James De Barth Shorb Papers, 1794-1957, bulk 1870-1910

Summary

Creators:

Shorb, James De Barth.

Abstract:

This collection consists of personal and business papers primarily related to the family of Southern California land developer James De Barth Shorb (1842-1896) and their business ventures and estate settlements. Subject include: the Shorb, Wilson, and Patton families, David Jacks, Mariano Vallejo, Santa Catalina Island, the Mount Wilson Observatory, California government and politics, African Americans and the Chinese in California, agriculture, the citrus fruit industry, Indians of California, irrigation, lend tenure, mining, railroads, ranching, water rights, and the wine industry. The collection also documents the history and development of the following California cities: Alhambra, Elsinore, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Ramona, San Gabriel, San Marino, and Wilmington.

Extent:

10,844 items in 149 boxes

Language:

English.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection, which contains 10,844 items, consists of correspondence, letter books, manuscripts, speeches, diaries, account books, published articles, legal papers, financial statements and business records. The 10,528 pieces of correspondence are chiefly addressed to James De Barth Shorb, James M. Tiernan and Maria de Jesus Wilson Shorb. The 17 letter books are related to the business and financial affairs of Shorb and Benjamin Davis Wilson. The 75 manuscripts consist of items chiefly written by Shorb and Wilson family members. The 224 items in the Business Papers include material related to Shorb's many companies including the San Gabriel Wine Company. The following subjects are covered in the Shorb collection: the Shorb, Wilson, and Patton families, David Jacks, Mariano Vallejo, Santa Catalina Island, the Mount Wilson Observatory, California government and politics, African Americans and the Chinese in California, agriculture, the citrus fruit industry, Indians of California, irrigation, lend tenure, mining, railroads, ranching, water rights, and the wine industry. The collection also documents the history and development of the following California cities: Alhambra, Elsinore, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Ramona, San Gabriel, San Marino, and Wilmington. Notable authors include: Pelham Ames, Hubert Bancroft, Phineas Banning, Thomas Robert Bard, Charles F. Crocker, Ignacio Del Valle, Stephen Johnson Field, William McKendree Gwin, George Hearst, Isaias W. Hellman, Charles Webb Howard, O. Shafter Howard, Collis Huntington, Henry Huntington, Helen Hunt Jackson, Abbot Kinney, William Morrow, John Singleton Mosby, Francis G. Newlands, Harris Gray Otis, George Smith Patton, William T. Sherman, J. Campbell Shorb, Southern Pacific Company, Leland Stanford, Adlai Stevenson, George Stoneman, Harriet Strong, James M. Tiernan, Benjamin Truman, Stephen Mallory White, and Benjamin Davis Wilson.

Correspondence
The collection contains 10,528 pieces of correspondence. The majority of the correspondence is addressed to James De Barth Shorb, Maria de Jesus Wilson Shorb and James M. Tiernan. The correspondence covers the following subjects: Shorb’s business affairs and land dealings in California and Arizona; the American Concentrated Must Company; the San Gabriel Wine Company and the wine industry; agriculture and the citrus industry; Shorb’s political career; the Mount Wilson Observatory; the railroad in southern California; irrigation and water rights; Chinese, Japanese and African Americans in California; and the development of Elsinore, Santa Catalina Island, San Gabriel, Pasadena, Alhambra, Wilmington, and Ramona, California. The following individuals are also subjects in the correspondence: Ignacio Del Valle, George Hearst, Collis Huntington, Henry Huntington, David Jacks, George S. Patton, Leland Stanford, George Stoneman, Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, and Benjamin Davis Wilson. Authors with 40 or more letters include (piece counts in parenthesis): James M. Allen (42), Pelham W. Ames (191), George Arbuthnot (49), Thomas Benton Bishop (50), William J. Brodrick (42), the California Board of State Viticultural Commissioners (158), William B. Carr (42), William Christy (54), Clark Churchill (125), Evan James Coleman (216), W. T. Coleman & Co. (179), J. W. Evans (79), Will S. Green (41), J. T. Harbert (40), Charles Webb Howard (94), O. Shafter Howard (43), John C. Kirkpatrick (56), Lusk & Co. (55), Leroy E. Mosher (54), W. J. Murphy (45), Francis G. Newlands (83), Paul Oeker (336), George S. Patton (40), Gervaise Purcell (59), John C. Quinn (58), Erskine Mayo Ross (58), James De Barth Shorb (280), Southern Pacific Company (58), Stanley’s Sons (63), Edward Lancaster Watkins (83), Stephen Mallory White (56), Lewis P. Wiel (44), Benjamin Davis Wilson (86), Frederick W. Wood (177), and Edward T. Wright (48). Other notable authors include: Hubert Howe Bancroft, Phineas Banning, Thomas Robert Bard, Grover Cleveland, Antonio Franco Coronel, Charles F. Crocker, Ignacio Del Valle, John Downey, Stephen Johnson Field, Mary Foy, William McKendree Gwin, George Hearst, William Randolph Hearst, Isaias W. Hellman, The History Company, Henry Huntington, Helen Hunt Jackson, John P. Jones, Abbott Kinney, William Morrow, John Singleton Mosby, Charles Nordhoff, Harrison Gray Otis, Theodore Roosevelt, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, William Tecumseh Sherman, Leland Stanford, Adlai Stevenson, George Stoneman, Harriet Strong, William Howard Taft, James M. Tiernan, Benjamin Truman, Wells, Fargo & Company, Charles Wetmore and Clarence Wetmore. The section entitled Correspondence, Post 1917 (which contains 440 items) consists of correspondence chiefly addressed to Shorb’s daughter Ethel Rebecca Shorb. These letters deal with the Shorb family from 1917 to 1957. The group contains a large run of love letters to Ethel from a man named John Gaylord Church.

Letter Books
The 17 letter books concern the business and financial affairs of James De Barth Shorb, Benjamin Davis Wilson, and B. D. Wilson & Co. Their inclusive dates are 1870-1894.

Manuscripts
The 75 manuscripts consist of notes, speeches, diaries, account books, and drafts and copies of published articles and manuscripts. The majority of the authors are Wilson and Shorb family members. This group contains several manuscripts by Benjamin Davis Wilson including “The Indians of Southern California: Report to the Superintendent of Indian Affairs” and several copies and drafts of his “Observations on Early Days in California and New Mexico.” Subjects covered in the manuscripts are: early California history; Shorb, Wilson, and Patton family history; California government and politics; Helen Hunt Jackson and Ramona; irrigation; agriculture; and land ownership. This group also includes a diagram of the Battle of Gainesville drawn by John Singleton Mosby in 1891.

Business Papers
The 224 items in the Business Papers consist of reports, notes, legal papers, by-laws and articles of incorporation, financial statements, record and account books, stock certificates, and agreements. The business papers deal with the financial and business affairs of James De Barth Shorb and Benjamin Davis Wilson and include material related to mining in California, Colorado, and South Dakota; Los Angeles politics; water and irrigation; and the wine industry. Authors include the following companies: Arizona Improvement Company, San Marino Mill and Mining Co., Alhambra Addition Water Company, Lake Vineyard Land and Water Association, San Gabriel Water Company, La Sierra Water Company, B. D. Wilson & Co., American Concentrated Must Co., and the San Gabriel Wine Company.

Biographical / historical:

James De Barth Shorb (1842-1896), an attorney and civil engineer from Maryland, came to California in 1864. After his marriage to Maria de Jesus Wilson in 1867, Shorb joined his father-in-law, Benjamin Davis Wilson, in the development of their extensive land holdings in San Marino and Pasadena, and in the founding of the San Gabriel Winery. Shorb constructed and was president of the San Gabriel Valley Railroad and the Alhambra Railroad. In 1871, Shorb created the Lake Vineyard Land and Water Company, and in 1874, Shorb acquired a large tract of land consisting of the modern day San Marino and Pasadena city borders and part of present-day Alhambra. He was active in many business ventures and served as Los Angeles County treasurer in 1892. James and Maria had 11 children: Maria Inez Shorb Buck (1868-1933), James De Barth Shorb, Jr. (1870-1907), Margaret Nina Shorb (1871-1875), Edith Shorb Steele (1872-1954), Ramona Maria Shorb Murtaugh (1874-1921), “Benito” Shorb (1876-1877), Joseph Campbell Shorb (1876-1877), Ethel Rebecca Shorb (1880-1959), Donald McMeal Shorb (1883-1933), Norbert Newlands Shorb (1887-1951), and Bernardo Yorba Shorb (1888-1928). Their daughter Ethel Rebecca Shorb, who is a chief figure in parts of the collection, lived in San Francisco and was the Society Editor for The Argonaut Magazine.

Acquisition information:

Gifts of Edith Shorb Steele, June 30, 1950, and Shorb Steele, June 1955, June and July 1978, and purchased from Ethel Rebecca Shorb, March and May 1959.

Processing information:

1. Because the collection was cataloged many years ago, the cataloger did not use the authority forms of names. I used the authority forms in the finding aid but did not change them on the folders, with the exception of a few which needed to be put into a new letter of the alphabet. For example Frona Eunice Wait was originally under Frona Eunice Wait Colburn. She used Colburn as her last name for a time, but the authority form of her is Frona Eunice Wait, so I moved her letters from “C” to “W.”

2. The correspondence is written in table-form giving the folder numbers (often more than one folder) for each author. The other material is written out in a numbered list; these numbers represent the folder number in the box.

3. Due to the size of the collection, the subject index is by no means complete. The following subjects are not included in the index because they are found throughout the entire collection: Shorb’s business, mining and financial affairs; the San Gabriel Wine Company and the wine industry; the Arizona Improvement Company and Shorb’s interests in Arizona; agriculture and the citrus industry; Shorb’s political career; the railroad in southern California; irrigation and water rights; and the cities of San Gabriel, Alhambra, and Ramona, California.

Arrangement:

The collection is organized in the following order:

• Correspondence, (Boxes 1-139)
• Correspondence, Post 1917 (Boxes 140-142)
• Letter books (17 volumes
• Manuscripts (Boxes 143-146)
• Business Papers (Boxes 147-149).

Each section is arranged alphabetically by author, then addressee or title.

Rules or conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Related resources

Related material:

• James De Barth Shorb Papers Addenda

Other descriptive data:

Crocker, Charles F.

• Signer of Southern Pacific Company letters to various addressees (1885-1889). Box 112 (5, 11, 12, 13, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 35, 42, & 43).

Del Valle, Ignacio.

• Addressee of Benjamin Davis Wilson, 1811-1878, letter (1867, May 27). Box 132 (45).

Huntington, Arabella Duval, 1850 or 51-1924.

• Addressee of Ethel Rebecca Shorb letter [before 1924]. Box 142 (23).

Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900.

• Signer of Southern Pacific Company letters to James De Barth Shorb (1890). Box 112 (42-43).

Huntington, Henry Edwards, 1850-1927.

• Signer of Southern Pacific Company letters to James De Barth Shorb (1892-1895). Box 112 (49-50, & 56).

Markham, H. H. (Henry Harrison), 1840-1923.

• Author of letters (1892) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 17 (63-65).

Harrison Gray Otis, 1837-1917

• Addressee of T. A. Haynes letter (1891, Oct. 15). Box 54 (6).
• Addressee of William H. Mills letters (1891). Box 77 (15-16).

Hearst, George, 1820-1891.

• Addressee of George H. (George Hugh) Smith letters (1886). Box 111 (4-5).
• Addressee of United States General Land Office letter (1888, Mar. 17). Box 122 (5).

Patton, George S. (George Smith).

• Addressee of H. O. Adams letter (1909, Aug. 19). Box 1 (26).
• Addressee of Richard S. Floyd letter (1890, Feb. 28). Box 45 (27).
• Addressee of James De Barth Shorb letters (1882-1892). Box 106 (53-54).
• Addressee of Maria de Jesus Wilson Shorb letter (1905, Dec. 13). Box 109 (46).
• Addressee of George H. (George Hugh) Smith letter (1894, June 3). Box 111 (6).
• Addressee of W. G. Spence letter (1896, Aug. 11). Box 113 (24).
• Addressee of William H. (William Howard) Taft, 1857-1930, letter (1908, Jan. 4). Box 118 (34).
• Co-author of United States Military Academy Board of Visitors letter [1908] to Theodore Roosevelt, 1858-1919. Box 122 (11).
• Addressee of Edward Lancaster Watkins letter (1890, Aug. 30). Box 125 (1).
• Addressee of Stephen Mallory White, 1853-1901, letter (1894, Apr. 16). Box 128 (23).

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.

• Addressee of United States Military Academy Board of Visitors letter [1908]. Box 122 (11).

Seton, Catherine Josephine, 1800-1891.

• Addressee of Richard Bayley Seton, 1798-1823, letter (1818, Mar. 2). Box 139 (8). Oversize.

Seton, Elizabeth Ann, Saint, 1774-1821.

• Addressee of William Magee Seton, 1768-1803, letters [before 1794]. Box 103 (42-44).

Spalding, William Andrew, 1852-1941.

• Signer of Title Insurance and Trust Company letter (1911-1913) to Maria de Jesus Wilson Shorb. Box 120 (45).

Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893.

• Addressee of Charles F. Crocker letter (1886, Dec. 22). Box 33 (30).
• Addressee of James De Barth Shorb letters (1885-[1889]). Box 108 (9-12).

Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1835-1914.

• Signer of United States Post Office letter (1887, Jan. 28) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 122 (31).

Stoneman, George, 1822-1894.

• Addressee of Ygnacio Sepúlveda letter (1884, Apr. 26). Box 103 (41).
• Addressee of James De Barth Shorb letters (1886-1872). Box 108 (14-15).

Wilson, Benjamin Davis, 1811-1878.

• Addressee of Matthew Keller, 1810-1881, letter (1871, July 21). Box 63 (18).
• Addressee of James De Barth Shorb letters ([Approximately 1867]-1875). Box 108 (48-51).
• Addressee of Maria de Jesus Wilson Shorb letter (1869, Mar. 6). Box 109 (68).
• Addressee of Margaret S. Hereford Wilson letter [Approximately 1870]. Box 133 (79).
• Addressee of Frederick W. Wood letter (1878, Feb. 21). Box 136 (72).

African Americans – California.

• Subject in W. F. Green letters (1889) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 50 (4-5).
• Subject in H. C. Townsend letter (1888, Aug. 7) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 120 (65).
• Subject in Edward Lancaster Watkins letter (1888, Aug. 27) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 125 (25).

Chinese – California.

• Subject in Los Angeles Trades and Labor Council. Executive Committee letter (1886, June 9) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 70 (37).
• Subject in Lou Hak Yask letter (1892, Aug. 21) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 70 (41).
• Subject in Loui Hok On letter (1892, Dec. 17) to San Gabriel Wine Company. Box 89 (20).
• Subject in Loui Hok On letter (1892, Sep. 1) to Maria de Jesus Wilson Shorb. Box 89 (21).
• Subject in John C. Quinn letter (1889, Oct. 13) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 96 (65).
• Subject in Tong Wah Jan & Co. letters (1887) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 120 (50-52).
• Subject in Stephen Mallory White, 1853-1901, letter (1889, Feb. 20) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 128 (43).
• Subject in Benjamin Davis Wilson, 1811-1878, letter (1868, Apr. 10) to Maria de Jesus Wilson Shorb. Box 132 (19).
• Subject in Margaret S. Hereford Wilson letter (1868, Apr. 10) to Maria de Jesus Wilson Shorb. Box 133 (62).
• Subject in Frederick W. Wood letter (1885, June 20) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 135 (12).

Del Valle, Ignacio.

• Subject in Ethel Rebecca Shorb, A Wedding Trip in 1867 [1921]. Box 144 (12).

Elsinore (Calif.).

• Subject in S. V. Landt letters (1891-1892) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 65 (61- 68).
• Subject in Los Angeles National Bank letter (1892, June 22) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 70 (19).
• Subject in Gervaise Purcell letter (1892, Sep. 13) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 95 (66).
• Subject in H. J. Rudisill, 1827-, letter (1891, June 29) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 100 (7).
• Subject in Security Loan & Trust Co. letter (1891, Aug. 5) to S. V. Landt. Box 103 (36).

Hearst, George, 1820-1891.

• Subject in Harry M. Craft letter (1884, Apr. 16) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 32 (40).
• Subject in Henry J. Daw letter (1886, Mar. 23) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 34 (67).
• Subject in William W. Foote letters (1890-1891) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 45 (48 & 50-52).
• Subject in Denis Kearny letter (1887, Oct. 20) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 63 (9).
• Subject in Francis G. (Francis Griffith) Newlands, 1848-1917, letter (1890, Mar. 16) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 82 (35).
• Subject in George H. (George Hugh) Smith letter (1886, Aug. 14) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 111 (11).

Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900.

• Subject in Evan James Coleman letter (1882, Aug. 30) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 25 (40).
• Subject in George S. (George Smith) Patton letter (1894, June 27) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 91 (66).

Huntington, Henry Edwards, 1850-1927.

• Subject in Ethel Rebecca Shorb, Reminiscences [Approximately 1950]. Box 144 (9).

Jacks, David, 1822-1909.

• Subject in Brenda Prague Bodfish letter (1890, July 17) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 12 (25).

Jackson, Helen Hunt, 1830-1885.

• Subject in Ethel Rebecca Shorb, Romance of Ramona [1921]. Box 144 (10).
• Subject in Ethel Rebecca Shorb, The True Story of Ramona, or rather the Naming of the Helen Hunt Jackson Story [Approximately 1920]. Box 144 (11).

Japanese – California.

• Subject in ----- Nakata letter [1888] to James De Barth Shorb. Box 81 (1).

Mount Wilson Observatory.

• Subject in Richard S. Floyd letter (1887, July 12) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 45 (29).
• Subject in Edward Singleton Holden, 1846-1914, letter (1887, Aug. 10) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 57 (55).
• Subject in Southern Pacific Railroad Company Land Department letter (1889, Feb. 11) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 113 (10).

Pasadena (Calif.).

• Subject in E. Norman Baker letter [Approximately 1893] to James De Barth Shorb. Box 7 (19).
• Subject in Arturo Bandini letter (1883, Mar. 20) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 7 (70).
• Subject in Thomas Benton Bishop letter (1887, Aug. 10) to August Mayer. Box 11 (16).
• Subject in J. E. Clarke letter (1884, Apr. 2) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 23 (72).
• Subject in Charles F. Crocker letter (1886, Dec. 29) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 33 (28).
• Subject in Graves, O’Melveny and Shankland letters (1889-1890) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 49 (32-35).
• Subject in Graves, O’Melveny and Shankland letter (1889, Nov. 27) to James M. Tiernan. Box 49 (41).
• Subject in Wm. Ham. (William Hammond) Hall letters (1891-1892) to Francis G. (Francis Griffith) Newlands, 1848-1917. Box 52 (20-21).
• Subject in Caspar T. (Caspar Thomas) Hopkins, 1826-1893, letters (1883-1891) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 58 (57-61 & 64-68).
• Subject in John C. Kirkpatrick letters (1892-1893) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 64 (38 & 40-43).
• Subject in John C. Kirkpatrick letters (1891-1895) to James M. Tiernan. Box 64 (50-67).
• Subject in Edward McLean letters (1878-1885) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 73 (24-26).
• Subject in Bernhard Marks letter (1883, Feb. 27) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 74 (13).
• Subject in Frank A. Marston letter (1884, Feb. 18) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 74 (52).
• Subject in J. S. Mills letters (1883) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 77 (13-14).
• Subject in Francis G. (Francis Griffith) Newlands, 1848-1917, letters (1888-1891) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 82 (11, 18, 23-25, 43 & 46).
• Subject in Paul Oeker letter (1888, Aug. 14) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 87 (19).
• Subject in Pasadena Lake Vineyard Land and Water Company letters (1890-1891) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 91 (19-20).
• Subject in Pasadena Library and Village Improvement Society letter (1886, Jan. 11) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 91 (21).
• Subject in Pasadena Nursery letters (1889) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 91 (22-23).
• Subject in Pasadena Steam Laundry Co. letter (1891, Mar. 3) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 91 (24).
• Subject in Pasadena Steam Laundry Co. letters (1889-1892) to Maria de Jesus Wilson Shorb. Box 91 (25-27).
• Subject in Pasadena Steam Laundry Co. letter (1891, June 25) to James M. Tiernan. Box 91 (28).
• Subject in George S. (George Smith) Patton letters (1887) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 91 (53 & 55).
• Subject in Horatio Nelson Rust, 1828-1906, letters (1886-1887) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 100 (25-27).
• Subject in F. W. (Frederick William) Sharon letters (1887) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 104 (4-5).
• Subject in William R. Staats letters (1892-1893) to James M. Tiernan. Box 113 (70-73 & 75-78).
• Subject in Benjamin Davis Wilson, 1811-1878, letters (1869) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 131 (14-15).
• Subject in Benjamin Davis Wilson, 1811-1878, letter (1867, May 27) to Ignacio Del Valle. Box 132 (45).
• Subject in C. Wilson letter (1883, Jan. 12) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 132 (46).
• Subject in C. W. Wilson letter (1890, Jan. 8) to Chas. A. (Charles Augustus) Wetmore. Box 132 (47).
• Subject in John W. Wilson letters (1885-1891) to Maria de Jesus Wilson Shorb. Box 133 (41-47).
• Subject in James De Barth Shorb letter (1892, Dec. 8) to Henry A. Worthington. Box 139 (9).
• Subject in Ethel Rebecca Shorb, Reminiscences [Approximately 1950]. Box 144 (9).
• Subject in Edith Shorb Steele, Address on Family History given to the Historical Society of Southern California [after 1931]. Box 145 (14).

Patton, George S. (George Smith).

• Subject in James C. McCollum letter (1892, Sep. 21) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 72 (33).
• Subject in F. W. Potts letter (1891, Apr. 30) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 94 (56).
• Subject in Tristrem L. Skinner letter (1890, Dec. 17) to James M. Tiernan. Box 110 (33).
• Subject in William H. (William Howard) Taft, 1857-1930, letter (1908, Jan. 3) to Frank P. (Frank Putnam) Flint, b. 1862. Box 118 (33).
• Subject in Norbert Newlands Shorb, Reminiscences of Childhood of General George Smith Patton [Approximately 1930]. Box 145 (9).

San Gabriel (Calif.)

• Subject in Ethel Rebecca Shorb, A Clansman Spirit [1921]. Box 144 (6).
• Subject in Ethel Rebecca Shorb, Notes on the life and acquaintances of the Wilson and Shorb families of San Gabriel, California [Approximately 1950?]. Box 144 (8).
• Subject in Ethel Rebecca Shorb, Reminiscences [Approximately 1950]. Box 144 (9).
• Subject in Edith Shorb Steele, Address on Family History given to the Historical Society of Southern California [after 1931]. Box 145 (14).

Santa Catalina Island (Calif.)

• Subject in Phineas Banning, 1830-1885, letter (1883, May 27) to James Lick Trust Fund. Box 8 (22).
• Subject in Phineas Banning, 1830-1885, letters (1883) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 8 (26-27).
• Subject in Phineas Banning, 1830-1885 and William Banning, 1858-1946, letter (1883, May 23) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 8 (37).
• Subject in William Banning, 1858-1946, letter (1890, Sep. 5) to Henry E. Mathews. Box 8 (38).
• Subject in William Banning, 1858-1946, letter (1890, Sep. 5) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 8 (46).
• Subject in Richard S. Floyd letter (1890, Apr. 5) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 45 (36).
• Subject in James Lick Trust Fund letter (1883, May 24) to Phineas Banning, 1830- 1885. Box 62 (17).
• Subject in Henry E. Mathews letters (1890) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 75 (23- 24).

Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893.

• Subject in Evan James Coleman letter (1882, Dec. 16) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 25 (50).
• Subject in Asa Ellis letter (1886, June 26) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 41 (10).
• Subject in T. H. Frölich letter (1888, Jan. 20) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 46 (28).
• Subject in Ariel Lathrop letter (1889, Aug. 29) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 66 (44).
• Subject in Los Angeles (Calif.) Board of Trade letter (1888, Dec. 1) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 69 (27).
• Subject in William W. Porter letter (1889, June 29) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 94 (20).

Stoneman, George, 1822-1894.

• Subject in Farmers and Merchants Bank of Los Angeles letter (1885, Aug. 26) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 43 (53).
• Subject in John F. Janes letter (1883, June 4) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 62 (18).
• Subject in Albert Thomas Kimbell letters (1884) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 63 (53-55).

Vallejo, Mariano Guadalupe, 1808-1890.

• Subject in James A. Cutter letters (1890) to Robert A. Poppe. Box 33 (77-78).
• Subject in James A. Cutter letter (1890, Mar. 12) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 33 (79).
• Subject in Robert A. Poppe letter (1890, Mar. 7) to James A. Cutter. Box 94 (8).

Wilmington (Calif.).

• Subject in Phineas Banning, 1830-1885, letters (1883-1885) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 8 (32-33 & 36).
• Subject in William Banning, 1858-1946, letter (1889, Sep. 11) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 8 (41).
• Subject in Thomas B. Brown letter (1911, Feb. 13) to Maria de Jesus Wilson Shorb. Box 14 (18).
• Subject in George E. Gard letter (1882, June 22) to ----- Rice. Box 47 (51).
• Subject in Gillette, Gibson & Wood letter (1883, July 13) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 48 (31).
• Subject in Antone Laubersheimer letter (1884, Dec. 30) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 66 (58).
• Subject in P. D. McMahon letter (1884, Mar. 31) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 73 (30).
• Subject in P. D. McMahon letter (1883, Sep. 1) to James M. Tiernan. Box 73 (31).
• Subject in W. J. Melton letter (1883, Mar. 20) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 76 (23).
• Subject in Charles William Moores letter (1885, Aug. 24) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 77 (61).
• Subject in Henry Noel Morgan letters (1885-1887) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 78 (14-16).
• Subject in George S. (George Smith) Patton letter (1909, Jan. 4) to Maria de Jesus Wilson Shorb. Box 91 (69).
• Subject in Albert Alexander Polhamus letter [1892] to James De Barth Shorb. Box 93 (58).
• Subject in Chas. W. (Charles Walker) Raymond, 1842-1913, letters (1892-1893) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 97 (18-21).
• Subject in Merick Reynolds letters (1892-1893) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 97 (66-67).
• Subject in Frank W. Shaw letters (1887-1891) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 104 (11-12).
• Subject in James De Barth Shorb letter (1892, Sep. 7) to Los Angeles Terminal Railway Co. Box 106 (26).
• Subject in James De Barth Shorb letter (1878, July 9) to Maria de Jesus Wilson Shorb. Box 107 (17).
• Subject in James De Barth Shorb letters (1867-1875) to Benjamin Davis Wilson, 1811-1878. Box 108 (48 & 51).
• Subject in Raymond Wicks Stephens letter (1911, Apr. 27) to Maria de Jesus Wilson Shorb. Box 115 (84).
• Subject in Edward Lancaster Watkins letter (1890, Aug. 30) to George S. (George Smith) Patton. Box 125 (1).
• Subject in Benjamin Davis Wilson, 1811-1878, letters (1878) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 131 (40-41).
• Subject in Benjamin Davis Wilson, 1811-1878, letter (1869, Jan. 27) to Maria de Jesus Wilson Shorb. Box 132 (22).
• Subject in Frederick W. Wood letter (1883, May 10) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 134 (45).

Wilson, Benjamin Davis, 1811-1878.

• Subject in Abstract and Title Insurance Co. of Los Angeles letter (date) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 1 (17).
• Subject in Charles Cabot letter (1883, Jan. 5) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 15 (1).
• Subject in Declez & Gilbert letter to Heirs of Benjamin Davis Wilson (1883, Oct. 20). Box 35 (8).
• Subject in Ethelbert Dowlen letter (1889, Jan. 14) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 38 (15).
• Subject in Edwin Wilson Fowler letters (1890) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 45 (63-70).
• Subject in John E. Fowler letter (1886, Aug. 7) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 45 (71).
• Subject in Henry Thomas Hazard, 1844-, letters (1890) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 54 (10-11).
• Subject in Mrs. W. H. Hill letter (1884, Mar. 5) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 56 (37).
• Subject in The History Company letter (1890, Feb. 5) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 57 (10).
• Subject in The History Company letters (1887) to Maria de Jesus Wilson Shorb. Box 57 (30-31).
• Subject in W. H. (William H.) McKee letter (1887, Aug. 28) to Margaret S. Hereford Wilson. Box 73 (16).
• Subject in James De Barth Shorb letters (1878) to Prudent Beaudry. Box 105 (19- 21).
• Subject in Maria de Jesus Wilson Shorb, Annie Wilson and Ruth Wilson Patton letter (1883, Jan. 2) to James De Barth Shorb and Frederick W. Wood. Box 109 (69).
• Subject in Southern California Railroad Company Land Agent letter (1877, Mar. 29) to James De Barth Shorb. Box 113 (8).
• Subject in Edward Lancaster Watkins letter (1890, Aug. 30) to George S. (George Smith) Patton. Box 125 (1).
• Subject in Wells, Van Dyke & Lee letter (1886, Aug. 18) to Leander W. Dennis. Box 126 (56).
• Subject in Ethel Rebecca Shorb, Notes on the Life and Acquaintances of the Wilson and Shorb Families of San Gabriel, California ([1950?]). Box 144 (8).
• Subject in Ethel Rebecca Shorb, A Wedding Trip in 1867 [1921]. Box 144 (12).
• Subject in James De Barth Shorb, A Sketch of the Life of Benjamin Davis Wilson [Approximately 1880?]. Box 144 (23).
• Subject in Edith Shorb Steele, Address on Family History given to the Historical Society of Southern California [after 1931]. Box 145 (14).

Indexed terms

Subjects:

African Americans -- California -- History.
Agriculture -- California, Southern.
Businessmen -- California, Southern -- Archives.
Chinese -- California -- History.
Citrus fruit industry -- California, Southern -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
Indians of North America -- California.
Irrigation -- California, Southern.
Land tenure -- California, Southern.
Mines and mineral resources -- California -- History -- 19th century.
Politicians -- California.
Railroads -- California, Southern.
Ranches -- California, Southern.
Water rights -- California, Southern.
Wine industry -- California.
Family papers -- California.
Business records -- California.
Letters (correspondence) -- California.
Manuscripts -- California.

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

Location of this collection:

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