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  • Immediate Source of Acquisition note
  • Preferred Citation note
  • Existence and Location of Originals note
  • Conditions Governing Use note
  • Conditions Governing Access note
  • Scope and Contents note
  • Biographical/Historical note

  • Title: Kimball, Rebecca M., Papers
    Identifier/Call Number: C058898
    Contributing Institution: Society of California Pioneers
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 1.0 folder receipts and correspondence
    Date (inclusive): 1870-1924
    Abstract: File contains handwritten receipts and correspondence between Rebecca M. Kimball and Charles B. Turrill, as well as Pastor Pond. Dates range from 1870-1924.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition note

    Donor and date of acquisition unknown.

    Preferred Citation note

    Rebecca M. Kimball Papers. The Society of California Pioneers.

    Existence and Location of Originals note

    The Society of California Pioneers, 101 Montgomery St. Suite 150, The Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94129.

    Conditions Governing Use note

    There are no restrictions on access.

    Conditions Governing Access note

    Collection open for research.

    Scope and Contents note

    File contains handwritten receipts and correspondence between Rebecca M. Kimball and Charles B. Turrill, as well as Pastor Pond. Dates range from 1870-1924.
    Rebecca Kimball's accounting booklet and an autograph book; Certificate of Promotion from Mission Grammar School, 1870 (certificate of completing the 2nd grade); 1 receipt from the Grand Dry Goods Store, 1889; 1 receipt from the Union Trust Company of San Francisco, 1901; 6 receipts from Laurel Hill Cemetery Association, 1905-1912; 1 receipt from La Société Francaise de Bienfaisance Mutuelle, 1909; 24 postcards from Rebecca Kimball to Charles Turrill, 1915-1924; 22 letters (20 handwritten, 2 typed) from Rebecca Kimball to Charles Turrill, 1915-1924; 32 typed letters from Charles Turrill to Rebecca Kimball, 1914-1924; 3 handwritten letters from Pastor Pond to Rebecca Kimball, 1909-1911

    Biographical/Historical note

    Rebecca M. Kimball was born in San Francisco approximately 1858, to Charles P. Kimball and Isabella Kimball. She was the youngest of four children (she was the only girl). Her two oldest brothers died at a young age. She was close friends with Charles B. Turrill, the Secretary and Historian of the Lincoln Grammar School Association.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Chick's Bootarie.
    Grand Dry Goods Store.
    Kimball, Charles P. (Charles Proctor), 1821-1894
    Kimball, Rebecca
    Laurel Hill Cemetery Association .
    Lincoln Grammar School Association.
    Lincoln Monument League.
    Mission Grammar School.
    Turrill, Charles Beebe, 1854-1927