Marsh Family photographs, circa 1855-1952

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Summary

Title:
Photographs from the Marsh Family papers
Dates:
circa 1855-1952
Creators:
Marsh family
Abstract:
Photographs from the Marsh and Camron (Cameron) family. Collection includes large number of portraits and several albums of the Marsh and Camron (Cameron) families and friends. In addition, views taken in San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Monterey, Mill Valley, Pleasanton, Auburn, Ben Lomond, Soda Spring, Calif. and other locations (Honolulu) are present. Photos depict city views, missions, ships, camping, vacationing, and exteriors and interiors of residences.
Extent:
circa 350 photographic prints 91 digital objects (91 images)
Language:
Collection materials are in English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Photographs from the Marsh Family Papers, BANC PIC 1963.004-.009, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Background

Scope and content:

Photographs from the Marsh and Camron (Cameron) family. Collection includes large number of portraits and several photograph albums of the Marsh and Camron (Cameron) families and friends. In addition, views taken in San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Monterey, Mill Valley, Pleasanton, Auburn, Ben Lomond, Soda Spring, Calif. and other locations are present. Photos depict city views, missions, ships, camping, vacationing, and exteriors and interiors of residences. Two 1860s cartes de visite photographs by W. Dickson of Honolulu are included, picturing a grass house and poi eaters. One ambrotype (collodion positive) plate of the John Marsh home (Brentwood area, Contra Costa Co., Calif.) and numerous later views of the home and the historic marker erected are present.

Summary of portions of collection, as divided by 6 call numbers:

1963.004: Portraits of the Marsh, Tuck and Camron (Cameron) families and friends, 11 of which are cased photographs (daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintype).

1963.005: Album of cartes de visite portraits of the Camron (Cameron), Marsh, Tuck, and related families in California and New England, chiefly.

1963.006: Album of cabinet card portraits of the Camron (Cameron), Marsh, Tuck, and related families in California and New England, chiefly.

1963.007: Miscellaneous family photographs, including views of family homes, San Francisco Bay Area snapshots, and other California locales.

1963.008: Album and removed snapshots of Bay Area and other California locations.

1963.009: Album of cyanotype outdoor scenes taken by William Walker Cameron. Locations include: Auburn, Soda Springs, Sierra Nevada mountains, Calaveras, Bay Area locales.

Biographical / historical:

John Marsh and his wife Abigail Smith (Tuck) Marsh were early California pioneers in Contra Costa County. Their daughter, Alice, married William Walker Camron, a landowner in the vicinity of Orinda, Calif. and, later, a resident of Oakland, Calif. Alice and/or her daughter changed the spelling of their surname to Cameron.

Acquisition information:
Gift of the estate of Amy Gertrude Cameron, with additions from the estate of Dorothy V. Lyman, 1965.
Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Rules or conventions:
Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by The Bancroft Library staff
Date Prepared:
© 1998
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid generated by GenX; markup validated by The Bancroft Library using CDL validation tools; Date of source: February 2016

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research, except for portraits (tintype and portrait on ivory[?]), which are restricted. Use of portraits only by permission of the appropriate curator. Inquiries concerning these materials should be directed, in writing, to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library.

Also, the collection is partially unarranged and unavailable for use. Inquiries regarding these materials should be directed, in writing, to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Photographs from the Marsh Family Papers, BANC PIC 1963.004-.009, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Location of this collection:
University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
Contact:
510-642-6481
bancref-library@berkeley.edu
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