Palmer Family papers, 1800-1960

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Summary

Creators:
Palmer family
Abstract:
Henry Austin Palmer came to California in 1862 and was employed in a banking and assay office in Folsom until 1864, and then spent a year in assaying in Michigan Bluff. He became the first cashier of the Union National bank, established in 1877, serving as president from 1882-86, while also serving as vice president and treasurer of the Union Savings Bank. The collection consists of photographs, correspondence, diaries, glass slides, glass plate negatives, ephemera, and memorabilia of the Harold King Palmer family of Los Angeles.
Extent:
23.5 Linear Feet (47 boxes and 11 oversize boxes.)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Palmer Family Papers (Collection 515). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of photographs, correspondence, diaries, glass slides, glass plate negatives, ephemera, and memorabilia of the Harold King Palmer family of Los Angeles. Includes materials of Elizabeth Day Palmer, Henry Austin Palmer, the Beggs and Rex family, and the Hart family. Also includes a photograph album of Elizabeth Day Palmer with photographs taken on a trip to Chile, ca. 1903.

Biographical / historical:

Henry Austin Palmer was born in 1842, a native of Stonington, Connecticut; worked there as an express agent, then a clerk in the U.S. custom house; came to California in 1862 and was employed in a banking and assay office in Folsom until 1864, and then spent a year in assaying in Michigan Bluff; worked as cashier in U.S. Mint at San Francisco, 1865-67; cashier at banking house of Banks & Company until 1869 when he organized and was appointed cashier of the Union Savings Bank of Oakland; became the first cashier of the Union National bank, established in 1877, serving as president from 1882-86, while also serving as vice president and treasurer of the Union Savings Bank; in 1867, he married Jane O. Day; their children were Theodore S., Elizabeth Day, and Harold King Palmer; in 1882, along with C.T. Mills and M.L. Wicks, Palmer incorporated the Pomona Land and Water Company; in 1884 served as vice president, and then president until 1887; also became the owner and incorporator of the Pomona Bank in 1883.

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Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Harold King Palmer (Boxes 1-7).
  2. Palmer family (Boxes 8-17, 21-24, 35-49).
  3. Elizabeth Day Palmer (Boxes 18-20).
  4. Henry Austin Palmer (Boxes 25-30).
  5. Beggs family (Boxes 31-33).
  6. Hart family (Box 34).
  7. Photograph album of Chile (Box 50).
  8. Rex and Beggs family photograph album (Box 51).
  9. Glass plate negatives (Boxes 52-58).

Physical / technical requirements:

PORTIONS OF THIS COLLECTION HAVE BEEN DIGITIZED. See the Existence and Location of Copies note for the link to the digitized materials.

Physical location:
Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
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Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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Restrictions:

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Palmer Family Papers (Collection 515). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
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