Guide to the The Papers of Theodore Hittell

Finding Aid Authors: Rebecca Gawronski.
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Guide to the The Papers of Theodore Hittell 1845/1913

Sutro Library, California State Library

Overview of the Collection

Collection Title: The Papers of Theodore Hittell
Dates: 1845-1913
Identification: M000002
Physical Description: 2.00
Language of Materials: English Spanish;Castilian French German
Repository: Sutro Library, California State Library
1630 Holloway Avenue
5th floor
San Francisco, CA, 94132-4030
URL: http://www.library.ca.gov/about/sutro_main.html
Email: sutro@library.ca.gov
Phone: 415-469-6100

Administrative History:

Biographical Note:
Theodore Henry Hittell was born in Marietta, Pennsylvania on April 5, 1830 to Jacob Hittell and Catherine (maiden name Shertzer) Hittell. He spent the majority of his adolescence in Ohio's Miami Valley, where he later attended college at Miami University. After participating in what was called the "Snowball Rebellion," Hittell was expelled from school, and ended up finishing his education at Yale, where he graduated in 1849. After college, Hittell moved to Cincinnati, where he spent three years practicing law.
In 1854, after receiving a letter from his brother who was living in San Francisco, Hittell decided to follow in his footsteps and headed out West to the Bay Area. He was first hired to work for several newspapers, including the California Chronicle and the San Francisco Bulletin. In 1858, he married Elise Christian Wiehe, with whom he had four children. In 1860, he published his first book, The Adventures of James Capen Adams. The stories in this book were recounted by Adams himself, and featured many stories about the early history of California (the book was later republished in 1911). In 1862, Hittell returned to his law practice. His affinity for writing never left him however, and he ended up publishing ten volumes on California and Nevada state law. Hittell also had a brief political career. In 1879 he ran and was elected to be a member of the California State Senate. He served there for two years before once again returning to practice law.
His true passion was History, and it was in 1885 that the first two volumes of his most famous work, History of California were published. The final volume of the series was released in 1897.  Mr. Hittell extensively used  the archives of California, a set of documents thought to contain over two hundred and fifty thousand pages of documents on California history, for the earlier half of his work. These documents were at the office of the United States surveyor-general in San Francisco and later destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and Fire.  Hittell's History of California in its entirety, totals around three thousand and sixty pages, and covers the earliest recollections of California's history, to around 1890.
In his later years, Hittell was known to present papers on his research findings to various institutions and societies, including the California Academy of Sciences, Stanford University, The Sierra Club, The Society of California Pioneers, and several others. By 1900, Hittell was given the title of "The Historian of California" for his contribution toward uncovering California's earliest histories. He died of a stroke on February 22, 1917 at the age of 86.

Access Terms

This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Geographic Name:

California -- History
Hawaii -- History
Miami River Valley (Ohio) -- History
Yosemite Valley (Calif.)

Personal Name:

Alvarado, Juan Bautista 1809-1882
Field, Stephen Johnson, 1816-1899
Sutter, John Augustus, 1803-1880.
Walker, William, 1824-1860

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information:

Given to the Sutro Library by the Estate of Theodore Hittell, 1918.

Processing Information:

When this collection was donated to the Sutro Library, some individual items were catalogued separately and given Dewey call numbers. Other material in the collection was never cataloged.
In Spring 2017, a graduate student intern brought all of items together again for processing but by then the original order of the collection was lost. The intern placed the materials in archival boxes and produced the collection's first-ever finding aid.

Conditions Governing Use:

Property rights reside with the repository. Any applicable literary rights  would reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please email sutro@library.ca.gov .

Conditions Governing Access:

The collection is open for research. Please page materials three business days in advance of your visit by email: sutro@library.ca.gov .

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of item] Papers of Theodore Hittell, M000002, Sutro Library, California State Library, San Francisco, Calif.

Related Materials:

Guide to the Hittell Family Papers, 1855-1916, BANC MSS C-B 405, U. C. Berkeley Bancroft Library.
Information about related materials is available at http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf2d5n99d4/?query=Theodore+Hittell

Physical Characteristics or Technical Requirements:

2 linear feet.

Arrangement of Materials:

Sections are ordered chronologically or alphabetically, depending on their contents within each series:
series 1: Hittell family documents
series 2: Correspondence
series 3: Historical and geographical writings and research notes
series 4: Scientific and historical speeches and related documents
series 5: Government documents - State Senate notes and other government-related papers
series 6: Remembrances and memoir notes
series 7: Fictional works
series 8: Legal papers
series 9: Unidentifiable Notes
series 10: Other authors

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of primarily papers of lawyer and author Theodore H. Hittell pertaining primarily to his writings on California and his speeches. There are letters, research notes, legal papers, and manuscripts of his writings (including unpublished account of Walker's Nicaragua filibuster).

Box 1

series 1: Hittell Family Documents

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten, Chronological]
Box 1, Folder 1

Identification letter for permission to travel abroad on behalf of Charles J. Hittell, son of Theodore Hittell, from Washington Bartlett, Mayor of San Francisco [October 17, 1883]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 1, Folder 2

Declaration and Covenants in Trust, signed Theodore H. Hittell, Jacob Hittell, and Catherine L. Hittell [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 1

series 2: Correspondence

Scope and Contents

[Letters to Theodore H. Hittell, Chronological]
Box 1, Folder 3

Receipts regarding Hittell's book submission to the Library of Congress [January 4, 1872 and September 4, 1885]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. One page with two different receipts. One for Hittell's publication, Faust, dated 1872 and another for Hittell's publication, History of California, dated 1885.]
Box 1, Folder 4

Two letters from Mary Thomas Jarboe to T.H. Hittell, Esq. [February 20, 1893]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. Signed possibly by Mary Thomas Jarboe (?), 917 Pine Street, daughter of Rev. Eleazer Thomas, who was killed in the Modoc War. 15 cm x 8 cm envelope with postmark.]
Box 1, Folder 5

Letter from Mary Thomas Jarboe to T.H. Hittell, Esq. [February 28, 1893]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. Possibly signed Mary Thomas Jarboe, 917 Pine Street. 12 cm x 9.5 cm.]
Box 1, Folder 6

Letter to Theodore H. HIttell [September 12, 1893]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. Signed by John Comess [?] and possibly sent originally to Dr. John S. Hittell, San Francisco, California. 14 cm x 8 cm.]
Box 1

series 3: Historical and Geographical Writings and Research Notes

Scope and Contents

[The majority of the documents within this series are notes that Theodore H. Hittell took on other authors' writings. Therefore, although there are dates in the majority of the these items' titles, these dates refer to the suspected publication of the work that Theodore H. Hittell consulted, rather than the date that he himself took the notes. Alphabetical.]
Box 1

subseries 1: California

Box 1, Folder 7

Authorities to be Examined [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 1, Folder 8

California Indoors and Out by Eliza W. Farnham, New York, 1856 [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. Roman Numeral "XV" at top of page.]
Box 1, Folder 9

California Inter Pocula, A Review of Some Classical Abnormalities, by Hubert Howe Bancroft, San Francisco, 1888 [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. Roman numeral "VIII" at top of page.]
Box 1, Folder 10

California and its Gold Mines, edited by Robert Allsop, London, 1853 [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. Roman numeral "V" at top of page.]
Box 1, Folder 11

California and Oregon or Sights in the Gold Regions and Scences by the Way, by Theodore T. Johnson, Philadelphia, 1865 [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. Roman numeral "X" at top of page.]
Box 1, Folder 12

Copyright certificates from the Library of Congress for "A History of California" volumes 3 and 4, and "Brief History of California" [1897, 1897, 1898]

Scope and Contents

[Typed and Handwritten.]
Box 1, Folder 13

The Country of the Golden Trout, original manuscript [folder 1 of 2] [June 15, 1903]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. Envelope with postmark June 13, 1903 and June 14, 1903, addressed to Theodore H. Hittell, Esq., 808 Turk Street, City. 24 cm x 10.5 cm. A note, scribed in Hittell's own hand, on the front of the envelope states: "This paper was lost, or taken from my pocket, many months ago. I recieved it in this envelope this June 15, 1903. In the meanwhile, I had written a new paper frrom the original notes and sent it in to the Mount Whitney Club Journal. This is no explanation who sent it back to me."]
Box 1, Folder 14

The Country of the Golden Trout, original manuscript  [folder 2 of 2] [June 1903]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. Published for the Mount Whitney Club Journal. 7 pages, 25 1/2cm.]
Box 1, Folder 15

De La Colonizacion de la Baja California y decreto el 10 mayo de 1857, por el ciudadano Ulisses Urbano Lassépas [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 1, Folder 16

Discovery of the Yosemite and the Indian War of 1851, Which Led to that Event by Lafayette Houghton Bunnell, M.D., Chicago, 1880 [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 1, Folder 17

Geographical Peculiarities of California by Theodore Hittell [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. 12 pages, 20 1/2 cm.]
Box 1, Folder 18

The Gold Regions of California etc. Edited by G.G. Foster, New York, 1848 [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten, Roman numeral "II" at top of page]
Box 1, Folder 19

Historia de Nueva España, México, 1770 [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. Spanish]
Box 1, Folder 20

A Historian's Journal of the Expeditions by Sea and Land to the North of California in 1768, 1769, and 1790 [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 1, Folder 21

History of California, Volume IV, by Theodore Hittell, 1897 [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 1, Folder 22

History of the Pacific States of North America, vol. XVIII, California, by Hubert Howe Bancroft, 1888 [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten, with a typed article attached, Roman numeral "XIV" at top of page.]
Box 1, Folder 23

A History of Tuolumne County, California, San Francisco, 1882 [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. Roman numeral "VII" at the top of the page.]
Box 1, Folder 24

Indian Wars of the Northern California sketch by A.J. Bledsoe, San Francisco, 1885 [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 1, Folder 25

Life in California during a Residence of Several Years in that Territory by an American, by A. Robinson, New York, Wiley & Putnam, 1846 [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 1, Folder 26

New Helevetia Diary by Captain John A. Sutter [1845-1846]

Scope and Contents

[handwritten.]
Box 1, Folder 27

Diary at Sutter's Fort, New Helevetia [September 9, 1845 to December 9, 1846 and May 20, 1847 to May 25, 1848]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. Copy of the original manuscript diary from September 9, 1845-May 25, 1848. The diary was reputedly kept by John Bidwell, William F. Swasey, William N. Loker and John A. Sutter. It is unclear if Theodore Hittell made the copy or commissioned it. 136 pages, 32 cm.]
Box 1, Folder 28

Notes on California [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 1, Folder 29

Misc. notes on California [folder 1 of 4] [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 1, Folder 30

Misc. notes on California [folder 2 of 4] [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 1, Folder 31

Misc. notes on California [folder 3 of 4] [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. Notes on the title, Cruising Voyage Round the World by Captain Woodes Rogers, London, 1712.]
Box 1, Folder 32

Misc. notes on California [folder 4 of 4] [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. Notes in Spanish.]
Box 1, Folder 33

Notes on California History by Juan B. Alvarado [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. The hand is not Theodore Hittell's. In Spanish.]
Box 1, Folder 34

Noticia de la California, Madrid, 1757 [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. In Spanish.]
Box 1, Folder 35

Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California in 1848-1849 by William Redmond Ryan, London, 1850 [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. Roman numeral "III" at top of page.]
Box 1, Folder 36

The Place in History of the California Pioneers [folder 1 of 4] [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. 23 leaves, 26 cm.]
Box 1, Folder 37

The Place in History of the California Pioneers [folder 2 of 4] [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Typed. 8 leaves, 33 cm.]
Box 1, Folder 38

The Place in History of the California Pioneers [folder 3 of 4] [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 1, Folder 39

The Place in History of the California Pioneers [folder 4 of 4] [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Typed.]
Box 1, Folder 40

The Pioneer a California Monthly Magazine [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. Roman numeral "XIII" at top of page.]
Box 1, Folder 41

Reminiscences and Incidents of "The Early Days" of San Francisco by John H. Brown, San Francisco, 1886 [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 1, Folder 42

Scrapbooks Geschichte no. 1 [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. It should also be noted that this item is not a scrapbook but rather a series of notes Hittell took on someone else's scrapbook.]
Box 1, Folder 43

Three Years in California by J.D. Borthwick [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. Roman numeral "I" at top of page.]
Box 1, Folder 44

A Voyage Round the World by the way of the Way of the Great South Sea, London 1757 [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 1, Folder 45

Recollections and Opinions of an Old Pioneer by Peter H. Burnett, New York, 1880 [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. Roman numeral "IV" at top of page.]
Box 1

subseries 2: Nevada

Box 1, Folder 46

Beans' History and Directory of Nevada county, compiled by Edwin F. Bean, Nevada, 1867 [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. Roman numeral "VI" at top of page.]
Box 1, Folder 47

The Big Bonanza [1899]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. Published later in Land of Sunshine: The Magazine of California and the West, vol. 11, no. 5, October 1899. 30 leaves, 25 1/2cm.]
Box 2

subseries 3: The Hawaiian Islands

Box 2, Folder 1

History of the Hawaiian Islands [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten manuscript. Title page missing. Unpublished at the time of donation to the Sutro Library. 1563 leaves, 28cm.]
Box 2

subseries 4: Miami Valley, Ohio

Box 2, Folder 2

History of Miami Valley, Ohio [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. Manuscript. 112 leaves.  23 1/2cm.]
Box 2

subseries 5: Mexico

Box 2, Folder 3

The Seven Cities of Cibola, San Francisco June 1862 [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. 30 leaves, 24 1/2cm.]
Box 2

subseries 6: Other Locations

Box 2, Folder 4

Commerce of the Prairies, Journal of a Santa Fe Trader During Eight Expeditions across the Great Western Praries, Josiah Gregg, New York, 1844 [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. Roman numeral "XVII" at top of page.]
Box 2, Folder 5

Downie's Reminiscences, Mine Years in the Mountains, April 1858 [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. Roman numeral "XVI" at top of page.]
Box 2, Folder 6

Dr. Karl Ritter v. Scherger! Ein Lebensbild zum 80 Gerurtstag von A. Bergstruszer. Munchen, 1901

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. German. 16 pages, 35 1/2cm.]
Box 2, Folder 7

Historical Account of Walker the Filibuster by Theodore Hittell, 1915 [folder 1 of 7] [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. An account of Walker, William, 1824-1860. 19 leaves, 28 cm.]
Box 2, Folder 8

Historical Account of Walker the Filibuster by Theodore Hittell, 1915 [folder 2 of 7] [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. An account of William Walker.]
Box 2, Folder 9

Historical Account of Walker the Filibuster by Theodore Hittell, 1915 [folder 3 of 7] [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. An account of William Walker.]
Box 2, Folder 10

Historical Account of Walker the Filibuster by Theodore Hittell, 1915 [folder 4 of 7] [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. An account of William Walker.]
Box 2, Folder 11

Historical Account of Walker the Filibuster by Theodore Hittell, 1915 [folder 5 of 7] [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. An account of William Walker.]
Box 2, Folder 12

Historical Account of Walker the Filibuster by Theodore Hittell, 1915 [folder 6 of 7] [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. An account of William Walker.]
Box 2, Folder 13

Historical Account of Walker the Filibuster by Theodore Hittell, 1915 [folder 7 of 7] [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. An account of William Walker.]
Box 3

subseries 6: Other Locations ctd.

Scope and Contents

[Because of the large nature of the documents in subseries 6, the collection spans across both box two and three.]
Box 3, Folder 1

History of the Pacific States of North America, Volume XXXI, Popular Tribunals vol I, San Francisco, 1887 [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 3, Folder 2

Journal of Moses S. Prime, September 17, 1849 [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 3, Folder 3

Le Compte Gaston R[illegible] de Raoussei-Boulbou et L'Expedition de la Sonora, 1859 [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. Hittell's notes are partially in French. The original title might pertain to Le Compte Gaston de Raousset Boulbon, French nobleman and soldier-of-fortune. An early San Francisco pioneer, he organized a filibustering expedition to Sonora, Mexico.]
Box 3, Folder 4

Life on the Plains and Among the Diggings by A. Delano, Auburn and Buffalo, 1854 [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. Roman numeral "IX" at top of page.]
Box 3, Folder 5

Mining Camps: A Study in American Frontier Government by Charles Howard Shinn, New York, 1885 [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. Roman numeral "XI" at top of page.]
Box 3, Folder 6

Relacion del [illegible] hecho por las [illegible] y Mexicana [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. In English and Spanish.]
Box 3, Folder 7

Two Year Before the Mast - A Personal Narrative by Richard Henry Dana Jr., Boston, 1869 [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 3, Folder 8

U.S. or Limantour, 1858 [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. Roman numeral "XII" at top of page.]
Box 3, Folder 9

Veritable Compte Rendu des Faits [illegible] a L'Expedition en Sonora, publie por les Membres du Bataillon Francais, [November] 5, 1854 [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. Possibly in French.]
Box 3, Folder 10

Voyage and Discovery of the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World, A New Edition in Six Volumes, London, 1801 [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 3, Folder 11

A Voyage Round the World, performed in the Years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788 by the Boussole and Astrolabe under the command of John Francais Galaup de la Perouse, adventures in the French Navy, London, 1799 [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 3, Folder 12

Voyages and Travels in Various Parts of the World During the Years 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806, and 1807 by G.H. von Langsdorff, London, 1814 [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 3

series 4: Scientific and Historical Speeches and Related Documents

Scope and Contents

[Chronological]
Box 3

subseries 1: The California Academy of Sciences

Box 3, Folder 15

The Acorn and the Oak [June 12, 1903]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. Read before State Floral Society, June 12, 1903. Two versions of the text exist in the folder: one is 20 pages, 25cm and the other is 16 pages, 32 cm.]
Box 3, Folder 13

Sutro's New Water Power [October 15, 1888]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. 3 pages, 25 1/2cm.]
Box 3, Folder 14

Change of Levels in the San Francisco Peninsula [December 16, 1888]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. 6 pages, 25cm.]
Box 3, Folder 16

Memorial: On the Death of Professor John Le Conte [June 1, 1891]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. 4 leaves, 25 1/2cm.]
Box 3, Folder 17

Meeting Announcement of "Oysters in San Francisco Bay" [November 6, 1893]

Scope and Contents

[Typed/printed postcard. 15.5 cm x 9.5 cm.]
Box 3, Folder 18

Oysters in San Francisco Bay [November 6, 1893]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten speech. There are two copies of the same document where one has 14 leaves and the other 15 leaves. Both are 25 1/2 cm.]
Box 3, Folder 19

Remarks on the Alameda Shell-Mound and Indian Medicine-Tube [October 15, 1894]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. 14 leaves, 26 cm.]
Box 3, Folder 20

Pioneers in Death Valley [November 3, 1902]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. 25 leaves,  25 1/2cm.]
Box 3, Folder 21

In Remembrance of President William Alvord 1905

Scope and Contents

[Printed. In remembrance of William Alvord, born January 3, 1833, died December 21, 1904.  8 pages, 24 cm.]
Box 3, Folder 22

The Life and Work of the Late Dr. George Chismore, San Francisco [March 5, 1906]

Scope and Contents

[Typewritten copy. Autograph signature of members of the committee and the author, Theodore Hittell. Submitted by committee appointed to report upon "The life and work of the late Dr. George Chismore." 11 leaves,  33 cm.]
Box 3, Folder 23

Memorial: In Remembrance of General Lucius Harwood Foote

Scope and Contents

[Typewritten copy. Submitted by committee appointed to prepare a tribute of respect to the memory of their recently deceased treasurer, Foote, Lucius Harwood, 1826-1913. San Francisco, July 7, 1913.  6 leaves, 28 cm.]
Box 3

subseries 2: Stanford University

Box 3, Folder 24

The Engineer of the Central Pacific Railroad [February 21, 1896]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. Speech regarding Theodore D. Judah, the engineer of the Central Pacific railroad. 30 pages, 25 1/2cm.]
Box 3

subseries 3: The American Antiquarian Society

Box 3, Folder 25

Name of California 1862

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. Relates to the legend of Calafia.]
Box 3

subseries 4: The Society of California Pioneers

Box 3, Folder 26

The Discoveries of Humboldt Bay [April 9, 1889]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. Read before the Society of California Pioneers, April 9, 1889. 20 pages, 25 1/2cm.]
Box 3, Folder 27

How Yosemite was Discovered [September 1889]

Scope and Contents

[Two handwritten copies by two different hands and one is partially typed. The dates and societies this speech was read before are as follows: - The Society of California Pioneers: January 8, 1890 - The Good Samaritan Mission: September 19, 1900 - The Sierra Club: July 1901, 33 pages, 25 1/2cm.]
Box 3, Folder 28

The Last of the Yosemite [October 1889]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. 35 pages, 25 1/2cm.]
Box 3

series 5: Government Documents - State Senate notes and other government-related papers

Scope and Contents

[Chronological. If there is a range for the document(s), the first date in the range is the one used. If there are duplicate dates, all documents under that year are then put in alphabetical order.]
Box 3, Folder 29

Journals of the California Legislature, Second Session [1851]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 3, Folder 30

Journal of the Senate [1852]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 3, Folder 31

Senate Journal of the Fourth Session of Legislature [1853]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 3, Folder 32

Journal of the Fifth Session of Legislature begun at Benicia and ended in Sacramento [January 2, 1854 to May 15, 1854]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 3, Folder 33

Senate Journals [1855]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 3, Folder 34

Records of Executive Committee, Committee of Vigilance, San Francisco [May 15, 1856]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 3, Folder 35

Senate Journal [1856-1857]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 3, Folder 36

Senate Journal [1858-1861]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 3, Folder 37

Senate Journal [1862-1868]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 3, Folder 38

Senate Journal [1869-1878]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 3, Folder 39

Debates and Proceedings at the [California] Constitutional Convention, Sacramento [1880]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 3, Folder 40

Senate Journal [1880]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 3, Folder 41

Senate Journal Extra Sessions [1886]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 4

series 6: Remembrances and Memoir Notes

Scope and Contents

[These documents are Hittell's rememberances of other people. There is no memoir about Theodore H. Hittell. Alphabetical]
Box 4, Folder 1

George Bancroft and his Services to California [189?]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. 28 pages, 25 1/2 cm.] Also in this folder is the published memorial address, George Bancroft and His Services to California : Memorial Address, Delivered May 12, 1891, before the California Historical Society. San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1893.
Box 4, Folder 2

Memorias de la Seta California, Escritas por El Sen. Don Antonio [illegible] [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. Spanish]
Box 4

series 7: Fictional Works

Scope and Contents

[Alphabetical]
Box 4, Folder 3

Cinderella - A Parlor Play - In Three Acts [February 17, 1900]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. 10 leaves, 26 1/2cm.]
Box 4

series 8: Legal Papers

Scope and Contents

[Chronological]
Box 4, Folder 4

U.S. Land Commission, Joseph S. Alemany vs. The United States [1854]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. 147 pages, 33 cm.]
Box 4, Folder 5

Contract between John B. Felton and Theodore H. Hittell [December 15, 1868]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 4, Folder 6

Juan B. Alvarado's Testimony, Superior Court of San Francisco City and County [September 11, 1878]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 4, Folder 7

Agreement between Dolores Castro de Barovich and other, and Theodore H. Hittell [June 6, 1884]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 4

series 9: Unidentifiable Notes

Scope and Contents

[Alphabetical]
Box 4, Folder 8

Arrivals of Tuolumne County notes [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 4, Folder 9

The Battle of Names, The Tragedy of Cock Robin, Extracts and Stray Leaves [1849]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. There is an alternative full title: The Mournful Tragedy of Cock Robin and the Sparrow's Trial: South Hadley 1849. This item was unpublished at the time of the collection's donation to the Sutro Library. 47 pages, 16cm.]
Box 4, Folder 10

Book Notes [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 4, Folder 11

Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen, and Sierra Counties with California from 1513-1850 by Fariss & Smith, 1882 [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. Hittell's notes on the text.]
Box 4, Folder 12

Historical Notes [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 4, Folder 13

Miscellaneous Notes [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 4, Folder 14

Political Notes [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 4, Folder 15

Resume and other papers [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten.]
Box 4

series 10: Other Authors

Scope and Contents

[Documents not written by Theodore H. Hittell. Alphabetical]
Box 4

subseries 1: Documents n.d.

Scope and Contents

Alphabetical by document title
Box 4, Folder 16

Biography of Theodore H. Hittell

Scope and Contents

[Typwritten manuscript. It is noted on the item that the possible author is "Killinger." Title taken from the manuscript's envelope. Unbound. 13 pages, 33 1/2 cm.]
Box 4, Folder 17

Chronology of San Francisco by John S. [Shertzer] Hittell [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Typewritten. Contains manuscript notes and inserted newspaper clippings. Time period covered is 1542 to 1878. 69 leaves, 25 1/2 cm.]
Box 4, Folder 18

The Discovery of Gold in California by John S. [Shertzer] Hittell [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Mimeographed copy. Contains compiler’s corrections in manuscript. Bound. Compilation of articles taken from newspapers, magazines, and books. 196 leaves, 29 1/2 cm.]
Box 4, Folder 19

In the Superior Court of the City and Couty of San Francisco, the City and County of San Francisco vs. William B. Bradbury. Brief for the Defendant, Joseph R. Brandon, Attorney for Wm. B. Bradbury

Scope and Contents

[Printed.]
Box 4, Folder 20

Notes of Conversations with Judge Stephen Johnson Fields [July 21, 1877]

Scope and Contents

[Handwritten. Judge Fields' experiences in California. 237 leaves, 32 cm.]
Box 4

subseries 2: Newspaper Articles/Clippings

Scope and Contents

Chronological by date
Box 4, Folder 21

The Pacific Roads - Pattison's Able Minority Report, San Francisco Chronicle [December 31, 1887]

Scope and Contents

[Printed.]
Box 4, Folder 22

Shall California Have a Sunday Law, American Sabbath Union, Sabbath Reform Library [January 16, 1890]

Scope and Contents

[Printed.]
Box 4, Folder 23

Article clipping about Mrs. Olive M. Isbell, Santa Paula Chronicle [May 6, 1892]

Scope and Contents

[Printed.]
Box 4, Folder 24

Collection of article clippings concerning the History of California [n.d.]

Scope and Contents

[Printed. Compiled by John S. Hittell [?]]