Arline Anderson Collection
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Harrison Memorial Library
2021
P.O. Box 800
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Carmel-by-the-Sea, California 93921
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Title: Arline Anderson Collection
Dates: 1881-1970 (bulk 1881-1925)
Collection Number: A52
Creator/Collector:
Anderson, Arline
Cornett, (Mary) Josephine Decarli
Extent: 2 archival boxes, 1 over-sized photograph
Repository:
Harrison Memorial Library
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California 93921
Abstract: This collection contains papers and photographs from the Christiano Machado family as well as, the family of Angelo Decarli
and Jessie Machado Decarli. Christiano Machado, a former whaling captain, farmer, and early caretaker for the Carmel Mission.
Christiano, with the help of a local Indian woman, located the grave of Father Junipero Serra. The collection includes These
include newspaper articles, handwritten notes and letters, wedding invitations, naturalization papers, bank checks, biographical
information for Angelo Decarli, marriage licenses, cards in remembrance of Nellie Decarli, diplomas, receipts, and photographs
of various family members.
Language of Material: English
Materials are open for research.
The Henry Meade Local History Room, Harrison Memorial Library does not hold copyright to these items. Permission to publish
must be obtained from the copyright holder by the user.
Arline Anderson Collection. Harrison Memorial Library
Donated by Arline Anderson.
Biography/Administrative History
(Mary) Josephine Decarli Cornett was the granddaughter of Christiano Machado, a former whaling captain, farmer, and early
caretaker for the Carmel Mission. Christiano, with the help of a local Indian woman, located the grave of Father Junipero
Serra. Josephine’s mother was Jessie Machado Decarli, daughter of Christiano and Mary Josephine Machado. Josephine Decarli
was the principal of the Lincoln Elementary School in Salinas. She married Iver Cornett, manager of Tassajara Hot Springs,
after she retired.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection contains papers and photographs from the Christiano Machado family as well as, the family of Angelo Decarli
and Jessie Machado Decarli. These include newspaper articles, handwritten notes and letters, wedding invitations, naturalization
papers, bank checks, biographical information for Angelo Decarli, marriage licenses, cards in remembrance of Nellie Decarli,
diplomas, receipts, and photographs of various family members. The papers span the years from 1881-1970, with the bulk falling
between the years of 1881-1925. The photographs are mostly undated.
In addition, the collection contains newspaper and magazine articles about Point Lobos, the Monterey Bay School, the Carmelite
Monastery, the Carmel Mission, Carmel Valley, and Father Junipero Serra, as well as items pertaining to the sainthood of Father
Serra, newspaper articles about the visit of Pope John Paul II to the Monterey Bay Area in 1987, copies of the Siempre Adelante
newsletter, and photographs of the Carmelite Monastery, Carmel Mission, people and places in Carmel Valley, and the opening
of Father Serra’s grave. A large photograph of a picnic celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Father Junipero
Serra is also part of this collection.
Serra, Junípero, Saint, 1713-1784
Machado, Christiano
Martin, Catrina Machado
Sukow, Maria Machado
Decarli, Jessie Machado
Decarli, Angelo
Decarli, (Mary) Josephine
Lillie, Angelina
Monterey Bay School
Mission San Carlos Borromeo (Carmel, Calif.)
Carmelite Monastery of Our Lady and St. Therese (Carmel, Calif.)
Carmel Valley – California