Detailed Description of the Collection
Box 1, Folder 1-49
Series 1:
Sketches and prints.
1804-1882, undated (bulk undated)
Physical Description:
49 folders
Series Scope and Contents
This series is divided into two subseries: (1) Original sketches and (2) Prints.
Box 1, Folder 1-29
Subseries 1:
Original sketches.
1804-1877, undated (bulk undated)
Physical Description:
29 folders
Box 1, Folder 2
Fire and portrait of a girl (front and back)
Box 1, Folder 3
Immigrant encampment near the Soledad Mission Ruins in the Salinas Valley.
1873
Box 1, Folder 6
Hawaiian Cocoa-Nut Palm Grove (sketches of 1855/60) by Wenderoth? Copy by Vischer.
1877
Box 1, Folder 7
Hubert's Erst Jagdgreuden.
Box 1, Folder 8
Rancho de Santa Anna.
circa 1860
Box 1, Folder 9
Capt. Weber's House, Rancho de las Animas.
circa 1860
Box 1, Folder 11
Ruins of the Old Farm Building of Sta. Margarita.
1804
Box 1, Folder 12
A day with the Soveranis (Don Panfilo) near the Soldedad Mission ruins on the Salinas.
1874
Box 1, Folder 16
Alice's mountain home.
1861
Box 1, Folder 17
Two sailing ships (front and back)
Box 1, Folder 18
Stanislaus Meadows (Sept 9) Zook and Kerricks Peaks, Niswander Range
Box 1, Folder 19
East Summit of the Sierra Nevada. Sept 1861.
1861
Box 1, Folder 20
Meadow and woods (front and back)
Box 1, Folder 23
Horses and wagon in hills
Box 1, Folder 27
Woldemar, am Grabe seines Vaters Angangueo.
1860
Box 1, Folder 30-49
Subseries 2:
Prints.
1882, undated (bulk undated)
Physical Description:
20 folders
Box 1, Folder 31
The Descent Carson Valley
Box 1, Folder 32
Falls of the Little Truckee River at the outlet of the lake
Box 1, Folder 33
Oak Knoll. Oak Knoll Farm
Box 1, Folder 34
Oak Knoll. Pilgrimage to the Grave
Box 1, Folder 36
Oak Knoll people under trees
Box 1, Folder 38
View from the summit of Santa Cruz Mountains towards Sn. Jose and Gilroy.
1882
Box 1, Folder 39
On the plains. The Overland Mail stage; Pony Express and the Telegraph
Note
Same item as in folder #45
Box 1, Folder 41
The Devilsgate of Flowery District
Box 1, Folder 42
Sierra Valley - the sources of the Feather River, north fork. Grouse supper at the preacher's home
Box 1, Folder 44
Washoe Valley, encampment of emigrants at the foot of the Sierra Nevada
Box 1, Folder 45
On the plains. The Overland Mail stage; Pony Express and the telepgraph; emigrants coming in
Note
Same item as in folder #39
Box 1, Folder 46
The lost trail to Gold Lake, Mohawk Valley and Old Seventy Six
Box 1, Folder 47
Richardson's Bay and Mt. Tamalpais, from the Saucelito Bluff
Box 1, Folder 48
View of Flowery City. Knox's Crushing Mills
Box 1, Folder 49
Crystal Springs, San Mateo County
Box 1, Folder 50-57
Series 2:
Miscellanea.
1869-1933, undated
Physical Description:
8 folders
Series Scope and Contents
A variety of miscellanea including photographs, handwritten letters, and ephemera.
Box 1, Folder 50
Photograph of Robert B. Cowan 1932 portrait by Henrique Medina.
1932-1933
Box 1, Folder 51
Covers and Appendix to
Vischer's Pictorial of California...
Box 1, Folder 52
Photograph of Vischer and grandson.
circa 1876
Box 1, Folder 53
Photograph of Vischer and son, Hubert.
circa 1874
Box 1, Folder 54
Notes by George Watson Cole manuscript
Note
Manuscript was found laid in red copy of "Sketches of Washoe"
Box 1, Folder 55
Correspondence between Hubert Vischer and R. E. Cowan.
1929
Physical Description:
2 letters
Note
Letters found with Cowan pamphlets [Vischer 20 and 21]
Box 1, Folder 55, Item 1
Robert E. Cowan letter to Hubert Vischer.
1929 May 11
Physical Description: Autograph letter signed (ALS); 1 leaf
Box 1, Folder 55, Item 2
Hubert Vischer letter to Robert E. Cowan.
1929 September 20
Physical Description: Autograph letter signed (ALS); 2 leaves
Box 1, Folder 56
Dedication to the Society of California Pioneers.
1870
Note
Found with Cowan pamphlets [Vischer 20 and Vischer 21]
Box 1, Folder 57
The Sutro Tunnel and the Bank of California newspaper article.
1869 September 20
Note
Page from an unidentified newspaper. Found with Richthofen, "The Comstock Lode" [Vischer 19].
Box 1, Folder 58-62
Series 3:
Materials found laid in front and back of
Missions of Upper California.
1851-1878, undated (bulk undated)
Physical Description:
5 folders
Series Scope and Contents
Materials that were found laid in front and back of
Missions of Upper California. These materials are mostly manuscripts, prints and photographs with some broadsides.
Box 1, Folder 58
Manuscripts: Handwritten notes
Physical Description:
4 items
Box 1, Folder 58, Item 1
Alfred Robinsons description of the Bay of San Francisco and surroundings and visit of the Missions Dolores, Sta. Clara and
San Jose
Physical Description:
8 pages
Box 1, Folder 58, Item 2
Vancouver's Voyage to the North Pacific Ocean and round the world, 1790-1795
Physical Description:
4 pages
Box 1, Folder 58, Item 3
Franciscan Missions of Upper California. Sketches taken from 1861 to 1873. Collection completed September 30, 1876.
1876 October 9
Physical Description: Autograph manuscript signed (AMS); 4 leaves; includes "Index of the Missions in this (the Pioneer Collection) represented."
Signed by Edward Vischer.
Box 1, Folder 58, Item 4
Facsimiles of autographs of distinguished Missionaries of the Order of San Franc[is].
1871 December
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet
Box 1, Folder 59
Manuscripts: Sketches of buildings and plans
Physical Description:
6 items
Box 1, Folder 59, Item 1
Bosquejo de la Mision de San Rafael en 1831, por favor del Sr. General Dn. Mo. G. Vallejo, en 1878
Physical Description: Folded sketch, with photographic portrait of Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo pasted in upper left corner; on canvas.
Box 1, Folder 59, Item 2
Vista General de la Mision de San Francisco Solano (Sonoma) en el ano de 1832
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet
Box 1, Folder 59, Item 3
Mission San Carlos, 1820
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet
Box 1, Folder 59, Item 4
Plan General de la Mision de Sta. Cruz . . .1817-34
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet
Box 1, Folder 59, Item 5
Vista de la Mision de la Purisima en 1822-1824
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet; sketched on both sides
Box 1, Folder 59, Item 6
Rough sketch of the mission church and buildings San Antonio by Eugene Sherwoodkey [?]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet; sketched on both sides
Box 1, Folder 60
Manuscripts
Physical Description:
3 items
Box 1, Folder 60, Item 1
Missions of Upper California, 1872. By Edward Vischer. Notes on the Californian Missions, a Supplement to Vischer's Pictorial
of California, dedicated to its patrons
.
1872
Physical Description:
16 pages, not including blank sides
Alternative Form Available
Item number vdp00124 in the Claremont Colleges Digital Library - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/u?/vdp,418
Scope and Contents
Includes: "Missions of Upper California in the chronological order of their foundation, from 1769 to 1832. Jurisdiction, military
and eclesiastical 1831. And population, in the Presidios, Missions and Towns; taken from Alexander Forbes, "California", London
1839. And List of Sketches and other material collected 1850 to 1870" (1 page); "Missions of Upper California n the order
of their foundation" (1 page); "Missions of Upper California. List of Sketches 1850 to 1870 and materials from various sources"
(1 page); "Military and eclesiastical Jurisdictions, Presidios, Missions and Towns in the year 1831" (1 page); "Autographs"
(1 page); "Facsimiles of Autographs, of distinguished Missionary Fathers of the Order of San Francis" (2 pages); "A List of
the Missionary Fathers in the year 1823" (2 pages); "State of the Missions of Upper California from 1802 to 1822" (1 page);
"Comparative Statistic Table of the Missions of Upper California under the Religious Administration in the year 1834 and under
the Civil Administration in the year 1842" (2 pages); "The Estates of the Church, or the Pious Fund. An Estimate of the actual
Indebtedness of the Mexican Government to the Catholic Missions of California in consequence of the Secularization, and previous
acts" (1 page); Copy of letter of acknowledgement from Pelagio A[ntonio de Labastida y Davalos] Archbishop of Mexico to Don
Manuel Guillen, in Spanish (2 pages); and Translation of letter of acknowledgement from Pelagio A[ntonio de Labastida y Davalos]
Archbishop of Mexico to Don Manuel Guillen (1 page)
Box 1, Folder 60, Item 2
Northern Missions
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet of heavy card stock with map laid in
Box 1, Folder 60, Item 3
Relics of the past. Missions of Upper California 1872. Repertoire: Photographic and lithogr.: Views of the Franciscan Mission
Churches, abt. 1870, in different stages of decay or renovation and other mementos of the Mission Era
.
1872
Physical Description:
8 pages
Scope and Contents
Pamphlet, 12 pages. Includes: "Ruins of the Mission of San Carlos, Carmelo Bay in Monterey Cty." - print pasted inside front
cover; "The early Franciscan Missions of Upper California" - autograph manuscript signed (AMS), 8 pages; and "Relics of the
past. Missions of the Upper California. In the order of their foundation" - broadside pasted on outside of back cover
Box 1, Folder 61
Broadsides
Physical Description:
4 items
Box 1, Folder 61, Item 1
Supplement. Rural and Forest Scenes . . .
Box 1, Folder 61, Item 2
Supplement to Vischer's Pictorial of California . . .
Box 1, Folder 61, Item 3
Pictorial of Californian Landscape . . .
Box 1, Folder 61, Item 4
Vischer's Miscellaneous Views of California . . .
Physical Description:
Mounted on pasteboard
Box 1, Folder 62
Prints and photographs
Physical Description:
22 items
Box 1, Folder 62, Item 1
Ruins of the Mission of San Carlos, Carmelo Bay in Monterey Cty.
Box 1, Folder 62, Item 2
Ruins of the Presidio of San Diego [illegible] of Old San Diego at the entrance of Mission Valley, 1874 and
Distant view of the mission ruins of San Diego from the river bend in Mission Valley, 1874/75
Box 1, Folder 62, Item 3
Ex-mission (now Parish-Church) of San Gabriel. Original by C. Hahn, copy 1.
1878
Box 1, Folder 62, Item 4
Ex-mission (now Parish-Church) of San Gabriel. Original by C. Hahn, copy 2.
1878
Box 1, Folder 62, Item 5
Santa Clara Mission and Church. Pupil's copy from the original of his master Professor of Drawings at the college 1851. Santa
Clara College, 1851
.
1851
Box 1, Folder 62, Item 6
Vignette from W. N. Tuttle's stereoscopic views. Friars of the Franciscan College at the ex-mission of Santa Barbara
Box 1, Folder 62, Item 7
Scene on an old Californian cattle ranch, in early spring, on the eve of a general rodeo
Box 1, Folder 62, Item 8
Indian hovels at the palm group at lower San Diego Valley (the old mission just visible in the distance). Canoes return from
fishing
.
1878
Box 1, Folder 62, Item 9
Scene at the abandoned mission-orchard at San Luis Rey, in the bottom, south of the mission-buildings.
1875, sketched 1865
Box 1, Folder 62, Item 10
Ruins of the south-end and inner corridors of Sta. Ines Mission buildings, our night quarters with the mail-agent, April 22,
1865
.
1873
Box 1, Folder 62, Item 11
North view of the church and ex-mission of Santa Ines, sketched 1865; (with groupings of the olden times)
Box 1, Folder 62, Item 12
Casa del Paso Robles, the old farm building of the Mission of San Miguel; now the sheep-farm of James Blackburn.
1864
Box 1, Folder 62, Item 13
Church (the interior yet kept in good condition) of the Mission of San Miguel, and ruins of the "Casa Principal" and out buildings.
1864
Box 1, Folder 62, Item 14
Barrio del Tigre (Tiger-Town) (haunts of the Native and Indian populations in the old mission buildings) - outskirts of town,
San Luis Obispo (1865)
.
1865
Box 1, Folder 62, Item 15
San Luis Obispo. The lower (older) portions of the town, and the old mission buildings, as seen from the mission orchard.
1864
Box 1, Folder 62, Item 16
Church, buildings and ruins of the Mission San Antonio de Padua, in Monterey Cty.
sketched 1873
Box 1, Folder 62, Item 17
Coast range scenery. North-view of Tamalpais-Range, from San Rafael Valley. Rancho de la Provida. Marin County
Box 1, Folder 62, Item 18
Ruins of the Mission of San Carlos, Carmelo Bay in Monterey Cty
Box 1, Folder 62, Item 19
South Cala scenery. North-east view of Temecola Valley, 10 miles west of San Luis Rey. Excursion of 1871.
1878
Box 1, Folder 62, Item 20
"Within the Golden Gate. Presidio, Fort San Jose, Lime Point and Lighthouse, from Black-Pt.
Box 1, Folder 62, Item 21
Mission of Dolores (San Francisco Asis) before its restoration, photograph
Box 1, Folder 62, Item 22
Sophia Prince-Smith (Mrs. Edward Vischer), photograph
Box 2, Folder 1
Series 4:
Scrapbooks inscribed by Vischer to Wm. H. Hilton.
1875-1876
Physical Description:
2 scrapbooks
Series Scope and Contents
Two scrapbooks inscribed by Vischer to William H. Hilton.
Box 2, Folder 1, Item 1
Missions of Upper California [Vischer 15].
1875
Alternative Form Available
Item number vdp00126 in the Claremont Colleges Digital Library - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/u?/vdp,280
Scope and Contents
Art portfolio, 5.25 x 6.25 inches. Compiled for William H. Hilton. It is comprised of photographic views of various Franciscan
missions either restored or in ruin.
Box 2, Folder 1, Item 2
Vignettes of the California Missions [Vischer 16].
1876
Alternative Form Available
Item number vdp00127 in the Claremont Colleges Digital Library - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/u?/vdp,232
Scope and Contents
Art portfolio, 5.25 x 6.25 inches. Compiled for William H. Hilton. Images incorporate Vischer's mission sketches with vignettes
of life in California (mid-1800s).
Box 2, Folder 2-11
Series 5:
Plates.
undated
Physical Description:
10 folders
Series Scope and Contents
Contains various plates, mostly from
Vischer's Pictorial of California... . However, there are a few plates that could not be found in any of Vischer's books.
Box 2, Folder 2
"Series the First" from
Vischer's Pictorial of California...
Physical Description:
13 items
Box 2, Folder 3
"Series the Second" from
Vischer's Pictorial of California...
Physical Description:
13 items
Box 2, Folder 4
"Series the Third" from
Vischer's Pictorial of California...
Physical Description:
13 items
Box 2, Folder 5
"Series the Fourth" from
Vischer's Pictorial of California...
Physical Description:
13 items
Box 2, Folder 6
"Series the Fifth" from
Vischer's Pictorial of California...
Physical Description:
13 items
Box 2, Folder 7
Assorted plates from
Vischer's Pictorial of California...
Physical Description:
17 items
Box 2, Folder 8
Assorted plates from
Vischer's Pictorial of California...
Physical Description:
13 items
Box 2, Folder 9
Plate from
California II: Trees and Forest Scenes, but not from
Vischer's Pictorial of California...
Physical Description:
1 item
Box 2, Folder 10
Plates from
California III: Miscellaneous, but not from
Vischer's Pictorial of California...
Physical Description:
26 items
Box 2, Folder 11
Plates not found in Vischer's books
Physical Description:
7 items
Series 6:
Printed materials.
circa 1816-1933
(bulk 1861-1872)
Physical Description:
25 items
Series Scope and Contents
Contains a variety of printed materials including Vischer's four published portfolios, additional variations of those portfolios,
and other printed matter written about Vischer.
Item Vischer 1
Vischer's Pictorial of California: Landscape, Trees and Forest Scenes. Grand Features of California Scenery, Life, Traffic
and Customs
.
1870
Scope and Content
Monograph, 11 x 12 1/2 inches. Incomplete text. Individual photographs of Vischer's and other artists' artwork grouped as
"Californian landscape"; "trees and forest scenes"; and "grand features and characteristic ranges of California scenery",
respectively. The albumen photographs are mounted on paper and pasted onto individual pages. Images from this copy vary from
other copies of
Vischer's Pictorial of California... .
Item Vischer 2
Vischer's Pictorial of California: Landscape, Trees and Forest Scenes. Grand Features of California Scenery, Life, Traffic
and Customs
.
1870
Alternative Form Available
Item number vdp00145 in Claremont Colleges Digital Library - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/u?/vdp,1332
Scope and Contents
Monograph, 10 7/8 x 12 3/8 inches. The text portion of the book contains three sections, each giving essays and descriptions
about the landscape photographs, the trees and forests of California, and geology of the High Sierra, respectively. The next
three sections contain individual photographs of Vischer's and other artists' artwork grouped as "Californian landscape";
"trees and forest scenes"; and "grand features and characteristic ranges of California scenery", respectively. The albumen
photographs are mounted on paper and pasted onto individual pages. Images from this copy vary from other copies of
Vischer's Pictorial of California... .
Item Vischer 3
Vischer's Pictorial of California: Landscape, Trees and Forest Scenes. Grand Features of California Scenery, Life, Traffic
and Customs
.
1870
Scope and Contents
Pamphlet [prospectus?], 9 x 11 5/8 inches. Text only. Contains three sections, each giving essays and descriptions about the
landscape photographs, the trees and forests of California, and geology of the High Sierra, respectively. Same text as Vischer
2.
Item Vischer 4
Vischer's Pictorial of California: Landscape, Trees and Forest Scenes. Grand Features of California Scenery, Life, Traffic
and Customs
.
1870
Scope and Contents
Presentation copy, 9 1/4 x 12 inches. In green binding to "Hubert Vischer from his father". Contains three sections, each
giving essays and descriptions about the landscape photographs, the trees and forests of California, and geology of the High
Sierra, respectively. Same text as Vischer 2. Inscribed photograph of Edward Vischer pasted inside front cover. Includes a
poem on California; "Dedication to the Society of California Pioneers; and notes regarding gift of "Vischer's Pictorial of
California..." to the society. Tipped in photo mounts include image of bookplate (?) - "Edward Vischer certified as life member
of the California Society of Pioneers" - and five plates of miniatures of "Sixty numbers of landscape".
Item Vischer 5
Vischer's Pictorial of California: Landscape, Trees and Forest Scenes. Grand Features of California Scenery, Life, Traffic
and Customs
.
1870
Scope and Contents
Monograph, 9 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches. Contains three sections, each giving essays and descriptions about the landscape photographs,
the trees and forests of California, and geology of the High Sierra, respectively. Same text as Vischer 2. Includes a poem
on California; "Dedication to the Society of California Pioneers"; notes regarding gift of "Vischer's Pictorial of California..."
to the society; and "opinion of the press" regarding said gift. No photographs are included in this volume.
Item Vischer 6a
California I: Landscape.
circa 1861-1867
Alternative Form Available
Item number vdp00142 in the Claremont Colleges Digital Library - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/u?/vdp,640
Scope and Contents
Monograph, 9 3/4 x 12 1/4 inches. One of three books depicting California through art. This collection is comprised primarily
of items also located in
Visher's Pictorial of California... . The book consists of albumen photographs of drawings and paintings, mounted on paper, and pasted onto individual pages.
Item Vischer 6b
California II: Trees and Forest Scenes.
circa 1862-1868
Alternative Form Available
Item number vdp00143 in the Claremont Colleges Digital Library - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/u?/vdp,791
Scope and Contents
Monograph, 9 3/4 x 12 1/4 inches. The second of three books depicting California through art. Here, Vischer's photographed
drawings feature native Californian trees. Roughly three-quarters of the images here may also be found in
Visher's Pictorial of California... . The book consists of albumen photographs of drawings and paintings, mounted on paper, and pasted onto individual pages.
Item Vischer 6c
California III: Miscellaneous.
circa 1867
Alternative Form Available
Item number vdp00144 in the Claremont Colleges Digital Library - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/u?/vdp,862
Scope and Contents
Monograph, 9 3/4 x 12 1/4 inches. The third of three books depicting Northern and Central California through art. Included
are photographed drawings by Vischer and others of miscellaneous subjects. The book consists of albumen photographs of drawings
and paintings, mounted on paper, and pasted onto individual pages.
Item Vischer 7
Sketches of the Washoe Mining Region.
1862
Alternative Form Available
Item number vdp00139 in the Claremont Colleges Digital Library - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/u?/vdp,569
Scope and Contents
Pamphlet, 7 1/4 x 10 inches. Text only. This booklet describes of each of Vischer's sketches of the Washoe mining region,
25 in total. Includes an introductory section that provides historical information and concluding remarks.
Item Vischer 8
Vischer's Sketches of Washoe. The Washoe Mining Region.
1861-1865
Alternative Form Available
Item number vdp00140 in the Claremont Colleges Digital Library - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/u?/vdp,704
Scope and Contents
Monograph, 9 3/4 x 12 1/4 inches. Book contains drawings photographed by Edward Vischer documenting the Washoe mining region.
Images include depictions of landscapes, buildings and rural life. The book also includes exterior and interior views of the
Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company (tunnels, engine room, battery room, amalgamation, distribution, etc.). The book ends
with photos of the region, presumably from atop Mount Davidson. Also included are three plates of miniatures from "Vischer's
Vignettes of Washoe" depicting views 1 to 9, 10 to 17 and 18 to 25, as well as 1 plate depicting miniatures of "Views and
works of the Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company". Laid in are three maps: "Map of the Washoe Mining Regions"; "Longitudinal
Section of the Comstock Lode Showing the Workings and their Relative Depths to the Sutro Tunnel and Section of the Sutro Tunnel
from its Entrance to the Comstock Lode"; and "Topographical Map of the Range of Mountains Containing the Comstock Lode and
the Mining Claims and Works Located Thereon" and a broadside: "Washoe. Vignette Edition of Vischer's Sketches of the Washoe
Mining Regiond and Surroundings and the Panorama from the Summit of Mt. Davidson".
Item Vischer 9a
Sketches of the Washoe Mining Region
Scope and Contents
Portfolio, 10 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches. The text is descriptive of the plates, which are 25 in number, representing views of cities,
natural scenery, and mining life. Pasted inside back cover is "Map of the Washoe Mining Regions". Two other maps laid in:
"Longitudinal Section of the Comstock Lode Showing the Workings and their Relative Depths to the Sutro Tunnel and Section
of the Sutro Tunnel from its Entrance to the Comstock Lode"; and "Topographical Map of the Range of Mountains Containing the
Comstock Lode and the Mining Claims and Works Located Thereon".
Item Vischer 9b
Sketches of the Washoe Mining Region
Scope and Contents
Portfolio, 10 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches. The text is descriptive of the plates, which are 25 in number, representing views of cities,
natural scenery, and mining life. Pasted inside back cover is "Map of the Washoe Mining Regions". Two other maps laid in:
"Longitudinal Section of the Comstock Lode Showing the Workings and their Relative Depths to the Sutro Tunnel and Section
of the Sutro Tunnel from its Entrance to the Comstock Lode"; and "Topographical Map of the Range of Mountains Containing the
Comstock Lode and the Mining Claims and Works Located Thereon".
Item Vischer 9c
Sketches of the Washoe Mining Region
Scope and Contents
Portfolio, 10 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches. The text is descriptive of the plates, which are 25 in number, representing views of cities,
natural scenery, and mining life. Pasted inside back cover is "Map of the Washoe Mining Regions". Two other maps laid in:
"Longitudinal Section of the Comstock Lode Showing the Workings and their Relative Depths to the Sutro Tunnel and Section
of the Sutro Tunnel from its Entrance to the Comstock Lode"; and "Topographical Map of the Range of Mountains Containing the
Comstock Lode and the Mining Claims and Works Located Thereon".
Item Vischer 10
The Mission Era: California Under Spain and Mexico, and Reminiscences of Thirty Years Ago.
1872
Alternative Form Available
Item number vdp00146 in the Claremont Colleges Digital Library - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/u?/vdp,1066
Scope and Contents
Monograph, 9 3/4 x 12 inches. Text only. Notes and writings on the history of the California mission era. It was published
as a supplement to
Vischer's Pictorial of California..., and includes lists of missions, missionary Fathers and comparative data.
Item Vischer 11
The Mission Era: California Under Spain and Mexico, and Reminiscences of Thirty Years Ago.
1872
Alternative Form Available
Item number vdp00135 in the Claremont Colleges Digital Library - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/u?/vdp,1002
Scope and Contents
Monograph, 10 3/8 x 12 1/4 inches. Individual photographs of Vischer's drawings and related materials grouped into four sections
and dedicated to the Society of California Pioneers. Contains historical perspectives about the Californian Missions, including
lists of missions and comparative data, as well as lists of missionary fathers and their autographs.
Item Vischer 12
Missions of Upper California, 1872. Notes on the Californian Missions, a Supplement to Vischer's Pictorial California, Dedicated
to its Patrons
.
1872
Scope and Contents
Pamphlet, 9 1/8 x 11 3/4 inches. Text only. Notes and writings on the history of the California mission era. It was published
as a supplement to
Vischer's Pictorial of California..., and includes lists of missions, missionary Fathers and comparative data. Same text as Vischer 10, except "Appendix" and
"Notes on Missions" are reversed.
Item Vischer 13
Missions of Upper California.
circa 1816-1873
Alternative Form Available
Item number vdp00141 in the Claremont Colleges Digital Library - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/u?/vdp,748
Scope and Contents
Manuscript, 9 3/4 x 12 1/4 inches. Collection of photographs of missions and drawings. Provides images of building facades
and interiors, as well as rural scenes and missionary settlement life. Includes original manuscripts and sketches. Laid in
albumen print.
Item Vischer 14
Vischer's Portfolio of the Mammoth Tree Grove.
1862
Alternative Form Available
Item number vdp00137 in the Claremont Colleges Digital Library - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/u?/vdp,336
Scope and Contents
Artists' book, 14 x 11 inches. Leather bound portfolio embossed with gold and decorative etching. Contains Vischer's introductory
remarks and description of plates. Portfolio includes a title page replicated on the inside book cover and twelve unbound
plates.
Item Vischer 17
Thomas Hill
Alternative Form Available
Item number vdp00136 in the Claremont Colleges Digital Library - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/u?/vdp,413
Scope and Contents
Artists' book, 10 1/4 x 7 inches. A portfolio containing photographs of Thomas Hill's paintings -- predominately images of
Yosemite Valley and Lake Tahoe. The portfolio is leather bound and embossed with gold leaf.
Item Vischer 18
Souvenirs.
circa 1867
Alternative Form Available
Item number vdp00138 in the Claremont Colleges Digital Library - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/u?/vdp,381
Scope and Content
Artists' book, 10 1/4 x 7 inches. A collection of photographs, reproductions of paintings, newspaper articles and a manuscript
document. The photographs and reproductions include images of German churches and other buildings, Egyptian pyramids and a
monumental Southeast Asian statue of the Buddha, as well as photographic reproductions of paintings and sketches of Hawaii.
A newspaper article on Rabison, Germany is pasted inside. Laid in is an original manuscript written in German by Edward Vischer
entitled "Patrons of the Tomb of St. Sebald in Sebaldskirche, Nurenburg, by Peter Vischer, 1500-1519". The document provides
biographic information on Peter Vischer along with a discussion of the artist's sculpture for St. Sebald Church.
Item Vischer 19
The Comstock Lode: Its character and the probable mode of its continuance in depth. by Ferdinand Baron Richthofen, Dr. Phil. (November 22nd 1865.).
1866
Physical Description: Pamphlet, 83 p.; 24 cm. San Francisco: Sutro Tunnel Co., 1866.
Item Vischer 20
The Pioneers of California: An address made at the member's meeting of the Society of California Pioneers on October 2, 1928
at the time that Mr. Cowan was elected an Honorary Member of the Society
by Robert E. Cowan.
1929
Physical Description: Pamphlet, 12 p., ill.; 23 cm. San Francisco: Printed by the Society of California Pioneers, 1929.
Item Vischer 21
Alexander S. Taylor, 1817-1876: First bibliographer of California by Robert E. Cowan.
1933
Physical Description: Pamphlet, 9 p.; 27 cm. Inscribed by the author. Reprinted from the Quarterly of the California Historical Society, vol. XII,
no. 1 (Mar 1933).
Item Vischer 22
Quarterly of the California Historical Society.
December 1930
Physical Description: Periodical, 26 cm. Vol. 9, no. 4 (Dec 1930). San Francisco: The Society, 1930.
Item Vischer 23
Edward Vischer and his Pictorial of California: A biographical sketch as told by Hubert Vischer to Francis P. Farquhar in
November 1930 and January 1931
.
1932
Physical Description: Pamphlet, 8, [2] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 28 cm. San Francisco : [Printed at the Grabhorn press], 1932.
