Samuel McCullough Papers mssMcCullough
Gayle Richardson
The Huntington Library
June 2020
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Samuel McCullough papers
Creator:
McCullough, Samuel, 1826-
Identifier/Call Number: mssMcCullough
Physical Description:
2.25 Linear Feet
(1 box and 2 bound volumes)
Date (inclusive): 1854-1886
Abstract: A collection of material for Samuel
McCullough concerning mining and the construction of federal buildings in San Francisco,
California (1873 to 1878).
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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[Identification of item]. Samuel McCullough papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino,
California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Edwin Grabhorn in January 1945.
Samuel McCullough (1826-approximately 1890) was a California businessman and state
assemblyman. He came from New Jersey in 1855 to Sacramento, California, where he practiced
his trade as a carpenter. In 1858 he joined the gold rush to the Fraser River in Canada but
was unsuccessful in finding any gold. McCullough returned to San Francisco in 1860, when he
married Caroline B. Pumyea; he worked as a building contractor and hotel proprietor. He
served in the California state assembly from 1871 to 1873 and was superintendent of U.S.
Government buildings in San Francisco from 1873 to 1878.
A collection of 72 items from 1854 to 1886, it consists of letters, documents and two bound
volumes related to the personal and business activities of Samuel McCullough. The majority
of the material relates to the construction of federal buildings in San Francisco from 1873
to 1878. There is also material about the Sutter New Helvetia title and a trip to the Fraser
River mines in Canada; correspondents include Alfred Bult Mullett and Aaron Augustus
Sargent.
Processed by Huntington Library Staff, circa 1950. In 2020, Gayle Richardson created the
finding aid derived from a legacy summary report.
Arranged chronologically.
Former call number: mssMcCullough papers.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Businessmen -- California -- San Francisco
Gold mines and mining -- British Columbia -- Fraser River
Valley
Legislators -- California -- History
Public buildings -- California -- San Francisco
Real property -- California -- Sacramento
Fraser River (B.C.) -- Description and travel
Rancho New Helvetia (Calif.)
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. --
History
San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- 19th century --
Sources
Business papers -- California -- 19th century
Letters (correspondence) -- California -- 19th century
Letters (correspondence) -- British Columbia -- 19th
century
Mullett, A. B. (Alfred
Bult), 1834-1890
Sargent, A. A. (Aaron Augustus),
1827-1887
Box 1
Business papers and correspondence 1854-1886
Volume 1
Day book and blotter of Oriental Hotel, San Francisco 1864 January-July
Volume 2
Letter book 1873-1877