Guide to the Huntley Family Papers

Processed by Kurt Ozment in 2002, guide completed by William Landis in 2004. Additional materials were processed by Audrey Pearson in 2007; machine-readable finding aid created by Audrey Pearson

Special Collections and Archives

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P.O. Box 19557

University of California, Irvine

Irvine, California 92623-9557

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Email: spcoll@uci.edu

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Descriptive Summary

Title: Huntley family papers

Date: circa 1745-1969,

Date (bulk): bulk circa 1880-1940

Collection Number: MS-R028

Creator: Huntley family

Extent: 6.5 linear feet (14 boxes and 3 oversized folders)

Languages: The collection is in English.

Repository: University of California, Irvine. Library. Special Collections and Archives.

Irvine, California 92623-9557

Abstract: This collection documents the families and business ventures of Tustin, California residents William M. Huntley and his wife Helen Gulick. Materials include family photographs, photographs of Southern California, family correspondence, business records from the Tustin Garage and the family's citrus orchard, and other documentation concerning the history of Tustin.

Important Information for Researchers

Access

The collection is open for research. Access to fragile materials in boxes 12-14, XOS2, and FRAG-4 is restricted.

Publication Rights

Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.

Preferred Citation

Huntley Family Papers. MS-R028. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.

For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.

Acquisition Information

Gift of William M. Huntley, 1969.

Processing History

Prior to 1997, Special Collections staff initially arranged the collection in two series: photographs and correspondence. Individual items were numbered using an H designation for the collection, followed by a series number and another number for the subject (for example, H-001-2). All material for a specific subject was given the same number, even if it extended to multiple folders. Although many items in the collection still have labels containing these H- numbers, they no longer reflect the arrangement of the collection.

The collection was processed by Kurt Ozment in 2002. The guide was completed by William Landis in 2004. Additional materials were processed by Audrey Pearson in 2007.

Historical Background

Helen (Laura Helen) Gulick and William Martin Huntley were married on February 20, 1909, and had one son, Walter P. Huntley (1910-1960). Four years after their marriage they moved to Tustin, California, where they built a house in 1916, which remained the family home until Helen Gulick Huntley's death. When Tustin was incorporated as a city in 1927, William M. Huntley was one of its five council members, serving from 1927 to 1932. He served as Tustin's second mayor from 1932 to1940. From 1914 to 1937, he operated the Tustin Garage with his brother-in-law, William N. Gulick. Helen Gulick and William Huntley also had a citrus orchard.

Helen Gulick Huntley

Laura Helen Gulick, known throughout her life as Helen, the daughter of Laura Jane Palmer (d. 1939) and James Harvey Gulick (1848-1924), was born on September 16, 1883 and died in November 1965. She had seven siblings: William Nicholas, Fred, Lena Hewitt Barrett, Fannie Wagner, Mark, Quinn, and George. Her family moved to Southern California in 1887 from Altoona, Kansas, eventually settling in Olive. When she was fourteen, her brother William N. Gulick became the third husband of Julia I. Hammerton, whose son from her first marriage, William M. Huntley, was seventeen at the time. Helen and William M. Huntley were married twelve years later. Helen Gulick graduated from the Orange County Business School in 1900 and worked in Los Angeles as a bookkeeper and stenographer until her marriage. After her marriage, she kept the garage's records as well as detailed household accounts.

Helen Gulick's mother, Laura Palmer, had four siblings: J. M. (married Mary Carver), Ada Moore Dawsey, Martha (Mrs. Berry Insley), and Rose (Mrs. George T. Insley). Laura Palmer's mother's name was Polly Palmer. Helen Gulick's father, James Harvey Gulick, who served in the Civil War, was the son of Martin N. Gulick (1815-1900) and his first wife, Eleanor Welch (1820-1848), the daughter of Eleanor Kelly and Patrick Welch.

Martin N. Gulick, grandfather of Helen Gulick, was the son of William Gano Gulick (1786-1832), who served in the War of 1812, and Sarah Adams (b. 1794). William Gano Gulick was the son of Nicholas Gulick (b. 1758) and Elizabeth Gano (1766-1856). Sarah Adams was the daughter of Jane Mathews and Martin Adams. William Gano Gulick and Sarah Adams' other children were named Eliza Jane and Mary. William Gano Gulick's second wife was Martha Ritchey; they had five children.

In addition to James Harvey Gulick (Helen Gulick's father), Martin N. Gulick and Eleanor Welch had two other children: Eleanor Matilda (1848-1933) and Mary Jane (1862-1919). Eleanor Matilda (Nell) Gulick and her husband Colin Davidson moved from Plainview, Illinois to Santa Ana in 1888. They had several children: Sue Willson, Quin, Laura (Lollie) Palmer, Elizabeth Wickersham, Annis, and Harry. Mary Jane Gulick married Louis R. Phelps (1835-1914); her granddaughter is Edna W. Phelps, a friend of the Huntley family who took an active interest in the Huntley family papers and also donated her collection of family materials to the library (MS-R043).

In 1850 Helen Gulick's grandfather, Martin N. Gulick, married Jane Vanarsdall, who died in 1857. Jane Vanarsdall is the aunt of Rev. Harlan Carson, who served as Superintendent of the Presbyterian Home Missions for the Synod of South Dakota. He kept in close touch with Olive Gulick, who went to Scotland, South Dakota in 1887 to teach briefly in the missionary school.

In 1860 Martin N. Gulick married Annis Curtis Phelps (1827-1919), and they had five children: Harriet (Hattie), Olive, Sadie Humiston, Alice Gooch, and Sarah. Annis Curtis and Martin N. Gulick moved from Plainview, Illinois to Tustin in 1892, along with Hattie and Olive. Alice and John Gooch also made the move at the same time. In December 1900, Sadie was the last of the family to move West. Much of the correspondence in this collection comes from communication between three sisters: Hattie, Olive, and Sadie. Alice Gooch was a photographer and is responsible for many of the photographs in this collection. The latter come from both the James Harvey and Laura Palmer Gulick and the Martin N. and Annis Curtis Gulick families.

Annis Curtis Phelps attended Holyoke College from 1845-1846, where she studied vocal and piano music, and moved West in about 1849. After her marriage, she played piano at the Tustin Presbyterian Church. She was the only child to live to adulthood of Joshua Phelps III (1775-1853) and his second wife, Annis Curtis (1787-1827).

Annis Curtis was the daughter of Mark Curtis (1761-1839) and his first wife, Ellen Bulkley (1762-1815). Her siblings from this marriage included Moses, Daniel (1791-1856), Phoebe (1794-1865), Betsy, and Mark. Ellen Bulkley's niece, Sarah Bulkley, became Phelps' third wife. Joshua Phelps III and Sarah Bulkley had four children: Hanna Maria, Louis Ransom, Ellen, and Catherine (Kate) L. Doubt. Maria's first husband was Horatio N. Lindley, with whom she had six children. She had four children with her second husband, James Abner Barr. As noted above, Louis R. Phelps married Mary Jane Gulick, and is the grandfather of Edna W. Phelps.

Mark Curtis and his second wife, Phoebe Stevens, had three children, including Sarah Maria Curtis, who married Charles Nelson Roberts. Sarah Maria Curtis and Charles Nelson Roberts had three children, including Nettie Rogene Roberts.

William Martin Huntley

William M. Huntley, born in 1880, was the son of Julia I. Hammerton (d. 1958) and Martin Adrial Huntley. He was born in Downey, California, and his family moved to Aliso Canyon in 1886 and to Tustin in 1889. He died on July 30, 1971.

Julia I. Hammerton married three times. Martin Adrial Huntley, her first husband, died two years after their marriage. With her second husband, John William Scovil, she had three children: Annie (married John Trickey), Cora (married Ray Martin), and Charles. Her third husband was William Nicholas Gulick, with whom she had a son, Harvey Gulick.

Biography/Organization History

Chronology

1880	Birth of William M. Huntley, the son of Julia I. Hammerton and Martin Adrial Huntley.
1883	Birth of Laura Helen Gulick, the daughter of Laura Palmer and James Harvey Gulick.
1887	Helen Gulick's family moves to Southern California from Altoona, Kansas.
1887	Olive Gulick teaches in the missionary school in Scotland, South Dakota.
1889	William M. Huntley's family moves to Tustin, California.
1892	Annis Curtis Phelps and Martin Nicholas Gulick, along with Hattie and Olive (two of their daughters), move to Tustin from Plainview, Illinois. Alice Gulick and John Gooch move at the same time.
1900	Sadie Gulick and Arthur H. Humiston move West.
1909	Helen Gulick and William M. Huntley are married on February 20.
1914-1937	William M. Huntley and William N. Gulick (Helen Gulick's brother) operate the Tustin Garage.
1916	Helen and William Huntley build a house in Tustin.
1927-1932	William M. Huntley serves as one of Tustin's first city council members.
1932-1940	William M. Huntley serves as Tustin's second mayor.
1965	Death of Helen Gulick.
1971	Death of William M. Huntley.

Collection Scope and Content Summary

This collection documents the families and business ventures of Tustin, California residents Helen Gulick and William M. Huntley. Materials include family photographs, photographs of Southern California, family correspondence, business records from the Tustin Garage and from the family's citrus orchard, household accounts, and other documentation related to both family history and the history of Tustin. The collection does not include any material related to William M. Huntley's political career as city councilman and mayor of Tustin.

Helen Gulick and William M. Huntley collaborated on writing the history of their families and their community but did not bring the work to completion. The collection includes many of their notes, as well as the "Tustin Scrapbook," an unpublished manuscript prepared by Edna W. Phelps on the basis of these notes in 1969. Many of the photographs in the collection were taken by Alice Gooch.

Collection Arrangement

This collection is arranged in three series.

Series 1. Photographs, circa 1841-1952. 4.1 linear feet
Series 2. Correspondence, 1833-1969. 0.4 linear feet
Series 3. Topical files and ephemera, circa 1745-1969. 2.0 linear feet

Related Collections

Materials relating to the Gulick and Huntley families can also be found in the following collections:

Alice Gulick Gooch photographs. MS-R024. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
Gulick Family photographs. MS-R026. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
Edna W. Phelps collection. MS-R043. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.The Edna W. Phelps Collection is closely related to the Huntley Family Papers. It contains additional correspondence and manuscripts by Helen Gulick Huntley and other family members as well as transcripts of some materials in the Huntley Family Papers. In addition, it contains many materials that may have been prepared by Helen Gulick Huntley. These materials include research notes on Tustin families, topical files, and family genealogies.

Additional Huntley and Gulick family materials are held by other repositories:

Twenty-four notebooks of family history compiled by Helen Gulick Huntley (part of the collection of the Genealogical Society of New Jersey). Department of Special Collections, Rutgers University Library. These notebooks were microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah for the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.
Derrick Gulick, His Ancestry and Descendants. A genealogy written by Helen Gulick Huntley. In the collections of the Family History Library (Salt Lake City, Utah) and the California State Library (Sacramento, California).
A supplement, prepared by Helen Gulick Huntley, to the book Gulicks of the USA, by David E. Gulick. In the collections of the Family History Library (Salt Lake City, Utah).

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects

Huntley, Helen Gulick, 1883-1965 -- Archives.

Huntley, William Martin, 1880-1971 -- Archives.

Huntley family -- Archives.

Gulick family -- Archives.

Tustin Garage (Calif.) -- Archives.

Tustin (Calif.) -- Archives.

Orange County (Calif.) -- Archives.

Orange County (Calif.) -- Photographs.

California, Southern -- Photographs.

Genres and Formats of Materials

Glass negatives -- California, Southern -- 20th century.

Film negatives -- California, Southern -- 20th century.

Photographic prints -- California, Southern -- 20th century.

Panoramic photographs -- California, Southern -- 20th century.

Photographic postcards -- California, Southern -- 20th century.

Tintypes -- California, Southern -- 20th century.

Letters -- California -- Orange County -- 19th century.

Letters -- California -- Orange County -- 20th century.

Contributors

Huntley, Helen Gulick, 1883-1965.

Huntley, William Martin, 1880-1971.

Phelps, Edna W., 1905- .

Gooch, Alice Gulick.

Gulick family.

Series 1. Photographs circa 1841-1952, bulk circa 1910-circa 1930

Physical Description: 4.1 linear feet

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series consists largely of black-and-white photographs of places in Southern California and portraits of family members, many of which were taken by Alice Gulick Gooch. It includes a large number of glass-plate negatives. There are a small number of additional negatives, some of which have not been printed, and four panoramic negatives eight inches wide and almost four feet long. The collection also includes one tintype, two images that combine photography and painting on metal, and many photographs printed as postcards. There are also some photographic postcards in the correspondence series. Although most of the photographs are undated, a significant portion of them are from the 1910s and 1920s.

Arrangement

This series is arranged by format.

Restrictions

Access to glass plate negatives and film negatives in boxes 12-14, FRAG-4, and XOS2 is restricted.

Processing note

Copy negatives and copy prints were made from glass plate negatives in 1969. The glass plate negatives were assigned individual numbers and the copy negatives and prints have been numbered correspondingly.

Photographic prints

Scope and Content Note

Photographic prints are arranged alphabetically by place name and by family name. Copy prints made from the glass plate negatives are housed in boxes 10 and 11.

Places

Box : Folder 1 : 1

Balboa, Laguna Beach, and Newport Beach: beach and coastal scenes circa 1900-1912

Physical Description: 14 items

Box : Folder 1 : 2

Balboa Park, San Diego circa 1910-1920

Physical Description: 12 items

Box : Folder 1 : 3, 10 : 1

Corona circa 1910-1920

Physical Description: 28 items

Box : Folder 10 : 2

Coronado circa 1903

Physical Description: 12 items

Box : Folder 10 : 3

Del Mar undated

Physical Description: 3 items

Box : Folder 10 : 4

El Cajon undated

Physical Description: 2 items

Box : Folder 10 : 5

Elsinore undated

Physical Description: 2 items

Box : Folder 1 : 4

Irvine, Olive, and Santa Ana: schools, buildings, and students 1901-circa 1910

Physical Description: 4 items

Box : Folder 1 : 5

Irvine Ranch: mule teams and tractor circa 1910-1915

Physical Description: 3 items

Box : Folder 1 : 6

Laguna Beach and Trabuco Canyon camping trip circa 1908

Physical Description: 13 items

Box : Folder 10 : 6

Los Angeles undated

Physical Description: 3 items

Box : Folder 10 : 7

Oceanside undated

Physical Description: 1 item

Box : Folder 1 : 7

Orange: fountain in plaza with frozen water 1913

Physical Description: 1 item

Orange County

Box : Folder 10 : 8

Oil wells undated

Physical Description: 1 item

Box : Folder 10 : 9

Park undated

Physical Description: 13 items

Box : Folder FB-49 : 1

Orange County Business College class picture 1900

Physical Description: 4 items

Scope and Content Note

Includes graduation invitation and clippings.

Box : Folder 1 : 8

Orleans (Humboldt County, California), Klamath Dredging Company 1942

Physical Description: 14 items

Scope and Content Note

Includes correspondence from Mark Gulick to Helen Gulick Huntley relating to the photographs.

Box : Folder 10 : 10

Paradise Valley undated

Physical Description: 1 item

Box : Folder 1 : 9

Pasadena: float in the Tournament of the Roses parade circa 1910-1920

Physical Description: 1 item

Box : Folder 10 : 11

Riverside undated

Physical Description: 5 items

Box : Folder 10 : 12

Rubio Canyon undated

Physical Description: 5 items

San Diego

Box : Folder 10 : 13

General undated

Physical Description: 19 items

Box : Folder 10 : 14

Otay Lake undated

Physical Description: 3 items

Box : Folder 10 : 15

Sweetwater Dam undated

Physical Description: 8 items

Box : Folder 1 : 10, 10 : 16

San Juan Capistrano: depot and mission circa 1905

Physical Description: 16 items

Box : Folder 10 : 17

San Luis Rey undated

Physical Description: 3 items

Box : Folder 10 : 18

Santa Ana undated

Physical Description: 21 items

Scope and Content Note

Includes 1 photograph of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison's reception during a train stop in Orange County (1891).

Box : Folder 1 : 11-12

Santa Ana Valley Irrigation Company facilities and equipment 1909-1912

Physical Description: 18 items

Scope and Content Note

Includes photographs of William Nicholas Gulick, Harvey Gulick, and "Dad" Agnew.

Box : Folder 1 : 13

Silverado Canyon tin mine works circa 1910

Physical Description: 3 items

Box : Folder 10 : 19

Sorrento Canyon undated

Physical Description: 2 items

Box : Folder 10 : 20

Stoddard Camp undated

Physical Description: 12 items

Box : Folder 10 : 21

Temescal Canyon undated

Physical Description: 2 items

Box : Folder 10 : 22

Torrey Pines undated

Physical Description: 1 item

Tustin

Box : Folder 1 : 14

Churches, buildings and people circa 1900-1910

Physical Description: 5 items

Access Information

Access to original photograph of Tustin Presbyterian Church is restricted due to cracked glass attached to photograph; photocopy provided for research use.

Box : Folder 1 : 15

First National Bank and Getty (Utt) store circa 1900-1920

Physical Description: 8 items

Box : Folder 1 : 16, 10 : 23-27

Homes and street scenes circa 1904-1926

Physical Description: 40 items

Scope and Content Note

Includes photographs of Gulick, Dunbar, Modjeska, and Foster family homes, as well as Hattie and Olive Gulick, and Eleanor Gulick Davidson; also includes a panoramic image of an unidentified house.

Box : Folder 1 : 17

Orange packing houses and crews circa 1900-1910

Physical Description: 4 items

Box : Folder 1 : 18

Street scenes circa 1900-1921

Physical Description: 27 items

Scope and Content Note

Includes children playing baseball and a horse car.

Box : Folder 1 : 19

Tustin Garage and first Tustin fire truck circa 1918-1920

Physical Description: 4 items

Scope and Content Note

Includes photographs of William N. Gulick and William M. Huntley.

Box : Folder 1 : 20-23

Tustin School 1889-1919, undated

Physical Description: 29 items

Scope and Content Note

Includes class portraits.

Box : Folder FB-49 : 2

Graduating class portraits 1893-1897

Physical Description: 4 items

Box : Folder 1 : 24, 10 : 28-30

Unidentified places circa 1890-circa 1920

Physical Description: 20 items

Box : Folder 1 : 25-26, 10 : 31

Various locations and subjects 1904-1948

Physical Description: 43 items

Scope and Content Note

Includes photographic postcards of the Grand Army of the Republic convention in San Jose, Big Bear Dam, Palm Canyon, Torrey Pines, Hotel Del Coronado, photographs of oil derricks in Southern California, and a multi-image souvenir postcard packet of the Long Beach earthquake; also includes photographs of Mark Gulick, Quinn Gulick, and William M. Huntley.

Box : Folder 10 : 32

Whittier undated

Physical Description: 5 items

Portraits

Box : Folder 2 : 1-2

Barrett, Lena Gulick Hewitt, and family 1905-1952

Physical Description: 15 items

Box : Folder 2 : 3

Bliss, Ethyl Gale Insley circa 1890-1920

Physical Description: 9 items

Scope and Content Note

Includes photographs of George and Helen Gulick.

Box : Folder 2 : 4

Bliss family circa 1900-1920

Physical Description: 3 items

Box : Folder 2 : 5, 11 : 1

Gooch, John B. circa 1885

Physical Description: 3 items

Box : Folder FB-49 : 3

Guitar and mandolin ensemble portrait circa 1885-1900

Physical Description: 1 item

Box : Folder 11 : 2

Gulick, Annis Curtis Phelps, and daughters undated

Physical Description: 2 items

Box : Folder 2 : 6

Gulick, Harvey, and friends circa 1910

Physical Description: 7 items

Box : Folder 2 : 7

Gulick, Hattie circa 1890

Physical Description: 2 items

Box : Folder 2 : 8

Gulick, Herbert and Viola Catherine (children of George Gulick) circa 1900-1920

Physical Description: 4 items

Box : Folder 2 : 9-11

Gulick, James Harvey and Laura Palmer, and family circa 1861-1930

Physical Description: 27 items

Box : Folder 2 : 12

Gulick, Mark James, and family circa 1900-1939

Physical Description: 2 items

Box : Folder 11 : 3

Gulick, Martin Nicholas undated

Physical Description: 4 items

Box : Folder 2 : 13

Gulick, Martin N. and Annis Curtis Phelps and family circa 1885-1900

Physical Description: 10 items

Box : Folder 2 : 14

Gulick, Martin N., Eleanor Welch and family circa 1841-1917

Physical Description: 11 items

Box : Folder 2 : 15, 11 : 4

Gulick, Olive circa 1885-1900

Physical Description: 5 items

Box : Folder 3 : 1

Gulick, Quinn, and daughters circa 1890-1920

Physical Description: 5 items

Scope and Content Note

Includes photograph of George Gulick.

Box : Folder 11 : 5

Gulick sisters circa 1904

Physical Description: 10 items

Box : Folder 3 : 2

Hammerton, Orpah, Julia Hammerton Gulick, and Mary Gulick Phelps undated

Physical Description: 2 items

Box : Folder 3 : 3

Humiston, Arthur H. 1904

Physical Description: 3 items

Box : Folder 3 : 4

Huntley, Martin Adrial undated

Physical Description: 1 item

Scope and Content Note

Painted photograph on metal (possibly tin).

Box : Folder 3 : 5-6

Huntley, Walter Palmer, and children 1911-circa 1940

Physical Description: 17 items

Scope and Content Note

Includes photographs of W. P. Huntley's boyhood friends William Crawford and Jesse Parks (later postmaster at Tustin).

Box : Folder 3 : 7-10

Huntley, William Martin and Helen Gulick

Box : Folder 3 : 7-9

Portraits circa 1890-circa 1912, undated

Physical Description: 14 items

Processing/Project Information

Includes portrait of William M. Huntley with painting and photography on metal.

Box : Folder 3 : 10

Friends 1900-1956

Physical Description: 9 items

Scope and Content Note

Includes tintype and photograph of J. J. Zielian, former principal of Tustin School.

Box : Folder 3 : 11

Insley family circa 1895, undated

Physical Description: 2 items

Box : Folder 3 : 12

Keeter, Ellen Gulick, and family 1942, undated

Physical Description: 2 items

Box : Folder 3 : 13

Martin, Ray and Cora Scovil, and Martin Ranch circa 1905, undated

Physical Description: 12 items

Box : Folder 3 : 14-15

Palmer, J. M. and Mary Carver, and family circa 1909, undated

Physical Description: 8 items

Box : Folder 3 : 16

Portraits of others circa 1900, undated

Physical Description: 6 items

Box : Folder 3 : 17

Scovil, Charles Edgar and Lura 1914-1942, undated

Physical Description: 4 items

Scope and Content Note

Includes a postcard sent by Charles Scovil, a duplicate of which is filed in "Tustin--Churches."

Box : Folder 3 : 18

Trickey, John and Annie Scovil, and family circa 1905-1916, undated

Physical Description: 34 items

Box : Folder 4 : 1

Utt, C. E., and family 1903, undated

Physical Description: 2 items

Box : Folder 4 : 2-3

Wagner, Fannie Gulick, and children circa 1903, undated

Physical Description: 10 items

Box : Folder 12-13, FRAG-4

Glass plate negatives circa 1900-circa 1920

Scope and Content Note

Contains 198 glass plate negatives numbered from 1 to 203 and two additional unnumbered glass plate negatives.

Access Information

Access to glass plate negatives is restricted due to fragility.

Box : Folder 14

Copy negatives circa 1900-circa 1920

Access Information

Access to copy negatives is restricted.

Box : Folder 14

Original film negatives circa 1900-circa 1920

Access Information

Access to original film negatives is restricted.

Box : Folder XOS2

Panoramic film negatives undated

Access Information

Access to panoramic negatives is restricted. Users must request a copy print to be made.

Box : Folder XOS1

Panoramic prints undated

Box : Folder 11 : 6

Compact disc containing digital image of St. Ann's Inn undated

Series 2. Correspondence 1833-1969

Physical Description: 0.4 linear feet

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series consists largely of correspondence between family members, including a small amount of business correspondence. Abstracts of many of the letters, prepared in an earlier stage of processing, are found in the collection file.

This series includes many letters written by Annis, Hattie and Olive Gulick to their sister Sadie, including letters written by Hattie on the trip west in 1892. There are also many letters from Laura Palmer Gulick to her daughter Helen Gulick Huntley. Two letters from James Harvey Gulick document his participation in the Civil War; in other letters, he writes to his father about decisions related to establishing a farm.

Arrangement

This series is arranged alphabetically by sender.

Processing note

Abstracts of many of the letters, prepared in an earlier stage of processing, are found in the collection file.

Box : Folder 4 : 4

Barr, Maria Curtis and Lulu 1877

Box : Folder 4 : 5-7

Carson, Harlan P. 1887-1932

Box : Folder 4 : 8

Carson, Rollin G. 1890-1892

Box : Folder 4 : 9

Davidson, Sue 1889

Scope and Content Note

Transcribed from the original.

Box : Folder 4 : 10

Doubt, K. L., 1872

Box : Folder 4 : 11

Fitzpatrick, Nellie 1869-1874

Box : Folder 4 : 12

Freedland, Addie Welch 1918

Box : Folder 4 : 13

Gooch, Alice Gulick 1879-1900

Box : Folder 4 : 14-16

Gulick, Annis Curtis Phelps 1879-1894

Box : Folder 4 : 17-18

Gulick, Hattie 1879-1917

Box : Folder 4 : 19-21

Gulick, James Harvey 1864-1905

Box : Folder 4 : 22-25

Gulick, Laura Palmer 1900-1910

Box : Folder 4 : 26

Gulick, Martin N. 1833

Box : Folder FB-49 : 4

Oversize material 1833

Box : Folder 5 : 1-2

Gulick, Olive 1892-1902, undated

Scope and Content Note

Includes a letter with notes from both Annis and Hattie Gulick and an unsigned card sent to Olive.

Box : Folder 5 : 3

Humiston, Sadie Gulick 1918

Box : Folder 5 : 4

Huntley, Helen Gulick 1956

Box : Folder 5 : 5

Huntley, Walter P. 1926

Box : Folder 5 : 7-8

Palmer, Laura Davidson 1879-1891

Box : Folder 5 : 9

Roberts, Nettie Rogene 1915

Box : Folder 5 : 10

Scovil, Charles and Ethel 1921-1929

Box : Folder 5 : 11

Welch, Lizzie 1888

Box : Folder 5 : 6

Other correspondence, including unidentified correspondents 1917-1969, undated

Series 3. Topical files and ephemera 1745-1969

Physical Description: 2.0 linear feet

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series consists of the family papers of Helen Gulick and William M. Huntley as well as materials they collected, including from other family members. Helen Gulick Huntley maintained detailed household records and was the bookkeeper for the Tustin Garage. Various records document the Huntleys' citrus orchard, including statements from their orchard association. This series also includes biographical information, brochures, clippings, legal documents (particularly those related to land ownership), pamphlets, and other printed materials. Research materials were part of the Huntley's activities as local and family historians. Among the ephemera are pieces of linen and other textiles, many of them woven by family members.

Arrangement

This series is arranged alphabetically.

Box : Folder 5 : 12

Barrett, Lena Gulick Hewitt, and family calling cards and announcement undated

Box : Folder 5 : 13

Brochures and pamphlets 1890-1940, undated

Scope and Content Note

Includes photocopy of a letter from Mary M. Utt to Olive Gulick, 1913.

Box : Folder 5 : 14

Calendars 1914-1935

Ephemera

Box : Folder 5 : 15

Button, leaves, ribbons 1937, undated

Textiles circa 1745-1918, undated

Box : Folder 9 : 1

Two individual tassels and one long piece of brown tasseled trim undated

Box : Folder 9 : 2

One long piece of lace, four collars, and lace collar made in Belgium that was given to Helen Gulick by a neighbor undated

Box : Folder 9 : 3

Dress fragments, brown tasseled panels "from a dress worn by Laura Jane Gulick" circa 1918

Box : Folder 9 : 4

Shirtwaist fragments from the shirtwaist Helen Gulick wore to her wedding in 1909 1909

Box : Folder 9 : 5

Bolero made by Lena Gulick Hewitt in 1906 1906

Box : Folder 9 : 6

Shawl fragment worn by Polly Palmer, Laura Jane Palmer's mother circa 1860

Box : Folder 9 : 7

Crochet lace and crochet collar made by Laura Palmer Gulick undated

Box : Folder 9 : 8

Linen panel with lace and tatting circa 1838, 1870, 1911, 1928

Scope and Content Note

Linen was woven by Eleanor Welch Gulick circa 1838, the lace circa 1911, and the tatting circa 1870 by Annis Curtis Gulick. All pieces sewn together by Eleanor Gulick Davidson in 1928.

Box : Folder 9 : 9

Linen towel made in the home of Daniel and Phoebe Curtis undated

Box : Folder 9 : 10

Embroidered piece of hand-woven linen circa 1917

Scope and Content Note

From a sheet that belonged to Elizabeth Gano Gulick. Hemmed and embroidered by Annis Curtis Gulick in 1917.

Box : Folder 9 : 11

Linen sheet fragment woven by Elisabeth Gano Gulick undated

Box : Folder 9 : 12

Linen sheet with initials woven by Annis Curtis undated

Box : Folder 5 : 16

Gulick, James Harvey: notes undated

Box : Folder 5 : 17

Gulick, Harriet R. ("Hattie"): notice of rejection of Workmen's Compensation Act of California 1927

Gulick, Laura Jane Palmer

Box : Folder 5 : 18

Journal of a trip to National City, California 1900

Scope and Content Note

Includes drafts of letters to Helen Gulick, newspaper clipping, and map. The Edna W. Phelps Collection (MS-R043) contains a transcription of this journal.

Box : Folder 5 : 19

Notebook of songs 1868

Processing/Project Information

Also includes illustrations from a seed catalog and letter from Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War.

Box : Folder 5 : 20

Gulick, Martin N.: memorial card 1900

Box : Folder 5 : 21

Gulick, William Gano: military record 1860-1957, undated

Gulick, William Nicholas and Julia I.

Box : Folder 5 : 22-26

Medical receipts and Old Age Security records 1923-1958

Box : Folder 5 : 27

Property records 1908-1958, undated

Box : Folder 5 : 28-29

Vital records and other material, including ration books from World War II 1920-1955

Box : Folder 6 : 1

Huntley, Martin Adrial and Julia Hammerton: newspaper article referring to their wedding undated

Box : Folder 6 : 2

Huntley, Walter Palmer: miscellaneous 1920-1960, undated

Huntley, William Martin and Helen Gulick

Box : Folder 6 : 3

Answers to the Women's Club questionnaire about Tustin in 1890 and a few years following, by William Martin Huntley 1963

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