Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Alice Wolfskill Weyse correspondence
- Dates:
- 1859-1943, bulk 1859-1897
- Creators:
- Weyse, Alice Wolfskill
- Abstract:
- Alice Wolfskill (Barrows) Weyse was the granddaughter of William Wolfskill, a Southern California pioneer, and the daughter of Juanita Wolfskill Barrows and Henry D. Barrows. Henry Dwight Barrows arrived in Los Angeles, California in 1854. He was a teacher, County School Superintendent, U.S. Marshal (1861) and businessman. The collection consists primarily of letters from relatives and friends to Alice W.B. Weyse.
- Extent:
- 1.0 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Alice Wolfskill Weyse Correspondence (Collection 112). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists primarily of letters from relatives and friends to Alice W.B. Weyse. The collection also includes correspondence of Henry D. Barrows, related ephemera of the family of Alice W.B. Weyse, and a report titled The correspondence and letters of Henry Dwight Barrow (1879-1897), written by Elsa Fichtuer, May 10, 1943. H.D. Barrows' letters provide accounts of early Southern California life.
Letters from Henry Dwight Barrows to his daughters, Alice Wolfskill Barrows (Mrs. Henry Guenther Weyse) and Ada F. Barrows (Mrs. Rudolf Weyse), and from Alice and Ada Barrows to their parents. Also correspondence from Henry Guenther Weyse to Alice, his wife, from various friends to Alice, and miscellaneous correspondence of Henry G. Weyse. The collection also contains bills, checks, menus, photographs, etc. 1879-1897. (Material found in Santa Monica by Lieutenant D.D. Rasco and presented to the Library by Professor Brainerd Dyer, January 1946.
- Biographical / historical:
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Weyse was the granddaughter of William Wolfskill, Southern California pioneer; she was the daughter of Juanita Wolfskill Barrows and Henry D. Barrows; married to Henry Guenther Weyse.
Henry Dwight Barrows arrived in Los Angeles, California, 1854; taught in Southern California three years; married Juanita Wolfskill, November 14, 1860; served as County School Superintendent; appointed U.S. Marshal by President Lincoln (1861) and served four years; formed a partnership with J.D. Hicks, 1864, selling tin and hardware; manufactured pipe, ca. 1874; lived with his daughter Alice for several years contributing to the Historical Society and continuing his strong interest in Los Angeles.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Brainerd Dyer, 1946.
- Processing information:
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- Arrangement:
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Arranged in the following series:
- Correspondence of Alice Wolfskill (Barrows) Weyse, arranged by correspondents and dates (Box 1).
- Misc. correspondence, papers (Box 2).
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-08-23 12:57:39 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Alice Wolfskill Weyse Correspondence (Collection 112). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988