Marvin Studebaker Papers
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Copyright 2010
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
spcoll@ucsd.edu
Descriptive Summary
Languages:
English
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: Marvin Studebaker Papers
Identifier/Call Number: MSS 0150
Physical Description:
2.1 Linear feet
(4 archives boxes, 4 oversize folders)
Date (inclusive): 1839-1865
Abstract: Papers of Marvin Studebaker, an amateur historian of the Civil War and San Diego. Included in the papers are Studebaker's
research on Henry J. Hartstene, a participant in Arctic exploration parties of the 1850s and a naval officer in the Civil
War. The papers also include handwritten notes by Studebaker, his transcriptions of Civil War era letters, and oversized
copies of newspapers from the 1840s regarding Arctic exploration.
Preferred Citation
Marvin Studebaker Papers, MSS 150. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Acquisition Information
Acquired 1987
Publication Rights
Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Marvin Studebaker Papers document Studebaker's research on the career of U.S. naval officer Henry J. Hartstene.
Henry J. Hartstene served in the U.S. Navy from 1830 to 1861. Hartstene participated in exploration expeditions to the Arctic
during the 1840s and 1850s. He served in the navy of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, 1861-1865.
Hartstene died in France in 1868.
The collection is arranged in three series: 1) HENRY J. HARTSTENE RESEARCH, 2) WRITINGS and 3) MISCELLANEOUS RESEARCH.
SERIES 1: HENRY J. HARTSTENE RESEARCH
The HENRY J. HARTSTENE RESEARCH series contains Studebaker's research on the career and Arctic expeditions of naval officer
Henry J. Hartstene, from 1840 to 1865. Research materials include newspaper clippings; Studebaker's handwritten and typed
research notes, bibliographies, and correspondence; and handwritten and typed transcripts of Hartstene's correspondence and
journals relating to Arctic expeditions.
SERIES 2: WRITINGS
The WRITINGS series contains Studebaker's handwritten and typed drafts of articles about the Civil War.
SERIES 3: MISCELLANEOUS RESEARCH
The MISCELLANEOUS RESEARCH series contains documents related to the Civil War and to the United States Navy, and Studebaker's
research notes and correspondence.
Biography
Marvin J. Studebaker was an amateur historian who focused on research regarding Henry J. Hartstene, San Diego history, and
the American Civil War.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Explorers -- United States
San Diego (Calif.) -- History
Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- American
Hartstene, Henry J.
Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857
HENRY J. HARTSTENE RESEARCH
1830-1867
Box 1, Folder 1, Oversize FB-468-03
Biographical materials - Geneology, chronology, biography
Box 1, Folder 2-3
Correspondence - Transcriptions
1830-1860
General note
Transcribed by Marvin Studebaker.
Box 1, Folder 4
Military training at Patridge Academy
1828
Box 1, Folder 7
Wilkes exploring expedition
1839
Box 1, Folder 8
Mexican War service
1846-1847
General note
Transcribed by Marvin Studebaker.
Box 1, Folder 9
Arctic Expedition - Relief expedition to rescue Dr. Kane
1855
Box 2, Folder 1-2
Arctic Expedition - Relief expedition to rescue Dr. Kane
1855
Box 2, Folder 3
"Return of 'HMS
Resolute' to U.K." by Henry Hartstene
1856
Box 2, Folder 4
Search for SS
Pacific
1856
Box 2, Folder 7-8
Participation at Battle of Fort Sumter
1861
Box 3, Folder 3
Service aboard Mail Steamers
Box 2, Folder 5
Miscellaneous research notes
Box 2, Folder 8
Miscellaneous source materials
Box 3, Folder 4
"Freestone for Our Monuments to Freedom" - Typescript drafts and notes
1959
Box 3, Folder 5
"The Governments Biggest Print Job: The Official Records of the War of the Rebellion" - Typescript drafts and notes
1960
Box 3, Folder 6
"Never Turn Away a Sailor" - Typescript drafts and notes
Box 3, Folder 7
"The Search for Franklin" - Typescript drafts and notes
1845
Box 3, Folder 8
"The Second Greatest Story Ever Told" - Typescript drafts and notes
Box 3, Folder 9
Arlington House, home of Robert E. Lee
1941
Box 3, Folder 10
Avery, Latham Burrows "Mad Jack"
1831-1855
Box 3, Folder 11
Bibliographic information cards
Box 3, Folder 12
Biographies other than Hartstene
Box 3, Folder 13
Confederate exiles flight from the United States
1958-1960
Box 4, Folder 5
Enforcement of U.S. Slave Trade ban - Research notes
Box 4, Folder 6
Harpers New Monthly Magazine
September 1853
Box 4, Folder 7, Oversize FB-468-02
Letters between Lady Franklin and various correspondents regarding the return of HMS
Resolute to England and it's future use in rescue expeditions
1856
General note
Oversize copies.
Box 4, Folder 8, Oversize FB-468-01
"The Mariner and the Arctic" - Oversize photocopy
Box 4, Folder 9
Miscellaneous news and magazine articles
Box 4, Folder 10, Oversize FB-468-04
Newspaper photostat copies relating to Mariner expeditions
Box 4, Folder 11
Research sources and bibliographic notes
Box 4, Folder 12
U.S. Naval research notes
Box 4, Folder 13
USS
Pawnee - Research notes
1861
