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Guide to the C. W. J. Johnson Collection, 1857-1898
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Administrative Information
  • Access Points
  • Contents
  • Biography
  • Correspondents
  • Material Transferred from the Collection

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: C. W. J. Johnson Collection,
    Date (inclusive): 1857-1898
    Box Number: 427-436
    Collector: Hilby, Francis M.
    Extent: 10 boxes
    Repository: California State Library
    Sacramento, California
    Language: English.

    Administrative Information

    Access

    Unrestricted.

    Conditions of Use

    Please credit California State Library.

    Publication Rights

    Copyright has not been assigned to California State Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing. Permission for publication is given on behalf of California State Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], C. W. J. Johnson Collection, California State Library.

    Access Points

    Johnson, Charles Wallace Jacob, 1833-1903
    Photography--History
    Photography--Business methods
    Photography--California
    Dancing--Study and teaching

    Contents

    Accounts, business and personal correspondence, diaries, photographs.

    Biography

    Charles Wallace Jacob Johnson was a miner, photographer, musician, and dance instructor, born in Maryland August 3, 1833, the son of George M. and Matilda Johnson. He came to California and was on the North Fork of the Feather River in 1857 and in Grass Valley in 1863. He went to Nevada in 1863 where he worked as a one man band and taught dance and returned to San Francisco in 1868. In Eureka and Arcata he went into the photography business with William N. Tuttle. He moved back to San Francisco with Tuttle. Later, he moved to Watsonville and went into partnership with T. Al Sullivan and married Sullivan's sister, Mrs. Norah Pardon on Dec. 2, 1875. He moved to Monterrey and continued his photography business from 1881-1898. He died in Salinas, January 17, 1903.

    Correspondents

    Major Correspondents

    • Boynton, Morgiana
    • Foss, Oscar
    • Johnson, Fred T.
    • Johnson, Matilda R.
    • Photon, Jeney
    • Sullivan, Al T.

    Other Correspondents

    • Alexander, Richard
    • Alexander, T.
    • Allen, Jane, Mrs.
    • Altemus, George W.
    • Alvord, William
    • A.M. Collins Manufacturing Company
    • Andrews, M.
    • Archer, Marceline, Mrs.
    • Armes, William Dallam, b. 1860.
    • Armstrong, R. G.
    • Arnest, J. M.
    • Arnold, F., Mrs.
    • Baldwin, John E. D.
    • Barney, Gertrude E.
    • Bates, John
    • Bentler, Samuel S.
    • Bisson, Peter, Jr.
    • Black, S., Mrs.
    • Blanding, Gordon
    • Bodfish, G. F., Mrs.
    • Bonnifield, Lizzie B.
    • Boyd, Prisella
    • Brandt, Noah
    • Brarens, Fred
    • Brown, A. V.
    • Brown, L., Mrs.
    • Brown, L. H. Paige
    • Buchanan, R. J.
    • Burbeck, William
    • Burkleo, M., Mrs.
    • California Hotel
    • Carr, A. L.
    • Champion, William
    • Chase, A. K.
    • Clikinbeard, K. S.
    • Cole, Walter R.
    • Connor, Mrs.
    • Crandall, C.
    • Crocker, H. V.
    • Cummins, William
    • Dapray, J. S.
    • Dargie, T. T.
    • Davis, J. W.
    • Dean, Eva J.
    • Dick, I. Douglas
    • Doutrick & Co.
    • Douty, F. S.
    • Duckworth, J. J.
    • Eggelston, Almira & Joseph
    • Eitel, Edward E.
    • Faulkner, A.
    • Field, A. G.
    • Field, F.
    • Foote, George W., Mrs.
    • Ford, Charles
    • Foster, Edward J.
    • Frantzen, Mary, Mrs.
    • Fuller, Jay E.
    • Garber, John H.
    • Gleason, H. P.
    • Gleen, Mrs.
    • Godfrey, H. J.
    • Gollinsky, B.
    • Gunn, Benjamin M.
    • Hall, J. B.
    • Halsted, J. L.
    • Halverson, E. K.
    • Harmen, Prof.
    • Harney, A. A.
    • [Hartley?]
    • Hay, John F.
    • Henning, Fred
    • Hewitt, Grace A.
    • Hill, W. J., Mrs.
    • Hilton, Sam M.
    • Holland, Henry William
    • Howey, F. L.
    • Jacobi, Rena
    • Joachimsen, Henry L.
    • John and Taylor Company
    • Johnson, Effie
    • Johnson, George M.
    • Johnson, George R.
    • Johnson, Howard
    • Johnson, James
    • Jolly, Francis
    • Joy, Charles
    • Kearney, Martin Theodore, d. 1906.
    • La Montagne, Addie.
    • Lawrilliard, H.
    • Lentz, H. G.
    • Lietz, W. D.
    • McDougall, D. K.
    • Madeira, Dan
    • March & Jones
    • Matchett, Gibson S.
    • Matheson, George, Mrs.
    • Meyer, Mose O.
    • Moger & Kennington
    • Mories, A. H.
    • Nelson, S. G.
    • Nichols, George B.
    • Noble, J. D.
    • O'Brien, W. S.
    • O'Connor & Co.
    • Outing Company
    • Owen Brothers Company
    • Pacific Press Publishing Co.
    • Paine, Waldo G.
    • Pand, A. M.
    • Pardon, Aggie.
    • Pardon, H. N?., Mrs.
    • Paredes, Emilio
    • Patterson, Frank F.
    • Perkins, Alfred Johnson
    • Perkins, H. S.
    • Phillips, Philip
    • Poulter, Frank
    • Price & Baily
    • Quilty, C. W.
    • Rea, W. J.
    • Reed, George W.
    • Reed, George W., Mrs.
    • Reily, J. J.
    • Reising, Frank C.
    • Rhodes, U. T.
    • Rice, Emeline
    • Richards, W. V., Mrs.
    • Rolston, W.? G.
    • Rudolph, F. B.
    • Russell, William
    • Samelson, Sam
    • Sanborn, S.
    • Sander, Frances L.
    • Sanderson, J. L., Mrs.
    • Schmidt, Albert
    • Seilisbury, B.
    • Seldner, Morris
    • Sherman, Hyde & Co.
    • Silva, M. V.
    • Smeltzer, M. J.
    • Smith, Emma
    • Smith, H.
    • Smith, James S.
    • Smith, W. G.
    • Soria, J. E.
    • Spearman, Ellen
    • Steele, R.
    • Stubbs, J. C.
    • Sullivan, Bell
    • Sullivan, Julia
    • Sykes, John
    • Syme, E. R.
    • Thomas, G.
    • Thompson, Hiram J.
    • Tichenor, E. D.
    • Tirrill, H. L.
    • Tulting, Mrs.
    • Turner, Cyrus, Mrs.
    • Tuttle, Charles K.
    • Tuttle, Will
    • Tyus, Alabama M.
    • Ulrich, R.
    • Vale, W. A.
    • Van Burkles, M., Mrs.
    • Vanderhurst, William
    • Vickery, W. K.
    • Warner, Harry L.
    • Whitson, J. E.
    • Whittemore, J. B.
    • Whittier, Fuller & Co.
    • Wilber, R. C.
    • Wiley, W. D.
    • Williams, W. I.
    • Wilson, M. S.
    • Windman, W. J.
    • Winslow, C. R.
    • Wolf, J. H.
    • Woods, Virna, 1864-1903.
    • Woodward, H. S.

    Material Transferred from the Collection

    • C. W. J. Johnson negatives