Marion DeVries Papers: Finding Aid

Finding aid prepared by Mitchell W. K. Toda, September 19, 2002.
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Overview of the Collection

Title: Marion DeVries Papers
Dates (inclusive): 1896-1925
Collection Number: mssDeVries papers
Creator: DeVries, Marion.
Extent: 72 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: 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 his political support.
Language: English.

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Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Marion DeVries Papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Provenance

Purchased from Dawson's Book Shop, January 12, 1967.

Biographical Note

Marion DeVries (1865-1939) attended San Joaquin Valley College and obtained his law degree from the University of Michigan. He was admitted to the Michigan bar in 1887 and to the California bar in the same year. DeVries became the Assistant District Attorney of San Joaquin County from 1893-1897. He then was elected to the 55th and 56th Congresses to represent the 2nd district of California. After resigning from Congress, DeVries became a member of the Board of the U.S. Customs Court in New York from 1900-1910. Later he became an associate judge to the U.S. Court of Customs Appeals in Washington, D.C. from 1910-1921, becoming the presiding judge from 1921-1922.

Scope and Content

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 his political support. Of note are two letters; the first was written by A. F. Hector to Marion DeVries, dated Mar. 3, 1900 discussing mining in Mono County, California; the second was written by William H. Metson to Marion DeVries, which talks about the relationship between Mexico and the United States.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged alphabetically by author with misc. materials placed at the end.

Indexing Terms

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

Subjects

DeVries, Marion.
United States. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
Legislators -- California -- San Joaquin County.
Mines and mineral resources -- California -- Mono County.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Mexico -- Public opinion.

Forms/Genres

Letters (correspondence) -- California.


Box 1

Documents

Folder 1

Ackerman, Herman F. To Marion DeVries. Magalia, Calif. 1898, Jan. 20

Folder 2

Ackhoff, H. W. To Marion DeVries. Chicago, Ill. 1922, Oct. 11

Folder 3

Ackhoff, H. W. To Marion DeVries. Chicago, Ill. 1922, Oct. 27

Folder 4

Adams, Harriet Chalmers, 1875-1937. To Marion DeVries. Washington, D.C. 1922, Jan. 25

Folder 5

Alford, William H. To Marion DeVries. San Francisco, Calif. 1896, Nov. 5

Folder 6

Alford, William H. To [Marion DeVries]. Undated

Folder 7

Annin, William P. To Marion DeVries. Salt Lake City, Utah 1899, July 20

Folder 8

Burgess, William. To Marion DeVries. Trenton, N.J. 1921, Apr. 2

Folder 9

Burleigh, Edwin C. (Edwin Chick), 1843-1916. To Marion DeVries. Augusta, Me. 1899, Aug. 18

Folder 10

Burleigh, Edwin C. (Edwin Chick), 1843-1916. To Marion DeVries. Augusta, Me. 1899, Sept. 4

Folder 11

Cameron, John. To Marion DeVries. Washington, D.C. 1922, Feb. 10

Folder 12

Carroll, B. C. To Marion DeVries. San Francisco, Calif. 1921, Feb. 3

Folder 13

Carroll, B. C. To Marion DeVries. San Francisco, Calif. 1921, May 5

Folder 14

Carroll, B. C. To Marion DeVries. Los Angeles, Calif. 1922, Nov. 1

Folder 15

Carroll, B. C. To Marion DeVries. San Francisco, Calif. 1922, Dec. 1

Folder 16

Carroll, B. C. To Marion DeVries. San Francisco, Calif. Undated

Folder 17

Crocker, Henry J. To Samuel D. Woods San Francisco, Calif. 1899, Nov. 28

Folder 18

Curtis, Charles. To Marion DeVries. 1921, Mar. 25

Folder 19

Defrees, Joseph H. To Marion DeVries. Washington, D.C. 1921, Apr. 7

Folder 20

Defrees, Joseph H. To Marion DeVries. Chicago, Ill. 1922, Oct. 24

Folder 21

DeVries, Marion. To Commissioner of Pensions. Washington, D.C. 1898, Jan. 27

Folder 22

DeVries, Marion. To Lieutenant Graham. Stockton, Calif. 1898, Nov. 25

Folder 23

DeVries, Marion. To Commissioner of Pensions. Washington, D.C. 1899, Feb. 1

Folder 24

DeVries, Marion. To N. Davidson & Co. Stockton, Calif. 1899, Sept. 11

Folder 25

DeVries, Marion. To Butchers’ and Stockgrowers’ Journal. Washington, D.C. 1922, Dec. 26

Folder 26

Dewey, Hiram S. To Marion DeVries. New York N.Y. 1922, Aug. 10

Folder 27

Dillingham, William P. (William Paul), 1843-1923. To Marion DeVries. Washington, D.C. 1921, Mar. 28

Folder 28

Esses, Sidney P. To Marion DeVries. Blackstone, Va. 1899, Nov. 11

Folder 29

Fairchild, G. W. To Marion DeVries. New York, N.Y. 1922, Mar. 1

Folder 30

Fleishhacker, Herbert. To Marion DeVries. San Francisco, Calif. 1900, July 7

Folder 31

Henderson, David Bremner, 1840-1906. To Marion DeVries. Dubuque, Iowa 1899, Oct. 2

Folder 32

Heaen, I. A. To Marion DeVries. Washington, D.C. 1900, Apr. 30

Folder 33

Hector, A. F. To Marion DeVries. Bodie, Calif. 1900, Mar. 3

Folder 34

Holt, Ben C. To Marion DeVries. Spokane, Wash. 1922, Apr. 19

Folder 35

Hooe,. To Marion DeVries. New York, N.Y. 1900, June 12

Folder 36

Johnson, Hiram, 1866-1945. To Marion DeVries. Sacramento, Calif. 1898, May 6

Folder 37

Johnson, Hiram, 1866-1945. To Marion DeVries. [Washington, D.C.] 1922, May 13

Folder 38

Johnson, Oscar A. To Marion DeVries. Fresno, Calif. 1899, Sept. 21

Folder 39

Kahn, Julius, 1861-1924. To Marion DeVries. Washington, D.C. 1922, Dec. 15

Folder 40

Kellogg, Martin, 1828-1903. To Marion DeVries. Berkeley, Calif. 1897, Dec. 13

Folder 41

L , Charles D. To Marion DeVries. New York, N.Y. 1925, Mar. 1

Folder 42

L , Charles D. To Marion DeVries. New York, N.Y. 1925, Apr. 22

Folder 43

L , Charles D. To Marion DeVries. St. Louis, Mo. 1925, Feb. 1

Folder 44

Langley, S. P. (Samuel Pierpoint), 1834-1906. To Marion DeVries. Washington, D.C. 1898, Feb. 4

Folder 45

Lea, Clarence F. To Marion DeVries. Washington, D.C. 1922, Dec. 14

Folder 46

List, M. C. To Marion DeVries. Seattle, Wash. 1898, May 26

Folder 47

Long, John Davis, 1838- 1915. To Marion DeVries. Washington, D.C. 1898, Apr. 7

Folder 48

Loud, E. F. (Eugene Francis), 1847-1908. To Marion DeVries. North Dighton, Mass. 1899, Apr. 7

Folder 49

McCumber, Porter J. (Porter James), 1856-1933. To Marion DeVries. Washington, D.C. 1922, June 22

Folder 50

McKenna, Joseph. To Marion DeVries. 1925, Jan. 15

Folder 51

McLean, John T. To Marion DeVries. Washington, D.C. 1898, Mar. 3

Folder 52

McPike, Henry C. To Marion DeVries. San Francisco, Calif. 1899, Aug. 25

Folder 53

Metson, William H. To Marion DeVries. Mexico City, Mexico [1921]

Folder 54

Misson, A. W. To Marion DeVries. Washington, D.C. 1921, Mar. 8

Folder 55

Morf, Paul C. To Marion DeVries. Greenville, N.J. 1900, Mar. 12

Folder 56

Perkins, George C. (George Clement), 1839-1923. To Marion DeVries. San Francisco, Calif. 1897, Aug. 24

Folder 57

Peters, J. D. To Marion DeVries. Stockton, Calif. 1897, Apr. 8

Folder 58

Peters, J. D. To Marion DeVries. Stockton, Calif. 1898, Apr. 13

Folder 59

Phelps, J. L. To Marion DeVries. Stockton, Calif. 1898, Apr. 27

Folder 60

Reading, W. E. To Marion DeVries. Bodie, Calif. 1900, Feb. 12

Folder 61

San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. To Marion DeVries. San Francisco, Calif. 1899, Oct. 4

Folder 62

San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. To Marion DeVries. San Francisco, Calif. 1899, Oct. 25

Folder 63

Smith, Scott W. To Marion DeVries. [Washington, D.C.]. 1900, Apr. 17

Folder 64

Spreckels, John Diedrich, b. 1853. To Marion DeVries. San Francisco, Calif. 1900, Feb. 12

Folder 65

Tiseliee. To Marion DeVries. Warwick, N.Y. 1922, Aug. 15

Folder 66

Tiseliee. To Marion DeVries. Warwick, N.Y. 1922, Aug. 20

Folder 67

W , Noble. To Marion DeVries. Logan, Utah 1896, Oct. 5

Folder 68

Wallace, Miles. To Marion DeVries. Yosemite Valley, Calif. 1897, Oct. 6

Folder 69

Washburn, Albert H. To Marion DeVries. Hanover, N.H. 1922, May 8

Folder 70

Wheeler, Clark. To Marion DeVries. Paducah, Ky. 1899, Nov. 7

Folder 71

White, Stephen M. To Marion DeVries. Los Angeles, Calif. 1899, Feb. 12

Folder 72

, Jack. To Marion DeVries. 1899, Sept. 11

Folder 73

Nevada Pacific Oil Company. Statement. Undated

Folder 74

Ephemera. 3 pieces. 1875-1898