Collection related to Edward Fitzgerald Beale, 1855-1983, bulk 1940-1983

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Summary

Abstract:
Papers of Edward Fitzgerald Beale, American naval officer, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and California rancher.
Extent:
1.66 Linear Feet (3 boxes, plus one wooden box)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Collection related to Edward Fitzgerald Beale, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains source material about Edward Fitzgerald Beale (1822-1893) which was gathered by Laurence R. Cook and later by Andrew F. Rolle. It contains original manuscripts which date from 1940-1983 (mainly student theses), correspondence (1951-1983), notes, copies of other materials, audiotapes, photographs, and microfilm. Subjects represented in the collection include: Beale's role in the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Army Camel Corps, Decatur House (Washington, D.C.), exploration of the Southwest and establishment of roads, Tejón Ranch, Fort Tejón, cattleman Henry Miller, and George R. Gliddon. There are also two negatives of a photograph of Navy Admiral David Dixon Porter. There is also a microfilm copy of correspondence by Stephen Mallory White, as well as letters from Beale to James K. Polk and John M. Clayton. There are also letters that came from the Robert Todd Lincoln collection of the papers of Abraham Lincoln and a letterbook kept by Robert F. Stockton.

Biographical / historical:

Edward Fitzgerald Beale (1822-1893) was a naval officer in California during the Mexican War, Superintendent of Indian Affairs for California, organizer of the U.S. Camel Corps, and brigadier-general in the California state militia. Beale was also an explorer for wagon roads and railroads in the U.S. West, owner of Rancho El Tejón (Kern County, California) and Decatur House (Washington, D.C.), and served as U.S. Ambassador to Austria-Hungary.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Andrew H. Rolle, January 1984 and January 1987.
Processing information:

Collection was processed by Huntington Staff in 1984. In 2020, Brooke M. Black created a finding aid.

Arrangement:

Organized in the following series: Manuscripts, Correspondence, Notes by Laurence Cook, Photocopies, photographs, audiotapes, and printed material, Wooden box with notecards.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.

Terms of access:

The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Collection related to Edward Fitzgerald Beale, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
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