of Clara Shortridge Foltz.] circa 1890s POR: Foltz, Clara Shortridge:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (cabinet card format)

Additional Note

Gift of L.G. LaBurdette. Photograph by I.W. Taber.
 

Fontana, Mark J., 1849-1922.

Biography/Organization History

Italian who came to California in 1867 and worked in the produce trade, forming the California Fruit Canners Association in 1899 and the California Packing Corp. in 1916; the latter was also known as Del Monte, the largest seller of canned fruit in the United States.
 

[Portrait of Mark J. Fontana.] POR: Fontana, Mark J.:1

 

Foster, Stephen Clark, 1820-1898.

Biography/Organization History

Maine-born Yale graduate who became an interpreter for the Mormon Battalion and came to California; he was mayor of Los Angeles (1854-1856) and served in the Constitutional Convention of 1849.
 

[Portrait of Stephen Clark Foster.] POR: Foster, Stephen Clark:2

Additional Note

Gift of J.R.K. Kautor, October 22, 1957.
 

Frémont, Jessie Benton, 1824-1902.

Biography/Organization History

Daughter of Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri and wife of John Charles Frémont, she helped her husband in his writing and in their struggles against perceived governmental restraints; she also wrote (1878), (1890), and (1863).
 

[Portrait of Jessie Benton Frémont.] 1876 POR: Frémont, Jessie Benton:4

Additional Note

"For Mr. Spencer H. Smith - Christmas 1902. Taken in New York 1876. From E. Benton Fremont. Mrs. Fremont in 1876. Gift of Francis James Dallett, 1958."
 

Mrs. [Jessie Benton] Frémont. POR: Frémont, Jessie Benton:9

 

Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890.

Biography/Organization History

Explorer of pre-statehood California who helped lead the Bear Flag Revolt, was a major in the Mexican War, was named California's military governor, became a U.S. Senator (1850-1851), ran for the presidency as an antislavery Republican (1856), and was a general in the Civil War.
 

[Portrait of John Charles Frémont.] POR: Frémont, John Charles:7

Additional Note

From the collection of Leo Stashin.
 

[Portrait of John Charles Frémont.] POR: Frémont, John Charles:13

 

[John Charles Frémont.] POR: Frémont, John Charles:21

Additional Note

Gift of L.G. La Burdette.
 

French, Nora May, 1881-1907.

Biography/Organization History

New York-born poet who lived in California beginning in her childhood; she wrote (1910), and was part of the bohemian group at Carmel, where she committed suicide.
 

[Portrait of Nora May French.] POR: French, Nora May:1

 

[Portrait of Nora May French.] POR: French, Nora May:2

 

Friedlander, Isaac, 1833?-1878.

Biography/Organization History

German-born Californian who became rich from speculating in and milling flour; he owned vast lands for farming with William S. Chapman and cornered California's shipping to take wheat to Europe and Asia in the 1870s. He later went bankrupt.
 

[Portrait of Isaac Friedlander.] POR: Friedlander, Isaac:2

Additional Note

Photograph by Bradley & Rulofson.
 

Frisbie, John B.

 

[Bust-length portrait of General John B. Frisbie.] POR: Frisbie, John B.:2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Bust-length portrait of General John B. Frisbie.] POR: Frisbie, John B.:3

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[General John B. Frisbie family portrait.] 1901? POR: Frisbie, John B.:4

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[General John B. Frisbie family portrait with children.] 1901? POR: Frisbie, John B.:5

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[General John B. Frisbie people in costume.] 1901? POR: Frisbie, John B.:6

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Souvenir of General John B. Frisbie and Fanny Vallejo de Frisbie wedding anniversary with portraits of family members.] 1901? POR: Frisbie, John B.:7

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Photograph of item.
 

Frost, Robert, 1874-1963.

Biography/Organization History

American poet.
 

Robert Frost, Laguna Beach. October 1932 POR: Frost, Robert:2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Photograph by Louis Mertins. Signed by Frost.
 

Fuller, Loie, 1862-1928.

Biography/Organization History

American dancer.
 

[Loie Fuller dancing.] POR: Fuller, Loie:6

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Loie Fuller dancing with scarf.] POR: Fuller, Loie:19

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Loie Fuller at beach.] POR: Fuller, Loie:25

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Loie Fuller with Loie Fuller dancers.] POR: Fuller, Loie:35

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Loie Fuller dancing.] POR: Fuller, Loie:46

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Furuseth, Andrew, 1854-1938.

Biography/Organization History

Norwegian merchant mariner from 1873-1891 who settled in California and became a labor leader, working as president of the International Seaman's Union from 1908-1938.
 

[Portrait of Andrew Furuseth.] POR: Furuseth, Andrew:1

Additional Note

Inscribed: Faithfully yours, Andrew Furuseth.
 

[Profile portrait of Andrew Furuseth,] Coast - Seamen's Union. POR: Furuseth, Andrew:2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Gift of Ira B. Cross.
 

Jo Davidson & Andrew Furuseth. POR: Furuseth, Andrew:6

Additional Note

Photo by Maurice Goldberg, New York. (1929?).
 

Gabriel, John Peter

 

[Portrait of John Peter Gabriel.] 1869-05-24 POR: Gabriel, John Peter:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (carte de visite format)

Additional Note

Photograph by Steve A. Rendall.
 

Gabriel, Mrs. John Peter

 

[Portrait of Mrs. John Peter Gabriel.] 1869-05-24 POR: Gabriel, Mrs. John Peter:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (carte de visite format)

Additional Note

Photograph by Steve A. Rendall.
 

Gage, Henry Tifft, 1852-1924.

Biography/Organization History

20th governor of California (1899-1903), who was a former lawyer and a Republican, and later became Minister to Portugal (1909-1911).
 

[Henry Tifft Gage.] POR: Gage, Henry Tifft:1

Additional Note

Original in State Capitol, Sacramento.
 

Galindo y Peralta, Encarnacion

 

Encarnacion Galindo y Peralta. POR: Galindo y Peralta, Encarnacion:1, copy 1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 item

Additional Note

Miniature oil painting in oval red velvet frame.
 

Gardiner, James Terry, 1842-1912.

 

[Portrait of James T. Gardiner.] 1863? POR: Gardiner, James Terry:2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Garland, Judy, 1922-1969.

Biography/Organization History

American actress.
 

Bone overboard! [Judy Garland retrieving her dog's bone from swimming pool.] 1938? POR: Garland, Judy:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

MGM photogaph by Carpenter.
 

Garnett, Porter, 1871-1951.

Biography/Organization History

San Francisco-born artist who contributed to and later became known as a woodcarver and calligrapher, as well as a producer of Bohemian Grove plays and an author of one, ; he later taught fine printing at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pennsylvania, where he established the Laboratory Press in 1922.
 

Brother Porter [Garnett]. circa 1875 POR: Garnett, Porter:2

Additional Note

Photograph by Bradley & Rulofson.
 

[Portrait of Porter Garnett inscribed:] Me gord, I've left all me money at home! May 1894 POR: Garnett, Porter:10

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Porter Garnett.] POR: Garnett, Porter:15

 

Smith, Wm. H. at left. Garnett, Porter, at right. Bohemian Club. POR: Garnett, Porter:16

 

Gelett Burgess, Porter Garnett, Xavier Martinez. POR: Garnett, Porter:17

 

Gatov, Elizabeth Rudel

Biography/Organization History

Treasurer of the United States.
 

[Portrait of Elizabeth Rudel Gatov.] circa 1960 POR: Gatov, Elizabeth Rudel:3

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Photograph by George Simmons, San Francisco.
 

Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942.

Biography/Organization History

German photographer who moved to San Francisco in 1895 and was known as a documentary photographer, although his photographs were also admired for their aesthetic qualities; his photographs include ones published in (1908), and a series of views of fires advancing through San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake.
 

Arnold Genthe on his famous horse. Ocean Beach, San Francisco. Old Cliff House in distance. POR: Genthe, Arnold:4

 

Arnold Genthe. 1936 POR: Genthe, Arnold:5

Additional Note

Photograph by Peter Stackpole.
 

Steichen, [Arnold] Genthe, Bruhl. 1969 POR: Genthe, Arnold:6

Additional Note

Photograph by Peter Stackpole.
 

George, Henry, 1839-1897.

Biography/Organization History

Editor of the San Francisco and the San Francisco who was known for his theories on land and rent; he wrote (1871).
 

[Henry Greorge] from daguerreotype, age 26. 1865 POR: George, Henry:1

 

Giannini, Amadeo Peter, 1870-1949.

Biography/Organization History

San Jose native who, from his beginnings as a clerk in a family firm and a director of a savings and loan society, opened his own bank, the Bank of Italy, in San Francisco in 1904. He acquired more branches and was a pioneer of statewide branch banking, and soon founded the Transamerica Corp. in 1928 and merged his branches under the name Bank of America, which became a vastly powerful and successful business. The Transamerica headquarters building in San Francisco is known for its unusual pyramid shape.
 

First Board of Directors Bank of Italy, incorporated 1904. POR: Giannini, Amadeo Peter:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 picture
 

The late [Amadeo Peter] Giannini and his granddaughters, Anne (left) and Virginia (right), daughters of L.M. Giannini. POR: Giannini, Amadeo Peter:6

Additional Note

["Moulin Studios" crossed out.]
 

[Amadeo Peter Giannini] pledging the bank to all-out-defense aid (Gov. Olson at table). October 6, 1941 POR: Giannini, Amadeo Peter:8

Additional Note

Photograph by McCurry Foto Co.
 

[Autographed portrait of A.P. Giannini to Julian Dana.] POR: Giannini, Amadeo Peter:9

 

[Amadeo Peter] Giannini at S.F.-L.A. [San Francisco-Los Angeles] ball game, San Mateo with Wayne Reimer, Pres. August 6, 1939 POR: Giannini, Amadeo Peter.:12

Additional Note

1939 S.F. Chapter Bankamerica Club.
 

[Portrait of A.P. Giannini.] POR: Giannini, Amadeo Peter:13

Additional Note

Photograph by Peter Stackpole.
 

Giannini, Lawrence Mario, 1894-1952.

Biography/Organization History

President of Bank of America, son of A.P. Giannini.
 

[Lawrence Mario Giannini seated in a director's chair.] POR: Giannini, Lawrence Mario:2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Gibson, Mina C.

 

Lida (Shaw?), Mina Gibson, Ada Robinson and dog. 1904 POR: Gibson, Mina C.:2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Gillett, James Norris, 1860-1937.

Biography/Organization History

22nd governor of California (1907-1911) who was a lawyer and a Republican Congressman, and who helped create California's state highway system.
 

[James Norris] Gillett. POR: Gillett, James Norris:1

 

[Portrait of James Norris Gillett.] POR: Gillett, James Norris:4

Additional Note

Photograph by Bushnell.
 

[Portrait of James Norris Gillett.] POR: Gillett, James Norris:8

 

Gilman, Daniel Coit, 1831-1908.

Biography/Organization History

American educator.
 

Daniel Coit Gilman. POR: Gilman, Daniel Coit:3

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997.

Biography/Organization History

New Jersey-born poet associated with the Beat Movement of San Francisco; he had a long association with San Francisco's City Lights Bookstore. Works published by the Lawrence Ferlinghetti-owned bookshop include (1963), (1961), and the work which spawned an obscenity trial, "Howl" (1956).
 

Poet Allen Ginsberg, S.F. [San Francisco]. POR: Ginsberg, Allen:7

Additional Note

Photographed by Larry Keenan, Jr.
 

Poet Allen Ginsberg & Peter Orlovsky, S.F. [San Francisco]. POR: Ginsberg, Allen:8

Additional Note

Photographed by Larry Keenan, Jr.
 

Dharamshala, Punjab Hill Fair. [Allen] Ginsberg joining in on free drumming. POR: Ginsberg, Allen:12

 

[Allen Ginsberg] and Central Himalaya. POR: Ginsberg, Allen:14

 

Alexei Ginzburg, Allen Ginsberg, April 8, '65. Moscow, 63. POR: Ginsberg, Allen:18

 

Goldberg, Rube, 1883-1970.

Biography/Organization History

(Reuben Lucius Goldberg). San Francisco cartoonist whose famous characters include "Mike and Ike -They Look Alike" and "Boob McNutt." He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1948 for a cartoon about the threat of the atom bomb.
 

[Rube Goldberg sitting at drawing board with woman and children.] POR: Goldberg, Rube:1

 

Ruben [Reuben] L. (Rube) Goldberg at his drawing board. POR: Goldberg, Rube:4

 

[Rube Goldberg standing in front of automobile.] POR: Goldberg, Rube:7

 

Rube Goldberg, far right, [in band]. POR: Goldberg, Rube:9

Additional Note

Copyright by Paul Thompson.
 

[Portrait of Rube Goldberg.] POR: Goldberg, Rube:15

Additional Note

Photograph by Brown Brothers.
 

Gordon, Walter Arthur, 1894-1976.

Biography/Organization History

Georgia-born University of California graduate who became the first African-American to be governor of the Virgin Islands (1955-1958), and its district court judge (1958-1976).
 

[Portrait of Walter Arthur Gordan.] POR: Gordon, Walter Arthur:1

 

Walter [Arthur] & Elizabeth Gordon. 1955 POR: Gordon, Walter Arthur:2

 

[Walter Arthur] Gordon, Elizabeth, & his children. POR: Gordon, Walter Arthur:3

 

Goudy, Frederick William, 1865-1947.

Biography/Organization History

American type designer.
 

[Frederick William Goudy with cat.] ffPOR: Goudy, Frederick William:5

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Signed and inscribed: To Dr. Sproul with regard from "Marmalade" and me.
 

Grabhorn, Marjorie Robinson

 

Marjorie Grabhorn with sister Ruth and brother Worcester at summer camp of Dr. John Robertson of Livermore, Arroyo del Valle. 1897 or 1898 POR: Grabhorn, Marjorie Robinson:2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Graham, Margaret Collier, 1850-1910.

Biography/Organization History

Iowa native who resided in southern California and wrote local-color stories and sometimes feminist essays; her works were collected in (1895) and (1912).
 

[Portrait of Margaret Collier Graham.] POR: Graham, Margaret Collier:1

 

Graves, William C.

 

[Portrait of William Graves.] POR: Graves, William C.:2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (cabinet card format)
 

Grayson, Andrew Jackson, 1818-1869.

Biography/Organization History

Louisiana native who served as an officer under John Charles Frémont; he then began to paint the birds of California until he moved to Mexico in 1860 to continue his ornithological work.
 

Andrew Jackson Grayson (left), John Xantus (right). POR: Grayson, Andrew Jackson:3

 

Guerra, Pablo de la, 1819-1874.

Biography/Organization History

Member of the prominent Santa Barbara family whose founder was José Antonio Julián de la Guerra y Noriego; Pablo was a state Senator in Santa Barbara and had a called El Nicasio in Marin County.
 

Pablo de la Guerra. Vallejo, Salvador. Pico, Andrés. POR: Guerra, Pablo de la:1

Additional Note

Orig. daguerreotype in possession of Mrs. McGethigan, S.F. [San Francisco]. Gift of Madie D. Brown, 5/17/56. [Original shelved: Pico, Andrés:1 POR]
 

Guerra de Hartnell, Maria Teresa de la.

 

[Portrait of Maria Teresa de la Guerra de Hartnell.] POR: Guerra de Hartnell, Maria Teresa de la:1

Additional Note

Photograph of painting.
 

Guerra de Orena, Maria Antonia de la.

 

[Portrait of Maria Guerra de Orena.] POR: Guerra de Orena, Maria Antonia de la:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Guerra de Thompson, Anita de la.

 

[Framed portrait of Anita Guerra de Thompson.] POR: Guerra de Thompson, Anita de la:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Waist-length portrait of Anita Guerra de Thompson.] POR: Guerra de Thompson, Anita de la-:3

 

Guerra y Noriega, Jose de la.

 

Don Jose Antonio de la Guerra y Noriega fundador de la Casa de la Guerra en California. POR: Guerra y Noriega, Jose de la:2

Additional Note

Photograph of oil painting by Barbieri.
 

Gwin, William McKendree, 1805-1885.

Biography/Organization History

Tennessee native who became a Congressman from Mississippi before moving to San Francisco in 1849, attending the Constitutional Convention in Monterey, and being elected as the state's first U.S. Senator (1850-1855, 1857-1861). He was a Chivalry Democrat who supported slavery; during his time in office he got a San Francisco branch of the Mint, the Mare Island Navy Yard, and worked for a transcontinental railroad, before being arrested for disloyalty to the U.S. at the outbreak of the Civil War.
 

[Portrait of William McKendree Gwin.] POR: Gwin, William McKendree:3

Additional Note

Photograph by Bradley & Rulofson.
 

Hagemeyer, Johan, 1884-1962.

Biography/Organization History

Horticulturist-turned-photographer whose photographs were known for their dreamy quality.
 

[Portrait of Johan Hagemeyer.] POR: Hagemeyer, Johan:2

Additional Note

Hollingsworth's.
 

[Portrait of Johan Hagemeyer.] POR: Hagemeyer, Johan:3

 

Johan Hagemeyer. POR: Hagemeyer, Johan:4

Additional Note

Photograph by George, Carmel.
 

[Portrait of Johan Hagemeyer.] POR: Hagemeyer, Johan:6

 

[Portrait of Johan Hagemeyer.] POR: Hagemeyer, Johan:16

Additional Note

3/2-1954, by Marjorie Trumbull.
 

Hager, John Sharpenstein, 1818-1890.

Biography/Organization History

New Jersey lawyer who moved to California in 1849, where he became a judge, state Senator, and then a U.S. Senator from 1873-1875.
 

Judge [John Sharpenstein] Hager. POR: Hager, John Sharpenstein:1

 

Haggin, James Ben Ali, 1821-1914.

Biography/Organization History

Kentucky-born lawyer who came to Sacramento and became involved in land ownership; he established a horse racing stable on one of his estates in Kentucky.
 

[Portrait of James Ben Ali Haggin.] POR: Haggin, James Ben Ali:1

Additional Note

Photograph by Bradley & Rulofson.
 

[Portrait of James Ben Ali Haggin.] POR: Haggin, James Ben Ali:2

Additional Note

Photograph by Morse's Palace of Art, no. 12590.
 

Haight, Henry Huntly, 1825-1878.

Biography/Organization History

10th governor of California (1867-1871), elected as a Democrat. He opposed immigration of Chinese and suffrage for African-Americans and advocated free trade. He was a member of the Board of Regents of the University of California, and a San Francisco street was named for him.
 

[Portrait of Henry Huntly Haight.] POR: Haight, Henry Huntly:1

Additional Note

Photograph by Morse.
 

Hon. Henry [Huntly] Haight, Gov. Calif. POR: Haight, Henry Huntly:5

 

Haight, Sara

Biography/Organization History

Wife of Edward Tompkins, daughter of Judge Fletcher M. Haight (who for a time owned much of Carmel Valley, CA), and sister of Henry Huntley Haight (governor of California from 1867-1871). She kept a notable diary from a trip to Yosemite in 1858 where she attended the wedding of William Ralston.
 

Sarah [Haight] Tompkins, Oakland. July 26, 1881 POR: Haight, Sara:1

Additional Note

Photograph by Taber.
 

Halleck, Henry Wager, 1815-1872.

Biography/Organization History

New York-born army officer who was the Secretary of State of California, during which time he compiled the California Archives and (1850), in which he disputed the land claims of Mexicans. He was also a lawyer who established a legal firm in San Francisco, and served as Lincoln's Chief of Staff in the Civil War.
 

[Portrait of Henry Wager Halleck.] POR: Halleck, Henry Wager:1

 

Genl. [Henry Wager] Halleck. POR: Halleck, Henry Wager:2

 

Hammond, George Peter, 1896-1993.

Biography/Organization History

Scholar of Latin American and Western U.S. history who taught at several universities before being hired at the University of California, Berkeley, his alma mater, where he became the director of The Bancroft Library.
 

[Portrait of George Pete Hammond.] POR: Hammond, George Peter:1

 

[George Pete Hammond.] POR: Hammond, George Peter:19

 

[George Pete Hammond.] POR: Hammond, George Peter:4

 

Haraszthy, Agoston, 1812-1869.

Biography/Organization History

Hungarian-born member of California's state legislature in 1852 who moved to San Francisco and held various posts in the Mint. In 1858 he established the first large vineyard in California from vines he brought from Hungary, and wrote (1862).
 

Standing left to right: Mariano G. Haraszthy, Agoston F. Haraszthy. Seated - Lolita Haraszthy Dowdell. POR: Haraszthy, Agoston:1

Additional Note

Donor, Elizabeth M. Haraszthy, widow of Agoston F. Haraszthy. Donated Sept. 7-1947.
 

Hare, Alice Iola, 1859-1942.

Biography/Organization History

American photographer.
 

[Portrait of Alice Iola Hare.] POR: Hare, Alice Iola:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (cabinet card format)
 

Harte, Bret, 1836-1902.

Biography/Organization History

Writer who wrote stories for the and edited the , where he contributed such stories as "The Luck of Roaring Camp," "The Outcasts of Poker Flat," and "Plain Language from Truthful James." His writings usually centered around California and western topics. Other writings include and (1876).
 

[Bust-length portrait of Bret Harte.] POR: Harte, Bret:2

 

[Portrait of Bret Harte seated at table.] POR: Harte, Bret:6

Additional Note

Gift Frank H. Young, April 1939.
 

[Portrait of Bret Harte]. 1896 POR: Harte, Bret:8

 

[Portrait of Bret Harte.] POR: Harte, Bret:15

Additional Note

From The Mentor of July 15th 1916, 32 East 19th St. Office, New York City.
 

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

 

The Hawthornes at the mayor of Oxford's garden party, England. 1856 POR: Hawthorne, Nathaniel:6

 

Haskell, Burnette G., 1857-1907.

Biography/Organization History

Editor of , the journal of the International Workingmen's Association -a radical union with secret membership; he later founded "Kaweah" in 1885, an idealistic cooperative community in what is now Sequoia National Park.
 

[Portrait of Burnette Haskell.] POR: Haskell, Burnette G.:4

Additional Note

Shew's New Photographic Establishment, no. 28510.
 

[Portrait of Burnette Haskell.] POR: Haskell, Burnette G.:10

Additional Note

Dec. 1880. To Emily, Jean Haskell, 2/61. Photograph by Thors.
 

[Burnette Haskell.] May 15, 1887 POR: Haskell, Burnette G.:13

Additional Note

J.J. Callahan, 2nd Editor "Enquirer," B.G. Haskell, 3rd Editor "Enquirer." Gift of Ira B. Cross, May 24, 1933.
 

Three generations. Edward Wilder Haskell, age 75. Burnette G. Haskell, age 37 1/2. Astaroth Haskell, age 9. March 1895 POR: Haskell, Burnette G.:24

Additional Note

To Emily. Gift of Ira B. Cross, May 24, 1933. Photograph by J. W. Baker.
 

Burnette Haskell with guns, etc. Edwin Wilda Haskell to Burnette's right, wearing top hat. Benjamin B. Haskell seated in front of Burnette. Helen Fader Jones (later Helen F.J. Robinson) seated below and to left of Edwin Wallace Haskell. POR: Haskell, Burnette G.:26

Additional Note

Gift of Ira B. Cross, May 24, 1933. Identified 2-7-61 by Oscar Berland [?]
 

Hastings, Serranus C., 1814-1893.

Biography/Organization History

The first Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court, elected by the legislature in 1849; he founded Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco.
 

[Portrait of Serranus C. Hastings.] POR: Hastings, Serranus C.:2

Additional Note

Photograph by Rieman & Co.
 

Hayden, George

 

George Hayden and George Dyer, Watsonville, California. circa 1864 POR: Hayden, George:2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (carte de visite format)

Additional Note

2 cent tax stamp on back.
 

Hayes, Benjamin Ignatius, 1815-1877.

Biography/Organization History

Los Angeles lawyer, jurist, state legislator and historian who helped write (1876), and kept diaries which eventually became (1929).
 

Judge Benjamin [Ignatius] Hayes. 1875 POR: Hayes, Benjamin Ignatius:1

 

Benjamin [Ignatius] Hayes. 1849 POR: Hayes, Benjamin Ignatius:2

Additional Note

Photograph by Parker Photographers.
 

Hayward, Alvinza, 1822-1904.

Biography/Organization History

Vermont-born miner in California during the gold rush who founded his own mine at Crown Point, acquiring over 25 million dollars worth of ore; it became California's first incorporated mine and made Hayward supposedly the richest man in California.
 

[Portrait of Alvinza Hayward.] POR: Hayward, Alvinza:1

 

Heard, Bartlett Bradford

 

[Portrait of Bartlett B. Heard in uniform.] 1917 POR: Heard, Bartlett Bradford:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Winifred and Bartlett Heard, Homewood, Lake Tahoe. 1969 POR: Heard, Bartlett Bradford:2 (copy 2)

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Bartlett and Winifred Heard boarding airplane.] circa 1950s POR: Heard, Bartlett Bradford:3

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Bartlett and Winifred Heard with a woman.] circa 1980 POR: Heard, Bartlett Bradford:4

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Bartlett Heard as part of the Sigma Phi, Alpha Chapter in Berkeley . 1910 POR: Heard, Bartlett Bradford:5

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Technical Details

 

Heard, Bartlett Bradford, Jr.

 

[Portrait of Bartlett B. Heard Jr. in uniform.] POR: Heard, Bartlett Bradford, Jr.:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Bartlett B. Heard Jr. in cap and gown.] POR: Heard, Bartlett Bradford, Jr.:2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Bartlett B. Heard Jr. on motorcycle labeled, "Photo and sound." "First summer job." POR: Heard, Bartlett Bradford, Jr.:3

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Brad [Bartlett Bradford Heard, Jr.] and Helen, 10 Roble. POR: Heard, Bartlett Bradford, Jr.:4

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Heard, Winifred Osborn

 

Mrs. Heard presents keys to Asilomar to Mayor Clarence A. Higgins of Pacific Grove. July 1, 1956 POR: Heard, Winifred Osborn:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

The date the city assumed management of the conference grounds for the State Park System.
 

Winifred Heard with California Recreation Commission. 1947 POR: Heard, Winifred Osborn:2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Winifred Heard with California Recreation Commission. 1950s POR: Heard, Winifred Osborn:3

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Winifred Heard outdoors.] POR: Heard, Winifred Osborn:4

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Winifred Heard with two of her sisters, Dorothy Riebe and Vivian Osborn.] February 1977 POR: Heard, Winifred Osborn:5

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Winifred Heard with man in uniform.] circa 1950? POR: Heard, Winifred Osborn:6

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Winifred Heard, Peking. 1947 POR: Heard, Winifred Osborn:7

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Winifred Heard with unidentified man and woman.] POR: Heard, Winifred Osborn:8

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Winifred Heard with women on a bench at Asilomar.] POR: Heard, Winifred Osborn:9

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Winifred Heard, standing, with Else Ulich-Beil, Berlin.] 1958 POR: Heard, Winifred Osborn:10

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Winifred Heard with Dr. Ulich-Beil, Berlin. 1958 POR: Heard, Winifred Osborn:11

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Hearst, George, 1820-1891.

Biography/Organization History

Missouri-born miner who came to California but struck it rich in Nevada in 1859. He had numerous mining interests in several states and Mexico, was appointed to the U.S. Senate after the death of John Miller (1886), and then served a term as a Democratic legislator of California. He was the husband of Phoebe Apperson Hearst and the father of William Randolph Hearst.
 

Mr. George Hearst. Mrs. Grover. Hearst family box. POR: Hearst, George:1

Additional Note

Photograph by Edouart & Cobb.
 

Mr. George Hearst to Mrs. Grover. POR: Hearst, George:2

Additional Note

Edouart's Photographic Gallery.
 

Hearst, Phoebe Apperson, 1842-1919.

Biography/Organization History

Wife of George Hearst, whose wealth allowed her to support charitable causes and education, including the financing of archaeological expeditions in Mexico, Italy, and Egypt, and the subsidization of a department of anthropology and a mining building at the University of California, Berkeley.
 

[Portrait of Phoebe Apperson Hearst.] POR: Hearst, Phoebe Apperson:1

 

[Portrait of Phoebe Apperson Hearst standing by mirror.] POR: Hearst, Phoebe Apperson:2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (carte de visite format)
 

[Portrait of Phoebe Apperson Hearst.] POR: Hearst, Phoebe Apperson:3

Additional Note

Photograph by Edouart, San Francisco.
 

[Portrait of Phoebe Apperson Hearst.] POR: Hearst, Phoebe Apperson:4

Additional Note

Photograph by Morse, San Francisco.
 

[Portrait of Phoebe Apperson Hearst.] POR: Hearst, Phoebe Apperson:5

Additional Note

Photograph by Sarony, New York.
 

[Portrait of Phoebe Apperson Hearst.] POR: Hearst, Phoebe Apperson:6

Additional Note

Photograph by Morse, San Francisco.
 

[Phoebe Apperson Hearst.] With William Wallace Campbell, Thomas A. Edison. 1915 (?) POR: Hearst, Phoebe Apperson:8

 

[Portrait of Phoebe Apperson Hearst.] POR: Hearst, Phoebe Apperson:9

 

[Portrait of Phoebe Apperson Hearst.] POR: Hearst, Phoebe Apperson:10

 

[Portrait of woman identified as Phoebe Apperson Hearst.] POR: Hearst, Phoebe Apperson:11

Additional Note

Photograph by W. & D. Downey, London.
 

[Phoebe Apperson Hearst.] Signing the constitution of the Women's Board, PPIE. POR: Hearst, Phoebe Apperson:12

 

[Portrait of Phoebe Apperson Hearst.] POR: Hearst, Phoebe Apperson:13

 

[Phoebe Apperson Hearst.] POR: Hearst, Phoebe Apperson:14

 

[Portrait of Phoebe Apperson Hearst.] POR: Hearst, Phoebe Apperson:15

 

[Phoebe Apperson Hearst.] POR: Hearst, Phoebe Apperson:17

 

Miss Jane Glover, Mrs. [Phoebe Apperson] Hearst, Mrs. Anthony. POR: Hearst, Phoebe Apperson:19

 

[Phoebe Apperson Hearst.] At Asilomar. POR: Hearst, Phoebe Apperson:20

 

[Phoebe Apperson Hearst.] POR: Hearst, Phoebe Apperson:21

 

[Phoebe Apperson Hearst.] POR: Hearst, Phoebe Apperson:23

 

[Phoebe Apperson Hearst] with Mrs. Anthony. POR: Hearst, Phoebe Apperson:24

 

[Phoebe Apperson Hearst.] POR: Hearst, Phoebe Apperson:25

 

[Phoebe Apperson Hearst with her grandson.] POR: Hearst, Phoebe Apperson:26

 

[Phoebe Apperson Hearst with a child.] POR: Hearst, Phoebe Apperson:27

 

[Phoebe Apperson Hearst with a child.] POR: Hearst, Phoebe Apperson:28

 

[Phoebe Apperson Hearst with three boys.] POR: Hearst, Phoebe Apperson:29

 

[Phoebe Apperson Hearst with woman and baby.] POR: Hearst, Phoebe Apperson:31

 

[Phoebe Apperson Hearst with grandson and woman.] POR: Hearst, Phoebe Apperson:32

 

L to R: W. W. Murray, Mrs. McLaughlin, Fernanda Pratt, W. R. Hearst, Jr., Phoebe Hearst, Mrs. Putnam Griswold, George Hearst, Harriet Bradford/ Mrs. Elbert C. Apperson, Drucilla Clay, Charles Mayer/ Miss Virginia Vassault, Annie Leavitt/ Miss J. R. Egan. POR: Hearst, Phoebe Apperson:34

 

[Phoebe Apperson Hearst at] Dedication of Lux School Roof Playground. May 22, 1914 POR: Hearst, Phoebe Apperson:35

 

[Phoebe Apperson Hearst] with a group of YMCA girls at the Hacienda [Pleasanton]. circa 1915 POR: Hearst, Phoebe Apperson:36

 

[Portrait of Phoebe Apperson Hearst.] POR: Hearst, Phoebe Apperson:37

 

[Phoebe Apperson Hearst with her grandsons.] POR: Hearst, Phoebe Apperson:40

 

[Phoebe Apperson Hearst with her grandsons.] POR: Hearst, Phoebe Apperson:42

 

[Portrait of Phoebe Apperson Hearst.] POR: Hearst, Phoebe Apperson:46

Additional Note

Photograph by C. Parker, Washington, D. C.
 

[Portrait of Phoebe Apperson Hearst.] POR: Hearst, Phoebe Apperson:47

 

[Portrait of Phoebe Apperson Hearst.] POR: Hearst, Phoebe Apperson:48

 

[Portrait of Phoebe Apperson Hearst.] POR: Hearst, Phoebe Apperson:50

 

[Phoebe Apperson Hearst on elephant.] POR: Hearst, Phoebe Apperson:51

 

Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951.

Biography/Organization History

The only child of George and Phoebe Apperson Hearst, he took over the San Francisco from his father in 1887 and his newspaper career extended throughout the nation with the numerous daily papers and syndicated features he developed. He owned motion picture companies and radio stations, much real estate, and continued to manage his father's mines. Known for his luxurious lifestyle, he inspired Orson Welles' film (1941).
 

[Portrait of William Randolph Hearst.] POR: Hearst, William Randolph:1

 

[Portrait of William Randolph Hearst.] POR: Hearst, William Randolph:2

 

[Portrait of William Randolph Hearst.] POR: Hearst, William Randolph:3

 

[Portrait of William Randolph Hearst.] POR: Hearst, William Randolph:4

 

William Randolph Hearst with college friend at Harvard College. POR: Hearst, William Randolph:05

 

[William Randolph Hearst. playing croquet] POR: Hearst, William Randolph:11

 

[William Randolph Hearst playing croquet.] POR: Hearst, William Randolph:14

 

[William Randolph Hearst playing tennis.] POR: Hearst, William Randolph:16

 

[William Randolph Hearst.] POR: Hearst, William Randolph:18

 

[William Randolph Hearst.] POR: Hearst, William Randolph:20

 

[William Randolph Hearst.] POR: Hearst, William Randolph:21

 

[William Randolph Hearst.] POR: Hearst, William Randolph:22

 

[William Randolph Hearst.] POR: Hearst, William Randolph:23

 

[William Randolph Hearst.] POR: Hearst, William Randolph:25

 

[William Randolph Hearst.] POR: Hearst, William Randolph:26

 

[William Randolph Hearst.] POR: Hearst, William Randolph:28

 

[William Randolph Hearst.] POR: Hearst, William Randolph:29

 

[William Randolph Hearst.] POR: Hearst, William Randolph:33

 

[William Randolph Hearst with dog Helen.] POR: Hearst, William Randolph:35

 

[William Randolph Hearst, swimming pool.] POR: Hearst, William Randolph:36

 

[William Randolph Hearst holding his son.] POR: Hearst, William Randolph:39

 

[William Randolph Hearst with men in group photograph.] POR: Hearst, William Randolph:40

 

[William Randolph Hearst.] POR: Hearst, William Randolph:41

Additional Note

Haas-Schreiner Photo, Roof Studio, San Francisco.
 

[William Randolph Hearst with NBC microphone.] POR: Hearst, William Randolph:42

 

[Portrait of William Randolph Hearst.] POR: Hearst, William Randolph:43

 

[Portrait of William Randolph Hearst.] POR: Hearst, William Randolph:44

 

[Portrait of William Randolph Hearst.] POR: Hearst, William Randolph:45

 

[Portrait of William Randolph Hearst.] POR: Hearst, William Randolph:50

 

[William Randolph Hearst.] POR: Hearst, William Randolph:51

 

[William Randolph Hearst.] POR: Hearst, William Randolph:52

 

[William Randolph Hearst.] POR: Hearst, William Randolph:54

 

[William Randolph Hearst.] POR: Hearst, William Randolph:55

 

[William Randolph Hearst.] POR: Hearst, William Randolph:60

 

Left to right: Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, [William Randolph] Hearst, Charlie Chaplin, Milicent Hearst (?) POR: Hearst, William Randolph:61

 

[William Randolph Hearst] with George McClelland. POR: Hearst, William Randolph:63

 

Franklin Knox, Paul Block, William Randolph Hearst, and Arthur Brisbane. POR: Hearst, William Randolph:65

 

Left to right: Paul Block, [William Randolph] Hearst, Arthur Brisbane. POR: Hearst, William Randolph:66

 

Left to right: Knox, Henry Ford, [William Randolph] Hearst. POR: Hearst, William Randolph:67

 

[William Randolph Hearst.] Left: Clarence Shearn. POR: Hearst, William Randolph:68

 

William Wallace Campbell shaking hands with [William Randolph] Hearst. POR: Hearst, William Randolph:69

 

[William Randolph Hearst in group photograph.] POR: Hearst, William Randolph:71

 

[William Randolph Hearst in group photograph.] POR: Hearst, William Randolph:72

 

[William Randolph Hearst with four men.] POR: Hearst, William Randolph:73

 

[William Randolph Hearst and Millicent Hearst.] POR: Hearst, William Randolph:78

 

[William Randolph Hearst and] John Apperson Hearst. POR: Hearst, William Randolph:80

 

[William Randolph Hearst Jr., Millicent Hearst, "Jack" John Apperson Hearst. and William Randolph Hearst.] POR: Hearst, William Randolph:81

 

Arthur Brisbane with Mr. And Mrs. William Randolph Hearst. 1916? POR: Hearst, William Randolph:82

Additional Note

Copyright by The International Film Service New York.
 

Herrin, William Franklin, 1854-1927.

Biography/Organization History

Oregon-born lawyer who became famous early on for getting David Neagle acquitted of murder charges in the killing Chief Justice David Terry on the grounds that federal officers are not subject to California law. In becoming chief counsel for the Southern Pacific he became a boss of state government and Republican party affairs, and later became vice president of the Southern Pacific and president of the Pacific Electric Railway.
 

[William Franklin] Herrin in Pine St. POR: Herrin, William Franklin:2

Additional Note

Keith studio about 1900.
 

Hertz, Alfred, 1872-1942.

Biography/Organization History

German musical conductor of the San Francisco symphony from 1915-1930, he was known for his interpretations of Wagner. He funded the University of California's Hertz Hall for music concerts.
 

Mr. [Alfred] Hertz at Cloyne Court. May 17, 1942 POR: Hertz, Alfred:1

 

[Alfred Hertz.] POR: Hertz, Alfred:2

Additional Note

Photograph by Peter Stackpole.
 

Alfred Hertz. POR: Hertz, Alfred:3

Additional Note

Hertz annotation: Very good. Photograph by Peter Stackpole.
 

[Alfred Hertz.] POR: Hertz, Alfred:6

Additional Note

Photograph by Peter Stackpole.
 

Heyneman, Julie Helen, 1868-1942.

Biography/Organization History

Artist who studied and traveled in Europe where she associated with prominent English artists and writers. She worked with California House and Kitchener Houses for disabled soldiers during World War I.
 

[Julie Helen Heyneman.] POR: Heyneman, Julie Helen:5

 

[Portrait of Julie Helen Heyneman.] POR: Heyneman, Julie Helen:14

 

[Julie Helen Heyneman.] POR: Heyneman, Julie Helen:18

 

[Portrait of Julie Helen Heyneman.] POR: Heyneman, Julie Helen:19

 

[Julie Helen Heyneman.] POR: Heyneman, Julie Helen:25

Additional Note

A. Genthe photograph. Orig. Restricted.
 

Hilgard, Eugene Woldemar, 1833-1916.

Biography/Organization History

Professor of agriculture at the University of California, Berkeley from 1874-1904 who founded the Botanical Gardens there and was known for his study of the relation of soils to climate and vegetation.
 

Eugene W. Hilgard. POR: Hilgard, Eugene Woldemar:1

 

[Portrait of Eugene W. Hilgard holding a scroll.] POR: Hilgard, Eugene Woldemar:3

 

[Portrait of Eugene Woldemar Hilgard.] POR: Hilgard, Eugene Woldemar:6

 

[Eugene Woldemar Hilgard with woman.] POR: Hilgard, Eugene Woldemar:9

 

Eugene [Woldemar] Hilgard, Prof. Agriculture & Botany. POR: Hilgard, Eugene Woldemar:18

Additional Note

Photograph by Elite Photographic Studio (Jones, Rulofson & Co.)
 

Hill, Thomas, 1829-1908.

Biography/Organization History

English artist who spent most of his life in California and painted romantic landscapes, often of Yosemite. Possibly his best-known work is "Driving the Last Spike," commissioned (but refused as historically inaccurate) by Leland Stanford.
 

William Ruth, Esq. Comp'ts. of Thomas Hill. Wawona. July 15, 1906? POR: Hill, Thomas:1

Additional Note

Photograph by I.W. Taber.
 

Hittell, John Shertzer, 1825-1901.

Biography/Organization History

Brother of Theodore H. Hittell who came to California in 1849 to mine gold but instead became a writer for the from 1852-1880, and then began writing guidebooks for Hubert Howe Bancroft's publishing firm. His books include (1878), (1863), and (1882).
 

John [Shertzer] Hittell. POR: Hittell, John Shertzer:3

Additional Note

T.W. Morris Call.
 

Hittell, Theodore Henry, 1830-1917.

Biography/Organization History

Lawyer (brother of John Shertzer Hittell) who moved to California in 1855 and became the editor of the San Francisco ; he later wrote such works as and a four-volume (1885-1897).
 

[Portrait of Theodore Henry Hittell.] POR: Hittell, Theodore Henry:1

 

Hollister, John James, Sr.

 

J.J. Hollister Sr. with a dog. POR: Hollister, John James Sr.:12

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Hollister, Stanley.

 

[Stanley Hollister with a woman and dogs.] POR: Hollister, Stanley:2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Holmdahl , Emil L.

 

[Emil L. Holmdahl wearing bandoliers.] circa 1911 POR: Holmdahl , Emil L.:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Hooker Family.

 

Canfield, Elinore, and Walton. 1902 POR: Hooker Family:8

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Portrait of Katherine Putnam Hooker.] POR: Hooker Family:38

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Katharine Putnam Hooker with a lion.] POR: Hooker Family:47

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Portrait of Marion Osgood Hooker.] POR: Hooker Family:62

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Samuel Osgood Putnam, Los Angeles. POR: Hooker Family:103

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Boy and dog by gate.] POR: Hooker Family:154

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Portrait of Katharine Putnam Hooker.] 1902 POR: Hooker Family:194

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Portrait of Marion Osgood Hooker.] POR: Hooker Family:201

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Photograph by Steckle and Lamson, Los Angeles.
 

Hoover, Herbert Clark, 1874-1964.

Biography/Organization History

First Californian (although originally from Iowa) to be elected President of the United States (1928-1932) whose early life consisted of a career as a mining engineer, and then work as the nation's Food Administrator and the Secretary of Commerce under Harding and Coolidge (1921-1928). His downfall as President was the crash of the stock market and the Great Depression which occurred within a year of his taking office, and the limited actions he took to stimulate the economy. Later in his life he headed a commission to propose better organization of the federal executive branch. His writings include (1922) and his three-volume (1951-1952).
 

[Portrait of Herbert Clark Hoover.] POR: Hoover, Herbert Clark:1

Additional Note

Photograph by Peter Stackpole.
 

Herbert Hoover [second from left] dozing at Charter Day, while Sec. of Labor Francis Perkins was speaking. POR: Hoover, Herbert Clark:2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1930s

Additional Note

Photograph by Peter Stackpole.
 

Hopkins, Mark, 1813-1878.

Biography/Organization History

Storekeeper from upstate New York who came to California during the gold rush and became wealthy by investing in and becoming treasurer of the Central Pacific Railroad. The Mark Hopkins Hotel on Nob Hill in San Francisco is named for him.
 

[Portrait of Mark Hopkins.] POR: Hopkins, Mark:2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 print
 

[Portrait of Mark Hopkins with hand inside jacket.] POR: Hopkins, Mark:3

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (carte de visite format)
 

[Portrait of Mark Hopkins.] POR: Hopkins, Mark:4

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (cabinet card format)

Additional Note

Photograph by I.W. Taber & Co.
 

Hopper, James Marie, 1876-1956.

Biography/Organization History

French-born California writer who helped found the bohemian artist's colony at Carmel. He was a journalist who also wrote stories, such as "Caybigan" (1906) and "Coming Back with the Spitball" (1914).
 

James [Marie] Hopper. POR: Hopper, James Marie:4

 

Gene Fenelon, James [Marie] Hopper (center), Porter Garnett. POR: Hopper, James Marie:5

 

Jimmy Hopper and Gelett Burgess with Hindu friend. POR: Hopper, James Marie:6

 

Fred Bechdolt, Jimmy Hopper, Mike Williams. POR: Hopper, James Marie:7

 

Jas.' house. Jimmy Hopper, Alice Sterling Gregory. November 30, 1952 POR: Hopper, James Marie:8

 

Hoth, Hans Peter Emanuel, 1803-1878

 

[Portrait of Hans Peter E. Hoth.] POR: Hoth, Hans Peter Emanuel:1

 

Houghton, Eliza Poor Donner

Biography/Organization History

Member of the ill-fated Donner Party of pioneers to California.
 

[Portrait of Eliza Poor Donner Houghton.] POR: Houghton, Eliza Poor Donner:1

Additional Note

Wright's Art and Portrait Gallery, San Jose, Cal.
 

Howard, John Galen, 1864-1931.

Biography/Organization History

Massachusetts architect who went to Berkeley in 1901 to oversee the Phoebe Apperson Hearst-sponsored plan for the University of California campus. He founded U.C. Berkeley's school of architecture, remained on the architecture faculty until 1925, and designed campus structures such as the Campanile, Sather Gate, and the Greek Theatre.
 

[Waist-length portrait of John Galen Howard.] POR: Howard, John Galen:7

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

John Galen Howard, Red Cross. 1918 POR: Howard, John Galen:8

 

[John Galen Howard] en route to Delphi. 1910 POR: Howard, John Galen:13

 

[John Galen Howard feeding a bear.] POR: Howard, John Galen:14

 

[Portrait of John Galen Howard.] February 1886 POR: Howard, John Galen:19

Additional Note

Photograph by Geo. H. Hastings.
 

[Portrait of John Galen Howard.] POR: Howard, John Galen:20

Additional Note

Photograph by Pach Bros.
 

Howard, Robert Ervin, 1906-1936.

Biography/Organization History

American author
 

[Robert Ervin Howard amid south Texas plant-life.] February 1932 POR: Howard, Robert Ervin:1 front

 

Back of photograph of Robert Ervin Howard. February 1932 POR: Howard, Robert Ervin:1 (back)

 

[Robert Howard standing next to the Ruins of Fort McKavett.] 1930s POR: Howard, Robert Ervin:2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Robert Ervin Howard standing in front of fence.] 1934 POR: Howard, Robert Ervin:3 (front)

 

Back of photograph of Robert Ervin Howard with signature. 1934 POR: Howard, Robert Ervin:3 (back)

 

Howard, Sidney Coe, 1891-1939.

Biography/Organization History

Oakland-born dramatist whose plays explored themes of contemporary life, including (1926), (1926), and the Pulitzer Prize-winning (1924).
 

[Sidney Coe Howard.] POR: Howard, Sidney Coe:2

 

[Sidney Coe Howard seated at desk.] POR: Howard, Sidney Coe:7

Additional Note

Photograph by Vandamm Studio.
 

[Sidney Coe Howard] with dog Haakon, at Tiringham. POR: Howard, Sidney Coe:20

 

Sidney [Coe] Howard at his desk in Playwrights' office. August 1939 POR: Howard, Sidney Coe:24

 

Sidney Coe Howard at his desk at Playwrights' office. August 1939 POR: Howard, Sidney Coe:25

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Sidney Coe Howard] and Jane Brodeur (Casting Agent) in Playwrights' Co. office. August? 1939 POR: Howard, Sidney Coe:27

 

[Portrait of Sideny Coe Howard.] 1909 POR: Howard, Sidney Coe:34

Additional Note

Webster [photographer?].
 

Sidney Coe Howard, 18 months. January 1893 POR: Howard, Sidney Coe:38

Additional Note

Webster Art Gallery, portraits.
 

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.

Scope and Content Note

American author.
 

[Langston Hughes with dog on beach at Carmel.] 1934 POR: Hughes, Langston:6

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900.

Biography/Organization History

One of the four heads of the Central Pacific and later Southern Pacific Railroad; he was in charge of all eastern business matters and became president of Southern Pacific in 1890.
 

Collis Potter Huntington. POR: Huntington, Collis Potter:8

Additional Note

Copy of photograph by C.E. Watkins.
 

Hutchings, James Mason, 1820-1902.

Biography/Organization History

English writer and editor who went to California in 1849 to mine, but instead wrote a successful letter sheet entitled "The Miner's Ten Commandments." He then founded Hutchings' , and wrote such works as (1886) and (1870).
 

Nevada Stage Company's stage on the Big Oak Flat Road, Tuolumne Co., California. circa 1884 POR: Hutchings, James Mason:1

Additional Note

Copy print. Gift of M. E. Schlichtmann 3/57.
 

Hyde, George, 1819-1890.

Biography/Organization History

Philadelphia lawyer who went to California in 1845 as Commodore Stockton's secretary, and also worked in Yerba Buena on land grant cases, becoming the of the town from 1847-1848. Hyde Street in San Francisco was named for him.
 

[Portrait of George Hyde.] POR: Hyde, George:2

 

Indians of California

Biography/Organization History

are thought to have inhabited the region anywhere from 7,000 to 30,000 years ago. They are divided into many different tribes and speak more than 100 different language dialects, and had been brutally treated by white settlers until recently with only a very few exceptions.
 

Rafael Solares, a Santa Inez Chumash man. 1878 POR: Indians of California:[misc. 1]

Additional Note

Hayward & Muzzall, photographic artists, Santa Barbara, Calif. [Original shelved BANC PIC 1989.061--PIC]
 

[Digger Indian] Cobb's Gallery, Mill Street, Grass Valley. circa 1865 POR: Indians of California:[misc. 2]

Additional Note

[Calif., Original shelved BANC PIC 1989.050:1--PIC]
 

[Digger Indian women] Cobb's Gallery, Mill Street, Grass Valley. circa 1865 POR: Indians of California:[misc. 3]

Additional Note

[Calif., Original shelved 1989.050:2--PIC]
 

Indian woman (Yosemite area). POR: Indians of California:5

Additional Note

Photograph by Frank Schwabacher.
 

Indian madonna (Yosemite area). POR: Indians of California:15

 

Indian woman (Yosemite area). POR: Indians of California:19

 

[?] Paul, for years known as the best Indian guide in the Yosemite Valley High Sierras. POR: Indians of California:22

Additional Note

Boysen Photography.
 

Mary, the well known Mono Indian of Yosemite Valley. POR: Indians of California:24

Additional Note

Boysen Photography.
 

Clovis - Bill Wilson. Sept. 19, 1915 POR: Indians of California:38

 

Irwin, Wallace, 1875-1959.

Biography/Organization History

Journalist in San Francisco and New York who also wrote poetry, including "Nautical Lays of a Landsman" (1904), and "The Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum" (1902). He also published letters he received from Hashimura Togo on a Japanese man's perception of American society, collected in such works as (1923) and (1913). He was the brother of Will Irwin.
 

[Wallace Irwin at] Fancy costume at artist's ball in London. 1922 POR: Irwin, Wallace:1

 

Irwin, Will (William Henry), 1873-1948.

Biography/Organization History

Writer and journalist in San Francisco and New York who edited and whose writings include (1918), (1908), (1927) and (1921). His brother was Wallace Irwin.
 

[Portrait of Will (William Henry) Irwin.] POR: Irwin, Will (William Henry):2

 

[Will (William Henry) Irwin ] with William Erb. POR: Irwin, Will (William Henry):3

 

Irwin, William, 1827-1886.

Biography/Organization History

13th governor of California (1875-1880) who published the before he began his political career as a Democrat in the assembly in 1861.
 

[Portrait of] William Irwin. POR: Irwin, William:2

Additional Note

On label, "1875 Governor 1879, died March 15, 1886."
 

Ishi, 1860?-1916.

Biography/Organization History

Last survivor of the Native American Yahi tribe who was discovered near Oroville and given a home at the University of California's Museum of Anthropology in San Francisco by Professors Thomas T. Waterman and Alfred L. Kroeber, where he was exposed to twentieth-century California culture before he died of tuberculosis.
 

[Ishi with fire making tools.] 1914 POR: Ishi:6

 

Ishi. POR: Ishi:7

 

Ishi. POR: Ishi:9

 

Jacks, David, 1822-1909.

Biography/Organization History

Scottish-born owner of large holdings of real estate in California who was known for his stinginess with money; he controlled the market of the only native cheese of California -Monterey Jack, first made in 1892. A peak between Monterey and Carmel was named for him.
 

[Portrait of David Jacks.] POR: Jacks, David:2

Additional Note

Photograph by I.W. Taber, no. 4362.
 

Jackson, Alice Pearce.

 

[Portrait of Alice Pearce Jackson.] POR: Jackson, Alice Pearce:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (carte de visite format)

Additional Note

Photograph by C.L. Cramer, San Francisco.
 

Jackson, Helen Hunt, 1830-1885.

Biography/Organization History

Writer from Amherst, Massachusetts, who wrote (1876) with Emily Dickinson as part-model for the main character, and (1870). After hearing of the mistreatment of western Native Americans by whites, she researched and wrote (1881), and winning a commission from the U.S. Department of the Interior to work with the Native Americans of California, wrote the very popular (1884), a novel about Native American relations with the Spanish aristocracy of California and the encroaching Americans from the east.
 

[Portrait of Helen Hunt Jackson.] POR: Jackson, Helen Hunt:1

 

[Portrait of Helen Hunt Jackson.] POR: Jackson, Helen Hunt:2

 

Jackson, Joseph Henry, 1894-1955.

Biography/Organization History

Literary critic who was a book reviewer for the from 1930-1955 and editor of from 1926-1928; he also reviewed books on the radio and wrote books about California, including (1949), (1941), and (1952).
 

[Joseph Henry Jackson.] POR: Jackson, Joseph Henry:3

Additional Note

Photograph by Wesley Swadley.
 

[Joseph Henry Jackson.] POR: Jackson, Joseph Henry:4

Additional Note

Photograph by Peter Stackpole.
 

[Joseph Henry Jackson.] POR: Jackson, Joseph Henry:5

Additional Note

Photograph by Peter Stackpole.
 

Jacoby, Philo, 1837-1922.

Scope and Content Note

Jewish-American sportsman and publisher.
 

[Philo Jacoby decorated in medals and standing next to goblets.] circa 1870? POR: Jacoby, Philo:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 picture
 

Jaffe, George Cecil, 1880-1965.

 

[Portrait of George C. Jaffe.] POR: Jaffe, George Cecil:3

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

James, George Wharton, 1858-1923.

Biography/Organization History

English-born Methodist minister who, after being ousted from the church after a controversial divorce, became a lecturer on social issues and the western scene. His writings include (1908), (1906), and (1905).
 

[George Wharton James seated at his desk.] POR: James, George Wharton:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Written on back, "George Wharton James' Work Shop is a treasure - House of Books and Curios. H.M. Bland, Fruitvale, Cal., care of Joaquin Miller."
 

[George Wharton James sitting in bushes.] POR: James, George Wharton:5

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[George Wharton James.] POR: James, George Wharton:6

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Jarrell, Randall, 1914-1965.

Biography/Organization History

American poet.
 

[Writer Randall Jarrell with two pug dogs.] 1956 POR: Jarrell, Randall:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Shelved as oversize ffPOR. Photograph by G. Paul Bishop.
 

Jeffers, Robinson, 1887-1962.

Biography/Organization History

Pittsburgh-born poet who settled in Carmel and devoted some of his poetry to the natural beauty of his surroundings; his collections include (1924), (1925), (1927), (1928), and (1929).
 

[Portrait of Robinson Jeffers.] POR: Jeffers, Robinson:1

Additional Note

Photograph by Johan Hagemeyer, San Francisco.
 

[Portrait of Robinson Jeffers.] POR: Jeffers, Robinson:2

Additional Note

Photograph by Johan Hagemeyer, San Francisco.
 

[Portrait of Robinson Jeffers.] POR: Jeffers, Robinson:4

Additional Note

Photograph by Johan Hagemeyer, San Francisco.
 

[Portrait of Robinson Jeffers with pipe.] POR: Jeffers, Robinson:7

Additional Note

Photograph by Johan Hagemeyer, San Francisco.
 

[Portrait of Robinson Jeffers.] POR: Jeffers, Robinson:14

Additional Note

Photograph by Johan Hagemeyer, San Francisco.
 

[Portrait of Robinson Jeffers.] POR: Jeffers, Robinson:19

Additional Note

Photograph by Johan Hagemeyer, San Francisco.
 

[Portrait of Robinson Jeffers.] POR: Jeffers, Robinson:22

Additional Note

Photograph by Johan Hagemeyer, San Francisco.
 

[Portrait of Robinson Jeffers.] POR: Jeffers, Robinson:23

Additional Note

Photograph by Johan Hagemeyer, San Francisco.
 

[Portrait of Robinson Jeffers.] POR: Jeffers, Robinson:26

Additional Note

Photograph by Johan Hagemeyer, San Francisco.
 

[Portrait of Robinson Jeffers.] POR: Jeffers, Robinson:82

Additional Note

Photograph by Johan Hagemeyer, San Francisco.
 

[Robinson Jeffers with dog.] February 6, 1934 POR: Jeffers, Robinson:83

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Bear Photo Service.
 

[Robinson Jeffers] at Hollow Hill. POR: Jeffers, Robinson:84

 

[Robinson Jeffers] at Tor house. 1945 POR: Jeffers, Robinson:85

 

[Robinson and Una Jeffers.] POR: Jeffers, Robinson:86

Additional Note

Arthur Stettner Photograph, New York.
 

[Robinson and Una Jeffers with unidentified woman.] POR: Jeffers, Robinson:87

 

Donnan (?) Jeffers and wife, Robinson Jeffers, Judith Anderson, Una Jeffers. POR: Jeffers, Robinson:89

 

Picnic, Robinson Jeffers family. 1937 POR: Jeffers, Robinson:90

Additional Note

Bear Photo Service.
 

[Robinson Jeffers] with Albert Bender. POR: Jeffers, Robinson:91

 

[Robinson Jeffers] with Charles Erskine Scott Wood at Hollow Hills. POR: Jeffers, Robison:92

 

[Robinson Jeffers] with Charles Erskine Scott Wood at Hollow Hills. POR: Jeffers, Robinson:93

 

[Tor House,] home of Robinson Jeffers the poet, Carmel by the Sea, California. POR: Jeffers, Robinson:94

 

Picnic of [Robinson] Jeffers family. 1934 POR: Jeffers, Robinson:95

Additional Note

Bear Photo Service.
 

[Robinson Jeffers at] Tor House. POR: Jeffers, Robinson:100

 

[Robinson Jeffers.] 1937 POR: Jeffers, Robinson:101

 

[Robinson Jeffers with two women.] 1936 POR: Jeffers, Robinson:102

 

[Portrait of Robinson Jeffers.] POR: Jeffers, Robinson:103

 

Jeffers, Una, 1884 or 1885-1950.

Biography/Organization History

Essayist and reviewer who writings include . She was the wife of poet Robinson Jeffers.
 

[Portrait of Una Jeffers.] POR: Jeffers, Una:6

 

[Portrait of Una Jeffers.] POR: Jeffers, Una:17

Additional Note

Photograph by Johan Hagemeyer.
 

[Portrait of Una Jeffers.] POR: Jeffers, Una:20

Additional Note

Inscribed: "For Noel with love. Una."
 

[Portrait of Una Jeffers.] POR: Jeffers, Una:23

Additional Note

Photograph by Peter Stackpole. [Photograph is numbered "27" on the back]
 

[Una Jeffers] with Langston Hughes. 1934 POR: Jeffers, Una:24

Additional Note

Photograph by Bear Photo Service.
 

[Una Jeffers' dog Haig at door of Tor House, Carmel.] POR: Jeffers, Una:26

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Inscribed, "For Noel with Haig's love."
 

Jeffries, James J., 1875-1953.

Biography/Organization History

Ohio-born boxer who was taken to Los Angeles as a child; he held the world's heavyweight championship from 1899 to 1905 when he retired.
 

[James Jeffries.] POR: Jeffries, James J.:1

 

Johnson, Hiram Warren, 1866-1945.

Biography/Organization History

Sacramento-born lawyer and governor of California from 1911 to 1917 who worked for workman's compensation, an extended civil service, and water conservation. He ran (unsuccessfully) for Vice President in 1912 and was then elected to the U.S. Senate in 1916, where he served until his death, changing from Progressive to Republican and becoming a staunch isolationist.
 

Right to left: Leverett, De Lemater, Hoffer Strickton (?), Lewis Sweetzer, George Bryd, A. P. Hayne, Jas. McKee, Sidney Mezes, R. H. Moore, Larry Vassault, Hiram W. Johnson, E. M. Norton (?) POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:1

 

[Portrait of] Hiram Warren Johnson. 1886 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:2

 

[Portrait of] Hiram Warren Johnson. circa 1900 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:3

 

[Portrait of] Hiram Warren Johnson. circa 1900 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:4

Additional Note

[Paris Panel, Sacramento.]
 

[Hiram Warren Johnson] arriving at courtroom - Ruef trial after shooting of Henry. 1908 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:7

 

Hiram Warren Johnson, 1910 campaign. 1910 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:8

 

[Hiram Warren Johnson.] POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:10

 

[Hiram Warren Johnson.] 1910 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:11

 

[Hiram Warren Johnson.] POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:12

 

Hiram Warren Johnson, Gubernatorial. circa 1910 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:14

 

[Hiram Warren Johnson reading a newspaper.] POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:17

 

[Hiram Warren Johnson seated in a chair.] Gubernatorial period (?) 1910-1916 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:24

 

Hiram Warren Johnson at Lincoln, campaign. 1914 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:28

 

[Hiram Warren Johnson] Junior, driving. 1914 campaign. 1914 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:35

 

[Hiram Warren Johnson] Junior on right. 1914 campaign. 1914 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:38

 

Hiram Warren Johnson and Arch Johnson, 1914 campaign. 1914 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:42

 

[Hiram Warren Johnson.] circa 1914 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:54

 

Hiram Warren Johnson and Henry Olaf (?) of San Francisco. Canon Kip Memorial Mission. circa 1912 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:55

 

Hiram Warren Johnson [fourth from left]. circa 1910 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:56

 

[Hiram Warren Johnson] at Sacramento Fair. 1916 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:57

Additional Note

McCurry Foto Co., Sacramento.
 

[Hiram Warren Johnson.] 1912 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:58

Additional Note

Copyright Moffet, Chicago.
 

[Hiram Warren Johnson.] Senatorial, Maryland. circa 1919 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:59

 

[Hiram Warren Johnson.] Washington D.C., Senatorial period. circa 1922 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:60

 

[Hiram Warren] Johnson of California, (Capitol). POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:61

Additional Note

Johnson riding a horse.
 

[Hiram Warren Johnson.] Senate office building. circa 1920 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:63

Additional Note

International News Photos Inc.
 

[Hiram Warren Johnson] at Hoover Dam. circa 1923 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:65

 

Senator [Hiram Warren] Johnson, California. POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:66

 

[Portrait of Hiram Warren Johnson.] POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:68

 

[Hiram Warren Johnson.] August 1937 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:69

 

[Hiram Warren Johnson.] circa 1940 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:71

 

[Hiram Warren Johnson.] circa 1945 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:72

 

[Hiram Warren Johnson.] Senate office. circa 1945 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:73

 

New senators, [Hiram Warren Johnson] on extreme right. 1917 (?) POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:91

 

Borah and [Hiram Warren] Johnson, Senatorial period. League of Nations' Fight. 1919 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:92

 

Borah and [Hiram Warren] Johnson. circa 1920 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:93

Additional Note

Copyright by Bachragh.
 

From left to right: C. B. Bills, deceased; George W. Pierce, deceased; Senator Hiram W. Johnson; T. C. Tucker, deceased; D. R. Bailey, and Harold H. McCurry. circa 12/25/31 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:94

 

[Hiram Warren Johnson.] POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:102

 

[Hiram Warren Johnson.] POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:103

 

[Hiram Warren Johnson.] POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:104

 

[Hiram Warren Johnson.] POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:106

 

[Hiram Warren Johnson with] doctors who told Senate Commerce Subcommittee of the apparent success of new cancer serum. Washington D. C. POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:110

Additional Note

International Newsreel Photo.
 

Senator Hiram W. Johnson, Senatorial leader in fight against World Court. World Court vote. January 29, 1935 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:113

Additional Note

International News Photos, Inc.
 

[Hiram Warren] Johnson and William Edgar Borah, Neutrality Fight. 1939 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:123

 

Hiram Warren Johnson and Sheridan Downey (?). circa 1940 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:128

Additional Note

F. C. Wilkinson, photograph, Washington D. C.
 

[Hiram Warren Johnson.] Naval Affairs Committee. June 1940 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:130

Additional Note

International News Photos, New York.
 

Sailor and Hiram Warren Johnson, Naval hospital, Bethesda, Maryland. circa 1943 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:136

 

[Hiram Warren Johnson with Senators listening to Franklin D. Roosevelt speech, Washington D. C. POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:137

Additional Note

International News Photo.
 

Senator [Hiram Warren] Johnson, California. POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:141

 

[Hiram Warren Johnson.] POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:142

 

[Hiram Warren Johnson.] POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:143

 

[Hiram Warren Johnson.] POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:144

 

[Hiram Warren Johnson and his wife, Minnie, at LakeTahoe.] circa 1910 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:145

 

[Hiram Warren Johnson] and Mrs. Johnson, San Francisco (?). circa 1917 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:146

 

Moro Castle-Havana (?), Carl Chesterfeld, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram W. Johnson and H.W.J. Junior. 1927 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:150

 

Hiram [Warren Johnson] and Arca Johnson. October 1917 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:151

 

Hiram Johnson, Junior, and H.W.J., Archibald Johnson, Chicago. 1920 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:152

 

Left to right: Arch [Archibald Johnson], Hiram, Hiram Johnson Junior. circa 1926 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:153

 

Junior, Hiram Warren Johnson, Hiram Warren Johnson III. circa 1942 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:154

 

[Hiram Warren Johnson.] Governor's office, Sacramento. 1916 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:160

 

[Hiram Warren Johnson.] Governor's office, Sacramento. 1916 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:163

 

Hiram W. Johnson, H.W.J. III (?). circa 1920 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:166

 

[Hiram W. Johnson and Hiram Johnson III (?) with dog.] circa 1924 POR: Johnson, Hiram W.:168

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Hiram [Warren Johnson] and grandsons. circa 1930 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:169

 

California Delegates to National Progressive Party. POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:171

Additional Note

Original shelved as oversize.
 

[Group portrait of California for Roosevelt delegation.] 1912? POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:172

Additional Note

Original shelved as oversize.
 

[Hiram Warren Johnson and others at railroad caboose with "California for Roosevelt" banner.] POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:173

Additional Note

Original shelved as oversize.
 

Theodore Roosevelt and [Hiram Warren Johnson] as Progressive Party candidates, 1912 campaign. 1912 POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:174

 

[Hiram Warren Johnson.] POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:177

 

[Hiram Warren Johnson.] POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:178

 

The Senior Senator of California [Hiram Warren Johnson.]. POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:179

 

[Hiram Warren Johnson.] POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:180

 

California - Unanimous for Hiram Johnson. 1940? POR: Johnson, Hiram Warren:181

 

Johnson, Minnie L. McNeal.

Biography/Organization History

Wife of former California governor Hiram Warren Johnson.
 

Mrs. H.W. (Minnie) Johnson [at the] Senatorial, Maryland. circa 1919 POR: Johnson, Minnie L. McNeal.:2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Mrs. Hiram W. [Minnie] Johnson. POR: Johnson, Minnie L. McNeal.:4

 

Mrs. Hiram W. [Minnie] Johnson. circa 1924 POR: Johnson, Minnie L. McNeal.:5

 

Jones, Idwal, 1890-1964.

Biography/Organization History

Welsh-born writer who was a journalist in San Francisco and Los Angeles, and later wrote books including (1936), (1949), (1947), and (1951).
 

[Idwal Jones.] POR: Jones, Idwal:1

 

[Portrait of Idwal Jones.] POR: Jones, Idwal:3

Additional Note

Photo by A.L. Whitey Schafer.
 

[Idwal Jones.] POR: Jones, Idwal:6

 

2nd from left - Charles T. Beringer, 3rd from left - Louis M. Martini, 4th from left, Idwal Jones, 5th from left, Herman Wente. POR: Jones, Idwal:16

 

Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931.

Biography/Organization History

New York-born educator who became the first president of Stanford University (1891-1913) and its first chancellor (1913-1916). He was considered a leading ichthyologist, and his writings include an autobiography, entitled (2 vols., 1922).
 

David Starr Jordan, author of "The Blood of the Nation." POR: Jordan, David Starr:3

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

H.M. Bland, San Jose, Cal. Misses Wilson & Kelly Photographs.
 

Judah, Theodore Dehone, 1826-1863.

Biography/Organization History

Railway engineer who came to California to build a railway from Sacramento to Folsom. He wanted to build a transcontinental railroad and was later a partner and founder of the Central Pacific Railroad Co.
 

[Portrait of Theodore Dehone Judah.] POR: Judah, Theodore Dehone:1

 

Kalloch, Isaac Smith, 1832-1890.

Biography/Organization History

Preacher from Boston who moved to San Francisco in 1875 with hopes of converting "wicked people," he was a pastor of Metropolitan Temple. He ran for mayor with the Workingmen's party, which attacked Chinese labor and Charles de Young, who shot Kalloch in his church (he survived to become mayor). Kalloch's son shot and killed de Young in 1880.
 

[Portrait of Issac Smith Kalloch.] POR: Kalloch, Isaac Smith:2

Additional Note

Purchased from Porpoise Bookshop, 7/22/60. Photograph by Bradley & Rulofson.
 

Kearney, Denis, 1847-1907.

Biography/Organization History

Irish-born seaman who became president of the Workingmen's party of California in 1877 and led its campaigns against major capitalists and Chinese workers; the party went on to pave the way for the federal law (1882) banning Chinese immigration.
 

[Portrait of Denis Kearney.] POR: Kearney, Denis:1

 

[Portrait of Denis Kearney.] POR: Kearney, Dennis:2 (copy 1)

Additional Note

Ira B. Cross gift.
 

Kearny, Stephen Watts, 1794-1848.

Biography/Organization History

Infantry lieutenant in the War of 1812 who went on to command the Army of the West in 1846, then served as military governor of New Mexico. He later became civil governor of Vera Cruz and Mexico City.
 

[Stephen Watts] Kearny. POR: Kearny, Stephen Watts:3

Additional Note

Engraving by Y.B. Welch for Graham's Magazine, from an original daguerreotype by Peter A. Juley & Son, photographers.
 

Keeler, Charles Augustus, 1871-1937.

Biography/Organization History

Milwaukee-born poet who lived in Berkeley and whose verses were compiled in several volumes, including (1896) and (1919); he also wrote ornithological studies of American birds.
 

[Charles Keeler seated at desk.] POR: Keeler, Charles Augustus:4

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Portrait of Charles Augustus Keeler.] circa 1895 POR: Keeler, Charles Augustus:5

 

Portrait of Charles [Augustus] Keeler. POR: Keeler, Charles Augustus:7

Additional Note

Photograph by Oscar Maurer of Berkeley, California. Gift of F.M. Fryxell, 1/10/60.
 

Charles [Augustus] Keeler in Muir Woods . circa 1918? POR: Keeler, Charles Augustus:8

 

[Charles Augustus Keeler.] POR: Keeler, Charles Augustus:10

 

William Keith, Charles [Augustus] Keeler, John Burroughs POR: Keeler, Charles Augustus:13

 

Keeler, Louise Mapes, 1872-1907.

Biography/Organization History

Painter and pupil of the artist William Keith. She was also the wife of Charles Augustus Keeler and drew illustrations for several of his books.
 

Louise Bunnell Keeler with Leonard Keeler (Mrs. Charles A. Keeler). POR: Keeler, Louise Mapes:2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Gift of Mrs. Hubert Wykoff, 7/31/61.
 

Keeler, Ralph Olmstead, 1840-1873.

Biography/Organization History

Ohio-born journalist who wrote (1870), which described his life on a Mississippi River showboat, traveling through Europe, and as a writer for the (1864-1866) during a time in which he taught in a San Francisco public school.
 

Ralph [Olmstead] Keeler, writer. POR: Keeler, Ralph Olmstead:1

Additional Note

B.F. Howland & Co., photographer.
 

Keith, Mary McHenry, 1855-1947.

Biography/Organization History

Wife of the painter William Keith, she was a participant in the women's suffrage movement and humanitarian activities.
 

Mrs. Mary McHenry. 1879 POR: Keith, Mary McHenry:2

Additional Note

Photograph by Elite - Jones, Rulofson & Co.
 

[Mary McHenry Keith.] POR: Keith, Mary McHenry:8

 

[Mary McHenry] Keith in parlor, 2207 Atherton St. 1913 POR: Keith, Mary McHenry:19

 

Mrs. Mary McH. Keith with grand nephew Charles Pond. Sept. 1923. POR: Keith, Mary McHenry:20

Additional Note

2701 Ridgeroad.
 

Mary McHenry Keith. POR: Keith, Mary McHenry:25

 

[Mary McHenry Keith.] October 1942 POR: Keith, Mary McHenry:29

 

Keith, William, 1838-1911.

Biography/Organization History

Scottish-born painter who was famous for his California landscape paintings. He spent much of his life in San Francisco and Berkeley, and traveled around the state with John Muir and John Burroughs, studying mountains, oaks, redwoods, and local scenes for his work.
 

[Portrait of William] Keith in the '70s. 1870s POR: Keith, William:5

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Photograph by C.E. Watkins.
 

[Portrait of] William Keith, painter. POR: Keith, William:9

Additional Note

Photograph by Thomas Houseworth & Co.
 

William Keith in his Pine Street studio. 1906 POR: Keith, William:19

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[William Keith holding a palette of paint.] POR: Keith, William:20

 

[Portrait of] William Keith. POR: Keith, William:40

 

[Portrait of William Keith.] POR: Keith, William:47

 

William Keith's son Charles [and William Keith, right]. POR: Keith, William:52

Additional Note

Photograph by Miss Bisbee, Berkeley, Cal.
 

[William Keith seated with his paintings.] POR: Keith, William:53

Additional Note

Inscribed, "For Mrs. Parsons from Keith."
 

[William Keith and Theodore H. Hittell.] POR: Keith, William:60

 

Kent, Roger, 1906-1980.

Biography/Organization History

Chairman of the Democratic Party in California (1954-1965) and head of the California Democratic State Central Committee who ran two unsuccessful campaigns for Congress in 1948 and 1950.
 

[Roger Kent.] POR: Kent, Roger:2

Additional Note

Photograph by George Shimmon.
 

Lionel Steinway, Goldie Kennedy, Roger Kent. POR: Kent, Roger:35

 

[Roger Kent.] POR: Kent, Roger:37

Additional Note

Photograph by Ansel Adams, neg no. 3.
 

En route L.A. for convention. Stanley Mosk [?], (U), R.K. [Roger Kent], Larry O'Brien, Ted K. [Kennedy], Whizzer White, Bob K. [Kennedy], (U), (U), Margaret Price, Roy Reuben [?], Joe Wyatt. 1960 POR: Kent, Roger:39

 

The Press & Union League Club of San Francisco, Gang Dinner. October 25, 1956 POR: Kent, Roger:46

Additional Note

George Shimmon, photographer.
 

Roger Kent, 2nd from right, at Western States Demo. Conf. [Democratic Conference]. 1964 POR: Kent, Roger:55

 

[Roger Kent.] circa 1950 POR: Kent, Roger:57

Additional Note

Herb - here it is. R.K.
 

Kent, William, 1864-1928.

Biography/Organization History

Progressive Republican who served in Congress (1911-1917) where he promoted social and ecological causes. He presented Mt. Tamalpais and the redwood grove named for John Muir to the United States; both were pieces of family property.
 

E. Markham, William G. McAdoo, Sterling, Phelan, William Kent. October 22, 1915 POR: Kent, William:1

Additional Note

Original shelved: Sterling, George. POR #36.
 

[Stephen T. Mather] with William Kent. March 1923? POR: Kent, William:2

Additional Note

Original shelved: Mather, Stephen Tyng, POR #4.
 

Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969.

Biography/Organization History

Massachusetts-born writer associated with the Beat movement, who wrote such influential works as (1957) and its sequel, (1962), (1958), and (1958).
 

Kerouac & L.F. [Lawrence Ferlinghetti], in front of Ferlinghetti house, 706 Wisconsin St., S.F. early 1959 POR: Kerouac, Jack:1

Additional Note

Photo by Kirby Ferlinghetti, 706 Wisconsin St., San Francisco. Original shelved - Ferlinghetti, Lawrence. POR #33.
 

Keseberg, Lewis, 1814-1895.

Biography/Organization History

Member of the Donner Party, and lone survivor found at final rescue.
 

[Portrait of Lewis Keseberg.] POR: Keseberg, Lewis:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (carte de visite format)
 

King of William, James, 1822-1856.

Biography/Organization History

Native of Georgetown, D. C., who in San Francisco began to publish a newspaper called the (1855), in which he accused politicians of corruption. His accusations against county supervisor James P. Casey resulted in Casey shooting and killing him in the street, which prompted the organization of the second Vigilance Committee in 1856.
 

[Portrait of] King of William James. POR: King of William, James:3

 

King, Clarence, 1842-1901.

Biography/Organization History

Rhode Island-born geologist who worked on the Geological Survey of California with William H. Brewer and Josiah Dwight Whitney, served as a scientific assistant to Gen. McDowell's exploration of desert areas in southern California in 1865-1866, headed a corps of geologists on a congressionally funded survey of eastern Colorado to the California border, and headed the U.S. Geological Survey from 1878-1881 before becoming a private mining engineer.
 

L. to R.: Gardiner, James T., [Clarence] King, Cotter, R.D. POR: King, Clarence:4

 

King, Thomas Starr, 1824-1864.

Biography/Organization History

Unitarian minister in San Francisco beginning in 1860 until his death from diphtheria four years later; his preachings were influential in putting California on the Union side of the Civil War. A lake, mountain, and meadow in Yosemite National Park are named for him.
 

[Portrait of Thomas Starr King.] December 20, 1934 POR: King, Thomas Starr:1 copy 2

Additional Note

Ivie [?] gift from Wendle estate. Photograph by J.W. Black.
 

Rev. Thomas Starr King, Geary Unitarian Church. POR: King, Thomas Starr:3

Additional Note

Photograph by W.M. Shew.
 

Kinman, Seth, 1815-1888.

Biography/Organization History

Pennsylvania-born hunter and trapper of California who also engaged in ranching. He was known for making chairs out of elk horns and presenting them to Presidents Buchanan, Lincoln, Johnson, and Hayes.
 

Seth Kinman, California hunter. 1864 POR: Kinman, Seth:1

Additional Note

Carte de visite photograph by Matthew Brady. Original shelved BANC PIC 1991.038--PIC.
 

Knight, Goodwin J., 1896-1970.

Biography/Organization History

31st governor of California (1953-1959) whose bid for reelection and for a Senate seat were unsuccessful.
 

Leo Carrillo, Gov. [Goodwin] Knight, Raymond Moley. Fiesta brings celebrities together. POR: Knight, Goodwin J.:2

 

Gov. [Goodwin] Knight coming aboard, U.S.S. Eldorado, GC-11. September 9, 1954. POR: Knight, Goodwin J.:4

Additional Note

Official Navy photograph.
 

Opening session State Bar Convention, Palace Hotel, S.F. [San Francisco]. September 14, 1955 POR: Knight, Goodwin J.:11

Additional Note

Photograph by George Shimmon.
 

Left to right: Randolph A. Hearst, Governor [Goodwin] Knight and E.D. Coblentz. POR: Knight, Goodwin J.:13

 

Knowland, Joseph Russell, 1873-1966.

Biography/Organization History

Publisher of the who supported research on California history and served in the U.S. Congress from 1904-1906.
 

Left to right: Mayor Clifford Rishell; Kent Pursel, Chairman, Board of Supervisors, Alameda County; Joseph [Russell] Knowland, Sr., Publisher, Oakland. POR: Knowland, Joseph Russell:1

 

Kroeber, Alfred Louis, 1876-1960.

Biography/Organization History

Professor of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley who studied Ishi (the last survivor of the Native American Yahi tribe) and who was the founder of U.C. Berkeley's Museum of Anthropology.
 

[Portrait of Alfred Louis Kroeber] age 7. POR: Kroeber, Alfred Louis:3

 

[Portrait of Alfred Louis Kroeber.] 1920 POR: Kroeber, Alfred Louis:7

 

[Alfred Louis Kroeber.] 1960? POR: Kroeber, Alfred Louis:12

 

[Alfred L. Kroeber seated at desk, holding pipe.] POR: Kroeber, Alfred:15

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Alfred Louis Kroeber.] POR: Kroeber, Alfred Louis:40

 

Krug, Charles, 1830-1894.

Biography/Organization History

Prussian-born wine maker who met Agoston Haraszthy in San Francisco, who encouraged him in the wine business. Krug established his own winery near St. Helena in 1868 which is now a major firm.
 

[Portrait of Charles Krug.] POR: Krug, Charles:1

Additional Note

Photograph by Thomas Houseworth & Co.
 

Kuchel, Thomas Henry, 1910-1994.

Biography/Organization History

Lawyer from Anaheim who became a U.S. Senator (1953-1969) and was known as a liberal Republican.
 

[Portrait of Thomas Henry Kuchel.] POR: Kuchel, Thomas Henry:2

Additional Note

Photograph by Keeley Studio.
 

[Thomas Henry Kuchel.] California Congressional Delegation members breakfast together to go over pending legislative matters. March 23, 1955 POR: Kuchel, Thomas Henry:45

 

Mrs. Faye Harman, new Head of Federal Housing Administration's San Diego Insuring Office is congratulated by Representative Bob Wilson of San Diego and Senator Thomas H. Kuchel of California following appointment to highest F.H.A. post ever given a woman. POR: Kuchel, Thomas Henry:54

 

[Thomas Henry Kuchel on set of] television program with Sens. Joseph Clark (D) and Hugh Scott (R) of Pennsylvania. March 15, 1960 POR: Kuchel, Thomas Henry:57

Additional Note

P. Photo. [Kuchel center].
 

[Dwight D. Eisenhower, left, with Thomas H. Kuchel, right.] POR: Kuchel, Thomas Henry:64

 

Mr. & Mrs. Goldwater, Mr. & Mrs. [Thomas Henry] Kuchel. POR: Kuchel, Thomas Henry:82

 

[Thomas Henry Kuchel with] Junior Achievement Award winners. 1957 POR: Kuchel, Thomas Henry:161

Additional Note

Photograph by Reni Newsphoto Service.
 

Senate chef [and Thomas Henry Kuchel (on left) holding crabs.] 1959 POR: Kuchel, Thomas Henry:184

 

Chief Justice Phil Gibson of the State Supreme Court is pictured administering the oath of office to Thomas H. Kuchel, right, of Orange County, the new State Controller. February 12, 1946 POR: Kuchel, Thomas Henry:187

Additional Note

Received this picture from the Sacramento Bee, 12/26/1946, J. Edward J--[?]
 

Kurtz Portrait Collection.

Scope and Content Note

Selection of portraits from the collection of Charles M. Kurtz, bridge designer and engineering photographer, employed for many years by Southern Pacific.
 

Unidentified girl holding a stuffed animal with a dog at her feet. POR: Kurtz Portrait Collection:33

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Digitized selection from the Kurtz Portrait Collection.
 

Lane, Franklin Knight, 1864-1921.

Biography/Organization History

Canadian who graduated from Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco and became San Francisco's city and county attorney. President Theodore Roosevelt named him to the Interstate Commerce Commission and President Wilson appointed him Secretary of the Interior, where he worked for conservation and approved the Hetch Hetchy reservoir.
 

Franklin K. Lane at Bohemian Grove. POR: Lane, Franklin Knight:2

 

Langtry, Lillie, 1853-1929.

Biography/Organization History

Actress in England who came to America and performed in such plays as Tom Taylor's and as Rosalind in . Oscar Wilde was an admirer of hers.
 

The "Jersey Lily" [Lillie Langtry]. 1889 POR: Langtry, Lillie:2

Additional Note

Photograph by J.M. Mora.
 

Mrs. [Lillie] Langtry. 1882 POR: Langtry, Lillie:7

Additional Note

Photograph by Napoleon Sarony.
 

Lapham, Roger Dearborn, 1883-1966.

Biography/Organization History

Mayor of San Francisco who was an administrator of foreign aid in China and Greece under the U.S. Economic Cooperation Administration.
 

Juan Trippe & R.D.L. [Roger Dearborn Lapham] arriving at S.F. [San Francisco] from round the world trip. July 1, 1947 POR: Lapham, Roger Dearborn:3

Additional Note

Acme Photo.
 

With Trygve Lie, of U.N. Roger Lapham with Trygve Lie, Secretary of United Nations. June 1946 POR: Lapham, Roger Dearborn:20

Additional Note

Photograph from Stewart & Skelton Studios.
 

Larkin, Thomas O.

 

[Portrait of Thomas O. Larkinshot.] POR: Larkin, Thomas O.:1

Additional Note

From "Out West," July 1905.
 

Latham, Milton Slocumb, 1827-1882.

Biography/Organization History

Congressman from 1853 to 1855 who was then elected governor of California from January 9 to 14, 1860, before he was chosen to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate. He was a defender of slavery and proposed an independent California..
 

[Portrait of Milton Slocumb Latham.] POR: Latham, Milton Slocumb:1 c. 2

Additional Note

Bradley & Rulofson, photographers.
 

Lawrence, Ernest Orlando, 1901-1958.

Biography/Organization History

Professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, where he invented the cyclotron in 1929 and was a pioneer researcher in nuclear physics. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics in 1938 and has a radiation laboratory named for him.
 

[Portrait of Ernest Orlando Lawrence.] POR: Lawrence, Ernest Orlando:39

 

[Portrait of Ernest Orlando Lawrence.] 1948 POR: Lawrence, Ernest Orlando:48

 

Lawson, Andrew Cowper, 1861-1952.

Biography/Organization History

Scottish-born professor of geology at the University of California, Berkeley (1890-1928) who was known for his studies of earthquakes and the geology of California.
 

Andrew Lawson. POR: Lawson, Andrew Cowper:2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Golden Gate Bridge. Messrs. Morrow, Taylor, [Andrew Cowper] Lawson. [Lawson on left]. January 26, 1935 POR: Lawson, Andrew Cowper:12

 

[Andrew Cowper Lawson.] 1935 POR: Lawson, Andrew Cowper:15

 

LeConte, Caroline Eaton, 1863-1946.

Biography/Organization History

Daughter of UC Berkeley geology professor, Joseph LeConte.
 

[Portrait of Caroline (Carrie) Eaton LeConte.] circa 1883 POR: LeConte, Caroline:4

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (cabinet card format)

Additional Note

Photograph by Bradley & Rulofson.
 

LeConte, John, 1818-1891.

Biography/Organization History

Brother of Joseph LeConte who taught and practiced medicine in Georgia before serving in the Confederate Army and then coming to the University of California to teach physics. He later became president of the University.
 

Dr. John LeConte - Pres. of U.C. [University of California] also Prof. of Physics. Mrs. John LeConte, "The Queen" - a sweet gentle soul whose mind had been hurt by tragedies in her life. Nurse. Picture taken not long before they died. POR: LeConte, John:3

Additional Note

Gift of Mrs. Hubert Wykoff, 7/31/61.
 

LeConte, Joseph, 1823-1901.

Biography/Organization History

Brother of John LeConte, he was a professor of geology and natural history at the state university in California who became known for his attempts to reconcile Darwinism and Christianity in his courses and in his book (1874); this idea affected Frank Norris, his student, who explored the notion in and .
 

[Portrait of Joseph LeConte.] circa 1878 POR: LeConte, Joseph:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Portrait of Joseph LeConte.] POR: LeConte, Joseph:2 copy 2

 

[Portrait of Joseph LeConte.] POR: LeConte, Joseph:10 copy 2

 

[Joseph LeConte on horse, crossing a bridge with a group of people.] POR: LeConte, Joseph:21

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

LeConte, Joseph Nisbet, 1870-1950.

Biography/Organization History

Mechanical engineering professor at UC Berkeley, mountaineer and active Sierra Club member.
 

Joseph Nisbet LeConte packing up at Hardin's. 1893 POR: LeConte, Joseph Nisbet:6

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Lees, Isaiah.

Biography/Organization History

Chief of Police, San Francisco, 1897-1900.
 

[Portrait of Isaiah Lees.] POR: Lees, Isaiah:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (cabinet card format)
 

Leese, Jacob Primer, 1809-1892.

Biography/Organization History

Ohio-born merchant who constructed a home that was the first substantial structure in San Francisco, at Clay St. and Grant Ave. He married a sister of General Vallejo and moved to Sonoma (he was later of Sonoma), where he was captured with Vallejo during the Bear Flag Revolt. He nevertheless became a supporter of the American conquest of California.
 

[Family of Jacob Leese.] POR: Leese, Jacob Primer:3

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Portrait of] Jacob P. Leese, who built first house in S.F. [San Francisco]. 1836 POR: Leese, Jacob Primer:4

Additional Note

Shew's Pioneer Gallery, photographers.
 

Leidesdorff, William Alexander.

 

[Portrait of William A. Leidesdorff.]

Additional Note

Photograph of a painting.
 

Leuschner, Ida Louise Denicke.

 

Ida Louise Denicke Leuschner and her brother, Frederick August Denicke. POR: Leuschner, Ida Louise Denicke:12

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Levy, Harriet Lane.

Biography/Organization History

American author.
 

[Portrait of Harriet Levy.] POR: Levy, Harriet:

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (cabinet card format)

Additional Note

Photograph by Flaglor, San Francisco.
 

Lewis, Gilbert Newton, 1875-1946.

Biography/Organization History

Professor of chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley from 1912-1946.
 

[Portrait of] Gilbert Lewis, chemist. POR: Lewis, Gilbert Newton:2

Additional Note

J.H. Johan Hagemeyer, camera portraits.
 

Lewis, Oscar, 1893-1992.

Biography/Organization History

San Francisco-born author and local historian whose writings on his native region include (1947), (1949), (1938) and (1942); he also edited works for The Book Club of California.
 

Oscar Lewis, Dorothy Allen, Lewis Allen. POR: Lewis, Oscar:2

Additional Note

Photograph by Alfred A. Knopf.
 

Lissner, Meyer, 1871-1930.

Biography/Organization History

San Francisco-born lawyer who spent his career in Los Angeles; he was also a political leader who organized the Lincoln-Roosevelt League (1907) and was a member of the national executive committee of the Progressive party (1912-1916).
 

[Portriat of] Meyer Lissner. October 20, 1920 POR: Lissner, Meyer:1

Additional Note

G. Edwin Williams, LA.
 

London, Charmian Kittredge, 1871-1955.

Biography/Organization History

Wife of writer Jack London and writer of works including (1921), (1915), and (1917).
 

[Portrait of Charmian Kittredge London.] POR: London, Charmian Kittredge:1

 

[Portrait of Charmian Kittredge London.] POR: London, Charmian Kittredge:2

 

[Portrait of Charmian Kittredge London.] POR: London, Charmian Kittredge:3

 

[Portrait of Charmian London wearing a hat.] POR: London, Charmian Kittredge:7

 

[Charmian London by palm tree on beach.] POR: London, Charmian Kittredge:8

 

[Charmian London with dogs.] POR: London, Charmian Kittredge:9

 

[Charmian Kittredge London posing on tree.] POR: London, Charmian Kittredge:10

 

[Charmian Kittredge] London in "The Klondike". (Actually in Truckee, California ?) POR: London, Charmian Kittredge:11

 

[Charmian Kittredge London on canoe.] POR: London, Charmian Kittredge:12

 

[Charmian Kittredge London.] POR: London, Charmian Kittredge:13

 

[Charmian Kittredge London on horse.] 1930 POR: London, Charmian Kittredge:14

 

[Charmian London with her dog Possum.] POR: London, Charmian Kittredge:17

 

[Charmian Kittredge London sitting at top of steps.] POR: London, Charmian Kittredge:20

 

[Charmian Kittredge London sitting at top of steps.] POR: London, Charmian Kittredge:21

 

[Charmian Kittredge London on horse.] POR: London, Charmian Kittredge:23

 

[Charmian Kittredge London in front of Wake-Robin Lodge.] POR: London, Charmian Kittredge:25

 

London, Jack, 1876-1916.

Biography/Organization History

(John Griffith London). San Francisco-born writer who, after a rough and uneducated adolescence spent sailing and working in mills, went on to see his writings published after a brief stint with the gold rush. His first writings were published in the and the , and his works include (1900), (1904), (1905), (1906), (1903), and (1913). His work reflected his adherence to Marxist and Nietzschean theory.
 

[Portrait of Jack London.] POR: London, Jack:2

 

[Jack London in class portrait] Cole School, Oakland. 1887 POR: London, Jack:3

 

James Hopper, Charmian London, George Sterling, Jack London, aboard "Snark". POR: London, Jack:4

 

[Jack London on a boat, writing.] POR: London, Jack:6

 

[Portrait of Kack London.] Taken in Boston while on honeymoon. 1906 POR: London, Jack:7

 

[Jack London.] circa 1925 POR: London, Jack:8

 

[Jack London.] POR: London, Jack:9

 

[Portrait of Jack London looking down.] POR: London, Jack:10

 

[Jack London with dog in snow.] POR: London, Jack:11

 

Jack London, nine years old, and his dog Rollo. 1885 POR: London, Jack:12

 

[Jack London on porch swing.] POR: London, Jack:13

 

[Portrait of Jack London.] POR: London, Jack:14

Additional Note

Inscribed: Dear Anna [Strunsky?] Greetings. Jack. May it be a good year.
 

[Portrait of Jack London.] POR: London, Jack:15

Additional Note

Photograph by Arnold Genthe.
 

[Jack London in office.] POR: London, Jack:16

 

[Portrait of Jack London sitting in chair.] POR: London, Jack:17

Additional Note

Photograph by Andrew J. Mill, San Jose.
 

[Charmian and Jack London.] 1913 POR: London, Jack:19

Additional Note

Inscribed on verso: Our latest and best, for you Ralph Kasper with thanks for your remembrance and all best wishes from Charmian & Jack London. [All except his signature and date written by Charmian London]
 

[Jack London] with Charmian London. POR: London, Jack:20

 

[Jack London wearing a hat.] POR: London, Jack:29

 

[Portrait of Jack London.] POR: London, Jack:34

 

[Portrait of Jack London.] POR: London, Jack:35

 

[Jack London sitting on chair next to a desk.] POR: London, Jack:37

 

[Jack London leaning against wall with rifle beside him.] POR: London, Jack:38

 

[Jack London holding rifle.] POR: London, Jack:39

 

[Jack London at reins of a horse-drawn hay wagon.] November 18, 1916 POR: London, Jack:40

 

[Jack London sitting on top of wagon.] POR: London, Jack:41

 

[Jack London with pigs.] POR: London, Jack:42

Additional Note

Just photos taken of the author before his death.
 

[Jack London petting horse.] POR: London, Jack:43

 

[Jack London petting a horse.] POR: London, Jack:44

 

[Charmian London on horse, Jack London standing.] POR: London, Jack:45

Additional Note

Taken at London Ranch in Sonoma Valley a few weeks before the author's death.
 

[Jack and Charmian London with dog.] POR: London, Jack:46

 

"Possum", [Jack] London's friend of friends, and constant companion. POR: London, Jack:50

 

[Jack London.] POR: London, Jack:53

 

Jack London and Elsie Wilkinson, taken on his big Ranche near Glen Ellen, Sonoma County, California. August 31, 1913 POR: London, Jack:54

 

[Jack London] with Elsie Wilkinson, Tom [Wilkinson]. March 29, 1913 POR: London, Jack:55

 

[Jack London] with Harrison Fisher, Herbert Heron, and Harry Leon Wilson [Carmel ?] POR: London, Jack:56

 

George Sterling, Harry Leon Wilson, ?, [Jack] London. Bohemian Grove. 1915 POR: London, Jack:59

 

George Sterling, James Hopper, Harry Leon Wilson, London. Bohemian Grove. 1913 POR: London, Jack:60

 

Jack and Charmian [London sitting on boat.] POR: London, Jack:62

 

Carrie Sterling, Charmian London, James Hopper, George Sterling, Jack London. POR: London, Jack:63

 

Left to right: Bertha Newberry, Mrs. Carlton Bierle, Charmian London, Carrie Sterling, James Hopper, Dick Partington, George Sterling, Jack London. POR: London, Jack:64

 

[Jack London] with George Sterling. POR: London, Jack:65

 

George Sterling, Mary Austin, Jack London, James Hopper. POR: London, Jack:66

 

Wake -Robin Lodge home of Jack London Glen Ellen California. POR: London, Jack:71

 

[Jack and Charmian London.] POR: London, Jack:72

 

[Jack and Charmian London with dog, sitting on boat.] POR: London, Jack:73

 

The crew of the Snark at Pennduffnyn (?). POR: London, Jack:74

 

[Jack and Charmian London.] 1910 POR: London, Jack:75

Additional Note

Inscribed, "A Merry Xmas to dear Blanche [Partington] with much love. Charmian." Digital capture taken from a copy negative.
 

[Jack Londn sitting on a bench,] Bohemian Grove. 1904 POR: London, Jack:76

 

Jack London, Glen Ellen, California. January 3, 1920 (?) POR: London, Jack:77

Additional Note

By Walter, Santa Rosa, California.
 

[Portrait of Jack London.] POR: London, Jack:78

 

[Portrait of Jack London.] POR: London, Jack:79

 

[Jack London and group] Bohemian Grove play "Apollo". 1915 POR: London, Jack:83

 

Jack London [with horse]. Glen Ellen, California. POR: London, Jack:85

 

Jack London [in front of tree]. Glen Ellen, California. POR: London, Jack:86

 

Mr. and Mrs. Jack London. Glen Ellen, California. POR: Mr. and Mrs. Jack London, Glen Ellen, California:87

 

Mr. and Mrs. Jack London [on horse carriage]. Glen Ellen, California. POR: Mr. and Mrs. Jack London, Glen Ellen, California:88

 

[Jack and Charmian London.] On the Beach at Waikiki. 1915 POR: London, Jack:89

 

Love, Harry

 

[Portrait of Harry Love.] POR: Love, Harry:1

Additional Note

Digital capture from a modern copy print.
 

Low, Frederick Ferdinand, 1828-1894.

Biography/Organization History

Maine-born gold miner who entered the steamship business and became a banker. He was elected to Congress as a representative to California in 1861 and then became the state's 9th governor (1863-1867), using his term to help found the University of California, obtain justice for the Chinese, and preserve the present site of Golden Gate Park.
 

Ambassador [Frederick Ferdinand] Low. POR: Low, Frederick Ferdinand:3

Additional Note

Inscribed: Sincerely Yours, F.F. Low. Photograph by G.D. Morse.
 

[Portait of Frederick Ferdinand Low.] POR: Low, Frederick Ferdinand:4

Additional Note

Inscribed: Yours sincerely, F.F. Low. Photograph by Morse's Palace of Art, No. 1520
 

Lowie, Robert Harry, 1883-1957.

Biography/Organization History

Anthropology professor at the University of California, Berkeley (1917-1950), who was known for his studies of Plains Indians. The Berkeley campus' anthropology museum was originally named for him.
 

Robert [Harry Lowie] taken on one of the points of land over which the 17-mile drive passes. 1935 POR: Lowie, Robert Harry:4

 

[Portrait of Robert Harry Lowie.] circa 1933 POR: Lowie, Robert Harry:6

 

Ludlow, Fitz Hugh, 1836-1870.

Biography/Organization History

New York-born author who became known for his descriptions of drug addiction in (1857); he also wrote (1870), (1867), and pieces for the .
 

[Portrait of] Fitz Hugh Ludlow, New York. POR: Ludlow, Fitz Hugh:1

Additional Note

Julius Brill, photographer.
 

Luelling, Henderson W.,1804-1878.

 

Henderson W. Luelling. POR: Luelling, Henderson W.:1

 

Lummis, Charles Fletcher, 1859-1928.

Biography/Organization History

Editor of the and Native American sympathizer who wrote (1893) about them, and edited the magazine ( after 1902) which featured writing by Mary Austin, Edwin Markham, Charles Warren Stoddard, and Joaquin Miller. He organized the Sequoya League (1901) for the protection of Native Americans, founded the Southwest Museum (1914), and created The Landmarks Club (1897) to restore missions.
 

[Portrait of Charles Fletcher Lummis.] POR: Lummis, Charles Fletcher:53

 

Mackay, John William, 1831-1902.

Biography/Organization History

Irish gold miner in California and Nevada who became rich along with other developers of the Comstock Lode, and moved on to create the Commercial Pacific Cable Co., an international telegraph system which laid the first transpacific cable in 1902.
 

[Portrait of John William Mackay.] circa 1890 POR: Mackay, John William:4

Additional Note

Photograph by Thors, 14 Grant Ave., S.F. [San Francisco].
 

Mailliard, William Somers, 1917-1992.

Biography/Organization History

U.S. Congressman and ambassador to the Organization of American States (1974-1976).
 

[William Somers Mailliard on dock in front of ship.] POR: Mailliard, William Somers:59

Additional Note

Vano-Wells-Fagliano Photography Inc. No. 6718-30
 

Manly, William Lee.

 

[Portrait of William Manly.]

Additional Note

Digital capture taken from copy negative. No print available.
 

Mann, Luther H.

 

Luther H. Mann. POR: Mann, Luther H.:2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (carte de visite format)
 

Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940.

Biography/Organization History

Oregon-born poet who was a schoolteacher in California; his poetry was known for its protests against the exploitation of farm labor. His collections of poems include (1899) and (1901).
 

Edwin Markham (with beard) and Herbert Leonard Loggins. POR: Markham, Edwin:12

 

Markham, Henry Harrison, 1840-1923.

Biography/Organization History

18th governor of California (1891-1895) who had become rich from real estate and mining and served a term in Congress as a Republican.
 

[Portrait of Henry Harrison Markham.] POR: Markham, Henry Harrison:1

Additional Note

Photograph of a painting.
 

Marshall, James Wilson, 1810-1885.

Biography/Organization History

After joining Frémont in the Bear Flag Revolt, Marshall went to Sutter's Fort and became Sutter's partner in 1847 in building a sawmill at Coloma. An alteration to the mill just before it was put into operation caused Marshall to discover gold (the nugget he found is called the Wimmer Nugget, after his assistant), which began a rush that caused the partners to lose their workers and their lands.
 

[Portrait of] James Wilson Marshall, discoverer of gold in California. POR: Marshall, James Wilson:4

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (cabinet card format)

Additional Note

Houseworth & Co., photographers of celebrities and all novelties.
 

Marshall, Robert, 1901-1939.

Scope and Content Note

American forester and environmentalist, who worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Forest Service. He made several trips to the Alaskan wilderness.
 

[Robert Marshall on backpacking trip.] circa 1920s-1930s POR: Marshall, Robert:9

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Robert Marshall with other men outside laboratory building.] circa 1920s-1930s POR: Marshall, Robert:10

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Robert Marshall with other men outside laboratory building.] circa 1920s-1930s POR: Marshall, Robert:11

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Waters, Bob [Robert Marshall] and Behre. circa 1920s-1930s POR: Marshall, Robert:15

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Robert Marshall in a group picture with other men outside.] circa 1920s-1930s POR: Marshall, Robert:16

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Robert Marshall looking at a tree.] circa 1920s-1930s POR: Marshall, Robert:19

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Robert Marshall sitting on a rock.] circa 1920s-1930s POR: Marshall, Robert:21

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

"See what came out of the North." circa 1930s? POR: Marshall, Robert:23

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Scope and Content Note

Robert Marshall on right.
 

[Waist-length portrait of Robert Marshall.] circa 1930s? POR: Marshall, Robert:24

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Bob Marshall, Wiseman, Alaska. 1931 POR: Marshall, Robert:25

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Robert Marshall in Alaska.] 1931 POR: Marshall, Robert:25A

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Robert Marshall with two other men.] circa 1920s-1930s POR: Marshall, Robert:28

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Robert Marshall.] circa 1920s-1930s POR: Marshall, Robert:29

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Robert Marshall, standing with his hands in trouser pocket.] circa 1920s-1930s POR: Marshall, Robert:31

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Waist-length portrait of Robert Marshall.] circa 1920s-1930s POR: Marshall, Robert:35

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Robert Marshall walking on a dirt road with another man.] circa 1920s-1930s POR: Marshall, Robert:36

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

The Living Wilderness. circa 1920s-1930s POR: Marshall, Robert:36A

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Scope and Content Note

Robert Marshall wearing a large backpack.
 

[Robert Marshall standing next to a canoe.] circa 1920s-1930s POR: Marshall, Robert:37

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Ernie Johnson, Kenneth Harvey, Jess Allen, Bob Marshall, 'Doonerak or Bust' trip, Alaska. 1938 POR: Marshall, Robert:50

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Robert Marshall standing on top of rocks.] circa 1920s-1930s POR: Marshall, Robert:51

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Waist-length portrait of Robert Marshall.] circa 1920s-1930s POR: Marshall, Robert 52:

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Robert Marshall talking.] circa 1920s-1930s POR: Marshall, Robert:56

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Robert Marshall talking with another man.] circa 1920s-1930s POR: Marshall, Robert:58

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Jesse Allen, author [Robert Marshall], and Nutirwik. circa 1920s-1930s POR: Marshall, Robert:65

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Robert Marshall on] North Doonerak Mountain. circa 1920s-1930s POR: Marshall, Robert:72

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Robert Marshall walking with another man on a snow topped mountain.] circa 1920s-1930s POR: Marshall, Robert:74

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Robert Marshall and two other man standing on the base of a sequoia tree.] circa 1920s-1930s POR: Marshall, Robert:75

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Robert Marshall hiking.] circa 1920s-1930s POR: Marshall, Robert:82

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Robert Marshall with another man on a hill top.] circa 1920s-1930s POR: Marshall, Robert:83

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Robert Marshall standing on a hill top.] circa 1920s-1930s POR: Marshall, Robert:84

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Marshall, Robert Bradford, 1867-1949.

Biography/Organization History

Chief Geographer of the U.S. Geological Survey, whose "Marshall Plan" dammed the upper Sacramento River and diverted its water into the Central Valley through canals. He later helped develop California's highway system (1928-1937).
 

[Portrait of Robert Bradford Marshall.] POR: Marshall, Robert Bradford:4

 

Martinez, Xavier, 1869-1943.

Biography/Organization History

Mexican-born artist who went to California and taught at the College of Arts and Crafts, where he was a noted painter of portraits and landscapes and an early member of Carmel's art colony.
 

Xavier Martinez and Joaquin Miller's daughter. POR: Martinez, Xavier:2

Additional Note

Gift of Warren Howill.
 

Mason, Richard Barnes, 1797-1850.

Biography/Organization History

5th American military governor of California (1847-1849), who fought in the Black Hawk War and in the conquest of New Mexico and California. He wrote a widely printed report on gold deposits. Fort Mason in San Francisco is named for him.
 

Colonel Richard Mason. POR: Mason, Richard Barnes:1

Additional Note

Original by Bradley Studios.
 

Massett, Stephen C., 1820-1898.

Biography/Organization History

English author who dabbled in acting and real estate before editing the Marysville and contributing to and the . He wrote an autobiographical account of early California theater entitled (1863).
 

Stephen Massett, "Jeems Pipes, of Pipesville." POR: Massett, Stephen C.:3

Additional Note

Bradley & Rulofson.
 

Mather, Stephen Tyng, 1867-1930.

Biography/Organization History

San Francisco-born executive in the borax business who was the organizer and first director of the National Parks system (1917-1929). Worked for high standards in the preservation of wilderness.
 

[Stephen Tyng Mather] looking at glacial polish under erratic boulder on Lambert's Dome, Tuolumne Meadows. 1921 POR: Mather, Stephen Tyng:15

Additional Note

Photography by Francis P. Farquhar.
 

[Stephen Tyng Mather, on left] with Col. Crosby, North Rim, Grand Canyon. September 1923 POR: Mather, Stephen Tyng:16

Additional Note

Photography by Francis P. Farquhar.
 

Matthes, François E., 1874-1948.

Biography/Organization History

Topographer and geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey and member of the Sierra Club.
 

[François E.] Matthes in foreground, Cathedral Group from vicinity of Mt. Clark. POR: Matthes, François E.:46

Additional Note

Robert Branstead, photographer, 6/30/32. #2
 

François Emile [and] Edith Lovell (Coyle) Matthes [on horses] at head of Yosemite Valley, starting for Merced Lake. 1919 POR: Matthes, François E.:67

 

Maybeck, Bernard R., 1862-1957.

Biography/Organization History

New York City-born architect who studied at the Beaux-Arts in Paris before moving to California and settling in Berkeley in 1889. He taught architecture at the University of California and coordinated Phoebe Apperson Hearst's competition for an architectural plan for the campus. His architectural accomplishments include Wyntoon, a home for Hearst (1902), the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Berkeley (1911), and the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915.
 

[Bernard R. Maybeck in academic gown,] Charter Day. 1930 POR: Maybeck, Bernard R.:1

 

[Bernard R. Maybeck.] POR: Maybeck, Bernard R.:5

Additional Note

From Edgar T. Zook.
 

Maynor, Dorothy

 

[Dorothy Maynor with a dog.] POR: Maynor, Dorothy:3

Additional Note

Inscribed on front.
 

McAdie, Alexander.

 

[Profile portrait of Alexander McAdie in military uniform.] POR: McAdie, Alexander:1

Additional Note

Photograph by Buck, Washington, D.C.
 

McAdoo, William Gibbs, 1863-1941.

Biography/Organization History

Georgia-born leader in Democratic party politics who was Secretary of the Treasury for Wilson from 1913-1918 before moving to California in 1922; there he was a U.S. Senator (1933-1938) and a leading contender for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1924.
 

[William Gibbs] McAdoo campaign. The Bunch at Mammoth Hotel, Yellowstone Park, just before leaving for Rigby. POR: McAdoo, William Gibbs:2

 

McAllister, Hall, 1828?-1888.

Biography/Organization History

Georgia-born lawyer who practiced in San Francisco and was known for defending Adolph Spreckels for shooting M. H. de Young and Charles Lux in his suit for water rights against James Ben Ali Haggin. McAllister Street in San Francisco is named for him.
 

[Portrait of Hall McAllister.] POR: McAllister, Hall:3

Additional Note

Bradley & Rulofson.

Additional Note

Photograph by Bradley and Rulofson.
 

McEnerney, Garret W., 1865-1942.

Biography/Organization History

Irish California lawyer who defended Abe Ruef against allegations of bribery, advised Mayor Eugene Schmitz during the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906, associated with Amadeo Giannini and the Bank of Italy, and was a Regent of the University of California.
 

[Portrait of Garret W. McEnerney.] circa 1940 POR: McEnerney, Garret W.:3

 

McEwen, Arthur, 1850-1907.

Biography/Organization History

Scottish-born journalist who went to San Francisco and wrote for the , among other journals, and became a reform-minded writer for Hearst's . He founded an unsuccessful paper called (1894-1895) which featured fiction of young writers as well as muckraking.
 

Arthur McEwen, journalist. POR: McEwen, Arthur:1

Additional Note

Born 1/9/1851, Stranraer, Scotland; died 5/1/1907, Hamilton, Bermuda.
 

McKinley, William, 1843-1901.

Biography/Organization History

Ohio-born Civil War soldier and lawyer who became a U.S. Congressman and governor of Ohio for two terms, and was subsequently elected President of the United States in 1896 as a Republican. He was shot by an anarchist named Leon F. Czolgosz on September 6, 1901, and died eight days later.
 

William McKinley, the martyred President, grand in Public and Private, heroic in Life and Death. 1898 POR: McKinley, William:3

Additional Note

Stereograph, copyright 1898 by Strohmeyer & Wyman, Works and Studios, Underwood & Underwood, Publishers.]
 

[President William McKinley] at entrance to private cemetary [sic] of Old Mission. 1901 POR: McKinley, William:5

 

McLaren, John, 1846-1943.

Biography/Organization History

Assistant to William Hammond Hall at Golden Gate Park, he soon became Hall's successor (in 1887) as superintendent of the park's development. He is memorialized in the headquarters building of the park, McLaren Lodge, and also in John McLaren Park in southeastern San Francisco.
 

[John McLaren, William H. Crocker, and C.A. Shurtleff at the grave of Emperor Norton.] [1934] POR: McLaren, John:2

Custodial History

Acquired from John Howell 12/12/1947?
 

McLean, Fannie Williams, b. 1863.

Biography/Organization History

English teacher at Berkeley High School in California (1891-1913) who became the head of the English departments of all the high schools in Berkeley in 1909. She was a public speaker on the issue of women's suffrage and was director of the California Branch of College Equal Suffrage League.
 

[Portrait of Fannie Williams McLean.] summer 1893 POR: McLean, Fannie Williams:10

Additional Note

Photograph by L. Alman. McLean Coll., Jan. 1953
 

[Portrait of Fannie McLean.] 1893 POR: McLean, Fannie:16

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (cabinet card format)

Additional Note

Photograph by L. Alman.
 

McLoughlin, Emma

 

[Portrait of Emma McLoughlin.] POR: McLoughlin, Emma:8

Additional Note

Photograph by Hartsook.
 

McMillan, Edwin Matteson, 1907-1991.

Biography/Organization History

Physicist who taught at the University of California, Berkeley beginning in 1935, he became the director of the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory in 1958 after the death of Ernest O. Lawrence, his brother-in-law. McMillan and Glenn T. Seaborg shared a Nobel Prize in 1951 for their discoveries of trans-uranium elements.
 

Glen T. Seaborg, [unidentified man in the middle], [Edwin Matteson] McMillan. POR: McMillan, Edwin Matteson:1

Additional Note

Originally shelved: Seaborg, Glen T.:2, POR
 

McPherson, Aimee Semple, 1890-1944.

Biography/Organization History

Canadian-born Pentecostal preacher who emphasized fundamentalism, faith healing, the upcoming millennium, speaking in tongues, and opposition to communism. She built the Angelus Temple in Los Angeles, which at the time of her death had about 400 branches in the U.S. and Canada, 200 foreign missions, and a Bible college.
 

Led by Aimee Semple McPherson, delegates to the 19th annual Four Square Gospel Church Convention yesterday wept, sang, prayed and fainted in the ecstacy of prayer during the Holy Ghost Rally pictured here. August 1941 POR: McPherson, Aimee Semple:2

Additional Note

Los Angeles Examiner photograph.
 

Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936.

Biography/Organization History

Indiana-born irrigation engineer who taught at the University of California and became the U.S. Commissioner of Reclamation, where he oversaw the All-American Canal and Central Valley irrigation projects. He also supervised the total construction of Hoover Dam, which was a major source for California water and formed Lake Mead (named for him) -the largest artificial body of water in the world.
 

[Portrait of Elwood Mead.] POR: Mead, Elwood:4

 

Meiggs, Henry, 1811-1877.

Biography/Organization History

Came to California from New York with timber, making a small fortune and building Meiggs Wharf in San Francisco with forged city treasury warrants. He fled to Chile and Peru in 1854, where he was successful as a railroad builder, and persuaded the California legislature to overturn an indictment against him upon the repaying of his San Francisco debts.
 

[Portrait of Henry] Meiggs, Lima, Peru. February 27, 1872 POR: Meiggs, Henry:2

Additional Note

Retratos Album, Courret Hermanos, Lima.
 

Mexía, Ynes, 1870-1938.

Biography/Organization History

Eminent botanist who collected specimens and research materials in Mexico, Central and South America, and Alaska for the University of California and the Smithsonian Institution; she worked with the U.S. Western Regional Research Laboratory in Albany, California.
 

[Portrait of Ynes Mexia.]. October 1938 POR: Mexía, Ynes:2

 

[Portrait of Ynes Mexia.] 1920s POR: Mexia, Ynes:3

 

[Portrait of Ynes Mexia.] POR: Mexia, Ynes:4

 

Mexicans.

 

Lavandera [laundress]. POR: Mexicans:7

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (carte de visite format)

Scope and Content Note

Woman ironing.
 

Micheltorena, Manuel, 1802-1853.

Biography/Organization History

13th Mexican governor of Alta California (1842-1845) who was expelled by Juan Bautista Alvarado and José Castro due to mismanagement.
 

[Portrait of Manuel Micheltorena.] POR: Micheltorena, Manuel:1

 

Mighels, Ella Sterling, 1853-1934.

Biography/Organization History

California-born writer who identified with the frontier spirit; she wrote (1893), (1934), and the anthology (1918).
 

[Portrait of Ella Sterling Mighels.] POR: Mighels, Ella Sterling:3

Additional Note

E.F. Foley, photographer.
 

Miles, Josephine, 1911-1985.

Biography/Organization History

Poet and professor at the University of California, Berkeley; her poems appear in (1955), (1966), (1946), (1939) and (1974).
 

[Portait of] Josephine Miles. 1956 POR: Miles, Josephine:1

Additional Note

Photograph by Imogen Cunningham.
 

Miller, James L.

 

[James Miller,] Father of Newton C. Miller. circa 1865

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Chas. Ferrand photographer, Nevada City, Calif.
 

Miller, Joaquin, 1837-1913.

Biography/Organization History

(Pseudonym of Cincinnatus Hiner Miller). Indiana-born schoolteacher, lawyer, pony express rider, newspaper editor, and horse thief who went to San Francisco where he wrote poetry. Part of the literary circle of Bret Harte, Ina Coolbrith, and Charles Warren Stoddard, he wrote such works as (1886), (1868), (1870), and (1873). He lived in his estate, called "The Hights," in the hills above Oakland, where he was known as a bearded sage and a remnant of the Old West.
 

[Portait of Joaquin Miller.] POR: Miller, Joaquin:39

Additional Note

Photograph by Bradley & Rulofson.
 

[Portait of Joaquin Miller by fence.] POR: Miller, Joaquin:56

Additional Note

Taken by Herman Ulutoken [?]
 

Miller, Newton C., 1827-1894.

 

Newton C. Miller. circa 1865 POR: Miller, Newton C.:1

 

Mills, Darius Ogden, 1825-1910.

Biography/Organization History

Banker who opened a Sacramento bank called Bank of D. O. Mills & Co.; he shortly afterwards established the Bank of California in 1864 with William C. Ralston. He became a Regent of the University of California and moved to New York City where he built many "Mills Hotels," which were low-cost rooming houses.
 

Mills, Edgar.

 

Edgar Mills, brother of Darius Ogden Mills. POR: Mills, Edgar.:1

Physical Description:
Marks and Inscriptions: "D.O. Mills, banker": erroneous early identification, or an inscription.

Additional Note

Formerly identified as D.O. Mills based on annotation on mount, and inspite of lack of resemblance. Identified as Edgar Mills through another copy in the portrait files of the California Historical Society, San Francisco.
 

Modjeska, Helena, 1840-1909.

Biography/Organization History

Polish-born Shakespearean actress who help found a Utopian colony near Anaheim in 1876; it soon failed, but she remained in the United States to pursue her acting career.
 

[Portrait of Helena] Modjeska. POR: Modjeska, Helena:2

Additional Note

Mora, photographer.
 

Modoc Indians.

Biography/Organization History

Native American tribe from the Southern Oregon and Northern California region.
 

Donald McKay and Jack's capturers. 1873 POR: Modoc Indians:3

Scope and Content Note

Donald McKay flanked by two Indians who helped to capture Modoc Chief, Captain Jack.
 

Montez, Lola, 1818-1861.

Biography/Organization History

Dancer from Ireland who had numerous affairs around Europe, where her dancing had become popular, until she came to New York to dance and act. She toured around the country and performed in San Francisco for a while, until she moved to Grass Valley and later became a religious convert and lecturer.
 

Lola Montez von F. K. Stieler. 1847 POR: Montez, Lola:2

 

[Portrait of Lola Montez.] POR: Montez, Lola:4

 

[Lola Montez and Patrick Purdy Hull in a carriage, Grass Valley.] 1854 POR: Montez, Lola:6

 

Mooney, Thomas J., 1882-1942.

Biography/Organization History

Radical Socialist labor leader who, along with Warren Knox Billings, was charged with planting a bomb that killed 10 people and injured 40 during the Preparedness Day parade held on Market Street in San Francisco (July 22, 1916) to demonstrate U.S. readiness to participate in World War I. He was convicted but pardoned by Governor Olson in 1939.
 

[Tom Mooney seated at typewriter in jail cell.] circa 1930s POR: Mooney, Thomas J.:7

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photogaph
 

[Thomas J Mooney standing in a prinson doorway.] 1939? POR: Mooney, Thomas J.:11

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photogaph
 

Morgan, Dale Lowell, 1914-1971.

Biography/Organization History

Utah-born historian of the West, he was a staff member of The Bancroft Library, and wrote (1947), (1953), and (1943).
 

[Portrait of Dale L. Morgan.] March 1964 POR: Morgan, Dale Lowell:1

Additional Note

Photograph by Geo. P. Hammond.
 

[Portrait of Dale L. Morgan.] POR: Morgan, Dale L. :9

Additional Note

Photograph by Lignell & Gill.
 

Morris, Wright, 1910-.

Biography/Organization History

Nebraska-born author who lived for a time in California and is known for his critical studies of American culture, sensitive novels, and books of evocative photography; his works include (1956), (1971), (1948), and (1958).
 

[Wright Morris in front of car.] POR: Morris, Wright:1

 

Muir, John, 1838-1914.

Biography/Organization History

Scottish-born naturalist who studied geology, chemistry, and botany and undertook several long walking journeys throughout the U.S., making reports aimed at forest conservation. Among his writings are (1894) and (1912). He worked for causes such as Yosemite's establishment as a national park and the creation of forest reservations.
 

[Portrait of John Muir with hands on lap.] POR: Muir, John:1

 

[Oval portrait of John Muir.] 1872 POR: Muir, John:2

Additional Note

Copy of a photograph by Bradley & Rulofson, San Francisco.
 

[Bust-length portrait of John Muir.] POR: Muir, John:6

Additional Note

Portrait by W. E. Dassonville.
 

[Portrait of John Muir looking at a picture.] POR: Muir, John:8

Additional Note

Photograph by W. E. Dassonville.
 

[Portrait of John Muir with his hand on his chin.] POR: Muir, John:9

 

[Portrait of John Muir.] POR: Muir, John:11

 

[Bust-length portrait of John Muir.] POR: Muir, John:13

 

[Waist-length, seated portrait of John Muir.] POR: Muir, John:15

Additional Note

Photograph by W. E. Dassonville.
 

[Waist-length, seated portrait of John Muir.] POR: Muir, John:16

 

John Muir, with kind regards, Martinez. December 28, 1902 POR: Muir, John:17

 

[John Muir standing.] POR: Muir, John:19

 

John Muir. October 1913 POR: Muir, John:20

Additional Note

Photograph by Herbert W. Gleason, Boston Massachusetts.
 

Portrait of John Muir by David Muir. POR: Muir, John:21

Additional Note

Photograph of a painting.
 

Mr. Muir and Stichun (?) POR: Muir, John:22

Additional Note

Photograph by Herbert W. Gleason, Boston, Massachusetts.
 

John Muir at his home in Martinez. POR: Muir, John:23

Additional Note

Photograph by Herbert W. Gleason, Boston, Massachusetts.
 

John Muir by one of his deodar trees. POR: Muir, John:24

Additional Note

Photograph by Herbert W. Gleason, Boston, Massachusetts.
 

[John Muir in vineyard at his home in Martinez.] POR: Muir, John:25

Additional Note

Photograph by Herbert W. Gleason.
 

John Muir in the vineyard which he planted. POR: Muir, John:26

Additional Note

Photograph by Herbert W. Gleason.
 

John Muir, resting by the side of a High Sierra lakelet. 1903 POR: Muir, John:27

Additional Note

Halftone print clipped from James, "Heroes of Calif." p.350.
 

[John Muir at fence to orchard.] POR: Muir, John:28

 

[John Muir sitting on a boulder at waterfall.] POR: Muir, John:29

 

John Muir at Merced River. 1908 POR: Muir, John:30

 

[John Muir sitting on a boulder, with arm resting on staff.] 1907 POR: Muir, John:33

Additional Note

Taken by Professor Francis M. Fritz.
 

[John Muir standing beside a tree.] POR: Muir, John:34

 

[John Muir during] Kern River outing. 1908 POR: Muir, John:36

 

[John Muir on horseback.] POR: Muir, John:37

 

John Muir examining petrified wood, Petrified Forest National Park. cicra 1905 POR: Muir, John:38

 

John Muir examining petrified wood, Petrified Forest National Park. cicra 1905 POR: Muir, John:41

 

[John Muir writing in a book while reclining in the shade.] cicra 1905 POR: Muir, John:50

 

[John Muir examining large piece of petrified wood, Petrified Forest National Park.] cicra 1905 POR: Muir, John:51

 

[John Muir examining petrified wood, Petrified Forest National Park.] cicra 1905 POR: Muir, John:52

 

John Muir examining large piece of petrified wood, Petrified Forest National Park. cicra 1905 POR: Muir, John:53

 

[John Muir standing next to a carriage.] North of Flagstaff. August 1906 (?) POR: Muir, John:54

 

[John] Muir with John Burroughs, taken in Yosemite. 1908 POR: Muir, John:55

Additional Note

Photograph by F. P. Chatsworthy.
 

[John] Muir with John Burroughs, taken in Yosemite. 1908 POR: Muir, John:56

Additional Note

Photograph by F. P. Clatworthy, Colorado.
 

[John Muir] with John Burroughs, Yosemite. 1908 POR: Muir, John:57

Additional Note

Photograph by F. P. Chatsworthy.
 

[John] Muir and John Burroughs, Pasadena, California. circa 1912 POR: Muir, John:58

 

[John Muir and John Burroughs, seated in chairs.] POR: Muir, John:59

Additional Note

George L. King, photograph (?)
 

[John Muir and John Burroughs.] POR: Muir, John:60

Additional Note

Photograph by Karl Moon.
 

[John] Muir family at home, Martinez. 1901 POR: Muir, John:61

 

Left to right: [John] Muir, Mrs. Gleason, E. T. Parsons, Marion Randall Parsons. POR: Muir, John:62

Additional Note

Photograph by Herbert W. Gleason.
 

[John] Muir with Edward Taylor Parsons and Marion Randall Parsons at Martinez. October 13, 1913 POR: Muir, John:63

Additional Note

Photograph by Herbert W. Gleason.
 

John Muir with Theodore Roosevelt, Glacier Point. 1903 POR: Muir, John:65

 

[John] Muir with John Swett [left, seated in chairs on porch]. POR: Muir, John:66

 

[John Muir giving a talk to a group of people outdoors. POR: Muir, John:68

 

[John Muir, President Taft and James Gillett in front of Grizzly Giant sequoia tree in Mariposa Grove.] POR: Muir, John:74

 

[John Muir and Theodore Roosevelt in Mariposa Big Tree Grove.] POR: Muir, John:75

Additional Note

Photograph by J. N. LeConte.
 

John Muir's last trip to the Sierra. 1912 POR: Muir, John:77

 

John Muir and friend in Yosemite, his last trip. 1912 POR: Muir, John:78

Additional Note

Pictures were taken by Mr. L. P. Bagnand (?) friend of John Muir, Pasadena, California.
 

[John] Muir with Dorothy Kellogg. 1912 POR: Muir, John:79

 

[John Muir adjusting gear on a horse.] POR: Muir, John:84

 

[John Muir talking to a group of men at lower end of Tuolumne Meadows.] July 18, 1909 POR: Muir, John:85

Additional Note

Photograph by W. L. Huber.
 

[John Muir and two other men, sitting on a log.] POR: Muir, John:88

 

[John Muir with a group of men sitting on a log.] POR: Muir, John:89

 

[Portrait of John Muir in front of a book shelf.] POR: Muir, John:93

Additional Note

Photograph by Willard.
 

[John Muir seated at a desk.] POR: Muir, John:95

 

[John Muir and a woman by a tree.] POR: Muir, John:99

 

Mulford, Prentice, 1834-1891.

Biography/Organization History

New York native who came to California to mine gold and later became a schoolteacher. He began contributing to the and using the name "Dogberry," and wrote (1889) and (1888).
 

[Portrait of] Prentice Mulford. 1877 POR: Mulford, Prentice:1

Additional Note

"I loaf and enjoy my soul." Needham portraits.
 

Mulford, Walter

 

[Portrait of Walter Mulford.] POR: Mulford, Walter:1

 

[Walter Mulford walking in snow.] POR: Mulford, Walter:3

 

Murao, Shigeyoshi.

Biography/Organization History

Became manager of City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco in 1954 and soon became a co-owner with Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Murao was arrested (the charges were dropped) as the sales clerk who sold "Howl," Allen Ginsberg's poem that was put on trial for alleged obscenity. He edited a poetry journal entitled .
 

[Portrait of Shigeyoshi Murao.] POR: Murao, Shigeyoshi.:3

 

Murphy, Virginia Reed, circa 1833-1921.

Biography/Organization History

Donner party survivor.
 

[Portrait of Virginia Murphy.] POR: Murphy, Virginia Reed:2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph (cabinet card format)
 

Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904.

Biography/Organization History

(Formerly Edward James Muggeridge). English photographer who was hired by Leland Stanford in 1872 to try to demonstrate with photographs whether or not a running horse ever has all four feet off the ground -this was the first of his locomotion studies, done over a six-year period at Stanford's Palo Alto farm. These photographic studies, with pictures taken at great speeds and viewed through a zoopraxiscope (an invention of Muybridge's), gave the illusion of continuous motion and were predecessors of the modern motion picture. Under the pseudonym "Helios," he published photographs and stereographs of Yosemite.
 

[Portrait of Eadweard Muybridge.] POR: Muybridge, Eadweard:1

Additional Note

Photograph by Wm. Vick.
 

[Eadweard Muybridge sitting at the base of a redwood tree.] POR: Muybridge, Eadweard:4

Additional Note

Photograph by Weed?
 

Naglee, Henry Morris, 1815-1886.

Biography/Organization History

Tennessee-born banker in San Francisco who also dealt in real estate, fought in the Civil War, and made wine in San Joaquin and Santa Clara counties.
 

[Portrait of Henry Morris Naglee.] POR: Naglee, Henry Morris:5

Additional Note

Photograph by Taber.
 

Nahl, Charles Christian, 1818-1878.

Biography/Organization History

German-born artist who came to San Francisco and became a leading lithographer and photographer. He also created engravings and woodcuts and re-drew the bear for the California state flag. His art was rumored to have influenced Bret Harte's writing.
 

Charles Nahl (artist). POR: Nahl, Charles Christian:1

Additional Note

Wm. Shew's Photographic Establishment.
 

Neuhaus, Eugen, 1879-1963.

Biography/Organization History

Artist and professor of art who taught at Hopkins Art Institute in San Francisco and the University of California, Berkeley. He lectured and wrote on the art of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco.
 

[Eugen Neuhaus looking at painting.] POR: Neuhaus, Eugen:36

Additional Note

Photograph by Gabriel Moulin Studios.
 

Newlands, Francis Griffith, 1846-1917.

Biography/Organization History

Representative and Senator form Nevada.
 

Francis Griffith Newlands. POR: Newlands, Francis Griffith:2

Additional Note

Copy photograph.
 

Newton, Huey P., 1942-1989

Biography/Organization History

Louisiana-born co-founder of the Black Panther Party in 1966 who was arrested after a dispute with police in 1967 and was convicted, but the conviction was overturned. He fled to Cuba when charged with murder in a different case in 1974, but he returned to stand trial.
 

[Portait of Huey Newton.] POR: Newton, Huey P.:1

Additional Note

Jeffrey Blankfort Photography.
 

Neylan, John Francis, 1885-1960.

Biography/Organization History

Lawyer and journalist who went to California from his native New York to work with the San Francisco and , and then became a member of Governor Hiram Johnson's administration. He later became a Regent of the University of California and led an anti-Communist program that required an oath of loyalty from the faculty.
 

[Portrait of John Francis Neylan.] POR: Neylan, John Francis:1

 

Nimitz, Chester William, 1885-1966.

Biography/Organization History

Graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis who built the submarine base at Pearl Harbor, was the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation at the beginning of World War II, and was Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
 

[Chester William Nimitz and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.] November14, 1962 POR: Nimitz, Chester William:3

 

Nixon, Richard Milhous, 1913-1994.

Biography/Organization History

Born in Yorba Linda, he practiced law and served in the navy in World War II before being elected to Congress as a Republican (1946-1950) and then to the Senate (1950); he was Eisenhower's Vice President (1953-1961) and was narrowly defeated for the presidency in 1960 by Kennedy, only to win the presidential bid in 1969 and again for a second term. He resigned from the presidency in 1974 due to his loss of support in not telling the truth about his knowledge of espionage against Democratic party headquarters in the Watergate building in Washington D.C.
 

Senator Kuchel [left] and Vice President [Richard] Nixon [second from right] with the 1960 Maid of Cotton. POR: Nixon, Richard Milhous:1

Additional Note

Photography by George Kalec. 1/60.
 

Noguchi, Yone, 1875-1947.

Biography/Organization History

Japanese poet who went to California and associated with Joaquin Miller and Charles Warren Stoddard; his works include (1897) and (1903).
 

[Inscribed portrait of Yone Noguchi.] 1899 POR: Noguchi, Yone:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Photograph by Johnson, San Francisco.
 

[Portrait of young Yone Noguchi.] POR: Noguchi, Yone:2

Additional Note

Inscribed: To my dear friend - Miss Ina Peterson, with the heavenly love, and the best earthly regards - from Yone Noguchi. Photograph by Taber.
 

[Portrait of Yone Noguchi.] 1898 POR: Noguchi, Yone:4

Additional Note

Copy photograph.
 

Nordhoff, Charles, 1830-1901.

Biography/Organization History

Prussian-born author who traveled in California and Hawaii and wrote popular books on the region of California, such as (1872) and (1887). He was the father of Walter Nordhoff and the grandfather of Charles B. Nordhoff, who co-wrote (1932).
 

[Portrait of Charles] Nordhoff. POR: Nordhoff, Charles:1

Additional Note

Photograph by Watkins.
 

Norris, Charles Gilman, 1881-1945.

Biography/Organization History

Novelist who wrote about social problems; his works include (1918), (1921), (1930), and (1944). His brother was Frank Norris and his wife was Kathleen Norris.
 

[Portrait of Charles Gilman Norris.] POR: Norris, Charles Gilman:5

Additional Note

Photograph by Hollinger.
 

Norris, Frank, 1870-1902.

Biography/Organization History

Zola-influenced writer and editor of who studied in France and at Harvard, and whose works, including (1899), the "Epic of the Wheat" trilogy, (1901), and (1903), explored themes concerning realistic detail and the impact of socio-economic and natural forces on the individual.
 

[Portrait of Frank Norris at 4 years old.] 1874? POR: Norris, Frank:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Photograoh by E.L. Brand, Chicago.
 

[Portrait of Frank Norris at 10 years old.] 1880? POR: Norris, Frank:2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Photograph by Brand, Chicago.
 

[Portrait of Frank Norris as an adolescent.] circa 1887? POR: Norris, Frank:4

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Portrait of Frank Norris as an adolescent.] circa 1886? POR: Norris, Frank:6

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Frank Norris in group portrait of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity brothers.] 1894 POR: Norris, Frank:10

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Frank Norris seated at desk.] circa 1900 POR: Norris, Frank:13

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Frank Norris reclining.] circa 1900 POR: Norris, Frank:18

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Portrait of Frank Norris.] circa 1900 POR: Norris, Frank:20

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Photograph by Arnold Genthe. Shelved as oversize ffPOR.
 

[Portrait Frank Norris.] circa 1900 POR: Norris, Frank:25

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Norris, Kathleen, 1880-1966.

Biography/Organization History

Novelist who wrote domestic comedies and tragedies which were known for their wholesome sentiment; her first was (1911). Her husband was Charles G. Norris.
 

[Kathleen Norris sitting on a garden bench.] POR: Norris, Kathleen:9

 

Norton, Joshua Abraham, 1819-1880.

Biography/Organization History

San Francisco madman known as Emperor Norton because he believed he was "Norton I, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico." He amused the public with his proclamations, the most famous of which being his command to build bridges across the Bay, in 1869.
 

[Joshua Abraham] Norton I. Emperor of United States and Protector of Mexico. 1 photograph POR: Norton, Joshua Abraham:1

Additional Note

Bradley & Rulofson. Charles W. Stoddart, Egn. [?], with respects.
 

Nuttall, Zelia, 1858-1933.

Biography/Organization History

California-born archaeologist whose research led to publishings on Sir Francis Drake, the identification of two pre-Columbian codices, and discoveries in archaeology.
 

[Portrait of Zelia Nuttall holding a fan.] POR: Nuttall, Zelia:1

Additional Note

Inscribed by Zelia Nuttall.
 

Oak, Henry Lebbeus, 1844-1905.

Biography/Organization History

Hubert Howe Bancroft's principal assistant who helped him administer his library and compose his volumes on California. He later accused Bancroft of failing to give him proper credit.
 

[Portrait of Henry Lebbeus Oak.] POR: Oak, Henry Lebbeus:1

Additional Note

Gift of Mrs. Wm. Salway, Pasadena, Calif., 1956. Selleck's Enameled Cards.
 

[Portrait of Henry Lebbeus Oak.] POR: Oak, Henry Lebbeus:2

 

Older, Fremont, 1856-1935.

Biography/Organization History

Wisconsin-born editor of the San Francisco who worked for penal reform and labor unions. He showed that some of the testimony against Mooney and Billings for the Preparedness Day parade bombings was perjured. He wrote the autobiographical works (1919) and (1931).
 

[Portrait of Fremont Older.] December 12, 1943 POR: Older, Fremont:10

Additional Note

John Howell Nos. 5-7
 

[Fremont Older wih dog.] POR: Older, Fremont:23

 

Olson, Culbert L., 1876-1962.

Biography/Organization History

29th governor of California (1939-1943) who was a lawyer and a liberal Democratic politician.
 

[Portrait of Culbert L. Olson.] POR: Olson, Culbert L.:6

 

New Executive Governor Culbert L. Olson (left), as he was sworn into office as the chief executive of the State of California by Associate Justice Emmett Seawell (right). January 3, 1939 POR: Olson, Culbert L.:8

Additional Note

Photograph published in the San Francisco Examiner, January 3, 1939, p. 7.
 

O'Neil, Nance, 1874-1965.

Biography/Organization History

Stage name of Gertrude Lambert. Oakland-born actress who became famous for her roles as Lady Macbeth, Hedda Gabler, Camille, and Juliet.
 

[Portrait of Nance O'Neil.] POR: O'Neil, Nance:1

Additional Note

"Nance O'Neil was a beloved S.F. [San Francisco] star--a tall, gawky, inexperienced girl, she first chamed [sic] audiences in her home city with the burning passion of her acting."
 

Ord, Angustias de la Guerra.

 

[Portrait of Angustias de la Guerra Ord.] POR: Ord, Angustias de la Guerra:1

Additional Note

Copy photograph.
 

Ord, Edward Otho Cresap, 1818-1883.

Scope and Content Note

United State Army officer.
 

[Portrait of Edward Otho Cresap Ord.] POR: Ord, Edward Otho Cresap.:1

 

Orena de Koch, Serena.

 

[Serena Orena de Koch with two children, Cristina & Lorenza.] POR: Orena de Koch, Serena:1

 

Otis, Harrison Gray, 1837-1917.

Biography/Organization History

Journalist from Ohio who became the owner and publisher of the . He was a conservative Republican, a major developer of southern California, fought in the Civil War and the Spanish-American War, and vehemently opposed the union shop, which was the cause of the McNamara brothers bombing of the Times in 1910.
 

[Portrait of Harrison Gray Otis.] POR: Otis, Harrison Gray:1

Additional Note

To Harry E. Andrews, Esq. From your friend, Harrison Gray Otis, late Brig. Gen. U.S. Vols. 1st Brigade, 2d Division, 8th Army Corps. Photograph by Marceau.

Additional Note

Photograph by Marceau. Inscribed, "To Harry E. Andrews, Esq. From your friend, Harrison Gray Otis, late Brig. Gen. U.S. Vols. 1st Brigade, 2d Division, 8th Army Corps." Shelved as oversize ffPOR.
 

Pacheco, Romualdo, 1831-1899.

Biography/Organization History

12th governor of California (Feb. 27-Dec. 9, 1875) who was the first native Californian and the only one of Spanish descent to hold the office when he came to the post from his lieutenant governorship.
 

[Portrait of Romualdo Pacheco.] POR: Pacheco, Romualdo:1

 

Francisca Benicia Vallejo and nephew Romualdo Pacheco. POR: Pacheco, Romualdo:5

 

[Portrait of] Gov. Romualdo Pacheco. POR: Pacheco, Romualdo:6

Additional Note

Copy of a cased photograph.
 

Pardee, George Cooper, 1857-1941.

Biography/Organization History

21st governor of California (1903-1907), who was a mayor of Oakland, regent of the University of California, and a supporter of environmental conservation.
 

[Portrait of George Cooper Pardee.] POR: Pardee, George Cooper:1

Additional Note

Inscribed: "Yours very truly, Geo. C. Pardee, '79." Photograph by Jones, Rulofson, & Co., Elite Photographic Studio.
 

Parsons, Edward Taylor, 1861-1914.

Biography/Organization History

Mountaineer and conservationist who was a devoted member of the Sierra Club.
 

[Edward Parsons seated at desk.] POR: Parsons, Edward Taylor:5

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Photograph by Sidney Webb.
 

[Edward Parsons hiking.] POR: Parsons, Edward Taylor:7

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Edward Parsons on steps of John Muir's home.] POR: Parsons, Edward Taylor:8

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Portrait of Edward Taylor Parsons in uniform.] POR: Parsons, Edward Taylor:16

Additional Note

Photograph by Cornell & Saunders.
 

Parsons, Marion Randall, 1880?-1953.

Biography/Organization History

Mountaineer and conservationist who was director of the Sierra Club from 1914-1938 and wife of Edward Taylor Parsons.
 

[Marion Parsons on porch.] circa 1910? POR: Parsons, Marion Randall:03

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Mary Randall, Marion Randall Parsons, and Governess. POR: Parsons, Marion Randall:05

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Photograph by Dames, Oakland.
 

Marion Parsons with group riding mules at Grand Canyon. 1907? POR: Parsons, Marion Randall:07

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Marion Parsons with other hikers, sitting on rock. POR: Parsons, Marion Randall:13

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Portrait of Marion Parsons in Red Cross uniform.] circa 1917 POR: Parsons, Marion Randall:14

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph

Additional Note

Photograph by Gladys Partridge.
 

[Marion Parsons seated in rocking chair.] POR: Parsons, Marion Randall:17

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Marion and Edward Parsons and unidentified man on an outdoor excursion.] 1915? POR: Parsons, Marion Randall:24

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Marion Randall Parsons on a mountain.] POR: Parsons, Marion Randall:25

 

Parsons, Orra Miller

 

[Portrait o f Orra Miller Parsons.] 1865 POR: Parsons, Orra Miller:1

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

[Portrait o f Orra Miller Parsons.] POR: Parsons, Orra Miller:2

Physical Description:
Extent: 1 photograph
 

Partington, Blanche, d. 1951.

Biography/Organization History

Drama and music critic for the San Francisco who corresponded with artists and writers, such as Upton Sinclair; her sisters were artist Gertrude Partington and opera singer Phyllis Partington, her brother was artist Richard Langtry Partington, and their father was artist John H. E. Partington.
 

[Portrait of Blanche Partington.] POR: Partington, Blanche, d. 1951.:1

Additional Note

Gift of Mrs. John Partington, 9/11/61.
 

Patigian, Haig, 1876-1950.

Biography/Organization History

Armenian-born newspaper illustrator and three-time president of the Bohemian Club. He became a sculptor; his works appeared at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915, and his sculpture of an owl at the Grove of the Bohemian Club.
 

[Haig Patigian with sculpture of tennis player Helen Wills.] 1928 POR: Patigian, Haig:3

Additional Note

Photograph by Gabriel Moulin.
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