Frary (Frank) Papers, 1876-1886

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Summary

Title:
Frank Frary Papers
Dates:
1876-1886
Creators:
Frary, Frank P.
Abstract:
This collection contains diaries and other papers of Frank P. Frary, a stagecoach company agent who started the San Diego and Julian City Stage Line and served as Mayor of San Diego, CA from 1901-1905.
Extent:
0.25 Linear feet (1 box)
Language:
Preferred citation:

Frank Frary Papers, MS 68, San Diego History Center Document Archives, San Diego, CA.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains diaries and other papers of Frank P. Frary, a stagecoach company agent who started the San Diego and Julian City Stage Line and served as Mayor of San Diego, CA from 1901-1905.

Frary’s diaries regard day-to-day life in San Diego between 1876 and 1886. He writes of parties he attended, his daily tasks, shootings, sickness, and his own wedding day. The 1882 diary provides a detailed record of Frary’s trip from San Diego to Lansing, Michigan by railroad. He provides observations of the countryside and towns he passes through as well as technical details of the freight the train was carrying and when engines and cars were switched throughout the trip.

Additional papers include correspondence, business cards, calling cards, and a receipt.

Biographical / historical:

Frank P. Frary (1857-1911), a native of Ohio, moved to San Diego, California in 1875 as an agent of a stage company which operated stages between San Diego and Santa Ana. It also held a government contract for carrying mail to and from Julian. Throughout 1877, he was employed as a handy man to Lew Guillame, a beekeeper, in Harbison Canyon. Later, he and a friend, Frank Foster, started the San Diego and Julian City Stage Line. Frank Frary was elected mayor of San Diego in 1901 and served in that capacity until 1905. He married Maud Thayler, a schoolteacher and native of San Francisco in 1886. They had two daughters, Ruth Thayer and Gladys May Frary.

Processing information:

Collection processed by Melanie Lytle on September 23, 2006.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged by material type.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Samantha Mills
Date Prepared:
April 4, 2017
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2017-04-04T12:25-0700

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

The San Diego History Center (SDHC) holds the copyright to any unpublished materials. SDHC Library regulations do apply.

Preferred citation:

Frank Frary Papers, MS 68, San Diego History Center Document Archives, San Diego, CA.

Location of this collection:
1649 El Prado, Suite 3
San Diego, CA 92101, US
Contact:
(619) 232-6203
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