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 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 2
Inaugural Ball Program, California
1899
Box 19, Folder 4
Wedding Announcements
1903-1909
Box 19, Folder 5
Poster - Samuel Luke Howe
1914
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
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 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 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
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
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
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
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
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
Mapcase 10:16, Folder 3
The Graphic
1914-10-03; 1915-05-29
Mapcase 10:16, Folder 4
The Graphic
1915-08-14; 1915-09-11
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 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
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