Guide to the Henry H. Haight Family Collection

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California History Room

California State Library

Library and Courts Building II

900 N. Street, Room 200

P.O. Box 942837

Sacramento, California 94237-0001

Phone: (916) 654-0176

Fax: (916) 654-8777

Email: cslcal@library.ca.gov

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Guide to the Henry H. Haight Family Collection

California State Library

Sacramento, California

Contact Information:

California History Room
California State Library
Library and Courts Building II
900 N. Street, Room 200
P.O. Box 942837
Sacramento, California 94237-0001
Phone: (916) 654-0176
Fax: (916) 654-8777
Email: cslcal@library.ca.gov
URL: http://www.library.ca.gov/

Processed by:: The California State Library staff
Encoded by:: James Lake

Descriptive Summary

Title: Henry H. Haight Family Collection

Box Number: 1650

Creator: Haight Family

Repository: California State Library

Sacramento, California

Language: English.

Administrative Information

Access

Unrestricted.

Conditions of Use

Please credit California State Library.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Henry H. Haight Family Collection, California State Library.

Access Points

Governors--California

Tennis

Yale University

Haight, Henry H., 1825-1878

Contents

Scrapbooks, photographs, rosary novenas, Wolf Head Society roster.

History

Henry H. Haight was born in Rochester, N.Y., May 26, 1825. He graduated from Yale in 1844 and began practicing law. He came to California in January 1850. He served as a democratic governor from December 5, 1867 through December 7, 1871. Mr. Haight was also one of the Regents of the State University. He died of heart disease September 2, 1878, in San Francisco.

Box Box 1650

Scrapbooks, photographs, rosary novenas, Wolf Head Society roster