Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Higgins, Adah P. Lowe, 1866-1912
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- 1 folder
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Adah Lowe Higgins papers. San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco History Center
Background
- Scope and content:
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Folder includes handwritten letter describing the disaster (9 leaves), written by San Francisco resident Adah L. Higgins to uncle Frank Johnson a few days after the April 18 earthquake and subsequent fires. Fleeing the fires, Adah and husband John C. Higgins, manager at Great Western Smelting Co., are given refuge with the family of August Jacquemet, florist, at 1401 Woolsey St. in the southeast of the city. Folder also includes a transcript of the account (7 leaves), a two-page biographical sketch written by descendant Robert Hessong, and photocopies of portraits of Higgins and of San Francisco postcards formerly in Adah's possession (9 leaves.)
- Biographical / historical:
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Adah P. Lowe was born in Indiana and married John C. Higgins in Marion County in 1888. John worked as an iron moulder. The couple moved to San Francisco, where he worked for the Standard Brass Casting Co. and Great Western Smelting Co. After the 1906 earthquake and fire, the couple moved to Alhambra, Los Angeles County.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift, 2018-60
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Florists—California—San Francisco.
Iron molders—California—San Francisco.
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906--Personal narratives.
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906--Personal narratives. San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906--Personal narratives. San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906--Personal narratives. San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906--Personal narratives. San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906--Personal narratives. San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906--Personal narratives.
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906--Personal narratives. Fires—California—San Francisco.
Iron moulders—California—San Francisco. - Names:
- Great Western Smelting Company (San Francisco, Calif.)
Higgins family.
Jacquemet family.
Higgins, Adah P. Lowe, 1866-1912 – Archives. - Places:
- San Francisco (Calif.)
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is available for use during San Francisco History Center hours. Collections that are stored offsite should be requested 48 hours in advance.
- Terms of access:
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All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the City Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.
- Preferred citation:
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Adah Lowe Higgins papers. San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco History Center
- Location of this collection:
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San Francisco Public Library100 Larkin StreetSan Francisco, CA 94102, US
- Contact:
- (415) 557-4567