Correspondence, reports, photographs, and ephemera related to Aaron Gallup's career as Associate Environmental Planner for State of California.
5 items relating to President Abraham Lincoln, some issued immediately after his assassination: a very small framed photograph of Lincoln attached to a ribbon, a card depicting the "Union Commanders," a memorial ribbon, a memorial handout issued by the San...
This collection is a handwritten abstract of Thomas A Sanchez's deposition on behalf of the land claims of Andres Pico to the Rancho San Fernando, as remembered, ca. 1868. The deponant's recollections of the early days of the Rancho San...
Manuscript, handwritten and typewritten.
The George W. Nilsson collection contains a typed article (manuscript), "In, Through and Across the Grand Canyon," and photographs, which document Nilsson's trip across the Grand Canyon, August 28-30, 1921. Most of the photographs show scenes from the journey itself...
12 manuscript letters from Addison Newell of Sacramento, and later Pleasant Valley, California, to his brother Charles in Maine and in New York, speaking of mining, agriculture, a projected railroad project, the State Legislature, and general business conditions in California.
12 manuscript letters from Addison Newell of Sacramento, and later Pleasant Valley, California, to his brother Charles in Maine and in New York, speaking of mining, agriculture, a projected railroad project, the State Legislature, and general business conditions in California.
Majority of correspondence concerns the building of Sutro Tunnel. Includes newspapers seeking information and offering support on Tunnel project, contact with a manufacturing firm regarding building of mining railroad cars, etc. Last letter concerns excavation work being done on beach...
Letter dated December 26, 1904 from the law firm of Tabor and Tabor to J. G. Maithes, and his response on verso. Tabor and Tabor write to Maithes of Butcher's Ranch asking his opinion of the Adolph Weber murder case...
There are thirty items in the African Methodist Episcopal Church ephemera collection, including flyers, calling cards, tickets, etc. Some are annotated with names, dates and miscellaneous notes. Provenance of the collection is unknown but likely the collector was in some...
Commitment orders, and other materials relating to Agnews Asylum including biennial reports, property deeds, and photographs. The majority of the commitment orders date back to the 30 years before Agnews opened, and are likely those for patients originally committed to...
Pacheco Pass Wagon Road Company employed George H. Jones and William Price to complete a section of road. Jones and Price contracted with Ah Tem for laborers. Various parties went to court concerning payment of wages for those laborers.
Scripts of radio plays broadcast for Northern California school children in the late 1930's and early 1940's.
Correspondence; business papers; Chinese, military and mining company materials.
Diaries and notebooks, auto record books, records for Highland Park property, photographs
Correspondence
Includes bibliographies.
Diary and pay record book kept by Alfred E. Beaumont when he was serving in the 43rd Engineers, Co. F, during the 1st World War.
Diary and pay record book kept by Alfred E. Beaumont when he was serving in the 43rd Engineers, Co. F, during the 1st World War.
Bound diary covering the period January 26 to July 31, 1876.
Leases, agreements sales contracts, eviction notices
5 letters from Ambrose Bierce along with 5 typescript copies and a referral note to George Sterling letters collection.
5 letters from Ambrose Bierce along with 5 typescript copies and a referral note to George Sterling letters collection.
The bulk of the collection consists of financial documents, primarily payment receipts, for the period ca. 1887-1911 and scattered later dates. The receipts document most aspects of the corporation: payroll, legal fees, purchases of building materials, advertising costs, etc. In...
Business papers, correspondence, legal papers, Natomas Company papers, scrapbooks.
Will of Anastacio de Jesus Chabolla in someone else's hand, dated November 25, 1852.
Three promisory notes to Anastasio Chaballa dated 1851.
This collection has been arranged into the following series: HAIKU MATERIALS: Correspondence with haiku poets; Writing -- haiku and tanka, renga (with Christopher Heron, Francine Porad), haibun, rengay (with John Thompson); Articles; Presentations; Awards; Correspondence as President of the Haiku...
Articles, correspondence, ephemera, scrapbooks, speeches
Early Spanish documents concerning the discovery and exploration of America, Mexico and California.
Correspondence and documents relating to attempts to reactivate gold mines in the Angels Camp area in 1937.
Correspondence to and from Anita Loos.
2 Sentiment Books-Mental Photographs and Album of Beauty-belonging to Anna Houseman of San Francisco. The former consists of a questionnaire filled out by Anna's family and friends; the latter contains messages, signatures, a family tree, and the 1870 Girls' High...
Correspondence, diaries, deeds, maps, newspapers, pictures, testimonials.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Small diary written by an unknown serviceman from Bakersfield, CA who was apparently involved or acquainted with the U. S. Army's 54th Battalion, but at the time of this diary was a U. S. Navy Machinist's Mate. He maintained PT...
This collection consists of one letter, written at San Diego, April 17, 1908. The greeting is "Dear Father", the signature is "Yours, Henry." The letter contains a detailed description including small sketches of 4000 "bluejackets" (Navy) and 1000 marines formed...
Concert programs, press coverage, sheet music, contracts.
Business and personal correspondence and a journal kept by Harriet J. Kirtland.
Four documents relating to Antonio María Suñol, 1854, 1865, 1869. Three of them deal posthumously with matters pertaining to his estate.
Four documents relating to Antonio María Suñol, 1854, 1865, 1869. Three of them deal posthumously with matters pertaining to his estate.
Son of California Supreme Court Justice Jessie W. Carter, he was born in San Francisco and raised in Redding. In early years practiced law in Redding and spent eight years as State Senator for Shasta and Trinity counties. In 1950...
Typed manuscripts of Edward Dolan's books, on a wide variety of topics.
Scrapbook consists of newspaper and magazine clippings; postcards; typescript histories of sanatorium; original typescript and carbon copies of reports of board meetings, treasurer's reports, articles of incorporation, etc.; invitations to exhibitions of pottery; pamphlets and brochures advertising sanatorium; original checks;...
Two proposals documenting articles of agreement between financeers and prospective gold miners. The financeers agree to finance the would-be miners in return for a share of the profits from their mining activities once they reach the California gold fields. Neither...
Patent applications, correspondence, stock book, and photographs pertaining to Artificial Tie Manufacturing Company, which made concrete railroad ties.
Letters of pioneers and early settlers of Lassen County used by Fairfield in preparing his county history
Typescript with proofreading marks.
Ledger documenting miscellaneous expenses incurred by organization.
Photos, diaries, and ephemera related to the Atascadero Colony and to the lives of colony residents Azor and Edith Kunkee, and Edith's father William H. Engle.
Two letters from Charles Aull to F.I. Vassault (addressed as F.J. in one letter), dated Aug. 28 and Aug. 29, 1890. Letters are on stationery with the letterhead: Office of the Warden, State Prison at Folsom. They are typescript copies...
FHWA-CA-TL-2112-1-76-62.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Letters written by Lorain Bachtal and other family members in Nevada City, California to her sister, Mrs. Margaret Humbert in Green Spring, and, later, Elmore, Ohio. Other family members include Margaret's nieces Natilda Hecker, Lillie E. Hecker, Amanda Wagner, and...
The Banks of Wheatland Collection (c. 1870 1930) contains an assortment of wills, deeds, insurance policies, and mortgages done through, or for, The Farmers Bank of Wheatland and The Bank of Italy, Wheatland Branch. Alongside these documents are also a...
Seven letters to and from Billy & Nellie Barnum in Alpine County. Mostly family letters with some references to Mr. Barnum's job with the "Pacific Rural Press" of special interest. Also of note is a letter to Nellie from her...
Seven letters to and from Billy & Nellie Barnum in Alpine County. Mostly family letters with some references to Mr. Barnum's job with the "Pacific Rural Press" of special interest. Also of note is a letter to Nellie from her...
Photographs, flight logs, scrapbook, clippings, essay, constitution
Ledgers and documents relating to the Bayliss Family businesses in Biggs, CA.
During the years 1930 to 1948, Nellie Blair Greene corresponded with her friend, Mrs. Marshall Smith (Delia), in Jackson, Michigan. Mrs. Smith saved Nellie's letters and some years later they were given to Beverlee Calvert, who hoped to publish them...
This collection contains research by Elinor Wilson on the subject of James P. Beckwourth, the first African American pioneer and mountain man. The collection contains extensive correspondence between Wilson and various academic, libraries, and government agencies in pursuit of information...
Correspondence
Son of California Supreme Court Justice Jessie W. Carter, he was born in San Francisco and raised in Redding. In early years practiced law in Redding and spent eight years as State Senator for Shasta and Trinity counties. In 1950...
Letters from the Overland Trail, St. Louis to Sweetwater, Wyoming written by Benjamin A. Watson; letters from California written by Benjamin A. Watson; letters from wife Emily Watson; 1 letter from James B. Powell (member of his overland Company); photocopy...
Business papers and correspondence
Correspondence
Correspondence, genealogy, photographs
Correspondence, articles, clippings, photographs, and pamphlets relating to the life and family of California governor John Bigler and Pennsylvania governor William Bigler.
Correspondence, manuscripts and drafts, book reviews, photographs, contracts, royalty statements
Seven letters from Pine Grove, Sierra County (postmarked Table Rock), dated from Dec. 21, 1854 to Dec. 29, 1865. They are addressed to the Solomon Bisbee family in Sumner, Maine and written by members of the family. Four are from...
28 letters, most of them are written to George H. Bixby from his mother Margaret Hathaway Bixby, his father Jotham Bixby, his brother Henry L. Bixby, and his grandfather George W. Hathaway, many sent while George attended boarding school in...
Four-page letter from Mary A.B. to "Dear Cousin", Charley's Ranch Sept. 1 /56. Accompanied by: Fragment of letter signed "From your undutiful niece Mary"; three-page letter to "Ely Black, Esq.", dated Kingsburg Sept. 16, 1856, from G.B. Underhill; three envelopes...
The Black Panther Party was founded in October 1966 by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale as an organization dedicated to protecting and uplifting the Black population of Oakland. As the organization grew this focus spread to the rest of...
Pre-emption notice filed by Oscar C. Blodgett taking possession of property in San Joaquin County, February 10, 1854, claimed under a March 3, 1853 Act of Congress.
Documents pertaining to oil leases at Bolsa Chica Beach, most of those in this collection owned by Edna Hubert.
Pacific Lighting Corporation, a holding company was founded in 1886 by C.O.G. Miller and Walter B. Cline in San Francisco. Based in San Francisco, its holdings (primarily gas and electric utility companies) were in southern California.
Miscellaneous collection of items relating to the pioneering family of Kezia and Bradner Curtis. Three bound journals: 1. Entries by both Kezia and Bradner documenting their trip to California around Cape Horn in 1850-1851. 2. Entries by Bradner covering the...
Book review handwritten by Bret Harte.
Letter from Bret Harte to Charles Warren Stoddard dated March 16, 1868.
4 handwritten letters, a typescript of one of them, and an "official" Bret Harte "stamp unveiling cachet."
Correspondence, financial papers, legal papers, business cards, invititations
All but two letters, written by Jared to his father, Charles Brown. Describes voyage around South America; life in Coloma and in California; mentions the violence, politics, Know-Nothing party, 2nd Vigilance Committee's activities; mentions General Richardson, Senator Welles, James King...
The collection is composed of two letters regarding the transfer of property over to the Unevida Gold Mining Company; two maps of the Brunswick Consolidated mine; a description of the Alturas mine; a statement of receipts, disbursements and liabilities; statements...
Correspondence, business cards, clippings
Lowell Vernon Cary was born in Sacramento on December 10, 1936 and was raised in that city, where he acted in a number of stage productions during his high school years. He subsequently worked in radio in the San Francisco...
Lowell Vernon Cary was born in Sacramento on December 10, 1936 and was raised in that city, where he acted in a number of stage productions during his high school years. He subsequently worked in radio in the San Francisco...
Ms. records of Company includes 5 volumes of minutes; 1 volume recording stock issued by Company.
Career, clients, and cases at Morrison & Foerster; president Bar Association of San Francisco, State Bar of California, and American Bar Association. Interviews include recollections of Marshall L. Small, Peter J. Pfister, William Alsup, Preston Moore, Penelope A. Prevolos, Stanley...
There are nineteen items in the Bushnell family papers, dating from 1848 through 1860. The gold rush correspondence (1852-1857) includes nine letters from family members in California writing home to Westport, Conn.; all letters have been transcribed. One letter is...
2 tax receipts from Butte County to George W. Albin, dated December 11, 1884 and December 24, 1885.
Newspaper clippings collected by Governor C. C. Young
Correspondence sent to C. E. Thomsen primarily about his mining interests in Arizona and Nevada, some written by California State Legislator Jeremiah Lynch and others from someone with the last name of Sanderson.
Letter written by C. Moody of Marion County, Ohio, to her brother. Letter features an engraving of Republican Presidential candidate John C. Fremont. The end of the letter states "you will see that this sheet and envelope have Fremont stamp...
Letter written by C. Moody of Marion County, Ohio, to her brother. Letter features an engraving of Republican Presidential candidate John C. Fremont. The end of the letter states "you will see that this sheet and envelope have Fremont stamp...
Letter from C. S. Blake in Denver to his friend Charlie talking about mule teams, the freight business, and female companionship.
Accounts, business and personal correspondence, diaries, photographs
Photographs, periodicals, documents, pamphlets, journals relating to the California Alpine Club. Much if not all seems to have come from Myron Grotyohn, who was elected a member of the club on May 4, 1917.
Documents from the California and Oregon Stage Company (under several different names) consisting of waybills, receipts, deeds, abstracts of operations, bills, and letters and telegrams from station agents.
Various assaying documents, mostly from California but some not. These primarily involve Ward & Ward and the Trebor Corporation.
Minutes books, by-laws, general correspondence, early financial records, legal documents, reports generated by the association, records from special events, publicity flyers, newsletters, and photographs.
This collection contains the records of the California Aviation Company (CAC), a partnership of two early pilots, Orvar S. T. Meyerhoffer and Edward H. Thompson, which catered primarily to independent "backyard" aviators.
The California Chamber of Commerce archives is a multi-media collection organized into two major series. The media series includes slides, photographs -- prints, negatives and proof sheets -- and film, including videos. These materials document Chamber activities and programs addressing...
Cover title.
Vols 1-64 have cover title California Revision of Laws Commission's reports.
Senate and Assembly concurrent resolutions approving amendments to the charters of California counties.
Invitation lists, press notices, briefings, program plans, dedication plans, correspondence
"Newspaper file item": no. 1-18.
Business and member correspondence, invoices
Handwritten ledgers containing the dockets for the Justice Court, Coloma township. Dockets are for civil cases, assault, battery, debt, etc. Vol. 3 includes a copy of a presidential election ballot; v. 4 includes court accounts, affidavits for estray animals; all...
Deeds, court papers, agreements, bills of sale, mining claims
Announcements, memoranda, plans, studies, etc.
Two letters sent from Mark Wooster in Sonoma, California, to friends back in Connecticut. The letter of July 7th, 1854 is addressed to F.W. Smith in Humphreysville. The July 27th letter has no address but the salutation reads "Friend Burton"....
Two letters sent from Mark Wooster in Sonoma, California, to friends back in Connecticut. The letter of July 7th, 1854 is addressed to F.W. Smith in Humphreysville. The July 27th letter has no address but the salutation reads "Friend Burton"....
Business papers, maps and charts, correspondence, printed materials
Title supplied by cataloger.
16 letters from California, Panama, and the East Coast regarding California, describing mining, business investment, mutual friends, floods, steamboat operations, and other topics.
The collection consists of postcards from every county in California. They cover all aspects of life in California, from idyllic scenery to tourist sites to views of city and town streets, and are filed alphabetically by county, city, town, and...
17 boxes containing binders, designs, paperwork and correspondence of the California Quarter design project; includes 20-PSA master reels, dated 6/16/03; 3-video tapes by Digital Ranch, dated 10/15/02; insignia bookmarks and promotional insignia paper coasters.
By-laws of the California Raisin Growers' Company headquartered in Carson City, Nevada.
Awards, information, files, minutes, reports
The California Society of Natural History was formed in Stockton on January 7, 1857 for the purpose of collecting specimens and in other ways furthering the research of California's natural history. This organization was still active two years later but...
In 1918, the California State Council of Defense (first created in 1916) formed the War History Committee for the purpose of asembling the records of the war and preserving all material of historical value relating to California's part in that...
A file of California men who served in domestic and foreign armies during World War I, consisting mainly of newspaper clippings in envelopes along with some lists and other documents.
1890 letter from George T. Clark to his cousin Ida, and two 1930 letters from State Librarian Milton J. Ferguson to Maynard Dixon. Also included is a typewritten list of citations pertaining to various State Library figures and matters.
Bound report and loose documents almost all dealing with Proposition 4 in 1928.
Mass mailings, brochures, clippings, newsletters
Program/playbill for "Diplomacy," presented at the California Theatre in San Francisco on June 15, 1891. This is printed on white silk and sewn with batting inside to form a sort of small pillow?
Printed materials of everyday life.
The California Water Color Society was formed in Los Angeles in 1921 and, by the early 1930s, served as a prime catalyst for what became acclaimed nationally as the "California Watercolor School". After World War II the movement's stylistic cohesiveness...
The California Water Color Society was formed in Los Angeles in 1921 and, by the early 1930s, served as a prime catalyst for what became acclaimed nationally as the "California Watercolor School". After World War II the movement's stylistic cohesiveness...
Clippings, press releases, notes, flyers, photographs, reports, audio and video tapes regarding the campaign to remove Chief Justice Rose Bird from the California Supreme Court.
Letters are addressed to his father, James Campbell, and his sister, Rebecca. Bulk of the letters are written from locations in Nevada and Sierra counties (Nevada City, Wolf Creek, Smith Flat, Brandy City, etc.). A few come from locations in...
Business papers, certificates, correspondence, legal papers and scrapbook of poetry
Artifact lists, acquisition lists, photocopies and photographic images of artifacts, accounts of the restoration process, minutes of the Interpretive Steering Committee, floor plans, memos and drawings of the historic Capitol Library.
Five letters and documents by and about Carl Eytel, including two to State Librarian James Gillis concerning the possibility of displaying his art at the library, materials concerning his estate, and some biographical information.
Carma Leigh's papers, which span from 1920 to 1994 and consist of printed and photographic formats, contain a variety of personal and professional materials from throughout her life and career, including numerous folders of correspondence and a significant collection of...
Correspondence, greeting cards, clippings, notes, speeches, receipts, State Library School materials, Pony Express information, photographs, notes on historic buildings, Caroline Wenzel School materials, tax receipts; Arthur, Florine, Jennie, George, Robert and Wenzel family materials.
Application and information cards, bills and invoices, correspondence, daily assay, mill & precipitation reports, detailed company cost, general accounts, journal entries, memos, mining returns, operation & production records, payroll, requisitions, statement of bullion sent to mint, mill report, timber inventory,...
Page from the guest ledger of the Cary House in Placerville, dated September 28 to October 3, 1893.
Handwritten catalog of California pamphlets, written around 1893 possibly at the California State Library.
Library brought together because of David Magee's role in both productions.
Three letters from Cecil Trevithick to Arthur Carol Alvarez and 1 from Alvarez to Trevithcik, the fifth from Alvarez to J.K. Piggott Co. Two envelopes and dealer's summary also included. Trevithick writes about his fascination with the just-completed Golden Gate...
Deed for cemetery plot for the Sacramento Spiritualists Union in the Pioneer Burial Grounds at the City Cemetery of Sacramento, with notary seal and embossed seal of the Society of California Pioneers.
Correspondence, ephemera, reports
Legal Documents relating to lawsuits resulting from Central Pacific Railroad stock manipulation. Attorney Alfed A. Cohen appears to have played a major role in these cases, and likely owned these documents. Individual stockholders in these cases received reduced or no...
Title supplied by cataloger.
Correspondence and documents retrieved from Union Lumber Company in Fort Bragg, California, for which Strong was attorney.
Various documents including insurance papers, birth certificates, military documents, and a few photos.
Correspondence, deeds, photographs
Legal papers, certificates, photographs, correspondence, notebook, ephemera, election results, account books.
Business and family papers, school land warrants
Diaries, account book, scrapbooks.
The collection documents the experiences of a California family during the First World War era. There are 109 holograph letters written by Charles E.H. Bates beginning in his childhood in Alameda, California, and ending in the late 1920s as he...
Receipt to C. F. Lott for $50.00 from Philadelphia tailors Lukens, Kelly & Brother dated May 10, 1856 (with envelope), receipt to Chas. F. Lott for $16.00 from Philadelphia printer E. H. Coggins dated May 13, 1856, letter dated February...
This collection consists of letters from Charles Gladding to his wife Ann during the Civil War, 1862-1863. These handwritten letters give insight to the life of a young officer in Civil War camp conditions as his regiment campaigns from Paducah,...
Letters, maps, photos, drawings, and diagrams relating to the proposed Garden City Project of Daly City and San Francisco, 1917-1918.
Correspondence, clippings, resolutions, letters of condolence, photographs
Correspondence from Charles Henry Crocker to unknown woman or women, plus correspondence to Crocker from women named Claire, Eva, and Rosie.
Letters, reports, journals, photos & photo negatives.
Business and personal correspondence, Thomas Edison letters, photos, stock certificates.
Handwritten letter from Charles Lummis in North Sandwich, New Hampshire to "My Dear King," on his own "Birch Bark Poems" stationery, dating the letter to sometime before 1880.
Letters written from Mississippi and Tennessee. Miller is serving with the Iowa 5th Infantry. Last letter comments on his brother's plans to leave for California.
Letters written from Mississippi and Tennessee. Miller is serving with the Iowa 5th Infantry. Last letter comments on his brother's plans to leave for California.
Correspondence, notes and drafts, receipts
Handwritten manuscripts for 12 editorials written by Charles Warren Stoddard, typescript of correspondence, and handwritten letter.
Correspondence, business, legal and mining papers, field notes and surveys, miscellaneous mining materials
Two obituaries of Charline Erwin of Benicia and a copy of her play-"Cavalcade of Benicia."
Legal briefs and other documents pertaining to Caryl Chessman's trial and appeals. Correspondence to and from Caryl Chessman, Rosalie Asher, and others. Caryl Chessman's books in English and translated into a multitude of languages. Writings about Caryl Chessman in books,...
6 reduced-size color photocopies of Chiura Obata prints.
6 reduced-size color photocopies of Chiura Obata prints.
Articles of Incorporation for the Chollar Gold and Silver Mining Company, dated November 7, 1904.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Two diaries, leather bound. 1862 is 'Daily pocket remembrancer for 1862', 15 cm.; 1863 is 'Pocket diary 1863', 12 1/2 cm. Kept by James B. (Berry) Brown as a record of his military service in California during the Civil War...
Small bound diary kept by Clara Cornwell of Jackson, Michigan for the year 1899. She mentions receiving numerous letters from her son Will, who had gone to Alaska to hunt for gold. She also reported the comings and goings of...
This collection consists of 58 holograph letters, 55 of which were written by Lieut. Clarence Lininger to his wife, Ora, while she was residing at the Presidio in San Francisco, or visiting family back East. Letters from Sept. 15 to...
Business papers, clippings, notes and drafts, poetry, photographs, address books, date books, theatrical programs, theater reviews
The Donald Sidney-Fryer collection of materials by and about Clark Ashton Smith, plus other related papers.
This collection is organized into four themes: documentation and research for the five-volume set titled "Diaries of 'Pioneer' George Hobler"; documentation for the six-volume set titled "Jessie Hobler Clark Diaries"; Cal-Clark Dairy farm history, management, and cattle documents; and documents...
Plans, booklets, diagrams, and specifications concerning the renovation of the Cliff House in San Francisco.
Clifford L. Warner was born in Alto, Michigan on March 29, 1895, studied at the Detroit Institute of Art, served overseas in World War I, and was an accomplished artist and photographer before settling in California. He lived in Hollywood...
Survey of Coit Tower murals by Masha Zakheim Jewett produced for her San Franciso Arts class at San Francisco City College, and later distributed to groups touring the murals.
The collection comprises a variety of documents in different formats regarding the formation and performances of Collage Dance Theatre up to 2006. These include programs, photographs, copies of press releases, and VHS recordings. Some records are from Heidi Ducklers career...
Military documents pertaining to Mexican Colonel Remisio Yarza.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Commendation by a group of New Orleans citizens to Major General Zachary Taylor for his service in the Mexican War, February 17, 1847. Mentioned in the document is Louisiana governor Isaac Johnson's inability to preside at the ceremony "on account...
Commendation by a group of New Orleans citizens to Major General Zachary Taylor for his service in the Mexican War, February 17, 1847. Mentioned in the document is Louisiana governor Isaac Johnson's inability to preside at the ceremony "on account...
Two business letters from the firm of Crosby & Dibblee, dated May 15, 1855 and June 16, 1855, sent from San Francisco.
Primarily minutes of their meetings, copies of their constitution and its changes; minutes in later years included newspaper clippings reporting contents of their meetings, printed copies of papers read, correspondence, etc.; topics covered at these meetings included discussions of specific...
Pamphlets bound together by the library alphabetically by tribe into 6 volumes as follows: v. 1-5, 1935-1951; v. 6, 1943-1966.
Correspondence to Mrs. C. E. Graham from Lummis' son and granddaughter, both of which mention gifts to Mrs. Graham of Lummis' personal items, among them a photocopy of Ina Coolbrith's entry in Lummis' housebook in which she recounts her first...
This collection contains the records of a billboard advertising company operated in San Diego County by over three generations of the Cordtz family. The bulk of the material relates to 1950-1957 and there are ca. 200 black and white photographs....
The two letters from Manuel Coronel to Antonio Coronel are written in Spanish; they have been transcribed and translated. Due to difficulty in interpreting many references, particularly to proper names, much of the content of the letters is somewhat obscure.
1 manuscript diary dated June to December 1918, in which Scanavino writes about going to France by ship and being on the battle lines, giving detailed descriptions of combat.
1 manuscript diary dated June to December 1918, in which Scanavino writes about going to France by ship and being on the battle lines, giving detailed descriptions of combat.
Incoming and outgoing correspondence regarding the North Hill Placer Mine near Milton in Calaveras County, ca. 1901-1903. Mostly financial business and production data.
Incoming and outgoing correspondence regarding the North Hill Placer Mine near Milton in Calaveras County, ca. 1901-1903. Mostly financial business and production data.
Photographs, scrapbooks, genealogical charts, biographical notes, Corum Family Association organizational materials and reports, Boy Scout bookbinding project, deeds, will, divorce papers.
A collection of carbon copies of transcripts in Spanish from the Mexican archives used in research for the book THE FRENCH IN SONORA.
Ledgers from the post office in Coyote, CA, plus postal phone lists.
The papers of John Currey represented in this collection include ten items of correspondence written from 1906 to 1912 and a manuscript of his essay titled Political history of California, signed and dated May 21, 1907. Nine letters and notes...
The Ada Florence White Curtis collection contains three folders, which include typescripts, photographs, family Bible pages with vital records, and assorted certificates.
18 documents associated with Cyrus K. Daugherty-receipts, promissory notes, pension information, and historical reminiscenses. The pension documents belonged to Helen Reid Siddons, whose relationship to Daugherty is unclear.
Correspondence, business papers, estate materials, John A. McIntire and mining investment materials
Letters written by D. B. Pratt to his parents and his sister from various El Dorado mining camps during 1852-1856, with accompanying typescripts and occasional covers (envelopes).
Two series of letters, one from the 1840s and the other from the 1850s. Typescript of ms. for Introduction, with handwritten notes: Flush times in the diggins; or, lights and shades of Murphy's Camp in the fifties, being the lettters...
25 letters written from California by John Dart to Benjamin Dart, except for 1 to Ellen Dart and 1 to an unidentified recipient.
Frank Daubenbiss (the donor's great uncle) and Gladys Daubenbiss Thorp (the donor's grandmother) were grandchildren of John Daubenbiss, Soquel pioneer and one of the earliest white settlers in the area. He became a naturalized Mexican citizen before the American conquest,...
Frank Daubenbiss (the donor's great uncle) and Gladys Daubenbiss Thorp (the donor's grandmother) were grandchildren of John Daubenbiss, Soquel pioneer and one of the earliest white settlers in the area. He became a naturalized Mexican citizen before the American conquest,...
Correspondence and manuscript narrative of the life of David Hewes
Letter dated January 11, 1853 from David Spence to attorney James Wilson detaling Spence's claim to Rancho Encinal y Buena Esperanza.
Business histories, historic research and drafts, autobiographical materials, correspondence, diaries.
Correspondence, clippings and invitations, deeds, legal materials, minutes
Correspondence, clippings, brochures, cards, lists, programs, Whiskerino materials
Business papers, certificates, correspondence, deeds, mining papers, sales of public land materials, tax receipts.
The collection consists of original manuscripts in French. A journal details Delepine's journey on the Eduoard and his short stay with the California Native Americans. There is also a letter written to his father from Sonora in 1850 giving a...
Notes, itinerary of voyages, agreement, letter, document regarding marriage.
Mounted dimensions: 36 x 46 cm.
Samuel Denison letters. Mexico City. 1856-1857. Also, two letters to Thomas Denison from 1868-1869: one from his mother and the other from Marry[?] E. Wainwrights in Shanghai, China. Total 21 letters, 35 pages, and 3 envelopes.
Samuel Denison letters. Mexico City. 1856-1857. Also, two letters to Thomas Denison from 1868-1869: one from his mother and the other from Marry[?] E. Wainwrights in Shanghai, China. Total 21 letters, 35 pages, and 3 envelopes.
Business, military and family papers
Correspondence, clippings, reports, photographs, charts, maps, bulletins, forms, applications
Letters written by Diane Garcia Aires in Martinez, CA to her husband Manuel Ferreiro Aires (many of them in Portuguese) while he served aboard the Portuguese frigate NRP Diogo Cao (formerly USS Formoe) and visited Portugal a few months later....
Broadsides, fliers, and pamphlets primarily published by the Communications Company and mostly relating to the Diggers.
The collection consists of disparate items relating to Phillip Dippel, Sr., and Philip Dippel, Jr.
Copy of dispositions sworn by F. B. Davis (true name Jefferson F. Howell). The dispositions were given to the Sheriff of Weaverville, California, in 1919. Davis recounts several robberies he committed over the course of several years. In each case,...
Copy of dispositions sworn by F. B. Davis (true name Jefferson F. Howell). The dispositions were given to the Sheriff of Weaverville, California, in 1919. Davis recounts several robberies he committed over the course of several years. In each case,...
Rhodes & Co. operated an express service in Northern California ca. 1852-1856; this collection consists of items relating to the company during that period. There are eleven transaction slips (checks and receipts) for the company under various names --eight for...
C.M. Goethe was businessman in Sacramento, California. In 1916 went to Gothenburg to study their method of handling the liquor system.
Six document facsimile reproductions of letters and paragraphs sent to the Viceroy of New Spain during early exploration of greater California; includes correspondence from early merchant Sebastian Vizcaino and Franciscan friar Fray Junipero Serra. Handwritten on documents 14, 16 and...
Communications primarily from California Governor John B. Weller to the Shasta County Sheriff and the regional military commander regarding the hostilites with the Yuki tribe of Mendocino.
Official documents dealing with the Pious Fund set up to provide for missionaries sent to California. In Spanish--one translated.
Official documents dealing with the Pious Fund set up to provide for missionaries sent to California. In Spanish--one translated.
Manuscripts, book copies, and other material relating to five novels.
Letter is written to his brother, Peter Dorman, from Weber's Creek. Describes life among gold miners.
Audio recordings, news clippings, photos, and photocopied documents.
Audio recordings, news clippings, photos, and photocopied documents.
Correspondence and travel diary. Letters desribe voyages to the Pacific Coast, daily activities, and comment upon the election of Lincoln and slavery. Diary describes Asa Taylor's 1969 trip east by van to see Taylor family homes.
Correspondence, business card, chinese order book
Folder 1: Allen through Comstock; folder 2: Conant through Farrell; folder 3: Fiedler through Holmes; folder 4: Karr through Reeves; folder 5: Scheible through Yeager.
Folder 1: Allen through Comstock; folder 2: Conant through Farrell; folder 3: Fiedler through Holmes; folder 4: Karr through Reeves; folder 5: Scheible through Yeager.
Handwritten letter dated March 4, 1899 from E. H. Lewis, manager of the Boggs and Lewis Livery Feed and Sale Stable of Sutter Creek, to Mrs. Ida M. Lewis on company letterhead.
Typescript of journal likely written by E. L. Welling during his trip around Cape Horn in the bark Strafford beginning February 3, 1849, prefaced by a typescript of an article in the New York Herald and followed by an explanation...
Letters Craig sent to public officials during the 1940s, along with other documents. Reply letter from the White House signed William D. Hassett. Craig was the editor of the Home Front News Letter, and was involved with Thursday Evening Forum,...
Letters Craig sent to public officials during the 1940s, along with other documents. Reply letter from the White House signed William D. Hassett. Craig was the editor of the Home Front News Letter, and was involved with Thursday Evening Forum,...
System requirements: IBM PC compatible (386 minimum, 486/33 or higher recommended); color VGA monitor; double-speed CD-ROM drive; 4MB RAM, 2MB hard disk space; Windows 3.1 or later.
Handwritten letter dated February 2, 1847 from John E. Eberlein in Steubenville, Ohio to United States Secretary of War William L. Marcy with typescript. Letter requests instructions on enrolling new troops under a bill pending in Congress.
Personal papers, business papers, certificates, correspondence.
The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence, notes, maps, photographs, and video tapes relating to Bateson's outings along the Pony Express and Oregon-California Trails 1987-1993, plus genealogies and documents pertaining to J. A. "Snowshoe" Thompson. The collection is divided...
Certificates, diary, printed materials, materials about his daughter, Carrie M. Wadsworth
Correspondence, business and legal papers, certificates, stocks
Large diaries: Vol. 1, 9/20/1849-3/31/1859; Vol. 2, 4/1/1859-9/13/1861; Vol. 3, 9/13/186-fall 1864; Vol. 4, January 1865-1870; Vol. 5, 1892; Vol. 6, 1/1-12/25/1893; Vol. 7, 1894; Vol. 8, 9/20/1903 to 3/1/1904. Small diaries: Vol. 1, 1/1-6/18/1900; Vol. 2, 6/18-9/20/1900; Vol. 3,...
Large diaries: Vol. 1, 9/20/1849-3/31/1859; Vol. 2, 4/1/1859-9/13/1861; Vol. 3, 9/13/186-fall 1864; Vol. 4, January 1865-1870; Vol. 5, 1892; Vol. 6, 1/1-12/25/1893; Vol. 7, 1894; Vol. 8, 9/20/1903 to 3/1/1904. Small diaries: Vol. 1, 1/1-6/18/1900; Vol. 2, 6/18-9/20/1900; Vol. 3,...
Correspondence between former California Governor Pat Brown and "Sacramento man-of-letters" Robert Young, Jr. The 1975 letters ask Brown to write a recommendation for Young's friend Alexander R. Henderson (who is applying to the UC Davis Veterinary School), and remind him...
Photos and negatives of State Printing Plant, correspondence, requisitions, sick leave forms, invasion currency, books
Photo album of U. S. Army Corporal Edward T. Stewart, Jr., depicting his military career at the Stockton Ordinance Depot and Wake Forest and Duke Universities. The album contains 370 photographs and 110 pieces of ephemera, many of which depict...
Edward Harvy Welch was born in Iowa, on December 31, 1870, married Mary A. Hardy (born in California in about 1869) before 1897and subsequently moved to Oakland, California , where he ran a candy store. In 1911 he moved to...
Edward Harvy Welch was born in Iowa, on December 31, 1870, married Mary A. Hardy (born in California in about 1869) before 1897and subsequently moved to Oakland, California , where he ran a candy store. In 1911 he moved to...
Clippings, notes, articles, speeches, interviews, correspondence, drafts, manuscripts, periodicals, reprints, genealogy, personal journals, travel journals.
Materials about and belonging to the Edwin Crocker family, the majority of which is correspondence and legal documents pertaining to litigation involving property near Donner Lake owned by Edwin's daughters Jennie and Aimee. Other material relates to the acquisition of...
Correspondence, 1919-1922, notes and drafts of speeches, poetry, scrapbooks
Records of the El Dorado Canal Company kept in small notebook, including articles of incorporation, money paid out, and progress of construction.
Records of the El Dorado Canal Company kept in small notebook, including articles of incorporation, money paid out, and progress of construction.
Deeds, grants, bills of sale in Georgetown and Greenwood.
Bill of cost for Augustus Brohinsh vs Henry Culver for $257.24, from the State of California County of El Dorado Justice Court in Salmon Falls.
Correspondence, funeral notices, memorabilia
Correspondence, notes and drafts, poetry, and materials used in writing the book LITERARY CALIFORNIA.
Letters, diaries, account books, legal papers, photographs, postcards, etc.
Account book, assessor's notebook, typescript of journal, typescript of letters, obituary
Correspondence, 1861-1871; 1880-1881
Bookstore letterhead, bank receipt, property deed.
Correspondence, account books, legal papers, express and shipping receipts, Spanish and Mexican documents relating to mines in lower California.
Ernest I. Bulpitt was born in Round Valley, Inyo County, California in 1895, and graduated from the University of California in 1918 with a degree in Civil Engineering. This training led him to work in the early development of hydroelectric...
Ernest I. Bulpitt was born in Round Valley, Inyo County, California in 1895, and graduated from the University of California in 1918 with a degree in Civil Engineering. This training led him to work in the early development of hydroelectric...
Mary Eudora Garoutte was born in Woodland, California. She began working in the California State Library in 1899. She was first placed in charge of bringing the California newspapers into order, and then of gathering other California material into a...
Mary Eudora Garoutte was born in Woodland, California. She began working in the California State Library in 1899. She was first placed in charge of bringing the California newspapers into order, and then of gathering other California material into a...
Certificates, correspondence, photographs.
Correspondence, Charles Couvillaud receipts and checks, diaries, scrapbooks of Emma and Mary McKinsey
Correspondence, clippings, accounts, receipts, scripts, press releases, stock certificates, reviews, lists, notes.
The story of the migration of California's state capital during the initial years of statehood is well documented. When the 1st Legislature (1849-1850) met in San Jose prior to statehood, it was decided that the location of the permanent seat...
Item consists of official form issued by Office of the Surveyor General attesting that attached sheets are accurate copy of originals contained in their office. Attached sheets consist of correspondence between Larkin and Mexican officials in Monterey regarding the naturalization...
1980 interview with Ezio Mario Paolini by his daughter Anne Marie Paolini containing photographs, along with a photograph of Anne Marie. Interview is primarily about the 1944 Battle of St. Lo.
Letter from Father Manuel Gonsales, S. J. to Father Nicolas de Oro, S. J., San Miguel Arcangel de Oposura, Sonora, Mexico, April 13, 1733, describing activities, finances, and goods received by the mission.
Correspondence and business papers of David, Patrick, Logan, and John Fay
Account books, annual reports, articles of incorporation and bylaws, checks, correspondence, deeds, receipts, reports, stocks, vouchers
Scrapbook of articles from various California newspapers dated April 5, 1939 to June 26, 1939. Title and identification of newspapers and dates are typewritten.
Ca. 30 items. Incomplete financial records, 1880-1893; bulk 1883. Primarily financial statements from the Nevada City office detailing expenditures (operating costs, payroll, etc.) and income from water sales. Also includes an annotated bill for legal services to establish the company...
Documents relating to the 1850 and 1852 California Foreign Miners tax laws.
The collection has been organized into the following series: Personal papers: Biographical materials, family photographs. -- Haiku: Articles, children's haiku, contests and awards, correspondence with poets and haiku organizations. -- Renga: Completed renga, correspondence with renga poets. -- Publications: Correspondence...
Business papers, correspondence, pamphlets, photographs
Correspondence from United States Mint Director Frank A. Leach, most of which is to his son Edwin R. Leach who had become Melter and Refiner at the San Francisco Mint. These letters primarily discuss technical matters at the Mint, as...
Receipts and business related materials, 1858-1890, for a carpet and wall paper merchant in San Francisco; 1891-1906 for a publishing business.
Family correspondence
Title from cover.
Coram nobis papers relating to Fred Korematsu's legal case (writ of coram nobis: n. from Latin for "in our presence", an order by a court of appeals to a court which rendered judgment requiring that trial court to consider facts...
Fred Uhl Ball was born in Oakland, California in 1945, son of illustrator and enamelist Kathryn Uhl, and ceramicist F. Carlton Ball. Fred's interest in enamel was fostered at an early age, and he received his bachelor's and master's degrees...
Fred Uhl Ball was born in Oakland, California in 1945, son of illustrator and enamelist Kathryn Uhl, and ceramicist F. Carlton Ball. Fred's interest in enamel was fostered at an early age, and he received his bachelor's and master's degrees...
Three letters from Frederic F. Lane to Ann Phippen, and one letter from W. K. Stoakes to Allen.
A letter from Frederic H. Pratt Jr. written from Denver on June 11, 1888 to his cousin. He describes his train journey from Los Angeles to Sacramento, and from there over the mountains to Denver. Some anti-Chinese sentiment is also...
Frederick Wemmer's research during 1955-1956 into the founding date of Grace Church in Sacramento, done for the Pioneer Congregational Church who was planning on installing a plaque claiming itself as Sacramento's first church. This research contains quotes from various sources,...
Letters to William E. Parrott in Boston
Letter written in French from an unknown party in French Camp to Monsieur de Boursier de la Riviere, a French official in Mokelumne Hill, dated September 20, 1853. Mentions payment for game and waterfowl delivered to San Francisco, retrieval of...
Letter written in French from an unknown party in French Camp to Monsieur de Boursier de la Riviere, a French official in Mokelumne Hill, dated September 20, 1853. Mentions payment for game and waterfowl delivered to San Francisco, retrieval of...
Author describes a journey beginning in Everett, through Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, Grants Pass and the Rogue River Valley; entering California in Mt. Shasta area, coming down the Central Valley, crossing to San Jose and following coastal route to Los Angeles....
Correspondence, notes and drafts, radio scripts, scrapbook.
Letter written by Galen Clark to a Mr. Kelsey in New Hampshire on September 17, 1903, on a "Greetings from Yosemite Valley" lettersheet. Typecript also included.
Corespondence, agreements, deeds, leases, lists and reports concerning Black Oak Mine and Clark Mining Properties, Garden Valley, California.
57 fruit crate labels, 8 x 10 in. and smaller; 27 sheets pear packing tissue; 15 Fancy Pack cherry papers.
Correspondence, August-September 1859
Bancroft's Diary for 1865 belonging to George Chase of Brooklyn, California. Topics discussed in the entries include Lee's surrender, Lincoln's assassination, the 1865 earthquake, details of work and recreation, and choosing between Jennie and Mary.
Contains correspondence, pamphlets, statistical surveys, ephemera: California State documents supporting internment, municipal resolutions supporting internment, citizens' organization documents against internment, citizens' organization documents supporting internment, individual communications to Rep. Outland, Resolution of the California Delegation to the House of Representatives...
Contains correspondence, pamphlets, statistical surveys, ephemera: California State documents supporting internment, municipal resolutions supporting internment, citizens' organization documents against internment, citizens' organization documents supporting internment, individual communications to Rep. Outland, Resolution of the California Delegation to the House of Representatives...
Correspondence and manuscript drafts of books by George Ezra Dane.
Letter with typescript from George F. and Janey (spelled "Janney" and "Jenney" in the letter) Smith to Jane's brothers Andrew, Arnold, and Thomas in Stockton, CA, dated March 20, 1862.
Correspondence
Correspondence
This collection consists of correspondence from May 1861 to March 1862, between members of the Hiram Dwight Pierce family of Troy, New York, to son George H. Pierce during his service in the Civil War as a Private, later Colonel,...
The George H. Baker collection is an eclectic assortment of ca. 130 items associated with Baker. Materials date from 1848 through 1965 but individual dates are widely scattered throughout this period with no continuity. The collection is divided into two...
Family and business letters
Correspondence, business papers, clippings, legal documents, draft of petition to Congress.
This collection consists of genealogical research and findings, both original and copies, for the extended family of George R. Dorman, residents of Fresno and the State of California, specific ethnic groups, and persons of historical interest to California. Its material...
Business papers, correspondence, legal papers, printed materials, Trustee of Hornitos records
Correspondence and diary
Letters, poems, and typescripts.
2 abstract books.
2 abstract books.
Document by California Governor George Stoneman recommending Wickliffe Matthews as Commissioner of Deeds for the State of New York, dated December 29, 1886.
23 letters written by George Wharton James on everyday business matters, such as his books, pamphlets, and lectures.
23 letters written by George Wharton James on everyday business matters, such as his books, pamphlets, and lectures.
The Gibson collection includes both business correspondence of George Wheeler Gibson and personal correspondence from his extended family during the late 1850s and early 1860s.
Correspondence, biographical materials, military papers, maps, deeds, diary, photographs, etc.
Correspondence
An album of photographs, postcards, and documents relating to the German Bar gold mine in Allegheny, California and several surrounding mines.
German letters, in the German and Low German languages, written to friends and relatives in California mining towns.
Letter and postcard written by Gertrude Atherton.
Letter and postcard written by Gertrude Atherton.
John S. Gildersleeve was associated with the California State Library from 1936-1947 and served as head of the Acquisitions Section during the later years. When he left in 1947 to accept an editorial position with the University of California Press,...
Valentines, postcards, and souvenirs associated with the Gillis family along with a wide assortment of paintings, photos, property title books, and other items whose connection to the family is unknown.
The Lincoln plant of Gladding McBean Company kept track of their terra-cotta product orders from ca. 1888 to ca. 1966 by assigning a job order number to each new order, with subsequent orders for the same job using the assigned...
Items relating to the conference held in Decatur, Illinois, April 14-16, 2000.
A collection of fifteen items associated with Moses Thorpe. A journal which served as a ship's log was kept by Alden Powers during 1840 and 1841; Moses Thorp was listed as among the crew. Two voyages are recorded: in 1840...
Holograph diary ([34] p.), unbound and incomplete; 7 leaves of typed excerpts; photocopies of the ship's passenger list and biographical material, including a brief biographical sketch written by Dudley's great-grandson, George McLean; photograph identified as the Dudley store in Jacksonville.
Letter with envelope from Stevens in Sonora, Calif., sent to John Adams, Rockland, Maine, and addressed "Dear Cousen". Stevens reports on his current situation, having just concluded an unsuccessful mining venture at Poverty Hill. "I went astern 250 dollars while...
Three letters from Jacob Thrailkill to his wife, Sarah, and children in Fort Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa: April 29, 1849 from "Near Council Bluffs, Iowa"; Sept. 16, 1849 from "Columa California"; and Feb. 14, 1850 from "Georgetown sixty miles...
Four letters and a diary-type notebook. The first letter is dated March 4, 1849 and was written en route to California on the Brig Osceola. It is addressed to Brother A [Abrm for Abraham?; also a brother named Alexander] and...
There are five letters in this collection accompanied by transcriptions. Four of the letters are from Thomas G. Watters to his wife, Climena Watters, and Melissa Watters in Wassonville, Iowa. The fifth letter is from G.S. Shaff to his brother,...
Twelve letters from Boylan in California to his wife Margaret in Jackson Creek, Illinois; one letter from Boylan to his son, James. The collection documents Boylan's stay in California during the gold rush period, 1850 to 1853. It is clear...
Two letters: Nov. 2, 1852, San Juan del Sud, to "My Dear Sarah" from William; Dec. 12, 1852, Sacramento, to "My Dear Sarah" from William. With typed transcriptions.
Six letters from Edward Clyatt(?) Roberts in San Francisco to his father, Edward John Roberts in London, dated Aug. 14, 1852 - July 10, 1853, with an enclosure in the Aug. 14 letter from E.C.'s doctor, F. Montague. On the...
From February 26, 1852 through March 4, 1856, Henry A. Parker sent these 100 letters home to his family in Pepperell, Massachusetts. Most were addressed "My Dear Mother", although some are directed also to his brother and sister and the...
Two letters: Feb. 20, 1853, "In my Log Cabin", to "My Dear Sister" (Mrs. Amelia Bailey, New York City) from Charles C. Newton; Dec. 1, 1853, "Steep Hollow Creek, Up Cal", to "My dearest Sister" (Mrs. H.R. Worthington, Brooklyn, Long...
Gold rush letters: A collection of ten letters in two groups, three written in 1853 from the area around Murphys, and the remaining seven written from 1859 through 1861 from Grizzly Flat and Iowa Hill near Colfax. The letters are...
Seven letters from Edwin Fitzgerald in California to his wife, Frank (Frances), in Thomaston, Maine. All written in 1859: May 7 (sent from New York en route), June 3 (San Francisco), June 12 (Contra Costa County), July 24 (San Pablo),...
8 letters and 1 contract from various sources during the Gold Rush era. All but one have at least a partial typed transcription.
8 letters and 1 contract from various sources during the Gold Rush era. All but one have at least a partial typed transcription.
Typescript copy of Mark D. Manlove's reminiscences "An overland trip to the California gold fields". Seventeen pages, some handwritten annotations. The manuscript is undated so it is not known when Manlove wrote his reminiscences but certainly some passages have the...
Correspondence, legal papers, and miscellaneous corporation papers relating to the establishment, bankruptcy and dissolution of San Francisco Bay Exposition, sponsor of the Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, 1939-1940.
Letters written to and from Antone Golemac pertaining to the Dole Air Race of 1927.
The Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation was formed in 1923 as a partnership between the Goodyear Corporation and the Zeppelin Company to build rigid-frame airships in the United States. The company built an enormous hangar in Wingfoot Lake, near Akron Ohio, for this...
The Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation was formed in 1923 as a partnership between the Goodyear Corporation and the Zeppelin Company to build rigid-frame airships in the United States. The company built an enormous hangar in Wingfoot Lake, near Akron Ohio, for this...
Correspondence from Grace Hudson, Maynard Dixon, and a few others to San Francisco art dealer Matthew C. Ansbro. Photographs, and some of Dixon's artwork is included as well.
Medals and ribbons from various Grand Army of the Republic encampments, primarily from California but also from elsewhere in the United States.
Medals and ribbons from various Grand Army of the Republic encampments, primarily from California but also from elsewhere in the United States.
Daily ledger of items obtained, mostly on credit, by customers who had accounts with the grocer. Some notations are marked "paid." The ledger begins on August 1, 1894 and ends on November 2, 1895.
Daily ledger of items obtained, mostly on credit, by customers who had accounts with the grocer. Some notations are marked "paid." The ledger begins on August 1, 1894 and ends on November 2, 1895.
Mining helmets, blasting devices, and other realia.
Correspondence, legal papers, and lawsuits.
Typewritten letter from C. P. Randall to H. W. "Bill" Raver dated April 5, 1941 on Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen stationery, discussing who exactly would represent the local Greyhound drivers, and discussing mistaken assumptions on the part of Mr. Raver.
Announcements, invitations, correspondence
Sheet of paper embossed with the Guildford Gold Mining Company seal.
The C.T. Gutleben Collection consists of the business and personal correspondence of C. T. Gutleben, a project engineer for industrial, governmental, corporate and private construction projects during the years of 1916 through 1959. The collection documents the building of bridges,...
Letter written by H. Works to his brother Rufus of New Sharon, Maine, dated March 4, 1855, in which he talks about prospecting near the Feather River.
Letter written by H. Works to his brother Rufus of New Sharon, Maine, dated March 4, 1855, in which he talks about prospecting near the Feather River.
Nineteen letters from San Francisco lawyer, George W. Haight to A.W. Smith in Grand Junction, Colorado, dated 1887 - 1897. All on letterhead printed with "Law offices of Taylor & Haight, 207 Sansome St., E.R. Taylor, G.W. Haight". Fifteen are...
Manuscript haiku collections, most with accompanying letters sent to Elizabeth Searle Lamb by John Polozzolo (Zolo) during 1981-1985. All are untitled. Some typescript and some holograph; some illustrated by author.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Title supplied by cataloger.
"Each poem in this box was handwritten and signed by the poet. One hundred seventy-five boxes were prepared and distributed."
Includes: Transmittal letter--Announcement--Program--Newspaper articles--Flyers: Haiku conference webthology.--Towards a defintion of the English haiku / George Swede.--Rengay structure and aesthetics / Ebba Story.--Workshop on Onitsura / Jerry Ball.--The Philosophy and purpose of the tea ceremony / DoShin Tei.
The collection consists of John Brandi's working papers relating to his haiku publications. This material was organized by Brandi and his content notes for each folder have been retained. Each folder pertains to one publication and includes items associated with...
The Haiku Society of America was founded by Harold G. Henderson and Leroy Kanterman in 1968. This nonprofit organization promotes English language haiku and is open to all who appreciate this form.
The Haiku Society of America was founded by Harold G. Henderson and Leroy Kanterman in 1968. This nonprofit organization promotes English language haiku and is open to all who appreciate this form.
Photographs, correspondence, ephemera.
Photographs of San Francisco scences and subjects, 1915-1925; photos of actors and actresses; photos of individuals.
Business papers of three generations of the Hammon family, focusing primarily on the activities of Wendell P. (Philucius) Hammon, 1854-1939, and his son, Wendell C. (Cooper) Hammon, 1890-1966. A grandson, Wendell Hammon, 1918- , was custodian of the family papers...
Account books, ledgers, correspondence, invoices, day books.
This collection consists of the personal and professional papers of Harriet G. Eddy. It is organized into the following series: Personal, Travel, Professional, Correspondence and Audiovisual.
Six letters written by Harry Wertz in California to his sister Mary E. Wertz in Dalton, Ohio, along with an envelope and a poem titled "My Ohio Home." In these letters Wertz writes about which former Ohio residents he has...
Six letters written by Harry Wertz in California to his sister Mary E. Wertz in Dalton, Ohio, along with an envelope and a poem titled "My Ohio Home." In these letters Wertz writes about which former Ohio residents he has...
Collection consists of playbill for the Fifth Avenue Theatre dated Jan. 8, 1878 for the play Adrienne starring Helena Modjeska, a Los Angeles Express article dated April 12, 1909 titled Solemn funeral services for late Madame Modjeska, an newspaper article...
11 court documents mainly regarding the case of Sanborn vs. Madera Flume and Trading Company heard in Santa Clara County in 1882, in which Henry A. Sanborn sued for $26,000 in recompense for loss of livelihood due to an accident...
Letters of Rev. Henry B. Sheldon to his parents
Journal by Henry Curtiss written during 1852-53.
Journal by Henry Curtiss written during 1852-53.
16 letters (with typescripts) written mostly by Henry D. Platt to his sister and his father in Watertown, Connecticut, seven of which are during the sea voyage to California and from California itself. Two poems are also included.
Five pieces of correspondence associated with Henry Dittrick. One of the letters discusses his work in Hermosillo, Mexico. Another is a letter of recommendation from Supreme Court Justice N. G. Lorigan on stationery from the Court. There is also a...
Henry Evans was born in Superior, Wisconsin in 1918. He came to San Francisco and opened the Porpoise Bookshop in 1944. Evans subsequently acquired an 1852 Washington hand press on which he printed books and pamphlets. In 1958 he began...
Henry Evans was born in Superior, Wisconsin in 1918. He came to San Francisco and opened the Porpoise Bookshop in 1944. Evans subsequently acquired an 1852 Washington hand press on which he printed books and pamphlets. In 1958 he began...
Scrapbooks, photographs, rosary novenas, Wolf Head Society roster
Letter written on June 20, 1846 from Henry Halleck to George W. Cullum that mentions upcoming U.S. Army expedition to California aboard the USS Lexington. Also covered is promotion for Halleck's newly-written book, and the possibility of more officers being...
Letter written on June 20, 1846 from Henry Halleck to George W. Cullum that mentions upcoming U.S. Army expedition to California aboard the USS Lexington. Also covered is promotion for Halleck's newly-written book, and the possibility of more officers being...
Business papers, charts, correspondence, diaries, maps, photographs, railroad papers
This collection is a miscellany centering on Henry Sterling Bloom and his family. There are two letters written by Bloom to his wife, Eliza, in Illinois dated 1850 (from Deseret, Utah) and 1851 (from Downieville, Calif.); associated with the Downieville...
The documents include extracts of records, abstracts of titles, notices of location and deeds. A certificate application from Lewis Chalmers, Esquire, as an agent for Henry Syme of London, England, lists the mining lodes of the Isabella Gold and Silver...
Four photographs--2 portraits, 1 of Golden Gate Park Conservatory, 1 of California's 40th birthday celebration (September 9, 1890). Four letters--2 from 1890, 1 from 1891 and 1 from 1892 addressed to Fred O. Brown, Colchester, Connecticut. Content includes his impressions...
Four photographs--2 portraits, 1 of Golden Gate Park Conservatory, 1 of California's 40th birthday celebration (September 9, 1890). Four letters--2 from 1890, 1 from 1891 and 1 from 1892 addressed to Fred O. Brown, Colchester, Connecticut. Content includes his impressions...
Research materials collected by Mr. and Mrs. Rensch for HISTORIC SPOTS IN CALIFORNIA and other works and projects.
Business papers, clippings, correspondence, ephemera, estate papers, legal papers, maps, newspapers and poems, Louis M. Hickman Corporation administrative records, legal affairs, correspondence.
One typewritten letter dated April 25, 1906, with handwritten signature, from Frank W. Higgins, Governor of New York, to Morris K. Jesup, Esq., President of the New York Chamber of Commerce. The letter acknowledges the raising of "large sums of...
Photos, documents, correspondence, and publications relating to aeronautics training in Sacramento.
Shepard's diary of his overland journey in 1852, with entries on an 1880 trip from Santa Barbara to San Francisco added. Also included is an 1871 letter from Ella D. Chase of San Francisco to her niece Emily T. Shepard...
Shepard's diary of his overland journey in 1852, with entries on an 1880 trip from Santa Barbara to San Francisco added. Also included is an 1871 letter from Ella D. Chase of San Francisco to her niece Emily T. Shepard...
Correspondence
Treasurer B. S. Hirsch's report for the El Dorado Hiram Masonic Lodge, June 23, 1877, covering the period from December 27, 1876 to April 21, 1877.
In the California Room Richard J. Hoffman collection.
Handwritten letter dated August 15, 1902 from W. A. Banks to J. P. Snook & Co. on Hollenbeck Hotel letterhead, discussing almonds.
Photographs of musicians, sheet music, and musical instruments.
Letter from Hotel del Coronado manager Alberto M. Campione to Mrs. Herbert W. Stanton dated February 22, 1938 on Hotel del Coronado promotional stationary.
Drafts of three bills introduced by Assemblyman Howard A. Peairs in the 40th State Legislature, 1913-1914
Clippings, periodicals, awards, audio tapes, video tapes, photographs, correspondence, news releases
3 letters written by Hubert Howe Bancroft.
Records of the Humboldt Mining & Tunnel Co. in Sarahsville, Placer Co. Miscellaneous material entered in one ledger. Includes miners' compact signed by the members; minutes of the company; records of expenses, etc.
Records of the Humboldt Mining & Tunnel Co. in Sarahsville, Placer Co. Miscellaneous material entered in one ledger. Includes miners' compact signed by the members; minutes of the company; records of expenses, etc.
17 notices from various Odd Fellows lodges throughout California (and some from outside the state) having to do with the rejection of prospective members, and the suspension or reinstatement of active ones.
Documents and map relating to a talk given by J. C. Allison on December 18, 1915 about Imperial Valley irrigation and water supply diverted from the Colorado River, particularly regarding flooding and silt deposit. This was during the period when...
Documents and map relating to a talk given by J. C. Allison on December 18, 1915 about Imperial Valley irrigation and water supply diverted from the Colorado River, particularly regarding flooding and silt deposit. This was during the period when...
Correspondence (19 letters, 4 cards, and 3 envelopes) written by Ina Coolbrith to several people on a variety of topics.
Correspondence (19 letters, 4 cards, and 3 envelopes) written by Ina Coolbrith to several people on a variety of topics.
Handwritten poem by Ina Coolbrith to Leone Cadenasso dated April 2, 1907.
3 typescripts, at least some of which are from members of the Ingalls family. First is a group of material from E. S. Ingalls: 2 copies of a 3-page journal titled "Journal of incidents enroute from Waukegan, Ill. to Pikes...
3 typescripts, at least some of which are from members of the Ingalls family. First is a group of material from E. S. Ingalls: 2 copies of a 3-page journal titled "Journal of incidents enroute from Waukegan, Ill. to Pikes...
Title supplied by cataloger.
Title supplied by cataloger.
The colophon for the publication 'Brief memoir of Mr. Thomas Bewick' states "Letterpress by the In-Time Press which is an occasionally working partnership of Time, Inclination & John Borden". Borden began printing sometime in the 1940s and was still active...
Correspondence, annual reports, forms, certificates, pamphlets
Lodge records, 1858-1921: correspondence; I.O.O.F. publications; financial records; annual relief reports; trustees' and treasurers' bonds; committee reports; by-laws and amendments; resolutions, including condolences on the assassination of Abraham Lincoln; 2 gavels. Proceedings from trials provide an interesting glimpse at lodge...
The collection consists of nineteen items of regalia as detailed below. The various styles of draped shawls that comprise the collection are representative of this regalia common to most benevolent societies, including the I.O.O.F. They were worn to indicate rank...
1894 Capitol Lodge No. 87 I.O.O.F., Odd Fellows Temple, Sacramento, CA. 3-page Resolution admonishing a brother lodge for making false assertions about their lodge; 3 illustrated letterheads.
1894 Capitol Lodge No. 87 I.O.O.F., Odd Fellows Temple, Sacramento, CA. 3-page Resolution admonishing a brother lodge for making false assertions about their lodge; 3 illustrated letterheads.
Documents, postcards, and other ephemera relating to California (and some other) Odd Fellows lodges.
Handwritten letter dated March 13, 1924 from Ira C. Barber in Long Beach, CA to his brother William C. Barber in Culver, OR on "Ira C. Barber, Subdivider" letterhead.
Account book and 4 diaries of Ira Hill Reed.
Completed questionnaires and letters of American playwrights
Letters and illustrated envelope. Letters addressed to Frazee from George Wharton James, John Steven McGroarty, and William Wendt. Other correspondents are Antony Anderson, Harry Carr, John Clinton, B.F. Coulter, Bill Henry, Garnet Holme, benjamin Horning, and Frank Miller.
Letters and illustrated envelope. Letters addressed to Frazee from George Wharton James, John Steven McGroarty, and William Wendt. Other correspondents are Antony Anderson, Harry Carr, John Clinton, B.F. Coulter, Bill Henry, Garnet Holme, benjamin Horning, and Frank Miller.
Letters from Isaac Perkins to his brother Danell in Salem, Mass.
List of shareholders and legal papers, investigative files, photographs, notes, correspondence, resolution book
Title supplied by cataloger.
Correspondence regarding efforts to build Bayshore Highway and Skyline Blvd.
Account books, 1862-66; correspondence, 1860-67; receipts, 1859-66.
Letter written by J. F. B. Marshall toWilliam Heath Davis from the Occidental Hotel in San Francisco on May 17, 1890, describing Marshall's experiences in the Graham Affair of 1840.
Letter and partial typescript from A. J. Mills, of the 1st Regiment of Missouri Mounted Volunteers under Colonel Alexander W. Doniphan, to his brother detailing his experiences during the war against Mexico, culminating in the Battle of Sacramento and march...
Drafts and research materials from Holliday's books "The World Rushed In," and "Rush for Riches," along with journal articles, and papers relating to Holliday's employment at the Oakland Museum, the Bancroft Library, and the California Historical Society.
Photographs, pamphlets, DVDs and books relating to Jack LaLanne.
Correspondence, articles, clippings, ephemera, pamphlets, personal records
The collection consists of pre- and post-election letters 1885-1886 to James C. Nealon, who was nominated and elected to serve the position of Assessor of San Francisco from 1887-1890. The first letter is a handwritten draft of the announcement to...
Documents, court records, and photographs rpertaining to legal work Purcell did on behalf of Japanese internees, particularly Mitsuye Endo. Also included are court transcripts and documents of the "People v Mooney" and "People v Schmidt" bombing trials.
Letter from James Canney in San Jose to John Bell. Accompanied by "Bell's Real Estate Circular" dated 1882. Canney invites Bell to come to California and describes the farm equipment business and the status of a Quaker colony in San...
Letter from James Canney in San Jose to John Bell. Accompanied by "Bell's Real Estate Circular" dated 1882. Canney invites Bell to come to California and describes the farm equipment business and the status of a Quaker colony in San...
This collection mainly documents a pay dispute that arose between the U. S. Treasury and Colonel Strong. In 1878, the U.S. Treasury claimed to have overpaid him and Colonel Strong disagreed.
Business letters and diaries
Correspondence relating to the California lumber firm of Pine and Houghton
Correspondence, legal papers, appointments, petitions for land timber, deeds, contracts, business and military papers
Letter dated February 6, 1913 from State Librarian James L. Gillis to former Public Administrator Newton Spencer requesting authentification of James Marshall materials being offered to the library by John Sipp, plus envelope letter was sent in. Also included is...
Letter dated February 6, 1913 from State Librarian James L. Gillis to former Public Administrator Newton Spencer requesting authentification of James Marshall materials being offered to the library by John Sipp, plus envelope letter was sent in. Also included is...
Letter dated April 14, 1853 from Secretary of the Treasury James Guthrie to R. P. Hammond introducing Edward F. Beale as agent appointed by the President to make certain military reservations available for removal and protection of California Indians.
Letter dated April 14, 1853 from Secretary of the Treasury James Guthrie to R. P. Hammond introducing Edward F. Beale as agent appointed by the President to make certain military reservations available for removal and protection of California Indians.
Letters, notices od location for quartz claims, agreements, and other legal documents for four separate groupings of correspondence: 1. J. J. Smith and George Pilz; 2. Smith and Joseph Behm; 3. West Point Reduction Works; 4. Misc., Potazuba Mining Co.,...
Pictures, personal papers and clippings of former State Librarian James Louis Gillis.
Correspondence, stationery, and clippings written by or relating to James M. Hutchings.
Business papers, legal documents, personal papers, letters, receipts
Addendum to Society of California Pioneers meeting minutes, dated March 1, 1873, in which James Marshall is stated to have described the gold discovery somewhat differently from what is commonly believed.
Correspondence, legal and business papers, ephemera, photographs, diaries, scrapbook, poetry and miscellaneous personal papers.
Typed letter (on "Office of the County Clerk" letterhead with view of City Hall) from the County Clerk of San Francisco to James Rolph Jr. congratulating him on his work for the Admission Day Festival Committee, dated August 29, 1910....
Correspondence
Papers relating to Marshall's estate, correspondence.
Deed written by Peter S. Van Wyck for plot in Lone Mountain Cemetery, San Francisco, of Mrs. Jane B. Hayes dated February 27, 1865. Copied from entry dated May 13, 1857 in Lone Mountain Cemetery Company book of records.
Deed written by Peter S. Van Wyck for plot in Lone Mountain Cemetery, San Francisco, of Mrs. Jane B. Hayes dated February 27, 1865. Copied from entry dated May 13, 1857 in Lone Mountain Cemetery Company book of records.
Mary Oshiro was interned at the Tule Lake Relocation center beginning in 1942. She did watercolors of the camp and its surroundings, and worked as an artist and stencil cutter for the camp newspaper, the Tulean Dispatch.
Mary Oshiro was interned at the Tule Lake Relocation center beginning in 1942. She did watercolors of the camp and its surroundings, and worked as an artist and stencil cutter for the camp newspaper, the Tulean Dispatch.
Age distribution, Athletic teams, Buddhist Reverends and Christian Minister lists, Community Activities Directory, Educational Personnel, Enlistee classification list, equipment list, high school enrollment, project chart, recreational activities list, Rules and Regulations, War Relocation Authority Personnel List, Ward Councilmen List.
Jay Eslick was born in Spokane, Washington on August 31, 1901, and in the 1920's became a drummer and bandleader in the Pacific Northwest. By 1928 he had joined a band in Tijuana and subsequently became a popular bandleader in...
Jay Eslick was born in Spokane, Washington on August 31, 1901, and in the 1920's became a drummer and bandleader in the Pacific Northwest. By 1928 he had joined a band in Tijuana and subsequently became a popular bandleader in...
Business papers, certificates and correspondence
Haiku books, periodicals, chapbooks, correspondence, notebooks, poetry, and drafts.
Documents, correspondence, photos, fliers, clippings, and other ephemera pertaining to Jeremiah Burke Sanderson, his family, and his descendents.
Business papers, certificates, correspondence, legal papers, printed materials
Typescript and manuscript of Mankins' memoir, "Recollections of Early Days", detailing his experiences during the Gold Rush in the 1850s, and in the Visalia area during the 1860s and 1870s.
Typescript and manuscript of Mankins' memoir, "Recollections of Early Days", detailing his experiences during the Gold Rush in the 1850s, and in the Visalia area during the 1860s and 1870s.
Research notes on California local history, taking the form of lists, citations, and statistics, all of which have also been donated to other institutions. Some of it seems to serve as a finding aid for materials that the California State...
A series of 9 large landscape-oriented cards titled "Me and the Dog," containing a poem, a cartoon, and a short message, advertising the Jo Anderson Print Shop at 416 J Street, Sacramento. Also included is a card of thanks to...
Bound books, galley proofs, published and unpublished manuscripts, drafts, handwritten notes, binders documenting the book production and marketing process, magazines and newsprint publications, photocopied articles, correspondence, calendars, photographs, and awards.
Papers and research materials pertaining to Levy's books "Unsettling the West," "They Saw the Elephant," "For California's Gold," "Daughter of Joy," and numerous other published and unpublished works.
Correspondence written by and about Joaquin Miller and his daughter Juanita Miller.
Business papers, clippings, correspondence, mining information, notes and drafts, photographs.
Business correspondence, Sutter claim materials, miscellaneous papers. Much of the collection typescripts, photostats, and facsimiles.
Business papers, legal papers, estate matters, manuscript statement of events occurring in Sacramento, 1848-1850.
Correspondence, personal balance sheet, New York State Legal documents
Box 2824: Schedules, transfers, company documents; Box 2825: Schedules, transfers, company documents; Box 2826: Schedules, transfers, company documents; Box 2727: Photos, postcards, and calendars.
Box 2824: Schedules, transfers, company documents; Box 2825: Schedules, transfers, company documents; Box 2826: Schedules, transfers, company documents; Box 2727: Photos, postcards, and calendars.
Correspondence, notes, legal and business papers
Business and personal papers, correspondence, certificates, contracts, receipts
Originally founded in Sacramento around 1856 by John Breuner, company became one of largest furniture stores and chains of the era.
Correspondence
Mimeograph ms. for "Bear Valley Trip", 12 p. Holograph additions totalling 13 words. Privately printed, 21 copies. A pleasant, occasionally humorous and observant account of a Los Angeles resident's journey to and stay in the San Bernardino mountains.
Mimeograph ms. for "Bear Valley Trip", 12 p. Holograph additions totalling 13 words. Privately printed, 21 copies. A pleasant, occasionally humorous and observant account of a Los Angeles resident's journey to and stay in the San Bernardino mountains.
Correspondence of the Meussdorffer family and to the J. C. Meussdorffer Hat Mfg. Co.
Business letters, legal instruments, accounts, scrapbooks, certificates
Correspondence, business papers, legal papers, mining papers, miscellany.
Three letters of introduction for John Flynn, a reporter based in Chicago, from the Chicago Daily Union and Inter-Ocean. One of them (with an envelope) authorizes his use of Western Union services. Flynn came to San Francisco to cover the...
Business papers, certificates, checks, clippings, letters, calling cards, legal papers, pamphlets, menus, photographs
Business papers, receipts
Correspondence between John Beeckman, his wife Margaret, and other family members.
Items related to John J. Doyle, the John Doyle Estate, and Cupertino Wine Company.
John L. Cooper's diary for the year 1852, and two-page document containing biographical information and highlights of diary.
John L. Cooper's diary for the year 1852, and two-page document containing biographical information and highlights of diary.
Correspondence
Certificates, correspondence, diary and receipts
John Marshall Pierce was born on January 1, 1831 in Glasgow, MO. He traveled overland and arrived in Diamond Springs, CA in October of 1850. He spent the next 25 years mining and gambling in other parts of California as...
John Marshall Pierce was born on January 1, 1831 in Glasgow, MO. He traveled overland and arrived in Diamond Springs, CA in October of 1850. He spent the next 25 years mining and gambling in other parts of California as...
Typescripts of letters written by John McCrackan during his journey around Cape Horn aboard the ship "Balance," and after his arrival in San Francisco.
3 letters and 1 document to and from John Milcane in the Yukon, and about his mining activities there.
Letters of John Paul Dart to his brother and sister
San Mateo County property deeds, and legal documents. Some of these appear to pertain to the town of Purissima.
Buttons, ribbons, badges, medals, bumper stickers, posters, letters, photos, and campaign materials. In addition, research notes and rough drafts of a book by Chico State professor Ben Franklin on Reagan's influence on California higher education are included.
Correspondence from John Steinbeck to Katherine (Trina) Groves, the daughter of Steinbeck's Stanford professor William Herbert Carruth, from whom he took Verse Writing and Prosody in the spring of 1923. This correspondence was written in the 1960s regarding Steinbeck's work...
Correspondence from John Steinbeck to Katherine (Trina) Groves, the daughter of Steinbeck's Stanford professor William Herbert Carruth, from whom he took Verse Writing and Prosody in the spring of 1923. This correspondence was written in the 1960s regarding Steinbeck's work...
Correspondence, leases, legal materials, notes and drafts, pamphlets, tax receipts
The John W. Borden ephemera collection consists of ca. 964 items collected by Mr. Borden during the 1960s through the 1990s. During these years he was an active amateur letterpress printer and participated in serveral clubs with a focus on...
Letter from John W. Edwards of Redlands, California to T. J. Stefan of Hot Springs, Arkansas, dated August 27, 1901 and discussing discharge of lodge dues out of available funds.
Fourteen letters and 16 pages of a diary which was written on the overland journey from Michigan to California.
Letters from family and friends, poll tax receipts.
Correspondence, books, pictures, newspaper copies.
Letter from Mexican Minister of War Jose Maria Tornel, dated July 1846, urging commissioners Andres Castillero and D. Manuel Castanares to defend California from the United States.
Business papers, correspondence, land grant materials, legal papers, Mission Dolores accounts, receipts, promissory notes, tax assessments.
Correspondence, bills and other papers of Rowe and his associates
Correspondence.
Hand-copied obituaries of Judge Joseph Bryant Crockett from the Bar Association of San Francisco and a Louisville, Kentucky newspaper, and articles on his nomination as State Supreme Court Justice from the "San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin" and the "San Francisco...
Diary sketchily covers Oct. 4, 1943 to Oct. 31, 1945, but includes entries of army life in Italy and intense battle, most notably a description of the Battle of the Bulge. Also includes correspondence and ephemera including two copies of...
Business papers, certificates, correspondence, Folsom estate materials, Leidesdorff estate materials, legal papers, Pulgas Rancho materials
Correspondence, clippings, certificates, personal papers, speech material, photographs
Letter written by Joseph Moore to Mr. Sutro on Risdon Iron and Locomotive Works stationary telling him that Mr. Sharon had agreed to sell two water engines for $50.00 "provided the smallest one is still at the hotel."
Letter written by Joseph Moore to Mr. Sutro on Risdon Iron and Locomotive Works stationary telling him that Mr. Sharon had agreed to sell two water engines for $50.00 "provided the smallest one is still at the hotel."
Business and personal papers of Joseph Mora Moss, including receipt, record, and ledger books, photographs also papers of Joseph Mora Moss III.
12 letters with envelopes from Joseph P. Neto in Camp Roberts, California to his wife Adeline Neto in West Sacramento.
Letter written by Joseph P. Wheeler of Sacramento, dated the 28th of an unknown month in 1854, to his brother-in law Samuel Lafayette Brown with a note to his sister Martha (Wheeler) Brown. Wheeler apologizes for not writing sooner, and...
Letter written by Joseph P. Wheeler of Sacramento, dated the 28th of an unknown month in 1854, to his brother-in law Samuel Lafayette Brown with a note to his sister Martha (Wheeler) Brown. Wheeler apologizes for not writing sooner, and...
Correspondence
Letters written by Joshua H. Corwin of Mount Hope, NY to his father and brother during the Mexican War. Corwin was a private in Light Company, Second Regiment, U.S. Artillery. The letters relate his voyage out, his experiences at Corpus...
Letters written by Joshua H. Corwin of Mount Hope, NY to his father and brother during the Mexican War. Corwin was a private in Light Company, Second Regiment, U.S. Artillery. The letters relate his voyage out, his experiences at Corpus...
Account books, business papers, correspondence, photographs
Correspondence and receipts
Typescript copy.
Four letters from Salas to Captain Jesus de la Garza written in Spanish, dated July 14, August 17, October 8, and October 20, 1847, containing news and descriptions of the Mexican War.
Correspondence, deeds, court cases, legal papers, clippings, maps, notes and printed materials.
Correspondence, documents, clippings.
Dennis H. Dutton is a writer, editor, and reviewer, has worked in the library field, and is a Viet Nam veteran. In 1998 he resumed writing Haiku after a 34-year hiatus. While in Viet Nam, Dutton became a Buddhist, is...
Dennis H. Dutton is a writer, editor, and reviewer, has worked in the library field, and is a Viet Nam veteran. In 1998 he resumed writing Haiku after a 34-year hiatus. While in Viet Nam, Dutton became a Buddhist, is...
Clippings, correspondence, programs, poems, tributes, notes and drafts, pamphlets, reports, photographs.
Correspondence, notes from interviews, foreman's notebook, geology and production reports, annual reports, maps, charts.
Material in this series relates to projects Starr conceived of as publications, even though some were never published, and include speeches when they were a secondary aspect of that project. The series is divided into sub-series that reflect the type...
Born February 25, 1930 in Denver, Colorado. Attended grammar and high schools affiliated with St. Mel Roman Catholic Parish in Chicago's west side, 1936-1948. United States Army, 1951-1953. Studied at the Kansas City Art Institute, Mexico City College, The School...
The Tokutomi papers fill 50 manuscript boxes with over 6000 items. In addition to documents and correspondence, there are ca. 1000 photographs and some ephemera. Much of the material is in Japanese. The papers are organized into two series: Personal...
Stock certificate dated December 6, 1897 plus stamped cover.
Letters to Betty Scholle in St. Charles, Missouri from men stationed in California and elsewhere during the Korean War. Also included are letters and postcards from men and women in civilian status, and invitations to weddings and showers.
Brochure for 1931 Fiesta de Los Angeles containing letter from fiesta managing director Waldo T. Tupper to Mr. H. W. Stanton dated August 15, 1931 on La Fiesta de Los Angeles stationary.
One letter and three documents relating to the La Gloria Gold Mine and Mill in Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico.
The collection is organized into five series: Correspondence - letters and ephemera from leading Haiku poets; Correspondence: China - documenting Lamb's involvement with the Haiku movement in China; Organizations - correspondence and related materials pertaining to Haiku organizations; Articles and...
Accounts, certificates, checks, correspondence, deeds, receipts
Written transcriptions in English of various San Jose documents and correspondence between 1791 and 1850. These were originated by a number of government and church officials, and cover a variety of civil, religious, and military matters.
Letter and typescript.
Letter and typescript.
This collection consists of records pertaining to mining claims collectively termed the Laurel Rand Mines, located near Laurel Mountain in the El Paso Mining District of eastern Kern County. Claims associated with the site include: Omega, Clark, Alpha, Junction, Meal...
Christmas cards from Laurence and Edith Haste, cards designed by Laurence for others, and some of his illustrations. Two pieces of correspondence regaring Haste's work are included also.
Lease outlines conditions under with R.B. Woodward is to manage Gardens.
The Leask family papers collection includes several generations of correspondence collected from the lives and works of patriarch Samuel Leask, Sr. and granddaughter, Peggy Leask Epstein:
Case documents (1851-1856) prepared by Gregory Yale for plaintiffs Jacob P. Leese & Salvador Vallejo versus William S. Clark to recover possession of waterfront property in San Francisco, based upon a Mexican land grant of 1839, purchased independently by William...
Photographs and ephemera relating to Leon J. Pinkson and automobile travel in California. The photos include views of the 1912 automobile excursion to the Yosemite Valley, and the 1913 Indiana Automobile Manufacturers Association tour from Indiana to the Pacific.
Blueprints, correspondence and notes, plans
55 holograph letters, 48 written by Brooks to family in San Francisco -- most to his sister, Lydia; a few to his brother, Theodore, or to his mother. Letters from Aug. 23, 1917 to Jan. 25, 1918 are from Kelly...
Title supplied by cataloger.
Clippings, diary, correspondence, photographs, unemployment booklet, deeds, receipts, greeting cards, promisory notes.
Letter to "father and Mother" from Nevada City, dated July 6, 1852, which talks about local conditions, particularly regarding farming and lumber. The writer of this letter is unknown since all but the first sheet is missing.
Letter to "father and Mother" from Nevada City, dated July 6, 1852, which talks about local conditions, particularly regarding farming and lumber. The writer of this letter is unknown since all but the first sheet is missing.
Letter from Placerville, signature indecipherable. Account of sea voyage to Calif., with description of stop in Isle of Gemara (?) and women loading coal on the ship. Talk of agricultural abundance in California and of life at the mines, particularly...
Letter from Placerville, signature indecipherable. Account of sea voyage to Calif., with description of stop in Isle of Gemara (?) and women loading coal on the ship. Talk of agricultural abundance in California and of life at the mines, particularly...
Letter from a man named Will in Stockton to a woman named Ada dated August 12, 1897. Aside from the events of daily life, the letter mentions the election of William McKinley, talks at length about the Klondike gold fever,...
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This collection includes two letters on "Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco Cala." letterhead stationery, and one Western Union telegram. One letter and the telegram are both dated October 21, 1865. The letter is to J.A. Donohoe, Esqr., President of...
Eleven letters dated April to July 1872 from a newly married couple traveling in California and Oregon on their honeymoon trip. Eight are addressed to "My dear Mother" and sent to William's family home somewhere near Poughkeepsie, New York. Two...
27 letters written by Lewis J. Ashby, of Company F, 117th Engineers, to his girlfriend Mildred Neher in Los Angeles and Long Beach, along with one letter from Mildred to Lewis. His letters were written from France, and later from...
Photocopies and transcriptions of letters, most of which were written by Lauriat from California or aboard ship during his passage, between 1849 and 1857.
Photocopies and transcriptions of letters, most of which were written by Lauriat from California or aboard ship during his passage, between 1849 and 1857.
This collection consists of correspondence to and from Lewis Ransome Freeman, dated 1931-1955. 23 letters are incoming from various South American and North American locations; 7 letters are outgoing, written by Freeman to his brother Lynn and to his mother;...
Objects found in the California State Library's Library and Courts building during its renovation.
Photographs, drawings, and documents relating to the California State Library and Courts Building I, along with the Capitol Extension Group, and some material on the State Capitol itself. Much of it relates to the 1980's National Register of Historic Places...
Correspondence, blueprints, contracts, photographs, reports, specifications
Clippings, correspondence, photos, programs, publicity, scrapbooks, posters, postcards.
Autograph book, clippings, correspondence, journal, photographs, poetry, scrapbook, sketches.
Letter written from Benicia, California by Linda Salz Hirschler to her family on April 27, 1906, along with a typewritten letter to Mrs. Hirschler from family servant Hiro Sawa, who had stayed behind at the house in San Francisco after...
Diary of Micajah Littleton documenting his overland journey to California from Independence, Mo., May to October of 1850. In addition to a descriptive journal he appended a detailed directional mileage log as if recording for future immigrants. Of special interest...
Ledger book containing monthly minutes of Live Oak Farm Center meetings, with some typed on separate sheets and pasted in, plus loose documents.
Correspondence of members of Hamilton family to Mrs. Hamilton's brother, Joseph Delliber, in Hartford, Connecticut.
The collection consists of eight letters sent to Lorenzo Palmer Latimer after the San Francisco earthquake and fire in the spring of 1906. One is from his brother, Hugh N. N. Latimer, and the remainder are from his students including:...
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Lottie Ruggles' letters to her parents written while on a trip to Europe, sent from Montreaux, Geneva, Pallanza, Milan, Venice, Florence, and Rome between October 17 and November 22, 1909.
Lottie Ruggles' letters to her parents written while on a trip to Europe, sent from Montreaux, Geneva, Pallanza, Milan, Venice, Florence, and Rome between October 17 and November 22, 1909.
Manuscripts for published and unpublished work, postcards, photographs, clippings
Correspondence, lectures on art, and photographs.
Mr. Lowden came to California in 1849, settling on Lowden Ranch on the Trinity River near Lewiston in 1851. In 1872 he moved to Weaverville setting himself up as surveyor and land attorney. He served as United States Deputy Surveyor...
1 typewritten letter, 1 handwritten letter, and preface from book. The letters are from Lucy Thompson to California State Librarian James T. Gillis explaining her background and giving details on her book "To the American Indian," including how to obtain...
Early typescript drafts of "Luther Burbank, his Methods and Discoveries, Their Practical Application" edited by Edward Wickson. Collection also contains botanical samples sleeved with seemingly unrelated news clippings.
Letters from San Leandro Gas and Lighting Company, dated September 17, 1896, and from Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, dated March 14, 1896, to Col. Lyman Bridges of San Leandro California, with typescripts of both letters.
Correspondence, articles, and obituaries.
Correspondence to and from Mabel Gillis, primarily to local and county librarians during the Great Depression. These letters reveal many of the problems facing libraries during hard financial times, among them the common reluctance of elected officials to provide funding.
Correspondence to and from Mabel Gillis, primarily to local and county librarians during the Great Depression. These letters reveal many of the problems facing libraries during hard financial times, among them the common reluctance of elected officials to provide funding.
Correspondence and receipts
Documents and photos relating to the Macy Family, much of which is family history originating from the 1950 centennial of their arrival in California.
News clippings, correspondence, pamphlet.
Autograph book with photographs (including 4 tintypes) and other illustrations belonging to Mary Westoby, a student at St. Mary's College in Benecia. Some autographs in the book are from students at St. Augustine College.
Bills, invoices, correspondence, and other documents relating to the Manhattan Silver Mining Company's operations in and around Austin, Nevada during the period spanning 1863 to 1888.
Bills, invoices, correspondence, and other documents relating to the Manhattan Silver Mining Company's operations in and around Austin, Nevada during the period spanning 1863 to 1888.
Box 2748: biography and correspondence; Box 2749: correspondence; Box 2750: trip to France, demise of Poodle Dog, invoices; Box 2751; price lists and invoices; Box 2752: restaurant documentation; Box 2753: legal documents; Box 2754: personal and miscellaneous; Box 2755: Camille's...
Four page document, addressed to Commodore Smith, Superintendent of Docks and Yards, Washington, D.C. Circa 1854. Testimonial for James Warner, master mason and resident of California since 1849, for a permanent appointment at Mare Island Navy Yard as master mason....
Four page document, addressed to Commodore Smith, Superintendent of Docks and Yards, Washington, D.C. Circa 1854. Testimonial for James Warner, master mason and resident of California since 1849, for a permanent appointment at Mare Island Navy Yard as master mason....
Account book, correspondence, diaries, files, notes and drafts, photographs.
Manuscripts and research materials of Margaret Ryder Sanborn.
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War Department communications to signal Corps Sgt. M. M. Sickler in Sacramento from January 19 to December 9, 1880.
Documents pertaining to the following organizations: California Heritage Task Force, California Preservation Foundation, Californians for Preservation Action, San Franciscans Upholding the Downtown Plan, and San Francisco Beautiful, along with documents pertaining to California State Senate Bill 180.
Mark S. Lusk's diary from 1933, and his diary from 1943.
Document announcing a Sheriff's sale in Markleeville, Amador County. The Sheriff had confiscated various lots in the city from Mr. A. Von Every to pay off a $249.13 bill Von Every owed. (Markleeville and the land around it was transferred...
Document announcing a Sheriff's sale in Markleeville, Amador County. The Sheriff had confiscated various lots in the city from Mr. A. Von Every to pay off a $249.13 bill Von Every owed. (Markleeville and the land around it was transferred...
Military identification, documents, and correspondence belonging to Martin E. Thomas of Sacramento, including certificates of service, discharge certificates, and other items dated 1944-1953. Also included is an enrollment certificate in the California Military Reserve for Thomas' father, H. F. Thomas,...
2 typewritten and hand-signed letters from Mary Austin to James L. Gillis.
2 typewritten and hand-signed letters from Mary Austin to James L. Gillis.
Research materials for Mary Sims' projected book on one-room schoolhouses of California, primarily letters, postcards, news clippings and other reminiscenses sent by people who responded to notices in the Sacramento Bee and in California Farming News.The book was never completed.
Twenty-eight letters, the majority written by Annie Mason, wife of John S. Mason who was serving in the U.S. Army and stationed in California during the period covered in the letters. The first letter is dated January 11th, 1852 and...
Photos, ephemera, correspondence pertaining to Bertha (Reep) Mason, her husband Earl Mason, and their respective families.
Two 19th century photo albums, and 55 portrait photographs (carte-de-viste & tintype probably from the 1860s) that were formerly in the albums and are mostly unidentified. The subjects of the photos are descendants of the donors. Many have the photographer's...
Two 19th century photo albums, and 55 portrait photographs (carte-de-viste & tintype probably from the 1860s) that were formerly in the albums and are mostly unidentified. The subjects of the photos are descendants of the donors. Many have the photographer's...
Correspondence primarily from Coalinga oil entrepreneur Max Shaffrath to his brother, Seattle attorney Paul Shaffrath. Other correspondents include Max Shaffrath's girlfriend Gladys Lathrop, his wife Margaret, Paul's wife Louise, and other family members and business associates. Several photographs and a...
14 letters from Maxine Tarlton (1907-1986) to her boyfriend Luman S. Judd (1906-1993) in Los Angeles, written during a family vacation through California, Oregon, and Washington with a northernmost destination of Vancouver BC, between June 27 and July 21, 1927.
Correspondence from Maynard Dixon to various California State Library officials along with correspondence from others regarding various Dixon exhibits, and invitations to exhibits.
Mock book paste-up that Maynard Dixon sent to J. Frank Dobie for a book "The Lost Lipans". With envelope with printed Dixon letterhead. Later in the year Dixon visited Dobie, who asked about using some of Dixon's earlier illustrations for...
Mock book paste-up that Maynard Dixon sent to J. Frank Dobie for a book "The Lost Lipans". With envelope with printed Dixon letterhead. Later in the year Dixon visited Dobie, who asked about using some of Dixon's earlier illustrations for...
Three books of poetry hand-written by Maynard Dixon, a Dixon drawing, and a catalog of his work.
Materials used to research Donald J. Hagerty's books on the life and art of Maynard Dixon.
Handwritten letter dated March 26, 1854 from Anderson Dunlap McClelland in Sacramento to Mr. McClelland, discussing the price of practically everything, and how those attempting to mine for gold weren't doing so well.
Photographs, pamphlets, newspapers, and periodicals, which all presumably relate to the McNab family but the connections are not always clear.
Correspondence, McNeill News, membership lists, music concert programs
Correspondence, articles of incorporation, contracts, deeds, mining claims, pre-emption claims, receipts and invoices, stock certificates, surveys.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Documents pertaining to the Melones Mining Company in Melones, California consisting primarily of business correspondence, and mining equipment brochures and ads.
Correspondence, minutes, speeches, manuscripts, receipts, ephemera
Business and personal correspondence; accounts, inventory, legal papers, monthly statements and vouchers for Plumas-Eureka Mine; proofs of labor upon various mining claims.
This collection of certificates gives insight to the Michael and Kitty Brophy family and the George and Mary Clark family in the Los Angeles area from the 1850s to the 1940s: grandparents and parents of Merle Agnes Clark McCaleb. Typewritten...
Autograph letter by H.P. Heintzelman signed, Chihuahua March 7th, 1847 to his father Doctor John J. Heintzelman of Philadelphia.
Autograph letter by H.P. Heintzelman signed, Chihuahua March 7th, 1847 to his father Doctor John J. Heintzelman of Philadelphia.
Title supplied by cataloger.
The Michael S. Bernick Writings contains the writings, published and unpublished, of Michael Bernick, as well as their corresponding background research materials, if they exist. The collection has been rearranged from its original state, with the help of Mr. Bernick...
Papers of Edgar Mills, dating from 1852-1888, bulk 1880s, ca. 120 items. Primarily business papers (1852-1888); some personal correspondence (1879-1887).
Articles of agreement, bills, correspondence, receipts, invoices, deeds, production reports, Nevada County mining records.
2 paper copies of descriptions of the following then-recently acquired California mining collections, as well as a copy on floppy disc, with box numbers in parentheses: Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Company records (2289-2310), Sierra Buttes Gold Mining Company records...
Reports on mining companies, including maps, photos, and broadsides; pamphlets, attorney's briefs for court cases.
The collection consists primarily of the correspondence of Errol MacBoyle documenting his activities in evaluating, acquiring, and financing mining properties in Grass Valley, Nevada County, California, and in Sonora, Mexico. There are also a variety of mine reports concerning past...
Handwritten.
Campaign brochures, buttons, bumper stickers, and matchbooks from political campaigns, particularly the presidential elections of 1964 and 1968, and the 1970 midterm election. Also included are a wooden nickel, and a sticker and handmade button reading "In Your Heart You...
This collection is an assortment of 233 items relating to mineral and petroleum resources in 18 California counties. In most cases there is only a single document for an entry. Dates range from 1868 to 1944; types of documents include...
Includes Los Angeles City College faculty parking permit, business cards, programs, certificate of awards, club membership certificates. Many are for Los Angeles Junior College/Los Angeles City College and other organizations.
Typewritten from Miyoko Takagi in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Charles H. Lewis of Mt. Vernon (WA) Junior College, dated January 30, 1943, along with a typewritten reply from Lewis to Takagi dated February 4, 1943. Takagi thanks Lewis for helping to...
Court cases of civil suits, criminal trials, estate matters, records of county offices.
18 handwritten diaries written by Montagne Cleeves, covering each year from 1898 to 1916 except 1910.
Some handwritten, some typewritten and signed.
Typewritten letter dated August 19, 1921 from Frank L. Mulgrew, Director of Publicity for the Moore Shipbuilding Company in Oakland, to the California State Librarian offering the library a file of the plant newspaper.
Two spiral-bound notebooks containing handwritten birth, death, and marriage notes from Calaveras and El Dorado counties, compiled by Margaret Griffith.
Correspondence, movie scripts, miscellaneous items relating to motion pictures
Convention programs and membership directory.
Partial handwritten letter to "My Dear James" from unknown party in Marysville, California. James has not left the East Coast for "El Dorado" yet.
Seven manuscript letters, most written from Sacramento, California (one from Folsom), and dated between April 16, 1860 and April 8, 1862 (with one undated and one partially dated). Letters are addressed from N. Corbin to a woman named Gertrude. The...
Seven manuscript letters, most written from Sacramento, California (one from Folsom), and dated between April 16, 1860 and April 8, 1862 (with one undated and one partially dated). Letters are addressed from N. Corbin to a woman named Gertrude. The...
Printer and publisher of fine press books in San Francisco from about 1895 to 1940's.
Letter from Nathaniel Wyche Hunter of the 2nd U. S. Dragoons in St. Charles, LA to Sarah B. Golding in Athens, GA, dated April 28, 1846, discussing the disappearance of Colonel Trueman Cross, which contributed to the shaky relations between...
When the California National Bank of Sacramento closed in 1931, this collection was listed among its assets. Materials in the collection had been accumulated primarily during the period when the bank was known as the National Bank of D. O....
Handwritten letter dated May 21, 1910 from Benj. C. Wright to National Bank of D. O. Mills president Charles F. Dillman requesting information about the history of the bank, typewritten letter dated June 8, 1910 in reply.
Ribbons and badges from various NSGW (and one Native Daughters') Admission Day and other celebrations.
Business papers, correspondence
Deed for sale of gold mine in Empire Flat near the town of Bridgeport in Nevada County, by Ah Moon, et. al. to William Warner, October 20, 1877.
Deed for sale of gold mine in Empire Flat near the town of Bridgeport in Nevada County, by Ah Moon, et. al. to William Warner, October 20, 1877.
Selected case records, including affidavits, complaints, and charges.
Collection of forms issued by the State of Nevada, Executive Dept., requesting the signature of the Governor, Secretary of State and Private Secretary of each state, as well as each state's great seal. In addition, a letter from President Taft...
Correspondence, account books, production records, vouchers, receipts, invoices, cancelled checks, bank statements
Accounts, deeds, certificates, statements, mining claims, testimony, letters
Correspondence, reports, records, equipment information, catalogs, maps, charts, photographs.
Ledger book containing meeting minutes of the Newcastle Development Association from April 11, 1896 to February 26, 1907. Beginning in 1926, this ledger was reused for the unrelated purpose of pasting in news clippings pertaining to hydraulic mining and its...
A collection of newspaper articles including several letters to the editor, an essay and a poem by author George Moore as well as book reviews, obituaries, and miscellaneous commentaries on his life and work.
Letters, receipts, telegraphs & balance sheet, mostly written to Fred. W. Robinson, mine superintendent 1868-1871.
Miscellaneous court records from a variety of northern California and Mother Lode Justice Courts for the period 1854-1906, including some state and federal land offices, including mining claims and land claims of various types, some partially missing, and many only...
Court transcript of Grieg, et al vs Riordan et al. This involved repairs to the Notre Dame des Victoires church in San Francisco during 1888. Certain suppliers were not paid by the main contractor, and suit was filed to satisfy...
2 ledger books: a trial balance book (1909-1912), and a purchasing journal (1922-1923).
2 ledger books: a trial balance book (1909-1912), and a purchasing journal (1922-1923).
This collection consists of corporate records arranged in the following series. Records from 1877-1897 are sparse, those from 1898-1973 provide a wider range of data.
Habeas corpus document issued by Judge Ogeden Hoffman of the United States District Court, Northern District of California, in behalf of Anastasis Chaballa on Dec. 19, 1851.
Habeas corpus document issued by Judge Ogeden Hoffman of the United States District Court, Northern District of California, in behalf of Anastasis Chaballa on Dec. 19, 1851.
Letter written by Oliver Hazard Perry White on July 18, 1849 from valley on west side of Rocky Mountains during overland trip to California, to friends Jordan and James. Letter details the journey, recommends that no one else make such...
Master calendar orders, apellate decisions, opinions, briefs, bench books, correspondence.
Business papers and memorabilia
Alan Ottley was born in Vancouver, B.C. in 1909 but has been a resident of California since he was 13. He graduated from Santa Barbara High School and Santa Barbara State College and completed library school in Riverside. He worked...
Clippings, correspondence, pamphlets, manuscripts, plats, building plans, notes and directory information.
This collection represents California's 28th Senatorial District Senator, Joe Riley's personal file (1925-1938) regarding the "Inyo County Matter," also referred to as the "Owens Valley Water Wars." Included are letters, telegrams, memos, proposals, property appraisal data, contracts, options, offers, counter-offers,...
The Pacific Coast League was formed in 1903 and consisted of baseball teams in California, Oregon, and Washington. After major league baseball came to California in 1958 (and after major league games began to be televised), the Pacific Coast League...
The Pacific Coast League was formed in 1903 and consisted of baseball teams in California, Oregon, and Washington. After major league baseball came to California in 1958 (and after major league games began to be televised), the Pacific Coast League...
32 letters written to Alice F. (Mrs. John) Daggett of northern California between 1871 and 1924. Includes other correspondence, clippings, pen and ink art originals on paper, "Address to the Citizens of East Quogue, Long Island, New York," and "The...
Title supplied by cataloger.
7 bound batches of newspaper clippings relating to incorporation and first year of operation of the Town of Paradise, Nov. 1978-Dec. 1980. Clippings are mounted on 8 1/2 x 14" sheets of paper and are bound along 8 1/2" edge....
Family, childhood in North Carolina and New Jersey; meeting Jack Peltason at University of Missouri, marriage and family; faculty wife at Smith College and University of Illinois, 1947-1959; UC Irvine, founding years, 1964-1967; wife of chancellor, University of Illinois, 1967-1977;...
Patent document issued by Patent Office with seal and ribbon to Alfred Ropp of Selby, California (who probably worked for Selby Smelters) in 1899 for "roasting and oxidizing furnaces". Accompanied by document discussing the Canadian patent and miscellaneous documents relating...
Patent document issued by Patent Office with seal and ribbon to Alfred Ropp of Selby, California (who probably worked for Selby Smelters) in 1899 for "roasting and oxidizing furnaces". Accompanied by document discussing the Canadian patent and miscellaneous documents relating...
Petition to the [United States] Commissioner of Patents filed by Edward P. Coffin of Nantucket, Massachusetts for a "new and useful improvement in gold washing machines." A 3 -page description of the mechanism is attached to the petition along with...
Petition to the [United States] Commissioner of Patents filed by Edward P. Coffin of Nantucket, Massachusetts for a "new and useful improvement in gold washing machines." A 3 -page description of the mechanism is attached to the petition along with...
Campaign materials for State Proposition 13, a property tax reduction initiative; Proposition 8, The Victims Bill of Rights; Propositions 24, 36, and 4, and the 1980 campaign for the United States Senate.
Documents relating to Paul Gothesen's life as a San Francisco Bay ferryman, including company memoranda and United States Department of Commerce certificates.
Diary made by Pearl Church of her 8800 mile rail trip west with her friend Flora Thane, from August 4 to September 3, 1928. They visited Colorado Springs, the Grand Canyon, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, and...
Business papers and family correspondence from four related families: Peck, Chater, Earle, and Jardine.
This collection consists of twenty-two detailed pencil drawings on a newsprint sketchpad, dated 1864-1868. Identified drawings include Fort Yuma in 1864, General Jillers [sp.?] mansion at the head of the Bayous Burrow, Niagara Falls and Mount Baker from Cedar Hill...
Correspondence and ephemera relating to Peter F. McDermott, Girard Manufacturing Company, and the Appeal to Reason weekly.
The Philip A. Embury collection contains an assortment of World War I memorabilia and features the diaries that Embury kept during 1917-1918. The collection is organized into two series: Personal papers and Military papers.
Ledger book for a business owned by the Phillips family of Lewiston, CA which also contains school assignments of Abbie Phillips Junior.
Correspondence, documents, and blueprints relating to the Hearst (known as "Hacienda") Ranch in Pleasanton, CA. A number of these documents were issued some years after Phoebe Hearst's death.
An article appearing in the column Summary and analysis (MDLR, Sept./Oct. 1981). (2 copies) -- Removing architectural barriers : the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 / M.F. Raffa. (MPDLR/vol. 9, no. 4) (3 copies). -- California disability coalition pushes for...
Correspondence, family history, California Battalion accounts and correspondence, and grant and ranch materials.
Diary of Seth Babson, church records, photocopies of church records.
Correspondence, receipts, accounts
The collection consists of: many groups of photographs commemorating activities and events involving Pittman and the NAACP Regional Office during the years 1951-1970; publications issued by the Office or other organizations active in civil rights during this period; and Pittman's...
Court cases, Public Administrator's Reports, Road Overseer's reports, bonds.
Eleven licenses issued by the Placer County Treasurer during August through November of 1851; each written on a slip of paper varying in size from 6x20 cm. to 15x20 cm. Licenses issued in August were signed by D. Bingham (Douglass...
Correspondence and photographs pertaining to the Albion printing press built in London in 1852, purchased by the Plantin Press in 1968, and sold to the California State Library in 1983.
Letter from Pollie Denver in Sacramento to a relative telling of recent floods, the birth of her child, and the death of her grandmother.
Documents relating to the Organizational Committee of the California Pony Express Centennial Organization, with envelope from the office of California Governor Goodwin J. Knight addressed to former State Library California Section supervisor Caroline Wenzel. Documents include meeting minutes form December...
Box 2748: biography and correspondence; Box 2749: correspondence; Box 2750: trip to France, demise of Poodle Dog, invoices; Box 2751; price lists and invoices; Box 2752: restaurant documentation; Box 2753: legal documents; Box 2754: personal and miscellaneous; Box 2755: Camille's...
10 assorted items relating to the Portuguese Protective and Benevolent Association including a bankbook, pamphlet with by-laws, dance programs, and several insurance policy documents with seals.
10 assorted items relating to the Portuguese Protective and Benevolent Association including a bankbook, pamphlet with by-laws, dance programs, and several insurance policy documents with seals.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Collection consists, primarily of publications of the Ebell Society of Los Angeles, with some from the Oakland and Santa Ana Valley chapters. Publications consist of programs, annual announcements, application for membership, by-laws, financial reports, invitations to events, etc.
Typewritten list of voters in the town of Purissima, San Mateo County, California.
Letters and envelopes, cards, photos, pressed flowers, verse and poetry, and a program. This collection consists mostly of letters written by Eckhardt to his girlfriend Marie Jochumsen in San Francisco (the majority during his World War I service). There are...
Letters and envelopes, cards, photos, pressed flowers, verse and poetry, and a program. This collection consists mostly of letters written by Eckhardt to his girlfriend Marie Jochumsen in San Francisco (the majority during his World War I service). There are...
Personal and political papers including campaign literature, constituent letters, newspaper clippings, bill information. From his career as San Francisco supervisor and California state legislator (1970-1998).
Collection of questionnaires and their responses. Questionnaire was sent out by P. J. Healy, District Statistician, on April 23rd, 1886 at the request of District Master Workman to gather information on number of Chinese employed, the conditions of that employement...
Two items handwritten by R. B. Symington. A letter dated February 7, 1882 is written to James Moore from Jamestown in Tuolumne County reporting on the financial status of the Good Friday Mine. Symington states that the mine is owned...
This collection of manuscripts dates from 1888 to 1890 and includes documents relating to R. D. Stephens' roles as a Postmaster, Trustee of the California State Library, and agricultural businessman during those years.
Document dated December 2, 1861 attesting that Thomas Harrigan of Sutter Township, Sacramento County has sold three race horses to Barney Mulligan for $1340.00.
Genealogy charts and citation lists for the Rankin family and other related families.
Typewritten form with handwritten descriptions.
The collection is organized into three series: Correspondence -- letters and ephemera from leading Haiku poets; Haiku societies -- correspondence and related materials pertaining to Haiku organizations; Publications -- ms. material from Jane Reichhold's works and from titles published by...
Handwritten tax document signed by Connecticut Colony Treasurer Christopher Leffingwell dated April 1773 charging 600 pounds of duty on sixteen hogsheads of rum brought from Granada aboard the brig Britannia. Also included is the autograph book of Elizabeth May Reid...
Two ms. documents with transcriptions. Each is two pages in length and consists of short factual entries. Marshal follows an idiosyncratic custom of ending each paragraph with the punctuation mark xc. The document referring to his Mexican War experiences has...
Letter (7 p.), two envelopes and two typescripts, one with a brief introduction and footnotes. The letter was written on Sept. 24, 1912 at the request of Goode's sister-in-law, Catherine McRae Goode and sent to her in Carson City, Nevada....
Collection of specifications for construction streets and sidewalks in the City of Los Angeles. Starts with Specifications No. 47 (new series) for the construction of pavement of vitrified brick class B in the City of Los Angeles dated January 21st,...
Document describing a mining site near the Enterprise Gold Mine in Madera County. The site was being tested for the presence of uranium. The report consists of copies of document, a map and several original photographs.
Document describing a mining site near the Enterprise Gold Mine in Madera County. The site was being tested for the presence of uranium. The report consists of copies of document, a map and several original photographs.
In 1978 Ethel L. Bornefeld published an article "Mrs. Elizabeth Hughes Butte County's Only Woman Legislator" in the Fall & Winter Edition of the Butte County Historical Society's Diggin's (v. 22, no. 3&4). During the next five years or so...
Photocopies of notes, correspondence, and articles relating to research on Vallejo's bookplate; for inclusion in new chapter in reprint of "Historic California in bookplates".
Small reward poster for escapees from Folsom Prison, signed by Charles Aull, warden and dated Aug. 19, 1890. Includes description and very faded photographs (1x1 in.) of four men described as "German, speaks English with broken accent". Captured is scrawled...
Small reward poster for escapees from Folsom Prison, signed by Charles Aull, warden and dated Aug. 19, 1890. Includes description and very faded photographs (1x1 in.) of four men described as "German, speaks English with broken accent". Captured is scrawled...
Correspondence, documents relating to Rhoda Kremnitz -Martin and her involvement in the Theosophical Society of America, and in Pittman's Shorthand. Some original artwork is included as well.
Files on water: reports, notes, clippings, minutes, correspondence
24 official documents relating to Richard Lyons' service in the United States Navy, plus a marriage certificate. The naval documents are dated during the period of Lyons service from 1860 to 1866, but many are stamped with 1899-1901dates on the...
Brochures, newsletters, and price lists from various California wineries and wine distributors.
Six letters that relate to Cyrus Richmond's business dealings in California. Three letters are from Richmond to his family back in Maine. The first, dated June 3, 1849 details his early impressions of life in San Francisco and the impact...
Title from cover; subtitle supplied by cataloger.
Three articles appearing in the column Summary, analysis and commentary reviewing the Burger court / edited by J. Parry (MPDLR/vol.8, no.6, MPDLR/vol.9, no.1, MPDLR/vol. 10, no.4). -- Developments in Patients' Bill of Rights since the Mental Health Systems Act /...
Clippings, court briefs, audio tape, phone record, correspondence, promotional material
Letters from Robert Sanderson to mother, sister, and others.
Two letters from Robert Frost to Milton J. Ferguson, dated March 9 and March 21, 1928.
Interviews with various university officials and friends of Robert Gordon Sproul.
Letter written on February 2, 1848, the day that the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ending the Mexican War was signed. Besides describing the Louisiana countryside, McGuffey relates a conversation with General Zachary Taylor.
Letter written on February 2, 1848, the day that the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ending the Mexican War was signed. Besides describing the Louisiana countryside, McGuffey relates a conversation with General Zachary Taylor.
This collection is a sampling of some of the works by Robert Benjamin Stacy-Judd, an architect flourishing in Southern California from the 1920s through the 1960s. These samplings include a letter, a newspaper article, an announcement for a lecture series...
5 letters from Robinson and Una Jeffers.
Invoice from publisher A. Roman & Co. dated May 1, 1873.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Files from the c. 1914-1935 period of the Royal Mine at Hodson, Calaveras County, California. Contains detailed correspondence between Frank Tower, rancher, and E. A. Fordyce, Boston investment firm head. Detailed business ledgers regarding the Royal Mine, c.1898-1935, including payrolls,...
Dairy, transcript, correspondence, clippings, and artwork.
Correspondence discusses family matters and details of Sacramento business. In addition, a letter, unsigned, dated Jan. 7, 1849, from Panama, describing voyage to California.
Letters from eastern liquor dealers in New York to S. C. Shaw concerning orders placed with them by him
Diary of Selah [?] Phillips from Tyler Island in 1864. Phillips was doing field work in the Walnut Grove area until he got a job with the Pacific Railroad. He gave his post office address as "Tooley Islands, Sharps Landing,...
Vote tally sheet from Sacramento County Board of Supervisors election, May 3, 1858. Future railroad mogul Mark Hopkins is one of the candidates.
Transcripts of sexton's registries from St. Joseph's Cemetery, Sacramento; St. Joseph's Cemetery, Woodland; Citrus Heights Cemetery, Sacramento Memorial Cemetery; and St. Mary's Cemetery, Sacramento.
Land deed dated April 12, 1853 for lot 8 bounded by 8th, 9th, G, and H Streets in Sacramento, California, sold by Melvin H. Giles to John Nash, William Lewis, and William Woodruff, witnessed by J. H. McKune and E....
Photos, flier, typed description of excursion, ledger book.
Photos, flier, typed description of excursion, ledger book.
War ration books issued to the Greer Family of Sacramento during 1942-1943, along with ration book application, identification, and envelope from Office of Price Administration.
Letter from Charles-Camille Saint-Saens written on July 31, 1915 after his return to France from the Panama-Pacific Exposition, where he served as an orchestra conductor and conference attendee. Letterhead reads "Rue De Courcelles, 83," probably in Paris.
Dairy written in Pocket Memorandum Almanac, 1853.
Dairy written in Pocket Memorandum Almanac, 1853.
Three documents: transfer of swamp and overflowed lands in San Joaquin County from Samuel Brannan to A.G. Kimbell on Oct. 25, 1865, transfer of same land from Kimbell to John Rueger on June 23, 1866, and transfer of same land...
Three documents: transfer of swamp and overflowed lands in San Joaquin County from Samuel Brannan to A.G. Kimbell on Oct. 25, 1865, transfer of same land from Kimbell to John Rueger on June 23, 1866, and transfer of same land...
Statement by U. S. Army Assistant Adjutant General Samuel Breck sentencing former Private William Gibson to two years hard labor, dated February 28, 1872 at the Headquarters Department of California in San Francisco.
300 letters written by Hieb to his family while serving in the U.S. Army, along with a ledger book for the Claremont Lumber Company and various other items pertaining to the construction industry.
Business correspondence of Samuel J. Hume with California State Library
Business records, legal papers, Martin Ranch papers, Credit Association (financing) records, fruit, vegetable, grapes & wine production records, and stone house (Stonedene) remodel bills and blueprints.
1852 handwritten survey of sites for a possible navy yard around San Francisco Bay: Rincon Point , Mission Bay, Yerba Buena Island, Clark's Point, Sausalito, Raccoon Cove, Aspinwall Bay, Mare Island, and Southampton Bay, done by Simon F. Blunt.
Supplements to San Francisco newspapers containing delinquent tax lists and announcing sales of property to recoup unpaid taxes.
This material relating to the San Francisco earthquake and fire is from the local history collection of Santa Barbara bibliophile, Clifton F. Smith. A noted botanist, Smith was also an avid book collector with a particular interest in the history...
Contains a tour brochure, several transfer tickets, holiday tour tickets, tickets for school children, accident report forms, car defect report forms, several leaflets on municipal railway services and how to use them, and a copy of The Bay Area electric...
Selected civil case records from the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco
San Francisco personal property tax bill and invoice for $8.75 to J. C. Tichnor of San Bernardino, dated August 2, 1870.
Franklin Walker's corrected manuscript of two paragraphs from the first chapter of "San Francisco's Literary Frontier," which appeared on pages 5 and 6. The corrections are very close to the final form these paragraphs took when published.
This collection of records from the contemporary San Juan Water District begins in 1854 with one of the state's early ditch companies and concludes in 1994 with the 140th anniversary of the company. There are approximately 600 items in the...
The Santa Ana Valley Irrigation Company was incorporated in the summer of 1877, acquiring the rights and properties of the Semi-Tropic company. The company covered the territory of the former Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana, including the Olive area, Orange,...
The Santa Ana Valley Irrigation Company was incorporated in the summer of 1877, acquiring the rights and properties of the Semi-Tropic company. The company covered the territory of the former Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana, including the Olive area, Orange,...
The Saturday Club was organized in 1893 to promote the advancement of music in Sacramento. It was active in bringing well-known musicians to Sacramento to perform. It has continued its activities to the present day.
Records of the Society
Correspondence covers a period from May 19, 1882 through Aug. 1882 where author describes his army life. Assigned, at first, to Alcatraz Island; then to the St. Helena area where he visited several camps around St. Helena, Clear Lake, Cloverdale;...
Materials relating to California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, the family of first lady Maria Shriver, and events during their tenure including the annual Capitol Christmas Tree lightning and the yearly inductions to the California Hall of Fame.
Title from spine.
A collection of 29 articles on oceanography, published from 1926 to 1938, from several different scientific journals.
Assays, correspondence, deeds, minutes of meetings, receipts, reports and stocks
Correspondence, contracts, stock certificates, receipts, invoices, tax records, deeds, leases
Correspondence and other documents relating to the sesquicentennial of the California State Library, most notably the "Rich, Rare & Curious" exhibit held at the Crocker Art Gallery in Sacramento but also including a daguerreotype exhibit, a book signing for J....
The collection consists of a variety of records dating from 1874 to 1900, with the bulk 1875 to 1885. These records have been organized into five series: General Administrative; Accounts of Labor; Legal; Financial; and Related Ditch Companies. Graphics on...
Newspaper clippings, button, bumper sticker, news releases, correspondence.
Primarily business papers of J.W. (John Wesley) Shenk, including some letters on letterheads. Early correspondence ca. 1900-1903 with S.W. Fergusson and L.M. Holt relates to Shenk's move from Omaha to the Imperial Valley to participate in the Imperial Land Company...
These 24 shikishi, or poem cards, were a gift from the Museum of Haiku Literature in Tokyo to the Haiku Society of America in honor of the Society's tenth anniversary, celebrated in 1978. Twenty-four of Japan's most renowned poets composed...
This collection consists primarily of financial data in bound volumes reflecting the operations of the last two, of three, owners of the Sierra Buttes Mine during the period 1869-1910. Neither the type of financial data provided or the methodology of...
Handwritten letter from unknown party to "Dot" dated December 16, 1917 with two photos attached, along with handwritten prayer found in suitcase. Letter refers to Nishub Ranch, which the writer seems to be associated with and is determining how to...
Writ of Attachment issued December 3, 1907 in the Justice's Court of the Township of Forest, County of Sierra, State of California on behalf of Mrs. Ann Davies against Willy Wolf and Anna Wolf for $196.15.
Binder containing script, music, instructions, fliers, and other material relating to the 1952 CSEA play "Silk and Satan."
Four-page holograph letter dated March 29, 1874 from Simon Stevens in New York to his mother on letterhead stationery. He writes about floating a $9,000,000 loan in Europe and negotiating a treaty with Mexico. He also writes about his brothers...
Correspondence, petitions, applications, receipts, accounts, reports
Large numbers of Chinese immigrants came to California during the early 1850s to hunt for gold, and many stayed to pursue other lines of work. They maintained customs of their homeland, and were also the object of much prejudice and...
Large numbers of Chinese immigrants came to California during the early 1850s to hunt for gold, and many stayed to pursue other lines of work. They maintained customs of their homeland, and were also the object of much prejudice and...
Business papers, correspondence, legal papers, notebooks and photographs.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Letter from S. M. Somerville in Dawson, Canada to Mrs. Maude A. Horne [sic] in Georgetown, California with envelope postmarked December 23, 1903.
1879 election tickets for the Workingman's Party, the New Constitution Party, and the Democratic Party along with news clippings showing election results.
Title taken from caption of larger piece.
Materials relating to a number of Southern California Artists, including Fritz Kocher, Louis Pinkney Sooy, Frank Montague Moore, and Ella Jensen Moore. Collection includes correspondence, awards and certificates, photographs, and exhibit materials.
Freight waybills for Southern Pacific runs betwen 1909 and 1914 from Fresno to Tracy, Tracy to Visalia, and Stockton to Tracy to Goshen.
Correspondence and business papers of Southworth brothers
Title from cover.
The collection consists of the personal and professional papers of William P. Sowden, an attorney and notary public in Dutch Flat, Placer County, California, ca. 1890-1920. The documents relate to Sowden's legal practice as a small town attorney and mostly...
Small collection of letters written by about 25 people.
Construction specficiations for the Second Church of Christ Scientist on Oxford Street in Berkeley, California, prepared by architect William Arthur Newman and approved April 6, 1915. The building was never constructed.
A collection of single issues of periodicals publishing haiku or discussion of the haiku movement.
A collection of single issues of periodicals publishing haiku or discussion of the haiku movement.
A collection of single issues of periodicals publishing haiku or discussion of the haiku movement.
A collection of single issues of periodicals publishing haiku or discussion of the haiku movement.
Handwritten title from spine.
Minutes of meetings, laws of company, bills of sale, accounts.
Medals from the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, and the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in Portland, Oregon.
This collection documents the early days of hydroelectric power development in California as well as the infusion of eastern capital into California which occurred in the early 1900s. The collection includes the papers of two California businessmen, Howard P. Veeder...
Business and personal papers of Stanley Hiller, Sr., Papers concerning Stanley Hiller, Jr.'s inventions: a new type of die-casting process and the first practical coaxial helicopter.
Collection consists of books, passports, correspondence, clippings, memorabilia, awards, plaques, letters, photos, drafts, and genealogical materials. Other material belonging to Delaplane's widow Laddie is also included.
19 letters and 11 envelopes, mostly written by Nathan S. Stanwood in Sacramento to Nancy Delano in Strong, ME. Another letter is to Stanwood from a woman named Abby (?) in Augusta, ME, and also included is a letter from...
19 letters and 11 envelopes, mostly written by Nathan S. Stanwood in Sacramento to Nancy Delano in Strong, ME. Another letter is to Stanwood from a woman named Abby (?) in Augusta, ME, and also included is a letter from...
Briefs and court decisions from 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and Supreme Court, listing and analysis of exhibits, exhibits, depositions and trial transcripts.
Document detailing the condition of the Sespe Light and Power Company, dated November 20, 1919.
Stephen Davis was born near Dunstable, Massachusetts on February 16, 1833. After his father's death in 1844 Stephen moved with his mother and siblings to Nashua, New Hampshire, where he worked in a variety of jobs before and after his...
Stephen Davis was born near Dunstable, Massachusetts on February 16, 1833. After his father's death in 1844 Stephen moved with his mother and siblings to Nashua, New Hampshire, where he worked in a variety of jobs before and after his...
Proof of galleys (along with envelope from former owner John Howell) numbered 17 to 20 of unpublished 1880 edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Amateur Emigrant," all on one sheet, hand-corrected by Stevenson and also by editors Sidney Colvin and...
Photographs, correspondence, news clippings, programs, booklets, and other documents belonging to Augustus Stickney, Belzora Clark Stickney, Edgar Allen Stickney, and the related Clark, Golden, Rust, Welch, Robbins, Winn, Dada, Emuel, and Renfro families. Numerous family history notes are included throughout.
Photographs, correspondence, news clippings, programs, booklets, and other documents belonging to Augustus Stickney, Belzora Clark Stickney, Edgar Allen Stickney, and the related Clark, Golden, Rust, Welch, Robbins, Winn, Dada, Emuel, and Renfro families. Numerous family history notes are included throughout.
The collection consists of J.W. Stow's incoming correspondence, 1863 though 1869. There are 36 documents; three are on letterhead. Correspondents are primarily businessmen associated with the Russell and Erwin Manufacturing Company, including A.W. North, P. Oliver, Jason B. Ogden, and...
Handwritten letter dated February 8, 1856 from E. P. Stowe in Marysville to his sister, asking why he hasn't heard from her, and discussing pig farming and local Chinese residents in the Marysville area.
Invoice from legal publishers Sumner Whitney & Co. of San Francisco to the California State Library for $34.50, dated September 1, 1873.
Freight bills and envelopes from the Sun Sun Wo Store in Coulterville, CA.
One letter on letterhead of the Niagara Mill and Mining Co. from Jas. Sutherland in French Gulch to W. S. Lowden in Weaverville, dated Nov. 24, 1888. The letter is accompanied by six black and white photographs 3 1/2 in....
Letter embossed with the logo of Sutton & Co. of 84 Wall Street, New York, agents for a dispatch line for San Francisco. The handwriting on the letter, dated June 16, 1855, is such that it is difficult to tell...
Letter embossed with the logo of Sutton & Co. of 84 Wall Street, New York, agents for a dispatch line for San Francisco. The handwriting on the letter, dated June 16, 1855, is such that it is difficult to tell...
Marriage certificates, picture albums, family memoirs
Boy Scout records kept in a Nevada County Collateral Inheritance Tax ledger. Those from 1924 to 1932 are typed on paper, glued in, and are very detailed, giving the particulars of the yearly summer and winter camps, who participated in...
Boy Scout records kept in a Nevada County Collateral Inheritance Tax ledger. Those from 1924 to 1932 are typed on paper, glued in, and are very detailed, giving the particulars of the yearly summer and winter camps, who participated in...
The collection consists of materials pertaining to titles published by the Press, including research materials, correspondence, typescripts, annotated printing copies, illustrations, reviews, financial records, etc.; materials relating to proposals for publications that the Press never published; miscellaneous corporate records of...
Deeds, agreements, legal documents, banking records, invoices, receipts, correspondence, accounting records, Taylorsville Creamery records, stock certificates.
Ella Kelly's teaching notebook consists of 107 pages of notes organized under the following topics: Mental Philosophy; Work of Teacher; Definition of Education; Studies for Training; Reading; Spelling; Language; Grammar; Arithmetic. Pages 110 through 116 include the Constitution of the...
Title supplied by cataloger.
Deeds for property in seven California counties conveyed by San Francisco attorney Thomas B. Bishop and his wife to the Thomas B. Bishop Company shortly before his death. These documents were returned by the San Francisco law firm of Walter...
Letter from Thomas B. Godden in Patterson, NJ to his brother (?), dated November 17, 1848 looking to submit a claim for losses incurred by his family in Puebla, NM after the arrival of American troops and the subsequent destruction...
Letter, bills of sale, poll tax, receipts, subpoena, leases
8 Letters from Vano, who was stationed in Germany, to family members.
8 Letters from Vano, who was stationed in Germany, to family members.
1 frame with 5 photographs (3 of T. Vasquez, 1 of Sheriff John H. Adams, 1 of Abdon Leiva); 1 framed photo of T. Vasquez; 1 framed engraving of Judge D. Belden of San Jose; 1 framed photo of the...
1 frame with 5 photographs (3 of T. Vasquez, 1 of Sheriff John H. Adams, 1 of Abdon Leiva); 1 framed photo of T. Vasquez; 1 framed engraving of Judge D. Belden of San Jose; 1 framed photo of the...
Correspondence between Tom Fante, Ethel Crockett, and Carma Leigh regarding the history of the California State Library, along with a draft of a talk given by Tom Fante on the library's history.
Family trees and ancestral charts of Tom Gorelangton, his wives Anita Buoncristiani and Sherry Shelton, and the Littlefield families of Amador County. These all utilize LDS genealogical forms.
Correspondence, pamphlets, and documents relating to Tom Mooney's conviction, incarceration, and his eventually successful attempts at a pardon.
Two letters to Frank in Boston from "L. A." in San Francisco. One tells what L. A. is doing in San Francisco. The other, much longer, one dated March 19, 1889 describes L. A.'s journey from Boston to San Francisco.
Contents: Letters, photographs, and printed materials, mostly from members of the Tregellas family, especially letters between Joseph Tregellas and Josie (Jensen) Tragellas 1906 - 1912 and Marjorie Tregellas, their daughter 1942-1943.
Correspondence, account books, membership lists, minutes of meetings, embroidery patterns
Personal papers of internees: alien registration i.d.s, housing assignments, clothing allowance receipts, recreation passes, co-op memberships, travel permits. Organization publications: yearbooks, memoranda, "Ben Kiroki's Story", "The American Observer", March 9, 1942 and May 4, 1942, audits of payroll
Payroll stub book, disbound, nos. 1-2243; 3 business letters; 1 shipping invoice.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Notice of intention to build a turnpike road from Old Stone's Crossing on the Bear River north to Grass Valley. Meeting held at G. W. Welch store in Nevada City on September 17, 1864.
Miscellaneous collection of records from the United Spanish War Veterans organizations in Paradise, California. Material is primarily from the women's auxiliary, USWV Auxiliary No. 127; some from the veteran's group, USWV Paradise Camp No. 145.
Correspondence is between several employees of Institute of Governmental Studies (Stanley Scott and Ora Huth) and Joseph F. Zimmerman (editor, National Civic Review), William N. Cassella, Jr. (National Municipal League) and Warren Schmid (ABAG). Includes newspaper clippings from various Bay...
Title supplied by cataloger.
The EPIC collection was a gift from the Shaw family. Ida Noble and W. Lawrence Shaw met while Ida was working at the Pomona College Library after her graduation in 1931 and Lawrence was pursuing a degree in library science....
Manuscript of Edward C. Uren's survey of Dutch Flat. Includes 12 square blocks and 204 lots, including Dutch Flat Hotel and "Chinese lot". Each lot includes the owner's name and extensive property measurements.
Manuscript of Edward C. Uren's survey of Dutch Flat. Includes 12 square blocks and 204 lots, including Dutch Flat Hotel and "Chinese lot". Each lot includes the owner's name and extensive property measurements.
Letter by Uriah Wood to Dr. J. Flint urging support of the West Side Irrigation Bill. Wood stated that Miller and Lux wanted to delete the land between the San Joaquin River and the San Joaquin and Kings River Canal...
Letter by Uriah Wood to Dr. J. Flint urging support of the West Side Irrigation Bill. Wood stated that Miller and Lux wanted to delete the land between the San Joaquin River and the San Joaquin and Kings River Canal...
Correspondence, deeds, legal papers, mining papers
Leather carrying case containing photos and postcards documenting the voyage of USS West Grama to Bulgaria in 1919.
State of California incorporation papers for the Venice Club, Venice CA, dated July 8, 1907. Also, Venice Club meeting minutes for July 2 and July 11, 1907, dealing with incorporation.
State of California incorporation papers for the Venice Club, Venice CA, dated July 8, 1907. Also, Venice Club meeting minutes for July 2 and July 11, 1907, dealing with incorporation.
This collection consists of the correspondence, legal documents, financial records and receipts, and miscellaneous papers of Victor Forni and his wife, Mamie E. Forni. Most relate to mining activities and property in the Georgetown area of El Dorado County. Mines...
Correspondence, statement of ordinance, schedule of arms, items concerning military matters.
This collection contains documents, memorabilia, news clippings and images reflecting the social climate and significant events Vito Sgromo was involved in as Curator of the Capital Museum with the California Department of Parks and Recreation (1987-2005).
Family papers including correspondence, greeting cards, business papers, newspaper clippings, diary, graduation and birth announcements, wedding invitations, Golden Sheaf Awards, deeds, naturalization papers, wills, newspapers, photographs, and genealogy notes.
1 business ledger for R. E. Hoskin, who drove a beer wagon in Sonora, California. Entries are dated from 1897 to 1908.
Letters and various assay reports, abstracts of title, etc. concerning mines and mining claims in California, 1878-1886.
William W. Light was born in Claremont County, Ohio on July 29, 1819, and was a boyhood friend of Ulysses S. Grant. He began studying medicine at age eighteen in Cincinnati, entered the practice of dentistry in 1840, and arrived...
William W. Light was born in Claremont County, Ohio on July 29, 1819, and was a boyhood friend of Ulysses S. Grant. He began studying medicine at age eighteen in Cincinnati, entered the practice of dentistry in 1840, and arrived...
Letters written by Mr. and Mrs. William Warner of Sweetland, Calif. to family members
Correspondence, records of proceedings of Democratic Party at district conventions in Butte County, abstract of vote (Butte County, 1853-54), bills, receipts, business papers
Letter from Washington Bartlett to E. W. McKinstry dated March 3, 1887.
Washington DC slave deed dated April 14, 1836, transferring ownership of "my negro woman Dorcas...a slave for life, and her infant son Lewis, about four months old" from Joseph to Elbert Emack, along with personal property.
3 items relating to the Weinberger Winery: a document in German dated 1830 (possibly John C. Weinberger's birth certificate or baptismal record), a map dated June 1873 showing the winery property, and a photograph of the property taken in 1893.
Certificates, correspondence, envelopes, receipt books, etc.
Receipts for goods provided to West & Harry in Soulsbyville, CA.
The Oregon-California Trails Association (OCTA) established the Western Overland Trails Collection at the California State Library in 2002. In addition to a substantial collection of published books and pamphlets, the Association donated copies of unpublished material such as diaries, journals,...
Handwritten letter from A. Ricioli of Markham Mills to the San Francisco firm of Wheaton and Luhrs dated October 15, 1889, complaining that the firm has not sent the writer an accounting of his packed butter as promised. It is...
Two letters written by H.F. Wilkinson to Jake and sent from Auburn on Oct. 16, 1887 and Jan. 17, 1889. The 1889 letter is on an engraved lettersheet from Freeman's Hotel with the caption "Formerly Borland". Transcriptions of the letters...
Manuscripts of speeches, photos, ephemera, scrapbook, clippings, correspondence, banking papers.
World War II era correspondence, envelopes, photographs, and negatives, recordings and programs for radio shows, scripts and films of TV shows.
Original handwritten copy and typescript of a letter written by William B. Johnson to his "Dear Friend" in Cohasset, Massachusetts on March 13, 1853, describing his journey through Panama and in particular detailing how much everything cost.
Periodicals and articles, court bulletins, newspapers and clippings, books and excerpts, transcripts of addresses, certificates and diplomas, photographs, and miscellaneous items belonging to William C. Mathes.
Business papers and correspondence in connection with operation of the Amador Dispatch newspaper and the Amador Telegraph Company, both in Jackson, California
Manuscript journal and typescript.
Manuscript journal and typescript.
Letter from Pittston, Maine businessman William Cooper to charter captain Moses I. Muliken of the brig Mary Wilder regarding plans to go to California and take part in mining operations, April 13, 1849.
Letter from Pittston, Maine businessman William Cooper to charter captain Moses I. Muliken of the brig Mary Wilder regarding plans to go to California and take part in mining operations, April 13, 1849.
Family letters of William Doyle Pennell and his wife, Delila Ann
The William Earp collection consists of: a leather satchel with "William Earp Pontiac Illinois" written on the side (the satchel he took to California according to family lore); a 90-page diary for the year 1862; three photographs of Earp (one...
Two letters from William F. Losch, Jr. to Thomas A. Rommel talking about Losch's employment at Douglas Aircraft Co. (one on Douglas stationary), two sheets of typed material, and numerous photos of Losch, Rommel, and a man named Pierson. Losch...
Copybook kept by William G. Clark of Coloma CA. 1859. Includes essays and comment on social events in Coloma during this period, along with poetry and stories.
Copybook kept by William G. Clark of Coloma CA. 1859. Includes essays and comment on social events in Coloma during this period, along with poetry and stories.
Family correspondence.
William H. Bull, 1861-1940, arrived in San Francisco in 1894. He was employed by Southern Pacific Railroad as their first commerical artist. He specialized in doing advertising and in painting pictures of California's beauty spots for Southern Pacific's promotional materials....
Typewritten letter dated August 25, 1903 from William H. Crocker to Randall Ellis in Electra, California, on Crocker-Woolworth National Bank letterhead.
Correspondence
Correspondence, background materials, notes and drafts for books on California history; reprints of articles and short stories; photographs; periodicals; books; speeches; membership lists and correspondence for "The Family"; research material; radio and TV scripts.
Correspondence, business and personal papers, notebooks, scrapbooks.
Correspondence, legal papers.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Letters of William Higby to his mother and father
Correspondence, advertising, employee records, legal materials.
3 ledger books containing meeting minutes of the William L. Hughson Company, along with correspondence, statistics, and invoices, the latter regarding a dispute involving insurance premiums paid by the William L. Hughson Company on behalf of the Standard Gas Engine...
12 letters. 8 of them are from William Lee. Some are to his son Joseph N. Lee, others are to his wife Maria M. Lee, and one is to his sister Mary. Many of these were written either en route...
William Newell Davis, Jr. was born in Kingsburg, CA in 1915 and lived for a number of years in Dinuba. He received a Bachelor's in History from Fresno State College in 1936, a secondary teaching credential from U.C. Berkeley in...
William Newell Davis, Jr. was born in Kingsburg, CA in 1915 and lived for a number of years in Dinuba. He received a Bachelor's in History from Fresno State College in 1936, a secondary teaching credential from U.C. Berkeley in...
William's letter home is a capsule summary of his overland journey to California. He describes setting out from St. Joseph after an overturned wagon and broken wheel caused several days of delay. He talks of sickness on the trail and...
Diary and photographs. Diary covers brief period during 1944-45 (?) when William R. Bryant was stationed in Italy (Foggia?) flying B17 bomber raids. Photographs include servicemen and aerial views of bombing targets. Some newspaper clippings.
Diary and photographs. Diary covers brief period during 1944-45 (?) when William R. Bryant was stationed in Italy (Foggia?) flying B17 bomber raids. Photographs include servicemen and aerial views of bombing targets. Some newspaper clippings.
Twenty-two letters from William Rodman Olden in California to his family in Bucks County, Pa.; 5 envelopes, 3 imprinted with business logos. The first letter is addressed to his wife and dated from Panama on May 13, 1849. The rest...
Correspondence of William S. Thomas along with material relating to his son's service in the Civil War.
Correspondence; copies of land records; survey field notes and tables; stock certificates, receipts; notes on road work, travel sheets, ticket boxes for wagon road companies.
Correspondence
Mrs. Winchester's extraordinary "Spook Palace". Article from: San Francisco Examiner, April 1, 1928, "The American weekly" magazine section, pp 13, 14 and 25.
Published scrapbook. with wine labels from France and California wineries pasted and loose.
Letter guaranteeing safe passage for Mexican soldiers into the capital, accompanied by a typed translation in Spanish. Also a printed "Safeguard" issued by Scott placing a Mexican family and its property under protection of the Army.
Letter guaranteeing safe passage for Mexican soldiers into the capital, accompanied by a typed translation in Spanish. Also a printed "Safeguard" issued by Scott placing a Mexican family and its property under protection of the Army.
Immigration materials of a Chinese woman, identified as Tam Moy on an 1894 Certificate of Residence, and as Mrs. Wong Mee Shee on a 1916 Certificate of Identity and its associated steamer ticket. Also included is a piece of paper...
Immigration materials of a Chinese woman, identified as Tam Moy on an 1894 Certificate of Residence, and as Mrs. Wong Mee Shee on a 1916 Certificate of Identity and its associated steamer ticket. Also included is a piece of paper...
17 full newspapers or sections of the San Francisco Chronicle, The Tri-Valley Times, and the San Jose Mercury News covering the San Francisco Giants' 2012 World Series triumph, as well as their preceding playoff games against the St. Louis Cardinals.
List of inductions into service from Los Angeles, Sacramento, and San Francisco during World War I supplied by local boards to the California World War I History Committee. Also included are requests for other states' procedures in preserving this type...
Thirty-one letters (30 holograph, 1 typewritten) primarily to Lyford's sister Lela, with a few to his mother, Minnie D. and his brother, Per -- all in Martinez, California. Letters beginning on August 27th, 1917 through October 18th, 1917 were from...
The collection includes 96 holograph letters and 61 photographs from Lingard to his family, chiefly his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.T. Lingard in Berkeley, California. Letters from 1917, June 28th through July 29th, were written from American Lake, Washington, while...
The collection includes 49 holograph letters and postcards written by Newlove to his parents in Arroyo Grande, California. Letters from Feb. 21, 1918 to Apr. 26, 1918 are from Mare Island, California; 2 postcards and a letter dated May 11,...
This collection includes 19 holograph letters written by Ray Sweeney to his mother in San Francisco. Letters written from January through September 5, 1918 were sent from bases in California. A letter misdated June 18 (for Sept. 18) and subsequent...
Pamphlets on victory gardens, war production, and unemployment rights under the GI Bill, plus ration books.
A collection of 416 letters from Robert Grimm to his wife, Margaret. Letters from Jan. 8, 1942 through the end of 1943 were sent during service in the United States. Letters from 1945 were written during eight weeks on a...
This collection comprises 391 holograph letters, four photographs and 10 photograph negatives sent to Masters' wife, Rebecca Morris Masters in Long Beach, California. Letters from 1942, beginning May 2nd, and throughout 1943 were written while attending Basic Training, Officer Candidates'...
This collection includes 173 holograph letters and one photograph sent primarily to Emmon's mother, Mina F. Emmons, in Oakland, California, with a few letters to his sister, Eleanor Carpenter, also in Oakland. Letters from 1942, beginning February 23rd, and early...
This collection includes 207 letters (mostly holograph; some typed) and 12 photographs sent to Kinney's parents, Clinton P. and Maud Kinney of Stockton, California. Letters from 1942, beginning May 21st, were written during training in the United States; letters from...
115 holograph letters by Varner to Nell Wheat, the woman who became his fiancee during the time of this correspondence. Most letters were sent to her home in Roanoke, Virginia, but some were addressed in care of her brother, Forest...
This collection of letters and memorabilia richly documents the service career of James M. Brown. A scrapbook offers a complete record beginning with correspondence from the Selective Service Board in 1942 and concluding with discharge papers in 1945. In addition...
This collection consists primarily of correspondence from Robert L. Abreu to his wife, Violet M. Abreu, including 239 holograph letters, 3 typewritten letters, 4 telegrams, and various ephemera. During April-June 1943 Robert writes from Laredo, Tex., to Violet in Oakland,...
The bulk of this collection comprises 138 holograph letters and 9 postcards, 1 photograph and 4 photo negatives sent by George Dein to his wife, Dolores. The letters date from Jan. 5, 1943 through Nov. 5, 1945 and were sent...
The collection comprises 69 holograph letters and two photographs sent to Hassett's mother, Adele M., and to his father, James B., Sr., in San Francisco. Letters from 1943, beginning Feb. 21st, were written during training in the United States; letters...
This collection consists of 181 holograph letters, 28 typewritten letters, 4 greeting cards and 1 telegram sent by Charlie Widbin to his parents, Elmer and Blanche Widbin in Los Angeles, California. Correspondence from Sept. 14, 1944 through Nov. 15, 1944...
The contents of this collection includes 70 handwritten letters written by Edward "Bud" C. Wert (US Navy) during training to serve with the Pacific Fleet between 1944 and 1946. Forty-nine letters are written while studying at the Communications School at...
This collection comprises 309 holograph letters, four photographs andsix photographic negatives exchanged between Adolph F. Harpain and Edna Mae Clark. Harpain's letters from 1945, beginning April 30th, were sent from training camps in Arizona and Illinois to Clark at her...
A scrapbook containing articles from various California newspapers, newsletters, and magazines; programs from dedication ceremonies; and other documents related to the Works Progress Administration Federal Art Projects in California.
Title supplied by cataloger.
The Yellow Aster records are organized into the following series: LEGAL (bulk 1895-1918): Corporate, Property, Legal actions--Yellow Aster vs. O. B. Stanton (1898), Yellow Aster vs. Crane Company (1904). FINANCIAL (1898-1915): Accounting, Debits, Credits, Correspondence--R. L. Burcham to C. W....
Typewritten letter from agent M. E. Webb of Yosemite Park & Curry Co., on company letterhead, to Oakland school principal Elizabeth Cooper offering group rate for teachers over Easter Break.
Correspondence
Minutes of meetings conducted over the span of 80 years from the Gabriel Institute and the Del Mar Institute of San Francisco. Some are formally bound and some are loose. Envelopes and documents are often inserted into the minutes.