Correspondence
TSK to Randolph Ryer (friend), 1/1841-1/1851, 2/24/1861 45 letters)
Handwritten copies done in 1867 of some of the letters in ff 1 (1/1841-10/1844) by Sarah Starr (TSK's aunt)
1 letter to Sarah Edgarton from Sarah with an additional letter from TSK, 12/14/1845
1 letter TSK to Hosea, 11/10/1859
Typewritten copy of 1 letter from TSK to Sunday School, Hollis St. Society, Boston, 5/25/1860
TSK to Thomas Frazer (re: lectures in Portland and other Oregon cities), 5/1862-7/1862 (5 letters)
1 letter TSK to Mrs. Neal (re: dedication of SF church and hymn by Whittier), 1/6/63
1 letter, William Henry Channing to TSK, 11/30/48
To Susan M. King (mother from Thomas F. King (father) and others, 1837-41 (10 letters, 1 receipt)
Sermon on Hebrews 12:29 by Thomas F. King, n.d.
Condolence letters to Susan M. King on the death of TSK, 1864 (2 letters)
Empty envelopes to Mrs. S.K. Cushman (sister), 1864-65
1 letter George Starr to Sarah Starr (?), 6/14/1880
Charles F. Cushman (brother-in-law), business letters, 1 on King family genealogy, 1888-89 (4 letters); Florence Cushman (niece) to Charles Wendte, 1919 (5 letters removed from Wendte scrapbook (Folio 1) for better preservation)
Julia King Norris (wife) to Charles Wendte, 1889 (6 letters removed from Wendte scrapbook (Folio 1) for better preservation)
King family members to Charles Wendte, 1904-21 (5 letters removed from Wendte scrapbook (Folio 1) for better preservation: Frederick R. King, son; Edith King Davis, daughter; Horace Davis, son-in-law; Ruth Wiggin, sister of Julia King Norris)
TSK, 3 letters: 12/14/1853 to Ellis Roberts; 4/8/1856 to "Dear Sir"; 9/17/1863 to Beaton (these letters are owned by the GTU Library, by purchase, 1977)
1 letter, TSK to Henry Kimball, 4/25/62 (re: Kimball's resignation as Sunday School Superintendent)
"Journal Voyage", Passage from New York to San Francisco via Panama, April 1860 (handwritten in TSK hand, appears to be a copy)
Daniel C. French to Charles Wendte, 1888, 1890 (3 letters removed from Wendte scrapbook); Moncure D. Conway to Wendte, 1890 (1 letter removed from scrapbook) re: French statue of TSK
Sermons
Additional Note
Thanksgiving sermon, 11/25/1846
New Years sermon, 12/30/1846
Communion, 1/16/1847
Arguments for Universalism from Providence, 6/11/1847
Christianity and Creeds, 9/10/1847
God is Love, 11/20/1847
The Character of Christ: A Christmas Sermon, 12/21/1847
What is Your Life, 12/26/1847
Christ and the Woman of Samaria, 1/19/1848
Installation of Rev. Edwin H. Chapin, 6/8/1848
The Bible, 8/7/1848
Duties of a Christian Society, 11/25/1849
Duty of Spreading the Religion of Jesus, 4/13/1850
The Ear Rings and Aaron, 11/2/1850
Living for and Living by Religion, 1/24/1852
Things and the Doctrine of Things, 1/29/1852
The Encouragements of Christianity, 3/20/1852
The Losses and Gains of a Church, 9/16/1852
Justice Before Charity, n.d.
fragment, n.d.
Sermon Case, n.d., tooled black leather and black silk, gold lettering, "T. Star (sic) King"
Newspaper Articles
Note
Letters about travel in California to the Boston Transcript from "K.", 1860 (xerox copies)
original articles from which the copies were made
envelope in which the articles were found, signed Samuel A. Eliot
full page from the "Trumpet and Magazine", 8/1838 (T.F. King listed as preaching)
Contents of the box in the cornerstone of SF Unitarian Church, 1887
San Francisco Morning Call, unveiling the Starr King monument, Golden Gate Park, 10/27/1892
Death of Julia M. (King) Norris, 1904
Oakland Tribune, "Remember When", 4/5/1934
Subject Files
"The Christian Leader", 1-2/1929, publication of the TSK Journal, from New York to San Francisco, 1860. (letter from C.W. Wendte)
"The Christian Register", 5-6/1921, published excerpts from C.W. Wendte's book "Thomas Starr King, Patriot and Preacher"
Pamphlets (2), c. 1921, promoting the sale of "Thomas Starr King, Patriot and Preacher"
Letters and articles on TSK, gift of Stella Weston Howe, 1900, 1961. (2 letters from persons who knew TSK giving reminiscences)
SF Unitarian Church, 1 photo (c. 1865), 1 service card (first Sunday after TSK death, 1864)
Service bulletin, "Fifty Years of the First Unitarian Church of San Francisco, 1900"
"Ceremonies Dedicating the Sarcophagus of Thomas Starr King" (placing California Historical Landmark plaque #691), 4/24/1960
Printed Material
Original to TSK
Sermon, "Two Discourses Delivered in Hollis-Street Meeting-House, Sunday, Sept. 21, 1851." Gift of Henry L. Finch)
Sermon, "The Death of Mr. Daniel Weld", 9/19/1852
Sermon, "Services at the Installation of Caleb D. Bradlee", 12/11/1854
Sermon, "Preached in Hollis St. Church at the Close of a Ministry of Eleven years", 3/25/1860 (2 copies: second copy, gift of Henry L. Finch)
"A Scripture Catechism for Sabbath Schools", by TSK, San Francisco, CA, 1861
Tract, "The Corrupting Influence of Revivals," by TSK, n.d. (printed post-1870)
Sermon, "Spiritual Christianity", n.d. (Printed post-1876)
Addresses about TSK
Discourse, "The Unspotted Life: In Memory of Rev. Thomas Starr King", C.A. Bartol, Boston, 3/6/1864 (2 copies: second copy, gift of Henry L. Finch)
Address, "In Memory of their Late Pastor, Rev. Thomas Starr King", Robert B. Swain, San Francisco, 3/15/1864
Lecture, "Thomas Starr King in California", Charles Wendte, 1867
Address, "The Quickening Power of a Good and Ernest Life", Edward Galvin, 3/10/1878
Oration, "Thomas Starr King as a Patriot", at the unveiling of the TSK monument, Golden Gate Park, Irving Scott, 10/1892
Prayer, "At the Dedication and Unveiling of the TSK Monument", Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Charles Wendte, 10/1892
Address, "The Patriotic Services of Thomas Starr King", Horace Davis, 1899
Address, "Thomas Starr King, A Memorial Address", Edward Everett Hale, 3/1/1903
Articles about TSK
Unitarian Review, "The Character and Genius of TSK", 5/1878
Unitarian Review, "Reminiscences of TSK", Edward Everett Hale, 4/1888
Pamphlet, "Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators", Elbert Hubbard, 10/1903
Pacific Unitarian, Starr King Memorial Number, 3/1904
Pacific Unitarian, "A Letter of TSK", 10/1914
California Freemason, "California Decides", Hal Curtis, Spring 1961
"Starr King in California, a Dramatic Biography", students of SKSM, 5/1964
"Thomas Starr King in Oregon, 1862" by William G. Eliot, Jr. , The Oregon Historical Quarterly, June 1931 (xerox copy)
TSK Biographic Summary, Bibliography, 1996; from RAdm. Randolph W. King
Newspaper articles, 1) to TSK in California, 8/29/1861, Anonymus (Boston Transcript); 2) "A Proper Bostonian Wowed the Miners", Millie Robbins (n.d., ca. 1965)
Photographs
SK, unmounted reprint, n.d., 8 1/2 x 10, standing shot (damaged)
TSK, oval framed reprint, n.d., 10 x 8, head shot
Julia King (wife), Ambrotype (?) in case, c. 1860, head shot
TSK monument in Golden Gate Park, 8 x 10, full shot, c. 1892
Small portfolio of reprints of pictures used in "Thomas Starr King, Patriot and Preacher" by Charles Wendte, c. 1921:
Mt. Starr King, Yosemite, CA
Starr King Mountain, White Hills, NH
First Unitarian Church, San Francisco, c. 1865
Starr King Monument, Golden Gate Park
Starr King Domes, Yosemite, CA, c. 1963
TSK, reprint, c. 1992, 4 x 5, head shot
TSK, reprint, c. 1960, taken from an engraving in a book, head shot
Traveling Case
Leather traveling case used by TSK on his trip to California from New York via the Isthmus of Panama, April 1860. Made by Holmes Saddler Harness Maker and Manufacturer, 25 Tremont Road, Boston. Leather, wood, brass studs, leather handle, key for the lock, paper lined, initials "TSK". 14 x 9 x 6 in. (355 x 228 x 152 mm).
Scrapbooks
TSK newspaper articles from the Boston Transcript, 1853-1864. Compiled by Daniel Noyes Haskell (Editor, Transcript); later in the possession of Edward Everett Hale, 1909. Gift of Carolyn Freeman Westwood and Arnold Farrow Westwood.
"Memorabilia, Thomas Starr King, 1860-1864", C.W. Wendte
Scope and Content Note
Photograph
TSK, 16 x 13 oval framed engraving of a drawing, n.d., damaged (foxing), half figure in academic or preaching robe.
Broadside
Printed lecture, "Peace: What Would it Cost Us", delivered at Platt's Music Hall, San Francisco, August 29, 1861 (original: owned by the GTU Library)
Copy of printed lecture in Folio 3