Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Scope and Content of Collection
Descriptive Summary
Title: Kingston Collection,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1814-1895
Collection Number: Mss 57
Extent:
.4 linear feet
(1 document box)
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Department of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, California 93106-9010
Physical Location: Del Sur
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Preferred Citation
Kingston Collection. Mss 57. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Undetermined.
Biography
The collection contains papers relating to Joseph Sampson Beal, Alexander Holmes, Joseph Alexander Holmes, and other Holmes
family members, from the Kingston and Plymouth, Massachusetts area. A brief genealogical chart is included in folder 1 of
the collection.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains correspondence, documents, and financial records (mainly bills and receipts) of the Beal and Holmes
families. There are a number of items from the Civil War era.