Finding Aid for the Alice Wolfskill Weyse Correspondence, 1859-1943, bulk 1859-1897
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Finding Aid for the Alice Wolfskill Weyse Correspondence, 1859-1943, bulk 1859-1897
Collection number: 112
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- Manuscripts Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
- Processed by:
- Manuscripts Division staff
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, December 2002
© 1999 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Alice Wolfskill Weyse Correspondence,
Date (inclusive): 1859-1943, bulk 1859-1897
Collection number: 112
Creator:
Weyse, Alice Wolfskill
Extent:
2 boxes (1.0 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
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.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
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Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Brainerd Dyer, 1946.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Alice Wolfskill Weyse Correspondence (Collection 112). Department of Special Collections, Charles
E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Biography
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.
Scope and Content
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.
Expanded Scope and Content
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.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Correspondence of Alice Wolfskill (Barrows) Weyse, arranged by correspondents and dates (Box 1).
- Misc. correspondence, papers (Box 2).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Weyse, Alice Wolfskill--Correspondence.
Barrows, Henry D.--Correspondence.
Pioneers--California--Correspondence.
Letters.
Container List
Correspondence: Alice Wolfskill (Barrows) Weyse
Box 1
Notebook: a report on the correspondence and letters of Henry Dwight Barrows by Elizabeth Elsa Fichtner, May 10, 1943.
Box 1, Folder 1
Letters from H.D. Barrows to his daughter Alice Wolfskill (Barrows) Weyse,
ca. 1879-1897.
Box 1, Folder 2
Letters to parents, Mr. & Mrs. H.D. Barrows,
ca. 1886-89.
Box 1, Folder 3
Letters from Ada F. Barrows to parents, Mr. & Mrs. H.D. Barrows,
ca. 1886.
Box 1, Folder 4
Letters to husband, Henry Guenther Weyse,
ca. 1889-1896.
Box 1, Folder 5
Letters from Henry Guenther Weyse,
ca. 1889-1897.
Box 1, Folder 6
Letters from sister Ada F. Barrows,
ca. 1887-1897.
Box 1, Folder 7
Letters to sister Ada F. Barrows,
ca. 1888.
Box 1, Folder 8
Letters from Augusta App,
ca. 1895-1897.
Box 1, Folder 9
Letters from John M. Carson,
ca. 1884.
Box 1, Folder 10
Letters from Franklin S. Hovey, uncle,
ca. 1885-1886.
Box 1, Folder 11
Letters from Carrie Müller,
ca. 1886.
Box 1, Folder 12
Letters from Ella M. Pinkham, Mills Seminary,
ca. 1879-1888.
Box 1, Folder 13
Miscellaneous correspondence to Alice W. Barrows Weyse.
Miscellaneous Correspondence, Papers and Photographs
Box 2, Folder 1
Personal and miscellaneous correspondence of Henry G. Weyse.
Box 2, Folder 2
Miscellaneous letters, telegrams, etc.
Box 2, Folder 3
Miscellaneous business papers, etc.
Box 2, Folder 4
Miscellaneous pamphlets, views, menus, etc.
