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Guide to the Annie Ellicott Kennedy Bidwell Papers, 1842-1918
30-125, 2024  
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  • Biography
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  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Annie Ellicott Kennedy Bidwell Papers,
    Date (inclusive): 1842-1918
    Box Number: 30-125, 2024
    Creator: Bidwell, Annie E. Kennedy
    Repository: California State Library
    Sacramento, California
    Language: English.

    Administrative Information

    Access

    Unrestricted.

    Conditions of Use

    Please credit California State Library.

    Publication Rights

    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], Annie Ellicott Kennedy Bidwell Papers, California State Library.

    Access Points

    Indians of North America--California
    Temperance-California
    Chico-Humboldt Wagon Road (Calif.)
    Bidwell, Annie E. Kennedy

    Contents

    Correspondence, diaries, deeds, maps, newspapers, pictures, testimonials.

    Biography

    Annie Ellicott Kennedy Bidwell, born in Meadville, PA, June 30, 1839, was the daughter of Joseph Camp Griffith Kennedy of Washington, D.C. She married John Bidwell on April 16, 1868 and came to Rancho Chico, Butte County. She was a philanthropist and civic leader, especially interested in the local Indians, church affairs, temperance movements, and women's suffrage. She died in Chico on March 9, 1918.

    Correspondents

    Major Correspondents

    Incoming to Annie Bidwell

    • Alexander, Sallie Kennedy
    • Alexander, William
    • Arbuckle, T. C.
    • Arnold, Sallie E.
    • Bartlette, Franklina G.
    • Bidwell, John, 1819-1900.
    • Blake, Nelson E.
    • Kennedy, Catherine M.
    • Kennedy, Cora
    • Kennedy, J. M.
    • Kennedy, J. C. G. (Joseph Camp Griffith), 1813-1887
    • Kennedy, Joseph John
    • Kennedy, Sallie
    • Lafonso, Elmer N.
    • Lafonso, Maggie S.
    • Richards, John
    • Wilson, Burney

    Incoming to others than Annie Bidwell

    • Bidwell, John. 1819-1900
    • Kennedy, Catherine M.
    • Kennedy, John R.
    • Kennedy, J. C. G. (Joseph Camp Griffith), 1813-1887
    • Kennedy, Sallie

    Other Correspondents

    Incoming to Annie Bidwell

    • Alexander, Minnie
    • Alexander, T. H.
    • Ament, Flory
    • Anderson, Eva
    • Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906
    • Armstrong, J. K.
    • Asbill, Mary
    • Ashe, S. A.
    • Bainbridge, Augusta C.
    • Baldwin, M. B. A.
    • Beede, Virginia Aldrich
    • Belcher, Richard
    • Belding, L.
    • Bell, A. J.
    • Beydon, C.
    • Bidwell, A. R.
    • Bidwell, Clara
    • Bidwell, Frederick David
    • Bidwell, George F.
    • Bidwell, Nora
    • Bidwell, Walter Hilliard, 1798-1881
    • Black, Herman
    • Blinn, Nellie Hookrook
    • Borland, Sarah C.
    • Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942
    • Brehm, Marie C.
    • Brigham, Gladys
    • Brooks, Charles C.
    • Brooks, Mary J.
    • Brown, C. M.
    • Bryan, Carrie
    • Bryan, E.
    • Brydon, C.
    • Camper, Maud B.
    • Candby, William M.
    • Canfeld, L. B.
    • Carmichael, Mamie P.
    • Carrol, Leila
    • Caufield, L. B.
    • Chase, M.
    • Clark, B.
    • Clements, George W.
    • Clements, Janey
    • Clements, Luther
    • Cogan, Gertrude M..
    • Colson, Augustus
    • Conway, Earmyo
    • Conway, Isaiah
    • Conway, William J.
    • Copper, Mary B.
    • Craig, Luch C.
    • Crew, Emma H.
    • Crew, H. W.
    • Crown Publishing Company
    • Cullum, H. B.
    • Curran, Mary K.
    • Curtis, L. A. B.
    • Darlinga, Clara L.
    • Davis, Imogene W.
    • Dawson, Mary
    • Day, Fannie
    • Deering, Chase J.
    • Devendorf, E. L.
    • Doney, J. C.
    • Dorr, Sarah J.
    • Edholm, Charlton, Mrs.
    • Edlin, David A.
    • Elderskin, W. A.
    • Emroy, _____
    • Farman, C. H.
    • Fines, Sarah
    • Fisher, C. R.
    • Fischer, Letitia E.
    • Foltz, Clara Shortridge
    • Frango, Elphina
    • Frango, James C.
    • Fraser, Julia
    • Fuller, Julia R.
    • Funk, G. N.
    • Gatchell, Ella F.
    • Gaylord, A. F.
    • George, A.
    • Gilchrist, Hugh W.
    • Gildchrist, Josephine W.
    • Goodyear, Marian
    • Grant, Edwin E.
    • Graham, Jennie
    • Gray, John C.
    • Green, Ida A.
    • Green, W. C.
    • Greene, H. A.
    • Greene, M. N.
    • Greer, Clara K.
    • Harbin, Nellie
    • Harrison, (Dr.) E. L.
    • Hartog, Cocia
    • Hayes, James
    • Heller, E. S.
    • Harvard University. Herbaria
    • Hicks, Arthur
    • Hill, Harry O.
    • Hinshaw, Virgil G.
    • Hirschfelder, Arthur
    • Hirschfelder, Clara
    • Holden, Charlotte L.
    • Holt, W. S.
    • Hooker, Hyacinth Symonds, Lady
    • Horsburgh, James, Jr.
    • House, Esther
    • Huff, Jennie
    • Hyde, Florence Alice Slown
    • Jack, James
    • Jerrett, Cornelia
    • Jones, A. Gore
    • Jones, George F., Mrs.
    • Jones, Jeff
    • Kauke, Miriam Phillips
    • Kayser, E. P.
    • Keala, Hiram
    • Kearney, Belle
    • Kelley, Hiram
    • Kemper, Eva S.
    • Kennedy, Eva S.
    • Kennedy, Guy R.
    • Kennedy, John R.
    • Kennedy, Winifred
    • Lafonso, Amanda
    • Lafonso, Genevieve
    • Lauirinda, _____
    • Le [?], Carrie
    • Leauitt, Mary Clement
    • Leeds, Deborah
    • Lindquist, Gustavus Elmer Emanuel, 1886-.
    • Loppenny, _____
    • Lusk, F. C.
    • McAllister, _____
    • McClees, R. A.
    • McClure, Ethel
    • McLain, Austin
    • McNair, E. O.
    • Matthews, Eleanor S.
    • Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942
    • Miller, O. H.
    • Mitchell, C. H. Lomax
    • Moffett, Thomas Clinton, 1869-
    • Moore, Ethel
    • Norris, Isaac
    • Nunn, S. J.
    • Oakes, Parker
    • Ogle, M. E., Mrs.
    • Pacific Hassam Paving Company
    • Paine, Edwin G.
    • Pangborn, J., Mrs.
    • Patterson, Alma M.
    • Pelton, Emily O.
    • Pierce, E. T.
    • Pilling, James C.
    • Pitts, C. E.
    • Powar, John P.
    • Preacher, Billy
    • Preacher, Nopanny, Mrs.
    • Preston, S[adie] G.
    • Proud, Florence B.
    • Proud, Thoms & Florence B.
    • Pulliam, W. J., Mrs.
    • Read, C. A.
    • Reading, P. B., Mrs.
    • Reed, Ida
    • Reynolds, John
    • Reynolds, William
    • Richey, S. O.
    • Royce, Belle H.
    • Schallenberger, Margaret C.
    • Schorr, Henrietta & Edwards, Josephine
    • Schuler, J. M., Mrs.
    • Sergeant, Eva
    • Seymour, M. L.
    • Southworth, E. L.
    • Spencer, E. V., Mrs.
    • Sperry, Mary Simpson
    • Spining, Dr. & Mrs.
    • Stanley, Grace
    • Stansbury, O., Dr.
    • Steele, John N.
    • Steep, George
    • Sterns, Emerson E.
    • Sullinger, Maud
    • Sylvers, Martha
    • Talbott, E. Guy (Everett Guy)
    • Taylor, E. E.
    • Thompson, Steve
    • Thornton, Mary M.
    • Tighe, C. W.
    • Tilden, Helen
    • Tindall, G. P.
    • Tom, Jerome
    • Torres, Mariana, 1826-1908
    • Tracy, W. M.
    • Troy, James
    • True, Clara D.
    • Turner, Ashley
    • Uptown, Harriet Taylor
    • Van Liew, Charles Cecil, 1862-
    • Van Pelt, Ada
    • Walker, Hugh K.
    • Ware, Allison Burr
    • Westenberg, J. C.
    • Wheeler, Benjamin Ide, 1854-1927
    • White, W. G.
    • Whitney, Lucy
    • Wilbur, Harriet L.
    • Willey, Samuel Hopkins
    • Willis, J. P. Mary
    • Wilson, Santa
    • Wilson, Sherman
    • Wisdom, P. L., Mrs.
    • Witter, Dean
    • Wooden, Mary E.
    • Woodhue, Alfred A.
    • Woodman, S. M. M.
    • Zoerb, C. H., Mrs.

    Incoming to others than Annie Bidwell

    • Adee, Alveya
    • Alexander, William
    • Bailey, Erasmus F.
    • Bailey, William E.
    • Bidwell, Alonzo
    • Bidwell, B. G.
    • Bidwell, Elias
    • Bidwell, George
    • Bidwell, Harry
    • Bidwell, L
    • Bidwell, Lester
    • Bidwell, M. C.
    • Bidwell, O. B.
    • Bidwell, Robert G.
    • Bidwell, Walter Hilliard, 1798-1881
    • Bidwell, Walter D.
    • Bidwell, Will P.
    • Black, Jeremiah S. (Jeremiah Sullivan), 1810-1883
    • Blake, E. Nelson
    • Boynton, S. W.
    • Bradley, Joseph P., 1813-1892
    • Brewer, William Henry, 1828-1910
    • Bryant, W. R.
    • Burch, John
    • Calleu, Alice
    • Capman, Horace
    • Carrier, Sarah A. Bidwell
    • Chipman, Isabel
    • Clark, John W.
    • Clay, John, 1851-1934
    • Cousin, John
    • Cranfill, J. B.
    • Crum & Company
    • Cuyler, T. S.
    • Dean, S.
    • Deering, Chas. J.
    • Dickie, Samuel
    • Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887
    • Downer, John A.
    • Eitel, J. M.
    • Ellicott, Harvey M.
    • Ellis, J. W.
    • Fitch, G. M.
    • Flora, Frank
    • Freaner, James S.
    • Fritz, Nopanny & Billy
    • Fuller, America
    • Gaines, John
    • Geer, J., Mrs.
    • Gleeson, John R.
    • Graham, Mary G.
    • Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
    • Gurley, P. D.
    • Hallet, E.
    • Havens, Howard
    • Henshaw, W.
    • Hill, Britton Armstrong, 1818-
    • Hoag, I. N.
    • Howard, O. O. (Oliver Otis), 1830-1909
    • Kennedy, Misses
    • Kennedy, Cora
    • Kennedy, Elizabeth
    • Kennedy, G. R.
    • Kennedy, J. M.
    • [Kurtz], H. I.
    • Lafonso, Maggie
    • Lamb, Jas. H.
    • Lazader, Ella
    • Lockwood, John
    • Loughead, Flora Haines
    • MacArthur, Arthur, 1815-1896
    • McClish, Eli
    • [Maynard],_____
    • Mepersmith, G. H.
    • Merritt, W.
    • Mitchell, J. Anthony
    • Mun, May Jin
    • Nordhoff, Charles, 1830-1901
    • Novelty Cutlery Company
    • Ogburn, T. J.
    • Patterson, Robert
    • Peirce, N. C., Rev. & Mrs.
    • Pelton, H.
    • Pike, Chas. W.
    • Pillot, M. C.
    • Pratt, O. C.
    • Reichert, J. H.
    • Reynolds, Fannie L.
    • Richardson, Francisco
    • Royce, Charles C., 1845-1923
    • Rowland, Gen.
    • Shafter, J. McM.
    • Sherman, Edwin Allen, 1829-1914
    • Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
    • Shinn, Charles Howard, 1852-1924
    • Skinner, J. A.
    • Smith, George Adams
    • Smith, Matthews Hale, 1810-1879
    • Snowden, J. Wayne
    • Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893
    • Steveson, James D.
    • Stewart, Josephine N.
    • Stuart, Charles
    • Stuart, J.
    • Taylor, John
    • Thomes, Jane
    • Thompson, R. S. & Helen
    • Thomson, Alexander
    • Tonne, A. N.
    • Torres, Mariana, 1826-1908
    • Wilkes, Charles., 1798-1877
    • Wilkes, Jane
    • Wittensted, _____
    • Woodhall, A. A.

    Material Transferred from the Collection

    Books

    • Diaries. 17 volumes. (c**F 864 B481 A2)
    • California Wire Works Ropeway catalogue (c*TJ 1385 C3)
    • Delivery receipt book. (c**HF 5681 R35 B5)
    • Check book stubs. (c**HG 1700 B5)
    • Burritt, Elijah J. Atlas designed to illustrate the geography of the heavens. (c**fQB 63 B87 1835) By-laws of the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co. of California, 1868

    Other materials

    • House plans of Bidwell Mansion
    • Maps
    • Pictures
    • Newspapers
    • Deeds
    • Land certificate, Wm. H. Thomasson

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