Guide to the William Alvord Papers, [ca. 1874-1904]

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Guide to the William Alvord Papers, [ca. 1874-1904]

Collection number: BANC MSS 77/46 c

The Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, California

Contact Information:

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

Processed by:: The Bancroft Library staff
Date Completed:: ca. 1977
Encoded by:: Xiuzhi Zhou

Collection Summary

Collection Title: William Alvord Papers,

Date (inclusive): [ca. 1874-1904]

Collection Number: BANC MSS 77/46 c

Creator: Alvord, William, 1833-1904

Extent: Number of container: 1 box

Repository: The Bancroft Library.

Berkeley, California 94720-6000

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

Abstract: California business man, banker, mayor of San Francisco. Correspondence; autographs; badges and invitations relating to memorial services for U.S. Grant and William McKinley.

Languages Represented: English

Information for Researchers

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], William Alvord papers, BANC MSS 77/46 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Scope and Content

William Alvord (1833-1904) was a prominent California businessman, at one time president of the Bank of California, trustee of the College of California, and mayor of San Francisco.

This collection, presented to The Bancroft Library by Mrs. B. H. Skillings in August 1976, consists mainly of letters written to Alvord, many of them letters of introduction or of thanks for hospitality or gifts received. Also included is memorabilia relating to Ulysses S. Grant, 1885, and to President William McKinley in 1901.

Box

Letter written by Alvord, Mar. 2, 1897, introducing Albert T. Spotts to Leland Stanford.

Scope and Content Note

Letters to Alvord, arranged alphabetically by correspondent or organization, then chronologically within each folder. A partial list of the major correspondents follows the report. A miscellany of unlisted letters, arranged alphabetically, is at the end of the files of correspondence.

Ulysses S. Grant memorabilia

Scope and Content Note

Ribbon and program for memorial services, 1885

William McKinley memorabilia

Scope and Content Note

Ribbon for reception, May 14, 1901.

Material re memorial services in San Francisco, Sept. 19, 1901

Miscellaneous items

Scope and Content Note

Including genealogical information on the Alvord family prepared by Mrs. B. H. Skillings.

Alvord, Benjamin

See Davis, Charles Henry

Alvord, William, 1833-1904

Letter, Mar. 2, 1897, introducing Albert T. Spotts to Leland Stanford.

See also Phillippo, Sir George

Ames, Frederick Lothrop, 1835-1893

Letter, Mar. 21, 1882

Baker Sir Samuel White, 1821-1893

Letter, June 26, 1881?. Two calling cards also included.

Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902

3 letters, Nov. 13, 1880 and n. d.

Bryce, James, 1838-1922

2 letters, Dec. 15, 1889 and n. d.

Canby, William Marriott, 1831-1904

2 letters, 1894-1897

Carnarvon, Almina, Countess

2 letters, Mar. 24, [1903]

Carnarvon, George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, fifth Earl of, 1866-1923

Letter, Mar. 24, 1903

Churchill, Lord Randolph Henry Spencer, 1849-1895

2 letters, 1894. On version of letter of Aug. 15, copy of telegram from Lord Rothschild.

Coolbrith, Ina Donna, 1842-1928

Letter, Jan. 27, 1874

Cushing, William Barker, 1842-1874

Autograph only, n. d.

Davis, Charles Henry, 1845-1921

Letter, Oct. 16, 1874. Addressed to Benjamin Alvord, with note by Alvord, Oct. 21, 1874.

Dawson, Emma Frances, 1851-1926

Autograph, Dec. 1897

Deady, Matthew Paul, 1824-1893

Letter, Sept. 25, 1885

Devens, Charles, 1820-1891

Calling card, with note, n. d.

Dohrmann, F. W. D.

Letter, Dec. 13, 1898

Fernow, Bernhard Eduard, 1851-1923

Letter, Aug. 4, 1891

Gilman, Daniel Coit, 1831-1908

3 letters, 1875-1899

Gray, Asa, 1810-1888

7 letters, 1879-1888

Greely, Adolphus Washington, 1844-1935

See Longfellow National Memorial Association

Hancock, Winfield Scott, 1824-1886

Signed calling card, [Dec. 26, 1883]

Harrison, Benjamin, Pres. U. S., 1833-1901

Autograph, [Apr. 29, 1891]

Harrison, Caroline (Scott) (Mrs. Benjamin Harrison)

Letter, Apr. 27, 1891

Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914

Letter, July 28, 1889. Calling card also included.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894

Letter, Oct. 29, 1861, to Mr. Whittier.

Howison, George Holmes, 1834-1916

Letter, Dec. 9, 1903

Jackson, Helen Maria (Fiske) Hunt, 1831-1885

Letter, July 12, 1882

Kalakaua, David, King of Hawaii, 1836-1891

Letter, April 12, 1887

King, Charles, 1844-1933

Letter, Dec. 23, 1898

Kip, William Ingraham, 1811-1895

Letter, Feb. 10, 1873

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882

Letter, Apr. 2, 1872

Longfellow National Memorial Association

Letter, Jan. 23, 1899, by Adolphus Washington Greely.

McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1852

letters, [1864?]-1885. 1864 letter to C. A. Whittier re death of John Sedgwick.

Meehan, Thomas, 1826-1901

Letter, Jan. 7, 1880

Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925

Letter, Aug. 28, 1890

Miller, John Franklin, 1831-1886

Signature only, n. d.

Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909

Letter, Apr. 20, 1898

Otis, Elwell Stephen, 1838-1909

2 letters, 1899-1900

Pendleton, George Hunt, 1825-1889

Signature only, n. d.

Perkins, George Clement, 1839-1923

Letter, Aug. 7, 1906, to Albert T. Spotts.

Phelan, James Duval, 1861-1930

Unsigned invitation, n. y. as mayor of San Francisco

Phillippo, Sir George

Letter, May 5, 1887. Draft of Alvord's reply at end of letter.

Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl, 1847-1929

Letter, Oct. 27, 1883

Rosebery, Hannah (Rothschild) Primrose, Countess of, d. 1890

Letter, Oct. 17, 1883

Rothschild, Edouard de

Letter, May 3l, 1890

Rothschild (N. M.) & Sons

2 letters, 1883-1894

Sargent, Charles Sprague, 1841-1927

6 letters, 1881-1904. Visiting card also included.

Sawyer, Lorenzo, 1820-1891

Letter, Feb. 24, 1875

Sherman, John, 1823-1900

Letter, May 26, 1885

Sherman, William Tecumseh, 1820-1891

Calling card, n. d.

Wilmerding, J. C.

Letter, Feb. 1893, re the proposed Wilmerding School of Industrial Arts.