Milton Frank Kemble Papers: Finding Aid

Finding aid prepared by Mitchell W. K. Toda, June 6, 2002.

The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens

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Overview of the Collection

Title: Milton Frank Kemble Papers

Dates (inclusive): 1827-1887

Collection Number: mssKemble papers

Creator: Kemble, Milton Frank, 1829-1888.

Extent: 47 pieces in 1 box

Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Manuscripts Department

1151 Oxford Road

San Marino, California 91108

Phone: (626) 405-2129

Email: reference@huntington.org

URL: http://www.huntington.org

Abstract: 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 1873.

Language: English.

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Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Milton Frank Kemble Papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Provenance

Gift of Ira Oscar Kemble, June 27, 1945.

Biographical Note

Milton Frank Kemble (1829-1888) was born in Elkton, Ohio, on July 15, 1829. He spent most of his life in Kansas and Oskaloosa, Iowa, and made occasional trips to Santa Clara County, California. He dedicated a great deal of his time to farming and taking notes on the weather and land. He died in July 1888.

Scope and Content

The bulk of the collection consists of the diaries, account books, weather diaries, and notebooks of Milton Frank Kemble (1829-1888). Of particular interest is the diary Kemble wrote while traveling by train from Iowa to California in 1873. The rest of the collection is of materials from other members of the Kemble family.

Arrangement

The collection is in one box and is arranged alphabetically by author, followed by miscellaneous manuscripts and ephemera.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog.

Subjects

Kemble, Milton Frank, 1829-1888.

Farmers -- Iowa -- Diaries.

Farmers -- Kansas -- Diaries.

Frontier and pioneer life -- California -- Santa Clara County.

Frontier and pioneer life -- Iowa.

Frontier and pioneer life -- Kansas.

Overland journeys to the Pacific.

Railroad travel -- West (U.S.) -- History -- Sources.

Weather -- Observations.

California, Northern -- Description and travel.

Kansas -- Description and travel.

Oskaloosa (Iowa) -- Description and travel.

Forms/Genres

Account books -- 19th century.

Diaries -- 19th century.

Notebooks -- 19th century.

Box 1

Manuscripts and ephemera

Folder 1

Chambers, John. Deed to Thomas Vernon. 1864