Guide to the Sharon family papers, [ca. 1882-1915]

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Guide to the Sharon Family Papers, [ca. 1882-1915]

Collection number: BANC MSS C-B 777 Pt. 1-3

The Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, California

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The Bancroft Library.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
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Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
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Date Completed:: ca. 1960
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Collection Summary

Collection Title: Sharon family papers,

Date (inclusive): [ca. 1882-1915]

Collection Number: BANC MSS C-B 777 Pt. 1-3

Creator: Sharon family

Extent: Number of containers: 37 boxes, 1 carton

Repository: The Bancroft Library

Berkeley, California 94720-6000

Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Abstract: Pt. I: papers of Frederick W. Sharon re his business and property investments, the operation of the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, and the Sharon Estate Co. Pt. II Louise Sharon's social and family correspondence and letters re her business affairs. Pt. III: papers of Francis G. Newlands re work as trustee of Sharon Estate Co.

Languages Represented: English

Information for Researchers

Access

Collection is open for research.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Sharon family papers, BANC MSS C-B 777 Pt. 1-3, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Material Cataloged Separately

Photographs transferred to Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1959.088--PIC)

Scope and Content

The Sharon Family Papers, which were given to the Bancroft Library in May 1960 by William F. Sharon, are divided into three parts: Part I, the papers of Frederick William Sharon (1857-1915), the son of Senator William Sharon; Part II, the papers of his wife, Louise (Tevis) Breckinridge Sharon, the daughter of Lloyd Tevis; and Part III, the papers of Sharon's brother-in-law, Francis G. Newlands, who later became U. S. Senator from Nevada.

Frederick Sharon's papers (26 boxes and 1 carton) relate primarily to his many business investments, his real estate holdings in San Francisco, Washington, D. C., and New York City, and the operation of the Palace Hotel, San Francisco. They also include reports of the Sharon Estate Company. Mrs. Sharon's papers (8 boxes) consist of social and family correspondence and letters concerning her business affairs. Senator Newland's papers (3 boxes) relate mainly to his work as trustee of the Sharon Estate Company.

Boxes 1-23

Letters to Frederick W. Sharon

Scope and Content Note

Arranged alphabetically by name of person or organization. Single letters have been placed in miscellanies preceding each letter of the alphabet. A list of the more important correspondents follows the Key.

Box 1

Box 2

Box 3

Box 4

Box 5

E-G

Box 6

Hesketh, Florence E

Box 7

Hesketh, Florence L-Ke

Box 8

Box 9

L-M

Box 10

N-P

Box 11

Q-Se

Box 12

Sharon, W

Boxes 13-15

Sharon L

Box 16

She-T

Box 17

W, Y

Box 18-23

Wilson

Box 24

Letters written by Sharon

Scope and Content Note

Primarily drafts.

Boxes 25-26

Reports of the Sharon Estate Company, 1888-1912

Carton 1

Misc. papers

Scope and Content Note

Bills, business agreements, deeds, check books, insurance policies, wills, clippings, etc.

Boxes 1-8

Letters written to Mrs. Sharon

Scope and Content Note

Box 1

A-Breckinridge, J

Box 2

Breckinridge, L-F

Box 3

H-L

Box 4

M-Sa

Box 5

Se-Tevis, S

Box 6

Tevis, W

Box 7

T-Will

Box 8

Wils

Box 1

Letters written to Senator Newlands, A-Z

Scope and Content Note

Arranged alphabetically by name of person or organization. Single letters are in an alphabetical miscellany. A list of the more important correspondents follows the Key.

Boxes 2-3

Letters written by Newlands

Scope and Content Note

Include letters to Frederick and Louise Sharon, Flora (Sharon) Hesketh, Henry C. Wright, and his wife, Edith.

Alexander & Green (Firm)

5 letters, 1889-1911.

See also W. C. Gulliver.

Allen, Frederick H.

2 letters, 1887 & 1900

Allen, James M.

59 letters, 1887-1905

American Concentrated Must Company

5 letters, 1891-1896.

See also files for James M. Allen, Pelham Ames and Paul Oeker.

Ames, Pelham W.

3 letters, 1888-1892

Armstrong & Company (Successors to Kane & Company, Paris, France)

79 letters, 1888-1910. Concerning Sharon's finances in Europe.

B - Miscellany (single letters)

Blanding, Edith

Letter, n.d.

Blanding, Gordon, Jr.

Letter, Dec. 11, 1911

Baldwin & Hammond (successors to McAfee, Baldwin & Hammond)

15 letters, 1892-1895

Bird, Ernest E.

22 letters, 1907-1912. As counselor for Lady Hesketh.

Blanding, Gordon

2 telegrams, 1902 & 1910

Blanding, Lena

4 letters, 1894-1898

Bodington, Oliver E.

13 letters, 1897-1899. Some letters for the firm Bodington & Alexander.

Breckinridge, John Cabell, [1879]-1927

7 letters, 1893-1897

Breckinridge, Lloyd Tevis, 1878-1901

2 letters, 1898-1900

Bredow, Frances (Newlands)

8 letters, 1894-1905

Bredow, Leopold

6 letters, 1906-1911

Brown, A. Page, 1859-1896

9 letters, 1891-1894

C - Miscellany (single letters)

Cooperative Land & Trust Company

Letter, June 15, 1912

Crocker, Charles F.

Letter, June 3, 1891

Crocker, William

Letter, Sept. 22, 1896

Chevy Chase Land Company

60 letters, 1890-1915. Concerning land holdings in Washington held by Frederick Sharon and Francis G. Newlands.

DeLong, Edith (Haggin) Lounsbery

4 letters, 1903-1905

Dobinson, James H., d. 1894

56 letters, 1885-1893

Drew, H. R. & Company

4 letters, 1894-1898. Re N. Y. real estate.

Earle, Henry M.

21 letters, 1892-1899. Re property in Washington, D. C.

Eldridge, Jessie (Newlands)

10 letters, 1888-1897

F - Miscellany (single letter)

Fitch, Henry S.

Letter, May 4, 1891

Fisher, Thomas J. Company (Washington, D. C.)

6 letters, 1898-1914

Francis, Francis

38 letters, 1889-1897. Many letters relate to Sharon's mining interests.

G - Miscellany

Gilman, Daniel Coit

Letter, Aug. 29, 1874

Goodman, Joseph T., 1838-1917

letter, Nov. 2, 1889.

Gulliver, William C.

8 letters, 1890-1904

H - Miscellany (single letters)

Hammond, R. P. Jr.

Letter, June 1, 1891

Haxton, Sara

Letter, Feb. 9, 1905

Hériot, C.

letter, July 3, 1890

The History Company

Letter, Aug. 1, 1891. Signed by N. J. Stone.

Hume, Hurn

Letter, July 15, 1892

Harper, John

71 letters, 1894-1913. Re Sharon's mining interests.

Herrin, William F.

10 letters, 1888-1910

Hesketh, Florence Emily (Sharon), d. 1924

59 letters, 1882-1910. One letter, n.d., addressed to Lady Hesketh from George Botton, Sir Thomas Hesketh's cousin.

Hesketh, Florence Louise (Breckinridge), 1880-1956

10 letters, 1899-1914

Hesketh, Frederick, [1883-1910]

6 letters, 1900-1905

Hesketh, Sir Thomas George Fermor, 1849-1924

6 letters, 1885-1895

Hesketh, Thomas George Fermor, 1881-1944

16 letters, 1899-1914

Janin, Henry

10 letters, 1891-1905

Johnston, Edythe (Newlands)

12 letters, 1893-1901

Johnston, Janet (Newlands)

4 letters, 1893-1905

Kelham, George William, 1871-1936

3 letters, 1914-1915

Kelly, Edmond

51 letters, 1903-1910. As counselor for the Sharons in the affairs of John Breckinridge

Kirkpatrick, John C., d. 1914

103 letters, 1884-1914. As manager, The Palace Hotel. See Frederick Sharon's "Out correspondence" for letters and wires to Kirkpatrick.

Lawlor, Lillie Jean

3 letters, 1895-1910

Lloyd, Charles

3 letters, 1892-1893

Lounsbery, Edith

2 letters, 1903

Lounsbery, Richard P.

12 letters, 1891-1903

McAllister, Hall

29 letters, 1890-1899. Many letters concerning Sharon Estate Co.

Manogue, Patrick, Bp., 1831-1895

5 letters, 1885-1892. Letter, Nov. 23, 1885, has signature clipped out.

Martin, J. P.

34 letters, 1885-1903. Many letters re property in San Francisco.

Michael, M. F.

8 letters, 1907-1915

Newlands, Edith (McAllister)

17 letters, 1888-1905

Newlands, James, Jr.

4 letters, 1908-1909

Newlands, John C.

8 letters, 1907-1915

Oeker, Paul

46 letters, 1890-1900.

See also files for James Allen, American Concentrated Must Company and Pelham Ames.

P - Miscellany (single letter)

Pritchett, Henry Smith, 1857-1939

letter, Nov. 20, 1903

Pacific Ocean Exposition

2 letters, Jan. 8 & 17, 1907

Price, Bruce, 1845-1903

2 letters, 1887 & 1890

Queensberry, John Sholto Douglas, 8th Marquis of, 1844-1900

3 letters, March 1892 & n.d.

R - Miscellany (single letters)

Ralston, William C., 1826-1875

Letter, Aug. 14, 1874

Read, George R.

Letter, Dec. 19, 1898

Riordan, Patrick William, 1841-1914

Letter, Nov. 24, 1885

Ronalds, Lorillard, Jr.

Letter, Sept. 20, 1893

Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of, 1847-1929

Letter, Sept. 2, 1909

Rathbone, Jared Lawrence, 1844-1907

2 letters, Aug.-Dec. 1888

Rothschild & Fils

4 letters, 1895-1905

S - Miscellany (single letters)

Shorp, J. Campbell

Letter, Apr. 23, 1885

Spreckels, Rudolph, 1872-1958

Letter, Aug. 13, 1904

Stephens, Henry Morse, 1857-1919

Letter, Oct. 24, 1910

San Francisco. Panama Pacific International Exposition, 1915

3 letters, 1912-1915

Seymour, John W.

91 letters, 1902-1910. As Sharon's personal secretary.

Sharon, Henry William, 1885-1896

8 letters, 1891-1896. Signed Harry.

Sharon, William E., d. 1914

83 letters, 1886-1914. Many letters re mining interests in Nevada.

Sharon, Louise (Tevis) Breckinridge, ca. 1858-1938

367 letters, 1884-1906

Shephard, Charles S.

12 letters, 1889-1892

Sherwood, Franklin Platt

3 letters, June-July, 1903

Shorb, James de Barth

4 letters, 1887-1889

Smith, Charles Percy

10 letters, 1890-1896. Many letters re Palace Hotel, San Francisco.

Springmuhl, F.

4 letters, 1888-1890

Stellwagen, Edward James, 1854-1932

15 letters, 1895-1913

Tevis, Henry Lloyd, 1856-1931

6 letters, 1901-1911. Signed Harry.

Tevis, Susan Gano (Sanders), d. 1902

6 letters, 1885-1898

Tevis, William Sanders

7 letters, 1901-1910

Wauters, Emile Charles, 1846-1933

3 letters, 1892-n.d. Concerning a portrait of Mrs. Sharon.

Webb, Louis

4 letters, June-July, 1898

Wheeler, Alfred A.

12 letters, 1888-1913. Re purchase of lands in California.

Wheeler, Harold

3 letters, 1894-1896

Whitaker, O. W.

2 letters, Nov. 23-26, 1885

Williams Deacon's Bank Limited, Manchester, Eng

66 letters, 1896-1905

Wilson, Wright & Wilson's (firm)

448 letters, 1894-1914. Mainly letters of Henry Loundee Wright as Sharon's English solicitor. Concerning the Sharon Estate Company, the Palace Hotel, etc.

Yerington, Henry Marvin

9 letters, 1890-1905

A - Miscellany (single letter)

Atherton, Jeannie (Selby)

Letter, Nov. 19, 1896

Allen, James M.

2 letters, 1888-1901

Armstrong & Company, Paris

10 letters, 1895-1906

B - Miscellany (single letters)

Boalt, Elisabeth

Letter, Sept. 29, 1896

[Breckinridge], Adelaide [(Murphy)]

Letter, April 16, 1905

Bredow, Frances (Newlands)

letter, 1901

Bredow, Leopold

Letter, Dec. 26, 1904

Blanding, Edith

6 letters, 1891-1897

Blanding, Gordon

5 letters, 1900-1901

Blanding, Lena

7 letters, 1892-1901

Blanding, Lloyd Tevis

8 letters, 1900-1901

Blanding, Margaret (Tevis) d. 1915

24 letters, 1892-1902 & n.d. One letter, Aug. 15, 1901, addressed to her son, Lloyd Tevis Blanding.

Blanding, Susan

3 letters, 1890-1900

Breckinridge, John Cabell, [1879]-1927

26 letters, 1891-1902

Breckinridge, Lloyd Tevis, 1878-1901

47 letters, 1890-1900

DeLong, Edith (Haggin) Lounsbery

7 letters, 1896-1903

Eames, Emma, 1865-1949

10 letters, 1901-1902

Eldridge, Jessie (Newlands)

11 letters, 1888-1903

Francis, Francis

2 letters, 1892-1897

Friedlander, Fanny

2 letters, 1896 & n.d.

H - Miscellany (single letters)

Hawkes, E. McDougall, 1862-1929

Letter, Jan. 1892

Hesketh, Frederick, 1883-1910

Letter, Mar. 14, 1900

Hesketh, Thomas George Fermor, 1849-1924

Letter, July 27, 1901

Hesketh, Thomas George Fermor, 1881-1944

Letter, Nov. 16, 1902

Haggin, Lee

4 letters, 1897-1903

Hesketh, Florence Emily (Sharon), d. 1924

16 letters, 1893-1903 & n.d. Signed Flora.

Hesketh, Florence Louise (Breckinridge), [1880]-1956

22 letters, 1889-1914

I - Miscellany (single letter)

Isenberg-Büdingen in Birstein, Berta Gräfin (von Holleben), Fürstinn zu, d. 1904

letter, July 1896.

Janin, Henry

13 letters, 1892-1902. Three addressed to Sara Haxton.

Johnston, Edythe (Newlands)

7 letters, 1894-1896

Johnston, Janet (Newlands)

6 letters, 1892?-1905

Kelly, Edmond

41 letters, 1904-1910. Concerning the affairs of John Breckinridge.

L - Miscellany (single letter)

Lounsbery, Ben Ali Haggin

Letter, July 25, 1897

Lawlor, Lillie Jean

3 letters, 1901 & n.d.

Massenet, Jules Émile Frédéric, 1842-1912

2 letters, 1901-1902

Mendell, Mabel (Smith) Janin

31 letters, 1885-1902. Signed May.

N - Miscellany (single letter)

Newlands, John C.

Letter, Sept. 3, 1907

Newlands, Edith (McAllister)

11 letters, 1892-1896

Parsons, H. B.

31 letters, 1899-1904

Queensberry, John Sholto Douglas, 8th Marquis of, 1844-1900.

Letter, n.d.

S - Miscellany (single letters)

Smith, Caroline (Butterfield)

Letter, n.d.

Spreckels, Oroville

Letter, Aug. 29, 1898

Story, Julian Russell, 1857-1919

Letter, n.d.Concerning a portrait he did of Mrs. Sharon

Sanderson, Sibyl, 1865-1903

2 letters, 1889 & n.d.

Seymour, John W.

18 letters, 1900-1905

Sharon, Frederick William, 1857-1915

41 letters, 1888-1898. Three incomplete.

Sharon, Henry, 1885-1896

7 letters, June 23-31, 1896 & n.d. Signed Harry.

T - Miscellany (single letter)

Tevis, Cornelia Baxter;

Letter, Dec. 7, 1901

Tevis, Henry Lloyd, 1856-1931

76 letters, 1893-1904. Signed Harry.

Tevis, Hugh, d. 1901

3 letters, 1892-1900

Tevis, Lloyd, 1824-1899

19 letters, 1891-1898. One letter [Sept. 1896] addressed to him by Frank W. Coppin.

Tevis, Mabel (Pacheco), d. 1921

9 letters, 1896-1905

Tevis, Susan Gano (Sanders), d. 1902

88 letters, 1888-1901

Tevis, William Sanders

31 letters, 1902-1911. Including copies of letters addressed to Will Tevis by Frank Rice concerning Louise Tevis Sharon's investments, etc. from the Tevis Estate.

United States Mortgage & Trust Company

12 letters, 1895-1900

Williams Deacons Bank, Ltd.

6 letters, 1903-1912

Wilson, Wright & Wilson's

122 letters, 1894-1906. Mainly letters of Henry L. Wright.

Correspondence Miscellany (A-Z)

Bredow, Frances (Newlands)

Letter, 1891

Brown, A. Page, 1859-1896

Letter, June 6, 1891

Chevy Chase Land Company

Letter, Aug. 22, 1894?

Hall, William Hammond

Letter, March 26, 1887

Hesketh, Thomas George Fermor, 7th Bt., 1849-1924

Letter, Dec. 1, 1893

Rock Creek Railway Company

Letter, Aug. 17, 1894

Shorb, J. de Barth

Letter, July 4, 1888

Alexander & Green (firm)

2 letters, 1889-1911

Allen, James M.

7 letters, 1892-1898

Baldwin & Hammond (firm)

2 letters, 1893-1895

Bird, Ernest E.

5 letters, 1910-1912

Dobinson, James H., d. 1894

2 letters, 1888-1890?

Herrin, William F.

3 letters, 1889-1890

Johnston, Edythe (Newlands)

2 letters, 1891-1892

Johnston, Janet (Newlands)

2 letters, 1891-1892

Kirkpatrick, John C., d. 1914

3 letters, 1896-1912

MacDonald, Ranald

2 letters, 1897-1898

Martin, J. P.

5 letters, 1894-1897

Remington, E.

3 letters, Apr.-July 1897

Sharon, William E., d. 1914

3 letters, 1891-1903

Stellwagen, Edward James, 1854-1932

4 letters, 1896-1903

Thorn, S. F.

4 letters, 1890-1892

Wilson, Wright & Wilson's (firm)

31 letters, 1892-1908

Yerington, Henry Marvin

4 letters, 1895-1910