Guide to the Howe Family collection

Finding aid by Alisa Austin
Center for Sacramento History
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Sacramento, California 95811-0229
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Howe Family collection

Collection number: MS0082

Center for Sacramento History

Sacramento, CA
Processed by:
Alisa Austin
Date Completed:
2006
Encoded by:
Kim Hayden, 2020
© 2020 Center for Sacramento History. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Howe Family collection
Dates: ca. 1845-1990
Bulk Dates: ca. 1855-1945
Collection number: MS0082
Collection Size: 18.5 linear feet (39 boxes), plus artifacts
Repository: Center for Sacramento History
Sacramento, California 95811-0229
Abstract: The collection documents the Howe Family of Sacramento. With roots as educators and abolitionists in the Midwest, members of the Howe family came to Sacramento in the 1870s. Several continued working in education, while Samuel Luke Howe Jr. was Sacramento city attorney from 1900 to 1908. The collection dates from the 1850s to the 1990s and consists primarily of correspondence, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, artifacts, and other memorabilia that belonged to or was created by the Howe and Sunderland families, as well as other related families.
Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English

Access

Collection is open for research use.

Publication Rights

All requests to publish or quote from private manuscripts held by the Center for Sacramento History (CSH) must be submitted in writing to csh@cityofsacramento.org. Permission for publication is given on behalf of CSH as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the patron. No permission is necessary to publish or quote from public records.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item and/or item number], [box and folder number], Howe Family collection, MS0082, Center for Sacramento History.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Angela Schrimp de laVergne, 2003 (accession number 2003/056).

Processing Information

Processing and finding aid by Alisa Austin, 2006. Finding aid edited by Kim Hayden, 2020.

Biography / Administrative History

The Howe Family of Sacramento has its roots on the East Coast and in the Midwest as abolitionists and educators.
Patriarch Samuel Luke Howe was born in Vermont on August 5, 1807 or 1809. He graduated from college in Athens, Ohio, and married Charlotte Wilson (born September 1, 1811) on April 2, 1829. The Howes had nine children: Oscar, Elizabeth W., Pembroke W., Edward Page, Hayward Howard, Mary Frances, Seward Curtis, Francis, and Cora Belle.
Howe formed an academy in Lancaster, Ohio, in 1835, counting William Tecumseh Sherman and his brother John Sherman among his pupils. In 1841, the Howes moved to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and opened the Mt. Pleasant High School and Female Seminary. Howe was an abolitionist and a member the Free Soil Party in Iowa, and his house was a station of the Underground Railroad. He published the only antislavery newspaper west of the Mississippi in the 1850s, the Iowa Free Democrat.
By 1856, the Howes had moved to Kansas, while several of their children and members of the extended family moved out West. Those coming West continued the family’s career in education, with three working at Sacramento High School: Samuel Luke Howe’s sons Hayward Howard Howe and Edward Page Howe were both principals there during the 1870s, and his brother John Mark Howe was a teacher there in the 1850s. John Mark Howe is buried at Sacramento City Cemetery.
Edward Page Howe Sr. arrived in Sacramento in 1872. He married Ella Perrin Sunderland of Indiana and they had five children: Edward Page Jr., Oscar T., Samuel Luke Jr., Ella Perrin (who later changed her name to Helen Sunderland Howe), and William. In 1884, Edward and Ella purchased land from S. A. and Mary McDonnell in the area of 21st and 22nd street and built a house. In addition to being principal at Sacramento High School, Edward founded Howe's Normal Academy, and he and his father authored Howe's Grammar. In his senior years, he lived at 1028 J Street. He died October 22, 1915, of a heart attack at a cathedral on the corner of 11th and K streets at the age of 76.
Edward and Ella’s son Edward Page Jr. married Luella Slack Howe (whose father, Frank Slack owned the Riverside Dairy in Sacramento) and they lived at 2215 21st Street. They had one child, Helen Margaret, who graduated from Mills College in 1930 and was a teacher in Carmel and Courtland.
Another of Edward Sr.’s sons, Samuel Luke Howe Jr., was the Sacramento city attorney from 1900 to 1908. After many years in the military, Samuel studied law at Beatty, Denson and Oatman, and Devlin & Devlin, and was admitted to the bar in 1893. He was senior partner in the firm Howe, Hibbitt, and Johnson, and was also a partner with his brother William Sunderland Howe. For 20 years, he was the secretary of the Sacramento County Bar Association. His residence was on the corner of 21st and V streets.

Scope and Content of Collection

The Howe Family collection dates from the 1840s through the 1980s, with the bulk from circa 1855 to 1945. Material consists primarily of family letters to and from Sacramento County, Northern California, Iowa, and Nevada; newspaper clippings; photographs; scrapbooks; military records; artifacts; and other memorabilia that belonged to or was created by the Howe and Sunderland families, as well as other related families. Of note are a letter written by General William Tecumseh Sherman, civil war letters including a cross-written letter, and photographs of Japanese and Chinese students in Courtland. There is one unprocessed box consisting mostly of newspapers and clippings. A Sacramento County rural directory from 1941 was moved to our city directory library.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into 5 series:
  • Series 1. Correspondence, papers, and ephemera, ca. 1855-1981
  • Subseries 1.1. Various Howe family members, ca. 1862-1981
  • Subseries 1.2. Ella Perrin Sunderland Howe and Edward Page Howe Sr., 1854-1899
  • Subseries 1.3. Edward Page Howe Jr., 1879-1886
  • Subseries 1.4. Samuel Luke Howe Jr., ca. 1855-1939
  • Series 2. Scrapbooks, journals, and ledgers, ca. 1850-1922
  • Series 3. Photographs, ca. 1854-1955
  • Subseries 3.1. Howe family and friends, ca.1854-1955
  • Subseries 3.2. Ryde and Courtland Chinese and Japanese schools, 1932-1944
  • Series 4. Books and periodicals, 1845-1972
  • Series 5. Artifacts, undated; 1899; ca. 1918

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Social life and customs -- Sacramento (Calif.)
City attorneys -- Sacramento (Calif.)
Chinese -- California -- Delta Region -- History – 20th century.
Japanese-- California -- Delta Region -- History – 20th century.
Ryde (Calif.)
Courtland (Calif.)
Teachers
Education
Howe, Samuel Luke
Howe, Samuel Luke Jr.
Howe, Edward Page Sr.
Howe, Edward Page Jr.
Howe, Ella Perrin Sunderland
Howe, Helen Margaret
Howe, Helen Sunderland

Related Material

The California State Library holds items related to Samuel Luke Howe Jr. and Helen Margaret Howe.
California State Parks Museum Collections holds five chairs from the Howe family.

 

Series 1. Correspondence, papers, and ephemera ca. 1855-1981

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series consists of correspondence, papers, and ephemera collected or created by members of the Howe and Sunderland families. The first subseries contains material from various family members; the rest of the subseries are divided by specific family members who had a larger amount of material than the others.
 

Subseries 1.1. Various Howe family members ca. 1862-1981

Box 1, Folder 1

Ephemera undated

Box 1, Folder 2

Photographs undated

Box 1, Folder 3

Correspondence - Samuel Luke Howe 1903

Box 2, Folder 1

Correspondence - Luella Slack Howe undated

General

Postcard letter from Frank Keesling.
Box 2, Folder 2

Correspondence - Howe and Howe undated

Box 2, Folder 3

Correspondence - William Howe undated

Mapcase 10:16, Folder 1

Letter from New Orleans undated

General

Dated September 19 with no year. From brother William and sister Louise.
Mapcase 10:16, Folder 1

Letter from Vicksburg 1862-12-24

General

To Ella Sunderland from Josephine.
Box 18, Folder 1

Civil War correspondence and documents 1864-1865

General

Includes letters from Samuel Luke Howe to General William Tecumseh Sherman (1864); Pass from New Orleans to Illinois for Ella Sunderland Howe (1865); Passes for Ella Sunderland (1864-1865); Calling card of Mrs. Edward Page Howe Jr.
Box 18, Folder 2

Census Transcript - Helen Sunderland Howe 1900

Box 18, Folder 3

California Motor Vehicle License - Edward Page Howe Jr. 1914

Box 18, Folder 4

Discharge of Army service - Francis H. Slack 1865-11

General

New York State Volunteers. Signed by S. C. Greene, Capt. 13 Infantry & ACM.
Box 18, Folder 5

Will - Francis H. Slack 1888

Box 18, Folder 6

Maps ca. 1941-1978

General

Maps include Ohio (1978); Elmhurst and Sacramento Suburbs, H.A.; McClelland Co.; Indian Ocean by National Geographic (1941)
Mapcase 10:16

Reconnaissance Map of the Rancho Del Encinal, San Luis Obispo 1904-08

Box 18, Folder 7

Newspaper Clippings ca. 1868-1977

General

Includes obituary and death notices for Millie Faure, William S. Howe (1939), Samuel Luke Howe (1868), and Edward Page Howe; photo of Howe brothers printed in newspaper from 1878; wedding announcement of Pamela Fairbanks to Aubert Gaudin de Villaine; and clippings on various topics, such as veterans, police, and the justice system, often having to do with a member of the Howe family.
Box 18, Folder 8

Postcards undated

General

Includes a Birdseye View of Monterey Bay and Hotel Del Monte, California; C.P.R. Hotel and Sulphur Mt. Banff, Canada; Hotel Del Monte, Del Monte, California; Palace Hotel, San Francisco, California; Pebble Beach Lodge, Monterey, California.
Box 18, Folder 9 -10

Family History Research undated

Box 18, Folder 11

Howe Family History undated

Box 18, Folder 12

Funeral Receipt - Edward Page Howe Sr. 1915

Box 18, Folder 13

Diplomas - Edward Page Howe Sr. 1872-1873

Box 18, Folder 14

Ephemera - Edward Page Howe Sr. 1872-1915

Box 19, Folder 1

Ephemera 1861- 1892

Box 19, Folder 2

Inaugural Ball Program, California 1899

Box 19, Folder 3

Ephemera 1901-1979

Box 19, Folder 4

Wedding Announcements 1903-1909

Box 19, Folder 5

Poster - Samuel Luke Howe 1914

Box 19, Folder 6

Calling Cards undated

Box 19, Folder 7

Sacramento High School programs 1924-1961

Box 19, Folder 8

Montgomery Way house roster transcribed from Sacramento City Directories 1921-1928

Box 19, Folder 9

Confederate ten dollar bill and Canadian coins undated

Box 19, Folder 10

Wedding Invitation - William S. Howe 1931-09-24

Box 19, Folder 11

Ephemera - William S. Howe undated

Box 19, Folder 12

Ephemera 1887-1889; 1942

General

Includes an Edward E. Panabaker funeral card (1942); invitation from Grace Dixon (1889); Advertising card for J. Silverman Dry Goods Store; Sacramento Grammar School Programs (1887, 1888); St. Joseph's Academy, Sacramento Commencement Program (1887); Church Service Program at Camp Sheehan (1887).
Box 21, Folder 1

Postcard - Helen Sunderland Howe 1919

Box 21, Folder 2

Deeds 1904; 1927

General

Ella Perrin Howe to Helen Sunderland Howe (1904); Samuel Luke Howe to Helen Sunderland Howe (1927)
Box 21, Folder 3

Ephemera ca. 1899- 1914

General

Includes an “In Memoriam" for Helen Sunderland Howe; a concert program (1899); bill for tonsil surgery (1914)
Box 17, Folder 1

Correspondence - Helen Margaret Howe 1932

Box 17, Folder 2

Correspondence - Helen Margaret Howe 1932-1981

Box 17, Folder 3

Correspondence - Helen Margaret Howe 1981

General

Includes photo of Morgan and Jess Davis.
Box 22, Folder 1

Elementary and high school graduation documents - Helen Margaret Howe undated

Box 22, Folder 2

Mills College graduation documents - Helen Margaret Howe 1930

Box 22, Folder 3

Birth Certificate - Helen Margaret Howe undated

Box 22, Folder 4

Certificate - Helen Margaret Howe 1968

Box 22, Folder 5

Ephemera - Helen Margaret Howe undated

Mapcase 10:16, Folder 1

Official Dance Program, Laundry Worker's Union, No. 75 1901-10-31

Mapcase 10:16, Folder 1

Godey's Fashions undated

Mapcase 10:16, Folder 1

Costume Parisienne (men and women's fashions, text in French) 1822

Box 39

Unprocessed newspapers, clippings, and other items undated

 

Subseries 1.2. Ella Perrin Sunderland Howe and Edward Page Howe Sr. 1854-1899

Box 3, Folder 1

Correspondence - Edward Page Howe Sr. 1874-1878

Box 3, Folder 2

Correspondence - Ella Sunderland Howe 1876-1877

Box 3, Folder 3

Correspondence - Ella Sunderland Howe 1879

Box 3, Folder 4

Correspondence - Ella Sunderland Howe 1880

Box 4, Folder 1

Correspondence - Ella Sunderland Howe 1882

General

Correspondence is related to Sunderland property problems
Box 4, Folder 2

Correspondence - Samuel Luke Howe 1894

Box 4, Folder 3

Correspondence - Howe & Howe 1896-1899

Box 5, Folder 1

Postcards - Edward Page Howe Sr. undated

Box 5, Folder 2

Correspondence - Edward Page Howe Sr. 1877

Box 5, Folder 3

Correspondence - Edward Page Howe Sr. 1879

Box 5, Folder 4

Correspondence - Edward Page Howe Sr. 1885

Box 6, Folder 1

Correspondence - Ella Perrin Sunderland Howe undated

Box 6, Folder 2

Cross-written letter - Ella Perrin Sunderland Howe 1859

Box 6, Folder 3

Correspondence - Ella Perrin Sunderland Howe 1855-1859

Box 6, Folder 4

Correspondence - Ella Perrin Sunderland Howe 1861- 1868

Box 6, Folder 5

Correspondence - Ella Perrin Sunderland Howe 1870-1876

General

Correspondence includes a letter from Burlington & Missouri River Railroad Co. regarding Ella Sunderland Howe's trunk (1872); a letter concerning the death of Sarah Sunderland's husband (July 1876); and a letter from friend Josephine (1870)
Box 6, Folder 6

Correspondence - Ella Perrin Sunderland Howe 1880

Box 6, Folder 7

Ephemera - Ella Perrin Sunderland Howe ca. 1855-1875

General

Contains calling cards; Valentine's card; festival, reunion, graduation, and church ephemera
Box 6, Folder 8

Literary Documents - Ella Perrin Sunderland ca. 1854-1855

General

Includes works by Ella and others.
Box 6, Folder 9

Newspaper Clippings undated

Box 6, Folder 10

Tintype of M. H. Sunderland in paper embossed frame undated

Box 6, Folder 11

Quill pen undated

Box 7, Folder 1

Correspondence - Ella Perrin Sunderland Howe 1880-1894

General

Includes letters and postcard from Samuel Luke Howe (1894) and Edward Page Howe Jr. (1880)
Box 7, Folder 2

Letter from Edith Howe (niece) 1894-08-14

Box 7, Folder 3

Correspondence - Ella Perrin Sunderland Howe 1894-1895

Box 7, Folder 4

Ephemera - Ella Perrin Sunderland Howe ca. 1856-1890

General

Includes ephemera from the Annual Exhibition of the Hamline Literary Society, Christmas Ball at Entler's Hall, and American Tract Society; calling cards; drawing of a castle by E. P. Sunderland; Ella Sunderland's hair; receipts; Manford's New Monthly Magazine; newspaper clippings; poems; Prices of Steel; Programme of Exercises, Exhibition of Public Schools, Fourth District, New Orleans.
Box 7, Folder 5

Ella Perrin Sunderland Howe's diploma 1857

Box 7, Folder 6

Land Documents - Ella Perrin Sunderland Howe 1887-1888

General

Includes documents for school land
Mapcase 10:16, Folder 1

Literary Productions ca. 1855

General

Includes works by Ella Sunderland Howe: "The First Day of May in N.Y."; "Life's Beacon" (from purple box in Box 36); "Missing" (from purple box in Box 36); "I have been writing for hours in our paper...". Also includes "Day Dreams" by Miss M .E. McCrutcher.
 

Subseries 1.3. Edward Page Howe Jr. 1879-1886

Box 8, Folder 1-2

Correspondence - various undated

Box 8, Folder 3

Correspondence - Edward Page Howe Jr. undated

Box 8, Folder 4

Correspondence - Edward Page Howe Jr. undated

Box 8, Folder 5

Correspondence - E. W. Howe Jr. 1880

Box 8, Folder 6

Correspondence - Edward Page Howe Jr. 1882

Box 8, Folder 7

Correspondence - Edward Page Howe Jr. 1883

Box 8, Folder 8-9

Correspondence - Edward Page Howe Jr. 1884

Box 8, Folder 10

Correspondence - Edward Page Howe Jr. 1886

Box 8, Folder 11-12

Correspondence - Edward Page Howe Jr. 1887

Box 8, Folder 13

Letter from San Quentin - Edward Page Howe Jr. 1887

Box 8, Folder 14-15

Correspondence - Edward Page Howe Jr. 1888

General

Letters are from letter from cousin Fanny, cousin Edith Estelle Howe, cousin Minnie, and others
Box 8, Folder 16

Ephemera 1889-1921

Box 8, Folder 17

Ephemera undated

Box 9, Folder 1-2

Correspondence - Edward Page Howe Jr. 1889

Box 9, Folder 2-7

Correspondence - Edward Page Howe Jr. 1890

Box 10, Folder 1-4

Correspondence - Edward Page Howe 1891

Box 10, Folder 5

Correspondence - Edward Page Howe 1892

Box 10, Folder 6

Letter from Department of Public Instruction - Edward Page Howe 1892

Box 10, Folder 7

Ephemera - Edward Page Howe 1892

General

Includes invitation to birthday party with three silk cases; California Teacher's Association Program; invitation to "Soiree Musicale" at Mills College
Box 10, Folder 8

Correspondence - Edward Page Howe Jr. 1892

Box 11, Folder 1

Correspondence - Edward Page Howe 1892-1893

General

From Wm. Purnell
Box 11, Folder 2

Correspondence - Edward Page Howe 1893

Box 11, Folder 3-5

Correspondence - Edward Page Howe Jr. 1893

General

Folder 5 includes "two raisin turtles" letter
Box 12, Folder 1-3

Correspondence - Edward Page Howe 1894

Box 12, Folder 4

Correspondence - Edward Page Howe 1895

Box 12, Folder 5

Correspondence - Edward Page Howe 1897

Box 12, Folder 6

Correspondence - Edward Page Howe 1898

Box 12, Folder 7

Correspondence - Edward Page Howe 1899

Box 12, Folder 8

Correspondence - Edward Page Howe 1900

Box 12, Folder 9

Correspondence - Edward Page Howe 1901

Box 12, Folder 10

Mills College ephemera - Edward Page Howe 1910

General

Includes ephemera related to Amy Howe
Box 12, Folder 11

Correspondence - Edward Page Howe 1910-1918

 

Subseries 1.4. Samuel Luke Howe Jr. ca. 1855-1939

Box 13, Folder 1

Correspondence - Howe Family undated

General

Found in decorative blue box housed in Box 34.
Box 13, Folder 2

Correspondence - Howe Family 1887-1889

General

Found in decorative blue box housed in Box 34.
Box 13, Folder 3

Postcard - William S. Howe 1889

General

Found in decorative blue box housed in Box 34.
Box 13, Folder 4

Application to Enlist in Cadet Corps - William S. Howe 1887

General

Found in decorative blue box housed in Box 34.
Box 13, Folder 5

Ephemera - William S. Howe undated

General

Found in decorative blue box housed in Box 34.
Box 13, Folder 6

Correspondence - Ella Sunderland Howe 1870

General

From brother James Sunderland, Catskill Mountain House. Found in decorative blue box housed in Box 34.
Box 13, Folder 7

Correspondence - Edward Page Howe Sr. 1883

General

Found in decorative blue box housed in Box 34.
Box 13, Folder 8

Correspondence - Samuel Luke Howe 1885

General

From Osborn & Alexander bicycle company. Found in decorative blue box housed in Box 34.
Box 13, Folder 9

Correspondence - Samuel Luke Howe 1885-1888

General

Found in decorative blue box housed in Box 34.
Box 13, Folder 10

Correspondence - Samuel Luke Howe undated

General

From Edward Howe, Shingle Springs, California. Found in decorative blue box housed in Box 34.
Box 13, Folder 11

Correspondence - Samuel Luke Howe (in Truckee) 1889

General

Found in decorative blue box housed in Box 34.
Box 13, Folder 12

Postcards - Samuel Luke Howe undated

General

Found in decorative blue box housed in Box 34.
Box 13, Folder 13

Ephemera ca. 1888

General

Includes dance cards, calling cards, toy wooden leg, invitation, business cards, notes, regimental inspection orders, Sacramento Grammar School Program (July 1888). Found in decorative blue box housed in Box 34.
Box 13, Folder 14

Grammar trees and math homework undated

Box 14, Folder 1

Correspondence - Samuel Luke Howe undated

General

Found in metal box housed in Box 34.
Box 14, Folder 2

Correspondence - Samuel Luke Howe 1895

General

Found in metal box housed in Box 34.
Box 14, Folder 3

Correspondence - Samuel Luke Howe 1907

General

Found in metal box housed in Box 34.
Box 14, Folder 4

Correspondence - Samuel Luke Howe 1916

General

Found in metal box housed in Box 34.
Box 14, Folder 5

Negative undated

General

Possibly a photograph of the National Guard. Found in metal box housed in Box 34.
Box 14, Folder 6

Ephemera 1872-1916

General

Includes business cards; McNeill Club advertisement card; receipt; Bicycle Relay Race advertisement (1899); "Instructions in Engineering Map Reading Fourth Day" Second Infantry; "Headquarters, U.S. Expeditionary Forces, Vera Cruz, Mexico" (August 10, 1914); Clara E. Sunderland obituary (June 21, 1923); "Miss Holbrook's Readings" (November 30, 1872); "Quartermaster Deliver to each organization" (note dated July 26, 1916); Veterinary Instructions; "Office of Mayor" (expenses). Found in metal box housed in Box 34.
Box 14, Folder 7

Artifacts undated

General

Military pins; hair comb (casing says, "Howe, Helen"); pin button with California emblem; address book. Found in metal box housed in Box 34.
Box 15, Folder 1

Correspondence - Howe Family undated

General

Found in metal box housed in Box 34.
Box 15, Folder 2

Christmas gifts listed from Samuel Luke Howe undated

General

Found in metal box housed in Box 34.
Box 15, Folder 3-4

Correspondence - Samuel Luke Howe 1895

General

Found in metal box housed in Box 34.
Box 15, Folder 5

Correspondence - Ella Perrin Sunderland Howe 1894

General

Includes description of Ella's old home in Burlington, Iowa, and Sunderland relatives. Found in metal box housed in Box 34.
Box 15, Folder 6

Correspondence - Ella Perrin Sunderland Howe 1895

General

Found in metal box housed in Box 34.
Box 15, Folder 7

Correspondence - William S. Howe 1894

General

Found in metal box housed in Box 34.
Box 15, Folder 8

Funeral notice of Georgie Davey 1859-11-16

General

Found in metal box housed in Box 34.
Box 15, Folder 9

Tintypes undated

General

Images show unidentified people. Found in metal box housed in Box 34.
Box 15, Folder 10

Cartes de Visite undated

General

Nine cartes de visite show unidentified people and are marked either Mt. Pleasant, Iowa; Cincinnati, Ohio; Baltimore, Maryland; Bonaparte, Iowa; or Prairie City, Iowa. Found in metal box housed in Box 34.
Box 16, Folder 1

Correspondence - Samuel Luke Howe 1882-1894

General

Found in metal box housed in Box 34.
Box 16, Folder 2

Correspondence - Samuel Luke Howe 1898

General

Found in metal box housed in Box 34.
Box 16, Folder 3

Correspondence - Samuel Luke Howe 1900-1939

General

Found in metal box housed in Box 34.
Box 20, Folder 1

Ephemera undated

General

Found in metal box housed in Box 34.
Box 20, Folder 2

Sacramento County document undated

General

Possibly a homework assignment. Found in metal box housed in Box 34.
Box 20, Folder 3

Regimental Orders - Samuel Luke Howe 1903

General

Found in metal box housed in Box 34.
Box 20, Folder 4

Samuel Luke Howe oath of office undated

General

Found in metal box housed in Box 34.
Box 20, Folder 5

Documents - Samuel Luke Howe 1901

General

Found in metal box housed in Box 34.
Box 20, Folder 6

Trial Juror Lists 1910-1928

General

Found in metal box housed in Box 34.
Box 20, Folder 7

Newspaper clippings undated

General

Found in metal box housed in Box 34.
Mapcase 10:16, Folder 1

Samuel Luke Howe commission of captain in National Guard of California 1916-06

General

Samuel Luke Howe, Captain, Second Regiment of Infantry. Signed by Newton W. Thompson, Governor of the State of California; C. W. Thomas Jr., Adjutant General; and Frank C. Jordan, Secretary of State; by Frank Cory, Deputy. Found in metal box housed in Box 34.
 

Series 2. Scrapbooks, journals, and ledgers ca. 1850-1922

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series is made up of scrapbooks and journals created by Howe family members, plus a Mount Pleasant High School Seminary ledger, and two abstracts of title.
Box 28

Luella Slack Howe's memorial service book 1960

Box 29

Scrapbook - Samuel Luke Howe 1883-1900

General

Contains clippings and material related to Samuel Luke Howe (including Jewell Flint case), concerts of Helen Sunderland Howe, Republican county conventions, Ancient Order of United Workmen.
Box 30

Marbled scrapbook - Edward P. Howe Sr. 1851-1972

General

Scrapbook reads "Property of William S. Howe. Compiled by his father E. P. Howe Sr." Contains articles about Professor Edward Page Howe, education, the Civil War, President Lincoln, General William T. Sherman, antislavery, poetry, California, impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, and clippings about New Orleans.
Box 26

Maroon scrapbook - Edward P. Howe Sr. ca. 1850-1852

General

Scrapbook reads "Clippings compiled by E. P. Howe Sr. Property of his son, William S. Howe. Oct. 1915." Contains clippings about the Free Soil Party, antislavery, Mt. Pleasant High School.
Box 26

Blue scrapbook - Edward P. Howe Sr. 1850-1877

General

Scrapbook reads "Clippings compiled by E. P. Howe Sr. many years ago. Property of his son, William S. Howe. Oct. 1915, Sacramento, Cal." Contains clippings on Samuel Luke Howe, Mt. Pleasant Seminary, poems, Sacramento High School and Normal Institute, antislavery.
Box 26

Scrapbook 1853-1857

General

Contains clippings about New Orleans; obituary of Cornelius Sunderland (husband of Nancy Page) of Burlington, Iowa; poetry; and diary entry of the death of Annie.
Box 26

Postcard scrapbook - Helen Sunderland Howe 1901-1903

General

Contains postcards from New York, Washington D.C., Sacramento, and Muskoka Lakes.
Box 31

Daily journal 1894

General

Contains daily journal on relatives, camp life, and travel, and cash accounts.
Box 32

Mount Pleasant High School Seminary ledger ca. 1859-1876

General

Box 33

Abstract of Title Made by Buckley-Gerber Abstract & Title Co. Inc. 1841- 1917

General

Abstracts of title for the block bounded by B & C and 28th & 29th streets, and M & N and 18th & 19th streets in Sacramento. Made by Buckley-Gerber Abstract & Title Co. Inc.
 

Series 3. Photographs ca. 1854-1955

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains a range of photographic media, including daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, cartes de visite, cabinet cards, prints, and negatives. The photographs are divided into two series. The majority of photographs show Howe family and friends, and these make up the first subseries. The second subseries contains images of particular interest: Chinese and Japanese schoolchildren at Courtland and Ryde in the 1930s, where Helen Margaret Howe worked as a teacher.
 

Subseries 3.1. Howe family and friends ca.1854-1955

Box 37, Photograph 2003/056/012/001

Unidentified young woman with plaid dress (ambrotype in case) undated

Box 37, Photograph 2003/056/012/002

M. L. Sunderland with gold-tinted jewelry (daguerreotype in case) 1854-02

General

Photographer E. Jacobs, N.O.
Box 37, Photograph 2003/056/012/003

Unidentified man (tintype in case, tinted) undated

Box 37, Photograph 2003/056/012/004

Ella Sunderland with unidentified girl (ambrotype in case, tinted) undated

Box 37, Photograph 2003/056/012/005

Unidentified woman (ambrotype in case) undated

Box 37, Photograph 2003/056/012/006

Ella Sunderland (ambrotype in case) undated

Box 37, Photograph 2003/056/012/007

Three unidentified men (ambrotype in case) undated

Box 37, Photograph 2003/056/012/008

Unidentified man with scarf tie and gold-tinted buttons (daguerreotype in case) undated

Box 37, Photograph 2003/056/012/009

Rev. and Mrs. Tanzi/Tanzey (daguerreotype in case) undated

General

Note: "Mrs. Tanzi/Tanzey was sister of Grandma Howe's and gave property to USC"
Photograph 2003/056/012/042-042a

Newton Booth Class, with negative 1917

Photograph 2003/056/012/043-043b

Luella and Helen Howe 1908

Photograph 2003/056/012/044

Three unidentified men playing poker undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/045

Unidentified woman with two boys and girl on porch in Sacramento undated

General

From veneer frame in Box 35
Photograph 2003/056/012/046

Unidentified woman undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/047

Dining room with unidentified people undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/048

Auntie Dee undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/049

Samuel Luke Howe, Edna Bartlett Galvin, William S. Howe undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/050

Unidentified man, possibly Pliny Bartlett undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/051

Group of Howe family and friends with Christmas tree 1948

General

Includes Billy Howe, Mabel Howe, Lalie Siller Basler, Helen Franz Siller, George Siller, Helen Howe Sr., Mrs. Franz Ferd Basler
Photograph 2003/056/012/052

Helen Kathryn Dooley undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/053

Julian Arnold and Jack Pope's uncle undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/054

Marjorie, Jeannie, Helen Howe, and two unidentified children undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/055

Building (possibly Howe Academy) undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/056-057

Postcard photographs of house and men with a dog ca. 1910

Photograph 2003/056/012/058-059

Amy Howe, Carson City, Nevada (cabinet cards) undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/060

Miss Mable Johnson (cabinet card) undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/061

Helen Sunderland Howe (cabinet card) 1894

Photograph 2003/056/012/062

Unidentified man (possibly H. G. Beatty or H .H. Howe) (boudoir card) 1893

Photograph 2003/056/012/063-072

Cabinet card portraits ca. 1895

General

Portraits include Bill Schaw, Ned Merkeley, James Cornelius Sunderland, a woman identified as "Auntie" (possibly Helen Sunderland Howe), and unidentified women and children
Photograph 2003/056/012/073-079

Cartes de visite portraits undated

General

Portraits include Mattie Beaumont, niece Ethra Beaumont, Clara and Mary Taylor, Nellie Mott, Ella Sunderland Howe, and an unidentified woman and girl
Photograph 2003/056/012/080-083

William S. Howe and H. O. Beatty (tintype) 1892-08-15

Photograph 2003/056/012/081

Man (possibly William S. Howe) and an unidentified woman (tintype) undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/082

Two men (one is possibly William S. Howe) (tintype) undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/083

Two men (one is possibly William S. Howe) holding beer bottles with studio background of San Francisco Cliff House (tintype) undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/084

Edward Page Howe house (negative) undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/085

National Guard soldiers in heavily loaded car (negative) undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/086

National Guard Unit with shovels and wagons (negative) undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/087-088

Woman and boy at table, Sacramento undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/089-90

Unidentified man (possibly H. G. Beatty) undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/091

Mary Sunderland's Home, Burlington, Iowa 1892-04

Photograph 2003/056/012/092

Sunderland Home, Burlington, Iowa undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/093-099

Interior shots of Samuel Luke Howe's house, Sacramento undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/100-101

A. A. "Viu" Merkley ca. 1904

Photograph 2003/056/012/102

Herman H. Grau Home at 21st and V streets, Sacramento, with people standing in front undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/103-105

Exterior shots of Edward Page Howe's Sacramento house at 21st and V streets, Sacramento undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/129

Samuel Luke Howe in Nevada undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/130

Samuel Luke Howe camping in Nevada undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/131

Samuel Luke Howe portrait undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/132

Samuel Luke Howe wearing pince-nez undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/133

Samuel Luke Howe with law books in background undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/134

Samuel Luke Howe, bald with wire-frame glasses undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/135

Girl (possibly Helen Margaret Howe) undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/136-137

Helen Margaret Howe undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/138

Helen Howe and Albert Harrington at Mendocino Gardens undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/139

Helen Margaret Howe as teenager undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/140-142

Helen Margaret Howe undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/143

Unidentified woman undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/143a

Helen Margaret Howe, baby undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/144-155

Helen Margaret Howe in a carriage with a donkey 1910

General

Some photos also show her with a dog, her mother, other children, and in a yard
Photograph 2003/056/012/157

Large number of people standing in front of two houses, Monterey, California undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/158

The Howes and the John Stevens in Monterey, California ca. 1882

Photograph 2003/056/012/159

Large number of people standing in front of tent and cabins, Pacific Grove, California undated

General

Cabin and tents were on property belonging to Mrs. Edward Page Howe
Photograph 2003/056/012/160

California National Guard during Italian Strike, McCloud, California 1909-06-03

Photograph 2003/056/012/161

Quartermaster 2nd Infantry, California National Guard, McCloud, California 1909-06

Photograph 2003/056/012/162

California National Guard during Italian Strike, McCloud, California 1909-06

Photograph 2003/056/012/163

Unidentified man on horse in front of tent (possibly Samuel Luke Howe) undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/164

Edward Page Howe Jr. with carnation on lapel undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/165-166

Howe family and their house in Carson, Nevada undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/167

Pliny Bartlett wearing robe with hood 1902-03

Photograph 2003/056/012/168

Etta Olmstead with high collar undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/169

Edward Page Howe house (tinted) with 1914 calendar 1914

Photograph 2003/056/012/170-172

Portraits of Luella Slack Howe undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/173-174

Unidentified boy and baby undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/175

Building with three people peaking out of window undated

General

Building is possibly the Howe Academy. Photographer: Dyall's Studio.
Photograph 2003/056/012/176-182

Samuel Luke Howe Sutter's Home at 2201 21st Street ca. 1900

General

Photos show house from different angles, and Helen Margaret Howe standing by house, with a man, and by a flowering tree.
Photograph 2003/056/012/183

Sunderland House with 33 family members standing in front 1872-06-19

Photograph 2003/056/012/0184

Unidentified family portrait of 11 undated

Photograph 2003/056/012/185

Mary and Peter sitting on chair 1934-12

Photograph 2003/056/012/186

Samuel Luke Howe Jr. standing in front of law books 1940

General

Signed "Affectionately Uncle Luke, 2-10-40"
Photograph 2003/056/012/187

Helen Margaret Howe undated

General

Studio portrait by Hartsook of California
Photograph 2003/056/012/188

Baby boy undated

General

Photographer: Kee Coleman of Sacramento
Photograph 2003/056/012/189

Samuel Luke Howe undated

 

Subseries 3.2. Ryde and Courtland Chinese and Japanese schools 1932-1944

Box 38

School enrollment lists - Helen Margaret Howe undated; 1943-1944

General

The Kinney enrollment list included photos of Junior and Raymond Brown (2003/056/12/010-011).
Photograph 2003/056/12/010-011

Portraits of Junior and Raymond Brown 1943-1944

General

These photos were with the Kinney enrollment list in box 38.
Photograph 2003/056/12/012-012a

Japanese schoolchildren at Courtland 1932

General

Photos show Masako Adachi, Hisako Hirose, Anna Kubota, Mary Matsuda, Pauline Miyagawa, Barbara Sakai, Virginia Uyeoka, Grace Yamane, Alice Yoshida
Photograph 2003/056/12/013

Japanese schoolchildren at Courtland 1932

General

Photo shows Priscilla Hamada, Hisako Hirose, Anna Kubota, Pauline Miyagawa, Virginia Uyeoka, Grace Yamane
Photograph 2003/056/12/014-015

Japanese at Courtland: George Matsumoto, John Murinishi, Seyou Uyeda 1932

Photograph 2003/056/12/016-017

Japanese at Courtland: Hisako Hirose 1932

Photograph 2003/056/12/018-018a

Japanese at Courtland: Seyou Uyeda 1932

Photograph 2003/056/12/019

Japanese at Courtland: Alice Yoshida 1932

Photograph 2003/056/12/020

Japanese at Courtland: Wataru Yoshitomi 1932

Photograph 2003/056/12/021-022

Japanese at Courtland: Atsuko Sakata(?), Caroline Iserie, and sister 1932

Photograph 2003/056/12/023-024

Japanese at Courtland: Hisako Furniko and Hanaye Yasuko 1932

Photograph 2003/056/12/025-028

Courtland Oriental School students 1932-06

General

Photos show Grace Yamane, Hisako Hirose, Mary Matsuda, Barbara Sakai, Virginia Uyeoka, Grace Yamane
Photograph 2003/056/12/029

Chinese schoolchildren at Courtland: Laura Ring 1932

Photograph 2003/056/12/030-031

Chinese schoolchildren at Courtland: Rhoda Lai, 1932

Photograph 2003/056/12/032

Chinese schoolchildren at Courtland: Eva Wong 1932

Photograph 2003/056/12/033-034

Chinese schoolchildren at Courtland: Ella Yuen, Rhoda Lai, Margaret Owyang, Eva Wong 1932

Photograph 2003/056/12/035-036

Chinese Schoolchildren at Courtland: Rhoda Lai, Margaret Owyang, Eva Wong 1932

Photograph 2003/056/12/037

Chinese schoolchildren at Courtland: Mary Ow Jing Fook, Stella Gum Yee Ow, Ella Yuen 1932

Photograph 2003/056/12/038

Chinese Schoolchildren at Courtland 1932

General

Photo shows Mary Ow Jing Fook, Stella Gum Yee Ow, Ella Yuen, Rhoda Gum Yee Lai, Stella Owyang Ow, Eva Margaret Wong, Ella Yuen
Photograph 2003/056/12/039

Cruza Garzon, a Spanish migratory girl 1932

Photograph 2003/056/12/040

Ryde School students 1932

General

Students of Helen Margaret Howe
Photograph 2003/056/12/041

Ryde School students: Quai May Lei, Eleanor Cuheto, Alberta Leavens ca. 1932

General

Students of Helen Margaret Howe
Photograph 2003/056/12/106-110

Japanese students: Wataru Yoshitomi, Grace Yamane, Priscilla Hamada 1930-1941

General

Students of Helen Margaret Howe
Photograph 2003/056/12/111

Courtland School students ca .1932

General

Students of Helen Margaret Howe. Photo shows Masako Adache, Kern Chow, David Chew, Clara Fook, Priscilla Hamada, Junior Hing, Hisako Hirose, Amy Inouye, Caroline Iseri, Edward Jang, Joe Jang, Gum Yee Jing, Joe Harry [?], Michiye Kubota, Rhoda Joyce Lai, Wendell Lai, Roy Lee, Courtland Lum, George Matsuda, Mary Matsuda, George Matsumoto, Pauline Miyagawa, John Muranishi, Stella Ow, Margaret Owyang, Barbara Sakai, Atsushi Sakata, Satoru Shimazu, Hideko Sto, Toshiko Takuichi, Seyou Uyeda, Virginia Uyeoka, Eva Wong, Grace Yamane, Alice Yoshida, Wataru Yoshitome, Ella Yuen,
Photograph 2003/056/12/112

Courtland School students ca .1932

General

Students of Helen Margaret Howe
Photograph 2003/056/12/113-128

Students of Helen Margaret Howe (negatives) ca .1932

 

Series 4. Books and periodicals 1845-1972

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains published books and periodicals that belonged to the family. Many books contain inscriptions and handwritten notes.
Box 23-24

Bibles and ephemera ca.1890-1960

General

Includes two bibles (one inscribed by William S. Howe); hair; ephemera; two thin strips of wood with "Saquesnay [sic] July 18, 1960"; "Coca Cola" heart-shaped celluloid bookmark with photograph of woman in the center; pink cloth bookmark; literary documents 
Box 25

Methodist Hymns book 1845

General

Inscribed by Ella P. Sunderland with notes on first three pages
Box 25

English Version of the Polyglott Bible 1867

General

Inscribed: "To Ella from LN. Ripley Dec. 17 1867." Notes on the last page read, "April 16 - Stillborn infant of E. P. Howe"; "May 14 - Infant daughter of Dr. Beaumont, stillborn." Book is covered with purple cloth with brass trim (and clasp).
Box 26

Annals of Iowa historical quarterly 1894-10

General

Handwritten note at the top reads: "Presented to E. P. Howe by W. P. Howe"
Box 26

The Cottage Bible and Family Expositor: Containing the Old and New Testaments with Practical Expositions and Explanatory Notes, by Thomas Williams, v.1-2 1846

Box 26

A Reader's Guide to the Holy Bible, Revised Standard Version 1972

Box 26

Winnowed Anthems Nos. 1 and 2 Combined, edited by M. L. McPhail 1894

General

Inscribed "Edw. Howe" 
Box 27

Autograph book of Edward Howe ca. 1888

Box 27

History and Genealogy of the Page Family, 1257 to 1911 1911

General

Inscribed "Clara Sunderland" and includes a handwritten genealogy chart on back page. 
Box 27

Code of Civil Procedure  1897

General

Inscribed "W. S. Howe" inside cover. 
Box 27

Civil Code of California 1899

General

Inscribed "Howe & Howe" inside cover. 
Box 27

Key to Dutton's School Charts, by George Dutton 1875

General

Brown cloth cover reads "The Health Evangel"
Box 27

Oration by William H. Seward, at Plymouth, December 21, 1855 1856

Mapcase 10:16, Folder 1

Free Press Supplement (Mt. Pleasant, Iowa) 1905-03-02

General

Contains a photo of Prof. Seward Howe, principal of Howe's Academy
Mapcase 10:16, Folder 1

Academy Journal 1896-08-14

Box 36

Educational Notes and Announcements 1887-07

Box 36

The Little Chief  1869-01

Box 36

Popular Educator 1893-03; 1893-06; 1893-11; 1895-01; 1895-02; 1895-05; 1896-05;

Box 36

The School Bulletin and New York State Educational Journal 1897-02

Box 36

The School Herald 1885-05-01

Box 36

The School Journal 1892-09-24

Box 36

Teachers World 1895-01

Mapcase 10:16, Folder 3

The Graphic 1914-10-03; 1915-05-29

Mapcase 10:16, Folder 10

The Graphic 1915-07-17

Mapcase 10:16, Folder 4

The Graphic 1915-08-14; 1915-09-11

Mapcase 10:16, Folder 2

The Graphic 1915-09-25

Mapcase 10:16, Folder 5

McCall's Magazine (cover missing) 1918-06

Mapcase 10:16, Folder 5

Today's Housewife 1918-05

Mapcase 10:16, Folder 6

Life 1941-12-08; 1941-12-22

Mapcase 10:16, Folder 7

New England Journal of Education 1878-06-27

Mapcase 10:16, Folder 7

The Teacher 1884-04

Mapcase 10:16, Folder 8

Journal of Education 1891-06-25

Mapcase 10:16, Folder 8

Southwestern Journal of Education 1884-04

Mapcase 10:16, Folder 9

The Illustrated London News 1914-11-05; 1915-05-29

Volume 1941

Sacramento County rural directory 1941

 

Series 5. Artifacts undated; 1899; ca. 1918

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains mostly household items including picture frames, a table, small storage boxes, a darning egg, cufflinks, and souvenirs. It also includes a World War I military-issued trunk.
Box 34

Cuticle remover tool  undated

Box 34

Bronze Capital National Bank letter opener with box  undated

Box 34

Cufflinks/buttons  undated

Box 34

Darning egg with metal handle  undated

Box 34

Three steak forks with wooden handles  undated

Box 34

Box with copper calling card plates for Ella P. Sunderland and Miss Helen Sunderland Howe undated

Box 34

Blue box  undated

Box 34

Purple box  undated

Box 34

Metal box  undated

Box 34

Shoulder sash with two gold stars and fringe  undated

Box 34

Ribbons  1899

General

Reception Committee Inaugural Ball, Jan. 9, 1899 (pink silk); Executive Committee Inaugural Ball, Jan. 9, 1899 (beige silk) 
Box 35

Veneer picture frame undated

General

Photo 2003/056/012/045 was in this frame
Box 35

Metal oval picture frame undated

General

Photo 2003/056/012/170 was in this frame
Box 35

Metal oval picture frame undated

General

Photo 2003/056/012/141 was in this frame
Box 35

Metal art deco-style picture frame undated

General

Photo 2003/056/012/133 was in this frame
Box 35

Metal oval picture frame undated

Box 35

Brass oval picture frame undated

General

Photo 2003/056/012/143 was in this frame
Box 35

Brass oval picture frame undated

General

Photo 2003/056/012/143a was in this frame
Object MISSING

Oak picture frame undated

General

Photo 2003/056/012/175 was in this frame
Object MISSING

Walnut picture frame undated

General

Photo 2003/056/012/132 was in this frame
Object 2003/056/001

WWI trunk labeled "Capt. S. Luke Howe, q.m. 2nd Infantry, N.G.C. Sacramento, CA." ca. 1918

Object 2003/056/002

Oval dropleaf table from Edward Page Howe Sr. home at 21st and V streets, Sacramento undated