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Title: Lillian Bonham Hartmann papers
Date (inclusive): 1898-1944, undated
Collection Number: MS 012
Creator:
Bonham, Lillian, 1883-
Extent:
14.93 linear feet
(14 boxes)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Abstract: Materials created by Lillian Bonham including diaries, artwork, and correspondence. Content primarily pertains to her relationship
with Sadakichi Hartmann and their family.
Languages: The collection is in English.
This collection is open for research.
Copyright Unknown: Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction,
and/or commercial use, of some materials may be restricted by gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and
publicity rights, licensing agreement(s), and/or trademark rights. Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by
copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions
apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable rights holder is also required. Responsibility for
obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
[identification of item], [date if possible]. Lillian Bonham papers (MS 012). Special Collections & University Archives, University
of California, Riverside.
Processed by Andrew Lippert, Special Collections Processing Archivist, and Amy Roberts, Sadakichi Hartmann Papers Processing
Archivist.
Lillian Bonham was an artist who grew up in New Jersey in the late 19th century and spent some time with family in Colorado
right after the turn of the century. Lillian met Sadakichi Hartmann in the summer of 1907 and came to live with him. They
spent time in New York and settled in southern California.
The Lillian Bonham papers are primarily comprised of correspondence between Lillian and various family and friends and her
diaries kept between 1898 and 1935. The diaries provide an intimate glimpse into her daily life growing up in New Jersey,
with ruminations on an assortment of current events and political topics of the era, and her relationship with Sadakichi Hartmann.
The Lillian Bonham papers are arranged into five series as follows:
- Series 1. Correspondence, 1908-1944
- Series 2. Diaries, 1898-1935
- Series 3. Diary facsimiles, 1908-1939
- Series 4. Art and sketches, 1904-1936, undated
- Series 5. Other documents, 1912-1939, undated
See also the
Sadakichi Hartmann papers (MS 068) ,
Sadakichi Hartmann papers II (MS 230) , and
Wistaria Hartmann Linton papers 9MS 013) .
The materials in this collection were previously a part of the Sadakichi Hartmann papers (MS 068), part of them were in the
processed portion of the collection and some were in the unprocessed portion. Upon surveying the Hartmann papers and creating
a processing plan in late 2018 and early 2019 several collections were identified under the umbrella of MS 068. After thorough
deliberation, SCUA staff concluded that the disperate collections would be separated and processed. This led to the creation
of the Lillian Bonham papers as a distinct collection.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Hartmann, Sadakichi, 1867-1944
Artwork
Correspondence
Diaries