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Correspondence

Box 1

Correspondence, Alexander - Church.

Physical Description: 89 folders.
Folder 1

Alexander and Banning. Letter to John Keeys. 1855, February 17.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 2

Atlas Freight Inc. Letter to William Banning. 1942, April 28.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 3

"Aunt Elizabeth." Letter to unknown recipient. [Undated].

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 4

"Aunt Fannie"? Letter to "my dear nieces." 1924, March 5.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 5

Ayer, Ellen Banning. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1918, March 26.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 6

Ayer, Frederick, 1822-1918. Letter to Joseph Brent Banning, 1861-1920. 1892, February 1.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 7

[Ayer, Frederick, 1822-1918. Letter to [Katharine Stewart Banning and Joseph Brent Banning, 1861-1920]. 1888, May 5

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 8

Ayer, Frederick, 1888-1969. Telegram to M.A. [Mary Alice?] Banning. 1918, April 3.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 9

Banning Co. Letter to Benjamin Davis Wilson. 1866.

Physical Description: 1 item [copy in the handwriting of Katharine Stewart Banning].
Folder 10

Banning, Elizabeth Lowber. Letter to William Lowber Banning. 1814-1898. 1854, November 19.

Physical Description: 1 letter.
Folder 11

Banning, Francina Alice. Letter to William Lowber Banning. 1854, June 15.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 12

Banning, George Hugh. Letter to William Banning. 1943, Oct.22.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Boxr 1, Folder 13

Banning, George Hugh. Letter to William Banning. 1943, Oct.25.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 14

Banning, Hancock, 1865-1925. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1884, May 7.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 15

Banning, Hancock, 1865-1925. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1886, February 9.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 16

[Banning, Hancock, 1865-1925]. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1886, April 17.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 17

Banning, Hancock, 1865-1925. Letter to {Katharine Stewart Banning]. 1890, July 31.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 18

Banning, Hancock, 1865-1925. Letter to William Lowber Banning, 1814-1898. 1888, July 27.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 19

Banning, Hancock, 1865-1925. Letter to William Banning. 1941, August 25.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 20

Banning, Hancock, 1892-1982. Letter to William Banning. 1942, March 4.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 21

Banning, Hancock, 1892-1982. Letter to William Banning. 1942, November 2.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 22

Banning, Hancock, 1892-1982. Letter to William Banning. 1943, December 22.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 23

Banning, Hancock, 1892-1982. Letter to S. Camphouse. 1942, May 20.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 24

Banning, Joseph Brent, 1861-1920. Letter to Banning Co. 1903, September 16.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 25

Banning, Joseph Brent, 1861-1920. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1889, June 10.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 26

Banning, Joseph Brent, 1861-1920. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1893, June 9.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 27

Banning, Joseph Brent, 1861-1920. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1894, September 22.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 28

Banning, Joseph Brent, 1861-1920. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1894, Oct.17.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 29

Banning, Joseph Brent, 1861-1920. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1903, September 1.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 30

Banning, Joseph Brent, 1861-1920. Letter to May Alice Banning. 1889, July 16.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 31

Banning, Joseph Brent, 1861-1920. Letter to William Lowber Banning, 1814-1898. 1891, July 7.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 32

Banning, Joseph Brent, 1861-1920. Letter to J.A. Gibson. 1919, January 6.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 33

Banning, Joseph Brent, 1861-1920. Telegram to Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Halstead. 1899, May 3.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 34

Banning, Joseph Brent, 1861-1920. Letter to Fred C. Nelles. 1920, March 1.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 35

Banning, Joseph Brent, 1861-1920. Letter to "my dear uncle." 1893, May 31.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 36

Banning, Joseph Brent, 1861-1920. Postcard. 1910, January 16.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 37

Banning, Joseph Brent, 1861-1920. Fragments of letters. Undated.

Physical Description: 2 items.
Folder 38

[Banning, Katharine Stewart?]. Letter to "Alec and Mabel." Undated

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 39

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Letter to [Katharine Alice Banning?]. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 40

[Banning, Katharine Stewart]. Letter to Mary Alice Sweeney Banning. 1890, March 14.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 41

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Letter to Mary Alice Sweeney Banning. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 42

Banning, katharine Stewart. Letter to Florence D. Rhoads. 1944.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 43

Banning, Phineas, 1830-1885. Letter to Joseph Brent Banning, 1861-1920. 1881, February 9.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 44

Banning, Phineas, 1830-1885. Letter to Joseph Brent Banning, 1861-1920. 1881, February 23.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 45

Banning, Phineas, 1830-1885. Letter to Joseph Brent Banning, 1861-1920. 1883, Oct.23.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 46

Banning, Phineas, 1830-1885. Letter to Joseph Brent Banning, 1861-1920. 1884, April 16

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 47

Banning, Phineas, 1830-1885. Letter to MAry Alice Sweeney Banning. 1859, Oct.16.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 48

Banning, Phineas, 1830-1885. Letter to William Lowber Banning, 1814-1898. 1854, June 29.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 49

Banning, Phineas, 1830-1885. Letter to William Lowber Banning, 1814-1898. 1861, September 3.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 50

Banning, Phineas, 1830-1885. Letter to William Lowber Banning, 1814-1898. 1871, April 17.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 51

Banning, Phineas, 1830-1885. Letter to William Lowber Banning, 1814-1898. 1871, April 23.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 52

Banning, Phineas, 1830-1885. Letter to William G. Halstead. 1882?, July 26.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 53

Banning, William. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1887, June 13.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 54

Banning, William. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1889, June 4.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 55

Banning, William. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1889, June 22.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 56

Banning, William. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1889, July 24.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 57

Banning, William. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1909, December 19.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 58

Banning, William. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1919.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 59

Banning, William. Letter to Mary [Mary Alice Sweeney Banning?]. 1887, August 22.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 60

Banning, William. Letter to William Lowber Banning, 1814-1898. 1887, June 20.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 61

Banning, William. Letter to William Lowber Banning, 1814-1898. 1887, November 6.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 62

Banning, William. Telegraph to William Lowber Banning, 1814-1898. 1889, December 1.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 63

Banning, William. Letter to William G. Halstead. 1883, March 13.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 64

Banning, William. Letter to George S. Patton, 1856-1927. 1903, Oct.22.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 65

Banning, William. Letter fragment. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 66

Banning, William Lowber, 1814-1898. Letter to Joseph Brent Banning, 1861-1920. 1892, April 3.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 67

Banning, William Lowber, 1814-1898. Letter to Mary Alice Sweeney Banning. 1865, May 27.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 68

Banning, William Lowber, 1814-1898. Letter to Mary Alice Sweeney Banning. 1866, July 12.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 69

Banning, William Lowber, 1814-1898. Letter to Mary Alice Sweeney Banning. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 70

Banning, William Lowber, 1814-1898. Letter to "my dear daughter." 1866, June 21.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 71

Banning, William Lowber, 1814-1898. Letter fragment. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 72

Banning, William Lowber, 1814-1898. Letter fragment. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 73

Banning, William Lowber, 1868-1925. Telegraph to William Lowber Banning, 1814-1898. 1887, August 19.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 74

Banning, William Phineas. Letter to Joseph Brent Banning, 1861-1920. Undated.

Physical Description: 2 items.
Folder 75

Banning, William Phineas. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. Approximately 1930.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 76

Banning, William Phineas. Letter to William Banning. 1942, September 24.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 77

Banning, William Phineas. Letter to O.O. Orr. 1944, July 26.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 78

Berndtson, ? Radiogram to Nancy Banning. 1934, September 4.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 79

Bicknell, Carrie Fargo. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1920.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 80

"Bill Jr.". Valentine to Katharine Stewart Banning?. Undated.

Physical Description: 2 items.
Folder 80a

Bishop, Elizabeth Blair. Postcard to Katharine Stewart Banning. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 81

Bixby, Fred H. Letters of introduction for Dale Drew. 1942.

Physical Description: 2 items.
Folder 82

Bouvet, Louis. Postcard to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1920, December 13.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 83

Bouvet, Louis. Postcard to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1921, January 26.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 84

Browne, Herbert. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1920, November 6.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 85

"Burch." Letter to "dearest family." 1944, August 16.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 86

Burnham, F.R. Letter to William Banning [re: stable fire, with two other letters]. 1944, March

Physical Description: 3 items.
Folder 87

Chandler, R.J. Memo regarding the appointment of Joseph Brent Banning Jr. as assistant to the Vicc President of the Los Angeles Steamship Co. 1931, January 17.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 88

Christie, Robert. Letter to "my dear dear friend." 1919, December 26

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 89

Church, Annie A. Letter to [Katharine Stewart Banning]. 1934, April 15.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 2

Correspondence, D - Wilson and unknown author

Physical Description: 52 folders.
Folder 1

Dais?, Jean. Letter to William Banning. c.1941 or 1942.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 2

Douty, F.S. Letter to William Banning. 1885, November 30.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 3

Es?, Connie? Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 194?.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 4

Everest, C.M. Telegraph to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1910, March 27.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 5

Fleming, David P. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1920, November 15.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 6

"George." Letter to Alice [P. Banning]. 1960, April 28.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 7

Habersham, Fred. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1898, April 22.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 8

Hellman, Herman W. Letter to Joseph Brent Banning, 1861-1920. 1905, February 18.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 9

Horn, Alexander E. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1943, July 22

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 10

Horn, A[lexander] E. Telegram to May Alice Banning. 1920, November 17.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 11

H?, Elizabeth. Letter to Alice Morse Banning. 1934, September 6.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 11a

Ing?, Florence G. Letters on Red Cross sewing. 1914.

Physical Description: 2 items.
Folder 12

Judd, Mary A. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. [1920].

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 13

Kennedy, S.A., Jr. Letter to Joseph Brent Banning, 1889-1969. 1926, Oct.4.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 14

"Koshie." Letter to unknown recipient. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 15

"L'Inconnue." Letter to William ? 1852, February 18.

Physical Description: 2 items.
Folder 16

"Lizzie." Letter to Mary [Alice Sweeney Banning?]. 1849, August 13.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 17

Lucas, D.P. Letter to William Banning. 1944, January 13.

Physical Description: 2 items.
Folder 18

Macfarland, Jack C. Letter to William Banning. 1942, May 27.

Physical Description: 2 items.
Folder 19

Macfarland, Jack C. Letter to William Banning. 1942, June 15.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 20

Macfarland, Jack C. Letter to William Banning. 1942, November 10.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 21

Machado, A. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning and family. 1920, November 1.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 22

Mackay, A. Letter to [Joseph Brent Banning and Katharine Stewart Banning]. 1890, May 12.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 23

Margaret ? Letter to Alice Morse Banning. 1934, September 8.

Physical Description: 2 items.
Folder 24

Marshall, William Rainey, 1825-1896. Document regarding William Lowber Banning, 1814-1898. 1866, January 20.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 25

McCarthy, E. Avery, Jr. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1920.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 26

McKinley, Lillian E. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1920.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 27

Mitchell, John J. Letter to William Banning. 1944, January 15.

Physical Description: 2 items.
Folder 28

"Nancy." Letter to "dear daddy." 1935.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 29

Orr, O.O. Letter to William Banning. 1944, July 22.

Physical Description: 2 items.
Folder 30

Patton, Beatrice Ayer. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1920, December.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 31

Smith, George H. Letter to Phineas Banning. 1882, May 17.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 32

Smith, Richard. Letter to William Banning. 1943, July 5.

Physical Description: 2 items.
Folder 33

Snyder, Peter J. Letter to Joseph Brent Banning, 1861-1920. 1913, August 22.

Physical Description: 2 items.
Folder 34

Snyder, Peter J. Letter to Joseph Brent Banning, 1861-1920. 1913, August

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 35

Snyder, Peter J. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1913, August 6.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 36

Letters regarding Peter Snyder. 1913.

Physical Description: 6 items.
Folder 37

Stanton, Edwin. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1921, January 1.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 38

Summers, W.T. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1920, November 6.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 39

U.S. Department of Commerce Steamboat Inspection Service. License to master of steam vessels for Joseph Brent Banning. 1926, September 29.

Physical Description: 2 items.
Folder 40

Vail, Walter L. Telegraph to Joseph Brent Banning, 1861-1920. 1888, April 23.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 41

Van Brunt, Arthur. Letter to Hancock Banning, 1892-1982. 1932, May 6.

Physical Description: 2 items.
Folder 42

Willey, Marion E. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1944, March 8.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 43

Willey, Marion E. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1944, Oct.25.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 44

Williams, Charles W. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1910, February 8.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 45

Wilmington Transportation Company. Letter to William Banning. 1902, June 24.

Physical Description: 2 items.
Folder 46

Wilson, Margaret S. Hereford. Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1898, September 1.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 47

Letter to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1920, November 23.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 48

Letter to "dear brother." 1852, August 19.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 49

Letter to "my dear, dear sister." 1889, July 9.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 50

Letter to unknown recipient. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 51

Form letters. 1942, undated.

Physical Description: 2 items.
Folder 52

Envelopes.

Physical Description: 5 items.
 

Legal, land, and financial papers

Box 3

Legal, land, and financial papers, 1874-1944.

Physical Description: 11 folders.
Folder 1

Bannning, Adelaide. Contract with Joseph Brent Banning on behalf of John M. Banning (includes letters and receipts). 1898

Physical Description: 4 items.
Folder 2

Memorandum of agreement between William Banning, Joseph Brent Banning, and Hancock Banning and George S. Patton regarding stock options in the Santa Catalina Island Company. 1915, December 31.

Physical Description: 2 items.
Folder 3

Protest of the Los Angeles Steamship Company Association against an increase in harbor rates. 1932, July 13.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 4

Deed between Phineas Banning and D.W. Alexander and E.N. MacDonald for land in Wilmington. 1874, April 4.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 5

Abstract of title for property in Rancho San Pasqual. Approximately 1880s.

Physical Description: 1 volume.
Folder 6

Receipts, financial statements, and correspondence regarding "Bill's Comfort Bags." 1918-1927.

Physical Description: 22 items.
Folder 7

Statements of account for the Townsend Land Company. 1932.

Physical Description: 3 items.
Folder 8

Statement of account for the Townsend Land Company. 1944.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 9

William Banning account statements. 1944, March -Aug.

Physical Description: 8 items.
Folder 10

Contracts and financial documents regarding the North American Drudging Co. of Nevada. 1908-1910.

Physical Description: 19 items.
Folder 11

Miscellaneous legal, financial, and land papers. Approximately 1894-1929.

Physical Description: 5 items.
 

Miscellaneous manuscripts

Box 4

Miscellaneous manuscripts, c.1872-1989.

Physical Description: 19 folders.
Box 4, 1

Banning, Alice Mira Morse. Inventory of the Banning house on McCadden Place, Los Angeles. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 4, 2

Banning, Phineas, 1830-1885. Field orders of the day: [printed sheet]. 1872.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 4, 3

Gibson, Franklin L. Text of the service given in the Little Church of the Flowers, Forest Lawn Memorial Park. 1935, December 31.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 4, 4

Wilson, Benjamin Davis, 1811-1878. Autobiography: [printed booklet]. Approximately 1878.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 4, 5

Miscellaneous notes on Catalina Island. Undated.

Physical Description: 2 items.
Box 4, 6

Notes on coastal navigation. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 4, 7

Notes on Ellen Banning Ayer and William Lowber Banning. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 8

Miscellaneous notes on Banning genealogy. Undated.

Physical Description: 16 items.
Folder 9

Correspondence regarding Banning family genealogy. 1987-1989.

Physical Description: 3 items.
Folder 10

Text of adoption service for David Wilson Patton. 1934, December 15.

Physical Description: 2 items.
Folder 11

Poem. 1889, April 16.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 12

Recipes. Undated.

Physical Description: 7 items.
Folder 13

"The Revolt Against Materialism in Science and Philosophy": [essay]. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 14

Sewing instructions and reports, British War Relief, American Red Cross. 1940.

Physical Description: 1 item (bound).
Folder 15

Sewing instructions and reports, American Red Cross. 1941.

Physical Description: c.75 items.
Folder 16

Sewing instructions and reports, American Red Cross. 1941.

Physical Description: 1 item (bound).
Folder 17

Photograph of "Our Trip to Yosemite" (including William Banning and Katharine Stewart Banning). Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 18

[Banning, Katharine Stewart]. List of china and glass stored in cellar at 426 N. McCadden Place. Undated.

Physical Description: 3 items.
Folder 19

Inventory of items to be shipped from Mrs. H. Keil, New Orleans, to William Banning. Undated.

Physical Description: 3 items.
 

Newspaper clippings, ephemera, and photocopies of articles

Box 5

Newspaper clippings, ephemera, and photocopies of articles, c.1841-1974.

Physical Description: 22 folders.
Boxr 5, Folder 1

Membership cards for Joseph Brent Banning, 1861-1920. 1917

Physical Description: 31 items.
Folder 2

Calling card plate for Joseph Brent Banning, 1889-1969.

Physical Description: 2 items..
Folder 3

Copies of "The Catalina Islander" newspaper. 1924-1927.

Physical Description: 8 items.
Folder 4

Newspaper clippings: Catalina Island. Approximately 1898-1974.

Physical Description: 7 items.
Folder 5

Newspaper clippings: obituaries.

Physical Description: 17 items.
Folder 6

Newspaper clippings: William Banning's stage coach.

Physical Description: 5 items.
Folder 7

Newspaper clippings: miscellaneous.

Physical Description: 19 items.
Folder 8

Ephemera: Catalina Island.

Physical Description: 15 items.
Folder 9

Ephemera: invitations. Approximately 1841-1942.

Physical Description: 15 items.
Folder 10

Ephemera: ships.

Physical Description: 3 items.
Folder 11

Ephemera: miscellaneous.

Physical Description: 25 items.
Folder 12

Bell, Horace. Chapter XXIX from "Reminiscences of a Ranger: Or Early Times in Southern California." 1927

Physical Description: 1 item [photocopy].
Folder 13

Browne, J. Ross. Excerpt from "A Tour Through Arizona 1864, or Adventures in the Apache County." 1950.

Physical Description: 1 item [photocopy].
Folder 14

Burnham, Frederick Russell. Excerpt from the forward to "Six Horses" by William Banning and George Hugh Banning. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item [photocopy].
Folder 15

Kneiss, Gilbert H. "Phineas Banning and the Los Angeles and San Pedro Railroad" from Bulletin No.97, The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, Inc. Oct. 1957.

Physical Description: 1 item [photocopy].
Folder 16

Newmark, Marco R. "Phineas Banning: Intrepid Pioneer" from The Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly, Vol.35, No.3. 1953, September

Physical Description: 1 item [photocopy].
Folder 17

[Polhamus, T.M.?]. Reminiscences of Phineas Banning. 1905

Physical Description: 1 item [photocopy].
Folder 18

Rusling, James. "Across America" [typescript of original dated 1867]. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item [photocopy].
Folder 19

Smith, Sarah Bixby. Excerpt from "Adobe Days, Being the Truthful Narrative of the Events in the Life of a California Girl...". 1931.

Physical Description: 1 item [photocopy].
Folder 20

Truman, Ben C. "General Phineas Banning: A Reminiscence." Approximately 1905.

Physical Description: 1 item [photocopy].
Folder 21

Article regarding P. Banning and Co. from the Wilmington Journal [typescript of original dated Apr.21, 1866, and Apr.6, 1867]. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item [photocopy].
Boxr 5, Folder 22

Notes on Ben Truman and the Phineas Banning housebold. Undated

Physical Description: 1 item [photocopy].
 

Katharine Stewart Banning - Collected notes and ephemera

Box 6

Katharine Stewart Banning, Collected notes and ephemera, 1858-1931

Physical Description: 36 folders.
Folder 1

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1858.

Physical Description: 6 items.
Folder 2

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1866.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Box , Folder 3

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1870.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 3a

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1874.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 4

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1881.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 5

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1885.

Physical Description: 19 items.
Folder 6

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1886.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 7

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1888.

Physical Description: 21 items.
Folder 8

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1889.

Physical Description: 6 items.
Folder 9

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1890.

Physical Description: 8 items.
Folder 10

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1892.

Physical Description: 7 items.
Folder 11

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1893.

Physical Description: 19 items.
Folder 12

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1894.

Physical Description: 3 items.
Folder 13

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1896.

Physical Description: 4 items.
Folder 14

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1898.

Physical Description: 2 items.
Folder 15

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1899.

Physical Description: 4 items.
Folder 16

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1900.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 17

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1902.

Physical Description: 2 items.
Folder 18

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1904.

Physical Description: 9 items.
Folder 19

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1910.

Physical Description: 10 items.
Folder 20

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1911.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 21

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1913.

Physical Description: 11 items.
Folder 22

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1914.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 23

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1915.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 24

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1917.

Physical Description: 3 items.
Folder 25

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1918.

Physical Description: 3 items.
Folder 26

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1919.

Physical Description: 7 items.
Folder 27

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1920.

Physical Description: 36 items.
Folder 28

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1921.

Physical Description: 10 items.
Folder 29

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1922.

Physical Description: 4 items.
Folder 30

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1923.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 31

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1924.

Physical Description: 5 items.
Folder 32

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1925.

Physical Description: 3 items.
Folder 33

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1926.

Physical Description: 5 items.
Folder 34

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1927.

Physical Description: 2 items.
Folder 35

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1930.

Physical Description: 13 items.
Folder 36

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1931.

Physical Description: 5 items.
Box 7

Katharine Stewart Banning, Collected notes and ephemera, 1932-1946

Physical Description: 13 folders.
Folder 1

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1932.

Physical Description: 8 items.
Folder 2

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1933.

Physical Description: 9 items.
Folder 3

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1934.

Physical Description: 34 items.
Folder 4

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1935.

Physical Description: 4 items.
Folder 5

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1936.

Physical Description: 6 items.
Folder 6

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1938.

Physical Description: 6 items.
Folder 7

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1939.

Physical Description: 15 items.
Folder 8

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1940.

Physical Description: 7 items.
Folder 9

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1941.

Physical Description: 12 items.
Folder 10

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1942.

Physical Description: 15 items.
Folder 11

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1943.

Physical Description: 22 items.
Folder 12

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1944.

Physical Description: 13 items.
Folder 13

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected notes and ephemera. 1946.

Physical Description: 2 items.
Box 8

Katharine Stewart Banning. Christmas notes, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous, c.1888-1951.

Physical Description: 11 folders.
Folder 1

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Notes on Christmas, including Banning family traditions. Approximately 1888-1949.

Physical Description: 8 items.
Folder 2

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Collected Christmas cards and notes. Approximately 1888-1951.

Physical Description: Approx. 122 items.
Folder 3

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Notes and poems. Approximately 1917-1945.

Physical Description: 174 items.
Folder 4

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Notes from Banning letters in the Huntington Library.

Physical Description: 46 items.
Folder 5

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Notes on Banning family properties and furnishings.

Physical Description: 13 items.
Folder 6

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Notes on Phineas Banning.

Physical Description: 3 items.
Folder 7

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Notes on the Los Angeles Children's Hospital. Approximately 1951.

Physical Description: 10 items.
Folder 8

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Miscellaneous genealogical notes and ephemera.

Physical Description: 5 items.
Folder 9

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Miscellaneous historical notes and clippings.

Physical Description: 31 items.
Folder 9a

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Miscellaneous notes.

Physical Description: c.18 items.
Folder 10

Newspaper clippings collected by Katharine Stewart Banning. 1919-1947.

Physical Description: 38 items.
 

Scrapbooks and bound volumes

Box 9

Phineas Banning Scrapbook, c.1895-1909.

Physical Description: 3 folders.
Folder 1

"Memories of Phineas Banning, 1830-1885 - Wilmington, Delaware. Wilmington, California" : [scrapbook]. Approximately 1895-1909.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Folder 2

Book of newspaper clippings on Phineas Banning.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Folder 3

Miscellaneous notes [from scrapbook].

Physical Description: 5 items.
Box 10

Volume 1 [foldered items were originally included inside scrapbook cover].

Physical Description: 16 folders.
Folder 1

Volume 1: Banning, Joseph Brent, 1889-1969. Scrapbook bound in embossed "Yale" album. Approximately 1898-1921.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Folder 2

Banning, Joseph Brent, 1889-1969. Letters to Joseph Brent Banning (1861-1920) and Katharine Stewart Banning. 1905.

Physical Description: 3 items.
Folder 3

Banning, Katharine Stewart. Letters to Joseph Brent Banning, 1889-1969. Approximately 1904.

Physical Description: 2 items.
Folder 4

Miscellaneous correspondence. 1894-1909.

Physical Description: 2 items.
Folder 5

Photographs of Joseph Brent Banning (1889-1969) as a child. Undated.

Physical Description: 2 items.
Folder 6

Photograph of Nancy Morse Banning as a child. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 7

Photograph of a picnic at Howland's, Santa Catalina Island. 1898, September 13.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 8

Navy photograph featuring Joseph Brent Banning, 1889-1969. Undated.

Physical Description: 3 items.
Folder 9

Photograph of sailors atop a submarine. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 10

Photograph of a fishing trip. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 11

Photograph of an unidentified rail yard. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 12

Los Angeles High School diploma for Joseph Brent Banning, 1889-1969. 1909, February 12.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 13

Receipt for violin lessons for Joseph Brent Banning, 1889-1969. 1904, March 24.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 14

Miscellaneous notes and clippings from record book belonging to Joseph Brent Banning, 1889-1969. 1929-1934.

Physical Description: 12 items.
Folder 15

Yale ephemera. 1914.

Physical Description: 7 items.
Folder 16

Miscellaneous ephemera.

Physical Description: 7 items.
Box 11

Volume 2-3.

Physical Description: 3 folders.
Folder 1

Volume 2: Banning, Katharine Stewart. Scrapbook. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Folder 2

Photograph of a orse team and house with men on steps. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 3

Volume 3: Banning, Katharine Stewart. Christmas scrapbook. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Box 12

Volume 4.

Physical Description: 1 folder.
Folder 1

Volume 4: Banning family scrapbook. Approximately 1885-1933.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Box 13

Volume 5-8.

Physical Description: 4 folders.
Folder 1

Volume 5: Banning, Katharine Stewart. Notebook. 1920.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Folder 2

Volume 6: Banning family scrapbook. Approximately 1884-1915.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume [most pages are blank].
Folder 3

Volume 7: Banning, Katharine Stewart. "Christmas Past" scrapbook. Approximately 1890-1925.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Folder 4

Volume 8: "Christmas Present - 1910 - Christmases to Come": [scrapbook]. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume [most pages are blank].
Box 14

Volume 9-11.

Physical Description: 3 folders.
Folder 1

Volume 9: Banning, Katharine Stewart. "Pages from My Mother [Mary Alice Sweeney Banning]'s Old Scrap Book". Undated.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Folder 2

Volume 10: Banning, Katharine Stewart. "History of the Bannings (My father [William Lowber Banning]'s family and ancestors)". Undated.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Folder 3

Volume 11: Banning, Katharine Stewart. "Very Important Early Banning Records, 1600-1850." Undated.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Box 15

Volume 12-14.

Physical Description: 3 folders.
Folder 1

Volume 12: Banning, Katharine Stewart. Miscellaneous scrapbook. To c.1947.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Folder 2

Volume 13: Banning, Katharine Stewart. First World War / Red Cross record book. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Folder 3

Volume 14: Banning, Katharine Stewart. New Service Bag Co. notebook. Approximately 1919-1933.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Box 16

Volume 15-18.

Physical Description: 4 folders.
Folder 1

Volume 15: [Banning, Katharine Stewart]. Newspaper clippings scrapbook. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Folder 2

Volume 16: Banning, Katharine Stewart. Letter scrapbook. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume [most items have been removed].
Folder 3

Volume 17: Banning, Katharine Stewart. "The History of the Banning Family in Europe and America." Undated.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Folder 4

Volume 18: [Banning, Katharine Stewart]. "Bill's Comfort Bag for Soldiers and Sailors": [scrapbook]. Approximately 1917-1941.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Box 17

Volume 19-20.

Physical Description: 2 folders.
Folder 1

Volume 19: Banning, Katharine Stewart. 426 N. McCadden Place, Los Angeles: [scrapbook]. Approximately 1938.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Folder 2

Volume 20: Banning, Katharine Stewart. Royalty and luminaries scrapbook. Approximately 1911-1919.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Box 18

Volume 21-23.

Physical Description: 3 folders.
Folder 1

Volume 21: [Banning, Katharine Stewart]. "Gates, Walks, Trellises, Etc.": [scrapbook]. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Folder 2

Volume 22: Banning, Katharine Stewart. "History of Bill's Comfort Bag." Approximately 1917-1927.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Folder 3

Volume 23: Banning, Joseph Brent, 1861-1920. Catalina Island scrapbook. Approximately 1893-1915.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Box 19

Volume 24-27.

Physical Description: 4 folders.
Folder 1

Volume 24: Guest book belonging to Katharine Stewart Banning. 1885-1889.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Folder 2

Volume 25: Banning, Katharine Stewart. Diary of a trip to Europe. 1924.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Folder 3

Volume 26: Banning, Katharine Stewart. Bill's Comfort Bag account book. 1920-1921.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Folder 4

Volume 27: Banning, Katharine Stewart. Christmas poem book. 1888.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Box 20

Volume 28-31.

Physical Description: 4 folders.
Folder 1

Volume 28: Banning, Katharine Stewart. Daybook. Approximately 1949.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume [most pages are blank].
Folder 2

Volume 29: Banning, Katharine Stewart. Children's Hospital Los Angeles notebook. Approximately 1874-1942.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Folder 3

Volume 30: Banning, Katharine Stewart. Inventory of furniture, 943 Westlake Avenue. 1933.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Folder 4

Volume 31: Banning, Katharine Stewart. "Our Home - 75 Wilkin Street": [notebook]. Approximately 1921.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume [most pages our blank].
Box 21

Volume 32-24.

Physical Description: 3 folders.
Folder 1

Volume 32: Banning, Katharine Stewart. New York to Liverpool on the Lusitania: [diary]. 1914.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Folder 2

Volume 33: Banning, Katharine Stewart. Los Angeles Children's Hospital notebook. 1914.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Folder 3

Volume 34: Banning, May Alice. Genealogy notebook. 1905.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Box 22

Volume 35-38.

Physical Description: 4 folders.
Folder 1

Volume 35: [Banning, Katharine Stewart]. Address book. Approximately 1949.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Folder 2

Volume 36: [Banning, Katharine Stewart]. Bill's Comfort bag notebook. Approximately 1918-1928.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Folder 3

Volume 37: [Banning, Katharine Stewart]. Address book. Undated.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Folder 4

Volume 38: [Banning, Katharine Stewart]. "Press notices relating to the Convention of Honest Anglers planned by the Tuna Club, and held in New York Nov.11, 1907, Dr. Henry Van Dyke, Chairman.". 1907.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Box Oversize Volumes 39-41.

Unboxed - see Oversize.

Box 23

Virginia Military Institute yearbook, photographs, and papers, 1914-1951.

Physical Description: 9 folders.
Folder 1

"The Bomb - Virginia Military Institute." Yearbook featuring cadet signatures. Bookplate inscribed by Hancock Banning, Jr. 1914.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Folder 2

Photographs removed from "The Bomb." Many of the photographs are prints of those published in the yearbook. Approximately 1914.

Physical Description: 66 items.
Folder 3

Photograph of Hancock Banning, Jr. Approximately 1914.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 4

Photograph of Camillus Christian. Approximately 1916.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 5

Photograph of the "Nuggetter Club," V.M.I. 1914.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Folder 6

Photographs of V.M.I. Class of 1914 at 35th Year Reunion. 1949.

Physical Description: 2 items.
Folder 7

Correspondence, notes, and ephemera regarding the V.M.I. Alumni Association. Approximately 1956-1957.

Physical Description: 24 items.
Folder 8

Miscellaneous printed items on the V.M.I. Class of 1914.

Physical Description: 7 items.
Folder 9

Miscellaneous V.M.I. ephemera. Approximately 1912-1951.

Physical Description: 6 items.
Box 24

Published books, c.1857-1950.

Physical Description: 8 volumes.
Folder 1

Cleland, Robert Glass. "El Molino Viejo" (The Ward Ritchie Press). 1950.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Folder 2

Hunt, Leigh. "Selections from teh English Poets" (Derby and Jackson). 1857.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Folder 3

Klette, Ernest. "The Crimson Trail of Joaquin Murieta" (Wetzel Publishing Co.). 1928.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Folder 4

Richardson, Abby Sage (Ed.). "Old Love Letters or Letters of Sentiment" (James R. Osgood and Co.). Inscribed to "Daughter Katharine." 1883.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Folder 5

Tarkington, Booth. "Seventeen: A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and The Baxter Family Especially William" (Harper and Brothers Publishers). Inscribed "J.B. Banning, Avalon." 1916.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Folder 6

"History of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church, Saint Paul, Minn., 1855-1876" (The Pioneer-Press Company). Inscribed "Katie Banning from Douglas Putnam, July 1925." 1876.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Folder 7

"Saint Paul History and Progress: Principal Men and Institutions" (The Pioneer Press Co.). 1897.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Folder 8

"Text of Truth: A Grove Play by George Sterling, Music by Domenico Brescia" (San Francisco Bohemian Club). 1926.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Box 25

Published books - FRAGILE.

Physical Description: 2 volumes.
Folder 1

Camp Banning Number of the Whittier Boys and Girls Magazine. Cover embossed "J.B. Banning."

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Folder 2

A Coaching Party in Southern California: Descriptive Poem (Press of William L. Banning, Jr.).

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
 

Miscellaneous and Oversize

Box 26

Miscellaneous printed items and ephemera.

Physical Description: 4 folders.
Folder 1

Printed ephemera, booklets, and magazines on Santa Catalina Island. Approximately 1913-1976.

Physical Description: 6 item.
Folder 2

Magazines on harbor issues. 1972-1983.

Physical Description: 2 items.
Folder 3

Miscellaneous printed items. Approximately 1900-1969.

Physical Description: 3 items.
Folder 4

Blank stationary – Overland Stage Coach Club.

 

Oversize volumes

Volume 39

Ayer, Ellen Barrows Banning. Book of copied poems, stories, and songs, with illustrations. 1876.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Volume 40

Banning, May Alice. Book of copied poems, stories, and songs, with illustrations. 1876.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Volume 41

Banning Rancho Log Book, Ventura County, California. Appears to have been used primarily as an autograph and copied story book. 1889-1894.

Physical Description: 1 bound volume.
Oversize  Folder 1

Printed Magazines.

Physical Description: 8 items.
 

Game and Gossip Magazine. June 1931.

Physical Description: 1 item.
 

The Horse Magazine, Vol.22, No.4. July-Aug. 1941

Physical Description: 1 item.
 

La Fiesta de Los Angeles Offical Program. 1931.

Physical Description: 1 item.
 

Life Magazine. Jan.15, 1945.

Physical Description: 1 item.
 

Los Angeles County Museum Quarterly, Vol.2, No.3. Winter 1963-1964.

Physical Description: 1 item.
 

Polo - The Magazine for Horsemen. Aug.1931.

Physical Description: 1 item.
 

Republican National Convention Magazine. June 14, 1932.

Physical Description: 1 item.
 

Westways Magazine. July 1964.

Physical Description: 1 item.
Oversize  Folder 2

Miscellaneous ephemera.

Physical Description: 4 items.
 

Copy of advertisement for Banning and Co. stage line.

Physical Description: 1 item.
 

Photograph of a copy of the Nautical Gazette featuring the “Cabrillo.” 1904, November 10.

Physical Description: 3 pages.
 

Printed photograph of the San Francisco Earthquake aftermath – Supplement to the Los Angeles Times. 1906, May 24.

Physical Description: 1 item.
 

Miscellaneous notes on cardboard.

Physical Description: 2 items.
Oversize 

Empty "Invoices" boxes (marked "Metropole 1904").

Physical Description: 2 items.