Finding Aid to the Partington family papers, 1864-1987 (bulk 1864-1933)
Lara Michels
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Finding Aid to the Partington family papers, 1864-1987 (bulk 1864-1933)
Collection number: BANC MSS C-H 84
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
- Finding Aid Author(s):
- Lara Michels
- Date Completed:
-
2012
- Finding Aid Encoded By:
- GenX
© 2014 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Partington family papers
Date (inclusive): 1864-1987
Date (bulk): 1864-1933
Collection Number: BANC MSS C-H 84
Creator:
Partington family
Extent:
14 cartons, 13 volumes, 3 oversize boxes, 1 box, 1 oversize folder
(24.5 linear feet)
1 Digital Object (1 image)
Repository: The Bancroft Library.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract: The correspondence and papers of the John Herbert Evelyn Partington, his wife Sarah, and their children: Blanche Partington,
Gertrude Partington Albright, Phyllis Partington, and, to a lesser extent, Jack (John) Partington, Sr., Richard Langtry Partington,
Edward Partington, and Kate Partington.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
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Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright
owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner. See:
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the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Partington family papers, BANC MSS C-H 84, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Alternate Forms Available
The following items were microfilmed in 1997: Letters from Joaquin Miller to Blanche Partington, 1898-1910 (Carton 6, folder
18; BANC FILM 2207); Letters from Ambrose Bierce to Blanche Partington, 1892-1913 and undated (carton 5, folder 38-41; BANC
FILM 2211); Letter from Ambrose Bierce to Gertrude Partington (carton 9, folder 31; BANC FILM 2211); Letters from Ambrose
Bierce to John Herbert Evelyn Partington, 1892-1893 (carton 1; folder 64; BANC FILM 2211); Letters from Ambrose Bierce to
Kate Partington, circa 1900 (carton 14, folder 16; BANC FILM 2211); Letters from Ambrose Bierce to Richard Partington (carton
14, folder 6; BANC FILM 2211); selected letters from Carrie Sterling to Blanche Partington (C-H 84 mf); and letters from Upton
Sinclair to Blanche Partington (X-X FILM 5). Note that additions to the collection and additional processing since the microfilming
in 1997 may have revealed more letters from Ambrose Bierce to the Partington family.
Digital reproductions of selected items are available.
Separated Material
Photographs have been transferred to the Bancroft Library's pictorial collection (BANC PIC 1957.008-.013, BANC PIC 1957.017--POR,
BANC PIC 1988.049--AX).
Manuscripts of poems by George Sterling were removed from the Partington family papers and added to the Sterling Collection
(BANC MSS C-H 60).
Inscribed books have been removed from the collection and cataloged separately.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog
Albright, Gertrude Partington, 1874-1959--Correspondence.
Albright, Herman Oliver, 1875-1944--Correspondence
Bancroft, Joseph, 1875-1936--Correspondence.
Bancroft, Samuel, 1840-1915--Correspondence.
Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914?--Correspondence.
London, Charmian--Correspondence.
London, Jack, 1876-1916--Correspondence.
Miller, Joaquin, 1837-1913--Correspondence.
Partington, Blanche, d. 1951--Correspondence.
Partington, J. A. (John Allan), 1890-1944--Correspondence
Partington, J. H. E., (John Herbert Evelyn), 1843-1899--Correspondence
Partington, J. H. E., (John Herbert Evelyn), 1843-1899--Family--Archives
Partington, Kate, b. 1871--Correspondence.
Partington, Phyllis, 1883-1933--Correspondence.
Partington, Richard Langtry, 1868-1929--Correspondence.
Partington, Sarah Ann, d. 1909--Correspondence.
Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968--Correspondence.
Sterling, George, 1869-1926--Correspondence.
Bancroft family
Partington family--Archives
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Partington School of Illustration
Stockport Art School
Art schools--California--San Francisco
Art schools--England--Stockport
Art--Collectors and collecting--Delaware--Wilmington
Art--England--19th century
Art--Great Britain--19th century
Artists--California--San Francisco Bay Area
Christian Scientists--California
Illustrators--California--San Francisco Bay Area
Music critics--United States
Opera--United States
Painters--California--San Francisco Bay Area
Painters--England--19th century
Painters--Great Britain--19th century
Theater critics--United States
Women artists--California--San Francisco Bay Area
Women in opera
Clippings
Diaries
Family papers
Letters
Scrapbooks
Sketchbooks
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The Partington family papers were purchased by the Bancroft Library from Jack Partington, Sr. in 1957. Additions were gifted
by Nellie Barnes, Jack Partington, Sr. and Hedwig Evelyn Albright in between 1977 and 1995.
Accruals
No additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection fully processed in 2012 by Lara Michels.
Biographical Information
John Herbert Evelyn Partington (1843-1899) was a painter in the Manchester School of Painters, which was founded in 1870 by
artists in Manchester, England who were disgruntled with the traditional Victorian art education they were receiving at the
Manchester Art School. Partington and his fellow painters were interested in painting and drawing from life and were strongly
influenced by French painting, especially the Pont-Aven School. J.H.E. Partington opened the Stockport Art School, modeled
on the Academie Julian in Paris, in the late 1880s.
In 1865, J.H.E. Partington married Sarah Ann Mottershead. They lived in Stockport and, for a time in the 1880s, on the Isle
of Man. John and Sarah had seven children: Blanche, Richard Langtry, Edward, Gertrude, Jack (John) Allan, Phyllis, and Kate.
In 1890, Partington moved his family to Oakland, California, where they mingled with local artists and writers, including
Ambrose Bierce, Jack London, George and Carrie Sterling, and Joaquin Miller. J.H.E. Partington established himself as a local
portrait painter and painted portraits of both Bierce and Miller. In 1895, J.H.E. Partington and his son Richard Langtry Partington
founded the Partington School of Illustration on Pine Street in San Francisco. Daughter Gertrude taught classes in the school.
Many of the Partington children went on to have successful careers in the arts.
Blanche Partington (1866-1951) was a music and drama critic for The Call newspaper in San Francisco. She was the friend and
confidante of many literary figures including Ambrose Bierce, Jack London, Joaquin Miller, and George Sterling. She was also
a noted Christian Science practitioner in San Francisco.
Richard Langtry Partington (1868-1929) taught at the San Francisco School of Illustration and did some newspaper illustration
until 1906, when the school was destroyed in the San Francisco earthquake and fire. Richard then moved back to Oakland, where
he served as curator of the Piedmont Art Gallery. In 1916, he moved to Philadelphia and became a much-respected portrait painter
of Philadelphia society.
Gertrude Partington Albright (1874-1959) was a painter and etcher who studied with her father as well as in Europe (between
1900 and 1912). She was a well-known local painter and one of the only woman magazine and newspaper illustrators on the west
coast. Gertrude married artist Herman Oliver Albright (1875-1944) in 1917. Albright's first wife, Kate Peterson, died in 1907.
Hedwig Evelyn Albright was Gertrude's and Herman's only child.
Phyllis Partington (1883-1933) was an opera singer whose career started in 1912-1913 on a road tour of Gypsy Love, a Broadway
adaptation of Franz Lehar's Zigeunerliehe. In 1913, Phyllis went to Europe to study under Salvatore Cottone and Jose Mardones.
While in Europe, she adopted the stage name Frances Peralta. Upon returning to the United States in 1915, Peralta sang soprano
roles with Opera companies in Boston, Saint Louis, Chicago, and Memphis. In 1920, Peralta joined the Metropolitan Opera in
New York City, where she remained until 1930. Her most famous role was Dorabella in the U.S. premiere of Cosi fan Tutte in
1922. Phyllis Partington died in 1933 in New York City.
Jack (John) A. Partington, Sr. (1889-1944) built a career as an operations manager for theaters such as San Francisco's Imperial
Theater and New York's Paramount.
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence and other papers of John Herbert Evelyn Partington and Sarah Partington and their children: Blanche Partington,
Gertrude Partington Albright, Phyllis Partington, and, to a lesser extent, Jack (John) Partington, Sr., Richard Langtry Partington,
Edward Partington, and Kate Partington. Correspondence is mostly between members of the Partington family, but the collection
does include incoming correspondence from prominent California artists and writers. Particularly noteworthy in the correspondence
are the following: J.H.E. Partington's letters to his wife, Sarah, from his painting excursions throughout Britain and Europe
during the 1870s and 1880s; letters to the Partingtons, especially Blanche, from Ambrose Bierce, Jack and Charmian London,
George and Carrie Sterling, Upton Sinclair, Joaquin Miller, and the family of Samuel Bancroft (Delaware textile industrialist
and early collector of Pre-Raphaelite art); the letters Gertrude Partington sent to her family during her art studies in Paris
and other European cities between 1900 and 1910; and the letters Phyllis Partington wrote from New York and other cities during
her travels and performances with various opera companies between 1913 and 1930. Other materials in the collection include
notes and notebooks, sketches and sketchbooks, scrapbooks, clippings, biographical files, and ephemera. These materials document,
among other things, J.H.E. Partington's career as painter and director of art schools in Stockport, England and San Francisco,
California; Blanche Partington's work as a Bay Area music critic and her relationships with prominent writers and artists;
Gertrude Partington's work as a painter and newspaper illustrator; and Phyllis Partington's opera career under the stage name
Frances Peralta.
Container Listing
Series 1:
John Herbert Evelyn Partington.
1864-1899
Physical Description:
carton 1-2; carton 3, folder 1-30; vol. 11; oversize box 1, folder 2-3; oversize box 2-3; oversize folder 1
Scope and Content of Series
Correspondence, notebooks and notes, writings, sketches, and other papers. The outgoing correspondence consists primarily
of letters J.H.E.Partington wrote to his wife, Sarah, while on painting excursions throughout England, Scotland, Ireland,
Wales, and continental Europe during the 1870s and 1880s. Also included are a small number of letters Partington wrote to
his parents and his children. Incoming correspondence includes a folder of letters from Ambrose Bierce (sent in 1892-1893)
and Samuel Bancroft, Delaware industrialist and collector of Pre-Raphaelite art.
Subseries 1.1:
Correspondence.
1864-1898
Physical Description:
carton 1, folder 1-73
carton 1, folder 1
John Herbert Evelyn Partington (JHEP) to Sarah Partington (SP) (from Uppermill),
1865
carton 1, folder 2
JHEP to SP (from Wales) ,
1869
carton 1, folder 3
JHEP to SP (from Crowle near Doncaster),
1871
carton 1, folder 4
JHEP to SP (from Hull),
1871
carton 1, folder 5
JHEP to SP (from Pont Aven, Bretagne),
1871
carton 1, folder 6
JHEP to SP (from Rotterdam, Holland),
1871
carton 1, folder 7
JHEP to SP (from Stockport),
1871
carton 1, folder 8
JHEP to SP (from Island of Hay, Orkney),
1872
carton 1, folder 9
JHEP to SP (from Tygwyn, Wales),
1871-1872
carton 1, folder 10
JHEP to SP (from Isle of Wight),
1872
carton 1, folder 11
JHEP to SP (from Kelso, Scotland),
1872
carton 1, folder 12
JHEP to SP (from Conway),
1873
carton 1, folder 13
JHEP to SP (from Howth near Dublin),
1873
carton 1, folder 14
JHEP to SP (from Morecombe),
1873
carton 1, folder 15
JHEP to SP (from Heysham),
1874
carton 1, folder 16
JHEP to SP (from Brasenose Club, Manchester),
1875
carton 1, folder 17
JHEP to SP (from Levenshulme, Manchester),
1875
carton 1, folder 18
JHEP to SP (from Stockport),
1876
carton 1, folder 19
JHEP to SP (from Portrero, Isle of Skye),
1877
carton 1, folder 20
JHEP to SP (from London),
1876-1877
carton 1, folder 21
JHEP to SP (from Churchtown),
1878
carton 1, folder 22
JHEP to SP (from Isle of Man),
1879
carton 1, folder 23
JHEP to SP (from Galway and Athlone, Ireland),
1879
carton 1, folder 24
JHEP to SP (from Naples),
1879
carton 1, folder 25
JHEP to SP (from on board The Algerian on the River Mersey),
1879
carton 1, folder 26
JHEP to SP (from Capri),
1879-1880
carton 1, folder 27
JHEP to SP (from Pembrokeshire),
1880
carton 1, folder 28
JHEP to SP (from Rome),
1880
carton 1, folder 29
JHEP to SP (from Tywyn near Conway, North Wales),
1881
carton 1, folder 30
JHEP to SP (from Hawkshead, Cumbria),
1882
carton 1, folder 31
JHEP to SP (from London),
1882
carton 1, folder 32
JHEP to SP (from Portugal and Gibralter),
1882
carton 1, folder 33
JHEP to SP (from Tangiers),
1882
carton 1, folder 34
JHEP to SP (from Brasenose Club, Manchester),
1880-1883
carton 1, folder 35
JHEP to SP (from Isle of Man),
1883
carton 1, folder 36
JHEP to SP (from Spain),
1882-1883
carton 1, folder 37
JHEP to SP (from Longford Place, Manchester),
1884
carton 1, folder 38
JHEP to SP (from Belgium),
circa 1886
carton 1, folder 39
JHEP to SP (from Manchester),
1886
carton 1, folder 40
JHEP to SP (from Stockport),
1885-1887
carton 1, folder 41
JHEP to SP (from Brasenose Club, Manchester),
1886-1887
carton 1, folder 42
JHEP to SP (from Buxton),
1886
carton 1, folder 43
JHEP to SP (undated from Ayr),
circa 1868-1888
carton 1, folder 44
JHEP to SP (undated from Isle of Man),
circa 1868-1888
carton 1, folder 45
JHEP to SP (undated from Earnshaw's, Eccles),
circa 1868-1888
carton 1, folder 46-47
JHEP to SP (undated from Fanny's),
circa 1868-1888
carton 1, folder 48
JHEP to SP (undated from Brasenose Club, Manchester),
circa 1868-1888
carton 1, folder 49
JHEP to SP (undated from Coldingham),
circa 1868-1888
carton 1, folder 50
JHEP to SP (undated from "My Studio"),
circa 1868-1888
carton 1, folder 51-52
JHEP to SP (undated from Stockport),
circa 1868-1888
carton 1, folder 53
JHEP to SP (undated and/or from unknown locations)
circa 1868-1888
carton 1, folder 54-56
JHEP to SP (fragments),
circa 1868-1888
carton 1, folder 57
JHEP to SP (from Oakland and San Francisco),
1895-1898
carton 1, folder 58
JHEP to his parents,
1864-1871
carton 1, folder 59
JHEP to his children,
circa 1880-1895
carton 1, folder 60
JHEP to Samuel Bancroft,
undated
carton 1, folder 61
JHEP to Ambrose Bierce,
1892-1893
carton 1, folder 62
JHEP general outgoing,
1890-1892
carton 1, folder 63
Samuel Bancroft to JHEP,
1890-1897
carton 1, folder 64
Ambrose Bierce to JHEP,
1892-1893
carton 1, folder 65
Helen Ray Bierce to JHEP,
1897
carton 1, folder 66
Edwin Markham to JHEP,
1897
carton 1, folder 67
William Mather to JHEP,
circa 1890
carton 1, folder 68
Edwin Waugh to JHEP,
1884-1889
carton 1, folder 69
General incoming,
circa 1880-1897
carton 1, folder 70
Unidentified fragment,
circa 1891
Other Correspondence,
1890-1891
carton 1, folder 71
Letters of Introduction for JHEP,
1890-1891
carton 1, folder 72
Letter from Adolph Sutro to Joaquin Miller regarding Partington portrait,
1891
carton 1, folder 73
Letter from Henry Read to a Mr. [?] describing the art scene in Denver,
1891
Subseries 1.2:
Notebooks, Sketchbooks, Writings, and Other Papers.
circa 1870-1899
Physical Description:
carton 2, folder 11-40; carton 3; carton 4, folder 1-16
carton 1, folder 74-82
Notebooks/diaries and loose notes,
1879-1885
carton 2, folder 1-31
Notebooks/diaries and loose notes,
circa 1885-1890
carton 3, folder 1
Notebooks/diaries and loose notes,
1870-1895
oversize-box 3, folder 1
Assorted essays and notes,
circa 1870-1895
carton 3, folder 2
Notes on Salvation Army Meeting,
circa 1885
carton 3, folder 3
Notes on Gibralter, Genoa, Naples,
circa 1879
carton 3, folder 4
Notebook from the Isle of Skye,
1877
carton 3, folder 5
Notes on Joaquin Miller and camping in the East Bay hills,
circa 1890-1898
carton 3, folder 6
"California Camp Jottings" notebook,
circa 1890-1895
carton 3, folder 7-12
Sketches and sketchbooks,
circa 1870-1890
carton 3, folder 13-14
Assorted lectures, writings, and verse,
circa 1880-1892
carton 3, folder 15, oversize-folder 1
Art Education by JHEP,
1889
carton 3, folder 16
Manuscript: Dissertation on Justice (incomplete),
circa 1880
carton 3, folder 17
Catalogue of the Exhibition of the Works of J.H.E. Partington, Brasenose Club, Manchester (photocopy),
1879
carton 3, folder 18
Royal Academy of Arts Exhibition Catalogue,
1881
oversize-box 2
Clippings scrapbook,
1892
oversize-box 2
Stockport Art School cash book and general clippings scrapbook,
circa 1888-1892
oversize-box 1, folder 2
JHEP illustrations (clippings) and assorted magazines,
circa 1890-1895
carton 3, folder 21
Clippings,
circa 1891-1895
carton 3, folder 22
Manchester Coffee Tavern card,
1882
carton 3, folder 23
Manchester Architectural Association invitation,
1889
carton 3, folder 24
Presentation to J.H.E. Partington on the Occasion of his Leaving for America,
1890
oversize-box 3
Holy Bible inscribed to JHEP by teachers and scholars,
circa 1890
carton 3, folder 25
School of Magazine and Newspaper Illustration (San Francisco) brochure and invitation,
circa 1896
oversize-box 1, folder 1
JHEP British passport,
1871
carton 3, folder 27
Breakfast Bill of Fare, S.S. Nevada (Liverpool to New York),
October 4, 1890
carton 3, folder 28
Stockport Art School,
circa 1888
volume 11
Clippings scrapbook on Stockport Art School,
circa 1888-1890
carton 3, folder 29
Stockport Literary Club Syllabus and clipping,
1889
carton 3, folder 30
Biographical details and list of portraits by JHEP and Richard Langtry Partington,
undated
oversize-folder 1
Gold medal certificate for Portrait in Oil at California Midwinter International Exposition,
1894
carton 3, folder 31
The Land, the Devil and Things in General by Rubens Megilf,
circa 1880
Series 2:
Sarah Partington.
1868-1908
Physical Description:
carton 3, folder 32-36; carton 4, folder 1-11
Scope and Content of Series
Correspondence from Sarah Partington to her husband and her children. Incoming correspondence includes a few letters from
Sarah's Mottershead relations.
Subseries 2.1:
Outgoing Correspondence,
circa 1868-1908
Sarah Partington (SP) to J.H.E. Partington (JHEP),
circa 1868-1888
carton 3, folder 33
SP to Blanche Partington (BP)
1902-1906
carton 3, folder 34-36
SP to Gertrude Partington Albright (GPA),
1901-1906
carton 4, folder 1-2
SP to Gertrude Partington Albright (GPA),
1906-1907
carton 4, folder 3-4
SP to Gertrude Partington Albright (GPA),
circa 1900-1908
carton 4, folder 5
SP to Phyllis Partington (PP)
circa 1906-1907
carton 4, folder 6
SP to Richard Langtry Partington (RLP), Kate Partington (KP), and Edward Partington (EP),
circa 1900-1908
carton 4, folder 7
SP letter fragments,
undated
Subseries 2.2:
Incoming Correspondence,
1881-1908
carton 4, folder 8
N. Mottershead (sister) to SP,
circa 1881-1891
carton 4, folder 9
Grace Sterling to SP,
undated
carton 4, folder 10
Letters received upon the death of J.H.E. Partington,
1899
carton 4, folder 11
General incoming,
circa 1890-1908
Series 3:
Blanche Partington.
1886-1949
Physical Description:
carton 4, folder 12-31; carton 5-7; carton 8, folder 1-37; vol. 5; vol. 7; vol. 9-10; oversize box 1, folder 3; oversize box
1, folder 8; oversize box 3, folder 2
Scope and Content of Series
Correspondence, notebooks/diaries, notes, and other papers. Outgoing correspondence consists primarily of letters from Blanche
Partington to her mother and siblings (and one letter to her father). There is also outgoing correspondence to Samuel, Mary
and Joseph Bancroft. Incoming correspondence consists primarily of letters from a range of prominent West Coast artists, writers,
and journalists, among others. These include Ambrose Bierce, Henry Pike Bowie, Ina Coolbrith, Charmian London, Jack London,
Joaquin Miller, Juanita Miller, Yoshimatsu Nakata and family (Jack London's valet), Yone Noguchi, Teru Shimada (Japanese-American
film actor), Upton Sinclair, Carrie and George Sterling, and Oscar Weil. Incoming correspondence also includes letters from
the Bancrofts in Delaware. In addition, this series includes diaries, notebooks, and notes, including notes Blanche Partington
took for her music reviews and articles for The Call newspaper.
Subseries 3.1:
Correspondence.
1886-1949
Physical Description:
carton 4, folder 12-31, carton 5-6; carton 7, folder 1-7
carton 4, folder 12
Blanche Partington (BP) to J.H.E. Partington (JHEP),
1886
carton 4, folder 13
BP to Sarah Partington (SP),
circa 1903-1905
carton 4, folder 14-23
BP to Gertrude Partington Albright,
circa 1900-1944
carton 4, folder 24
BP to Gertrude Partington Albright and Herman Oliver Albright,
circa 1933-1936
carton 4, folder 25-31
BP to Phyllis Partington,
circa 1907-1933
carton 5, folder 1-3
BP to Phyllis Partington,
circa 1907-1933
carton 5, folder 4
BP to Jack (John) Partington and family,
1908-1948
carton 5, folder 5
BP to Jack Partington, Jr. regarding Ambrose Bierce,
undated
carton 5, folder 6
BP to Evelyn Albright,
circa 1914-1949
carton 5, folder 7
BP to Edward Partington,
1900-1908
carton 5, folder 9-11
BP to family (fragments),
undated
carton 5, folder 12-13
BP to Samuel, Mary, and Joseph Bancroft,
1894-1915
carton 5, folder 14
BP to Juanita Miller (Joaquin Miller's daughter),
1945
carton 5, folder 15
BP to Genevieve Rice,
1921
carton 5, folder 16
BP to "Izabel" regarding death of George Sterling,
circa 1926
carton 5, folder 17
BP to George Sterling,
circa 1925
carton 5, folder 18
General outgoing,
circa 1906-1941
carton 5, folder 19
Mottershead family to BP,
circa 1885-1890
carton 5, folder 20
Condolence cards to BP on death of Sarah Partington,
1908
carton 5, folder 21
Condolence cards to BP on death of Phyllis Partington,
1933
carton 5, folder 23
Atherton, Gertrude to BP,
circa 1910
carton 5, folder 24
Austin, Mary to BP,
circa 1904
carton 5, folder 25-32
Bancroft, Samuel, Mary, and Joseph to BP,
1894-1938
carton 5, folder 33
Bender, Albert to BP,
1921
carton 5, folder 34
Barrymore, Ethel to BP,
1904
carton 5, folder 35
Bates, Blanche to BP,
undated
carton 5, folder 36
Beel, Sigmund to BP,
1913
carton 5, folder 37
Bierce, Albert Sherwood to BP,
circa 1900-1913
carton 5, folder 38-41
Bierce, Ambrose to BP
1892-1894,
1913
carton 5, folder 42
Bierce, Helen Ray to BP,
1893-1901
carton 5, folder 43
Bierce, Lora to BP,
1896-1913,
undated
carton 5, folder 44
Bonner, Geraldine to BP,
1906
carton 5, folder 45
Blaettler, Rudolph to BP,
1941,
undated
carton 5, folder 46
Bowie, Henry Pike to BP,
1904-1909
carton 5, folder 47
Burbank, Luther to BP,
1911
carton 5, folder 48
Carter, Leslie to BP,
1904
carton 5, folder 49
Casals, Pablo to BP,
1902,
undated
carton 5, folder 50
Chamberlain, S[amuel] S[elwyn] to BP,
1910
carton 5, folder 51
Coolbrith, Ina to BP,
1897-1921,
undated
carton 5, folder 52
Crawley, Constance to BP,
1904,
undated
carton 5, folder 53
Dumont, Henry to BP,
1907-1911
carton 5, folder 54
Field, Charles Kellogg to BP,
1906
carton 5, folder 55
Fiske, Minnie Madden to BP,
1904-1913
carton 5, folder 56
Fountain, Grace R. to BP,
undated
carton 5, folder 57
French, Nora May to BP
1906-1907
carton 5, folder 58
Greet, Ben to BP,
undated
carton 5, folder 59
Gronlund, Beulah (Carey) to BP,
1897
carton 5, folder 60
Gronlund, Lawrence to BP,
1895-1897
carton 5, folder 61
Harris, Elmer Blaney to BP,
circa 1915
carton 5, folder 62
Henderson, Victor E. to BP,
1906
carton 5, folder 63
Hotaling, Richard M. to BP,
1909-1910
carton 5, folder 64
Hyman, Carlton Sydney to BP,
1932
carton 5, folder 65
Johns, Cloudesley BP,
1905
carton 5, folder 66
Johnson, Martin Elmer,
1931-1932
carton 5, folder 67
Johnson, Osa Helen (Leighty) to BP,
1932
carton 5, folder 68
"Julia" to BP (regarding Phyllis Partington),
1922
carton 5, folder 69
Knapp, Adeline to BP,
1895
undated
carton 5, folder 70
Lafler, Henry Anderson to BP,
1904-1906
carton 5, folder 71
Lee, B. Virginia to BP,
1927
cartion 5, folder 72
Lewis, Austin to BP
1906-1907
carton 5, folder 73
Locke, William to BP,
undated
carton 5, folder 74
Loeb, Jacques to BP,
1909
carton 5, folder 75-80
London, Charmian (Kittredge) to BP,
1907-1927
carton 6, folder 1-2
London, Charmian (Kittredge) to BP,
1928-1939
carton 6, folder 3-6
London, Jack to BP,
1903-1915
carton 6, folder 7
London, Jack to BP (copy of letter of resignation from Socialist Party),
1916
carton 6, folder 8
McNaught, John to BP,
1903-1904
carton 6, folder 9
Mansfield, Richard to BP,
1904-1906
undated
carton 6, folder 10
Markham, Anna Catherine (Murphy) to BP,
1900
carton 6, folder 11
Markham, Edwin to BP,
1895-1899
carton 6, folder 12
Marlowe, Julia to BP,
1905
carton 6, folder 13
Mason, Redfern to BP,
1913-1916
carton 6, folder 14
Maxwell, Elsa Wyman to BP,
undated
carton 6, folder 15
Michelson, Miriam to BP,
undated
carton 6, folder 16
Miller, Abigail to BP,
1911-1916
carton 6, folder 17
Miller, Henry to BP,
1908
carton 6, folder 18
Miller, Joaquin to BP,
1898-1910
carton 6, folder 19
Miller, Juanita to BP,
1911
1913
carton 6, folder 20
Miller, Lischen M. (Mrs. George Melvin Miller) to BP,
circa 1911
carton 6, folder 21
Miller, Margaret to BP,
1899
carton 6, folder 22
Morrison, Florence Roberts to BP,
1904
carton 6, folder 24
Mundell, W.A. to BP,
1939-1941
carton 6, folder 25-26
Nakata, Yoshimata (and family) to BP,
1912-1925
carton 6, folder 27
Nielson, Alice to BP,
1905-1906
carton 6, folder 28
Noel, Joseph to BP,
circa 1905
carton 6, folder 29
Noguchi, Yone to BP,
1898-1900
carton 6, folder 30
Price, Warwick James to BP,
1870-1933
carton 6, folder 32
Roselle, Anne to BP,
undated
carton 6, folder 33
Ross, Peter V. to BP,
1927-1935
carton 6, folder 34
Russell, Henry to BP,
1906
carton 6, folder 35
Russell, Theresa to BP,
undated
carton 6, folder 36
Scheffauer, Herman to BP,
1900-1907
carton 6, folder 37
Schumann, Heink to BP,
1906
carton 6, folder 38
Shaw, Mary to BP,
undated
carton 6, folder 39-40
Shepard, Eliza London to BP,
1939
undated
carton 6, folder 41
Shepard, Irving and Mildred to BP (re: death of Eliza London Shepard),
circa 1941
carton 6, folder 42-43
Shimada, Teru to BP,
circa 1930-1937
carton 6, folder 44
Sinclair, Upton to BP,
1909
undated
carton 6, folder 45
Skinner, Constance Lindsay to BP,
1937
carton 6, folder 46-50
Sterling, Carrie to BP,
1904-1914
undated
carton 6, folder 51-52
Sterling, George to BP,
1904-1905
carton 6, folder 53
Sterling, George to BP (transcript copy of letter from Sterling to Ambrose Bierce),
1906
carton 6, folder 54
Sterling, George to BP,
1910-1925
undated
carton 6, folder 55
Stewart, Nell E. to BP,
undated
carton 6, folder 56
Takahashi, Kosen to BP,
1899-1902
carton 6, folder 56
Letter from Kosen Takahashi to Blanche Partington with photograph.
March 29, 1899 BANC MSS C-H 84
carton 6, folder 57
Thomas, Eva W. to BP,
1946
carton 6, folder 58
Thompson, Vance to BP (letter to Yone Noguchi),
1898
carton 6, folder 59
Tobin, Agnes to BP,
1905-1910
carton 6, folder 60
Tomlins, William L. to BP,
1895
carton 6, folder 61
Vigne, Arturo to BP,
undated
carton 6, folder 63
Weil, Oscar to BP,
circa 1902-1905
carton 6, folder 64
Winter, William to BP,
1905
carton 6, folder 65-70
General incoming,
circa 1900-1947
carton 7, folder 1
General incoming,
circa 1900-1947
carton 7, folder 2-4
Incoming postcards,
circa 1895-1947
Other Correspondence,
1890-1923
carton 7, folder 5
Letter of recommendation for Blanche Partington,
1890
carton 7, folder 6
Correspondence regarding Anne Bremer,
circa 1923
folder 15-17
Subseries 3.2:
Notebooks/Diaries and Notes,
circa 1900-1948
circa 1900-1948
Physical Description:
carton 7, folder 7-28; carton 8, folder 1-17
carton 7, folder 7-17, volume 9, volume 10
Notebooks and diaries,
1894-1911
carton 7, folder 18-28
Notes for The Call music reviews,
1904-1906
carton 8, folder 1-12
Notes for The Call music reviews,
1906
undated
carton 8, folder 13
Notes on Joaquin Miller,
1899
carton 8, folder 14
Notes on interviews with Giorgio Polacco,
1905
carton 8, folder 15-17
Notes, assorted,
circa 1900-1948
Subseries 3.3:
Other Papers,
circa 1890-1940
Physical Description:
carton 8, folder 18-37
carton 8, folder 18
Japan Society of America,
circa 1909
carton 8, folder 19
India Famine Relief Fund,
circa 1905
carton 8, folder 20
Yosemite Stage and Turnpike card,
1901
carton 8, folder 21
Invitation to Longsight Liberal Club dance (Stockport),
1890
carton 8, folder 22
Musical performance programs (Oakland, Calif.),
circa 1892-1897
volume 5
Theatrical and musical program scrapbook,
circa 1898-1906
volume 7
Postcard scrapbook,
circa 1900-1910
Scope and Content Note
Includes poscards of travels to Japan and other countries as well as images of singers, performers, and poets (many inscribed
to Blanche Partington).
carton 8, folder 23
Music reviews,
circa 1900-1905
carton 8, folder 25
Clippings on the Bancrofts (Delaware),
circa 1938
oversize-box 1, folder 8, oversize-box 3, folder 2
Clippings of Blanche Partington's articles,
circa 1903-1904
carton 8, folder 27
Manuscript: Diary of Miss Cherry Flower,
undated
carton 8, folder 28
Manuscript: The Western Renaissance,
undated
carton 8, folder 29
Manuscripts and notes, assorted,
circa 1910-1930
carton 8, folder 30
Manuscript: Observations from a Go-Cart,
undated
carton 8, folder 31
Manuscript: On the Porch at [Kyoto],
undated
carton 8, folder 32
Manuscript poem: The Camels are Coming,
undated
carton 8, folder 33
Manuscript: The Comet that Was: A Brief Comment on Hale's Magazine,
circa 1899
oversize-box 1, folder 3
Article by Blanche Partington (A Quartet of Heddas),
circa 1900
carton 8, folder 34
Twenty Minutes of Reality by Margaret Prescott Montague,
1916
carton 8, folder 35-36
Christian Science,
circa 1900-1934
Series 4:
Gertrude Partington Albright and Herman Oliver Albright.
circa 1876-1957
Physical Description:
carton 8, folder 37-42; carton 9; carton 10, folder 1-38; vol. 8; oversize box 1, folder 5; oversize box 3; oversize folder
1
Scope and Content of Series
Correspondence, illustrations and sketches, materials on Herman Oliver Albright, and other papers. The outgoing correspondence
consists of letters from Gertrude Partington Albright to her mother and siblings from 1900 to the 1940s. Of particular note
are the letters she sent home to her mother and siblings from her art studies in Paris from 1900 to circa 1910. Among the
items that document Gertrude Partington Albright's illustration career are oversize clippings of many of her newspaper illustrations.
Subseries 4.1:
Correspondence.
1894-1954
Physical Description:
carton 8, folder 37-42; carton 9; carton 10, folder 1-18
carton 8, folder 37-42
Gertrude Partington Albright (GPA) to Sarah Partington (SP),
1899-1902
carton 9, folder 1-14
GPA to Sarah Partington,
1903-1913
undated
carton 9, folder 15-17
GPA to Blanche Partington,
circa 1889-1941
carton 9, folder 18-20
GPA to Phyllis Partington,
circa 1900-1933
carton 9, folder 21
GPA to Kate Partington,
1902
1906
carton 9, folder 22
GPA to Jack (John) Partington and family,
1905-1951
carton 9, folder 23
GPA to Edward Partington,
1900-1905
carton 9, folder 24
GPA to Evelyn Albright,
circa 1934-1940
carton 9, folder 25-26
GPA to Samuel Bancroft,
1900-1911
carton 9, folder 27
General outgoing,
circa 1900-1940
carton 9, folder 28
Outgoing fragments,
undated
carton 9, folder 29
Albright, H.O (Toddy) to GPA,
circa 1907-1940
carton 9, folder 30
Bancroft, Samuel to GPA,
1900-1915
carton 9, folder 31
Bierce, Ambrose to GPA,
1894
carton 9, folder 32
Hall, Sharlot M. to GPA,
1902
carton 9, folder 33-34
Kidlin (Elizabeth S. Bond) to GPA,
1903-1906
carton 10, folder 1-2
Kidlin (Elizabeth S. Bond) to GPA,
1903-1906
carton 10, folder 3
London, Charmian to GPA,
1927-1936
carton 10, folder 4
London, Jack to GPA,
1904
carton 10, folder 5
Sterling, Carrie to GPA,
1905-1913
undated
carton 10, folder 6-10
General incoming,
circa 1900-1954
carton 10, folder 11
Incoming postcards,
circa 1900-1907
Herman Oliver Albright (HOA) Correspondence,
1898-1945
carton 10, folder 12
HOA to Blanche and Sarah Partington,
1907-1908
carton 10, folder 13
HOA incoming,
cirac 1905-1945
carton 10, folder 14
HOA incoming postcards,
circa 1898-1910
carton 10, folder 15
Sterling, George to HOA,
1904
1912
carton 10, folder 16
Sympathy letters to HOA on death of Kate Peterson,
1907-1908
Subseries 4.2:
Other Papers.
1876-1957
Physical Description:
carton 10, folder 17-38
carton 10, fodler 18
Family documents,
circa 1876-1939
carton 10, folder 19
H.O. Albright birth certificate,
1876
carton 10, folder 20
H.O. Albright and Kate Peterson marriage certificate,
1905
carton 10, folder 21
Gertrude Partington biography,
undated
carton 10, folder 22
Gertrude Partington obituary,
1959
carton 10, folder 23-24
H.O. Albright material regarding exhibitions and awards,
circa 1931-1947
carton 10, folder 25
H.O. Albright's Yosemite,
1954
carton 10, folder 26
Inventory of the Albright home at 1507 39th Avenue, San Francisco,
undated
carton 10, folder 27, oversize-folder 1
Gertrude Partington illustrations and reproductions of paintings,
circa 1896-1920
oversize-box 3
Gertrude Partington bronze medal from the Panama-Pacific International Exposition,
1915
carton 10, folder 28
Gertrude Partington exhbition catalogs and programs,
1908
undated
carton 10, folder 29
Gertrude Partington writings,
circa 1957
carton 10, folder 30
Article on Western Etchers from Sunset Magazine,
1908
carton 10, folder 31
Gertrude Partington manuscript: Thoughts in a Redwood Grove,
1959
oversize-box 1, folder 7
Gertrude Partington poems,
undated
carton 10, folder 32
Gertrude Partington diary/notebook,
1892
undated
carton 10, folder 33
Letter asking permission for Gertrude Partington to board the steamer Newport to make a sketch,
1898
carton 10, folder 34-35
Gertrude Partington clippings of newspapers illustrations by GPA and Richard Partington,
circa 1895-1900
carton 10, folder 36-37
Gertrude Partington clippings,
circa 1895-1915
oversize-box 1, folder 5
Gertrude Partington clippings, assorted,
circa 1895-1905
volume 8
Gertrude Partington clippings scrapbook,
circa 1910-1925
carton 10, folder 38
The Burro Book (publication from S.M. McCandless, Pueblo, Colorado),
1900
Series 5:
Phyllis Partington.
1897-1933
Physical Description:
carton 10, folder 39-41; carton 11-12; carton 13, folder 1; vol. 2-4; vol. 6; oversize box 1, folder 6; oversize folder 1
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, clippings, and publicity materials and programs. Outgoing correspondence consists primarily of correspondence
to other members of the Partington family sent from Phyllis' (Frances') studies or stints with various opera companies in
New York, Europe, and other areas of the United States between 1910 and 1930. There is substantial correspondence between
Phyllis Partington and Samuel and Joseph Bancroft in Delaware. Noteworthy among the other materials in this series are the
clippings scrapbooks that document Frances Peralta's opera career from 1913 to 1930.
Subseries 5.1:
Correspondence.
circa 1897-1933
Physical Description:
carton 10, folder 39-41; carton 11; carton 12, folder 1-30
Outgoing,
circa 1897-1933
carton 10, folder 39-41, carton 11, folder 1-7
Phyllis Partington (PP) to family (Dear Folks...) from New York,
circa 1897-1933
carton 11, folder 8
PP to family (Dear Folks...) from Italy,
circa 1914-1914
carton 11, folder 9
PP to family (Dear Folks...) from Delaware,
circa 1913-1933
carton 11, folder 10
PP to family (Dear Folks...) from Paris and London,
circa 1913-1933
carton 11, folder 11
PP to family (Dear Folks...) from Saint Louis,
circa 1913-1933
carton 11, folder 12
PP to family (Dear Folks...) from Philadelphia,
circa 1913-1933
carton 11, folder 13
PP to family (Dear Folks...) from Chicago,
circa 1913-1933
carton 11, folder 14
PP to family (Dear Folks...) from Switzerland,
circa 1913-1933
carton 11, folder 15
PP to family (Dear Folks...) from Mexico,
1920
carton 11, folder 16
PP to family (Dear Folks...) from Spain,
circa 1926
carton 11, folder 17
PP to family (Dear Folks...) from Boston,
circa 1913-1933
carton 11, folder 18-19
PP to family (Dear Folks...) from various places in the United States,
circa 1913-1933
carton 11, folder 20
PP to family (Dear Folks...) from various places in Europe,
circa 1913-1933
carton 11, folder 21
(PP) to family (Dear Folks...) from unspecified places,
circa 1913-1933
carton 11, folder 22-24
PP to Blanche Partington,
circa 1900-1930
carton 11, folder 25-28
PP to Gertrude Partington,
circa 1900-1930
carton 11, folder 29
PP to H.O. Albright (Toddy),
cirac 1904-1905
carton 12, folder 1
PP to Jack (John) Partington and family,
circa 1924-1933
carton 12, folder 2
PP to Edward Partington,
1910
carton 12, folder 4
PP to family (fragments),
circa 1913-1933
carton 12, folder 5-10
PP to Samuel and Joseph Bancroft,
1910-1914
1931
carton 12, folder 11
General outgoing,
undated
carton 12, folder 12
PP Christmas cards,
undated
carton 12, folder 13
General outgoing (fragments),
undated
Incoming,
circa 1900-1933
carton 12, folder 14-17
Bancroft, Samuel and Joseph to Phyllis Partington (PP),
1907
1910
1914-1930
carton 12, folder 19
London, Charmian (Kittredge) to PP,
1924
undated
carton 12, folder 20
Scheffauer, Herman George to PP,
1903
carton 12, folder 21
Sterling, George to PP,
1902
carton 12, folder 22-27
General incoming,
circa 1900-1933
carton 12, folder 28
Incoming postcards,
circa 1900-1907
Subseries 5.2:
Other Papers,
circa 1900-1933
Physical Description:
carton 12, folder 29-41; carton 13, folder 1
carton 12, folder 32-33
Frances Peralta publicity and programs,
circa 1911-1930
oversize-box 1, folder 6, oversize-folder 1
Frances Peralta posters, brochures, flyers,
circa 1911-1930
carton 12, folder 34
Frances Peralta clippings (Gypsy Love),
1913
carton 12, folder 35
Frances Peralta clippings (Aida; Seattle),
circa 1917
carton 12, folder 36
Frances Peralta clippings (Ravinia, Illinois),
1921
carton 12, folder 37
Frances Peralta clippings (Henchman; Detroit),
1927
carton 12, folder 38
Frances Peralta clippings (Carmen; Saint Louis),
circa 1929
carton 12, folder 39
Frances Peralta clippings (Huntington, West Virginia),
circa 1929
carton 12, folder 40-41, carton 13, folder 1
Frances Peralta clippings, assorted,
circa 1913-1930
oversize-box 1, folder 4
Frances Peralta clippings, assorted,
circa 1910-1930
volume 6
Frances Peralta clippings scrapbook,
circa 1905-1912
volume 2
Frances Peralta clippings scrapbook,
circa 1917-1927
volume 4
Frances Peralta clippings scrapbook (Los Angeles and San Francisco performances),
1927
volume 3
Frances Peralta clippings scrapbook,
circa 1924-1929
Series 6:
Other Partingtons.
circa 1900-1987
Physical Description:
carton 13, folder 2-25; carton 14, folder 1-29
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence and other papers of Jack (John) Partington, Sr. and family, Richard Lantry Partington, Kate Partington, Edward
Partington, and Hedwig Evelyn Partington.
Subseries 6.1:
Jack (John) Partington and Family.
circa 1905-1984
Physical Description:
carton 13, folder 2-25; carton 14, folder 1
carton 13, folder 2
Jack (John) Partington and family letters to Sarah and Blanche Partington,
circa 1905-1909
carton 13, folder 3-10
Jack (John) Partington and family letters to Blanche Partington,
circa 1920-1948
carton 13, folder 11-14
Jack (John) Partington and family letters to Gertrude Partington and H.O. Albright,
circa 1930-1955
carton 13, folder 15
Jack (John) Partington and family letters to Phyllis Partington,
circa 1924-1932
carton 13, folder 16-21
Jack (John) Partington and family letters to Evelyn Albright,
circa 1930-1984
carton 13, folder 22
Correspondence between Jack Partington, Sr. and Jack Partington, Jr.,
1936-1942
carton 13, folder 23
Other correspondence,
circa 1930-1979
carton 13, folder 24
Jack Partington, Jr. school essays,
undated
carton 13, folder 25
Jack Partington, Jr. obituary,
1987
carton 14, folder 1
Inger Partington ephemera (including Panama-Pacific International Exposition Admission Coupon Booklet),
1900-1915
Subseries 6.2:
Richard L. and Ida Partington.
circa 1890-1957
Physical Description:
carton 14, folder 2-10
carton 14, folder 2
Richard L. Partington and family letters to Blanche Partington,
circa 1900-1928
carton 14, folder 3
Richard L. Partington and family letters to Phyllis Partington,
circa 1906-1907
carton 14, folder 4
Richard L. Partington and family letters to Sarah, Gertrude, and Jack (John) Partington,
1908-1925
carton 14, folder 5
Richard L. Partington outgoing to Mr. Tewson,
1926
carton 14, folder 6
Bierce, Ambrose to Richard L. Partington,
circa 1900
carton 14, folder 9
Sketches,
circa 1890-1910
Subseries 6.3:
Kate Partington.
circa 1900-1915
Physical Description:
carton 14, folder 11-18
carton 14, folder 11
Kate Partington letters to Sarah Partingon,
circa 1902
carton 14, folder 12
Kate Partington letters to Blanche Partington,
circa 1902
carton 14, folder 13
Kate Partington letters to Gertrude Partington,
circa 1900-1915
carton 14, folder 14
Kate Partington letters to Edward and Phyllis Partington,
circa 1900-1907
carton 14, folder 15
Letter fragments,
circa 1902
carton 14, folder 16
Bierce, Ambrose to KP,
1904
carton 14, folder 17
Hall, Sharlot M. to KP,
1903-1904
carton 14, folder 18
Scheffauer, Herman George to KP,
1904
Subseries 6.4:
Edward Partington.
circa 1900-1906
Physical Description:
carton 14, folder 19-20
carton 14, folder 19
Edward Partington letters to family,
circa 1900
carton 14, folder 20
General incoming,
circa 1906
Subseries 6.5:
Hedwig Evelyn Albright.
circa 1930-1984
Physical Description:
carton 14, folder 21-29
carton 14, folder 21
Hedwig Evelyn Albright letters to Gertrude Partington and H.O. Albright,
circa 1930-1940
carton 14, folder 22
General outgoing,
circa 1930-1984
carton 14, folder 23
Condolence cards on death of mother (Gertrude Partington Albright),
1959
carton 14, folder 24
London, Charmian to HEA,
1939
carton 14, folder 25
Shimada, Teru to HEA,
1931
1960
carton 14, foldr 26
General incoming,
circa 1930-1980
carton 14, folder 28
Legal documents,
1935-1955
carton 14, folder 29
Miscellany,
circa 1930-1980
Series 7:
Family Subject Files, Postcards, and Miscellany.
circa 1895-1950
Physical Description:
carton 14, folder 30-59; box 1; vol. 1; vol. 12-13; oversize box 1, folder 7
Scope and Content Note
Subject files kept by one or another member of the Partington family as well as poscards and miscellany. The subject files
often include clippings, original poems or writings, correspondence, and secondary material. The series includes subject files
on Ambrose Bierce, Jack London, Joaquin Miller, Yone Noguchi, and Carrie and George Sterling. The George Sterling subject
file includes a number of original postcards addressed to Sterling from a variety of senders as well as clippings on his death
and tributes. The Jack London subject file includes material on Jack London as well as two diaries (in Japanese and English)
kept by Jack London's valet, Yoshimatsu Nakata, from circa 1908-1910. These diaries appear to have come into the possession
of Blanche Partington, who had established a friendship with the Nakata family.
carton 14, folder 30
Subject file: Bierce, Ambrose,
circa 1922-1936
carton 14, folder 31
Subject file: Bierce, Helen Ray (wedding announcement),
1902
oversize-box 1, folder 7
Subject file: Anne Bremer (tribute by Witter Bynner),
1930
carton 14, folder 32
Subject file: French, Nora May,
1907
carton 14, folder 33
Subject file: Gronlund, Lawrence (wedding announcement and Fabian Society document),
1895
carton 14, folder 34
Subject file: Hay, John (on Fitzgerald's Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam),
1898
carton 14, folder 35
Subject file: Johnson, Martin,
circa 1930-1940
carton 14, folder 36
Subject file: London, Jack,
circa 1913-1916
carton 14, folder 37
Subject file: London, Jack (clippings),
circa 1905-1915
carton 14, folder 38
Subject file: London, Jack (Overland Monthly Tribute to Jack London),
1917
oversize-box 3
Subject file: London, Jack (Yoshimatsu Nakata (Jack London's valet) diaries (2),
circa 1908-1910
carton 14, folder 39
Subject file: Markham, Edwin,
1898
carton 14, folder 40
Subject file: Miller, Joaquin (clippings regarding death),
1913
carton 14, folder 41
Subject file: Noguchi, Yone,
circa 1920
carton 14, folder 42
Subject file: Scheffauer, Herman,
circa 1904-1912
carton 14, folder 43
Subject file: Sinclair, Upton (What Life Means to Me pamphlet),
undated
carton 14, folder 44
Subject file: Sterling, Carrie,
undated
carton 14, folder 45-52
Subject file: Sterling, George (poems, tributes, clippings, incoming postcards),
circa 1900-1928
carton 14, folder 53
Miscellany: unidentified Partington family correspondence,
circa 1880-1950
carton 14, folder 54
Miscellany: family calling cards
circa 1890-1920
box 1, folder 1-3
Miscellany: general,
circa 1900-1950
volume 1, volume 12
Postcards: Partington family postcard albums,
circa 1895-1910
Scope and Content Note
Poscards of the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, San Francisco's Chinatown, Mt. Tamalpais, Los Angeles,
Santa Barbara, San Diego, Monterey, Carmel, Lake Tahoe, and Yosemite.
volume 13
Postcards: Photocopy of disbound postcard album,
circa 1900-1910
carton 14, folder 55-59
Postcards: blank postcards,
circa 1890-1930
