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Scope and Content
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: California Views from the R.W. Waterman Family Papers
Creator:
Waterman family
Identifier/Call Number: BANC PIC 1905.04221-.04377 & 1905.04562-.04576
Physical Description:
175 photographs
and 142 digital objects
: chiefly albumen prints
; 19 x 35 cm or smaller
Date (inclusive): approximately 1869-1895, bulk 1885-1890
Abstract: Nineteenth century photographic views, chiefly of California, from the family papers of California governor R.W. Waterman.
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on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language of Material: Collection materials are in English
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[Identification of item], California Views from the R.W. Waterman Family Papers, BANC PIC 1905.04221-.04377--PIC and BANC
PIC 1905.04562-.04576--PIC, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Digital Representations Available
Digital representations of selected original pictorial materials are available in the list of materials below. Digital image
files were prepared from selected Library originals by the Library Photographic Service. Library originals were copied onto
35mm color transparency film; the film was scanned and transferred to Kodak Photo CD (by Custom Process); and the Photo CD
files were color-corrected and saved in JFIF (JPEG) format for use as viewing files.
Related Collection
Title: Waterman Family Papers,
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS C-B 491
Acquisition Information
The California Views from the R.W. Waterman Family Papers were transferred from the Waterman Family Papers, BANC MSS C-B 491.
Biography
Robert Whitney Waterman was born December 15, 1826 in Fairfield, New York. At the age of 13 he moved to Newbury, Illinois
to join his older merchant brothers as a clerk, and a few years later established his own business. In 1847 he married Jane
Gardner in Belvedere, Illinois. In 1850 Waterman sold his assets to finance a journey to California. He traveled with F.A.
Park, and, while staying in Salt Lake City, befriended Brigham Young. Upon his arrival in California, Waterman joined one
of his brothers as a miner at Oregon Creek, near the South Fork of the Feather River. Waterman returned to his family in Wilmington,
Illinois in 1851 and became a successful grain dealer. As a result of his involvement in state politics, Waterman was chosen
to be a delegate to the 1854 Republican Party convention in Bloomington, Illinois, and was later instrumental in helping Abraham
Lincoln carry the state in the 1860 presidential election. After further ventures in business and politics in Illinois, Waterman
returned to California in 1873, becoming a machinery salesman in Redwood City. The following year he moved to San Bernardino
County, where he would soon return to mining. In 1880, with J.L. Porter, Waterman founded the Calico Mine, a silver mine near
what is presently Barstow, which became extremely prosperous for him. Waterman was also the owner of the Stonewall Gold Mine,
the Cuyamaca Ranch, and the Cuyamaca Railroad, all in San Diego County. In 1886 Waterman was nominated by the state Republican
convention as its candidate for lieutenant governor. Waterman won the election, while Democrat Washington Bartlett was elected
governor, marking the first occurrence of such a split in state history. Waterman became California's seventeenth governor
when Bartlett died after only a few months in office. Waterman's administration suffered from his lack of experience in public
office and poor advisory support. R.W. Waterman died in San Diego in 1891, shortly after his term as governor had ended.
Scope and Content
The California Views from the R.W. Waterman Family Papers collection contains 175 photographic prints (8 of which are stereographs,
and 3 being cartes de visite) taken approximately 1869-1895, with the majority dating from 1885-1890. Perhaps as a reflection
of Governor Waterman's interests and activities during his career, the collection features a broad variety of subject matter
and location. Much of the collection relates to the California mining industry, and includes photographs from Waterman's Stonewall
Mine in San Diego County and his Calico Mine in San Bernardino County. Also included are several other locations and subjects
in San Diego and San Bernardino counties, such as Del Mar, the Hotel Del Coronado, Sweetwater Dam, the San Diego Flume, and
various views of the city of San Bernardino and Arrowhead Hot Springs, where the governor resided. Other California locations
featured include Yosemite Valley, Santa Cruz, Sacramento, San Francisco, Santa Monica, San Gabriel, Los Angeles, the Lick
Observatory near San Jose, Monterey, Oakland, the prison quarry at San Quentin, and the University of California at Berkeley.
Also included are scenes of U.S. Navy war ships.
The collection also includes views taken in Illinois, New York, and New Mexico.
Professional photographers featured in the collection include, among others, Carleton E. Watkins, Isaiah W. Taber, Joseph
C. Parker, E.W. Turner, H.B. Wesner, J.E. Slocum, E.J. Hayward, W.A. Vale, George Fiske, G.M. Greene, and Bradley & Rulofson.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
California--Pictorial works
Fiske, George, 1835-1918
Greene, G. M
Hayward, E. J., fl. 1874-1883
Parker, J. C. (Joseph Chamberland), 1834-1910
Slocum, J. E
Taber, I. W. (Isaiah West)
Turner, Eustace Whereat
Vale, W. A
Waterman family. Waterman family papers
Waterman, R. W. (Robert Whitney), 1826-1891
Watkins, Carleton E.
Wesner, H. B