A collection of letters and manuscripts related to the Abbey Garden Press, Santa Barbara, California.

This collection contains papers and correspondence of George J. Abbot (1812-1879), a member of a prominent family of New England educators, and the related families of Emery, Gilman, Nicholas, and Throop families. Included are correspondence between Abbot and Edward Everett...

This collection primarily contains letters, reports, memorials, returns, etc., written by or received from British Major General James Abercromby (1706-1781) during the 1758 campaign of the British army in North America during the Seven Years' War.

A collection of letters related to the British barrister and politician, Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare.

This collection contains the papers of American historian and editor Douglas Adair (1912-1968), chiefly from the 1960s, including correspondence, lectures, research notes, professional and teaching papers, scholarly writings, and papers related to the Claremont colleges.

This collection contains records chiefly related to the years following the failure of the California branch of the express firm Adams & Co., in 1855, especially as it affected Alfred A. Cohen (1829-1887), the first receiver of the company. Other...

A collection dealing with the Jamaican financial interests of Benjamin Adams and Thomas Adams; the collection consists of correspondence, statements of bills and accounts, estate dealings and promissory notes.

This collection contains letters addressed to Lady Agnes Anne Adams (1869-1942), wife of English education professor Sir John Adams (1857-1934). The letters deal chiefly with life in England during World War II. Written by her friends and family, the letters...

This collection contains 200 items of the family and descendants of Phinehas Adams (1726-1779) of Connecticut and Ohio. The bulk of this collection contains letters, manuscripts, documents including Connecticut and Ohio land deeds, documents, personal and business affairs of the...

The collection consists of correspondence written by and to lawyer Thomas Adams of Alnwick, England. There are also a few account books, notes, and drafts of articles of agreement regarding land in Northumberland, England.

This collection chiefly consists of the administrative, scientific, and personal correspondence of astronomer and Mount Wilson Observatory Director Walter S. Adams (1876-1956), spanning the years 1921 to 1956, and including his work during World War II. There is also material...

The aerospace oral history project consists of oral histories in PDF format and provides a range of perspectives related to the aerospace industry in Southern California.

This small group of 32 items contains personal and business papers, in Spanish, of landowner Blas Aguilar (born 1808) and members of his family, chiefly in San Juan Capistrano, San Diego, and Los Angeles, California.

A collection of material related to Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino revolutionary, statesman, and military leader.

This collection contains the personal and professional papers of American writer Conrad Aiken (1889-1973). The collection includes his correspondence (chiefly letters addressed to him), dealing with his business and literary affairs, manuscripts of his works, with some photographs and ephemera.

This collection contains the personal and professional papers of American writer Zoë Akins (1886-1958). It includes correspondence with various literary, theatrical and motion picture figures of the first half of the twentieth century. There are also manuscripts of novels, plays,...

This collection consists of manuscripts by dramatist, novelist, poet and screenwriter Zoë Akins (1886-1958), and other Akins family members.

This collection contains the records of the Alamitos Land Company of Southern California (in operation from the mid 1880s-2008), which operated first as a land sale company and later as a property management company, chiefly for properties in Long Beach...

The collection consists of letters and documents belonging to Spanish officer Pedro de Alberni.

This collection consists mostly of business correspondence from Colorado mining agents Morris W. Smith and James A. Blanton to Rhode Island businessmen Edwin and Paul E. Aldrich, chiefly from 1895 to 1906. They detail the efforts made in mining the...

This collection contains records of the Alexander and Brooklyn Mines in Nye County, Nevada including general correspondence of the company from 1921-1944; correspondence dealing with the purchase of the Alexander and Brooklyn Mines by the Coronado Copper and Zinc...

Business correspondence of Los Angeles and San Bernardino land owner David B. Alexander.

Materials related to the creative output of writer, artist, and musician Will Alexander, including drafts of artistic works; notebooks containing poetry, prose, and notes; research materials indicating areas of interest and inspiration; and audio recordings.

Papers dealing with collector Joseph P. Loeb's efforts to procure editions of the works of American author Horatio Alger, Jr.

The correspondence and manuscript notebooks belonging to American librarian, lexicographer, and compiler Samuel Austin Allibone.

This collection consists of 41 letters primarily from Ysidro Alvarado, living in Mexico, to his family in California, dating from 1926-1954.

The incoming correspondence of the American Dredging Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

This collection of photographs and retention letters deals with the Tacoma Smelter in Ruston, Washington, that when finally closed in 1985, was one of the largest Superfund sites in America.

The collection consists of the business records of the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company.

A collection of letters between the British authors Kingsley Amis and Elizabeth Jane Howard with their publisher Tom Maschler.

This collection contains the papers of English author Kingsley Amis (1922-1995), with the bulk of the collection consisting of drafts of novels, short stories, poems, essays and television and radio scripts by Amis, many heavily corrected. Also included are individual...

This collection contains the personal and business papers of William Marshall Anderson (1807-1881) and various members of the Anderson family, a prominent Catholic family of Ohio and Kentucky.

Letters of American science fiction writer Poul Anderson to his publishers and editors.

Correspondence of the various members of the Anderson family, particularly Richard Clough Anderson Jr. and his wife Elizabeth, as well as Richard Clough Anderson Sr. and his sons Charles, Robert, and Larz; also included correspondence of the Clark and Gwathmey...

This collection contains the papers of Lockheed chairman Roy A. Anderson (1920-1982), documenting his career and life and the early history of Lockheed Corporation from the early 1900s into the 1990s. The collection is especially rich in photographic prints of...

Letters of Union naval officer Daniel Webster Andrews, with related family papers.

This collection consists of the professional papers of Italian-American civil engineer, inventor, and scientist Olindo R. Angelillo (1899-1988). Topics include Angelillo’s involvement in California state politics, civil engineering, pollution control, energy developments, and Earth movements.

This collection primarily contains letters and some manuscripts concerning the family affairs and women's suffrage activities of the family of American women's rights activist Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906).

This collection contains 79 items related to the Appleton family of Massachusetts and the Foster family of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, chiefly dating from 1797-1849. Letters reflect the family affairs; social life and customs of New England society and family life....

Letters and manuscripts related to Northern California pioneer Joseph Aram and his family.

The Arata family collection consists of papers, printed ephemera, and photographs related to the Arata family, especially, María Antonio Jimeno de Arata.

Papers belonging to San Francisco area poet and poetry teacher Kate Rennie Archer.

The collection consists of some 300 items totaling approximately 2,300 pages of facsimiles, valuable for California history from 1597 to 1776.

Collection of photostats of various historical documents and letters written by prominent American and British historical and literary figures, collected by Alexander W. Armour.

Collection consists of loose letters and documents dating from 1834 to 1888 that were removed from Isaac N. Arnold's The Life of Abraham Lincoln (1885), 17875, volumes 1 and 2.

The collection chiefly focuses on correspondence, school records, and ephemera related to Winninette Arnold Noyes, the daughter of California geologist and petroleum engineer Ralph Arnold (1875-1961), as well as correspondence, diaries, and other papers and ephemera relating to the Arnold...

This collection contains the extensive business, political, personal, and family papers of American geologist and petroleum engineer Ralph Arnold.

This collection contains various correspondence and ephemera associated with The Associated Pioneers of the Territorial Days of California, an organization formed in New York in 1875 for individuals who had been in California at some point prior to its receiving...

This collection is composed mostly of plans and blueprints for mine equipment by the Aurora Consolidated Mines Company.

The collection consists of the literary and personal papers of American novelist, essayist and political activist Mary Hunter Austin (1868-1934), best known for her portrayals of life in California and New Mexico. It includes correspondence and literary manuscripts by both...

Records and maps belonging to the Azusa-Foothill Citrus Company.

The collection consists of research files and notes related to the study of supernovae, RR Lyrae stars, star populations, galaxies (including the Andromeda Galaxy), and various novae by German-born astronomer Wilhelm Heinrich Walter Baade (1893-1960), who joined the staff...

Materials documenting the life and career of writer and artist Eve Babitz. Collection includes writings, personal and biographical items, photographs, and artwork.

Babson College's Grace K. Babson Collection of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton: Manuscripts contains research notes, correspondence, and documents of Isaac Newton. The collection also includes correspondence and legal documents related to Newton written by his contemporaries.

This collection consists of manuscript materials that formed part of the Francis Bacon Library in Claremont, California, created in 1938 by Walter Conrad Arensberg and his wife Louise Stevens Arensberg. The materials mostly relates to English philosopher and scientist Francis...

This collection contains letters, documents, and a few account books related to the business activities of American financier H.D. Bacon (1817-1893). Items chiefly date between 1850 and 1900 and subject matter includes banking methods in the 1850s; the failure of...

Correspondence of John Sherman Bagg, Michigan Democratic politician and editor-owner of the Detroit Free Press.

Personal and professional letters written to Australian-born author Oliver Bainbridge.

This collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera that document several generations of the Baker family of Owens Valley, California.

An archive of the Baker family of New Jersey; consisting of family letters, manuscripts, legal documents, genealogical material, photographs, letter book, two volumes, and ephemera.

This collection contains the papers of Civil war soldier and teacher Obadiah E. Baker and his wife, Melissa Dalton Baker, of Iowa and, later, Northern California, and their family between the late 1850s and early 1900s. Notably, the collection contains...

Letters and documents of California businessman Robert Symington Baker.

Materials related to engineer and writer John R. Pierce collected by scientist and former president of Bell Labs William O. Baker.

Papers and addenda belonging to Anita May Baldwin, daughter of Elias "Lucky" Baldwin, and the Santa Anita Rancho.

This collection chiefly contains correspondence of the family of Ruth Baldwin Barlow (1756-1818) and her husband, poet and United States diplomat Joel Barlow (1754-1812), with the bulk dating from 1803-1865. The letters discuss Baldwin family affairs, social life in New...

Professional, personal, and family papers of General Frank D. Baldwin.

Collection primarily contains correspondence relating to the Panama Canal, 1900 to 1915.

The collection consists mostly of letters written to Eustace Balfour and his wife, Frances, from prominent British citizens.

This collection contains manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera of Scottish historian and writer Patrick Balfour (1904-1976), Lord Kinross, from his earliest columns as a journalist to his final major work, The Ottoman Centuries.

The collection consists primarily of the letters of California State legislator Sylvester Ballou (1828-1899), to various members of his family, assorted poems and public addresses prepared by Ballou, and his 1878 diary kept after the Ballous moved to Naperville, Illinois....

This collection consists of business correspondence, ephemera, estate and land papers related to the Bandini, Couts, and Winston families in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Materials documenting the history of the Bank of Finance in South Los Angeles, the first African American-owned, operated, and state-chartered commercial bank, founded in 1964. The collection primarily includes photographic materials, yet contains an ample amount of printed materials, old...

This collection consists of business records chiefly to the Banning Company, founded by Phineas Banning (1830-1885) in Los Angeles, California. There are also records of the various subsidiary firms of the Banning Company, as well as Banning family letters, and...

This collection consists of business papers and correspondence related to the Banning Company of Southern California and its subsidiaries, particularly the Santa Catalina Island Company, as well as personal papers and correspondence created by members of the Banning, Patton, Glassell,...

The collection consists of correspondence, business and financial papers, family notes, bound volumes, and ephemera related to the Banning family of Southern California, chiefly dating from 1854-1944, that was collected by Katharine Stewart Banning.

Papers of 19th century Los Angeles lawyer Henry A. Barclay.

Letters and business records of California Senator Thomas Robert Bard.

This collection consists chiefly of legal papers dating between 1913 and 1914 that concern the film rights to "A Piece of Steak," and other stories by American author Jack London. The materials originated from the firm of Donald Barker, London's...

This collection contains letters and documents relating to war loans to the United States Government made by New York financier and state senator Jacob Barker (1779-1871) in 1814 and subsequent claims by Barker about them. Correspondents include American statesman George...

Personal and professional papers of lawyer and Democrat Samuel L. M. Barlow.

This collection contains the political, business, legal, and family papers of lawyer and collector of the port of New York Hiram Barney (1811-1895) and concern a wide variety of subjects including real estate, primarily in Iowa, and New York; court...

Papers of American philosophy professor and author Clifford L. Barrett.

The correspondence of editor and Abraham Lincoln biographer Joseph H. Barrett. The bulk of the collection consists of Barrett's own personal and professional correspondence.

The bulk of this collection is letters authored by the colleagues of Portuguese-American politician and cosmographer Francisco Xavier Monteiro de Barros (1778-1855), documenting changes in the Portuguese politics and government and United States-Portuguese foreign relations, chiefly in the 1810s-1820s There...

The Barrows and Weyse families papers include letters, diaries, photographs, and documents relating to early Los Angeles residents Henry Dwight Barrows and Julius Guenther Weyse and their families, including Weyse’s journey to California around Cape Horn and Barrows’ letterbook at...

Correspondence between three generations of the Michel and Bartholomew families, ranging from 1847-1913. Both families were highly educated, literate, and interested in politics, which is apparent in many of their writings. Topics covered in the letters include courtships, family relations,...

Correspondence of Clara Barton, American nurse and founder of the American Red Cross.

The collection contains 32 items by or related to United States army office Kinzie Bates (died 1884), including his 1877 diary written during his field assignments to various Dakota Territory camps near the Black Hills during army campaigns against the...

Letters and drawings of Thomas C. Battey, American Quaker missionary.

This collection consists of two parts: the records of the Benedictine abbey of St. Martin at Battle, Sussex, England, dating before 1538, and the papers chiefly of the Browne and Webster families, who owned the Battle Abbey properties following the...

A group of six estate-related deeds for the Benedictine abbey of St. Martin at Battle, Sussex.

The collection consists of a series of 48 letters sent by American Congressman Francis Baylies to General John E. Wool between 1848 and 1852. Baylies writes extensively, and often scathingly, of antebellum era politics, statesmen, military operations, military leaders,...

A collection of material related to the English illustrator and author Aubrey Beardsley.

This collection contains materials related to California history, especially that of the San Bernardino County region. There are also materials related to Mormon pioneers in the San Bernardino Valley and education in the Philippine Islands. Most of the items in...

This collection consists of the journals of English businessman H.H. Beauchamp (1825-1907), for the years 1870-1907, in which he wrote extensively about family matters and travels, as well letters written by Beauchamp, mainly to his wife, Elizabeth Lassetter Beauchamp, and...

This collection is comprised of three sets of distinct papers concerning members of the Beaufort, Edgeworth, and Larpent families. The bulk of the collection consists of the papers of Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort (1774-1857), hydrographer of the British Navy and...

Correspondence, documents, photographs, poems and wills relating to Sir Francis Beaufort, Maria Edgeworth and the Beaufort and Edgeworth families.

This collection contains research files of English art historian R. B. Beckett (1891-1970), chiefly consisting of study photographs collected from the late 1940s to early 1960s documenting the works of John Constable and other English artists.

Papers belonging to 19th century New England politically active Beecher family.

Correspondence of Belle Dora Stamback Beeson, of Indiana and California, and her family.

This collection includes letters from Susanna Beever (-1893), a friend of English artist John Ruskin. The letters, which chiefly date from 1889 to 1893, are mainly about Susanna Beever's friends, good works, and garden but the letters also have several...

A collection of material related to Clive Bell, English art critic and member of the Bloomsbury Group.

Papers of Los Angeles pioneer, lawyer, and newspaper owner Horace Bell.

This collection contains correspondence between Illinois farmer and Civil war soldier James Alvin Bell (1834-1863) and his fiancee about their private life. A few letters written by other soldiers after Bell's death, depict hardships of a Civil War soldier's life.

This collection contains the papers of Irish immigrant John Bell (born circa 1830), who was an insurance and loan agent in Richmond, Indiana, in the 1860s-1870s and in San Jose, California, beginning in 1875-6. Includes diaries chronicling Bell's oceanic travel...

A collection of correspondence related to the life and work of American author Thomas Hastie Bell; also includes a small amount of manuscripts, documents, and ephemera.

A series of letters written by British painter Vanessa Bell to her son Julian Bell.

A collection of letters from Vanessa Bell, English painter, to her friend Madge Vaughan.

This collection contains photographs, correspondence, and articles of Dr. Lodewyk Bendikson (1875-1953), director of the Department of Photographic Reproductions at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California, chronicling the experimental work he did in imaging as well as the day-to-day...

This collection contains 194 documents, correspondence, and manuscripts of various individuals collected for their autograph value by New York rare book dealer Walter R. Benjamin (1854-1943). Represented figures include activists, literary, political, religious, and social people in American history.

This collection chiefly documents business, legal, financial, and real estate-related activities of the Bernal family and their associates in the San Francisco Bay area of California in the mid-to-late 19th century.

A collection of letters between John Betjeman and Morchard Bishop.

A collection of material related to Sir John Betjeman, British author and Poet Laureate.

This collection consists primarily of correspondence related to the professional activities of John Dustin Bicknell (1838-1911), who was a partner in several Los Angeles, California, law firms and an attorney for the Southern Pacific Railroad Company. The collection includes letters...

This collection contains letters and documents related to the business and legal activities of Lewis C. Bidamon (1801-1891) of Nauvoo, Illinois, and his family. Notably, the collection contains papers of Bidamon's wife, Emma Hale Smith (1804-1879), the widow of Mormon...

This collection consists of letters written by American author and satirist Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) between 1871 and 1913, chiefly concerning the details of Bierce’s multi-volume A majority of the letters are written to the editor of that project, Walter Neale,...

This collection contains the papers of English religious leader Annie C. Bill (1861-1936), first of the Church of Christ, Science, and then her own denomination, the Church of Universal Design.

This collection, which deals with the Mexican War, consists of correspondence, military orders, reports, lists of prisoners, and paroles of honor, dating from 1845-1848. The material deals with: troop movements, food and supplies, recruiting and enlistments, mustering of volunteers, as...

This collection contains the papers of Hawaiian Presbyterian missionary and scientist Sereno Edwards Bishop (1827-1909) and three generations of the Bishop family, chiefly dating from 1852 to 1884. Subject matter includes: Hawaii and Hawaiian life; education both in Hawaii and...

This collection chiefly contains correspondence and documents created by the Connecticut ancestors of Pasadena, California, socialite Mary Eleanor Bissell, the most prominent of whom are her great-grandparents, Eleanor Mills Bissell and Thomas Bissell (fl. 1796-1848).

The Black family papers contains primarily correspondence between John and Margaret Black and their numerous children and grandchildren. The correspondence deals with family affairs: trade and mercantile interests in Bordeaux, Cadiz, and London as well as familial matters in the...

Correspondence, diary, and cartes-de-visite of the Blackmar family of Pennsylvania and California.

The Blackwell and Atwood families archive consists of correspondence, notebooks, photographs, and printed ephemera saved by the Atwood family.

This collection chiefly contains correspondence related to American author and illustrator Don Blanding (1894-1957).The majority of the correspondence is by Arthur J. Babcock, Blanding's literary representative with Dodd, Mead and Company, related to scheduling autograph tours.

This box consists of transactions and receipts related to Louis Blankenhorn's securities company located in Los Angeles, California.

Correspondence belonging to Henry G. Blasdel, first governor of Nevada.

This group of 34 documents consists of correspondence, reports, and accounts primarily accumulated by British civil servant William Blathwayt (1649-1717) between the mid 1670s and 1712 in his capacity as a British government official in such roles as Surveyor and...

This collection contains correspondence and documents primarily accumulated by English civil servant William Blathwayt (1649-1717) in his capacity as a British government official in such roles as surveyor and auditor general of plantation revenues and secretary and member of the...

This collection consists of 195 pieces of business, diplomatic, and personal correspondence and accounts primarily accumulated by English civil servant William Blathwayt (1649-1717) during his service as a clerk in The Hague (1668-1672) and his tour of Europe in 1672,...

Correspondence, drafts, and research materials related to Carey S. Bliss's Autos Across America: A Bibliography of Transcontinental Automobile Travel, 1903-1940.

This small collection consists mostly of court and financial records from the mining town of Bodie, California, chiefly dating from 1879 to 1910, as well as some later articles and notes with information on Bodie's history. Of particular interest are...

This collection chiefly contains the papers, articles, notes, and research material of Dr. Emil Bogen of Los Angeles, California.

William Bollaert was a noted English traveler, explorer, author, chemist, geographer, and ethnologist.

A collection of material related to Conrad Aiken gathered by Florence W. Bonnell and Fraser C. Bonnell for their Aiken bibliography.

The collection of Beatrice Edna Spring Borchardt relating to her research into her family's history.

Papers related to the trials of John Doyle Lee for his actions in the Mountan Meadows Massacre in 1857. Jacob S. Boreman was the presiding judge.

Papers of Cecile Kibre Bosworth, a pioneering activist who helped conceive and promote the G.I. Bill of Rights and the designation of an annual Armed Forces Day. She was married to silent screen actor and Paramount Studios co-founder Hobart Bosworth.

The papers of American abolitionists and clergymen George Bourne and Theodore Bourne, including correspondence, sermons, essays, notes, ephemera and copies of genealogical materials.

This collection contains the papers of French-American jurist John Bouvier (1787-1851) and his family in Pennsylvania, including Bouvier's daughter, science writer Hannah Mary Bouvier Peterson (1811-1870), his son-in-law Robert Evans Peterson (1812-1869) and the Petersons' son-in-law Philadelphia publisher George William...

Collection primarily consists of letters received by Marvin H. Bovee regarding the abolition of capital punishment and Democratic politics, dating from 1850 to 1887.

The collection is composed of correspondence and literary manuscripts of Anglo-Irish novelist Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1973). The correspondence concerns publishing arrangements for Bowen's works in progress during the years 1944-1946, discussions of her writing and the writing of other authors, and...

This collection consists of a small group of unrelated letters collected for their autograph values by Lawrence F. Bower around 1889 and specializing in naval and military officers (particularly rear admirals), of the War of 1812 and the Civil War.

Correspondence and manuscripts of Paul Bowles, American author and composer of operas, film and stage scores, ballets, songs and chamber music.

This collection contains papers related to the life and career of Los Angeles Mayor and Superior Court Judge Fletcher Bowron (1877-1968). It includes official correspondence kept during Bowron's term as mayor of Los Angeles from 1938-1953, reports, and information on...

Former Los Angeles mayor Fletcher Bowron's travel diary of a 1947 trip to Europe, and his grammar school diploma.

Collection contains correspondence and documents primarily relating to U.S. government agents and others working among the Native American tribes in the Michigan and Wisconsin Territories from 1818 to 1846.

This collection consists of land records associated with the Bradbury family and company developments in the Rancho Azusa de Duarte and the city of Monrovia, California, from the 1850s to the 1930s.

A collection of material related to John Casper Branner, American geologist and university president.

This collection contains papers of horticulturist Ernest Braunton (1868-1945), an expert in the regional flora of Southern California and secretary of the Southern California Horticultural Society.

A collection of material related to the personal and professional life of Joseph Lancaster Brent, American lawyer, politician, and soldier.

Correspondence by Caroline Crane Briggs, chiefly to her children Sophia Crane Ristine and Benjamin Crane, from her home in La Crescenta, California.

George Adams Bright (1837-1905) briefly practiced medicine in Concord, N.H. and served on the House Staff of Massachusetts General Hospital. In May 1861, he joined the Navy. During the Civil War, Bright served as a surgeon off the coasts of...

The collection contains papers of New Jersey sailor Edward Brinley, Jr. (1824-1867), including family correspondence and a journal kept by Brinley on board the USS North Carolina in 1840.

This collection consists of papers and manuscripts chiefly related to the history of Virginia, which were collected by historian R. A. Brock (1839-1914), as well as his own private and official correspondence. The materials cover a period from 1582-1914 and...

This collection contains correspondence from Anna Mason Bronson (1830-1910) in the mid 1800s to her parents while she was a student at Thetford Academy in Vermont and a worker at a cotton mill in Manchester, New Hampshire. The letters discuss...

Papers belonging to California and Oregon miner and rancher John Brophy and Oregon farmer John Beeson.

Papers belonging to Kernville, California pioneer Andrew Brown.

Collection of material compiled by Mrs. Ella Towne, John Brown's granddaughter, about him and the Brown family.

A collection of letters related to Ford Madox Brown, British 19th century artist.

This collection contains forty-two pencil drawings primarily of California Native Americans, California landscapes, Mexico, and Central America, drawn in 1851 and 1852 by American artist, and later United States Consul to Bermuda, Henry B. Brown.

Correspondence and business papers belonging to the shipping merchant Moses Brown in relation to his business in the West Indies, Spain, and Portugal.

Correspondence and business records belonging to California gold miner and businessman William A. Brown.

The collection contains J. Goldsborough Bruff's oversize revised version of his journal (c. 1853), which documents his journey across the American plains in 1849 by way of Lassen's Trail. Also included in the collection are 264 drawings of scenes...

Photocopies of poems and drawings by J. Goldsborough Bruff.

This collection consists of papers of British politician, historian, and diplomat Viscount James Bryce (1838-1922) including correspondence dealing with personal, political and business/publishing matters from Bryce to various addressees in the political, social, and literary worlds of England and America...

The collection consists of chiefly of manuscripts submitted to Lloyd Stephens Bryce (1851-1917) for publication while he worked as the editor for the North American Review in the late 1880s and 1890s and correspondence addressed to Bryce, chiefly concerning editorial...

This collection contains typescript contemporary copies of correspondence chiefly written by British politician and historian James Bryce, Viscount Bryce (1838-1922) to American diplomat Henry White (1850-1927), as well as one original letter. The letters deal mainly with the diplomatic issues...

The collection consists of personal, family, legal and business correspondence of Herefordshire landowner and lawyer William Brydges (1681-1764) and his gentry family, who had strong ties to the London legal community. The correspondence chiefly reflects news about the social activities...

The papers consist primarily of correspondence from 1846-1881 written by Franklin A. Buck to his sister detailing his activities in New York City until early 1849 and then his life in various parts of California and Nevada from 1849 to...

Papers belonging to Confederate general and Governor of Kentucky Simon Bolivar Buckner.

The materials include drafts of poems, short stories, and monographs by author Charles Bukowksi; correspondence to and from Bukowksi; and ephemera related to Bukowski and his works.

Papers belonging to John Bulger, who took part in the Klondike gold rush, and his family in Iowa.

Papers belonging to Frank E. Bullock, aeronautical engineer and long-time employee at Lockheed Aircraft Corporation.

Collection consists of professional and personal correspondence of Rufus B. Bullock, primarily dating from 1868 to 1876, which relate to the embezzlement charges against him as governor of Georgia, his career in the Republican Party, and his interest in spiritualism.

This collection consists of correspondence and papers regarding Edward Bunker, Jr. (1847-1914) and his duties as a Mormon bishop of Bunkerville, Nevada.

A collection of letters from Clara Bradley Burdette to her son Roy B. Wheeler; Clara Bradley Burdette was a Southern California writer, and social, business, and philanthropic leader.

This collection contains papers related to the life, activities, and family of Southern California social, business, and philanthropic leader Clara Bradley Burdette (1855-1954). It includes materials on various women's clubs and societies, especially the General Federation of Women's Clubs, California...

Personal papers of Wellington C. Burnett and his wife, Jane.

This collection contains approximately 45 pieces of correspondence and manuscripts chiefly in the hand of Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759-1796), dating from 1784. Within the documents, there are approximately 36 different pieces of verse by Burns, including poems, ballads, and...

A collection of letters and legal documents related to Aaron Burr, Louis Le Guen, and Thomas Ludlow Ogden.

A collection of letters and documents related to Aaron Burr, American politician and lawyer.

Papers belonging to cobbler and Civil War soldier John B. Burrud.

This collection contains correspondence and legal documents related to the case of Henry Burton, son of María Ampara Ruíz de Burton (1832-1895) and Mexican-War general Henry S. Burton (1819-1869), to confirm legal claim to land in Baja California, chiefly in...

This collection consists mainly of manuscripts, correspondence, drawings, and printed material related to the work of British explorer and writer Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) and his interests in swords, fencing, and Middle Eastern poetry and history. The collection contains research...

This collection contains personal, official, business, and social correspondence and manuscripts of British explorer and writer Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) and his wife, Lady Isabel Burton (1831-1896), chiefly covering the period of Burton's consulship in Trieste and Lady Burton's...

This collection consists mainly of letters from Isabel Burton (1831-1896) and her husband, British explorer and writer Richard Burton (1821-1890), to their friend London publisher Leonard Charles Smithers (1861-1907) from 1885 to 1892; the collection also contains a printed prospectus...

The collection contains the material Gary B. Cowles gathered in his research on Busch Gardens, Pasadena, California.

This collection consists of letters and documents that form a portion of the Business Women's Legislative Council of California's records and chiefly document the organization, maintenance and activities of the Council from 1929-1936 and 1938-1943. Notable correspondence includes letters from...

This is a collection of materials compiled by Professor Frances Deutsch Louis, primarily letters from American science fiction writer Octavia. E. Butler (1947-2006) to Louis, and related photographs.

This collection includes the extensive manuscripts, correspondence, and working materials of American science fiction writer Octavia E. Butler (1947-2006).

Diaries belonging to American Civil War Union solider Elias Cade.

This collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence and records of the London publishing firm of Cadell & Davies. Though the collection lacks the more well-known authors published by Cadell & Davies, it is useful for studying the world of British publishing...

The core of this small collection consists of letters addressed to British politician Charles Sloane Cadogan (1728-1807), treasurer to Prince Edward Augustus (1739-1767), reporting or justifying various expenditures made during the Prince’s European travels between 1763 and 1767.

Flyers, newsletters, and political buttons documenting the union related activities of the farmworkers in the 1960s in California.

A collection of early California documents dealing with the early missions, politics and government, land cases, business, trade, and commerce.

The collection consists of positive microfilm copies of the proceedings of California land cases brought before the United States District Court between 1852-1862 with transcripts of records from the United States Land Commission, where the claims had originally been presented.

This collection contains microfilm copies of all the obtainable records (1770-1965) of the missions of early California.

Carbon copies of the typewritten notes of Guy Stevens Callender for the "Economic history of the United States since the Civil War."

Three letters from A.J. and Elizabeth Camblein written to family, describing various aspects of life in California, including the climate, the state of mining and prospecting in the waning days of the gold rush, opportunities for good land in the...

This collection consists of materials relating to the political and business activities of Arizona businessman, prospector, and politician Ralph H. Cameron (1863-1953), mostly in the years between 1903 and 1912. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence. Among the...

This collection contains papers related to the speech of William J. Canby(1825-1890), the grandson of seamstress Betsy Ross (1752-1836), before the Pennsylvania Historical Society in 1870, which was the first time that Canby publicly shared his family's tradition that Ross...

This collection primarily contains correspondence from Woodrow Wilson and various Wilson family members to Jane Porter Candler. Also present are photographs, ephemera, clippings, and publications sent to or collected by Candler. Material dates from approximately 1890 to 1928.

This collection consists of letters, manuscripts, and documents related to the blasphemy and libel trials of British freethinker and journalist Richard Carlile (1790-1843), Jane Carlile, and Mary Anne Carlile. Other topics in the collection include the liberty of the press...

A collection of personal papers and diaries related to the life and work of Charles Carlson, Swedish emigrant and California rancher.

This collection includes 24 letters by Canadian-American poet Bliss Carman (1861-1929), written between 1905 and 1928, as well as 40 pieces of ephemera.

Papers belonging to Canadian poet Bliss Carman.

A collection of material related to the personal and professional life of Jeanne C. Smith Carr, American educator, garden landscaper, and Pasadena resident.

Financial documents and family photographs related to journalist, diplomat, and financier Joseph Oliver Carter.

This collection primarily contains correspondence written to Hawaiian journalist, diplomat, and financier Joseph Oliver Carter (1835-1909). Most of the collection is about Queen Liliuokalani, her property and finances, and politics in Hawaii including the 1893 revolution and its consequences for...

This collection contains materials by and/or related to British explorer and writer Richard Burton (1821-1890) collected by Burke Casari (born 1935) including one manuscript by Burton and letters and documents by Burton, his wife, and friends. The collection also includes...

Collection consists of three John Quincy Adams letters or notes signed and one Marquis de Lafayette autograph letter signed.

A collection, mainly in French, of correspondence related to the work of Henri Castro to establish French colonies in Texas in the 19th century.

Collection of letters and photographs sent from George Emery Caswell to his fiancee Lillian Soltwedel during his army training at Camp Logan, Texas, and while he was serving in Europe during World War I. Also includes letters to Lillian's sister...

A collection of material related to Amos Parmalee Catlin, American miner, lawyer, and politician.

A collection of material related to the life and work of Amos Parmalee Catlin, American lawyer and politician.

The George Catlin collection consists of roughly 252 unbound illustrations of Indians in both North and South America, by artist George Catlin, and other items all related to Catlin’s unpublished manuscript The North Americans in the Middle of the Nineteenth...

The Catton family papers consist mainly of travel letters, diaries, and scrapbooks kept by Margaret Mary Louise Catton (1882-1971), a medical social worker in Honolulu, Hawaii.

This collection contains 45 items related to John M. Cavarly (1832-1895), a ship's captain, who worked for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, from 1864 to 1890. Documents include some correspondence, scrapbooks, and ship's log. As well, the collection also includes...

This collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, documents, and ephemera of the Cawston Ostrich Farm of Southern California chiefly reflecting financial, business, and legal affairs of the company and one of its owners, the Vatcher Family, as well as the ostrich feather...

A collection of material related to the personal and professional life of John Center, San Francisco businessman and civic leader.

This collection consists mainly of letters written by various contributors to the editors of The Century magazine between 1885 and 1914. The collection also contains numerous editorial memorandums and notes written by Richard Watson Gilder to his editorial assistants chiefly...

A collection of material related to the service of Lewis H. Chamberlin, American Civil War Regimental Adjutant.

This collection contains the papers of Lydia Catherine Van Hattem Davall Brydges, Duchess of Chandos (1693-1750), and pertains chiefly to her business and financial activities in the six years between the death of her husband James Brydges, 1st Duke of...

This collection consists of certificates, correspondence, ephemera, photographs, printed ephemera, and scrapbooks belonging to the Chang and Ah Tye family.

Collection contains diaries, correspondence, and legal and administrative records of the Chapman family from 1769 to 1936, especially William Wesley Chapman (1823-1906).

A collection of material related to the personal and professional life of Solon Maxley Chapman, Napa, California businessman.

A collection of the correspondence of Warren D. Chase, private of Company H of the 22nd Wisconsin Infantry and a former member of the New Lebanon ministry of the United Society of Believers of Christ's Second Appearing, commonly known as...

The collection consists of correspondence and manuscripts of and related to New Mexico rancher Manly M. Chase and William R. Morley, his wife, Ada M. Morley Jarrett, and their family, chiefly dating from the 1880s to the early 1900s. The...

The American Civil War letters of Union soldier Edward L. Chatfield.

A collection of material related to the life and work of John Vance Cheney, American author and librarian.

Diaries and photographs of Mortimer Chester, documenting trips to California and his service as a chaplain with the California Civilian Conservation Corps.

A menu, postcard, and invitation related to the Chinese Tuxedo Restaurant, which opened in New York City in 1897.

A collection of material related to the defense of titles in the Encinal San Antonio-Alameda City land transactions and early California settlers William W. Chipman and John W. Dwinelle.

This collection contains the professional and personal material of the Chow family from San Francisco, California.

The collection contains the papers and photographs of Lockheed executive Harvey C. Christen.

This collection contains 49 items chiefly documenting the early years of the Church of the Truth in Pasadena, California, in the 1920s, including four diaries kept by Reverend H. E. Mills, which often note church events.

The correspondence between different branches of the Chávez Esparza family, in Mexico and California.

A collection of letters, documents, maps, battle plans, and a diary related to the American Civil War.

This collection contains correspondence of Sarah Clark (active 1852-1895) and the Clark family of Rising Sun, Indiana; California; and Austin, Nevada. The letters cover a wide range of subjects including the citrus industry in California and Nevada; economic conditions in...

This collection consists of letters, an account book, and a few documents related to the business activities of Francis Clark, a partner in the firm of Brooks, Clark, and Company, dating from 1856 to 1859. The materials chiefly with his...

This collection contains the letters of American lawyer and politician Lincoln Clark (1800-1886), his wife, Julia Annah Clark, and their family, with the bulk of the collection consisting of Clark's letters to his wife. There is also material related to...

This collection contains 210 pieces of correspondence, manuscripts, and documents of English abolitionist Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846), chiefly dating from 1787 to 1847 and related to slavery and the slave trade in the United States and Africa, including the Sierra Leone...

This collection contains out-going letters of the Secretary of State Henry Clay (1777-1852) and his Chief Clerk Daniel Brent (1774-1841), between 1825 and 1829. The correspondence concerns international trade and commerce; the foreign relations of the United States, particularly those...

An extensive collection of research notes for the American historian Freeman Cleaves' s books Rock of Chickamauga (1948) and Meade of Gettysburg (1960), also notes on Daniel Webster, Thomas William Sweeney and the Fenians, and Abbott Lawrence. Also included is...

The collection of the Californian historian Robert Glass Cleland; it consists of correspondence, documents, lectures, drafts, research notes, source materials and manuscripts.

This collection contains papers of the family of American author Samuel Langhorne Clemens (also known as Mark Twain), including 7 diaries of Jane Clampton Clemens (1880-1909), which detail her struggle with epilepsy, as well as medical treatments, ca. 1900, and...

This collection contains forty pieces of correspondence from American author Samuel Langhorne Clemens (also known as Mark Twain) to teenager Frances Nunnally Wizner (1891-1981), dating from 1907 to 1910.

This collection contains papers of Clemens L. Clendenen and his family, chiefly consisting of correspondence from the 1850s-1860s and including sentiments about the American Civil War and the life of the common soldier, as seen primarily in letters from Clendenen...

Papers belonging to Los Angeles politician, and founder of Clifton's Cafeteria restaurant chain, Clifford Clinton.

Letters of American railroad engineer Joel B. Clough during the American Civil War.

This collection contains papers assembled by James B. Clover (1870-1956) and Katherine M. Clover (1906-1990) as part of their struggle against the City of Los Angeles concerning family land holdings in Mono County. Includes correspondence, documents, maps, reports, publications, and...

Collection consists of four diaries kept by John McNulty Clugston while serving with the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company G, during the Civil War from 1861 to 1864, one carte-de-visite portrait (presumably of Clugston), and a letter from Rutherford...

Correspondence, records, notes, and diaries related to the American frontiersman and pioneer James Clyman.

Letters addressed to Irish philanthropist and activist Frances Power Cobbe (1822-1904) covering women's suffrage and rights; antivivisection, her work in Bristol and her moral and religious writings; comments on her books and articles. Correspondents include Mary Carpenter, Anthony Ashley Cooper,...

The collection contains 55 letters from English museum curator Sir Sydney Cockerell (1867-1962) chiefly to American scholar Muriel J. Hughes (born 1903), as well as some additional letters to Hughes from Cockerell's secretary Dorothy Hawksley (1884-1970), and a few later...

This collection contains the papers of American dancer, choreographer, and theater director Forrest Coggan (born 1926), chiefly dating from 1935 to 2001.

A collection of material related to L. Averill Cole, American bookbinder.

Correspondence, photographs, and documents related to George H. Dole, Clara R. Dole, and their thirteen children. Materials document the family's everyday activities in Hawaii and California, as well as travels throughout the Eastern United States.

A collection of six survey maps and plats of various California ranchos, tracts, and properties.

The Collection of C.F. Braun & Co. photographs and ephemera primarily consist of photographs related to the company.

A collection of material related to the California writer Charles Fletcher Lummis and Robert J. H. DeLoach.

Papers of Edward Fitzgerald Beale, American naval officer, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and California rancher.

This collection contains letters exchanged from John Collet (British consul in Genoa) and Joseph Brame, his vice-consul, to William Dean Poyntz, the British charge d'affaires in Turin, Italy from 1776 to 1779.

This collection chiefly contains detailed letters written by Lieutenant Joseph W. Collingwood (1821-1862) of the 18th Infantry regiment of Massachusetts to his wife in 1861-1862 during the American Civil War and covering various aspects of the campaigns, battles, and camp...

A collection of nine documents concerning the New Hampshire Grants assembled by John Adams for his report on the boundary disputes commissioned by the Massachusetts General Court in March 1774.

This collection consists of 39 miscellaneous items related chiefly to mining in Colorado and Kentucky, mainly in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Includes stock certificates, deeds, and business letters that reflect connections between investors in New York...

The collection contains correspondence, photographs, yearbooks, bulletins, memoranda, and other material dating from approximately 1942 to 1945 relating to the Japanese internment camp, the Colorado River Relocation Center in Poston, Arizona. The materials were assembled by Pasadena area teacher Edythe...

This collection contains the Civil War correspondence of Union soldier Henry I. Colyer, consisting chiefly of letters to his parents, siblings, and friends in Chittenango, New York.

This collection consists primarily of legal documents related to the economic and social history of late 19th century Virginia City, Nevada, with some materials showing economic connections between Virginia City and San Francisco, California, as well as inter-state relations between...

The Theodore G. and Eleanor S. Congdon Maritime Collection contains 190 items that pertain to commercial, naval, and recreational maritime-related activities primarily in the United States and the United Kingdom. Materials date from approximately 1700 to 1990, with the bulk...

This is the most significant archive extant of manuscript materials by and about the prolific English inventor and technologist William Congreve and his family.

This collection contains the professional and personal papers of Paul Conrad (1924-2010), chief editorial cartoonist for the Los Angeles Times from 1964 to 1993. Includes original cartoons, rough sketches, correspondence, book, speech and lawsuit files, photographs, ephemera and tear sheets.

This collection includes correspondence, reports and ephemera of the Conservative Water Company in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, dating from 1900-1967. Many of the letters deal with the company’s public health, financial, and legal issues.

This collection contains correspondence, business papers, ledger books, maps and reports of the Consolidated Virginia Mining Company of Virginia City, Nevada, dating from 1876-1955. The materials document mines and mineral resources in Nevada; the Comstock Lode and other mines, and...

A collection of material related to Dr. Sterling Smith Cook, a United States Navy Captain, and his family while they were stationed in China from 1946 to 1947.

Papers belonging to the Cook family of New York including American Civil War soldier James Clinton Cook, and his grandfather, Lemuel Cook, one of the last documented survivors of the Revolutionary War.

Letters and documents related to the life and career of the American journalist, businessman, and politician Henry David Cooke.

A collection of letters from Ina D. Coolbrith, American poet, to Charles Warren Stoddard.

This collection consists of correspondence and the personal papers of California poet Ina Donna Coolbrith (1841-1928), chiefly reflecting her life for the period after the San Francisco earthquake and fire.

This collection contains the papers of Massachusetts scholar and Congregational minister Samuel Cooper (1725-1783). Includes sermons by Cooper and his father William Cooper (1694-1743), dating from 1718-1783 (strongest for the period 1740-1759) and correspondence, covering international politics in relation to...

Letters and documents related to the life and career of the Jacobean diplomat and courtier Sir Charles Cornwallis.

This collection consists primarily of writings by career United States army officer and historian Robert Christie Cotton (1885-1952) on various topics including the Philippines, China, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Mexican border, and World War I, written during his active army...

This collection contains the papers of California poet and educator Henri Coulette (1927-1988).

This collection consists of the personal, family, and business papers of San Diego, California, rancher, businessman, and politician Cave Johnson Couts (1821-1874) and his son Cave Johnson Couts, Jr. (1856-1943). There is material concerning land and development in San Diego...

Business records of the Covina Orange Growers Association.

Correspondence and manuscripts related to the life and career of the American scholar and educator Hardin Craig.

This collection contains the family, personal, and business papers of Colorado cattle rancher J.D. Craighead (1873-1964), including materials related to the Craighead Ranch and irrigation projects; diaries; account books; and some government documents and maps.

This collection mostly consists of negatives, newsletters, and printed matter related to Hydro-Aire, a division of Crane Co.

The collection contains material related to the business enterprises of James Filmore Crank; the material includes correspondence, letter books, documents, manuscripts, maps, and volumes.

A collection of the work of American novelist F. Marion Crawford; included are novels, plays, a poem, historical works, a lecture, and articles.

A collection of business letters between railroad magnates Charles Crocker and Collis P. Huntington covering the years August 1881 and December 1883.

This collection contains the personal and professional papers of California lawyer, philanthropist, and book collector Homer D. Crotty (1899-1972) and his wife, Ida Hull Lloyd Crotty (1910-2000).

Alfred Crowquill was a pseudonym used by Alfred Henry Forrester (1804-1872), an English author and artist. This collection consists primarily of letters addressed to Forrester from 1824 through 1905.

The collection consists of 71 letters addressed to George Cruikshank and his wife, Eliza (Widdison) Cruikshank from various correspondents. Many are requests for Cruikshank's presence at temperance society meetings....

This collection contains correspondence and ephemera of the family of John P. "Jack" Cudahy (died 1921) and Edna Cudahy (1877-1949) of Illinois and California. Most of the correspondence and ephemera relates to intimate family life and the social connections between...

Research material collected by historian John Cumming, chiefly on western immigration from Michigan.

This collection contains the papers of Western fiction writer Eugene Cunningham (1896-1957) and includes twelve manuscripts of the works of Cunningham and others, correspondence with friends and other writers of Western lore, five scrapbooks, and 250 photographs (chiefly photographic reproductions...

This collection contains an 1849 sea voyage diary of A.M. Ebbets (1830-1903) chronicling his trip to San Francisco, California, and supplementary material about Ebbets. Nineteen pages of pencil drawings by Arthur Ebbets, depicting scenes from his 1849 voyage, accompany the...

This collection contains the papers of Dr. Theodore J. Curphey (1897-1986), who served as the first medical examiner-coroner of Los Angeles County from 1957 to 1967. The chief topics of the Curphey papers are: his work as Los Angeles...

Correspondence of the Curtis family written in the East and Midwest from 1820 to 1868, from Shasta County, California, and environs from 1871 to 1875, 1890, and 1891, and from Arizona Territory and California from 1881 to 1892.

Materials related to the Daguerre family's ownership of one third of the Rancho Niguel from the 1890s until the 1950s, including legal documents, photographs, and newspaper clippings.

This collection consists of the business and personal papers of rancher and businessman Henry Dalton (1803-1884) and his life in early Southern California, with the bulk dating from 1840-1883. Of note are land papers and maps related to Dalton's ranches:...

This collection consists of business records pertaining to the Dan Murphy Company and the Dan Murphy Foundation from 1876-2005.

Correspondence, documents, and ephemera related to business executive Charles Dana, particularly his activities in Hawai'i.

This collection contains the papers of the family of Ezra Dane (1828-1921) and Lois Anna Nutting, who settled in California during the Gold Rush period. The bulk of the papers consist of personal Dane family correspondence; some letters discuss the...

The collection consists of family letters and a few photographs related to Charles Penniman Daniell's experiences and life in San Francisco, California (1850-53).

A collection of correspondence, documents, and photographs related to the mining careers of John Daniell (1839-1898) and his son, John Daniell (1875-1945).

This collection primarily contains personal correspondence sent by David William Davies (1908-1984) to his wife, Thelma Davies, while working as a librarian and serving in the United States Army Corps during World War II.

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Collection of materials related to composer Edward Cox Davis (1818-1911) and his 1865 composition "Lincoln's Funeral March."

Papers belonging to the Davis family originally of Tennessee. Hiram Davis crossed the plains in 1849 for California.

This collection contains the papers of California writer Jennie C. Davis (1851-1946), chiefly dating from 1917 to 1942 and including manuscripts of her work, a draft of her autobiography, and correspondence, chiefly from Davis to her eldest daughter, as well...

The collection of American businessman and author William Heath Davis. The collection includes correspondence, bills, receipts, documents, and printed material; also included is material related to Davis' book on early California.

The collection consists of scrapbooks of indexes to articles in periodicals, articles, and manuscripts (in 44 volumes) related to the life and career of Winfield J. Davis, California politician and writer.

This collection contains papers of the families of British diplomat Richard Dawkins (1768-1848) and Jane Catherine Long (1764-1826). The collection provides a resource for studying an English military and diplomatic family in the 19th century; specifically the period covering the...

This collection contains correspondence and documents, dating from 1873 to 1911, related to the legal and business affairs of O. S. Dawson, the Sonora Consolidated Mining Company and the Hidden Treasure Consolidated Mining Company in the Bodie Mining District, California,...

This collection contains correspondence of British writer Walter De la Mare (1873-1956), as well as five photographs. The strength of the collection is the correspondence, which spans decades, between De la Mare and other writers, including Morchard Bishop, H.C. Duffin,...

Correspondence of English writer Thomas De Quincey and his family.

A collection of personal and professional material for Reginaldo Francisco Del Valle, California lawyer, politician, and civic leader.

This small group consists mainly of materials dealing with the production of two plays by California writer Melcena Burns Denny (1876–1974): "Black Bart, The Lone Robber of Calaveras" and "Lola Montez, The Spider Dancer"

Business records of the Desert Power and Mill Company in Nevada.

This collection consists primarily of letters written by Floyd Dessery (1879-1927) of Los Angeles, California, to his family, during his deployment to the Philippines in the Spanish-American War, as well as a diary from his time in the Philippines (1898-1899)....

The collection is made up of papers relating to the military career of French admiral Charles-René-Dominique Sochet Destouches.

This collection chiefly contains letters written to United States Congressman from California and United States Court of Customs Appeals judge Marion DeVries (1865-1939), between the late 1890s and 1925, chiefly expressing gratitude for a favor rendered or to ask for...

This collection contains papers of Samuel Frank Dexter (1847-1906) of Rhode Island, chiefly consisting of the almost daily letters that Dexter wrote to his children during a 1901 trip with his wife to California, which describe in minute detail their...

The Samuel Frank Dexter papers addenda includes a taxidermist's notebook and printed material relating to the noted naturalist and ornithologist Frank Dexter, 1847-1906.

The Dibner Autographed Documents and First Day Covers collection contains 74 items, chiefly documents including letters, postcards, typescripts, photographs, handwritten notes, and blank cards, autographed by leading figures in the sciences, including multiple Nobel Prize winners; several documents contain multiple...

This collection contains correspondence and manuscripts related to American science fiction writer Philip K. Dick (1928-198), dating from the 1967 to 1977. The bulk of the collection consists of 53 letters from Dick to his publisher, Doubleday and Company, concerning...

A collection of Charles Dickens letters, manuscripts, and ephemera.

A collection of letters written by Charles Dickens to various friends, family, and business associates.

A collection of letters by Charles Dickens which also includes manuscripts, and printed material.

Business, legal, political, and personal correspondence of the founders, officers, employees, and legal counsel of the Dickinson & Shrewsbury salt company in Kanawha County, West Virginia.

This collection contains the papers of Hawaiian businessmen Walter F. Dillingham (1875-1963) and his father, Benjamin Dillingham (1844-1918), and includes correspondence largely dealing with family events, travels, schooling, and business affairs. The letters often refer to the social, economic, and...

A collection of letters and ephemera of the British statesman and Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli.

The professional and personal papers of prominent physician Dr. George Dock.

A collection of correspondence, records, reports, criminal cases, and photographs belonging to Fred James Dodge, Chief Special Agent for Wells Fargo and Company.

This collection contains the papers of the Dole family of Hawaii, including transcripts of daily diary entries for family members (covering 1850-1884); family correspondence, documents, and photograph albums. Subjects include daily life, missionary work, church meetings, the Punahou School, and...

This collection contains the papers of George H. Dole (1842-1912) of Hawaii and California, and chiefly consists of family correspondence discussing life in Hawaii, travel in the 1870s, and churchgoing, as well as some correspondence from Riverside, California, in the...

This collection contains research materials compiled by Southern California physician Frank S. Dolley (1885-1961) for his study of the lower Colorado River and steam navigation in the late 1800s and early 1900s. There are also original letters by Ellen Robinson,...

A collection of correspondence, documents, and manuscripts related to the career of American attorney and newspaperman Benjamin Franklin Dowell.

A collection of correspondence, documents, photographs, and family material of American jewelry manufacturer and philanthropist Ferdinand Julius Dreer.

The Clifford Merrill Drury papers consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings, research notes, and typescripts related to Drakes Bay (Calif.), Drake's Plate of Brass, the history of religion in California, Rudolph James Wig, and Anson Burlingame.

A collection of correspondence and documents related to the Huguenot publisher and collector Francis Isaac Du Roveray.

A collection of business records related to the Duarte-Monrovia Fruit Exchange of Los Angeles County, California.

The collection primarily contains correspondence and documents of Thomas Haines Dudley from 1861 to 1872.

This collection consists of letters addressed to English bibliographer and book collector E. Gordon Duff (1863-1924), which relate primarily to Duff's interests in early English printing and stamped bookbindings.

This collection consists primarily of mining charts, maps, reports, surveys, photographs, and township plats for mines in Arizona, California, Canada, Mexico, Montana, Nevada, and New Mexico, as well as surveys for real estate developments in southern California, with the bulk...

A collection of correspondence, manuscripts and documents related to Henry Dundas and his work as Home Secretary, Secretary of War and First Lord of the Admiralty.

Collection contains correspondence and documents of Robert Saunders Dundas, Viscount Melville (1771-1851), chiefly related to the War of 1812.

This collection chiefly contains correspondence between American physicist and astronomer Theodore Dunham (born 1897) and various astronomers throughout the United States and England (and a couple other countries), chiefly dating from 1926-1955. Subjects include: Dunham's work on stars (including our...

A collection of correspondence of the Dunning family of California and Maine.

This collection contains photostat copies of 36 letters written by William S. Dutt (1836-1866) to his family, writing about his life and people he encountered in Missouri and Colorado in 1859-1860, and his military experiences in various Southwestern towns following...

This collection contains the records of the Platrix Chapter (Los Angeles) of E Clampus Vitus (Fraternal order).

A collection of letters and ephemera of the California gold miner John H. Eagle.

This collection contains the papers of American soldier and diplomat William Eaton (1764-1811), chiefly accumulated during his service in the Mediterranean and dating between 1798 and 1805. The papers document the relations between the United States and the Barbary states,...

This collection contains 42 items related to the Ebell Club of Los Angeles, California, chiefly dating from the late 1890s-early 1900s.

This collection contains professional papers of Thomas T. Eckert (1825-1910), chiefly related to his duties as part of United States Military Telegraph Office during the Civil War.

The administrative and political papers of Los Angeles County Supervisor Ed Edelman.

The collection consists of the professional papers of California writer Lucile Selk Edgerton (1896-1987) including manuscripts of unpublished novels, original sketches, assorted printed magazines, copies of her published novels, California research notes, some printed items, and ephemera.

Reuben Curtis Edgerton was an Army surgeon during the American Civil War. The letters are primarily addressed to his wife Lydia O. Tiffany, about Army life from 1861-1862.

The bulk of this collection is made up of historical and modern ephemera related to Thomas Edison. It also contains some of Edison's correspondence, patents, and original and reproduced photographs of Edison and his associates.

Papers belonging to military officers Edward Griffin Beckwith and John Laurence Fox.

This small collection contains correspondence and some ephemera of Elza Ivan “Eddie” Edwards (1897-1984), who authored several books on the history of Death Valley, California. The letters primarily date from the late 1960s to 1980 and are chiefly personal in...

Ogden Edwards was a jurist and legislator from New York. The collection primarily consists of correspondence between Edwards and his father, Pierpont Edwards from 1753-1876.

This collection contains the official, semi-official, and personal papers of six generations of the Egerton family of Great Britain. Also known as the "Ellesmere Collection," the papers span from 1150-1803 and include approximately 13,000 pieces with particular strengths related to...

The Daniel Egger papers include correspondence, printed matter, and photographs related to Daniel Egger’s career in the aerospace industry.

A collection of material related to the physicist Albert Einstein.

Records of El Dorado County, California, chiefly dating from 1850 to 1890, including county court documents, ledger books and other business records, mining papers, land records, school records, treasury records (including tax rolls and assessment rolls), and merchandising accounts (principally...

Materials related to Doris K. Eldred's time as a teacher in China, including correspondence, photographs and photograph albums, teaching materials, and some collected ephemera.

James William Eldridge served in 127th New York Infantry, Company A and 23rd United States Colored Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War. This collection consists of Eldridge letters, manuscripts, documents, printed military forms, autographs, ephemera, and photographs from 1797-1902.

The Ely Collection consists of the papers (68 cartons and transfer cases) of United States Federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Justice Walter R. Ely, past President of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and prominent Los Angeles attorney. Roughly...

This collection contains the papers of Hawaiian physician and author Nathaniel Bright Emerson (1839-1915), including a a wide range of material such as research material for his major publications about Hawaiian myths, songs, and history, manuscripts, diaries, notebooks, correspondence, and...

This collection chiefly contains records documenting the work of William Young Empey (1808-1890) in England and America as an agent of the Perpetual Emigration Fund (PEF) of the Mormon Church, chiefly dating from the early 1850s. There are also letters...

The Arthur L. Erb papers consist primarily of material related to Arthur Leslie Erb and his career in Beverly Hills, California from 1926-2013.

This collection contains the papers of English art historian Katharine Ada Esdaile (1881-1950). Much of the collection relates to her research of British monumental sculpture. Notably the collection includes more than 600 chiefly pre-World War II visitor booklets and pamphlets...

This collection contains the papers of John R. Evertson, of Poughkeepsie, New York, and his family, chiefly dating from 1847-1866. Includes correspondence between Evertson family members with three distinct sections: Mexican-American War, Civil War, and California.

This collection contains the papers of New Mexican Senator Albert B. Fall (1861-1944) consisting of letters and documents related to the following subjects: Fall's terms of office as senator for New Mexico (1912-21) and secretary of the Interior (1921-23), family...

This collection consists of 8 manuscript poems and sonnets by English poet Eliza Fall (1821–1881) and 45 letters from Fall to William Henry Harrison (1795?-1878) concerning her efforts to have a volume of poetry published. Fall's letters discuss her poetry,...

A botanical album containing 25 watercolor paintings created by Lady Elizabeth Parker Fane in the 18th century.

This collection consists entirely of the incoming correspondence to Farmers & Merchants Bank of Sheyenne, North Dakota, between 1907 and 1942. The correspondence reveals the thoughts and feelings of the Swedish immigrant farmers the bank served throughout the northern Plains...

Charles Stewart Farnsworth was a United States Major General in the United States Army, who served in the Spanish-American War and World War I. This collection consists of letters, documents, manuscript diaries, a few maps and photographs, and ephemera.

This collection contains the papers of California historian and journalist Franklin S. Farquhar (1865-1947), including diaries chronicling daily activities and reminiscences, as well as manuscripts of several of his writings. His earlier diaries were written while he lived in Washington...

This collection contains official and personal correspondence of United States Naval officer David G. Farragut (1801-1870) primarily covering his Civil War career, but also touching upon family affairs, including his children; personal business; naval politics; Farragut's efforts for promotion, and...

Letters of American Civil War Union soldier Hiram Farrand.

Max Farrand was an American historian and first director of the Huntington Library from 1927 to 1941. This collection consists of letters, manuscripts, documents, and a scrapbook, primarily related to Farrand's research from 1816 to 1947.

Charles Heard Fernald was a prominent pioneer, cultural leader, and jurist from Santa Barbara County, California. This collection consists of personal, legal, and land papers, primarily related to the Santa Barbara area, from 1850 to 1921.

This collection consists of letters from various English artists primarily addressed to lawyer and amateur artist Edwin W. Field (1804-1871) or his son, Walter Field (also an artist). A few of the letters concern Field's attempts to establish an artistic...

Collection of correspondence, writings, and materials related to American journalist Eugene Field dating from approximately the 1870s to 1890s.

The collections consist primarily of letters, as well as poems and manuscripts, from various American and British authors to American editor, publisher, and poet James Thomas Fields (1817-1881), mostly relating to publication of their manuscripts by his firm Ticknor and...

This collection of papers of American editor, publisher, and poet James Thomas Fields (1817-1881) and his wife, Annie (Adams) Fields (1834-1915), consists of notebooks and loose papers containing their poetry, essays, notes for speeches, a few scattered diary entries, and...

Letters from Mary E. Fisher to her friend Mary Beach, describing life in the town of Huron, South Dakota and an eventual move to Minneapolis.

This collection chiefly contains correspondence of American philosopher and historian John Fiske (1842-1902) and his family. Subjects include: Fiske and his work and writings, Ignatius Donnelly, Miguel de Cervantes' novel Don Quixote, Prince Kropotkin, and the assassination of Alexander II...

This collection contains the papers and correspondence of American philosopher and historian John Fiske (1842-1902). Included are manuscripts and proof sheets of his books, articles, lectures and other works on history, theology, and education, his literary works, musical compositions, and...

This collection consists of one scrapbook dated between 1929-1936 which was assembled by Michael Wellington Fitzpatrick, Chief Purser with the United Fruit Company Steamship Service. Also included is one service record book from the Marine Service Bureau that includes material...

This collection consists of manuscripts by American poet Hildegarde Flanner (1899-1987), correspondence and recollections of Olive Percival (1869-1945), and letters to poet Ethel Hamilton Hinkle. The letters contain occasional references to Flanner's sister, the author and journalist Janet Flanner, as...

The collection consists of letters written between various members of the Flinn family between 1847 and 1873. The majority of the letters are addressed to New York farmer Samuel Flinn (1806-1873) from his brothers, nieces, and nephews in Ohio and...

This collection contains papers of Los Angeles attorney William I. Folley (1861-1921), who was a partner in a law firm with California governor Henry T. Gage. Includes both personal and business correspondence and legal documents related to several court cases.

Mary Hallock Foote was an American novelist, short story writer, and illustrator. This collection consists of letters and manuscripts Foote sent to Century Magazine from 1886 to approximately 1902.

Family correspondence primarily addressed to Jerome Chester Ford and his wife, Minnie Belle Ford.

This collection of correspondence consists chiefly of letters from English author Ford Madox Ford (1873-1939) to his literary agent, James B. Pinker (1863-1922). The letters discuss Ford's writings, especially his novels, and include his frequent requests for advances. Although the...

This collection contains the papers of silent film and stage actor Harrison Ford (1884-1957). The majority of the material relates to Ford’s finances, and includes correspondence with and documents of the Internal Revenue Service, receipts, personal account ledgers, expense books,...

This collection consists mainly of letters and questionnaires written between 1904-1908 related to the inquiries of Mary Forman (1843-1918) about specific details of the history of mid 19th-century Los Angeles, California. General topics include Los Angeles history, California state and...

Maurice Buxton Forman was an English bibliographer and editor. This collection consists of material pertaining to Forman's bibliographical work on Eden Phillpotts.

This collection consists of correspondence and literary manuscripts by English authors and friends of English editor and Charles Dickens biographer John Forster (1812-1876) and his second wife, Eliza Ann Crosbie Colburn Forster.

Harold Bruce Forsythe was an African-American composer, author, and poet. This collection consists of manuscripts of Forsythe's musical scores, poems, short stories, essays, and a novel from 1903-1997.

Fort Dalles was established in 1850 as a supply depot for the United States Army on the Columbia River in Oregon. This collection consists of official papers of the activities of the United States Army in the Pacific Northwest, primarily...

A collection containing letters, documents, manuscripts, and 117 volumes related to Fort Nisqually, DuPont, Washington.

A collection containing letters, documents, illustrations and three maps related to Fort Sutter, Northern California.

This collection includes material related to the history of the Fowler Brothers bookstore in Los Angeles and the Fowler and Lindstrom families of South Pasadena, California.

Mary Beatrice Fox was the daughter of Charles James Fox, an early landowner in Pasadena, California. This collection consists of maps, land papers, diaries, correspondence, and documents related to the Fox family and greater Pasadena from 1789 to 1961.

This collection contains 62 financial volumes and one folder of ephemera for the Foy Brothers saddler and harness business in Los Angeles, California, dating from 1854 to 1925.

Mary Emily Foy was the first woman to become head librarian of the Los Angeles Public Library. This collection consists of Foy's personal correspondence and papers from 1879 to 1957.

This collection consists of various manuscripts and letters by, to, and about American diplomat Benjamin Franklin assembled at the Huntington Library.

This collection focuses on the travel writings of American journalist and explorer Lewis Freeman (1878-1960), from the early 1900s through the 1950s. The collection also includes some personal and professional correspondence and manuscripts, photographs, and diaries including those of trips...

This collection contains the original French documents relating to a secret African slave trade expedition undertaken by the French ship Le Jeune Louis in 1824-1825.

Records and papers belonging to the Friday Morning Club, a women's club in Los Angeles, California, from their beginning in 1891 to their dissolution in 2012.

This collection contains 59 pieces of correspondence and poems of American poet Robert Frost (1874-1963), chiefly consisting of handwritten poems and letters sent by Frost to Susan Hayes Ward (1835-1916), poetry editor for from the mid 1890s to the 1910s.

Henry Blake Fuller was an American poet, essayist, and novelist. The collection consists primarily of letters from Henry Blake Fuller to Louise Lawrence Venus Washburn from 1873 to before 1929.

Letters of American mining Engineer John T. Fuller while working at the De Beers Consolidated Mines in Kimberley, South Africa.

Papers of San Francisco based Chinese American immigration attorney Kenneth Y. Fung.

Collection of research notes, business correspondence, biographical material and offprints from scientific journals from the “father of vitamins” Casimir Funk (1884-1967). Topics include cancer, diabetes, hormones, vitamins, ulcers. Material spans his working career from 1904-1967, but is mostly concentrated on...

A collection of material related to the California poet Bert Meyers collected by Kenneth Funsten.

Correspondence and manuscripts of Frederick James Furnivall, an English scholar and editor who helped to organize the Working Men's College.

William Marton Gable was a plasterer and served in the Union Army during the United States Civil War. This collection consists primarily of letters from Gable to his mother Martha Gable and his sister.

This collection contains the papers of American British loyalist and statesman Joseph Galloway (1731-1803) and his wife, Grace Growden (1727-1782), daughter of wealthy Pennsylvania landowner Lawrence Growden, Jr. (1694-1770). Many of the documents relate to the Growden estate, as well...

This collection consists of letters, documents, and one map (all in Spanish) assembled in 1794 for the Conde de Revilla Gigedo. It consists mostly of official correspondence (1765-72) between Spanish statesman José de Gálvez (1720-1794) and the successive viceroys of...

This collection contains the papers of former Los Angeles County district attorney Gil Garcetti (born 1941). The collection features records documenting Garcetti's managerial and campaign activities within the district attorney's office from 1984 to 2000. The bulk of the collection...

This collection consists primarily of letters written by James A. Garfield, from 1856 to 1881, mostly written while serving in the U.S. House of Representatives.

This collection contains the papers of American novelist, playwright, and author Hamlin Garland (1860-1940) and consists primarily of letters written by Garland to his wife Zulime Mauna (Taft) Garland and to his daughters. Subject matter chiefly includes biographical information on...

A collection of letters from New Orleans businessman Jeremiah C. Garthwaite to his brother Jacob T. Garthwaite.

A collection of four store ledger books from the Keshena, Wisconsin, general store of Joseph Gauthier.

A collection of personal and professional material related to Edwin Francis Gay's life and career as an American economist and historian.

This collection consists of two extra-illustrated scrapbooks from 1750 to 1880 which were assembled by John Genest, an English writer, clergyman and theater historian.

This collection contains manuscripts, correspondence, and ephemera related to the families who migrated to the Nez Percé Indian Reservation, more commonly known then as the Lapwaui Reservation, to settle Woodland, Idaho, in the mid-1890s.

This collection consists primarily of the correspondence of Dr. T. Perceval Gerson (born 1872), founder of the Hollywood Bowl and publisher of the Los Angeles municipal newspaper. The materials chiefly date from 1934 to 1937 and include correspondence from musicians,...

Thomas E. Gibbon was a lawyer, businessman, and active supporter of the Democratic Party. These papers primarily relate to Los Angeles, California in the early 20th century.

The collection consists of letters and documents related chiefly to the military career of José Gil de Partearroyo.

Richard Watson Gilder was an American poet and editor of Century magazine. This collection consists of letters mainly from Gilder to Brigham Johnson from 1887 to 1931.

William Harrison Gill was an American interdenominational missionary who worked with Native Americans. This collection consists of material related to Gill's activities and family from 1876-1968.

George A. Gillespie was a California pioneer, businessman, and politician. This collection consists of material related to California politics and Gillespie's family from 1849-1899.

Materials related to Dana Gioia's work as a poet, essayist, and editor, as well as his roles as Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and Poet Laureate of California. Collection includes drafts, published versions, and reprints of...

This collection contains diaries, sketchbooks, military appointments, travel orders, and other documents of J. B. Girard (1846-1918), a surgeon in the United States Army Medical Corps who served at several different military posts, including Hawaii, between 1867 and 1910.

This collection consists of correspondence and a small number of manuscripts by and about British Prime Minister and author William E. Gladstone (1809-1898), as well as photographs, engravings, prints and ephemera. The bulk of the collection is made up of...

This collection includes letters, a letterbook, and legal documents from Alta California and the Sandwich Islands.

This collection consists of business records and a map of the Goldfield Merger Mines Company, dating from 1903-1914. The collection covers the subject of gold mines and mining in the Goldfield, Nevada, area, including information on the mineral industry and...

This collection consists of thirty-five boxes and three oversize folders concerning the California Gold Rush vessels, California county histories, and miscellaneous ephemera and illustrations.

Collection consists of autographs collected by Charles Eliot Goodspeed (1867-1950), a Boston bookseller, and dating from 1660 to 1865.

Family papers of several generations of the extended Gott, Hastings, Sedgwick, and Baldwin families of Connecticut and New York state.

John L. Graham was a lawyer and New York City civic leader. This collection consists of Graham's political, professional, and personal papers from 1786 to 1875.

This collection consists of the personal papers and correspondence of California writer Margaret Collier Graham (1850-1910), as well as materials related to her husband, Donald McIntyre Graham, and other related family papers. Much of the subject matter in the collection...

This collection contains correspondence sent by Ulysses S. Grant, primarily from City Point, Virginia, to Abraham Lincoln, Edwin M. Stanton, Henry W. Halleck, George Gordon Meade, Benjamin F. Butler, Philip Henry Sheridan, William T. Sherman, and others during Civil War...

Collection of J. A. (Jackson Alpheus) Graves papers, Los Angeles lawyer and businessman, dating from 1876 to 1933.

This collection consists primarily of draft article manuscripts written by Los Angeles journalist John Alexander Gray, who drafted articles relating to the Bureau of Power and Light (later the Department of Water and Power) and of the history of the...

This collection is made up of Civil War diaries, correspondence, military-related documents, and photographs all pertaining to the Union Army service of Levi S. Graybill, a soldier in the 4th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and, later, a captain in the 22nd...

This collection contains the papers of Los Angeles art collectors Mildred Green (1890-1978) and her husband, attorney Lucius Peyton Green (1883-), and their family.

This collection contains the professional papers of Henry Green (1801-1873) from 1865-1873 whose mission was to catalogue and document the editions written or mentioned about the works of Andrea Alciati that he had ascertained to exist, whether written by Andrea...

Papers belonging to American poet and writer Julia Boynton Green.

This collection contains original letters of American Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene (1742-1786), largely with Robert Morris and Henry Lee, and approximately 2700 transcriptions of Greene's military correspondence gathered by his grandson George Washington Greene (1811-1883).

Collection contains 119 essays and 4 letters written by Christopher Murray Grieve. The manuscript essays, dating from 1927-1929, cover topics related to Scottish culture and politics and were often published weekly in various Scottish newspapers under pseudonyms, usually "Mountboy" or...

This collection contains 124 pieces of correspondence to and from American naturalist George Bird Grinnell (1849-1938) and his associates involved in wild life and national park conservation, use of water resources on public lands for irrigation, national parks, and the...

The Civil War letters of Corporal John W. Grosh of the 79th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, Company A.

This collection spans several generations of the Guernsey and Donaldson families and centers around Emeline Donaldson Guernsey (born 1819) of Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Iowa, and her immediate family, relatives, and friends. The letters, with the majority written by women, give...

The collection consists of facsimile copies of the personal, political, land, and legal papers of the Guerra Family, one of the most prominent families in early California. The bulk of the items date from 1806 to 1886 and relate to...

This collection contains the papers of Southern California educator and historian J.M. Guinn (1834-1918), chiefly dating from 1870-1918 and including Guinn's research notebooks; drafts of books speeches, and papers; correspondence, with some letters written by Guinn while a Union soldier...

This collection contains journals of United States Army topographical engineer J. W. Gunnison (1812-1853), kept on expeditions between 1840-1853, including one with descriptions of life among the Mormons in Utah; correspondence during the American Civil War period from family in...

A collection of radio and television scripts for the long-running western American program Gunsmoke.

A collection of research material related to the professional life of LeRoy Reuben Hafen, Western American author and historian.

A collection of correspondence related to the professional and personal life of Henry Rider Haggard, English novelist.

A collection of material related to the American mining engineer James Duncan Hague.

A collection of material related to the American mining engineer James Duncan Hague; an addenda to the James D. Hague papers.

Administrative, political, and personal papers of LA County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn

A collection of material related to the personal and professional life of Henry Huntley Haight, lawyer, businessman and governor of California.

This collection contains the papers of Augustin Ward Hale (1814-1902), as well as family members in New York, New Jersey, California, and Nevada, with the bulk dating from 1830 to 1859. Manuscripts chiefly reflect Hale's business ventures in California, including...

Papers of Jonathan D. Hale a Unionist from Tennessee who served as a scout in Kentucky during the Civil War. This extensive archive of roughly 400 items documents the turmoil of irregular warfare in Tennessee and Kentucky.

Collection contains eight items dated 1865 to 1866 relating to Jonathan D. Hale's attempt to recoup his losses from the 1862 destruction of his Tennessee property by Confederate guerillas led by Champ Ferguson, and to Ferguson's 1865 war crimes trial.

This collection contains papers of Julia M. Wilde Hall (1834-1907) and her family in Northern California and Deposit, New York, including diaries kept by Hall from 1855-1859 in Sacramento, California, family records, and correspondence chiefly from Hall to her husband,...

This collection contains the personal and professional papers of California judge Peirson M. Hall (1894-1979).

The collection consists of documents and letters related to California land cases between 1851 and 1860 involving the San Francisco law firm of Halleck, Peachy & Billings.

Primarily correspondence and writings of Charles G. Halpine, a journalist, poet, and Union soldier, dating from 1848 to 1868.

This collection contains photostats of letters by and about pioneer Mormon Jacob Hamblin (1819-1886) and the Mormon Church's Indian missions as well as photostats of two Hamblin diaries (1862-1863 and 1868-1885) and copy prints of photographs of Hamblin's family and...

A collection of material related to the personal and professional life of Thomas Lyon Hamer, American congressman and soldier.

The collection consists primarily of letters from Gideon Anthony Hamilton to his friend Samuel Frank Dexter in Pawtucket, Rhode Island from 1874-1922.

This collection chiefly contains sermons written by California Presbyterian minister Laurentine Hamilton (1826-1882) between 1858 and 1882, as well as some ephemera.

The collection consists of correspondence between British diplomat and archaeologist Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803) and his nephew Charles Francis Greville (1749-1809).

This collection contains the papers of home economics teacher Ruth Gill Hammond (1901-1989), who taught in China, Thailand, and the United States. The bulk of the papers consists of correspondence to and from Hammond. Subject matter of the correspondence covers...

A transnational collection of 18th-19th century material pertaining to three generations of a British Naval family; includes letters, manuscripts, journals, ship's logs, letter books, ship's papers, maps, volumes and ephemera.

Letters and reports written to Admiral Graham Eden Hamond or forwarded to his attention, regarding the beginning of the Cabanagem revolt in the Brazilian region of Grão-Pará in 1835.

This collection contains one manuscript, 19 letters, and 30 pieces of ephemera related to Thomas H. Hansbrow (1826-1868) of Sacramento, California. Most of the correspondence and ephemera relates to the various pumps Hansbrow designed for mining, steamers, agriculture and railroads....

This collection contains the papers of Los Angeles writer and gay activist Joseph Hansen (1923-2004), known primarily for creating the Dave Brandstetter detective series, which was unique in featuring an openly gay detective as the title character. The papers include...

Nine Southern California maps collected by surveyor Cecil Hanson.

Collection consists of papers relating to the U.S. Navy and to naval officers, including letters, orders, commissions, records of various ships, including the U.S.S. Constitution, and other documents.

This collection consists of the personal and professional papers of feminist, suffragist, author and lecturer Elizabeth Boynton Harbert and her family.

This collection consists of the personal and professional papers of feminist, suffragist, author and lecturer Elizabeth Boynton Harbert and her family.

Letters by William Soesbe Harbert, American lawyer, judge, philanthropist, and Civil War soldier.

Personal correspondence of Amos E. Hardy, chiefly to his parents during the Civil War.

This collection contains documents, manuscripts, correspondence, and ephemera assembled by author and collector Grahame H. Hardy reflecting a range of legal, administrative, municipal, and real estate-related transactions initiated by railroad and mining interests, businessmen, and municipalities in the San Francisco...

This collection primarily consists of military records and photographs belonging to Daniel D. Harkness.

Collection consists primarily of letters gathered by Ida Husted Harper relating to the women's suffrage movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many of which are to Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton; also present are letters...

Primarily the correspondence of Jacob Chandler Harper from 1908 to 1921, including 10 William H. Taft letters. Also present are several items relating to the Scripps family dated 1921 and 1939.

A collection of material related to the personal and professional life of George Harrington, American treasury official and diplomat.

Papers belonging to American Civil War Union soldier Francis B. Harris of New Jersey.

Scrapbook and ephemera related to the life and career of Bernice Harrison, prima ballerina for the First Negro Classical Ballet, including photographs, clippings, programs, and periodicals.

Letters written to Jonathan Baxter Harrison, 19th century American Unitarian minister, abolitionist, Indian Rights Association agent, and journalist.

This collection includes manuscripts, correspondence, and ephemera by and about American author Kent Haruf.

Family, estate, and manorial papers of the Hastings family.

The Willis M. Hawkins Papers, 1920-2009 (80 boxes) document the successful aerospace engineering career of Hawkins at Lockheed, the relationships between industry, military, and government, and the development of airplanes, missile systems, and space vehicles during the second half of...

A collection of material related to the Hay family of Wisconsin, Chile, and New Jersey.

This collection contains an unpublished manuscript, "California's Romantic Ranchos" (ca. 1962) by journalist and editor Verne Dyson (1879-1971), on the history of the privately-owned California rancho lands granted under Spanish and Mexican rule. The manuscript is complemented by 326 photographs,...

A collection of material related to the life and work of Elizabeth C. Hazelton; includes letters, business material, manuscripts, photographs, drawings, and ephemera.

A collection of personal and military material for Lemuel H. Hazzard, American Civil War Captain, carpenter, and railway postal clerk.

This collection contains papers of U. S. Cutter ship captain Michael A. Healy (1839-1904) who commanded the U.S. Revenue Cutters "Corwin" and "Bear" off the Alaskan coast in the mid 1880s, and his family. Subjects include Alaska; the ships the...

This collection contains correspondence, legal documents, receipts and accounts concerning the Heinlen family and its property holdings in several Northern California communities, including Fresno and Tulare counties. Much of the collection pertains to numerous legal suits over property rights.

Theatrical diaries kept by Florence Marx Hellman of Los Angeles, California.

Papers belonging to 19th century English poet Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans.

This collection primarliy consists of photographs and printed matter related to R. Richard Heppe's career at Lockheed - California Company.

This collection contains the personal and business papers of Thomas Herbert (died 1712), who was bailiff of the estates near Whittlebury, Northamptonshire, England, and his son Edmund Herbert (died 1769) of Gray's Inn, a deputy in the Pay Office of...

This collection contains the papers of horticulturist William Hertrich (1878-1966), superintendent of the Huntington Library grounds and buildings, and consists of papers, dating from 1908 to 1966, related to the development of the San Marino Ranch and the Huntington Botanical...

Papers belonging to the Heslop family, early Pasadena, California landowners.

This collection chiefly contains the research papers of Presbyterian missionary Eugene A. Hessel (died 2007) on Filipino nationalist José Rizal (1861-1896).

This collection contains the papers of Samuel G. Hibben (1888-1972), Director of Applied Lighting with the Westinghouse Corporation. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1950s and consists of articles.

This collection contains the papers of Albert R. Hibbs (1924-2003), a manager and scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The collection documents his personal life and career at JPL, the relationships between JPL, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),...

Papers belonging to American Civil War Union soldier Adam C. Higgins.

This collection consists of correspondence and manuscripts of America printer and author Edwin Bliss Hill (1866-1949) and deals primarily with Hill's activities as a private printer, as a founder of the Frank Holme Memorial Group, and as a collector of...

This collection contains the personal and professional papers of Judge Irving Hill (1915-1998), who served as a United States District Judge in California, chiefly dating from 1960 to 1998. The vast majority of the professional papers originated from Hill's tenure...

Frank Hinckley worked as a civil engineer and surveyor in Northern California in the mid-1800s. Materials in this collection document his life and professional activities.

Papers belonging to Mormon pioneer Ira N. Hinckley, chiefly while on a mission in New Zealand.

The collection contains the professional papers of Robert V. Hine (1921-2015) reflecting his work as a historian of the American West and a writer, and includes research notes, photocopied manuscripts, newspaper clippings, interviews, correspondence, and other research related papers. The...

This collection contains photostat reproductions of original letters and documents held by the the Historical Society of Delaware, including state and county records, military documents, and about 350 letters, mostly from the time of the American Revolution. The inclusive dates...

Drawings of Native American tribes by Austrian artist Franz Hölzlhuber while he was traveling in the United States.

This collection consists of papers related to the life and business activities of San Francisco, California, civil engineer and county surveyor Milo Hoadley (1809-1887). Includes field notebooks containing street grade measurements and surveys (1850s-early 1860s), as well as material about...

Papers belonging to American horticulturalist and nurseryman Benjamin Hodge.

The Edwin B. Hoffman collection consists material related to his service in the United States Revenue Cutter Service, United States Lighthouse Service, United States Shipping Board, and his time as Master of the steamer "Eastern Leader."

Papers belonging to California writer Elwyn Irving Hoffman.

Materials related to the life and career of Bernhard Hohmann, a German aircraft engineer, test pilot, and space program director who emigrated to the United States after World War II and worked in the aviation and aerospace industry. Materials date...

This collection contains 40 items primarily related to the work of Southern Pacific Railroad agent and California Development Company receiver W.H. Holabird (1845-1921), as well as some personal and ephemeral items. Business correspondence and documents chiefly date from 1909 to...

This collection contains the papers of Margaret Broad Holladay (1899-1984), wife of Collis Huntington Holladay, who was the nephew of American railroad magnate Henry E. Huntington (1850-1927), founder of the Huntington Library. The materials chiefly date from 1900-1969 and include...

This collection chiefly contains letterpress books of correspondence mainly related to the professional life of Minnesota railroad employee, land developer, and poet Henry Whitcomb Holley (1828-1897), including real estate transactions, mining claims, railroad construction/development, business enterprises, and his literary career...

Papers belonging to 19th century Kansas railroad builder and politician Cyrus Kurtz Holliday.

A collection of material related to Dr. Augustus G. Holloway and his service in the American Civil War.

Papers belonging to American lawyer, soldier, and politician Joseph Holt.

This collection contains the papers and photographs of the Hong family, a family of prominent Chinese-American community leaders in Los Angeles, California, specifically focused on the papers and photographs of immigration lawyer You Chung Hong (1898-1977), his wife, Mabel Hong...

This collection contains 76 boxes of addenda to the collection of the papers and photographs of the Hong family, a family of prominent Chinese-American community leaders in Los Angeles, California, specifically focused on the papers and photographs of immigration lawyer...

Military papers belonging to American Union General Joseph Hooker.

Papers belonging to American minister and philanthropist George K. Hoover.

Correspondence of American Civil War Union soldier Daniel Horn, Jr.

This collection chiefly contains material dealing with Donner Party and their ill-fated overland journey to the Pacific in 1846, as well as several items written by Eliza Poor Donner Houghton (1843-1922) dealing with California history. Half of the correspondence deals...

Papers belonging to California lawyer and politician Sherman Otis Houghton.

Collection contains manuscripts, agreements, and correspondence, mostly related to J.B. Houston, the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, and the Southern Pacific Company.

This collection contains manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, diaries, passports and ephemera of English writer Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923-2014). The manuscripts cover the entire span of Howard's writing career and include her major novels, as well as articles, essays, plays, short stories,...

Collection of letters to and from Henrietta Hobart Howard, Countess of Suffolk.

This collection contains the letters of British admiral Richard Howe (1726-1799) to Admiral Sir Roger Curtis regarding British Navy administration and fleet operations, chiefly in the English Channel. Material dates from 1776 to 1799.

The collection consists of 75 items primarily comprised of legal documents pertaining to real estate transactions in and around San Jan Capistrano, Los Angeles, and San Diego, California, in the late 19th century.

This collection spans 240 years of American history and includes seven generations of the Howell and Taylor families. Subjects covered are: the Society of Friends; land ownership in the New Jersey colony; Mount Ephraim, New Jersey; fisheries in New Jersey;...

This collection consists of 3 manuscripts and 13 letters chiefly by members of the Howells family including American critic and author William Dean Howells (1837-1920) and his father, newspaper editor William Cooper Howells (1807-1894).

Papers belonging to American editor and journalist William Dean Howells, his family and the Fréchette family.

This collection contains the papers of Edwin P. Hubble (1889-1953), an astronomer at the Mount Wilson Observatory near Pasadena, California. as well as the diaries and biographical memoirs of his wife, Grace Burke Hubble.

A collection of material related to Grace Burke Hubble.

The collection consists mainly of manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera to, by, and about African-American writer Langston Hughes (1910-1976). The bulk of the material dates between 1932 and 1934, the years that Langston Hughes traveled to and from the Soviet...

This collection consists primarily of the correspondence, dated 1948 to 1952, of Milton La Salle Humason (1891-1972), a staff astronomer for the Mount Wilson [& Palomar] Observatories, known chiefly for his collaboration with Edwin P. Hubble in the field of...

A collection of correspondence related to the life of miner and rancher George Lundy Hunt and his mining experiences in British Columbia, Canada, and Calaveras County, California, 1864-1877.

This collection consists of the papers of prominent Southern California architect Myron Hunt (1868-1952) and his wife Virginia Pease Hunt (1871-1957), chiefly related to their involvement with philanthropic and civic organizations in Pasadena, California, from 1917-1946. There are also two...

Correspondence between Clara Huntington, Henry Huntington's oldest daughter, and George D. Hapgood, Henry Huntington's personal secretary, regarding her life as a struggling artist.

This collection contains letters, with a few manuscripts and documents, from the Huntington family, a prominent Connecticut family, who played a important role in the state and national affairs at the time of the Revolutionary War. Chiefly consists of letters...

This collection consists of the personal and business papers of Henry Edwards Huntington, American railroad and land developer and book, manuscript, and art collector. The papers deal chiefly with California railways and Southern California real estate and industry. There are...

Personal papers of Howard E. Huntington, Jr., son of Howard Edwards Huntington, and grandson of Henry E. Huntington, with an emphasis on his military experience in World War II and his interest in avaiation.

A collection of correspondence chiefly between Pre-Raphaelite painter William Holman Hunt and fellow artist and friend, John Lucas Tupper.

This collection chiefly contains correspondence written by members of the Hurlbert and Chenowith families of New England and the American Southwest, between 1869-1902, discussing family matters and day-to-day life. The letters from the Southwest also discuss farming, Native Americans, local...

This collection contains papers of Paul C. Hutchison (1924-1997), a senior botanist at the University of California at Berkeley who specialized in cacti, chiefly consisting of Hutchison’s personal collection of the journals and correspondence of English streetcar operator and amateur...

Sixteen drawings prepared by artist James D. Hutton (died 1868) while with United States Army Captain W. F. Raynolds' expedition of the Yellowstone River Valley in 1859-1860, as well as one ca. 1847 drawing of Costa Rica.

This collection contains 96 drawings, 14 original letters, and 39 facsimiles of letters and manuscripts of California surveyor, topographer, and engineer William Rich Hutton (1826-1901). Includes both watercolor and pencil drawings of California (including Los Angeles, Monterey, San Francisco, the...

This collection contains audio cassette interviews and transcripts of interviews conducted by David K. Dunaway with twenty-six people who knew or came into contact with English writer Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) and his family. A majority of the interviewees are people...

The collection chiefly contains business correspondence from Charles Leavitt Hyde, of Pierre, South Dakota, to O. D. Chester in Camden, Michigan.

This collection contains the records of the Southern California chapter of the Index of American Design, which was a Federal Arts Project, 1933-1943, and consists of reports, correspondence, drawings, paintings, photographs, and ephemera.

A collection of diaries and photograph albums related to Selena Gray Galt Ingram (1859-1942), chiefly documenting early-20th century Los Angeles and ranch living in Imperial Valley, California.

This collection is comprised of 91 items, dating from 1927-1928, related to the establishment of the Intermountain Title Guaranty & Trust Company of Salt Lake City, Utah, consisting chiefly of correspondence regarding the assignments of posts in the new organization...

This collection consists of letters, documents and drawings pertaining to various railroads, particularly those in Australia and Great Britain in the 19th century.

This collection contains letters written by Japanese-American Ami Inuzuka to her friends Hardin and Raemond Craig, with 13 letters written while the Inuzukas were interned at the Gila River Relocation Center in Rivers, Arizona, beginning in 1942 and discussing life...

An autograph collection compiled by Alexander Fitzgerald Irvine, Irish-American author and minister.

This collection contains the papers of Irish-American author, lecturer, and Congregationalist minister Alexander Irvine (1863-1941), and consists mostly of Irvine’s manuscripts, chiefly dating from 1906-1941.

Postcards and a note from Christopher Isherwood to Jack Rosen.

Six letters from Christopher Isherwood to his friend John Zeigel, 1961-1962.

The collection includes primarily letters from Christopher Isherwood to Lincoln Kirstein.

Two letters and four postcards to Selden Rodman, discussing writing and publishing.

This collection contains the papers of British-American writer Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986), chiefly dating from the 1920s to the 1980s. Consisting of scripts, literary manuscripts, correspondence, diaries, photographs, ephemera, audiovisual material, and Isherwood's library, the archive is an exceptionally rich resource...

The Arthur Ito papers consist of material related to his early life in Mexico, service in the World War II, and career in the floral industry.

The collection contains property appraisal reports created and collected by City of Los Angeles real estate appraiser Albert A. Izmirian (1921-2009). The appraisal reports include typed appraisals, handwritten notes, photographs, maps, and other data referring to various properties throughout...

Includes personal and business papers belonging to David Jacks and the David Jacks Corporation presented to the Huntington Library by his daughter, Margaret Anna Jacks, April, 1958...

A collection of material related to Helen Hunt Jackson, American author and activist.

The collection consists of the papers of Professor Leroy F. Jackson (1881-1958), an educator actively involved in the education of Native Americans in the early 20th century. The material focus on the the following subjects: early missions and missionaries to...

This collection contains the papers of bankers and businessmen Barron Jacobs (1843-1936) and Lionel Jacobs (1841-1922) of Tucson and Tombstone, Arizona, and their family, including correspondence of the Jacobs brothers and their mercantile and banking operations; family letters; and financial...

A collection of personal and professional material related to the life and work of George Wharton James, British-American lecturer and author on the American Southwest.

A collection of letters related to the American novelist Henry James.

This collection consists of travel-related ephemera and material related to James King Steele.

A collection of material assembled by Edwin B. Janes, Ohio autograph and manuscript collector.

This collection contains papers related to the career of American mining engineer Charles Janin (1873-1937). Subject matter in the collection focuses on minerals, mines and mining, especially in California, Mexico, Alaska, Canada, Russia (including Siberia), and Central and South America....

This collection contains the papers relating to the lives and activities of various members of the Blair, Croghan, Janin, and Jesup families, chiefly extending from New Orleans lawyer and businessman Albert Covington Janin and his wife, Washington, D.C., socialite Violet...

This collection contains the papers of American mining engineer Louis Janin (1837-1914), chiefly consisting of correspondence, primarily from the Concepcion Mining & Milling Co. for the years 1887 through 1889, and 47 notebooks and pocket diaries kept by Janin between...

This collection consists of 18 diaries kept between 1863 and 1895 by American mining engineer Louis Janin (1837-1914), which chiefly contain accounts of trip California, Nevada, Japan, and Mexico to survey mines.

The John Janney collection contains correspondence and business records related to mining in the early 20th century American West. Included are files related to John Janney's several properties and interests, most of which were in Lincoln County, Nevada, including the...

The collection primarily consists of correspondence related to the Jarman family, Mormon converts who immigrated from England to Utah in the 1860s. It includes statements by Maria Bidgood Jarman Ford Barnes regarding her divorce from her abusive, polygamous first...

This collection contains letters, narratives, and eight large volumes of clippings related to the members of the Jayhawkers, their overland trip to the California gold fields through Death Valley in 1849 to 1850, and their annual reunions held between 1872...

The Thomas Jefferson collection contains correspondence and documents; architectural drawings, plans, and surveys; accounts; and notebooks dating from 1764 to 1826. The bulk of the collection is correspondence pertaining to various aspects of Thomas Jefferson's political career, family life, and...

A collection of letters, newsletters and reports of Parliamentary Proceedings sent to the diplomat Sir Leoline Jenkins and his secretary Dr. Owen Wynne, 1676-1680.

A collection of material related to the life and work of Edward Jerningham, English poet and dramatist.

This collection contains the papers of American Civil War Captain Gustavus Ferdinand Jochnick (1817-1890). Chiefly consists of correspondence from Gustavus F. Jocknick to his friend John Wilkin, including discussion of the Civil War and discussing army movements, battles, and political...

This collection consists of 14 letters from U.S. President Andrew Johnson, eight letters from others, two signed checks, and a copy of Johnson's apprenticeship order, 1822 to 1870.

This collection contains correspondence, ephemera, and a photograph album of World War I American soldier Arvid T. Johnson (later a San Diego State College history professor), as well as some later family letters and documents.

Collection of archival material related to aeronautical engineer Clarence L. Johnson.

The collection consists of primary and secondary source material on the Johnson County War of 1892, focusing on and around the town of Buffalo, Wyoming. It includes manuscripts related to the Johnson County invasion, alleged cattle rustling, the death of...

This collection contains documents relating to various aspects of retired Pasadena, California, physician Henry Warren Johnson (1854-1942). The bulk of the documents are notes for his manuscript, "The Story of Placerville Road," which chronicles his experiences traveling around California in...

Diary of Captain Parish Barhydt Johnson (born 1838), Western newspaper publisher, covering a trip from Wilmington, California, to Tucson, Arizona during his time in the United States Army in 1864, as well as 38 pieces of correspondence related to the...

A collection of the papers of Los Angeles journalist and politician Roger C. Johnson.

This collection contains 21 letters and drawings related to or by English writer Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) that were previously bound together in one volume.

Collection chiefly consists of correspondence between Sir Harford Jones (1764-1847), Henry Dundas, first Viscount Melville (1742-1811), and Robert Dundas, second Viscount Melville (1771-1851). The collection spans Jones's time in the Persian court.

Diaries of Henry Jones, a Quaker farmer and abolitionist, of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania from 1837-1871.

A collection of the personal letters of James T. Jones, written from 1843 to 1867, while on voyages to South America, and while living in California.

A collection of letters and documents related to the life and career of American naval officer, John Paul Jones.

Papers documenting Thomas V. Jones' career with Northrop Corporation.

This collection contains the papers of English comedic actress Dorothy Jordan (1761-1816), chiefly consisting of correspondence from Jordon to William IV (Duke of Clarence) between 1794 to 1812. The letters primarily deal with domestic matters, as well as Jordan's working...

This collection consists of the professional papers of American astronomer Alfred Harrison Joy (1882-1973) and contains correspondence and research files related to Joy's study of stellar radial velocities, variable stars, T Tauri stars, and galactic structure. There is also an...

This collection chiefly contains family correspondence of the Judson Family, dating from 1852 to 1887 and discussing family affairs as well as current events, including such topics as agriculture and economic conditions in California. Thirteen letters have to do with...

A group of autographs from American politicians, soldiers, clergyman, and actors, collected by Gerald John Kane; the collection covers the years 1666 to 1953.

A collection of business correspondence, land and mining papers, documents, and volumes dealing with Nevada, Arizona, and California; the material was collected by Gerald John Kane.

This collection, compiled by collector Gerald John Kane (1901-1957), consists of 1,520 documents written by or containing the signatures of notable individuals. The material dates from 1571 to 1951 and includes accounts, letters, photographs, poems, government papers and royal proclamations...

Maps related to American history before 1800...

The majority of the collection consists of correspondence sent to the Katano family while they were interred at the Manzanar War Relocation Center in Inyo County, California, from 1942 to 1945. Many of the letters were sent to Tomeko...

Research material used by Polly W. Kaufman for her 1994 edition of Apron Full of Gold: The Letters of Mary Jane Megquier from San Francisco, 1849-1856.

A collection of personal, business, and literary papers belonging to American poet and ornithologist Charles Augustus Keeler.

A collection of personal and literary papers related to Florence R. Keene, California poet and magazine editor.

The collection consists of the personal and business papers of Los Angeles businessman Henry Workman Keller (1869-1958) and is comprised of approximately 7985 pieces. Many of the papers are bound together in files so that one item may contain up...

This collection contains papers related to the life and business interests of Los Angeles pioneer businessman and ranch owner Matthew Keller (1810-1881). Subject matter in the collection includes Los Angeles from 1851-1880, particularly reflected in deeds and land papers for...

This collection contains the papers of Frances Maria Kelly (1790-1882), a popular actress on the 19th century British stage, and includes 176 manuscript and correspondence items and 45 items of ephemera.

Papers of Jeannette Garr Washburn Kelsey and her extended family; the papers include Jeannette G. W. Kelsey's memoir; family, social, and business correspondence; volumes, and photographs.

This collection consists of 96 manuscript poems, documents, and correspondence by and related to English actor and author Fanny Kemble (1809-1893). Correspondents include: Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, Charles John Kean, John Mitchell Kemble, John Poole, Adelaide Kemble Sartoris, and Charles Mayne...

The bulk of this collection consists of the diaries, account books, weather diaries, and notebooks of American Midwestern farmer Milton Frank Kemble (1829-1888). Of particular interest is the diary Kemble wrote while traveling by train from Iowa to California in...

This collection consists of a disbound autograph album chiefly containing manuscripts and letters written by leading British Victorian political, scientific, and literary figures; there is also a small amount of material by American, French, German, and Polish writers.

This collection consists of correspondence, business records, and maps of the Kerckhoff-Cuzner Mill & Lumber Company of Los Angeles, California, with the bulk dating from 1883-1908. The majority deals with the purchase of Boschke’s Island in the Port of Los...

A collection of correspondence and journals of the American master millwright and Mormon Bishop, Frederick Kesler.

This collection consists of business records, correspondence, and legal cases related to Kettleman North Dome Association.

This collection consists of the personal and business papers of American railroad executive Thomas Lord Kimball (1831-1899) and is primarily focused on his activities with the Union Pacific Railroad.

A collection of correspondence of Charles King, American soldier, novelist and historian.

A collection of professional and personal material related to Clarence King, American geologist, mining engineer, and writer.

This collection contains the papers of American author, rancher, and cowboy Frank M. King (1863-1953), who served as a columnist and associate editor of the Western Livestock Journal. Includes manuscripts of King's writings about his life and the history of...

This collection contains correspondence of American statesman and diplomat Rufus King (1755-1827), dating from 1782 until 1830, related to United States Department of State communications including negotiations with Great Britain; intelligence bearing on the tension between the United States and...

A collection of letters related to English author and cleric, Charles Kingsley.

The collection consists of correspondence by Edmund Kirby. There are a few letters written to him as well as correspondence by other Kirby family members.

This small collection contains papers of the Kirk family, a well-established Pennsylvania Quaker family. The majority of the collection consists of family letters, notes, cards and invitations between members of the Kirk, Inskeep, and Ridgway families.

A collection of letters and documents related to the life and work of American lawyer Sargeant Prentiss Knut.

This collection contains both personal and professional papers of Samuel L. Kreider (1882-1954), a prominent businessman in Los Angeles, California. Within the collection, there are manuscripts, business documents, correspondence, legal and financial documents, and ephemera, which include various writings...

This collection contains the papers of American artist Alexander Kruse (1888-1972), a student of the "Ashcan" School of Art and author of two popular art instruction books. The materials relate to Kruse's career as an artist, art critic, and author...

The professional correspondence and papers of American mineralogist and author George Frederick Kunz.

The bulk of this collection contains drafts, typescripts, and research materials compiled by Friedrich Kurylo for his biography of German physicist Ferdinand Braun (1850-1918).

A small collection of material related to the Kwong Cheung Lung Co., a San Francisco-based company dealing in general food merchandise.

This collection consists of papers and 876 maps of Southern California hydraulic engineer Eugene C. La Rue (1879-1947) related to irrigation projects in the western United States, as well as diaries of La Rue's Colorado River trips from 1921, 1922,...

Correspondence between Jonathan B. Labrant and his wife Mary; also letters to and by other family members.

A collection of letters and papers by and to the Marquis de Lafayette, members of his family and friends.

A collection of family letters and papers related to the life of Ann Getz Lake.

Papers belonging to American Civil War Union solider Delos W. Lake.

The collection contains correspondence, film and television scripts, articles, and photographs of author and screenwriter Stuart Lake (1890-1962), best known for his writings about the American West.

This collection contains the personal and professional papers of attorney and United States Marshal of the District of Columbia Ward Hill Lamon (1818-1891), a close friend and a biographer of Abraham Lincoln. The collection includes source materials for Lamon's biography...

A collection of personal, business, and mining papers belonging to Theodore J. Lamoureaux, American mining engineer.

This collection consists of official manuscript copies of plays submitted for licensing in Great Britain between 1737 and 1824 that were in the possession of John Larpent (1741-1824), the examiner of plays, at the time of his death in 1824....

The collection consists primarily of material related to the work of American poet, professor and editor Clinton F. Larson.

The collection reflects broadly the professional life of American businessman and philanthropist Albert D. Lasker, as well as other family members including Mary Lasker, Edward Lasker, Frances Lasker Brody, and Mary Lasker Block.

The collection contains correspondence and other material related to Edward Lasker's horse library as well as 19 manuscript volumes from his library.

This collection contains business records and correspondence of Miller & Lux, the largest producer of cattle in California and one of the largest landowners in the American West, with materials dating from the company's founding in 1858 to the 1930s....

This collection contains the research materials of Frank F. Latta (1892-1983) from his five decades of researching the history and development of California's San Joaquin Valley and Miller & Lux, in particular dry farming known as skyfarming. Subjects include: agriculture...

The business records of Homer Laughlin and the Laughlin Building in Los Angeles, California.

A collection consisting primarily of mining company business records from the career of Giovanni Lavagnino.

The collection consists of papers concerning British soldier and author T.E. Lawrence (1888-1935) including manuscripts (by and about Lawrence), correspondence (including over 150 letters by Lawrence), photographs, drawings, reproductions and ephemera. Also included in the collection is research material of...

This collection contains the papers of American watchmaker and water-works builder Caleb Leach (1755-1837). The majority of the collection deals with Leach’s invention, the screw auger, and his various business ventures. There is also some material related to Leach’s family...

A collection of diaries, letters, documents, and manuscripts of John Doyle Lee documenting early life in Utah and the Mountain Meadows Massacre.

A collection related to the Leigh family of Adlestrop, England; it includes correspondence, documents, poems, transcriptions, and genealogical material.

The Leigh family papers is a collection of letters, poems and manuscripts of six generations of the Leigh family of Adlestrop mainly concerning family matters and the society in which they lived.

Documents, correspondence, photographs, clippings, and other materials related to the Leong and See families, prominent members of the Los Angeles Chinese community and early business owners in Los Angeles Chinatown. Collection includes items related to individual Leong and See family...

A collection of personal and business correspondence, notebooks, and ephemera for the author and editor Charles James Lever.

This collection contains the papers of Hollywood screenwriter Sonya Levien (1888?-1960), including screenplays, literary manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, awards and ephemera. There is also material in the collection related to Levien's early involvement with the Suffrage movement, both in America and...

Chiefly correspondence written to test-pilot Tony LeVier from fans, fellow pilots, and retired pilots.

A colelction of letters from Lewis Charles Levin, American Congressmen, to William David Lewis.

The Charlton Thomas Lewis and family letters consist of correspondence related to his family, and the family of his wife, Nancy Dunlap McKneen Lewis.

A group of six autograph letters written from 1867 to 1868 by Edgar Lewis to his mother Mrs. W. B. Lewis.

This collection contains 426 items and deals with American historian Allan Nevins (1890-1971) and his work, and writer and historian Mort Reis Lewis' efforts to preserve Nevins' legacy.

A collection of the German American political philosopher and educator Francis Lieber. The collection includes Lieber's correspondence, notes, manuscripts, and published material accumulated in the preparation of his works covering his political and academic career. The collection includes, among other...

Collection contains material created by and related to Abraham Lincoln, including correspondence, documents, and legal records pertaining to his presidency, the Civil War, and his law practice. Also present are items concerning Lincoln's assassination and the conspirators, his funeral, and...

Collection consists of 69 letters, primarily from Mary Todd Lincoln to Alexander Williamson dated from 1865 to 1867. In addition, there are several letters from Lincoln to Sally Orne, 1865 to 1870, and to Noyes W. Miner, 1881 to 1882....

This collection contains papers pertaining to the socialist cooperative Llano del Rio Colony, founded by Job Harriman in the Antelope Valley, California, in 1914, and its successor, Newllano, located in Louisiana, with the bulk dating from the 1930s. Subjects represented...

Copies of the various family records - muster and pay rolls, bounty receipts, church records, etc. -- collected by Lloyd Vernon Briggs.

A collection of the papers of Edward Hawke Locker and, his son, Frederick Locker-Lampson.

Archival material documenting the history of the Lockheed Corporation as well as the activities of the Aero Club of Southern California and the National Aeronautic Association.

This collection consists of the papers of Oregon historian and Pacific Monthly editor Fred Lockley Jr. (1871-1958) and his father, newspaper editor Frederic E. Lockley Sr. (1824-1905), as well as some family papers. Includes the memoirs, Civil War diary and...

This collection consists of correspondence and a small amount of printed ephemera of American statesman Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1924). The majority of the letters are by Lodge; these include a very small number of personal letters but are mainly letters...

A collection of personal and buiness papers related to the life of Joseph Philip Loeb, California attorney and civic leader.

Letters from brothers Claude and Nelson Logue, and Claude's wife Margaret Logue, to parents Ida and Reuben Logue in Aspen, Colorado, describing work and daily life. Some documents related to the Chronicle Gold Mining Company are also included.

The collection consists primarily of letters from California writer Charmian London to literary agent Harvey Taylor, in the early 1930s, discussing both personal and business subjects. Taylor was acting as an agent for Charmian and the works of her...

This collection consists of 45 letters, primarily from Jack London and his wife, Charmian London, and 15 pieces of ephemera.

The collection contains the papers of American writer Jack London (1876-1916) and includes literary manuscripts of most of London's works, extensive correspondence files, documents, photographs, ephemera, and scrapbooks.

The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and ephemera pertaining to the life and work of California writer and labor activist Joan London (1901-1971), the eldest daughter of author Jack London (1876-1916). Since much of London's work focused...

This collection consists mainly of the original correspondence (1839-1869) to and from José Matías Moreno (born ca. 1818), with the bulk of it dating from 1850s and 1860s when Moreno was an important agent, merchant, and political figure in San...

A collection of papers related to the life and career of Oscar Fitzalan Long, American Army General.

A collection of 15 original manuscript maps drawn by Colonel William Hale Long during the American Civil War.

Invoices and printed materials related to Lawrence D. Longo's collection of antiquarian and rare books in reproductive biology from 1878-2012.

A collection of volumes, manuscripts, documents, and correspondence dealing with the history of medicine, midwifery, gynecology, obstetrics and childbirth.

This collection contains historical court case files, minute books, and supporting materials, dating from 1850-1911, from Los Angeles area courts that have been placed on long-term deposit at the Huntington Library.

Research material used by historians in the water rights case of the City of Los Angeles vs. City of San Fernando as well as copies of legal documents from the court case.

Collection of maps surveyed for the Los Angeles County Assessor’s Office between 1860 and 1897. The maps primarily focus on excavations, improvements, and expansions of roads throughout Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and Orange Counties. Most of the maps show boundary...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors was created by the California state legislature in 1852 and serves in an executive, legislative, and quasi-judicial capacity. The collection of road records consists of road books and other records that document the...

The collection contains manuscripts, correspondence and ephemera created by groups and individuals involved in research on multiphasic screenings.

The collection contains the minute books of the Los Angeles County Medical Association (LACMA) from 1871 to 1970.

Records from the Los Angeles County Medical Association's campaign to find a new coroner for Los Angeles County.

Three volumes containing records, in Spanish, documentin g the governance of the southern portion of Alta California from the Mexican Constitution of 1824 through the creation of the Los Angeles Prefecture in 1837 and the conquest by the United States...

This collection contains correspondence, festival and fair programs, newspaper clippings, photographs, a notebook, a list of donations, and other documents about the Flower Festival Society, a women's association in Los Angeles, California, dating from 1885 to 1891. The records...

These papers document the transfer of land during the first few decades of American ownership of Los Angeles, California. This collection consists of the original documents certifying the sale, purchase, pre-emption, or surveying of land by sheriffs, clerks, notary...

This collection contains the business records of the Los Angeles Paving Company, an important business enterprise in 20th century Southern California. The collection chiefly dates from the 1910s to the 1960s and includes business and project files, correspondence, photographs, and...

A group of material related to the Los Angeles Railway Corporation.

Originally maintained as the Los Angeles Times History Center, the Los Angeles Times Records contains documents and objects related to the business life of the Los Angeles Times and its owners - both corporate and personal.

A collection of manuscripts and correspondence related to Benson John Lossing, American artist and historian.

A collection of material related to Benson John Lossing, American artist and historian.

A collection of material related to Benson John Lossing, American artist and historian.

A collection of material related to Benson John Lossing, American artist and historian.

The personal and official papers of John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun (1705-1782): commander-in-chief of British forces in America during the Seven Years War and Indian War and titular governor of Virginia. Also, the personal and official papers of Pierre...

The collection consists of correspondence, essays, bibliographical notes, bound volumes, and ephemera either pertaining to or collected by Joseph C. Loughran. The majority of the items relate to Utah history from the 1860s to the 1940s and focus on Weber...

A collection of material related to the life and military career of Confederate general Mansfield Lovell.

A collection of business and personal papers related to the lives and work of William Spencer Lowden and his son Henry L. Lowden, California businessmen.

This collection contains the papers of Los Angeles, California, orthopedic surgeon Dr. Charles LeRoy Lowman (1879-1977) related to his 1937 book on hydrotherapy: Techniques of Underwater Gymnastics.

Materials related to La Prensa and La Opinión, Spanish language newspapers run by the Lozano family, including financial and legal documents, ephemera, bound newspaper volumes, and photographs. Also includes personal and business correspondence of founder Ignacio E. Lozano, Sr., Ignacio...

The Lugo family papers consist of printed ephemera and photographs related to the Lugo family and local events primarily in San Gabriel, California.

A collection of professional and personal papers of Theodore Parker Lukens, Southern California conservationist, real estate investor, and community leader.

A collection of letters (1900-1925) written to Los Angeles City Librarian Charles Fletcher Lummis.

A collection of manuscripts, correspondence, ephemera related to the life and work of Western American artist Fernand Lungren.

A collection related to Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Baron Lytton, and Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton, English novelists.

The Zachary Macaulay papers consist of letters, manuscripts, and documents relating to the affairs of Zachary Macaulay and his family from 1793-1888.

A botanical album containing 48 watercolor paintings created by Mary Parker, Countess of Macclesfield, in the 18th century.

This collection contains 54 items related to the investigations of United States War Department and Corp of Engineers agent Bert MacDonald, who was hired in 1942 to monitor and investigate communist and other radical groups in Los Angeles, California.

A collection of the personal and business papers of Charles Maclay, California State Senator and the founder of the city of San Fernando, California.

The collection mainly consists of incoming correspondence to American artist Alice Jones MacMonnies and her husband, sculptor Frederick MacMonnies (1863-1937), from Alice's mother, Georgina Sullivan Jones. Jones's diary from an 1896 European tour and a variety of photographs of Alice,...

This collection contains the papers of law professor Sayre Macneil (1886-1961), chiefly consisting of correspondence related to academic and legal matters (1869-1948), and papers of his family including documents related to the Arügello family (1875-1975) and the family estate and...

This collection primarily contains political correspondence between James Madison and Alexander James Dallas, 1815-1816.

A collection of material collected by Charles F. Manahan related to the 34th Infantry Regiment, U. S. Volunteers and its activities during the Philippine-American War of 1899 to 1902.

The collection is comprised primarily of the manuscripts and correspondence of British novelist Hilary Mantel (1952-2022). Manuscripts include short stories, lectures, interviews, scripts, radio plays, articles and reviews, as well as various drafts and notes for Mantel's novels; also included:...

The collection chiefly contains the correspondence of Italian physicist Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), primarily to his American fiancée, Josephine Bowen Holman. There are two manuscripts: Morse Code Legend written by Marconi and Holman's diary for January to April 1902.

A collection of material related to the Italian inventor and electrical engineer Guglielmo Marconi and his chief engineer Richard Norman Vyvyan.

This collection consists primarily of photocopies of scripts for plays performed at the Mark Taper Forum and the Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles, California, from 1967 to 2014, as well as production files, programs, and a set of periodicals...

This collection consists of letters and documents related to the life and interests of California governor Henry Harrison Markham (1867-1899). Subjects include: political trends in California, the California gubernatorial campaign of 1890, the 1896 election of President McKinley, and mining...

Papers of Southern California author and poet Neeta Marquis.

The George Turner Marsh papers consist of personal and professional material related to Marsh's business selling primarily Japanese arts and antiques.

The thirty-seven-volume journal of the amateur English composer and musician John Marsh of Chichester, Sussex; in which he records the important events of his eventful life and of the life around him.

Professional and personal papers of river-runner and historian and river historian Otis R. Marston (1894-1979) and his collection of the materials on the history of Colorado River and Green River regions. Included are log books from river expeditions, journals, diaries,...

This collection contains the correspondence of Jefferson Martenet (1828-1906), who left Baltimore, Maryland, in 1852 during the California Gold Rush and became a resident of Northern California. The correspondence is chiefly to his family in Baltimore discussing life, business ventures,...

Correspondence of Mary Martin, and her family, who owned the Albemarle Plantation in Assumption Parish, Louisiana.

This collection contains the papers of writer and Los Angeles Times columnist Al Martínez (1929-2015).

This collection contains the papers of Matt E. Mason (born 1849) chronicling his activity in manufacturing between 1874 and 1919 in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota. Includes diaries and account books kept between 1874-1882 with entries describing his day-to-day activities...

This collection consists of material collected by physician Robert Stragnell (1923-2015) regarding the Bella Union Hotel, its owners the Matfield family, and early Los Angeles and California history, chiefly dating from 1873-1918.

Papers belonging to the New England Puritan Mather family.

J. H. "Harry" Mathers was a surveyor for railroad and mining companies in the American west (primarily California) and Baja California. The collection is composed entirely of correspondence between various members of the Mathers family.

The correspondence between Isaac Newton Mathews and various family members in Indiana and Ohio; chiefly about the American Civil War. Also includes copies of poems and several essays.

The collection consists primarily of letters, most of which were written by C. H. (Clarence Hastings) Mayo to his family back home in Warwick, Massachusetts, describing the various towns in which Mayo lived, his work on cattle ranches, agriculture, and...

This collection consists of papers related to the life and political career of American lawyer and politician William Gibbs McAdoo (1863-1941). Much of the correspondence deals with McAdoo's public appearances and engagements as a United States senator from California and...

This collection contains letters chiefly written by Iowa lawyer, Civil War soldier (and later second lieutenant), and Iowa State Senator Moses A. McCoid (1840-1904), to his wife Helen, and dating from 1859 to 1884.

A collection of correspondence related to the life and work of Gene Frances McComas, California artist.

A collection of material for Samuel McCullough concerning mining and the construction of federal buildings in San Francisco, California (1873 to 1878).

This collection contains family correspondence, manuscripts, and ephemera of American Civil War soldier and Ohio floral shipping merchant Frank McGregor (1838-1920), including letters from McGregor about his experiences during the Civil War.

A collection of the professional, personal, and political papers and correspondence of American statesman James McHenry.

This collection contains the personal and professional papers of American railroad mechanical engineer and innovator William Riley McKeen Jr. (1869-1946), who developed some of the first gasoline-powered railroad motor cars, beginning in 1905 for the Union Pacific Railroad. In 1908,...

A collection of papers related to the McNair family of Pennsylvania and California.

A collection of photocopies related to the Mission San Gabriel Arcangel, San Gabriel, California; original material collected by William F. McPherson.

This collection consists of letters written by Fred S. Meady (died 1913), who worked on steam and cargo ships, and his wife, Sarah Meady, dating from 1878-1889. Fred's letters describe life at sea, and Sarah's describe life at home in...

Papers of San Francisco real estate businessman William Newton Meeks.

The majority of the collection consists of correspondence sent by American civil engineer Montgomery Meigs Jr. (1847-1931) to his parents, Montgomery Cunningham Meigs and Louisa Rodgers Meigs, while he worked as an engineer on the Northern Pacific Railroad in...

This collection consists of letters from George H. Mendell to D.D. Clarke, engineer of the Water Board for Portland, Oregon, between 1897 and 1899. Mendell writes detailed letters of instruction and advice for engineering issues raised by Clarke, particularly regarding...

The collection consists of over 120 letters, manuscripts and documents related to James F. Mercer and his death at Fort Oswego, New York, in 1756 and the settling of his estate after his death.

This collection consists of the business records of the Merrymount Press of Boston, Massachusetts, and papers of its owner Daniel Berkeley Updike (1860-1941). The Press, which operated for 45 years, was known for its excellence in typography and design, especially...

Personal and professional papers of Edwards Huntington Metcalf, T. E. Lawrence collector, businessman, and grandson of Henry E. Huntington.

Original records of 93 trials from the archives of the Holy Office of the Inquisition in Mexico.

This collection contains 92 legal, military, religious, and genealogical records (often incomplete fragments) related to colonial and national Mexico and Guatemala, dating from 1586 to 1857. The bulk of the records are legal and contractual, including wills, testimonies, inheritance cases,...

Collection of letters and documents related to the Mexican War and settlement of Texas.

Papers belonging to Eric George Millar, Keeper of Manuscripts at the British Museum.

A collection of material related to the author Kenneth Millar who wrote the Lew Archer mysteries under the pseudonym Ross Macdonald.

The majority of the collection deals with the estate and assets of rare book seller Alice Parsons Millard (1873-1938) at the time of her death. There is also some correspondence and photographs, including images of Millard's homes in Highland Park...

This collection consists of material related to Charles D. Miller's career as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Avery Dennison Corporation and philanthropic activities.

This collection consists of the personal and professional papers of journalist, civil rights activist, attorney and judge Loren Miller (1903-1967). The collection focuses on events taking place in Los Angeles and all of California; New York City and Harlem; Chicago...

This collection consists almost entirely of family letters sent by farmer Alexander Miner (1802-1873) in Lima, New York, to his daughter Martha Matilda Miner, a college student attending Oberlin College in Ohio (Class of 1863).

Family papers of the Mitchell family of El Dorado County, California.

This collection contains correspondence, photographs, and ephemera of Polish actress Helena Modjeska (1840-1909) and members of the family of Ludwik Opid (1865-1948), whom Modjeska considered to be a nephew, dating from 1869-1982. The bulk of the materials consists of correspondence,...

This collection contains the papers of Gloria Molina (born 1948), who was a Los Angeles County Supervisor of the First Supervisorial District from 1991 to 2014. This collection is mainly comprised of records created and accumulated during her years on...

Papers of Elizabeth Montagu, chiefly letters, with some manuscripts.

This collection consists of letters and documents related to the government of the municipality of Monterey, California, primarily during the period 1828-1854.

Collection of facsimile copies of drawings by Thomas Jefferson and the architectural drawings for the 1946-1953 restoration of Monticello, along with photographs of furnishings, catalogues, and reports, which were placed at the Huntington Library by the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation...

Letters of Dorothea Lummis Moore written to her husband Charles Fletcher Lummis while in medical school in Boston.

This collection contains the papers of William Moore (born 1827), an early settler and surveyor in Los Angeles, California. The materials chiefly reflect Moore's surveying projects from the late 1850s into the 1870s and include Moore’s daily diaries as well...

Letters of American diplomat Benjamin Moran to American General Badeau.

Letters from Mexican sharecropper Luz Moreno to his daughter and son-in-law in the United States.

The collection consists of typewritten transcripts of newspaper articles compiled by Dale L. Morgan for research on the Mormons and the Far West dating from 1809 to 1895.

Papers of California pioneer and gold miner William Rollin Morgan.

Letters of California pioneer and gold miner William Rollin Morgan.

Papers belonging to 18th century American merchant Robert Morris.

This collection contains the papers of Samuel Brooks Morris (1890-1962), a Southern California civil engineer specializing in water issues, who worked for the Pasadena Water Department (1912-1934), as a Stanford University Professor (1935-1944), and for the Los Angeles Department of...

This collection contains the archival and manuscript portion of the Sanford and Helen Berger collection and primarily contains manuscripts, correspondence, and ephemera created by or related to 19th century English artist, decorator, poet, and printer William Morris (1834-1896) and his...

The collection chiefly contains material related to Melvin S. Morse's campaign for election to the Pasadena Board of Education in 1953.

The Mount Wilson Observatory Legal Papers comprise one box of material relating to the founding, construction, and operation of the institution dating from 1903 to 1939.

12 bound logbooks relating to the construction and use of the 60" and 100" telescopes at Mount Wilson Observatory.

This collection contains records of the Mount Wilson Observatory Optical Shop, relating to the operation of the department from 1911 to 1963 (bulk 1930-1947). The department was responsible for repairing and maintaining the Observatory's telescopes, as well as for observatories...

This collection contains business records chiefly related to the finances of the Mount Wilson Toll Road Company, which built the Mount Wilson Toll Road, a ten-mile wagon road it completed in 1891 from the foothills above Pasadena, California, up...

This collection contains correspondence and some ephemera of the family of naturalist John Muir (1838-1914). The correspondence largely deals with family affairs dating between the early 1860s to early 1900s. Many of the letters mention John and his activities at...

This collection is made up of 59 ephemera items related to naturalist John Muir (1838-1914) collected by collector J. Marshall Watkins while he was researching Muir. Includes pamphlets, brochures, newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, programs, poetry, and copies of Muir's writings...

Letters of Olive Helms Mulholland, American teacher of Illinois and California.

Papers of Mexican painter and writer Gerardo Murillo also known as Dr. Atl.

This 62-piece collection chiefly contains correspondence to Pre-Raphaelite artist and art collector Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919), as well as a few manuscripts by Murray and seven unsigned pencil and ink sketches, some of which are by Murray.

Collection of Western Americana material collected by American editor and publisher Herbert Myrick.

This collection contains 69 letters of American cartoonist Thomas Nast (1840-1902) and his family, including letters from Nast written while covering the Heenan-Sayers prizefight and Giuseppe Garabaldi's military campaign in Sicily (1860); a tour of Pennsylvania Civil War battlefields in...

This collection contains papers of Dr. Earl F. Nation (1910-2008), a Southern California physician and biographer of physician Sir William Osler (1849-1919), a founder of Johns Hopkins Hospital. The collection chiefly consists of photocopies of correspondence between Sir and Lady...

Papers of Mormon pioneer William Perry Nebeker.

Personal and professional papers of 20th century American businessman Donald M. Nelson.

Items owned by Doug Nelson, founder and former curator of the Air Force Flight Test Museum, including drafting drawings of aircraft, original patent documents from Douglas Aircraft Company, Air Force Flight Manuals, and copies of and magazines.

Collection of business papers of several mining companies including Savage Mining Company and the Hale and Norcross Mining Company.

Materials related to railroads built in Nevada and eastern California in connection with the Comstock Lode in Virginia City, Nevada, and other mining booms in Nevada and California.

Professional and personal papers of American historian Allan Nevins.

Papers belonging to the American Newcomb and Johnson families.

The collection consists mainly of the business and accounting records of the Newhall Land and Farming Company, the White Investment Company, and numerous subsidiaries for the period 1883-1970s.

Papers of American Congregational minister Emma Newman.

The Medals and coins honoring Sir Isaac Newton collection contains various medallions, medals and coins, some in plaster replica which chiefly depict Isaac Newton.

The Isaac Newton related artwork, photographs, drawings and prints from Babson College's Grace K. Babson Collection of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton, contains various artworks on paper depicting Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), contemporary scientists and other figures as well...

The Nichols family was a prominent New England family. This archive focuses specifically on two brothers: George Granville Nichols and Smith Woodward Nichols, Jr.

This collection contains the papers of Grace Nicholson (1877-1948), a collector and dealer of Native American and Asian arts and crafts in Pasadena, California, with much of the collection relating to her work in the fields of Native American and...

Papers and collection of American Civil War veteran and collector John Page Nicholson.

The collection contains the astronomical research and correspondence of American astronomer Seth Barnes Nicholson (1891-1963), dating from 1914 to 1963. The majority of Nicholson’s research material deals with his study of Jupiter and its moons.

The collection numbers 119 pieces of letters and manuscripts and 150 pieces of photographs and ephemera. It has been fully cataloged and available for research. ...

This collection contains the personal and professional correspondence of the Noble family of South Carolina, mostly of attorney Edward Noble (1823-1889) and his son Patrick Noble (1849-1920). The Nobles were closely related through various marriages to the Calhoun, Green, Clemson,...

This collection contains the papers of the family of Montana farmers and ranchers Florence Noble (1881-1968) and Royal H. Noble (1878-1971). The materials cover many aspects of the Nobles’ lives in Montana and California, chiefly dating from the late 1890s...

This collection is made up of material gathered by Southern California historian Knox Mellon (born 1925) for his dissertation about socialist Job Harriman (1861-1925), founder of the Llano del Rio Colony. The papers chiefly deal with Harriman; labor activist and...

Papers belonging to American engineer A. Michael Noll.

This collection includes college diaries and three annotated college handbooks from University of Southern California students Henry A. Nordahl (1884-1975) and Ruth Iliff Nordahl (1888-1971), as well as correspondence from their courtship and from friends and relatives during their time...

This collection contains the professional and personal papers of American writer Charles Bernard Nordhoff (1887-1947), who collaborated with James Norman Hall to write The Mutiny on the Bounty, Men Against the Sea, Pitcaim's Island, and other novels.

This collection consists of business cards, correspondence, documents, financial records, photographs, printed matter, and photographs related to the North American Indian Concert Band, Onondago Tribe from Syracuse, New York.

This collection consists primarily of letters from the secretary to the president of the North Bloomfield Gravel Mining Company of Nevada County, California, in 1890-1891 related to the company and hydraulic mining.

The Francis North papers contains letters and documents reflecting the family and household matters of Francis North, 1st Baron Guilford (1637-1685) and his father Dudley North, 4th Baron North (1602-1677). Also contains materials pertaining to the estate affairs of Sir...

Papers belonging to John Wesley North, American pioneer, lawyer, politician, and industrialist.

This collection contains records of the Northern Belle Extension Mining company, a silver mining company with headquarters in New York City and mining operations based in Candelaria, Nevada, in the Columbia Mining District during the 1920s. The collection includes four...

Northrop Grumman Corporation papers contain records and materials, including correspondence, newsletters, brochures, technical drawings, reports, papers, photographs, and published works dated chiefly from the 1930s to the 1990s.

This small collection contains correspondence of William Norton (died 1908) regarding his voyage to California from Massachusetts in 1849 and his time in the gold mines, as well as 17th and 18th century items regarding the Massachusetts ancestors of Norton...

Correspondence and manuscripts regarding the controversy over Thomas Nowell's 1772 Charles I remembrance sermon before the House of Commons, bound together with the printed sermon.

Correspondence between George Nugent Grenville, 2nd Baron Nugent and George Glover, 1802-1840; also included are a small number of other correspondents, a poem and ephemera.

Papers belonging to American physicians, scientists, and planters, Dr. Rush Nutt and his son Dr. Haller Nutt.

Materials related to the life and career of Edward Hoit Nutter, an American mining engineer who helped develop a flotation system important in the field of industrial mineral processing.

This small collection contains 49 documents related to the Nye County District Court and Nye County Justice Court in the mining boom town of Nye, Nevada, between the years of 1865 and 1890. Documents chiefly consist of criminal court...

Group of correspondence, business records, military records, and essays assembled by John A. Nye (1832-1906) of Unadilla, New York.

Papers belonging to American poet and author Norreys Jephson O'Conor.

This collection consists mainly of correspondence of Nevada governor and United States Senator Tasker L. Oddie (1870-1950) from the period 1910-1914 during his governorship. There are also Nevada State papers consisting almost entirely copies of legislative bills for the year...

Papers belonging to Jasper O'Farrell, California pioneer, politician, and surveyor.

Collection of papers pertaining to Ojai Festivals, Ltd., 1946-1953, presented to the Huntington Library by Mr. and Mrs. John Bauer.

Business papers of Frederick Oliver and Hammond Gowen, Canadian businessmen with the Megantic Mining Company and the Quebec & St. Francis Mining & Exploring Company.

Personal and business correspondence of James O'Meara, newspaper editor and writer.

Papers belonging to Henry William O'Melveny, founder of the Los Angeles law firm that would become O'Melveny and Myers.

Papers belonging to Hugh F. O'Neil, writer, political activist, and resident of Utah.

Correspondence belonging to British Romantic poet and author Amelia Alderson Opie.

A collection of original Amelia Alderson Opie manuscripts and correspondence with additional family related material, including manuscripts, correspondence, and ephemera. The Amelia Alderson Opie material includes two manuscript travel journals, poems, songs, and letters to and from various family members.

The papers consist of the correspondence of botanist Charles Russell Orcutt. There are a few documents and manuscripts and six pieces of ephemera

The Correspondence of James P. Orde contains 86 items, primarily of correspondence (1823-1842) between James P. Orde and George Perfect Hardy (d. 1853). Hardy was commissioned by Orde to copy portraits in various English Country houses for use in a...

This collection contains the papers, dating from 1838 to 1955, of the Oreña family, who held properties in present-day Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Ventura and Los Angeles, California.

This collection contains items related to Ormsby County, Nevada, between 1864 and 1886. Most are business-related, with the majority of them related to the drawing and summoning of trial and grand juries. Other records include statements from county officials, estimates...

Addenda to the papers belonging to American newspaper publisher and politician Henry Z. Osborne.

Papers belonging to American newspaper publisher and politician Henry Z. Osborne.

This collection contains the papers of physician Sir William Osler (1849-1919), who helped found Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and served as Regius Chair of Medicine at Oxford University, chiefly consisting of correspondence.

A collection of eight veterinary medical texts in twelve volumes, providing instructions for the care and treatment of Japanese military horses.

This collection contains materials related to the development of overland mail service in the United States West (bulk 1850-1887) and is composed of two parts: the papers of Hiram S. Rumfield (75 pieces), assistant treasurer of the Overland Mail Company...

This collection contains 54 documents kept by Sidney A. Shepperd, secretary of the Owego Mining Company and railroad ticket agent for the Denver & Rio Grande/Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad. The material is chiefly related to the Owego Mining...

This collection consists of documents and letters (mainly contemporary copies, some of which are in Spanish) related to Utopian reformer Albert K. Owen (1848-1916), the rise and fall of the Topolobampo utopian colony in Sinaloa, Mexico (1886-ca. 1903), and railroad...

This collection consists of papers related to Albert Kimsey Owen, the rise and fall of the Topolobampo utopian colony in Sinaloa, Mexico (1886-ca. 1903), railroad development, and Owen's survival of the wreck of the Vera Cruz in 1880. The collection...

The collection consists of the business records of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, dating from 1851-1929. The collection also contains some records of the Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company.

The John Packes Newsletters to Thomas Wood are a collection of letters written by John Packes, who was the business partner and London agent to Thomas Wood, concerning the East India Company and other business matters, dated from 1642 to...

This collection consists almost entirely of letters addressed to American editor and author Albert Bigelow Paine (1861-1937). The correspondence, with the bulk dating from 1891-1934, provides a picture of the literary and newspaper field of Paine's time. In addition to...

A collection of documents related to the Painter family and the Pasadena Land and Water Company.

A collection of material related to naturalist Theodore Sherman Palmer, with special emphais on Death Valley, California, and the Jayhawker Party.

This collection consists of documents for the United Verde Copper Company, Clarkdale, Arizona, the Columbia Graphophone Company, Bridgeport, Connecticut, and the Tioga Mining Company, Mono County, California.

A collection of material related to the life and work of Jasper Parish, interpreter for the U. S. government and Iroquois Native Americans.

The collection chiefly contains correspondence and papers related to the reform interests of California feminist and pacifistic Alice Park (1861-1961), particularly women's rights, as well as some materials concerning Park family matters.

A collection of material related to the life and work of Ely Samuel Parker, Native American representative and lawyer.

A collection of material of Lovel Newton Parker related to the American Civil War.

This collection contains the papers of American assayer and mining engineer Morris B. Parker (1871-1957), who wrote about his experiences working for mining companies chiefly in Mexico and White Oaks, New Mexico. This collection consists of typescripts of Parker's autobiographical...

Materials documenting the family relations and business interests of Hosmer B. (Buckingham) Parsons, Clelia Howson Parsons, and their family.

The collection primarily consists of Geoffrey Parsons' correspondence regarding his work on a biography of William McKinley.

This collection contains the papers of English author, editor, bibliographer, and journalist Wilfred Partington (1888-1955), who was editor of the Bookman’s Journal and Print Collector from 1919 to 1931. Includes manuscripts by Partington and other authors, as well as correspondence...

A collection of the business records of the Pasadena Orange Growers Association, California.

This collection contains the records of the Pasadena Playhouse, a community theater established in Pasadena, California, in 1917. Materials consist primarily of theater programs, scrapbooks, business records, correspondence, clippings, scripts, school catalogues, brochures and ephemera, indexes, photographs, original drawings of...

This collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, notebooks, printed material, research notes and drawings, and photographs related to French chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895).

This small collection contains papers of British Naval officer Charles William Paterson (1756-1841), who became Admiral of the White in 1837. The twin cores of this collection are six letters from Paterson in 1793-1794 to family during his naval service...

The collection consists of personal and business papers related to the Patton family, and is particularly focused on the activities of George Smith Patton (1856-1927), an attorney, businessman, and the first mayor of San Marino, California. Topics covered include railroads,...

The collection contains the personal and business papers of George S. Patton, Sr., and his family.

This collection consists of materials from three generations of the family of Massachusetts doctor and Marshall/Caroline Islands medical missionary Edmund Morris Pease (1828-1906) and his wife Harriet A. Sturtevant Pease (born 1877), dating from 1816 to 1974 (bulk 1870-1930), and...

This collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, printed material, and ephemera all related to Mount Wilson Solar Observatory astronomer Francis Gladheim Pease (1881-1938), his astronomy work, and the telescopes he designed (bulk dating from 1908-1937).

This collection consists of the research papers of American astronomer Francis Pease (1881-1938), one of the original staff members of the Mount Wilson Solar Observatory.

Mining and settlement in 1860s Nevada, prospecting and settlement in the Yukon Territory and Alaska 1897-1901, West Coast literary magazines in the early twentieth century, Pease family history...

This collection consists of the personal correspondence of American portraitist and landscape painter Orrin Peck (1860-1921) and his sister, Janet Peck. The collection contains references to various artists, musicians, authors, and public figures chiefly from the 1890s-1910s.

The Ralph S. Peer correspondence archive consists of letters and printed matter to and from Peer concerning multiple events and personages related to the local, national, and international expansion and growth of camellia-related activities through the many efforts of Peer.

This collection contains papers of investor George Pelton concerning Pelton's agreement and disputes in the early 1900s with novelist Jack London concerning the film rights of London's novel The Sea Wolf (1904), and with director Cecil B. DeMille concerning various...

This collection contains the papers of Olive Percival (1869-1945), a Southern California author, gardener, book and art collector, photographer, and activist, dating chiefly from 1899 to 1946 and consisting of manuscripts, diaries, correspondence, and ephemera. Some of the subjects represented...

This small collection consists of materials by and about Dr. James Fulton Percy, of Los Angeles, California.

This collection contains business correspondence, documents, and ephemera relating to the operation of the Perris District Defense Association in Riverside County, California, and a single document and multiple pieces of ephemera relating to the operation of the Val Verde Water...

This collection contains 347 letters chiefly addressed to Irish politician Edmund Sexton Pery, Viscount Pery (1719-1806) that deal with Irish politics and parliamentary affairs, particularly during Pery's tenure as Speaker of the Irish House of Commons (1771-1785).

A collection of material related to the life and work of American dipolomat John Henry Hobart Peshine.

This collection contains the papers of American geologist and professor of mining engineering William Henry Pettee (1838-1904) consisting primarily of letters dating from 1865 to 1878. The main subjects are the California State Geological Survey; geologist Josiah Dwight Whitney (1819-1896);...

This collection contains the papers of astronomer Edison Pettit (1889-1962), who was on the staff of the Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories. The correspondence is chiefly with other astronomers in the United States and deals with astronomy in general...

This collection contains the papers of seamstress and unpublished novelist Helen Winifred Pflueger (1898-1979) of Sierra Madre, California. The collection contains Pflueger's writings, including two copies of her manuscript "New Paradise Lost," diaries (dating from 1911-1979), correspondence, and ephemera.

A collection of material related to the life and work of William Walter Phelps, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat.

A collection of the personal papers of George Shane Phillips, American Methodist minister and Civil War chaplain.

Materials related to the history of Phoenix Bakery, its founder F.C. (Fung Chow) Chan, and head baker Lun F. Chan; including documents, photographs, and ephemera.

A collection of material of Andrew Pickens, Indian commissioner; the collection deals with Indian affairs in the Carolinas and Georgia (1785-1820), including negotiations of treaties with the Cherokee and Creek nations, and establishment of boundaries.

Materials related to the life and career of engineer and writer John R. Pierce, including correspondence; daybooks and calendars; unpublished stories and manuscripts; and published writings including reprints, papers, memoranda, and books.

This collection contains the papers of English journalist Edward Frederick Smyth Pigott (1824-1895), chiefly consisting of personal and professional correspondence both from his work as a journalist and as the Examiner of Plays (a position he held from 1874-1895)....

The second volume of Flora and Fauna of Mauritius by Nicholas Pike; it includes the manuscript of the volume, research notes, correspondence, and watercolor drawings of butterflies, fish, insects, spiders of Mauritius.

Correspondence between the Chilean family of Julian and Petra Pillot, while living in California.

A collection of letters addressed to the British literary agent James Brand Pinker.

The collection contains research materials relating to English historian, poet, and politician Baron Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859) collected by English professor Thomas Pinney. The majority consist of photocopies of letters by Macaulay spanning his lifetime. These may be photocopies of...

A manuscript diary in six volumes kept by Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi from 1776 to 1809.

A collection of professional and personal material related to the American statesman, Timothy Pitkin.

A collection of material related to Gonzalo Pizarro and Pedro de la Gasca concerning the early history of Peru.

This collection contains the papers of English dramatist and antiquary James Robinson Planché (1796-1880). The majority relates to his work in the theater, antiquarian pursuits, and costume expertise.

This collection consists of material created by and related to The Planetary Society since its beginning in 1980 and up to 2016.

Official papers and correspondence of Sir George Pocock from 1734-1793.

A collection poems, galley proofs, and ephemera related to the first issue (June 1959) of "Poetry Northwest."

This collection contains the papers of astronomer, classical scholar, and Mount Wilson Observatory librarian Alexander Pogo (born 1893). The collection is composed primarily of correspondence between Dr. Pogo and members of the general public with an interest in astronomical issues...

The collection consists of 219 letters, nearly all of them by Americus L. Pogue to George W. Brunk in the vicinity of Alma, Colorado from 1901 through 1907.

This collection primarily consists of correspondence and notes of James K. Polk, dating from 1844 to 1849, and correspondence of his wife Sarah Childress Polk, dating from 1883 to 1889.

A collection of letters by the British playwright John Poole.

This collection contains the papers and administrative files of lawyer and Los Angeles County Assessor Alexander Pope (born 1929), chiefly dating from the late 1970s-1990. The collection chiefly contains materials related to the Los Angeles County Assessor's office, materials from...

The collection consists chiefly of correspondence between Ida May Pope (1862-1914), her sister Anne, and fellow Hawaiians, missionaries and teachers. Subjects included in this collection chiefly consist of education and teachers in Hawaii (and Kosrae), and Hawaiian history and social...

This collection primarily consists of Lura Whitlock Porter's research concerning her family history.

A collection of research and secondary material about the fur trade in the Rocky Mountains compiled by Clyde H. Porter and Mae Reed Porter.

Collection includes correspondence, dispatches, communications, and other military documents received by David D. Porter during his command of the Union's Mississippi River Squadron during the U.S. Civil War from November 1862 to April 1864.

This collection contains the papers of British historical novelist Jane Porter (1776-1850) and includes family correspondence that describes life amongst the gentry and literary figures during the Regency and early Victorian eras, including social customs and traditional roles of women....

A collection of drawings, etchings, prints, and watercolors related to Charles Dickens, his life, and his characters.

This collection contains the business and legal papers of legal and financial counselors Charles F. Potter (1861-1949) and his brother Isaac B. Potter (1856-1940), concentrating on several water and power companies in California, Arizona, and Nevada, with the bulk dating...

The papers of the American Unitarian clergyman, editor, and writer William James Potter.

A collection of material related to Joseph Pownall, forty-niner and California businessman.

A collection of material related to Helen Steele Pratt, Southern California ornithologist, and Edward Strieby Steele, American botanist.

Collection consists of material relating to William Henry Pratt's activities in California from 1882 to 1908, including certificates of appointment for California and Humboldt County positions.

This collection contains correspondence of Los Angeles schoolteacher Allie Prescott to her family in Massachusetts between 1870 and 1891. The letters in the collection deal primarily with family history and Prescott's struggles with loneliness, teaching, and living in Los Angeles.

A collection of material related to the American naval officer, and New Jersey politician, Rodman M. Price.

A collection of correspondence, manuscripts and documents related to Sir William Pulteney, 5th Bart.; material deals primarily with his family, business dealings and political work.

This collection chiefly consists of correspondence and some papers related to the lives and family affairs of American geologist and explorer Raphael Pumpelly (1837-1923) and his wife, Eliza Shepard Pumpelly (died 1915).

The Leticia Quezada papers is a collection of personal and professional correspondence, documents, ephemera, and photographs related to her career in education, politics, and Mexican culture.

This collection consists of original cartoons, book proposals, and manuscripts of American cartoonist, columnist, and author Ted Rall (born 1963), dating from 1979 to 1998 (the drawings/cartoons date from 1979 to 1996). The correspondence deals with Rall's personal and business...

The bulk of this collection consists of research materials, notes, and correspondence created and compiled by American English professor William Randel (1909-1996) for an unfinished book on Mormon gold miner and journalist Samuel Brannan (1819-1889), as well as drafts of...

This collection contains material relating to the personal activities of conservative political activist Florence Ranuzzi (1908-2002), who co-founded Poor Richard's Bookshop in Hollywood, California. The materials reflect her early life in the motion picture industry, and business papers concerning Poor...

A collection of the correspondence of William Rathbone, English ship-owner and merchant.

A collection of material related to Charles Henry Ray, American physician, abolitionist, politician, journalist, and editor.

Materials related to the Raymond Cattle Company and Raymond family, including financial documents, correspondence, maps, and ephemera.

This collection contains research material compiled by American historian and author Georgia William Read and Ruth Gaines for their publication of the journal of California Gold Rush topographer and artist J. Goldsborough Bruff (1804-1899), dating primarily from the 1930s to...

The John M. Read papers consists of correspondence, estate records, financial documents, legal documents, and letterpress books related to Read’s career as an American lawyer, jurist, and politician.

Materials related to the silver mining operations of the de la Maza family at the Real de Minas del Catorce, San Luis de Potosi, Mexico. Includes publications, a map, and photographs of the mine and its surroundings.

The Jack Real papers consist of research material related to Howard Hughes’ biography. Also included are books, printed matter, photographs, and VHS belonging to Real and his career in the aerospace industry.

A collection of family correspondence written to Leonard G. Redfield, California emigrant and miner.

The collection chiefly contains material related to the Reed and Glyn families of Kansas.

This collection consists of Regina Fuchs' holiday in Guatemala in November and December of 1936 and features numerous snapshots of locals and scenery.

A collection of correspondence between D. M. Renton and William Wrigley, Jr., concerning the development of Santa Catalina Island under Wrigley ownership.

A collection of family and professional material relating to the English landscape gardener, architect, and author Humphry Repton.

A collection of professional and personal material related to the life and work of Isaac Lawrence Requa, American mining engineer and businessman.

Correspondence between traveling salesman Howard Reynolds and teacher Alice Reeves Reynolds of Los Angeles (both before and after their marriage in 1903).

This collection contains the papers of Smithsonian chief clerk, bibliographer, and collector William Jones Rhees (1830-1907), of materials assembled chiefly for their autograph value, though the collection contains various groups of related materials. Includes papers of American physicist and surveyor...

This collection contains the papers of Southern California newspaperman Horace Emerson Rhoads (1883-1941) and his family, dating chiefly from 1910 to 1939. Most of the manuscripts concern The Los Angeles Record, The San Diego Sun, and The San Francisco Daily...

The collection contains the literary and personal papers of Eugene Manlove Rhodes (1869-1934), a California novelist and short-story writer known as the "cowboy chronicler."

This collection contains the papers of aerospace engineer Ben Rich (1925-1995), who served as the second director of Lockheed's Skunk Works in Southern California and was involved in the development of the F-117 stealth aircraft. The papers date from the...

This collection contains the papers of dance studio founder and choreographer Joseph Rickard (1918-1994), and includes manuscripts, printed material, ephemera, music scores, production files, and photographs related to the First Negro Classical Ballet and Negro Classical Ballet, which Rickard founded,...

A collection of correspondence between the English poet Robert Southey and John Rickman.

This collection chiefly contains correspondence of the Pettyjohn family and correspondence between tavern owner James C. Riggin in Yuba County, California, and his wife, Rebeca Jane Pettyjohn. The letters tell of the journey to California along the Oregon Trail, and...

A collection of the research and working correspondence of the Renaissance and Elizabethan literary scholar and educator William A. Ringler.

This collection contains the personal and professional papers of historian and New Mexico territorial governor William G. Ritch (1830-1904) and his collection of historical manuscripts, documents, and maps related to the history of New Mexico.

Correspondence to Sarah Rix of Connecticut from various family members, including her brother Charles Allen Rix in Dunlap, Iowa. Charles' correspondence, as well as that of his nephew George Tracy Rix, describes life in Iowa from 1870-1903. Other letters in...

The Phelps Dodge Corporation collection consists of manuscript drafts, notes, research materials, and interviews compiled by Robert Glass Cleland for his book A History of Phelps Dodge (1952), from 1861-1940.

This collection consists of correspondence both to and from English painter and writer W. Graham Robertson (1866-1948), including letters from literary and theatrical persons and fan mail regarding his published reminiscences, Time was (1931). There are approximately 800 letters from...

A collection of professional, political, business, and personal papers related to Henry Mauris Robinson, American lawyer and banker.

This collection contains papers of Henry M. Robinson (1868-1937), chairman of the board of the Security-First National Bank in Los Angeles, California, and attorney George E. Farrand (1878-1954), who worked with Robinson and also served as trustee of his estate....

A collection of professional and personal material related to John Arnold Rockwell, American lawyer, author, and politician.

The Manuel H. Rodriguez papers consist of correspondence, reminiscences, photographs, slides, and ephemera related to Rodriguez and his family living in Los Angeles, California.

This collection chiefly contains reports from various American Smelting and Refining Company (ASARCO) plants, dating from 1911 to 1919, presumably accumulated by Frederick Roeser while superintending company smelters in Colorado. Subjects include metallurgy, metallurgical plant construction and design, and mining...

This collection contains the papers of Warren Lee Rogers, which focus on the world of outdoor recreation, education and camping, and the creation of the Pacific Crest Trail.

This collection chiefly contains correspondence related to the academic career and writings of California historian and Occidental College professor Andrew F. Rolle, born in 1922. The letters focus on Rolle's published books and articles, including those on Italian-Americans in the...

This collection relates to Southern California rancher and horse-breeder Leonard J. Rose (1827-1899) and his family and chiefly consists of drafts of the memoirs and descriptions of 18th and 19th century California social life and customs created by Rose's son...

Letters to Colorado tenant farmer Jesse Ross from landowner Edna B. Leorke, indicating the state of farming at the time; and a few letters from family.

Collection contains four items relating to Leonard F. Ross' experiences in the U.S. Civil War, including two letters from Ulysses S. Grant.

A collection of manuscripts, correspondence, and photographs related to the life and career of American cacti specialist Ernest Christian Rost.

Photocopies of letters by Dunbar Rowland, American author, historian, scholar, and archivist.

This collection contains the papers of Canadian-American painter Arthur Rozaire (1879-1922) and documents multiple generations of the Rozaire (or Rosaire) family from 1839 to 2004. Includes exhibition catalogs and art-related publications about Rozaire and other artists; genealogical materials; correspondence, including...

Eighty-seven letters primarily from English art critic and author John Ruskin (1819-1900) to his pupil Louise Blandy (1860-1870), discussing her studies and chronicling their relationship.

This collection contains approximately 175 pieces of correspondence and manuscripts related to English author John Ruskin (1819-1900) and his career as a writer, professor, and art critic.

This collection contains approximately 874 pieces of correspondence and manuscripts chiefly related to English author John Ruskin (1819-1900) and his career as a writer, professor, and art critic. A large portion of the collection is made up of correspondence between...

Collection of documents signed by New York governors from 1638 to 1793, collected by Russell Benedict.

This collection consists of 21 letters written by English novelist Elizabeth Russell (1866-1941), between 1931 and 1938 to her friend and neighbor Henry Norman (1858-1939), chiefly discussing her life, current authors, and current political events, including the rise of Benito...

This collection consists of manuscripts, journals (scattered years between 1896-1941), journal typescripts, ephemera, and correspondence by English novelist Countess Elizabeth Russell (1866-1941). There is also correspondence addressed to Countess Russell in the collection, and manuscripts by Mathilde Blind (Love's completeness...

A collection of business correspondence and legal documents for the freight and mail company Russell, Majors and Waddell of Lexington, Missouri.

A collection of correspondence, manuscripts, and diaries of Horatio Nelson Rust, United States Indian agent, horticulturalist, and resident of Pasadena, California.

A collection of diaries and journals of American Sallie Elizabeth (Howard) Ryan.

The collection primarily documents multiple generations of the Sakai, Kozawa, Kawakami, and related families in the Los Angeles area from approximately 1890 to 2017 and the family business, Tokio Florist.

This collection consists of correspondence, ephemera, and photographs related to Charles "Chic" Sale's career as an actor and vaudevillian.

A collection of letters from 1901 to 1904 written by William Sampson, California assayer.

A collection of research material on early French explorations in the Lake Erie region, collected by William Holland Samson, American editor and historian.

A collection of the records from 1893 to 1947 for the San Antonio Fruit Exchange, Pomona, California.

Records from the United States Mint San Francisco branch.

This collection contains letters and documents related to the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856, a vigilante group that formed in San Francisco, California, and functioned for five months. The letters and documents are related to individuals making charges...

Abstracts of title for various land parcels in San Francisco, California.

Correspondence, documents, and photographs related to the San Juan de Taviche Mining Company, an American company involved in gold and silver mining in the Oaxaca region of Mexico.

The collection consists of papers related chiefly to the business affairs of Conway S. Campbell-Johnston and A. Campbell-Johnston and the San Rafael Ranch Company in the Garvanza neighborhood near Pasadena, California, from the 1880s to the early 1900s. The papers...

This collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, and ephemera related to American labor supporter and socialist Marvin Sanford (1897-1974) and his work in socialism, labor unions, and communism. The following topics and people are referenced in the collection: Edward Bellamy, cooperative societies...

This collection contains documents chiefly dealing with estates and land transactions in Santa Clara County, California, from 1850 to 1869.

A collection of professional and personal material related to Charles F. Saunders, California horticulturalist and author.

This collection contains the papers of American history professor W. Sherman Savage (1890-1980), dating from the 1950s to 1981 and concerning his writing and research on African American history, especially in the California and trans-Mississippi West, his retirement from Lincoln...

This collection contains papers of prominent Northern California banker Henry Scamman (1831-1893), who had investments in mining, real estate, shipping, and wheat ranching. Materials include financial records; correspondence, including letters from the early 1890s detailing Scamman's discovery of an employee's...

Five letters from Vincent Scanlon, a California laborer, to his eventual wife Margaret, regarding work and family matters.

The bulk of the collection centers on the work with the Council of National Defense of James A.B. Scherer (1870-1944), president of the California Institute of Technology, during the First World War. Subjects in the collection include: African-Americans; Americanization; American...

A collection of professional material for the German-British philosopher and author Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller.

This collection contains 86 miscellaneous historical documents collected by American history professor John A. Schutz (1919-2005). The material includes 18th-20th century manuscript material including correspondence and documents related to American and British politicians and historians, among others, as well as...

A collection of correspondence and journals of American Brigadier-General Walter Scribner Schuyler.

A collection of personal and professional material related to the life and career of Benjamin Franklin Scribner, American soldier and businessman.

This collection contains the papers of Frederick Hanley Seares (1873-1964), a staff astronomer at the Mount Wilson Observatory known for his photometric studies and his editorial work.

A collection of personal and professional material for the Searing and Valentine families of Long Island, New York.

This collection consists of records related to the Seeley Townsite Land Company.

The Kenneth D. Sender collection consists of documents related to northern New Mexico from 1697 through 1884.

Correspondence, photographs, writings, publications, and ephemera related to the poet Robert Mezey, collected by Eileen Senner.

This collection includes material related to the history of Rancho Sespe, near modern day Fillmore, California.

This collection contains the papers of American suffragist, reformer, and social activist Caroline Severance (1820-1914) and includes manuscripts, correspondence, and ephemera covering the following subjects: African American women suffrage and clubs, Susan B. Anthony, Jessie Benton Frémont, Isabella Beecher Hooker,...

A collection of correspondence related to Richard Shackleton, master of the Quaker School at Ballitore, Ireland.

Correspondence of British lithographer and painter Charles Hazelwood Shannon to Harold Chaloner Dowdall and Mary Frances Dowdall.

This collection contains over 500 items of original material primarily from U.S. presidents George Washington to Barack Obama, collected and assembled by electronics engineer, inventor, and philanthropist L. Dennis Shapiro (1933-2021). The bulk of presidential material is for John Quincy...

Primarily the correspondence of Lemuel Shattuck, dating from 1825 to 1850.

This collection consists of material relating to the Shaw family. The bulk of the collection was created by Hartley and Fern Shaw, with additional material from Lucien Shaw and other Shaw family members.

The J.F. Shea collection primarily consists of photographs, negatives, and slides related to J.F. Shea Co.

This collection primarily contains memoirs written by United States Congressman and Civil War officer Lionel Allen Sheldon (1828-1917) about men he knew, specifically generals and politicians during the Civil War period, as well as few pieces of correspondence and ephemera.

Documents, correspondence, photographs, clippings, and other materials related to Thomas Nobuyuki Shigekuni and Ruth Yamagishi Shigekuni, business owners and members of the Los Angeles Japanese American community.

A collection of personal and professional material related to the Nevada mining prospector William Henry Shimmin.

This collection consists of personal and business papers primarily related to the family of Southern California land developer James De Barth Shorb (1842-1896) and their business ventures and estate settlements. Subject include: the Shorb, Wilson, and Patton families, David Jacks,...

This collection consists of personal and business papers primarily related to the family of Southern California land developer James De Barth Shorb (1842-1896) and their business ventures and estate settlements. There is also a substantial amount of material about Benjamin...

The Shorey family correspondence consists primarily of letters to and from Louisa Dunham Shorey of Belfast, Maine, dating from 1873-1905.

Papers belonging to British Navy Admiral Sir Clowdisley Shovell.

Papers of Zachariah Taylor Shugart (1805-1881), Quaker abolitionist and an operator of the Quaker line of the Underground Railroad in Cass County, Michigan.

The Stanley S. Siegfus papers consist of mining material related to Central California in the 20th century.

The collection contains business correspondence and documents of the Sierra Nevada Silver Mining Company, one of the mines of the Comstock Lode at Virginia City, Nevada, with the bulk dating from the 1860s.

This collection chiefly contains the professional papers of California mining engineer and consultant Harley A. Sill (1885-1964), reflecting his visits, reports, and technical data on various types of mines chiefly in California, Arizona, Nevada, Canada and Mexico, as well as...

This collection contains the research materials and correspondence of G. Joseph Sills (1931-2000) concerning the events surrounding th Battle of Little Big Horn and Custer's Last Stand. The collection revolves around not only George A. Custer, but several of his...

This collection contains the papers of American author and science fiction writer Robert Silverberg (born 1935). Includes manuscripts of a selection of Silverberg’s literary works, mostly dating from 1973-1995, as well as correspondence, dating from 1954-1992, that chiefly concerns his...

This collection chiefly contains the correspondence of the family of lawyer and Texas state senator Eldred J. Simkins (1838-1903). Subjects discussed include the California Gold Rush and life in Mariposa County, Calif., during the 1850s and 1870s; the Civil War...

This collection contains financial documents, securities, legal records, correspondence, and ephemera of American industrialist Harry Ford Sinclair (1876-1956), founder of Sinclair Oil. Includes records of the Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation. Subjects include: Frederick Bonfils, Edward Doheny, Albert B. Fall, M....

This collection contains diaries, journals, and extensive personal and business correspondence of Henry Harbinson Sinclair (1858-1914), a hydro-electrical engineer and entrepreneur active in California from 1887 until 1914. Subject matter includes mostly business matters of the Great Western Power...

The John R. Siperly papers primarily consist of correspondence to and from John R. Siperly, 22nd Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers, before and during the Civil War.

A collection of poems and letters by English poet, Dame Edith Sitwell.

This collection primarily consists of letters to Don B. Skinner (1899-1975) and his wife, Murray Skinner (1889-1976), from other botanists in California and Washington, D.C., predominantly reflecting their interest in cacti and succulents.

This small collection chiefly contains letters from California farmer and nurseryman Jesse Smart (died 1861) to his sons, as well as some other Smart family correspondence. These letters mostly discuss Smart's experience in California mining for gold and running his...

Papers belonging to American lawyers and government officials Caleb Blood Smith and Charles William Spooner.

Correspondence related to religious poet and writer Elizabeth Lee Allen Smith (1817-1893); her husband, theologian and educator Henry Boynton Smith (1815-1877); and their family.

Letters and documents of New York book dealer George D. Smith dealing with the formation of the George D. Smith Book Co.

This collection consists of the personal and professional papers of author and Los Angeles Times columnist Jack Smith (1916-1996). The collection provides a resource for studying journalism and the writing process and the history of Los Angeles. There are many...

Letters of early California pioneer Lura Case Smith and her family.

Personal correspondence of lawyer and American Civil War general Thomas Kilby Smith.

A collection of material related to Sir William Sidney Smith, British admiral.

Collection of papers relating to the Society of Friends in Ohio (Orthodox).

Correspondence regarding the members and activities of the Société des amis d'André-Marie Ampère.

Collection of maps and business records of Los Angeles area surveyors Alfred Solano, Sidney B. Reeve, and George Hansen.

Materials related to Peter SooHoo, Sr. and his wife Lillie Leung SooHoo, particularly Peter SooHoo's role in creating New Chinatown in Los Angeles, California; the couple's involvement in professional and community activities; and their family life.

Letters belonging to English poet and translator William Sotheby.

This collection consists primarily of the correspondence between South Hite Mining Company superintendent William H. Widman and assistant secretary J. F. Towle dating from the early 1880s. Their correspondence mainly covered stock transactions and reports of how the company, which...

This collection consists of records concerning the development and business of the South Riverside Land and Water Company.

This collection contains over 600 films or other audiovisual media chronicling the history and development of Southern California Edison, including the construction of Edison plants, advertising footage, the search for alternative energy sources, and employee news videos featuring updates on...

A selection of corporate records created by Southern California Edison (SCE), an electric utility founded in 1886. The collection also includes smaller collections created by employees of SCE and materials used in the process of writing the official history of...

This collection contains the records of the Southern California Society for the History of Medicine and its two predecessor organizations, the Friends of the LACMA Library (founded in 1978) and the George Dock Society for the History of Medicine (1997-2019)....

Records of the Southern Pacific Railroad.

This collection consists primarily of correspondence, as well as maps, news clippings, photographs, and blueprints, of the Southern Pacific of Mexico railroad line (SP de México), dating from 1885 to 1954.

Papers belonging to Huntington Library Stacks Supervisor and actor Graydon E. Spalding.

The Spanish American Institute records consist of individual student files who enrolled at the boarding school from 1913-1971.

This collection contains 86 pieces of official documents, in Spanish, related to the 1783 Treaty of Versailles, particularly in relation to Spanish possession in West Indies.

Correspondence and documents of the Sparks and Reed families.

The collection consists of the papers of three generations of the Spear family: Alexander Fulton Spear (1800-1853), Alexander Fulton Spear (1827-1900), and Lewis Eugene Spear (1867-1953).

This collection contains the papers of the family of New York State congressman and businessman John James Speed (1803-1867) including letters, indentures, announcements, receipts, and photographs. Includes family correspondence, as well as letters to Speed about business ventures, including Speed’s...

Personal and military correspondence of Daniel N. Speer.

Papers belonging to the Spence and Lowell families of New England.

This collection chiefly contains ranch journals of the Sphinx Ranch, vineyard, and commercial winery in Altadena, California, purchased by William Allen in 1878, as well as some additional materials related to ranch and the Allen family. The journals primarily...

Personal and professional papers and research material related to the life and career of anatomist and brain morphologist Edward Anthony Spitzka. There is also some material related to his father, notable neurologist Edward Charles Spitzka.

Material created by Dr. Edward Anthony Spitzka, a prominent early 20th century brain anatomist, for his article "A Study of the Brain of the Late Major J. W. Powell."

This collection consists mainly of letters between investors and employees of the Charles S. Sprague Company of Goldfield, Nevada, from the mid-1910s regarding their investments in mining stocks, including the Goldfield Merger, as well as correspondence about the business failures...

This collection consists of material related to Douglas Sprague's tenure at the California State Mining and Geology Board and career at CalMat, Inc. and Vulcans Material Company.

This collection contains papers of Nevada and California mine stockholder and insurance agent John Sproston (1832-approximately 1881) and includes diaries and account books kept by Sproston and clients (1856-1879); business and personal letters (ca. 1875-1883); financial records, indentures, and stock...

This collection contains the papers of Ruth St. Denis (1879-1968) an American modern dancer and co-founder of the Denishawn School of Dance, chiefly dating from the 1930s-1970s and consisting of scrapbook binders, photographs, audiovisual materials, correspondence, newsletters, and ephemera. Materials...

Collection of material related to the St. Francis Dam collapse in Los Angeles County, California, in March 1928.

A collection of Winston Churchill letters written to André de Staercke and related correspondence from members of the Churchill family.

A series of letters written by Nellie F. Stanley to her sweetheart, United States soldier, Nathaniel S. Wheeler.

The collection consists of papers related to the political, business and personal life of Southern California real estate developer and politician Philip A. Stanton (1868-1945). The majority of the collection concerns Philip Stanton’s political relationships, ambitions, and positions.

This collection consists of correspondence between Starkweather family members in Northampton, Massachusetts, and family members who came to California during the Gold Rush era. The bulk of the letters date from 1849 to 1859, and topics discussed in the letters...

This collection contains the professional and personal papers of Southern California businessman and political Abel Stearns (1798-1871). The materials in the collection deal with life in California during the Mexican and early statehood periods, including the cattle industry, ranching, real...

This collection chiefly consists of correspondence addressed to Southern California businessman and politician Abel Stearns (1798-1871), relating to his early business affairs. Included are materials containing information on American trade in Cuba, Argentina, Mexico and California, with comments on...

This collection contains personal and business correspondence of Southern California businessman and politician Abel Stearns (1798-1871) from Stearns' early years in California. The collection primarily deals with the history of Spanish California, as well as early commerce and trading in...

The Ernest Clark Steele diaries span the years 1915 through 1967 and relate to his life and career as a teacher in Los Angeles, California.

The collection includes thirty letters chiefly from the Steele family of Ann Arbor, Michigan, between 1856 and the 1870s, to Ellen Steele Sturges (1837-1930). The letters primarily discuss family news and health, as well as occasional references to cultural and...

A collection of personal and professional papers related to James King Steele, American travel lecturer, writer, and publisher.

This collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, photographs and watercolors pertaining to the life and work of California lyric poet George Sterling (1869-1926). Much of the correspondence in the collection is between Sterling and other American writers and poets, who discuss their...

The Bernhard Joseph Stern correspondence and papers reflects his work on the biography of Lewis Henry Morgan.

A collection of letters from Augusta Emma Stetson, a leader of the Christian Science church in New York.

A collection of material related to the life and work of Augusta Emma Stetson, organizer of First Church of Christ, Scientist, New York.

This collection contains correspondence and notes of New England doctor Charles W. Stevens (died 1901) and offers insight into 19th century medical practice.

Correspondence of Nevada miner Hutch Stevens.

This collection contains 62 letters from twenty-six different authors in mining camps and cities throughout Northern California illustrating aspects of the Gold Rush experience, chiefly from 1849-1864.

This collection contains oral history tapes, transcriptions, and related correspondence created by English professor Peter A. Brazeau during his research for an oral history biography of American poet Wallace Stevens (1879-1955). Includes correspondence and interviews with Stevens' relatives, friends, neighbors,...

This collection contains the papers of Wallace Stevens (1879-1955), one of the foremost American poets of the first half of the 20th century. The collection is comprised primarily of letters written to Stevens, his carbon copy replies, and autograph manuscripts...

The collection consists of letters that Alexander T. Stewart received from strangers requesting financial help, jobs, loans, or other forms of assistance. The majority of the letters are dated 1871 to March 1876.

This collection consists of the papers of Los Angeles lawyer Marshall Stimson (1876-1951). Includes materials related to California and national politics (including Hiram Johnson and the Progressive Party "Bull Moose" Convention of 1912), Homer Lea, the League of Nations, and...

An album containing handwritten poems, notes, and letters written to American author and poet Charles Warren Stoddard (1843-1909) by his friends and acquaintances including many leading literary figures chiefly in San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and Massachusetts from the 1860s to...

This collection contains 10 manuscripts and 18 letters either written by or related to American author Charles Warren Stoddard (1843-1909).

A collection of letters written by Andrew J. Stone during his time in California mining for gold.

Correspondence of Martha D. Stone and her extended family.

A research collection related to John Wesley North compiled by Merlin Stonehouse, American professor, historian, and author.

This small collection contains papers of the family of American Civil War Major General George Stoneman (1822-1894), dating from 1891 to 1920, including legal agreements; estate and financial records; correspondence, chiefly penned after Stoneman's death and directed to his estate...

The Stoneman family papers addenda consists of diaries, family and official correspondence, photographs, ephemera, memorabilia, and genealogical and historical research files from the family of George Stoneman, 1822-1894, and his wife, Mary Oliver Hardisty Stoneman, 1836-1915.

The collection consists of the papers of the Grenville, Temple, Nugent, and Brydges families.

Correspondence, documents, gamekeeper’s notebook, photographs and ephemera relating to the Stowe estate, John Land and Louis-Philippe-Albert d’ Orléans, comte de Paris.

This collection consists primarily of field notes, maps, and business records related to Nathan W. Stowell (1851-1943) and his land development and irrigation interests in the Cucamonga area, Los Angeles, and the Imperial Valley in Southern California.

This group of correspondence and miscellaneous records were assembeled by Sarah Frances (Strachan) Tuck of Petersburg, Virginia.

A collection of personal and professional material related to Harriet Williams Russell Strong, California businesswoman and social leader.

This collection primarily contains autograph letters from prominent 19th century English architects, artists, and writers, which appear to have been collected by American illustrator Anna C. Stryke (1884-1973), as well as 15 letters from English naturalist Richard Hancock to Stryke,...

A collection of military material related to the career of the American Civil War Confederate major-general James Ewell Brown Stuart.

This collection contains 40 items by and related to Ellen Steele Sturges (1837-1930) of Michigan, Montana, and San Bernardino, California, and her family. Items chiefly include manuscripts of short stories by Sturges, some ephemera, and a few letters, notably including...

This collection contains the papers of the family of Baptist minister John Stutterd (1750-1818) of England, dating from 1768 to 1823. The collection chiefly contains Studderd family correspondence and is a rich source of information about the social, economic, and...

A collection of material related to the professional career of George Suckley, American Army surgeon and naturalist.

A collection of material related to the personal and professional life of William Sullivan, Boston lawyer, Federalist and author.

A collection of mining material related to the work of Alfred B. Summers, Californian Mineral Surveyor.

A collection of material related to Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland, and his work as British secretary of state and the colonies of New Jersey and New York.

This collection consists of the business records of the Sunset Club of Los Angeles, California, a men's social organization, from its inception in 1895, and currently updated through 2010.

A collection of maps of Los Angeles, California, and surrounding areas created by Félix Violé, map surveyor and publisher.

A collection of surveyor's notebooks created by American civil engineer Frank Henry Olmsted, who was Los Angeles city engineer from 1898 to 1900.

A collection of personal and professional letters and documents related to the life and work of Adolph Sutro, German-American engineer, politician and philanthropist.

This collection contains the personal and professional papers of Irish-born American soldier Thomas William Sweeny (1820-1892), including his personal and official correspondence, military records accumulated during his service in the Mexican War, tours in California and Nebraska Territory, and the...

A collection of family correspondence related to Leonard Swett, Illinois lawyer and advisor to President Abraham Lincoln.

This collection contains 74 pieces related to Anglo-Irish writer, satirist and cleric Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), chiefly representing his later life in Ireland from the 1720s to the late 1730s. Documents include manuscripts in Swift's hand, or contemporary copies, as well...

This collection contains the papers of American astronomer Henrietta Swope (1902-1980), who spent most of her career developing techniques to measure distances in space.

A collection of letters from Saxon Sydney-Turner to his friend Clive Bell.

Papers belonging to Confederate soldier, civil engineer, and surveyor John Baker Tapscott and his family.

Papers belonging to San Francisco printer Edward DeWitt Taylor.

Correspondence belonging to 19th century Ohio lawyer and politician Joseph Danner Taylor.

This collection consists of letters sent by Zachary Taylor while serving in the U.S. Army during the Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848, primarily to his brother-in-law, U.S. Army surgeon Robert Crooke Wood.

Correspondence and documents relating to Lady Hester (Sandys) Temple and her husband Sir Thomas Temple and the management of their estates.

This collection contains business records of the Temple Oil Company of Los Angeles, California, dating from 1873-1910. Prominent participants include Thomas Robert Bard, Prudent Beaudry, the Southern Pacific Railroad Company and Francis Pliny F. Temple

Papers belonging to California lawyer and judge David Smith Terry.

A collection of material related to the British actress Dame Ellen Terry.

This collection is comprised of sample books and cards, produced primarily by French dye and textile manufacturers.

The professional and personal papers of American author Paul Theroux; the collection includes novels, travel books, notebooks, diaries, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera.

Letters belonging to 18th century British soldier and author Philip Thicknesse.

Diaries and photographs related to English and Australian novelist Angela Thirkell.

Papers belonging to Los Angeles politician and mayor Cameron Erskine Thom.

Records from the Quimichis Colony, an American-financed firm that acquired land on the west coast of Mexico for the growing of agricultural products. Richard Bard was president.

Papers belonging to the heirs of American naval officer Thomas Truxton dealing with his French spoliation case.

Papers belonging to the 19th century California publishing company Thompson & West.

A collection of the papers of American poet Dunstan Thompson (1918-1975), a Catholic who lived in England beginning in the 1940s. Consists of manuscripts, including book reviews, diaries, essays, plays, poems, and short stories, and correspondence (both to and from...

A collection of James Joyce material assembled by John Hinsdale Thompson, American professor and bookseller. The collection includes both original Joyce manuscripts and correspondence as well as correspondence related to Joyce scholarship and collecting.

The collection contains correspondence and manuscripts chiefly of the Sewall family of Massachusetts in the 19th century. However, there is also correspondence from the the Ward family and members of the family of author Henry David Thoreau, as well as...

This collection contains 43 letters of Lucy Smith Crittenden Thornton (1802-1885), wife of United States Government Land Commissioner in California Harry Innes Thornton (1797-1861), chiefly to her son attorney Harry Innes Thornton, Jr., as well as other Thornton family members....

This collection constitutes the literary archive of New Mexico author N. Howard (Nathan Howard) "Jack" Thorp (1867-1940). It includes original manuscripts of Thorp's stories, as well as songs, correspondence, a diary, photographs and related publications.

Papers belonging to Los Angeles conservationist William Henry Thrall.

This collection contains 54 items of the Tomlinson family of New Jersey, chiefly consisting of land-related items such as indentures, survey documents, and maps all relating to property within the state of New Jersey.

Documents of the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad, California.

This collection consists of records concerning the planning and distribution of the estate of Alice Larkin Toulmin (1879-1963), owner of the Larkin House in Monterey, California.

Papers belonging to American Civil War soldier Edward Davis Townsend.

The Townshend Family papers is a collection of correspondence, family and government documents, literary manuscripts, volumes, diaries, deeds and ephemera spanning the 16th to 20th centuries.

Papers belonging to British Whig statesman Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney.

Papers belonging to World War I American nurse Camilla Treadwell.

Letters and documents received by Cyrus True, of Searsport, Maine, documenting his attempts to speculate in land in the late 19th century.

This collection contains the papers of American professor and historian Frederick Jackson Turner (1861-1932). Subjects covered: Turner's education; family affairs; business affairs, particularly with his publisher Henry Holt and Co.; ideas about the frontier, sectionalism, historical scholarship, professional matters generally,...

This small collection of Lincolniana collector Justin George Turner (1898-1976) chiefly relates to the Civil War Centennial Commission and all of its related activities especially in California.

Papers belonging to American mining engineer Robert Chester Turner.

This collection contains the papers of American screenwriter and writer Catherine Turney (1906-1998) chiefly dating from 1934-1985 and including manuscripts, research notes and files, correspondence, and ephemera. Among the manuscripts are drafts of her screenplays, television and movie treatments, biographies,...

This collection contains 105 letters from American author Samuel Clemens (also known as Mark Twain) to his friend and confidante Mary J. Mason Fairbanks, written between 1867 and 1895.

This collection primarily consists of letters to John Tyler, from 1842 to 1852, many of them invitations to visit or attend various cities, clubs, societies, and celebrations.

The major portion of this collection consists of an assortment of U.S. Army Civil War documents, 1861 to 1865, related to the work of Paymaster John Oscar Culver; included are muster and pay rolls, correspondence, applications, certificates, vouchers, and receipts.

This collection consists of the professional papers of Alfred W. Uhrich (1889-1968), a corporate educator for the San Joaquin Power Division of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company.

Correspondence between investment banker Henry Lee Higginson and officers of the Union Cattle Company of Cheyenne, Wyoming, concerning mutual investments and the cattle industry.

The collection contains correspondence, memoirs, documents and photographs related to the activities of the 73rd Evacuation Unit of the United States Army in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. It also includes material related to reunions of former unit...

Papers belonging to William Upcott, English antiquary, autograph collector, and dealer.

This collection consists of material related to Frank Urbina's education and his career at Lockheed - California Company.

Records belonging to the U.S.S Olympia, the flagship of the Asiatic Squadron during the Spanish-American War.

A collection of material related to the emerging mining industry in California and businessman Henry Vail.

A collection of material related to American storekeeper and Society of Friends minister Robert Valentine.

The collection consists of letters and documents (in Spanish and English) of Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, bulk dating from 1844 to 1846.

Correspondence of American Civil War Union soldier Delos Van Deusen.

The Clarence E. Van Gundy papers primarily consist of technical data assembled by Van Gundy, a petroleum geologist, concerning the location and exploitation of various potential petroleum deposits in California in the early 20th century.

A collection of correspondence related to the life of American artist Theodore Van Soelen.

The collection consists chiefly of letters, with some manuscripts and documents related to John Wesley Vandevort and his Pittsburgh holdings in the steel industry.

The majority of the collection deals with the trip of American composer Clifford Vaughan (1893-1987) to Asia (chiefly Japan, India and Indonesia) with Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn and the Denishawn Dancers in 1925.

Family letters and work-related memoranda of former Huntington employee Rigoberto Vazquez.

Collected ephemera related to drawing techniques.

The papers consist of materials that Pedro Villaseñor, a Mexican Roman Catholic nationalist, created and assembled that document the troubled church-state relations of Mexico and their effect in Los Angeles, chiefly in the 1930s.

A collection of material related to the life and career of American historian and Johns Hopkins professor John Martin Vincent.

This collection primarily consists of business correspondence addressed to Henry M. Yerington, vice president of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad, dating from 1865-1906. Subjects include mines and mineral resources in Nevada and Cerro Gordo, California; pumping machinery, and water rights...

Collection comprises approximately 17,000 offprints, reprints, and pamphlets related to the history of science collected by Vito Volterra (1860-1940), an Italian mathematician. The offprints focus primarily on the physical sciences, with emphasis on works on astronomy, mathematics, fluid mechanics, energetics,...

This collection primarily documents the activities of members of the Vose, Stearns, and McCormick, dating from 1834 to 1949, and chiefly reflects their life in Los Angeles, California. In particular, this set of papers documents the activities of the...

Collection consists of correspondence, 29 diaries and one drawing related to the lives and activities of Oregon Territory missionaries Elkanah Walker and Mary Richardson Walker.

A collection of correspondence and documents related to the Walking Purchase and the 1756-1758 Councils of Easton retained by the office of Pennsylvania's governor William Denny.

A collection of research material on English drama and theater collected by Charles William Wallace, American author and educator.

A collection of material related to the Waller family of Kentucky and Henry Waller, American lawyer, politician, and businessman.

A collection of material pertaining to the life and career of author and social reformer Anna Strunsky Walling and her husband, William English Walling.

A collection of material related to the life and work of American Presbyterian pastor and seminary founder Edward Brown Walsworth.

This collection contains the papers of engineer and California utility company executive George Ward Clinton (1863-1933). Subject matter includes Ward's life in New York (1887-1900), two trips to the High Sierra in the area of Huntington Lake in 1922 and...

The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, drawings, and photographs of the Ward and Thoreau families, relatives of Henry David Thoreau, of Massachusetts. The collection also contains two pages of proofs of F. B. Sanborn's "First and last journeys of Thoreau (1905)",...

A collection related to the life and career of American inventor Charles P. S. Wardwell.

This collection consists of Barbara R. Warner's research concerning the Bear Flag Revolt.

Warren D. Mohr assembled this collection of material related to Charles Darwin. It contains correspondence, photographs, prints, ephemera, and clippings.

This collection documents four generations of the Horn and Warren families of New York, Springfield, Missouri, and Southern California, from 1809 to 1960. Includes papers of the family of Glendora, California, fruit rancher Charles C. Warren (died 1941) and his...

A series of letters written primarily by Virginia Warren, who was secretary to Los Angeles lawyer Frank J. Hogan, to George W. Johnston Jr. and his wife Bess Johnston, concerning personal matters and the work of Hogan's law office.

This collection contains correspondence, surveys, military records, memoranda, accounts, receipts, and ephemera pertaining to George Washington's careers as surveyor, military leader, and U.S. president. Also present are Washington family correspondence and material relating to Mount Vernon and Washington's household, including...

The collection consists of papers, diaries, and photographs related to the life and interests of California women's rights activist Louise Ward Watkins (1890-1974) and her family. Subject matter in the collection includes California politics; Japan and Japanese-American relations; her father,...

This collection contains the papers of American businessman Gurdon Wallace Wattles (1855-1932) of Omaha, Nebraska, and Hollywood, California. The papers chiefly dating from 1918-1950 consist of correspondence, as well as some manuscripts of Wattles and Ephemera. The correspondence primarily deals...

A collection of material related to Charles William Watts, Oregon newspaperman and Klondike Gold Rush miner.

This collection contains literary manuscripts, business and personal correspondence and ephemera by and about the British writer Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966).

This collection contains the family correspondence of Ohio-born Grace Fraser Waugh (1871-1938) consisting almost entirely of letters sent by Waugh between 1900 and 1936 to her younger sister and brother-in-law from various places including, Heidelberg, Germany, Florida, Oregon, Ohio, Massachusetts,...

This collection contains correspondence and miscellaneous ephemera of American author, agent, and book distributor W. Irving Way (1853-1931), consisting primarily of 146 letters and ephemera from American publisher Thomas Bird Mosher (1852-1923), chiefly about business matters.

A collection of personal, professional, and business papers of Thompson Webb, California educator and founder of the Webb School in Claremont, California.

This collection consists of the personal papers of Samuel Derrick Webster (1845-1928), Civil War soldier and Indian Agent, and Joseph Witherspoon Cook (1836-1902), missionary to the Yankton Sioux in South Dakota.

A collection of material related to the professional and personal lives of Moravian missionaries William Henry Weinland and Caroline Yost Weinland.

The papers of U.S. Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles.

The collection consists mostly of dispatches from Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, to William Carr Beresford, Viscount Beresford, a general under Wellesley, giving instructions.

This collection contains papers of British soldier and statesman Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), chiefly related to Wellingon's work as Constable of the Tower of London, including letters and documents pertaining to the day to day running of...

This collection consists mainly of letters to and from Wells, Fargo & Company official Hosmer B. (Buckingham) Parsons (1846-1908), who joined the company in 1867 and later became president of its bank in New York. The papers deal with company...

Collected incoming correspondence to the Los Angeles law firm of Wells, Van Dyke, and Lee, which existed from 1885-1887.

This collection primarily consists of correspondence to family from Edwin Nicholas Welter as he worked and traveled throughout Alaska and the Yukon and from Stuart Jackson Welter as he mined for iron in Nevada, chiefly dating from 1900 to the...

Correspondence of Christian S. Wenger, who worked as an obstetrician at United States Naval Hospitals during World War II. Letters are primarily to Wenger's parents, and describe his work in California and Mississippi between 1944 and 1946, as well as...

A volume of letters and engravings related to the life and work of John Wesley, English evangelist and founder of Methodism.

This collection consists of five volumes of reports, accounts, notes, and logs, two unbound texts, and eighty-seven photographs associated with United States Army Colonel Frank West (1850-1923), chiefly during his service during the Indian Wars in the 1870s, including in...

This collection contains 39 items of English artists and brothers William Westall (1781-1850), an illustrator of topographical works, and Richard Westall (1765-1836), a painter, book illustrator, and instructor of painting and drawing to the Princess Victoria.

The Stanley Weyman collection primarily consists of correspondence related to his novel .

This collection contains the personal and professional papers of California lawyer and political activist Frank Wheat (1921-). The papers chiefly date from the mid 1980s-2005 and cover his work on the California Desert Protection Act; the California Desert Miracle, The...

This collection consists of 76 letters, the majority addressed to Nathaniel S. Wheeler at various "Wild West" duty posts such as Fort Bliss, Texas and Fort Craig, New Mexico.

The Albert D. Wheelon papers primarily focus on his career at the United States Central Intelligence Agency, Hughes Aircraft Company, and his research on electromagnetism.

This collection consists of the typed transcripts of the journals keep by Mormon missionary and active church member John Mills Whitaker (1863-1960) and a typed transcript of the funeral service held for him. The journals cover the majority of Whitaker’s...

This collection consists of letters written on the overland journey of New York lawyer Billington Whiting (1812-1881) to California in 1849 and life after his arrival. There are also memoirs written by his wife, Susan Whiting (1826-1913), who came to...

This collection consists of letters from L.L. Whitman and his wife to his mother R.J. Whitman, in South Paris, Maine.

This collection consists of company records, correspondence, ephemera, photographs, and audio/visual material related to the Whittier family and company.

A collection of professional and personal material related to the California artist Ethel May Wickes.

A collection of 19th and 20th century diaries and legal documents related to the Widney family of Los Angeles, California.

This collection contains 32 manuscripts of Los Angeles physician and writer Joseph P. Widney (1841-1939), chiefly consisting of chapter drafts from Widney’s book, The Three Americas: Their Racial Past (ca. 1930s), as well as a few pieces of ephemera and...

This collection contains 44 pieces of documents, correspondence, and ephemera of the Wiley Gold Mining Company, incorporated in 1905 with mining claims primarily in Lida, Nevada.

A collection of letters related to the English painter Sir David Wilkie.

A collection of personal and professional material related to Charles Dwight Willard, American newspaperman, author, and publicity director.

Material related to C.W. Williams, a member of Williams & Young, a prominent 19th century ballooning and parachuting duo.

Collection of letters written to Helen Carhart Williams from her childhood until middle age. The letters describe the writers' lives as they attended high school and college, began their careers, and in many cases got married and moved out of...

This collection contains the papers of geologist and Stanford University professor Bailey Willis (1857-1949). Subject matter includes: Willis's work, travels and family; geology, especially earthquakes; scientists and scientific institutions. There are also early photographs of China (1903-04) and Argentina (1911-13).

This small collection chiefly contains correspondence between lawyer John Alexander Wills (1819-1891) and his wife, Charlotte Le Moyne Wills (1824-1908), before and during the American Civil War.

Basil W. Wilson was a consulting oceanographic engineer based in Pasadena, California. The collection consists of his correspondence, papers, and notebooks.

Collected business and personal correspondence relating to Southern California landowner Benjamin Davis Wilson (1811-1878) and his family. The collection also includes account books, diaries (kept by Wilson's wife Margaret and their daughters Annie and Ruth), and assorted ephemera. The Shorb...

The collection contains the journal, letters, and notes documenting the Whitman trip Charis Wilson took with photographer Edward Weston.

This collection contains materials on English artists Richard Cosway (1742-1821) and Maria Cosway (1760-1838) compiled by art history doctoral student Diana G. Wilson (1932-1988) for her dissertation (never completed) at the University of California, Los Angeles. Includes Wilson's correspondence, research...

This collection deals primarily with the professional activities of Olin C. Wilson (1909-1994), an astronomer at the Mount Wilson Observatory, who was most active from the mid-1930s into the 1980s.

A collection of material related to the Winchester family of Illinois and the Burlingame family of Massachusetts.

Third treaty of Prairie Du Chien between the United States and the Winnebago tribe.

This collection contains the papers of British theater proprietor and author James Winston (1773-1843) consisting of Winston's four volumes of Theatrical Records & Memoranda (1803-1816, 1820-1830); research material for his work on the lives of various performers; manuscripts; letters by...

The collection consists of letters and manuscripts related to Una Winter's efforts in gathering material for the Susan B. Anthony Memorial Committee

Contains five diaries from Lewis A. Wolfley (1807-1844), an Ohio physician and surgeon in the United States Navy, from between 1829 and 1839. The diaries cover his career in Ohio and service with the Navy, including the year Wolfley spent...

A collection of material related to the personal and professional life of Lewis Wolfskill, California rancher and businessman.

A collection of material related to the life and work of Charles Wolter, Californian ship captain and landowner.

A collection of correspondence, manuscripts, and ephemera related to the life and work of soldier, lawyer, and author Charles Erskine Scott Wood and his wife Sara Bard Field Wood, poet, suffragist, and author.

A collection of material related to the life and work of C. E. S. Wood and Sara Bard (Field) Wood.

The collection spans several generations of the Wood family, focusing on the personal life and business activities of Colorado assayer Henry Ellsworth Wood.

A collection of material related to the Woodbridge and Michaelis families, including Major Francis Woodbridge, Eliza K. Woodbridge, Kate K. Michaelis, Major Otho Michaelis, and Lieutenant Frank Woodbridge.

This collection covers the Mayo and Woodruff families from the Civil War to World War I and deals with four general topics: the American Civil War, the American West, physicians, and World War I.

A collection of personal and naval papers belonging to Commodore Selim Edwin Woodworth I and Lieutenant Selim Edwin Woodworth II.

The collection consists primarily of letters from English writer Leonard Woolf (1880-1969) to college roommate and friend Saxon Sydney-Turner, including thirty-eight letters date from Woolf's college days at the University Cambridge, twenty-two are from the period when Woolf served as...

A collection of material related to the organization and conduct of attorney Thomas Lee Woolwine's campaigns for the offices of Los Angeles County district attorney and California governor.

A collection of material related to the work of James Perry Worden, California lecturer and writer.

This collection contains the papers of lawyer and California State Supreme Court judge Donald R. Wright (1907-1985), chiefly consisting of correspondence, and some documents, dating from the 1970s. Most of the correspondence relates in some way to the California Supreme...

This collection contains the papers of American optician and geophysicist Frederic Eugene Wright (1877-1953), who served as the chair of the "Committee on Study of Surface Feature of Moon" of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. The majority of the collection...

This collection contains 30 items dealing with the development of Wrightwood, California, in the San Gabriel Mountains, from a cattle ranch and apple orchard into a vacation destination by Sumner B. Wright (1858-1944) and his business associates.