Johnson (C. W. J.) Collection, 1857-1898

Summary

Title:

C. W. J. Johnson Collection,

Dates:

1857-1898

Creators:

Hilby, Francis M.

Language:

English.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], C. W. J. Johnson Collection, California State Library.

Background

Scope and content:

Accounts, business and personal correspondence, diaries, photographs.

Biographical / historical:

Charles Wallace Jacob Johnson was a miner, photographer, musician, and dance instructor, born in Maryland August 3, 1833, the son of George M. and Matilda Johnson. He came to California and was on the North Fork of the Feather River in 1857 and in Grass Valley in 1863. He went to Nevada in 1863 where he worked as a one man band and taught dance and returned to San Francisco in 1868. In Eureka and Arcata he went into the photography business with William N. Tuttle. He moved back to San Francisco with Tuttle. Later, he moved to Watsonville and went into partnership with T. Al Sullivan and married Sullivan's sister, Mrs. Norah Pardon on Dec. 2, 1875. He moved to Monterrey and continued his photography business from 1881-1898. He died in Salinas, January 17, 1903.

Physical description:

10 boxes

Related resources

Separated material:

• C. W. J. Johnson negatives

Other descriptive data:

Major Correspondents

• Boynton, Morgiana
• Foss, Oscar
• Johnson, Fred T.
• Johnson, Matilda R.
• Photon, Jeney
• Sullivan, Al T.

Other Correspondents

• Alexander, Richard
• Alexander, T.
• Allen, Jane, Mrs.
• Altemus, George W.
• Alvord, William
• A.M. Collins Manufacturing Company
• Andrews, M.
• Archer, Marceline, Mrs.
• Armes, William Dallam, b. 1860.
• Armstrong, R. G.
• Arnest, J. M.
• Arnold, F., Mrs.
• Baldwin, John E. D.
• Barney, Gertrude E.
• Bates, John
• Bentler, Samuel S.
• Bisson, Peter, Jr.
• Black, S., Mrs.
• Blanding, Gordon
• Bodfish, G. F., Mrs.
• Bonnifield, Lizzie B.
• Boyd, Prisella
• Brandt, Noah
• Brarens, Fred
• Brown, A. V.
• Brown, L., Mrs.
• Brown, L. H. Paige
• Buchanan, R. J.
• Burbeck, William
• Burkleo, M., Mrs.
• California Hotel
• Carr, A. L.
• Champion, William
• Chase, A. K.
• Clikinbeard, K. S.
• Cole, Walter R.
• Connor, Mrs.
• Crandall, C.
• Crocker, H. V.
• Cummins, William
• Dapray, J. S.
• Dargie, T. T.
• Davis, J. W.
• Dean, Eva J.
• Dick, I. Douglas
• Doutrick & Co.
• Douty, F. S.
• Duckworth, J. J.
• Eggelston, Almira & Joseph
• Eitel, Edward E.
• Faulkner, A.
• Field, A. G.
• Field, F.
• Foote, George W., Mrs.
• Ford, Charles
• Foster, Edward J.
• Frantzen, Mary, Mrs.
• Fuller, Jay E.
• Garber, John H.
• Gleason, H. P.
• Gleen, Mrs.
• Godfrey, H. J.
• Gollinsky, B.
• Gunn, Benjamin M.
• Hall, J. B.
• Halsted, J. L.
• Halverson, E. K.
• Harmen, Prof.
• Harney, A. A.
• [Hartley?]
• Hay, John F.
• Henning, Fred
• Hewitt, Grace A.
• Hill, W. J., Mrs.
• Hilton, Sam M.
• Holland, Henry William
• Howey, F. L.
• Jacobi, Rena
• Joachimsen, Henry L.
• John and Taylor Company
• Johnson, Effie
• Johnson, George M.
• Johnson, George R.
• Johnson, Howard
• Johnson, James
• Jolly, Francis
• Joy, Charles
• Kearney, Martin Theodore, d. 1906.
• La Montagne, Addie.
• Lawrilliard, H.
• Lentz, H. G.
• Lietz, W. D.
• McDougall, D. K.
• Madeira, Dan
• March & Jones
• Matchett, Gibson S.
• Matheson, George, Mrs.
• Meyer, Mose O.
• Moger & Kennington
• Mories, A. H.
• Nelson, S. G.
• Nichols, George B.
• Noble, J. D.
• O'Brien, W. S.
• O'Connor & Co.
• Outing Company
• Owen Brothers Company
• Pacific Press Publishing Co.
• Paine, Waldo G.
• Pand, A. M.
• Pardon, Aggie.
• Pardon, H. N?., Mrs.
• Paredes, Emilio
• Patterson, Frank F.
• Perkins, Alfred Johnson
• Perkins, H. S.
• Phillips, Philip
• Poulter, Frank
• Price & Baily
• Quilty, C. W.
• Rea, W. J.
• Reed, George W.
• Reed, George W., Mrs.
• Reily, J. J.
• Reising, Frank C.
• Rhodes, U. T.
• Rice, Emeline
• Richards, W. V., Mrs.
• Rolston, W.? G.
• Rudolph, F. B.
• Russell, William
• Samelson, Sam
• Sanborn, S.
• Sander, Frances L.
• Sanderson, J. L., Mrs.
• Schmidt, Albert
• Seilisbury, B.
• Seldner, Morris
• Sherman, Hyde & Co.
• Silva, M. V.
• Smeltzer, M. J.
• Smith, Emma
• Smith, H.
• Smith, James S.
• Smith, W. G.
• Soria, J. E.
• Spearman, Ellen
• Steele, R.
• Stubbs, J. C.
• Sullivan, Bell
• Sullivan, Julia
• Sykes, John
• Syme, E. R.
• Thomas, G.
• Thompson, Hiram J.
• Tichenor, E. D.
• Tirrill, H. L.
• Tulting, Mrs.
• Turner, Cyrus, Mrs.
• Tuttle, Charles K.
• Tuttle, Will
• Tyus, Alabama M.
• Ulrich, R.
• Vale, W. A.
• Van Burkles, M., Mrs.
• Vanderhurst, William
• Vickery, W. K.
• Warner, Harry L.
• Whitson, J. E.
• Whittemore, J. B.
• Whittier, Fuller & Co.
• Wilber, R. C.
• Wiley, W. D.
• Williams, W. I.
• Wilson, M. S.
• Windman, W. J.
• Winslow, C. R.
• Wolf, J. H.
• Woods, Virna, 1864-1903.
• Woodward, H. S.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Photography--History
Photography--Business methods
Photography--California
Dancing--Study and teaching

Names:

Johnson, Charles Wallace Jacob, 1833-1903

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:

Processed by The California State Library staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Xiuzhi Zhou

Date Prepared:

© 1999

Date Encoded:

Machine-readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect.

Restrictions:

Unrestricted.

Terms of access:

Please credit California State Library.

Copyright has not been assigned to California State Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing. Permission for publication is given on behalf of California State 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], C. W. J. Johnson Collection, California State Library.

Location of this collection:

California State Library, California History Room

900 N Street, Room 200, P.O. Box 942837

Sacramento, CA 94237-0001, US

Contact:

(916) 654-0176

cslcal@library.ca.gov

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