Identifier:

Series 13.

Dates:

circa 1870-1940.

Extent:

5 linear feet.

Scope and content:

This series consists of non-documentary materials found in the collection. They include various leather items, including a briefcase inscribed to Honnold by his colleagues at the Commission for Relief in Belgium, another one he commonly used in Los Angeles, a tooled leather book cover to Cecil G. Trew's Reveries of Omar, and Caroline Honnold's white calfskin gloves. Items of cloth include a patriotic banner, a sampler, and Honnold's masonic apron. Among the medals are a large number commemorating World War I relief in Belgium and Northern France, including the neck and lapel versions the Croix de Commandeur de l'Ordre de la Couronne, awarded Honnold by Albert I. of Belgium; and political medals documenting both William and Caroline Honnold's participation as alternate delegates at Republican National Conventions from 1928 to 1940. The series also includes three pieces of Caroline Honnold's jewelry, and a number of silver items, most monogrammed, such as decanters, crumb and hair brushes, and jars. Other items include several glass panes with Chinese scenes, a single stirrup, and big game scales.

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