Letters from Marshall, 1898-1930

Letters from Marshall, 1931-1948

Letters to Marshall, A-D

Letters to Marshall, E-P

Letters to Marshall, R-Z

Marshall's writings:

Marshall's writings:

Memoranda from Marshall, 1909-1937

Memoranda to Marshall, 1915-1935

California. Department of Public Works. Division of Water Resources. Minutes of consulting board, 1921-1922.

Synopsis of replies to circular letter sent out by J. C. Forkner, pros and cons of Marshall Plan as applied to various regional suggestions.

Copies of letters addressed to Forkner in answer to circular letter, relate to the water problems of the state.

California. Department of Public Works. Division of Engineering and Irrigation. Bulletins. no. 4-6.

California State Irrigation Association. Reports, 1921-1922.

California Legislature: Report of Joint Committee Re Proposed Constitutional Amendments Concerning Water in California, 1927.

Yosemite National Park: Reports, 1891-1893, 1904, and miscellaneous material.

Drafts concerning legislation re Hetch-Hetchy, military mapping, state parks, highways, water, Yosemite; U.S. Department of the Interior press releases; U.S. Geological Survey expense accounts, miscellaneous maps, projections, tables, reports and surveys.

Manuscript of Cora Keagle's Water in the Valley.

Clippings, arranged according to subject:

Biographical

Central Valley Project, 1933-1950

Marshall Plan

Marshall as superintendent of National Parks

Mather Party, July 1915

Kettleman Oil Fields

National Parks--Conservation

National Park Superintendents' Association Convention, Mar. 1915

Mount Rainier, Marshall's State Senate candidacy.

Clippings, arranged according to subject:

Rocky Mountain National Park

Sequoia National Park, Yosemite and Hetch-Hetchy

American Legion

automobiles

editorials, cartoons

military mapping

California Missions

obituaries

Spreckels

water

Will Rogers

World War II

miscellaneous

scattered issues of the Annuitant

a few issues of the Lindsay Gazette.

v.1: 1913-1915--Poems, clippings, maps, problems inherent to map-making, Hetch-Hetchy, John Muir, Marshall Plan.

v.2: Reactions of the Press to Marshall Plan, 1919-1921, arranged according to counties, A-N.

v.3: Reactions of the Press to Marshall Plan, 1919-1921, arranged according to counties, O-Z.

v.4: Reactions of the Press to Marshall Plan, 1920-1921, arranged according to counties, A-Z.

Report to the Honorable the Secretary of the Interior of Commission appointed pursuant to act of Congress approved April 28, 1904, to investigate conditions and situations in Yosemite National Park, by Hiram Martin Chittenden, Frank Bond, and R. B. Marshall. Concerning boundaries and the possibility of making a good road to the park.

Partial list of reservoir sites in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, 1921; California Highway Beautification Survey Progress Report, 1932; Estimates for landscaping and care of state highway parksides . . . 1929; Certificates.

Letters from Marshall to Myra Crow, fiancée, 1896, and to wife, 1897-1927, arranged chronologically, and a few letters to Evelyn Bradford Marshall, daughter, and Evelyn (Crow) Simmons, sister-in-law.

Letters to Marshall from wife, 1898-1907, arranged chronologically.

Letters to Marshall from wife, 1911-1929, arranged chronologically.

Letters to Marshall from wife, 1930-1948, arranged chronologically.

Letters from Evelyn Bradford Marshall (Mrs. Philip Maddox), Virginia Mann Marshall, daughters, from grandchildren, niece and nephew. Miscellaneous to Virginia Mann Marshall.

Miscellaneous letters, invitations to Myra Crow. Visiting cards, etc. to Mr. & Mrs. R. B. Marshall.

Legal documents re California, Virginia property, Patterson Ranch, Marshall vs. Spreckels, miscellaneous, including last will; Crow Oil Co. - Correspondence, notes, appointments and discharges.

Receipts, insurance records, medical records, tax records, miscellaneous personal records.

Adams, Annette (Abbott), 1877-1956

15 letters, 1930-1936. Concerning suit of Marshall vs. Spreckels.

American Civic Association

see

McFarland, John Horace

Watrous, Richard Benedict

Barlow, Charles Averil, 1858-1927

18 letters, 1923-1926. Some written as President of the California State Irrigation Association concerning the Marshall Plan. Include letter to James R. Gaskill, Jr.

Benson, H. C.

2 letters, 1904-1916. Include copy of letter to Hiram Martin Chittenden concerning the boundaries of Yosemite National Park

Bethel, Ellsworth

4 letters, 1913-1914. Mainly concerning Rocky Mountain National Park and geographic nomenclature.

Bond, Frank, 1856-1940

41 letters, 1904-1914. Include letters to Hiram Martin Chittenden. Mainly written as Commissioner to examine Yosemite National Park lands, concerning topography and the park boundary.

California. Department of Natural Resources. Division of Parks.

17 letters, 1928-1938. Mainly concerning state parks. Include copy of letter to C. H. Purcell and copy of letter from William Edward Colby to Governor Young. Some letters written by Frederick Law Olmsted.

California. Department of Public Works.

3 letters, 1933-1937. Relate to Central Valley Project. Written by Earl Lee Kelly.

See also Meek, B. B.

California. Department of Public Works. Division of Highways.

40 letters, 1928-1936. Include copies of letters to California State Planning Board, Frederick Law Olmsted, California Council for the Protection of Roadside Beauty, and responses to circular requesting suggestions for state parks.

California. Department of Public Works. Division of Water Resources.

2 letters, 1931. Written by Edward Hyatt. Include copy of memorandum concerning Friant Dam.

California Arts and Architecture

see Daniels, Mark

California Council for Protection of Roadside Beauty

11 letters, 1929-1932. Also a copy of minutes of first meeting of the Council, Sept. 12, 1929.

California State Irrigation Association.

see Barlow, Charles Averil

California State Parks Council

see Drury, Newton Bishop

California State Planning Board

20 letters, 1934-1940. References to Lake Tahoe problems. Mainly written by Leon Deming Tilton, b. 1890. Include copies of letters to Harold Le Claire Ickes, Edward Hyatt and California State Emergency Relief Administration.

California State Water and Power League

11 letters, 1924. Concerning Marshall's role in the 1924 campaign for the Water and Power Act. References to Rudolph Spreckels. Written by Franklin Hichborn, b. 1869.

Canadian Camp

4 letters, 1911. Written by G. Lenox Curtis.

Carter and Barrett (Firm)

5 letters, 1936-1937. Concern suit of Marshall vs. Spreckels.

Chamberlain, Allen, 1867-

4 letters, 1912-1916

Chapin, William Wallace, 1874-1957

3 letters, 1927-1930

Chittenden, Hiram Martin, 1858-1915

31 letters, 1904-1912. Mainly relate to Yosemite National Park boundaries and legislation. Include copies of letters to James Carson Needham, Frank Bond and others, concerning Yosemite; also copy of letter from Frank Bond to Chittenden.

Church, Denver Samuel, 1866-1952

2 letters, 1915-1930

Colby, William Edward, 1875-

24 letters, 1904-1931. Include copies of letters to Franklin Knight Lane, W. F. McClure, Hiram Martin Chittenden; mimeographed letter to Governor Rolph. Some letters written as Secretary of the Sierra Club concerning Hetch-Hetchy, Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks. References to John Muir.

See also

California. Department of Natural Resources. Division of Parks

McFarland, John Horace

Colorado Geographic Board

2 letters, 1915. One letter signed by James Grafton Rogers.

Colorado Mountain Club

see Rogers, James Grafton

Curtis, G. Lenox

see Canadian Camp

Daniels, Mark, 1881-

1 letter, Aug. 11, 1935. Written as editor of California Arts and Architecture.

D'Egilbert, W.

1 letter, Aug. 18, 1923. To Thomas D. M. Slaven concerning Marshall, Charles Averil Barlow and the Marshall Plan.

Drury, Newton Bishop, 1889-

14 letters, 1928-1930. Include letters and copies of letters to Charles B. Wing, California Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks; B. B. Meek, California Department of Public Works; and to Charles Henry Purcell. Several written as Secretary of Save-the-Redwoods League and California State Parks Council.

Evans, Aaron Loyd, 1877-

5 letters, 1949. Also letter from Earl Warren to Evans.

Also seven letters, 1949-1952, to Myra (Crow) Marshall in Part II, Box VI.

Farquhar, Francis Peloubet, 1887-

1 letter, Aug. 11, 1932

Fletcher, Edward, 1872-1955

18 letters, 1927-1933. References to southern California water development plans. Include letter and copy of letter to William Schuyler Post, copies of letter to Metropolitan Water District and their answer.

Gillett, Frederick Huntington, 1851-1935

2 letters, 1916

Glavis, Edward S.

see U.S. Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works

Gregory, Henry E.

1 letter, June 27, 1913

Hadsell, Dan

1 letter, Aug. 1, 1924

Hichborn, Franklin

see California State Water and Power League

Hoover, Herbert Clark, Pres. U.S., 1874-

2 letters, 1930-1933. Written in his behalf by secretaries.

Hopkins, Timothy, 1859-1937

1 letter, June 12, 1912

Hyatt, Edward

see California. Department of Public Works. Division of Water Resources.

Johnson, Hiram Warren, 1866-1945

1 letter, Apr. 17, 1933

Johnson, Willard D.

6 letters, 1890-1914

Jones, Herbert C.

see Progressive Voters' League of California

Keagle, Cora L.

20 letters, 1947-1949. Mainly concerning the writing and publication of Water in the Valley. Include copy of letter from George W. Cronyn to Mrs. Keagle and letters to Mrs. Marshall.

(See Box XIII of Part I for manuscript of Water in the Valley.)

Kelly, Earl Lee

see California. Department of Public Works

Lehmer, O. W.

5 letters, 1911-1913. Relate to transportation in Yosemite.

Long, Mrs. Oscar Fitzalan

see Mitten, Amy (Requa) Long

Mitten, Amy (Requa) Long

17 letters, 1930-1948. Written as Amy (Requa) Long.

Also letter of condolence to Mrs. Marshall in Part II, Box VI.

Mitten, Mrs. Homer

see Mitten, Amy (Requa) Long

McCarthy, Paul Aloysius, 1882-

15 letters, 1929-1938. Mainly concerning suit of Marshall vs. Spreckels.

McColl, John B.

6 letters, 1937-1938. Include copies of letters to Leon Deming Tilton, California State Planning Board, Governor Frank F. Merriam and George W. Malone. Also letter by Leon Deming Tilton to Senator McColl.

McFarland, John Horace, 1859-1948

16 letters, 1911-1915. Mainly written as President of the American Civic Association. Include autobiographical sketch and references to John Muir. Include letter from William Edward Colby to McFarland.

McLaughlin, Frank Y.

see U.S. Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works

Martin T. H.

11 letters, 1912-1915. Mainly written as secretary of the Tacoma Commercial Club and Chamber of Commerce, concerning Rainier National Park. Include copy of letter to Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior.

Mather, Stephen Tyng, 1867-1930

24 letters, 1913-1928. Some written as Assistant to the Secretary of the Interior, In Charge of National Parks, relate to Sequoia National Park and to Hetch-Hetchy. Include copy of letter to Adolph C. Miller.

Meek, B. B., 1883-

10 letters, 1928-1932. Some written as Director of the Department of Public Works of the State of California.

Merriam, Frank F., 1865-

1 letter, Apr. 29, 1937. Written on his behalf by his secretary.

Mills, Enos Abijah, 1870-1922

1 letter, May 20, 1915

Muir, John, 1838-1914

6 letters, 1907-1912

Mulholland, William, 1855-1935

1 letter, Oct. 8, 1919. Concerning the Marshall Plan.

Needham, James Carson, 1864-1942

5 letters, 1904-1908. Relate to Yosemite National Park. Include copy of letter to Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Secretary of the Interior.

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1870-

1 letter, Nov. 16, 1928. Include copy of his statement re Kings River water power projects and proposed Roosevelt-Sequoia National Park.

See also: California. Department of Natural Resources. Division of Parks

Parton, Lemuel Frederick, d. 1943

1 letter, Feb. 9, 1931

Patterson, Thomas M., 1839-1916

2 letters, 1912-1915. Concern Rocky Mountain National Park.

Post, William Schuyler, 1872-1945

18 letters, 1927-1938. Include copies of letters to Fred C. Adams; J. C. Garrison; California Division of Water Rights; U.S. Office of Indian Affairs and reply. Also copies of letters from Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the Interior.

Progressive Voters' League of California

5 letters, 1924. Written by Herbert C. Jones, b. 1880.

Reaburn, Dewitt Lee, 1871-

2 letters, 1928-1949

Rockhold, John Ellsworth, 1871-

2 letters, 1929. Include copy of letter to Ray Lyman Wilbur. Also copy of letter from Wilbur to Rockhold.

Rocky Mountain National Park Joint Committee

see Ross, Frederick R.

Rogers, James Grafton, 1883-

6 letters, 1912-1931. Some written as President, Colorado Mountain Club.

See also Colorado Geographic Board.

Rolph, James, Jr., 1869-1934

2 letters, 1931-1933. Written in his behalf by his secretary.

Roper, Denney Warren, 1869-1949

2 letters, 1913

Ross, Frederick R.

9 letters, 1913-1915. Written as member of Rocky Mountain National Park Joint Committee, concerning Rocky Mountain National Park.

Save-the-Redwoods League

see Drury, Newton Bishop

Seavey, Clyde Leroy, 1874-1943

10 letters, 1911-1938

Sherman, John Dickinson, 1849-1926

4 letters, 1913

Short, Frank Hamilton, 1862-1920

1 letter, Aug. 14, 1905. Mainly relating to Yosemite National Park boundaries and transportation in the park.

Sierra Club

7 letters, 1911-1915. Written by Joseph Nisbet Le Conte and William Frederic Bade. Include copy of letter from Le Conte to Walter L. Fisher, Secretary of the Interior.

See also Colby, William Edward.

Simmons, Gertrude M.

3 letters, 1929-1949. Concern proposed park at Laurel Hill and the Redwood Highway.

Spreckels, Rudolph, 1872-1958

5 letters, 1924-1926. Negative photostats only.

See also

Adams, Annette (Abbott)

Carter and Barrett (firm)

McCarthy, Paul Aloysius

Story, Isabelle Florence, 1888-

12 letters, 1930-1949. References to President Harry S. Truman.

Also two letters, 1949, to Mrs. Marshall in Part II, Box VI.

Tacoma Commercial Club and Chamber of Commerce

see Martin, T. H.

Thompson, Almon Harris, 1839-1906

4 letters, 1890-1903. Some signed "Prof".

Also three letters, 1899, to Mrs. Marshall in Part II, Boxes II, IV.

Tilton, Leon Deming

see

California State Planning Board

McColl, John B.

Truman, Harry S., Pres. U.S., 1884-

1 letter, July 16, 1949. Written in his behalf by his secretary.

U.S. Department of the Interior

19 letters, 1904-1934. Include letters by Ethan Allan Hitchcock, Franklin Knight Lane and Ebert Keiser Burlew. Include copies of letters, some of which refer to Yosemite boundary.

See also

Mather, Stephen Tyng

Post, William Schuyler

U.S. Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works

6 letters, 1933-1934. Mainly written by Frank Y. McLaughlin and Edward S. Glavis concerning the Marshall Plan.

U.S. Geological Survey

41 letters, 1890-1937. Include copies of letters.

U.S. National Park Service

13 letters, 1905-1948. Include copy of letter to B. B. Meek, California Department of Public Works, concerning Redwood Highway. References to Sequoia National Park.

U.S. National Resources Committee

3 letters, 1937-1938. Relate to Marshall Plan. Signed by Abel Wolman, b. 1892.

U.S. Public Roads Administration

2 letters, 1904-1932. Letter to Hiram Martin Chittenden concerning toll roads. Copy of letter to Charles Henry Purcell.

Van Valkenburgh, Peter, 1871-1955

2 letters, 1937

Walcott, Charles Doolittle, 1850-1927

4 letters, 1898-1916. Include copy of letter to William M. Black.

Ward, A. H.

1 letter, May 4, 1904. Copy of letter to Secretary of the Interior concerning roads in Yosemite.

Watrous, Richard Benedict, 1869-

3 letters, 1911-1913. Mainly written as Secretary of the American Civic Association.

Wilbur, Ray Lyman, 1875-1949

2 letters, 1929-1930. See also Rockhold, John Ellsworth

Willis, Bailey, 1857-1949

5 letters, 1914-1945. Mainly concerning California as I have seen it. Include Willis' preface for Water in the Valley.

Wilson, Woodrow, Pres. U.S., 1856-1924

1 letter, Jan. 29, 1915

Wolman, Abel

see U.S. National Resources Committee

Young, Clement Calhoun, 1869-1947

2 letters, 1924-1930. One written in his behalf by his secretary.