Guide to the Annie Ellicott Kennedy Bidwell Papers, 1842-1918

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Guide to the Annie Ellicott Kennedy Bidwell Papers, 1842-1918

California State Library

Sacramento, California

Contact Information:

California History Room
California State Library
Library and Courts Building II
900 N. Street, Room 200
P.O. Box 942837
Sacramento, California 94237-0001
Phone: (916) 654-0176
Fax: (916) 654-8777
Email: cslcal@library.ca.gov
URL: http://www.library.ca.gov/

Processed by:: The California State Library staff
Encoded by:: Xiuzhi Zhou

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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Chico-Humboldt Wagon Road, 1863-1878

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Indians: printed materials

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Indians: manuscripts

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Estates papers: John Kennedy, Robert Thomas, & William H. Thomason

Box Box 34

Books: printed books owned by Bidwell

Box Box 35

Books: ms. Accounts, names, books, etc.

Box Box 36

Prohibition: undated materials

Box Box 37

Prohibition: 1886-1906

Box Box 38

Prohibition: 1907-1917

Box Box 39

Business papers: Annie Bidwell papers, Chinese accounts

Box Box 40

Business papers: John Bidwell papers, 1851-1891

Box Box 41

Memorials & Resolutions

Box Box 42

Incoming correspondence: incomplete letters & undated materials

Box Box 43

Incoming correspondence: A-Alexander, T. H.

Box Box 44

Incoming correspondence: Alexander, William-Bidwell, George F.

Box Box 45

Incoming correspondence: Bidwell, John:1864-1867

Box Box 46

Incoming correspondence: Bidwell, John:1868

Box Box 47

Incoming correspondence: Bidwell, John: Jan.-July 15, 1869

Box Box 48

Incoming correspondence: Bidwell, John: July 16, 1869-Dec. 1869

Box Box 49

Incoming correspondence: Bidwell, John: Feb. 1870-Nov. 1871

Box Box 50

Incoming correspondence: Bidwell, John: Dec. 1871-Feb. 1872

Box Box 51

Incoming correspondence: Bidwell, John: Mar. 1872-Nov. 1874

Box Box 52

Incoming correspondence: Bidwell, John: Jan. 1875-Nov. 1876

Box Box 53

Incoming correspondence: Bidwell, John: Dec. 1876-Jan. 1877

Box Box 54

Incoming correspondence: Bidwell, John: Feb. 1877-Dec. 1879

Box Box 55

Incoming correspondence: Bidwell, John: Feb. 1880-July 1880

Box Box 56

Incoming correspondence: Bidwell, John: Aug. 1880-June 1881

Box Box 57

Incoming correspondence: Bidwell, John: July 1881-Nov. 1884

Box Box 58

Incoming correspondence: Bidwell, John: Dec. 1884-July 1887

Box Box 59

Incoming correspondence: Bidwell, John: Aug. 1887-July 1888

Box Box 60

Incoming correspondence: Bidwell, John: Aug. 1888-Sep. 1895

Box Box 61

Incoming correspondence: Bidwell, John: Oct. 1896-Nov. 1899 & nd.

Box Box 62

Incoming correspondence: Bidwell, Nora-Clements

Box Box 63

Incoming correspondence: Co-Fines

Box Box 64

Incoming correspondence: Fis-G

Box Box 65

Incoming correspondence: H-Kemper

Box Box 66

Incoming correspondence: Kennedy, Catherine M. 1862-1870

Box Box 67

Incoming correspondence: Kennedy, Catherine M. 1871-1874

Box Box 68

Incoming correspondence: Kennedy, Catherine M. Apr.1875-Aug. 1876

Box Box 69

Incoming correspondence: Kennedy, Catherine M. Aug. 1877-Dec. 1879

Box Box 70

Incoming correspondence: Kennedy, Catherine M. 1880-1884

Box Box 71

Incoming correspondence: Kennedy, Catherine M. 1885-1887

Box Box 72

Incoming correspondence: Kennedy, Catherine M. 1888-1906 & nd.

Box Box 73

Incoming correspondence: Kennedy, Cora-Kennedy, John R.

Box Box 74

Incoming correspondence: Kennedy, Joseph C. G. 1866-Apr. 1878

Box Box 75

Incoming correspondence: June 1878-1887 & nd.

Box Box 76

Incoming correspondence: Kennedy, Joseph John-Kennedy, Sallie (to Aug 1885)

Box Box 77

Incoming correspondence: Kennedy, Sallie (from Sept. 1885)-Lafonso, G

Box Box 78

Incoming correspondence: Lafonso, M.-P

Box Box 79

Incoming correspondence: R-Royce, B.

Box Box 80

Incoming correspondence: Royce, C. C.-V

Box Box 81

Incoming correspondence: W-Z

Box Box 82

Outgoing correspondence: 1885-1867 (mostly letters to John Bidwell)

Box Box 83

Outgoing correspondence: 1868

Box Box 84

Outgoing correspondence: 1869

Box Box 85

Outgoing correspondence: 1870-1871

Box Box 86

Outgoing correspondence: 1872

Box Box 87

Outgoing correspondence: 1873-1874

Box Box 88

Outgoing correspondence: 1875

Box Box 89

Outgoing correspondence: 1876

Box Box 90

Outgoing correspondence: January-February, 1877

Box Box 91

Outgoing correspondence: March-December, 1877

Box Box 92

Outgoing correspondence: 1878-1879

Box Box 93

Outgoing correspondence: January-June, 1880

Box Box 94

Outgoing correspondence: July-December, 1880

Box Box 95

Outgoing correspondence: 1881

Box Box 96

Outgoing correspondence: January-March, 1882

Box Box 97

Outgoing correspondence: April-December, 1882

Box Box 98

Outgoing correspondence:1883-1884

Box Box 99

Outgoing correspondence:1885-1886

Box Box 100

Outgoing correspondence:1887

Box Box 101

Outgoing correspondence: 1888

Box Box 102

Outgoing correspondence: 1889

Box Box 103

Outgoing correspondence: 1890-1896

Box Box 104

Outgoing correspondence: 1897

Box Box 105

Outgoing correspondence: 1898

Box Box 000

Incoming correspondence (to others that Annie Bidwell)

Box Box 106

Incoming correspondence: A-Bidwell, John

Box Box 107

Incoming correspondence: Bidwell, L--Ellis, J. W.

Box Box 108

Incoming correspondence: F--Kennedy, Catherine M. (to 1873)

Box Box 109

Incoming correspondence: Kennedy, Catherine M. (from 1874)-Kennedy, Joseph (to 1871)

Box Box 110

Incoming correspondence: Kennedy, Joseph (from 1872)-Kennedy, Sallie (to 1866)

Box Box 111

Incoming correspondence: Kennedy, Sallie (from 1868)-L

Box Box 112

Incoming correspondence: M-S

Box Box 113

Incoming correspondence: T-Unidentified, nd. & miscellaneous

Box Box 114

Ephemera: Calling cards, Christmas cards & invitations

Box Box 115

Ephemera: Ribbons, Pressed leaves, locks of hair, etc.

Box Box 116

Biographical & Genealogical (includes John Bidwell autobiography)

Box Box 117

Legal papers & deeds, etc.

Box Box 118

Miscellaneous reports, political papers, etc.

Box Box 119

Miscellaneous valuable papers, autographs, etc.

Box Box 120

Speeches (includes notes & drafts)

Box Box 121

Pamphlets.

Box Box 122

Periodicals & Clippings

Box Box 123

Scrapbooks, reminiscences & photographs

Box Box 124

Cuts from Royce's biography of John Bidwell

Box Box 124

Cuts from Royce's biography of John Bidwell

Box Box 2024

Incoming correspondence from John Bidwell n.d.