Portfolio of German Kamerun (Cameroon) and Togo color prints. Purchase, Breuer
3 Civil War enlistment forms. Buffalo, New York, 1863. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
Collection of 14 early printed fragments, ca. 1490-1597, including five leaves by Wynkyn de Worde. Gift of William P. Wreden, date unknown. Gave to Dave G. to examine 4/28/04. Asked about it 11/16/10.
One Civil War document: Poll-book for October Election, 1864. [Oversize boxed].
Three receipts, 1780s. Moved to SC 665, 8/18/09.
One Confederate Civil War document: Complete Roster, [1862-1865]. Lists ...
Holograph Confederate Civil War document, charging Private William Price with desertion from Company E, 1st Regiment, Alabama. Signed by Captain John H. Wood at Meridian, Miss.
The collection includes correspondence, photographs, officer biographies, newspaper clippings, muster rolls, and other miscellany.
One Civil War document (ADS): General Orders, 5 July 1864. [Oversize boxed].
Includes contributions to a collaborative communal book. Created by UCSB students, staff, faculty and visitors during the three millionth volume celebration at the UCSB Davidson Library and the Arts Library.
One Confederate Civil War document (ADS): Soldiers' Pay Account, 12 Nov. 1861.
One Civil War document: Clothing account, 1865. [Oversize boxed].
One Civil War document: Poll-book for October Election, 1864. [Oversize boxed].
One Civil War document: Poll-book for October Election, 1864. [Oversize boxed].
Cards and flyer re Civil War reunions, 1908-1915, along with calling cards of Henry G. Potter and Major A. P. Bass. Found in unsorted Wyles SC.
One b/w Civil War group photograph, ca. 1861-1865.
One holograph letter written by A. A. Humphreys in Washington, D.C., concerning his Civil War service on General George McClellan's staff.
l ALS to Thomas Chandler re [apprenticeship/indenture?]. Ballitore, [Ireland?], 1 February 1704. [Returned to Ballitore Collection]
136 items: documents, receipts, promissory notes and bills of the Lanesborough, Massachusetts family. Gift of Wilbur Jacobs , 1968. Alpha list.
Typescript reminiscences "Memories of the Civil War," Feb. 12, 1936. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
Includes images of Gibraltar, Egypt and Pyramids, Ceylon/India, Japan (Kamakura, Nara, and other), Yosemite, U.S. Southwest.
Three letters (ALS) to his father Abiel Abbot, clergyman of Bevely, MA and his sister Adeline Gould, describing his unfavorable impressions of Cumana, Venezuela.
Bronze plaques, bookends, paperweights, casts, and other items apparently acquired from multiple sources, some by purchase. Also, pair of gloves purportedly worn to a Presidential reception, shook hands with Pres. and Mrs. Lincoln.
Various flyers and promotional literature describing present-day programs. [dates?]
One black and white composite photo of Lincoln and family; also one black and white similar composite photo of George Washington and family. [Oversize boxed].
Executive Order [official copy] appointing Major General William T. Smith and the Honorable Henry Stanbury as Special Commissioners "to investigate and report ... upon the civil and military administration in the military Division bordering upon and west of the Mississippi."...
Printed Ohio Republican presidential election ticket, 1860.
The collection contains pamphlets, flyers, broadsides, articles, clippings, playbills, facsimiles of letters and addresses, poster stamps, and other items about Abraham Lincoln, ca. 1860s-1970s.
Facsimiles.
Copy of photograph taken in Aug. 1860. [Oversize boxed].
Memorial keepsake.
Mounted portrait and campaign leaflet, issued in Butte California, for the 1864 presidential election. [Oversize boxed].
One carte de visite by E. Anthony, from a photographic Negative, first portrait of Lincoln by M. B. Brady.
Photograph. Copy of last photograph of Lincoln. Move to Wyles Mss xx
Two cartes de visite: D. B. Spooner, Springfield, MA, 1864 and Lazier, Syracuse, NY, n.d.
Portrait - sketch by Alfred Stanley Harkness, Sr. Pencil inscription on back reads "Presented to Hannibal Hamblin 1864." [Oversize boxed].
The collection contains printed copies of Abraham Lincoln portraits, as a young man until his death, derived from photographs, engravings, drawings, and paintings, some framed. These are not originals, but copies from about the 1860s to about the 1960s.
Postcards of Salem State Park, Illinois.
Engravings, prints, picture postcards, flyers, pamphlets, photographs, political cartoons, and other illustrations with Abraham Lincoln in them, as well as buildings, monuments, and sites having some association with Lincoln.
193 black and white snapshots taken by an Italian army officer during tour in Abyssinia (Ethiopia). Includes images of soldiers in uniform; scenic views; riverboats, ships, airplanes and tanks; monuments and Italian graves; and several photos of hangings and other...
One holograph document (AL). Laid in Abbé Proyart's Life of Princess Louisa (Salisbury, 1808). Alpha list.
One holograph letter written from Washington City to Samuel Guoiner about the author's visit to a Texas battle ground with General Gaines, shortly after the Battle of San Jacinto in 1836, where he saw General Santa Anna and General Almonte...
Holograph account of the author's experience with William Walker and his fellow filibusters during their invasion of Roatán in the Bay Islands of Honduras in 1860. The account mentions meeting Walker and his filibuster officers Anthony Francis Rudler, Thomas Henry,...
[Captain] (1881-1945). Two letters (TLS) from Achmed Abdullah, pseudonym of Alexander Nicholayevitch Romanoff , a Russian-born writer, to a Mr. Seidler, mainly about his novels and short stories. New York , 1924. Alpha list.
William McKinley memorabilia, including early and modern day first day covers, other philatelatic items, medals, programs, tickets, postcards, souvenir cards, etc. There is some material re Spanish American War.
One letter (TLS) to Oscar [?], mainly about the author of Frank's Ranche. UCLA, Department of English, 24 Nov. 1969.
One Civil War era document, for receipt of one keg, at the Chambersby agency, 6 Jan. 1865.
The collection includes photographs, playbills, posters, magazines, sound recordings, and programs.
Album of 48 black and white albumen prints, some faded, of the British Camel Battery in action against Turkish forces. Photos include brief captions in English. Images feature Aden countryside and villages; Arab men, women, and children; local Jewish population;...
Title on cover: "Arabien & Aegypten." 30+ albumen prints, with German and French captions, including panoramic view of Aden (Yemen) and other views of countryside; scenes of Cairo, pyramids, and Sphinx. Also several portraits of local inhabitants.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Aden [Yemen] photograph album, SC 1015. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Two printed maps, including areas of Bald Peak and Mount Marcy, New York. Found in Romaine Trade Catalog Collection. Alpha list.
15 black and white aerial views, with captions, taken by the US Army Air Corps, 6th Photo Section, mainly military facilities and public buildings (Army and Navy Club, Bilibid Prison, Legislative Building and Walled City, ships (Asiatic Fleet, U.S.A.T. Republic...
16 glass slides (positives), no captions, of local inhabitants (several of women and children) engaged in daily activities and missionaries (one as Father Christmas), villages, buildings, compounds, location unknown.
Album contains 48 black and white photographs taken in rural Africa, possibly Nigeria. Images include indigenous peoples, some possibly Hausa and Yoruba; tents and thatched houses; river boats; people on horseback. The album's primary focus is the digging of a...
Album contains 180 black and white photographs taken in Nigeria, Gold Coast (Ghana), Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Niger, and Sierra Leone. Photos are captioned in English, and document travels around Africa, including a trans-Saharan journey. Images feature local peoples, such as...
From looks of two different cars and different photo paper, probably two different tours. L
Three black/white 8"x10" glossies of Steve Gibson and the Red Caps, the Haitian Voodoo Dances, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
41 cartes de visite, albumens, tintypes, watercolors and drawings, most unidentified portraits of African American men and women, one with inscription Mrs. [Sara?] Long. The cdvs are from various locations, including Wilmington, North Carolina, Richmond, Virginia, Columbus, Ohio, and Liverpool.
Includes several photos from E. Suffolk and Norfolk, Virginia.
60+ pieces of sheet music, featuring artists and composers such as Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Stephen C. Foster, W. C. Handy, Isaac Hayes, Lena Horne, Ink Spots, Mahalia Jackson, Mills Brothers, and Jelly Roll Morton. Also caricature pieces, including blackface,...
Six printed items, some written in dialect, with titles such as "Shew Fly!" and "Song of the Negro Boatmen." .02 linear feet (1 folder). Oversize boxed.
24 stereoviews, various companies. Includes scenes such as "Cotton is King, Plantation Scene, Georgia...," and "Down in Dixie," along with many other stereotypical, racist views and captions.
5 portraits, unidentified man, woman, and children. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
Bamako.; Marché de Bamako; Assistance médicale des soeurs noires.; Dispensaires des soeurs Noires; La Père Docteur Garnisson au dispensaire de Ougaougou (capitol of Burkina Faso); Visite chez les indigënes; Construction d'un église;. Album dated 1936; 38 original photographs (varying seizes)...
Album contains 172 black and white photographs with borders, each captioned with handwritten descriptions, placed double-sided in corner mounts onto 21 cardstock leaves. The majority of photographs measure 11cm x 7cm, with a few features measuring up to 16cm x...
26 original photographs depicting camp and village scenes, indigenous hunters and women at work; wild game hunting including gazelles, hippopotamus, and crocodile in the border regions of South Africa and Portuguese East Africa, Tembe, Delagoa Bay (Maputo Bay), Maputo River...
Album from the library of the French minister for the colonies. Marius Moutet 1876 - 1968 presented to him by the governor (Ferdinad Jacques Louis Rougier) in April 1937 when he visited Koulouba (the administrative seat in the capital, Bamako)....
Album of a trade fair from French West Africa (mainly Dakar in present-day Senegal). Full list of captions (in French) with album and in CF. "Foire expostion de l' A.O.F." (caption on first photo). A.O.F. most likely represents the acronym...
(Derived from the dealer description) Congo, ca. 1931. - 1947. The collection includes : One album (45 x 32 cm.) with 110 original photographs. (sizes vary from 22.5 x 8.5 / 14.5 x 9, 5 cm / 6.5 x 4.5...
A collection of hundreds of negative images and black and white photos from the same region, circa 1950-1959. All depicting Mali/Senegal and surrounding countries. Some with descriptions (most in French), others in envelopes. Photoque Ifan. (descriptive numbers?) (Musée de l'Institut...
A joint UCSB / Jackson State project, part of a campus wide exchange program between the two institutions, with the aim to collect oral histories in Mississippi relating to race relations, and completed for a symposium to commemorate the 30th...
One letter (ALS) to Francis P. Farquhar of San Francisco (Dec. 30 , 1939) , along with three b/w snapshots, biographical sketch of her husband, George Horsfield (Director of Antiquities, Transjordan), and Christmas greeting card, with image of both of...
60 black and white photos, most with captions in English, of the Aguacate gold mines in Costa Rica and environs, buildings such as the saw mill, commissary, cabins, farms, superintendent and staff, workers, and families, as well as a few...
Typescript, "A Manuscript Crinkled by Dewfall, Bleached by the Sun," inscribed to Wallace Hebberd , 1968. [See also SC 134]. [SBHC]. Alpha list.
Collection, compiled by Ala Story, American British Art Center board member and, later, Santa Barbara resident. Mainly correspondence from poet Marianne Moore, also a 1947 letter (ALS) from Robert Frost, and photographs of E. E. Cummings, ca. 1944-1966. Alpha list.
Independent Catholic, non-U.S. (mainly Europe).
no description
(Secretary to Somerset Maugham). Two letters (TLS) to Laurence Brander, one praising Brander's book on Maugham, 1963, and one about Maugham's death, 1966. Villa Mauresque, 1963, 1966. Alpha list.
Includes approximately ninety audio recordings of programs given by Alan Watts and recorded at the Esalen Institute and by Pacifica Radio, among other sources.
52 slides, including images of indigenous population, as well as miners and seal-fur company employees, reindeer wrangling, steamers in ice, and eruption of Mt. Katmai in 1912. Locations include Nome, St. Michaels, Fort Wrangle, Kodiak, and Port Clarence.
22 black and white snapshots, with pencilled captions in English. Includes images of Skagway (town and environs, "Princess Ena" at dock), Port Alice ("Princess Louise" barge, view from dock), Prince Rupert (wireless station VAJ), dock area at Barkley Sound, loading...
Cite as: [Identification of item], Alaska and Canada photograph collection, Wyles Mss 147. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
The collection contains 63 black and white photographs from a disbound album, most of which are snapshots with no captions and many are of the coast of Alaska, including images of settlements such as Sitka, St. Michael Cathedral (a Russian...
Six b/w 4 1/2" x 6" ambrotype prints, tied together in a booklet, of Sitka harbor, Muir and Davidson glaciers, and other scenes, taken by McAlpin and Lamb Photo, ca. 1890s.
Approximately 50 b/w loose photos, many of Eskimos, sleds and dogs, settlements and scenes around Nome.
59 black and white photo postcards, mainly of local Eskimo men, women, and children, including portraits, group photos, settlements, hunting, fishing, day to day activities. Several with stamp of E. Mathews, Plattsburg, N.Y.
Nine-page handwritten account of an Alaska Trail sheriff during 1898. The author of the account is unknown, but the manuscript was sent from Adeline Teehan of Guelph, Ontario to Marshal Bond, Jr. of Santa Barbara, CA.
Purchase, Carmen D. Valentino, 2005. .05 linear feet (1 folder). Monaghan funds.
One letter (TLS) to [Brand] Whitlock, re Whitlock's book Uprooted. Cannes, 24 Mar. 1926. Laid in Paine's Joan of Arc. Alpha list.
Copy of letter (TLS) to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, , re current research leading to development of the atomic bomb, 2 Aug. 1939. Part of first day issue of Einstein commemorative 8 cent stamp, 14 March 1966.
One 8x10 b/w photograph of Albert Einstein and his wife at the Santa Barbara Biltmore beach, with Dr. Ludwig Kast, their host for the visit, ca. 1940s. Photo by Obert's Photoshop, 536 Bath St., Santa Barbara.
Includes entries for voyage from China to NYC in 1851.
Approx. 42 letters. .05 linear feet (1 folder).
Correspondence to the master of a private school in Lowell, Massachusetts re recollections of Abraham Lincoln. Correspondents include Robert Todd Lincoln, Murat Halstead, James Tanner, Charles Francis Adams, Fitzhugh Lee, Henry Brewster, John McConnell, and Alva Adams.
[Private, Illinois Light Artillery, 2nd Regiment (Vol), Company L]. Copies of Civil War correspondence. 7 items. , Battery L, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery, including description of his battery's participation in the Battle of Shiloh.
(1816-1860). One note (ANS) from English author, entertainer, and mountaineer Albert Smith to Gil [?], asking when he will come with Mrs. O'Beckett to see his show. On letterhead with stamp "Albert Smith's Ascent of Mont Blanc." Eggleston Hall, May...
Six framed color photographs, 1977, of Jorge de Sena and José Luis López Arangueren and others; also 27 slides of Jorge de Sena , youth to time in Santa Barbara, copies of photographs, courtesy of Mecia de Sena, July 1982....
(1924- ). Two letters (TLS) to poet Philip Whalen, one with extensive autobiographical information , 1963. Also, one b/w photo and other ephemera. Alpha list.
One letter (ALS), signed A. L. Huxley, to Sir John C. Squire, founder and editor of the London Mercury and a poet, pleading ignorance in relation to some bibliographical business in the London Mercury. London, 30 Dec. 1919.
One letter (ALS) to Richard Thoma, saying he is at the Hotel Berkeley, because his house is too full of relatives, and wondering when the two can dine together. Paris, 29 Dec. 1929.
One letter (ALS) to a Mrs. Gielgud, regarding problems with missing luggage of son Matthew on a train trip from London to Paris.. Paris, 11 Jan. 1930. Purchase, accessioned Nov. 30
One letter (ALS) to Henry Tracy, of Hollywood, saying that he is "...thinking about a novel I don't seem to be able to write, thinking about the linguistic basis of literature, thinking about politics in relation to psychology." . La...
One letter (ALS) to Bertram [Cl...?], saying he has no suitable item for anthologizing and decrying blood sports as "aesthetically disgusting and ethically wrong." [London?], 11 Feb. 1935. Order 1/27/87. Alpha list.
One letter (ALS) to Dr. Sweet, saying that "I'm returning your cheque, as I don't know when I will be publishing another book & the chances are that between now and then I'd have lost your address...". San Cristobal, N.M.,...
One letter (ALS) to Mr. E. L. Morrow of Warwick, R.I., saying that he feels unqualified to pass judgment on Morrow's theory of space. Los Angeles, California, 29 Dec. 1957. Order 866,213, 2/21/80. Alpha list.
One letter (ALS) to Miss Mary Dwyer, regarding her difficulty reconciling Huxley's statement in Tomorrow and Tomorrow that "God is love," with all the evil and suffering in the world. New York, 7 Oct. 1957. Also, one note (ANS) from...
One letter (ALS) to Miss Olive van Horn, saying that "...I am not an American citizen and, tho' in sympathy with what you are doing, feel that it is not for me to intervene in a matter of strictly American...
One letter (ALS) to a Mrs. Bell, declining invitation to speak. Berkeley, California, 6 Feb. 1962.
One letter (ALS), aerogramme to A. Srihari Rao, stating that "I don't wear spectacles & still think that practice of the Bates Method is in many cases very helpful." Los Angeles, California, 14 July 1963. Purchase, accessioned Feb. 27
One note (ANS) to Geoffrey Grigson, Assistant Literary Editor of The Morning Post, recommending Irving Babbitt's essay Buddha and the Occident, Greta Hort's Sense and Thought, and Mark Benney's Low Company. Postmarked London, 25 Nov. 1936.
One note (ANS) from Laura A. Huxley to J. G. Moore, re permission to quote and stating that Aldous' body was cremated. Los Angeles, California, 25 July 1965. Also four black and white b/w photographs of Huxley in Los Angeles,...
One black and white b/w photograph of Aldous Huxley, signed and dated 1959. Alpha list.
One inscribed poem, for Verne Jensen, entitled "Fifth Philosopher's Song." N.p., n.d. Alpha list.
Two manuscripts, same handwriting, bound together; the first about Alexis Petrovich, son of Peter the Great of Russia, who died in prison in 1718; the second about Don Carlos, son of Philip II of Spain and Maria of Portugal, who...
Deed, Mississippi, 1826. [Oversize boxed].
One letter (ALS) and two stamped envelopes to Elliot Woodward, re copy of sermon on the death of Abraham Lincoln. Cincinnati, 19 Apr. 1866. Laid in: Alexander Clark, Memorial Sermon... (Wyles E457.8 C59).
[Ohio Volunteers, 66th Regiment]. Collection of Civil War era receipts, essays, notes, poems, and obituary notice, ca. 1861-1862.
One document (AD): Account of provisions expended by the ship Alexander of Boston, on one of the Crozet Islands (located in the Indian Ocean, midway between Madagascar and the coast of Antarctica), 1805.
One letter from Alexander Wilson Acheson (1842-1934), Civil War soldier, mayor of Denison, Texas, and physician, on letterhead stationery of The Missouri Pacific Railway Co., to the editor of the Philadelphia Press, regarding the editor's desire to write a history...
Vitae, leaflets, papers
One letter (TLS) to J. G. Moore, re sending copy of the book Karezza. Bloomington, Indiana, 23 Mar. 1948.
One note, (ANS) from Munnings, English painter of horses, to George R. Adams of Santa Barbara, thanking him for his letter, July 18 , 1944. Alpha list.
Collection contains correspondence, photographs, and other printed ephemera relating to Alfred J. Shepherd's naval career in Taiwan, Japan, and Guam during and after World War II. Materials are primarily from his time in post-war Taiwan as a lieutenant in the...
One signed greeting card, n.d.
[Private, Kansas Mounted Infantry, 1st Regiment, Co. D; First Lieutenant, U.S. Colored Infantry, 79th Regiment]. 16 Civil War documents, including appointments, discharges, special orders, and muster roll, 1864-1865.
(1864-1949).. One letter (ALS) from former Smith College art professor, critic, and painter Alfred Vance Churchill, to Dr. [Stuart?] Atkins, re translation of German lyrics later in life. May 7 , 1948. Alpha list.
61 b/w prints, captions in French, with some images of Europeans, but mainly local inhabitants and street scenes from Algiers, Biskra, Sidi Akba, Theniet el Had, Constantine, Sidi Said, as well as ruins of Timgad. Purchase, Krul
Album with 141 b/w photographs, captions in Dutch, and accompanying map with itinerary of unknown traveler. Includes images of people, street scenes, markets, gardens, festivals, Koranic schools, desert, oases, cavalry, and camel corps. Places include Constantine, Tizi Ouzou, El Kantara...
92 b/w photographs, captions in French, with views of local men, women, and children, residences, street scenes, government and other buildings, hospital, markets, mosque, gardens, military encampments, fortifications, French Foreign Legion, camel and horse transport, other French and Moroccan troops...
121 black/white snapshots, no captions. Images of port, ships (one with French flag), street scenes, local inhabitants, buildings (some with signs in French), roads, car with hand crank, desert with camels, ostriches, fields and agricultural equipment, railroad station (with sign...
48 b/w images, captions in English, of local inhabitants, street scenes, snow, markets, oases, and countryside, starting in Marseilles and travelling to Algiers, Cape Carbon, Bougie, Chabet el Akra, el Kantara, Biskra, and Sidi Okba.
Eight black and white snapshots, including Oran street scene with children, countryside, Route de St. Antoine, local inhabitants, laborers loading ship, horse transport, and Oued (river) Sal Sal.
Mainly videotapes re dance, from a UCSB faculty member of dramatic art and dance.
One letter (TL), 1931, from Alice E. Andrews (daughter of Christopher Columbus Andrews) to Dr. Solon J. Buck of the Minnesota Historical Society, re earlier correspondence between her and Thomas L. Sullivan pertaining to republication of her father's Civil War...
Handwritten copy of Burton's diary, 1851-1938, written mainly in essay form, most sections pertaining to the 1850s and including a discussion of her father's [Rev. Daniel Saunderson Whitney] activities with the underground railroad and having fugitives in their home in...
Correspondence, with Wilbur Jacobs (UCSB Professor of History), re the Stephenson-Binkley Prize awarded by the Organization of America Historians, and various UCSB Library staff about his book collection, which UCSB wishes to acquire , 1964-1968. [did UCSB acquire?]. No alpha...
. Mainly correspondence of the Allen Family of Providence, Rhode Island, including scientist Zachariah Allen, his wife Harriet Arnold Allen, their son Judge Henry Wilder Allen, and other family members. Correspondents include John R. Bartlett, Hiram Fuller, Chandos Fulton, Oliver...
Photocopy of a typescript manuscript, abridged from the original, "Journal from Wheeling down the Ohio and Mississippi, 1817." Location of original unknown.
Two almanacs, with daily entries by an unknown author, from the area around Concord, Massachusetts. Talks about chopping wood, plowing, planting, and other agricultural activities, and making occasional trips to Concord.
Holograph letter written at Hatteras Island regarding what to do with his money if he doesn't return.
[Union Army General]. One 1857 letter (ALS) to Col. (?) re getting the "Big Mail Contract" across the plains to California and asking for support for his proposal. Earlier, after the Mexican-American War, ca. 1848-1849, he was a lieutenant in...
Two engraved portraits, [ca. 1850s-1865].
Articles, C.V.
Eleven letters from American Presbyterian missionary Lowrie, from Canton and Shanghai, China, to Anna Dickenson, New York City. .05 linear feet (1 folder).
Words and music by George Clinton Baker. Sheet music. Liberty Publishing Co., Santa Barbara, CA. Schauer Printing Studio, Santa Barbara, CA. Purchase, [Selvaggio?]
Two receipts for contributions to the Missionary Packet, Morning Star. Boston, Missionary House, 1866. Alpha list.
Holograph list titled "Volunteer Organization 1861" with columns labeled Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery and subcolumns labeled Regiment, Company, Pay per Month, Battery per Company, and Light Artillery. Under the column labels are rows listing army ranks, including Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major,...
One printed circular, re solicitiation of funds and invitation to form auxiliary societies. Washington, 25 Mar. 1843. 1999
One Civil War era document, war loan bond, 1 Apr. 1863.
Nine U.S. flags, ranging from 33 to 48 stars, plus one Confederate Artillery flag.
One letter (TLS) from A. S. W. Rosenbach, President of the Society, to Sol Bloom, re membership in the Society and information about the Society's holdings relating to George Washington. Philadelphia, n.d. Alpha list.
Broadside, welcoming "our brave Volunteers..." and inviting them to the organization's headquarters and the Seaman's Mission Reading Room, where "Ladies will be in attendance to give full information regarding objects of interest in the vicinity of Yokohama and Tokyo," ca....
One printed certificate titled American Lloyd's Certificate of Classification No. 1719 to certify that the 1/2 Brig Mary M. Williams was built at Pembroke, Maine in November 1862 and was examined in New York in August 1877 and found to...
Souvenir album, with more than 150 black and white photos, presented to one of the officers visiting the American Military Mission Turkish War School, Dec. 30, 1947. Mainly images of officers and Turkish trainees in classroom and other campus settings....
109 black and white snapshots, no captions, including images of crew and passengers on a Matson Line ship, Pago Pago and surrounding countryside, harbor, local inhabitants welcoming visitors, daily activities, gardens, houses and other buildings, street scenes, group shots, U.S....
Cite as: [Identification of item], American Samoa photograph album, Wyles Mss 173. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Cite as: [Identification of item], American Samoa Photograph collection, Bernath Mss 340. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
107 uncaptioned black and white snapshots in a decorative black lacquer album. Includes images of fellow American and Korean soldiers, military base, Jeeps and other military vehicles; kennels, dogs and puppies; Norterounding area (exact location unclear); straw thatched huts; local...
Three pamphlets, ca. 1918-1919. [why Wyles?]. Moved to SC1039.
Three pamphlets, ca. 1918-1919. Transferred from Wyles SC 464). Alpha list.
One Civil War era document: Circular (printed) re relief for refugees of the war, 1865.
40 cartons of records from American Women for International Understanding (AWIU), a non-profit, non-governmental organization established in 1968 to create an international network of women to foster understanding and goodwill among nations. The collection includes minutes, scrapbooks, and correspondence, but...
Audiocassettes of broadcasts by Pastor C. O. Stadsklev of Hopkins, MN. Stadsklev (dates) was
[Lieutenant, Wisconsin Infantry, 7th Regiment (Vol), Co. K.]. Reminiscences derived from Civil War diaries, 1861-1866. Written ca. 1906.
One note (ANS) to Beverly Moio, saying Moio should visit, and that she is in the midst of Volume 5 (of her diaries). Los Angeles, June 1972. Purchase, accessioned Feb. 27
Two holograph letters written to his mother regarding his experiences as a soldier.
Photocopy of a 40-page handwritten manuscript, "A Cruise in the Gulf of Mexico by an Ex-salt of the Texas Navy," Jan. 1856. Location of original unknown.
[Rear Admiral]. Two engraved portraits, 1865, n.d.
Engraved portrait, n.d.
One page from an unidentified newspaper, with several articles / letters to the editor re the proclamation. In-hand as of 6/16/11. Oversize boxed.
Portraits. [Oversize boxed].
Interviewer: David E. Russell, [1990?]. Interviewee(s): Andrew Meca.
Two Christmas cards by cartoonist Andy Gump, ca. 1920s. Laid in Sidney Smith's Andy Gump: His Life Story (Spec, Sweet PN6728.G8 S58 1924). Alpha list.
[Private, New York Infantry, 114th Regiment (Vol), Company F]. Four Civil War letters (ALS), 1863.
"Bio-bibliography" of an author who wrote mainly about Native American groups such as the Choctaw, including the Civil War and post-Civil War era. Oklahoma State University, Department of History, 1985.
A graduate of the University of Chicago in 1936, Mrs. Anita J. Mackey recounts her career as a medical social worker for the Veterans Administration in Chicago, Los Angeles and, finally, in Santa Barbara. Interviewer: David E. Russell, 1994-1999. Interviewee(s):...
11 Civil War era letters (ALS) to Miss Ann Drew of Smithville, NC. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
Letter and workshop program
One letter (ALS) from the abolitionist, lecturer, actress. playwright, and feminist Dickinson, re an invitation to speak - says her fee is $150 and her schedule is very busy, but she is willing to consider the offer. Philadelphia, 12 Sept....
One note (ANS) from Anna S. C. Blake, founder of a Santa Barbara manual training school which developed into the present-day University of California, Santa Barbara, expressing gratitude to an unknown recipient for the devoted care she/he has given to...
Diary of a young woman who lived with her family near Pottstown, PA and who describes her daily life, social engagements, and includes mention of abolitionist riots, 1857-1858. Brief guide, TL 12/23/2003.
Mainly correspondence, research files, and printed material collected by Shupe, re the Goddian Movement, founded by Lawrence A. Whitten.
[Illinois Infantry, 104th Regiment (Vols), Company D]. Six Civil War era letters (ALS), 1860-1862.
[Adjutant General, New Hampshire]. Seven Civil War era letters (ALS) from Colby's wife and others, re personal matters and various requests, 1863-1864.
Papers of composer Anthony Menk primarily recordings of his compositions as well as other musical performances.
Correspondence
Printed text of Resolutions and Address at the meeting. Syracuse, New York, January 9, 1851.
Two photograph albums and an article in UCSB Library's Soundings, primarily relating to mining engineer Anton K. Money's life in western Canada and Alaska from 1923-1964. Includes some related clippings, correspondence, and ephemera.
Life history of a mining engineer who fled war-torn Europe, to explore Canada's mining frontier during the 1920s. Interviewer: David E. Russell, 1982 [when did DER start at UCSB?]. Interviewee(s): Anton K. Money.
One note (AN) on George E. Littlefield (Boston, Mass.) stationery, re Johann Zainer, latter fifteeenth century Ulm printer who, among other things, printed Antonio Rampegolo's Aurea Biblia (1476). Laid in Rampegolo's, Aurea Biblia (BV4830.R33 1476), gift of Mrs. McKinley Helm....
." Tinted lithograph of a sketch made from the 'Beacon House' on Morris Island. Printed for the Benefit of the Sanitary Commission by the Lithographers' Association of New York.
Three letters (TLS), including two to Matthew J. Bruccoli, re literary matters such as John Dos Passos' reputation, 1969, 1971, n.d. Alpha list.
Printed catalog and systems documentation for the original cataloging project for the ARVM, now superceded by online catalog.
Seven B+W photos (approx. 7 ½ X 4 ½ ) of Arctic scenes: indigenous people in kayaks, hunting scene, a thatched hut, large group of people in front of a wooden structure, a western schooner-like sailing ship. N.D. No specific...
64 black/white photographs, mainly of the Eskimo population and environs of Alaska.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Argentina, SC 1021. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Typescript narrative journal written under the pseudonym Raul of the Andes, recounting the travels and observations of three young men, members of the Catholic social movement La Federación de Cículos Católicos De Obreros, which had been founded in Argentina by...
Civil War print. [Oversize boxed]. [date?]
Four items. United States, General Land Office, 1906-1909. [Oversize boxed].
Photocopies of Civil War affidavits, statements by residents re destruction and removal of property by soldiers, 1864.
One Confederate Civil War receipt for impressment of one hundred bushels of wheat, for use by the Army of Northern Virginia. Issued to John B. Tate.
One partial note (ANS), "With best wishes," signed by Toynbee, n.d.. Found in Kimball Young's copy of Toynbee's A Study of History (New York , 1947). Alpha list.
Broadsides, flyers, newsletters, pamphlets and related items, collected by Arthur Hochberg. Includes Weather Underground Organization and Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) materials. Most from the Bay Area (San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland, CA) and Chicago. Hochberg was one of the...
One letter (TLS) to Mr. [?] Titus, re Meeker's radio speech and his book, The Ivory Mischief. Wayne, Illinois, 22 Jan. 1941. Alpha list.
(1863-1947). Three letters (ALS), laid in various books by and about Machen, re gifts and literary matters. London , 1924-1926. Alpha list.
(1863-1945). One letter (ALS) from English author and journalist Arthur Morrison, known for his gritty depictions of London's East End, to a Mr. [Stone?], mainly about Morrison's book A Child of the Jago (1896). Salcombe House, Loughton, Essex, England, December...
(1871-?). 11 typescript poems, signed , 1943. Laid in The Passing Show. Alpha list.
Two letters (ALS) from British poet, critic, and magazine writer Arthur Symons (1865-1945) re books and book orders; also, three signed holograph poems. Alpha list.
Collection of correspondence , 1931-1932, re his publication of Charles Lamb's Grace before Meat. Alpha list.
Drafts and notes for Humanistic Perspective, vol. II, a textbook edited by Warmoth.
This is an album of a soldier in the U.S. Army, Arthur Williams, who was stationed in Peking (Beijing) as part of the foreign military forces during the Boxer Rebellion. The photographs date from ca. 1905. Williams took many photos...
Primarily correspondence, clippings, and photographs collected by Margaret [?], re Robert Henri, William Merrit Chase, and Santa Barbara artists William Louis Otte and Della Shull, ca. 1907-1957. Alpha list.
Holograph letter written at Head Quarters, Fort Pickering.
Notebook of typed transcripts of diaries and other documents of D. R. [Delos Rodeyn] Ashley, Lansford W. Hastings, John Bidwell and Judge Benjamin Hayes, pertaining to journeys to California. Apparently a copy of material at the Bancroft Library (MSS C-B...
Cite as: [Identification of item], Asia and Ireland travel photograph album, SC 1042. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Asia and Middle East tour album, SC 1101. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Album, with about 96 black/white numbered but uncaptioned photographs, of Asmara and environs during the period of Italian occupation. Images of street scenes, local inhabitants, Art Deco buildings such as the Cinema Impero, Jamia al Kulafae Mosque, railway linking to...
Ten printed pamphlets, programs, articles of association, and other items relating to the organization and activities of this group of California pioneers. .05 linear feet (1 folder).
Pamphlets, program brochures, and catalogs
Pamphlets, brochures, flyers, and other ephemera dealing with issues of radiation and fallout, bomb shelters, civil defense, U.S.-Soviet relations, government and religious response to the development of the atom bomb.
Six-page list, with many clergy represented, mainly New England, organization not named. [Oversize boxed ].
One document (ADS), notice re sale of property of Jonathan Hopkins, 14 October 1800. Alpha list.
Auction of the steamer Beatrice (late Rappahannock). "Built by the British Government for a sloop of war in 1856..." [Oversize boxed].
(1840-1917). Two printed announcements in French: exhibit opening , 1900, and third anniversary of the death of Eugène Carrière , 1909. Alpha list.
(Governor of Illinois). Signed document, appointing Benjamin P. Hinch as Notary Public for Gallatin County, 1851. [Oversize boxed].
Scrapbook entitled "Civil War Time: Memories and Experiences...," with clippings from newspaper account by Smith, 1914.
23 items, ca. 1902-1944, in denominations from 50 groschen to 10,000 kronen. From the von Luschen/Loschen (?) Collection. Alpha list.
Illegible signature. Found in unsorted SC.
Two sheets of autographs and signed documents, ca. 1859-1862. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
French printed, linen backed, folding map covering Luxembourg, and parts of France, Belgium and Germany.
HPA. Interviewer: David E. Russell, 9/25/91; 8/12/94; 1/18/96-1/20/96. Interviewee(s): Avanta Meeting (who present?), Marilyn Peers, HPA Avanta Network (who present?). Transcript: None found. Related materials: None found.
Bound volume, containing numerous documents, mostly in Portuguese (maybe some Spanish). Rough translation of title is "Goods/Property of the Order of St. Benedict of Aviz" which is in Portugal, Portalegre District.
Leaflets
This is a historical collection of eight videotapes that were acquired in 3/4 inch U-Matic format and document important Chicano historical events such as Chicano cultural arts performances in theater and music as well as Chicano protest marches. The tapes...
Educational Survey of El Dorado County. Mimeograph report, mainly about a school system in northern California, and related newspaper clippings, ca. 1917. Deaccession?
Holograph letter signed by A. B. Thompson in San Francisco, [California] to F. D. Atherton, Esq. in Valpariso about difficulties with regard to a property claim which may be solved by Atherton's testimony. The letter asks Atherton to verify certain...
One letter (ALS) to Jonas Huddle, reflecting on the character of local "Yankie" (sic) residents. Cheyenne City, Dakota Territory, 8 Apr. 1868.
41 b/w prints of Baku (now capital of Azerbaijan) and countryside, likely taken by a British family. Includes images of family and friends, street scenes, the port, local inhabitants with carriages, wagons, camels, and other forms of transport, wooden oil...
15 letters from brothers Samuel and Orange Baldwin, both with the 143rd Pennsylvania Volunteers. [Expand].
. One check for $34.25, payable to E. B. Gardette, signed by Richard Ashhurst & Sons. Philadelphia. 30 July 1834.
Interviews with Barbara Berendzen, a family member featured in one of Virginia Satir's filmed family reconstruction workshops. The oral history traces the family history since the reconstruction, in an attempt to assess the Satir Model as a form of family...
Publisher's publicity letter and 5x7 b/w glossy photograph, laid in signed uncorrected proof copy of American author Barbara Kingsolver's Pigs in Heaven (Spec PS3561.I496 P539 1993). Alpha list.
Interviewer: David E. Russell, [1994?]. Interviewee(s): Barbara S. Uehling. Transcript: ?
Found item, provenance unknown. Alpha list - title only. Oversize boxed.
62 black and white photographs, most snapshots, only one caption "This is your first victory garden 1942," likely taken by Corporal Bartony (probably with the United States Army Forces Far East) during his time in what appears to be somewhere...
Mounted, possible original watercolor, by unknown artist [initials G.E.P.], dated 1869, depicting the Oct. 21, 1861 battle near Leesburg, VA. No evidence this was a Currier & Ives, most of their Civil War lithographs being produced during the war, but...
One Civil War document (ADS), a notice warning against "Northern Secessionists and Traitors," posted outside John Folsom's store [?} after the Battle of Bull Run, 23 July 1861. Trade/purchase, accessioned Oct. 3, 1980.
Invitation from the Government of the United States to John A. Niebling, a Civil War veteran, to attend the 75th anniversary commemoration of the Battle of Gettysburg, June 29, 1938 to July 6, 1938, at Gettysburg, Pa.
Prospectus and order form for chromo lithograph, ca. 1869.
by V. Berezovski (St. Petersburg, 1898), translated from the Russian by Nicolai H. Hiller, 1942. Typescript carbon. Alpha list.
Holograph letter written from Little Rock, Arkansas by Elisha Baxter, who in 1872 became the tenth Governor of Arkansas, to Andrew Johnson, the seventeenth President of the United States, about the rumored resignation of William O. Stoddard as United States...
(1825-1878). One holograph poem by American poet, literary critic, translator, and travel author Bayard Taylor, signed B.T., ca. 1870s. Alpha list.
Holograph note written and signed by Bayard Taylor, an American poet and travel author from Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, about keeping an appointment to give a lecture on Alexander von Humboldt. The note is mounted behind a cardboard frame. One black...
Scrapbook of postcards, programs and ticket stubs of Wagner's operas from the 1938 Bayreuth Festival.
Two albums, 93 b/w photographs, some captions in French, many of what appears to be early diamond mining in what was then the Belgian Congo, with images of laborers, European overseers, heavy machinery, and settlements. Places named include Mulomba, Bamba,...
Acquisition Information: Undetermined.
Photo album contains 28 black and white and sepia photographs, primarily portraits of the Benitez family taken in photography studios in Guadalajara. Also includes some photographs that are reproductions of paintings. Some photos have identifying information in Spanish on the...
One black and white 5" x 7 1/4" mounted print of Chapin as Abraham Lincoln in the play "In the White House," [ca. 1906].
One letter (ALS) to his father, Henry [?], and grandmother, re personal and family matters. New York, July 15, 1836. Alpha list.
Invitation to Mr. [George P.?] Tebbetts for presidential reception. Santa Barbara, 24 Apr. 1891.
Presidential Campaign - Cloth Momento, 1888. [Oversize boxed].
122-page Civil War autograph book belonging to Benjamin W. Johnson (15th Arkansas Regiment), with signatures and statements, mainly from fellow Confederate prisoners held at Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, entries dated from April to July 1862. The book also includes...
Experimental recordings made by Emile Berliner. Includes nine 6" zinc masters (1891-1893), one 7" zinc master (1898) and one 7" shellac pressing (1898).
(1715-1808). Copy of diary, re Indian life in Pennsylvania area, Original in t he Archives of the Moravian Church, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. [Provenance of copy?]. [See also SC 456]. No alpha list.
One letter (TL) 1953, and one letter (TLS) 1954, to Louis and Annette Kaufman, re projects he is working on. [Perf. Arts]. Alpha list.
Correspondence laid in Lincoln's New Sale, ca. 1926, 1949.
16 etchings of various buildings where Lincoln lived, ca. 1920s-1930s.
The collection includes manuscripts, correspondence, articles, announcements, and reviews.
Bound typescript of poems and diary extracts, entitled Moods - Ever Changing and To Each His Gift, along with related correspondence and photo. Oral History 53 also relates to Kelley. Gift from Nes and Le Synadinos
Photocopy of one letter [TLS], from Frank L. Hieronymus, Dean of Faculty, Westmont College, to Dr. Rollin Quimby, University of California, Santa Barbara, re Jewish services during the Civil War. Laid in: Korn's Was There a Confederate Jewish Chaplain? Santa...
ca. 156 b/w prints of Spanish Colonial Architecture, taken by Harmer in 1925, the year of the Santa Barbara earthquake. Harmer was an architect who designed many of the Spanish-style buildings in Santa Barbara.
Newsletters, programs, pamphlets and ephemera related to puppetry.
pamphlets, including joke books (early 20c?).
English, 1549. Alpha list. [Oversize boxed]. [check if facsimile].
. 35 printed Bible Teachers' (New York) manuals, with titles such as "Revelation for the End of the Gospel Age" and "Who May Know the Secrets of God."
50+ small tracts by Bible Truth Publishers of Oak Park, Illinois, with titles such as "The Broken Safe," "The Destiny of Man," and "Which Church Saves?"
Genesis. Found item, provenance unknown. Alpha list. Oversize boxed.
Biblical Library of Stanley S. Slotkin, with 30 original leaves and accompanying printed text for 16th-18th century bibles and other religious works; also copies of articles about Slotkin, his collecting and gifts. Alph list. [Oversize, map cabinet 20/6]
One typescript, compiler unknown, of early English-language authors and their works, to mid-19th century, arranged chronologically by birthdates of the authors, with subject indices. Alpha list.
One holograph document (AD), "A key to some of the principal characters in the Bibliomania," apparently referring to English bibliographer Thomas Frognall Dibdin's The Bibliomania, or Book-Madness ... (1809). Alpha list.
5 b/w snapshots. Purchase, eBay
One postcard size b/w photo of Oroville, California bridge completed in 1855, with materials brought around Cape Horn.
One scrapbook, with printed accounts of the Bidwell family, primarily from Massachusetts and Connecticut, including service in the Civil War, n.d.
Three printed leaves , 1968. Laid in Bissett's Awake in the Red Desert (PR9199.3 B45 A93). Alpha list.
Three psychedelic, color postcards/flyers, Wes Wilson artist, advertising events presented by Bill Graham at the Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco. Headliners include Jefferson Airplane and Butterfield Blues Band. Provenance unknown. Alpha list.
45 black and white albumen photographs from the Yenangyat area of Western Burma, including images of railroads, oil wells and workers, Buddhist temples and statues, other buildings, local inhabitants (men, women, and children), rural scenes, water buffalo, countryside, markets, boats,...
"The Making of a Radical." Student Radicalism and the 60s Counter Culture: The Personal View of a Participant (Santa Barbara, UCSB Oral Hsitory Program, 1982), 270 pp. In this account of the 1960s, William Timberman recounts his association with the...
Color lithograph by the Orcutt Co, Lithographers, Chicago, executed for B. F. Larrabee & Co., [1893]. Found in misc. mss map drawer. Map cabinet 20/6. Alpha list.
Holograph letter written near White's Ford, Virginia.
Alpha list (title only).
Cite as: [Identification of item], Black-Jewish Information Center press releases, ARC Mss 38. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
(1826-1884). One letter (ALS) from English writer, journalist, and newspaper editor Jerrold to unknown recipient, responding he regrets he cannot interfere in a personal matter. [London, 1882?]. Found in Jerrold's The Life of George Cruikshank in Two Epochs (1882). Alpha...
(1861-1929). 1 note (ANS) from [?], re an unpublished poem on Christmas card by Carman, n.d. Gift from Martina and Randolph Sasnett, accessioned May 23
One letter (ALS) re request for admission. New York, 1878. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
Holograph letter written by the Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Sanitary Commission in response to complaints about camp conditions.
Two World War I era flyers: "To Help Horses in War Time." London, ca. 1916-1918. Alpha list.
Files and videocassettes of a professor at UCLA's Anderson Graduate School of Management, mainly pertaining to the Western Training Lab, tannebaum's work there with small group processes such as Sensitivity Training and T-Groups, and his career in organizational development.
Exhibit catalog from DeGolyer Library, SMU, 1989.
1885 reproduction of July 2, 1863 issue of Vicksburg Daily Citizen, printed on wallpaper; piece of Confederate flag from Fort Dionelson; and related publication, The Campaigns for Fort Donelson.
One exhibit announcement (John Henry Nash, Printer) and one related letter (ALS) from W. R. K. Young to Averill (?), Sept. 22 , 1917. Printers Collection. Alpha list.
Bound manuscript.
(1856-1915). One letter (TLS) from Booker T. Washington, American educator, orator, author and leader of the African-American community, on Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute stationery, to Charlotte Bowditch, noting he is to speak in Santa Barbara the following Tuesday. Los...
Grand Jubilee Concert program, in honor of the Emancipation Proclamation, Jan. 1, 1863.
61 printed programs, with numerous advertisements, for the Boston Museum, Boston Theatre, Gaiety, and Globe Theatre. Includes such productions as Uncle Tom's Cabin (1876) and Edwin Booth in Hamlet (1877). Provenance unknown. Alpha list.
Holograph letter written in Baltimore regarding missing muster and descriptive rolls for new Afro-American soldiers who were joining the regiments near Alexandria.
13 b/w seemingly all of same boy, album from Boston/New England store. Incl. two images of African Americans - nanny and man holding horse. No captions.
Collection of teleplays, press kits, syndication kits and pilot production notebooks from Embassy Television and Tandem/T.A.T., including scripts for 227, Little house: a new beginning, and press kits for Archie Bunker's place, Diff'rent strokes, Gloria, One day at a time,...
One note (ANS), from Ohio municipal reformer, diplomat, journalist and author Brand Whitlock, conveying best wishes to unknown recipient. Cannes, 5 May 1931. Alpha list.
[General, CSA]. Two engraved portraits, n.d.
Large album contains 210 black and white snapshots and one postcard, with some captions in English, taken primarily in Brazil. Images feature shipboard views; stops along the journey to Brazil in Lisbon (Portugal), with shots of a monastery, harbor scenes,...
24 printed cordels (long narrative poems in booklet form, with woodcut illustrations on the cover) in Portuguese, mostly on contemporary themes and famous people. Authors include Abraão Batista, Allan Sales, José Soares, Marcelo Soares, and Paulo de Tarso.
130 black/white photographs, along with a few postcards, some with captions in English, from a British family, depicting their life on a banana and dairy plantation called Bemfica in Macuco, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Includes images...
One album with more than 40 snapshots and 50 postcards, captions in English, apparently from a British expatriate in Buenos Aires, Argentina, who traveled to Brazil, then England (including Oxford) and Germany. From dealer description:
Sixteen letters (ALS) to Miss Nancy Bridges, from brother William and other cousins, relatives, and friends in various units and locations in Georgia, Maryland, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, re day-to-day camp life, requesting items like boots, socks, and pants...
. Mainly receipts, supply and equipment bills, and member lists of the Bristol Artillery Company of Bristol, Rhode Island. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
Album contains 188 black and white photographs with borders, mounted double-sided to 23 brown cardstock leaves, each separated with web-patterned tissue guard. Occasional manuscript captions. Photographs range in size, the largest measuring 22,5 cm x 14cm, the smallest measuring 6cm...
241 black and white photographs in large album commemorating the British Association for the Advancement of Science's meeting in South Africa. Images feature shots from the journey to and from Africa, including shipboard views and port scenes of Southampton (England),...
Six printed items: "A Computation of the Charge of the Militia, as Proposed by the Bill in Parliament...," n.d.; "Directions for Applying Godbold's Vegetable Balsam...,"n.d.; "Form of Association Agreed to by The Committee of Sixty-One...," 1780; "Proposals for a Subscription...
107 black and white photographs, some captions in English on reverse. Includes images of U.S. Engineers' Hospital, St. George Anglican Cathedral, Carnegie Library, scenes of Georgetown, drum and kettle band, market, roads, rivers, agricultural activities, Muslim cleric, bride and groom,...
12 b/w albumen prints, with captions, mounted in a small album. Includes image of the photographer, J. A. Teixeria, and views of New Amsterdam and Georgetown ... Accompanied by an Oct. 1939 issue of Geographical Review, containing an article, "An...
One document on vellum, signed by Edward and Thomas Chalcroft, Surrey, 1720. Provenance unknown. [++Oversize boxed].
18th century, primarily relating to members of the Macdonald, Mackenzie, and Maclean families. Alpha list. [Oversize boxed].
Seven Liberal Party posters, with images of party leader Joseph Grimond, and three Labour Party posters, with images of party leader Harold Wilson. Provenance unknown. Oversize Map Cabinet 20/6. Alpha list.
Album of over 110 small black-and-white commercial photographs with brief captions in English. Album covers are wooden and have a picture of Mosque of Omar on front and word "Jerusalem" on back. Many photos identified as a "Palphot" photograph on...
Acquisition Information: Purchase, 2004.
Album contains 96 uniform-sized photos. 8 x 6cm. Inserted four to a page in the pre-cut windows on both sides of 12 album leaves. No captions. Black oblong tied album. 25 x 17cm. Photos of animals, particularly domesticated animals. There...
4 albums and 7 loose photographs, Waziristan (Afghanistan/Pakistan border area). [expand].
A Looking-Glass for Traytors, re trial of those implicated in the death of King Charles I. London, 1660. Alpha list. [Oversize boxed].
One broadside, "A los Mexicanos - e Hispano- Americanos...," San Francisco, 1863. .02 linear feet (1 folder). Translation inserted.
Printed broadside from Office A. R. Q. M. [Acting Regimental Quartermaster] 49th Missouri Infantry Volunteers, Eufaula, Alabama, dated October 5th, 1865, states that in compliance with Special Orders, dated Head-Quarters, Sub. District of Montgomery, October 11, 1865, all horses, mules,...
Printed broadside of soldiers from New Hampshire who died during the American Civil War, with caption titles, We Honor The Brave and Our Fallen Heroes, and names listed as follows: 9th Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers, Company I, Died of Disease:...
Three printed broadsides, authorized by David Perkins, from New-England Union Volunteer Company in Concord, Lebanon and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The first broadside, printed on official stationery of the company and dated December 26, 1864, is about paying $775 for substitutes...
1 document (TD), declaration of Pam Shannon Wells re her membership in the Brotherhood of the Sun, Santa Barbara, California
More than 40 pamphlets printed by the Brotherhood of the White Temple, Inc. (Sedalia, Colorado), most by M. Doreal, with titles such as "Atlantis and Lemuria," "Symbolism of the Great Seal of the United States," and "Wisdom of the Kabbala."
Holograph letter written at Arlington Heights, Virginia, describing the First Battle of Bull Run.
UCSB faculty.
Examples of printing, one as early as 1791, along with 20th century California programs, prospectuses, and examples and correspndence relating to the history of half-tone printing. Donation by McCurdy
Found item, provenance unknown. Possible link to Chris Brun, former Head of Spec. Oversize boxed.
One letter (TLS) re not being able to have lecture printed in Soundings. Portola Valley, California, 25 May 1984. No alpha list.
One note (ANS) to Lewis Strauss, re visiting him. New York, 13 Feb. 13, 1935. Alpha list.
Broadside, ca. 1862. [Oversize boxed].
Mutt and Jeff Joke Book , 1911. Alpha list. [Oversize, boxed].
One oversize sheet, with names of officers and troops, for the U.S. 24th Infantry, Company K., April 30, 1874. .02 linear feet (1 folder). Oversize boxed.
One unsigned holograph letter from a Union navy sailor at Washington Navy Yard to his mother and father, Joshua Buffum, of North Billerica, Massachusetts. He recounts the Confederate capture of the USS Isaac P. Smith, commanded by Lieutenant F. S....
Cite as: [Identification of item], Bulgaria World War I frontier guard photograph album, SC 1059. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
23 black/white images, many photo postcards, captions in Bulgarian, including soldiers in groups and on horseback, military band, pontoon bridge, wedding.
240+ pages, gilt covers, several color drawings.
49 black and white albumen prints, captions in English, taken by an unidentified British woman. Images of Buddhist pagodas and temples, Burmese women and children, houses, street scenes, markets, Irrawaddy River, leper asylum. Locations include Rangoon, Mandalay, Bhamo, and Bhiwani.
Large album contains 303 black and white photographs and several watercolors and sketches documenting the travels of a British family, primarily in Burma. Photographs illustrate a journey by ship from Marseille harbor and along the Riviera coast (France) to Port...
101 black and white photographs: 49 mounted panoramas, Burma Oil Co., other Burma, Port Said, Chester and other England, one dated 1902); 1 7 ½" x 9 ½" mounted albumen of oil field with rigs (looks familiar - see other...
Eleven hand-colored images, no captions, people and scenes of Burma. Purchase: Margolis and Moss
Three black and white photographs and four photo postcards, some captions, incl. images of oil wells, (Burmah Oil Company) drillers, and Viceroy reception, with American and other flags flying.
186 black and white photos (most are approximately 3 ½ X 5 ½ format, but some are full page-size; includes one loose photo) mounted on detached album pages. Photos show indigenous inhabitants and various locales two of which appear to...
Cite as: [Identification of item], Burmese lacquer prayer book, Printers Mss 79. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Albums and loose photographs, most pertaining to Ray J. Burnap (Hartford, CT), including military training at Paris Island, SC (1917), with AEF in France (1918-1920); also Edison Lamp Work; also trips around the US, ...Includes many picture postcards - dealer...
Holograph letter written at his camp in the field.
13 letters to Disciple of Christ preacher Bushrod W. Henry (Shelbyville, Illinois), from family and friends. .5 linear feet (1 folder). Removed from Montgomery Collection (Wyles Mss 9).
Holograph letter concerning the possibility of getting more troops for the 165th regiment.
"Report on the Coal Properties in Moffat County, Colorado, Owned or Controlled by J. M. Martin." Typescript carbon, with photographs and map, ca. 1911.
43 black and white photographs taken by C. Dominguez of Peruvian men, women, and children of African descent. Photos are primarily candid portraits, including images of musicians, and agricultural and city backgrounds.
Four photograph albums (B+W photographs and some B+W post cards) concerning "Kenya pioneer," C.E. Lee and his descendents. The engineering firm Kenya Uganda Railways and Harbour (K.U.R.H.) employed Lee and at least one son, who maintained these photographic documents. Dated...
102 black and white snapshots, some with captions in English, most apparently in and around Richmond and Louisiana, Missouri. Includes street scenes and window display for Chautauqua (educational summer-camp movement), many images of young adults in groups, picnic and other...
One letter (ALS) to General [Joseph B.?] Carr re recommendation of a Colonel Austen to a position. New York, N.Y., 28 Nov. 1879.
One holograph letter from Charles W. Gibson, a Civil War Union soldier, describing his service with the Wisconsin Volunteers, 14th Regiment, Company R. Written from a camp near Providence, Louisiana.
Holograph letter written and signed by C. C. Washburn from Washington, D. C. to Will to acknowledge Will's favor of the 4th and to promise support for him over two other members of the 34th Congress, namely, Jim Thorington and...
Includes 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire.
edited by Albert Dressler. Prospectus, describing the work as "Sixty-two pleasant and provoking pages of rare and original telegrams on various subjects, exchanged by the cinese to and from Downieville, Sierra County, California, during the year 1874 ..." along with...
One bill of sale, butcher bill, Ocean Market, San Francisco, 1865. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
World War I era printed document: Treasurer's Report, Dec. 1918. Alpha list.
14 printed pamphlets and flyers, with titles such as "Justice to California Women," "Women under California Laws," "Why California Women Should Vote," and "New Laws in Suffrage States." Purchase from Sun Dance
Cite as: [Identification of item], California gold miners' scale, Wyles Mss 142. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Seven-page handwritten letter in ink (ALS), to Capt. T. S. Holloway of Wickford, Rhode Island, from an unknown author who has prospered as a banker and merchant, discussing conditions in the mines, including different nationalities of the miners, and prospects...
Civil War document appealing for volunteers. San Francisco, 18 Sept. 1861.
Facsimiles, copies, etc. Map cabinet 20/6.++ Oversize boxed. Alpha list.
1 printed document, 4 pp., establishing the first official medical practice in California. Mexico, 6 Aug. 1836. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
Rosa, D[on] Luis de la. 1 printed decree, 4 pp., originating in the Ministry of Finance, detailing the articles of tax collection and distribution. Mexico [City], 6 Aug. 1845. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
Monthly ledger sheets, Feb. 1877 - Dec. 1878, for Consolidated Mining Co., Dardenelles Consolidated General Mining Co., and others, all located in Forest Hill, Placer County, California. Lists names, mining occupations, and duties, including one entry for a Chinese water...
One document (TDS), Founders' List. Los Angeles, n.d. Gift from International Bookfinders , 1967. Alpha list.
Official guide, daily program, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints leaflet, and water exhibit souvenir.
84 black and white snapshots glued in an album with wood covers, likely California, but very few captions. Many images of children, most in rural areas with flat terrain, some doing chores like carrying eggs, and with chickens, goats, and...
Two black/white cabinet card photographs by [John Calvin] Brewster, Ventura and Santa Paula, CA, of churches in El Rio and Santa Paula, [ca. 1900].
Sepia prints. 15" x 20", three of Yosemite and one of the Mendocino Coast; 7 3/4" x 21", one of The Alhambra. Descriptions on back of each, including no. of the photograph. Photographer unknown; images Ansel Adams-like in appearance. [Oversize...
17 items, including images of 1906 San Francisco earthquake and homes of Hollywood stars such as Bob Hope, Mickey Rooney, and Jack Benny, ca. late 1930s.
Seven printed programs of movies shown at the California Theatre, "The Family Theatre" at 20 Canon Perdido St., Santa Barbara, CA , 1936-1937. Gift of Elizabeth Cobb. Alpha list.
Group photo, with list, 1899. [Oversize boxed].
Group photo, with list, 1899. [Oversize boxed].
Picture postcards (several from Illinois), facsimiles of nineteenth century newspapers, South Mountain Railroad Co. first mortgage bond, material relating to "America in the Making," an exhibit of original American documents, and other ephemera, including greeting card with drawing "Santa Barbara...
Album containing 65 black and white snapshots, with English captions on back, of Phnom Penh and the Hindu temple complex Angkor Wat. Angkor images include Phom Bakeng temple, reliefs and sculptures, the libraries, trees overgrowing the ruins, and Buddhas. Includes...
1862 Civil War era printed document [37th Congress, 2nd Session, Senate Mis. Doc. No. 94], joint resolution protesting the continued use of slaves as servants to Confederate officers held as prisoners at Camp Chase, near Columbus, Ohio.
One printed group photograph of the commander and headquarters staff of Camp William Penn, used for organization of U.S. Colored Troops, 1863-1865. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
Incomplete printed text of an essay on the Dred Scott decision.
Broadside, printed in color. [Oversize boxed].
One document: pay warrant from A. Campbell to M. McCarthy, Deputy Pay- Master General, for His Majesty's forces in Mauritius and Bourbon, 25 February 1813. Gift of William P. Wreden. Alpha list.
Alpha list (title only). Oversize boxed.
16 Civil War documents, most from the Office of Chief Engineer, Military Division of West Mississippi, New Orleans, pertaining mainly to work on Fort Barrancas (overlooking the entrance to Pensacola Bay). Includes reference to use of "persons of African descent,"...
see notes; ca. 185 images.
(1707-1778). Two engraved portraits, with signatures, of Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, Carl Linneaus, n.d. Alpha list.
[aka Karl Pedersen]. One ms diary in Danish, re 1880 move from Denmark to Nebraska, with typescript translation. Copy of translation published in UCSB Libraries' Soundings. Alpha list.
HPA. Interviewer: David E. Russell, [dates?]. Interviewee(s): Carl Rogers; also former students and associates John Schlien, Alberto Zucconi, [and who else?], [dates?]. Transcript: The Quiet Revolutionary Related materials: HPA Mss Arrangement: John Schlien: Phone interview, Aug. 27, 2001: A19636-37/CS (digitized)
Essay for G. Wesley Johnson's H248 class, spring 1975, based on interviews with Carmen Camarillo Jones. Interviewer: Tomas A. Salinas. Interviewee(s): Carmen Camarillo Jones. Transcript: No, but index to tapes as appendix to essay. Related materials: None found.
One printed color map of Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia, issued by the Touring Club Italiano. Found in-houe
Carte de visite album in a mother-of-pearl album including family portraits and portraits of people in circus or theatrical costumes.
Leaflets
The collection consists primarily of numerically arranged binders with plans, briefs, public hearings, permits, site investigations, laboratory results, and reports relating to the Superfund response action to the Casmalia Resources Hazardous Waste Management Facility. Also included are U.S. Environmental Protection...
Holograph letter written and signed by C. M. Clay to W. H. Crook, Esq. in Washington, D. C. about receiving Crook's letter of March 16 and being glad to do anything to please his [Clay's] friend C. E. Kincaid, Esq....
Six issues of different newspapers [dates and places?]. Found item, provenance unknown. ++ Oversize boxed.
One letter (ALS) from unidentified author to Wilson re change in careers and other personal matters. [London], 24 Sept. 1928. Found in unsorted SC.
One holograph poem, "Flight of the Children," from Porphyry's Journey (1951). Laid in Hemley's Seas and Seasons. Alpha list.
(1835-1894). One short, signed holograph poem by American poet and story writer Celia Thaxter, 1883. Alpha list.
Set of ten printed cards, mainly engravings of buildings, celebrating the 1876 Exhibition in Philadelphia, produced by M. Burt, Cleveland, Ohio. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
Printed card with engravings of the 1876 Philadelphia exhibition, distributed by Mills & Co.,Printers & Publishers, Des Moines, Iowa. .01 linear feet (1 folder).
Tapes of staff meetings and related material pertaining to the La Jolla center, home of the Carl Rogers Memorial Library, and advocates of client-centered psychotherapy and the person-centered approach Interviewer: [?], 1991. Interviewee(s): Nel Candel's name on at least one...
Seminar in Athens, 1961, assembled by Carolyn Wack. Alpha list.
One printed map, "Sketch of Capt. Gunnison's Route to Sept. 20th, 1853. "Senate Ex: Doc: No. 29. 1 Sess 33 Cong." Probably removed from Gunnison and Beckwith .... Oversize boxed.
Adjustable cardboard wheel, showing days of the week for dates rom 1800-1899, along with lists of presidential electors (38 states at the time), and list of presidents of the U.S., ca. 1881.
One Italian document, birth certificate, Diocesi di Vicenza, Provincia di Padova, 1943, along with one letter (ALS, in Italian) , 1922, and one undated handwritten note (in Italian). Laid in Giovanni La Cecilia, Storie Segrete Delle Famiglie Reali (Main D...
Printed certificate of non-liability to the draft issued by the Board of Enrollment dated at Troy, Pennsylvania and signed by C. M. Monuler, Provost Marshal and President of Board of Enrollment, M. C. Grier, member of Board of Enrollment, and...
Certificate sent from Adjutant-General's Office, State of California to Captain O. D. Peck in Taylorsville, California. The certificate states that Captain O. D. Peck of the County of Plumas, State of California has made H. Lamott Jr. his true and...
Three certificates tied together with green and red ribbons, each with a pasted-on seal. The first certificate, dated July 30th, from the United States Department of State, is signed by William H. Seward, Secretary of State of the United States,...
About 200 black and white snapshots (with a few cyanotypes and black and white picture postcards), apparently taken by an American serviceman on board ship - the Buford - to Manila (Philippines) via Gibraltar, Malta, Suez Canal, Aden (now Yemen),...
Four issues of the Camarillo, California newsletter
Letters and documents apparently assembled by Charles A. Christian, a collector. Includes lists of his desiderata, a return for a battalion commanded by Major David Nye (1797, and cyanotype of a C[?] Stuart. Provenance unknown. Alpha list.
Two photograph albums with 88 black and white images, plus 67 other loose photographs [1 album], many with captions, most taken by Rev. Charles A. Roach on a bicycle trip from Durban to Cairo in 1943, on the way back...
Two albums, b/w photographs, of the travels of the Rev. Roach: 1938 (bicycling to Bucharest, with images of Cracow (and other parts of Poland), Czechoslovakia, Dobšina ice caves, Budapest, Jewish population at Puspokladany, Huedin, gypsies in Romania, Orlat, farms, Brasov,...
Collection of letters, photographic negatives, and clippings, mainly pertaining to Andersonville [Civil War] survivors, ca. 1911-1912. Gift of Mrs. T. M. Storke, n.d. Alpha list.
Two letters (ALS) from H. C. Chatfield-Taylor, in part about times at Cornell and one carte de visite of Storke as adolescent (Osh Kosh, WI photographer), n.d. Alpha list.
Manuscript 1866-1867 diary, in French, possibly by a relative of Montecito resident Muses. Includes description and sketch maps of Toth and Mogyorod, in present day Hungary. From the Charles Arthur Muses estate
One Civil War era letter (ALS) to Vincent Roberts, re McClellan report and other documents, Mar. 2, 1864. Also, biographical notes about Eldredge, a lawyer and Democrat Congressman from Wisconsin, 1863-1875. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
French identity card (with photo) for pilot and corporal , 1917, and passport, listing address as Tahiti , 1934. Alpha list.
The collection contains unpublished typescript carbon prose story, "The Lion", with holographic corrections by the author.
The collection contains the unpublished typescript carbon prose story, "The Night the Rapist Got Caught in the Washing Machine", with holographic corrections by the author.
62 original, signed poems by Charles Bukowski (including the last one he wrote, 5 Jan. 2004, two months before his death), sent to John Martin, publisher of Black Sparrow Press, 2003-2004; together with 34 original, signed contracts re foreign publication...
One letter (ALS) from Jon Welsh, Loujon Press, to John [Martin?] re publication of Crucifix in a Death Hand. New Orleans, 5 June 1965. Laid in Bukowski's Crucifix in a Death Hand (PS3552.U4 C7 1965). Alpha list.
(1726-1814). 1 ALS, January 1801. [Returned to Foot Collection]
One engraved portrait by George E. Perine, New York, [1890].
43 handwritten letters, in French, from ... Bernath Collection. Purchase, House of Mirth via eBay
One holograph letter from Charles Devens to an unknown recipient, summarizing his service in the Civil War. Written from Boston.
Mainly correspondence to Willson, manager of the El Mirasol Hotel in Santa Barbara, about hotel matters. Includes some correspondence relating to the 1925 earthquake.
Dickens ephemera, including a note (ANS), possibly with Dickens signature. In hand, provenance unknown. Alpha list.
One letter (ALS) from Dickens' son, also named Charles Dickens, to [?] Gay, re visiting the Union League Club, 1887. Laid in: Charles Dickens, Bleak House [Spec PR4556 .A1 1853d]. Alpha list.
One letter (ALS) from Dickens' son, also named Charles Dickens, to [?] Massell, regretting to inform him that he has long since given away every scrap of his father's writings. London, 27 Oct. 1880. Alpha list.
. [3rd Texas Vols.]. Two Civil War letters (ALS): one from Annie Anna Hallock to her cousin, Charles E.Baker, re personal news, 1861, and one from Baker to his mother, noting he still has not received the boots or shirts...
One brief holograph letter from Charles Phelps requesting that his residence be listed in a directory as the Willard [hotel] lobby.
Flyer re Radio League of the Little Flower. Laid in Father Coughlin's Radio Discourses. Royal Oak, Michigan, [1932]. [ARC].
Typed letter from Charles F. Adams, who served as a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War, congratulating Charles M. Smith for being made President of the First Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry Association and informing him that a...
29 cartes de visite, with inscriptions, of Dr. Charles F. Winslow and others, many from Lima, Peru. .05 linear feet (1 folder).
[Private, New York State Infantry, 21st Regiment (Vol), Company F]. One Civil War document [ADS]: Discharge. Buffalo, 18 May 1863.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Charles G. Cutter Cycling in Europe collection, Bernath Mss 373. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
[Rev.] Engraved portrait, 1835.
One black and white photograph by Pereira, of the author of The Circus of Dr. Lao. Alpha list.
Address by Halpine to [?], re Civil War, n.d.
One Civil War note (ANS) from Headquarters, Department of the Tennessee re order to report to duty at Huntsville, Alabama. Nashville, Tennessee, 20 Feb. 1864.
Fifteen open-reel films and dozens of cassette recordings, on humanistic elements in management.
One letter (TLS) to Dorothy Crawford, thanking her for his use of her writing on his NBC radio program "Cheerio" and asking permission to include it in his proposed inspirational book of days. New York, Sept. 14 , 1940. Laid...
(1856-1944). One letter (ALS), to Mr. [?] Payn re his book [The Hawarden Horace?}. London, 2 Feb. 1895. Alpha list.
One letter (ALS) from military historian Peirson to "Pen" re writing, publishing, and other matters, Dec. 23, 1905. Found in unsorted Wyles SC.
.1 linear feet (1 folder).
One account book, 1824-1825. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
Prospectus for Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and Second Inaugural (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1927).
(1808-1890). One letter (ALS), in French, from French historian and writer Nisard, to an unknown woman. Found in Nisard's Les Gladiateurs... (1860). Paris, 28 February 1854. Alpha list.
(1814-1884). One signed inscription, "All men think all men mortal but themselves," 6 Dec. 1879. Alpha list.
(1814-1884). One autograph, [n.d.] and one letter (ALS) from English novelist and dramatist Charles Reade, re purchase of the stock of his publications Peg Woffington a nd Christie Johnstone, [London], 8 May n.y. Alpha list.
Editorial files, correspondence, and research files about pagan, witchcraft, 'cult' subjects. Also, a number of serials that have been incorporated into the ARC Serials holdings.
Editor Paul Delaney's working archive of Ricketts' Pages from a Diary in Greece, published by Tragara Press in 1978. Includes typescript of author's text and editor's introduction and notes, with holograph corrections, deletions and additions; complete corrected galleys; and incomplete...
One holograph letter written on official stationery of the State Treasurer's Office, Saint Paul, Minnesota to Abraham Lincoln, President elect of the United States, to recommend George A. Nourse, Esq. to the position of United States District Attorney for the...
One letter (TLS) from Harry Robb, author of Poddy, the Story of a Rangeland Orphan (1947) to western writer Charles Snow, mainly re Robb's earlier life in the west. Kingsburg, CA, July 12 , 1950. Laid in unidentified Snow book....
Two albums, beginning 1893 in n. Yorkshire [?], ...
One holograph letter, dated 13th July 1859, written and signed by Charles Sumner in London about his improving health, his return for the opening of Congress, and how much he detests slavery. One photocopy of a holograph letter, dated 4th...
Holograph poem written and signed by Charles Sumner, United States Senator from Massachusetts, to Charles W. Sanger of Waterville, Maine about the country moving forward not by violence but by the majesty of peace, justice, and freedom.
One letter (ALS) from A. Ro[?], mainly about payment to a Mr. Charles Willing, for rum to replenish a ship's supply. London, 26 June 1763. Alpha list.
Two letters (TLS) and one letter (ALS) to Harvey Taylor , 1942, and clipping, laid in Dunshee's Through the Ages [Spec PS3507.U926 T5]. Alpha list.
One document (TDS), permit allowing Charlotte M. Endicott of Canton, MA, to collect plant specimens from areas of the Metropolitan Park Commission. Boston, May 22, 1894. Alpha list.
. One souvenir booklet with black and white illustrations. Chattanooga: T. H. Payne & Co, 1885.
(1834-1928). One note (ANS), re a speech by Depew, president of the New York Central Hudson River Railroad Co. and, later, Republican senator from New York.. [New York], 28 May 1886. Alpha list.
One typewritten account of Depew, re his role as Secretary of State of the train carrying Lincoln's body from Albany. Notes, for example, that "Wherever the highway crossed the railway track the whole population of the neighborhood was assembled... Huge...
Collection of documents, invoices, and receipts of a Massachusetts doctor, ca. 1809-1836. Alpha list.
Four items. Purchase, Books on the Orient
[Admiral]. One black and white photograph of the Japanese surrender on the U.S.S. Missouri, in Tokyo Bay on 2 Sept. 1945, inscribed by Nimitz to the Library of the Santa Barbara College of the University of California. [Oversize boxed].
Album of 50 black and white photographic postcards, with captions. Includes images of local men, women, and children, buildings, parks, railroad, airfield, panoramic views, and street scenes of Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapa de Corzo, Tonalá, Comitán de Domínguez, Tapachula, Arriaga, and...
Two printed flyers offering land in Minnesota and Dakota, promoting "The most healthy climate of the world ...Settlements of Americans, Germans and Scandinavians; Odd Fellows' and Catholic Colonies...LANDS SOLD ON LONG CREDIT!" ca. 1870s.
This collection includes articles that were published in un-indexed Latino community newspapers, as well as those appearing in major regional newspapers, art magazines, journals, and various anthologies and exhibition catalogues. There are interviews with artists such as Guillermo Gomez Pena,...
40+ small illustrated pamphlets by Jack T. Chick, with titles such as "Creator or Liar?" "The Passover Plot?," "This Was Your Life," and Is There Another Christ?"
Album contains 33 commercial albumen prints of Valparaíso, Santiago, Iquique, Arica (Chile), and St. Vincent (Cape Verde Islands) with captions in German and Spanish. 17 photos of Valparaíso feature panoramic and street views, buildings and monuments, local peoples, and casualties...
16 color picture postcards with images of public buildings, parks, street scenes, and panoramas.
Cite as: [Identification of item], China and Hong Kong photograph album, Bernath Mss 308. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Cite as: [Identification of item], China and Japan photograph album, Bernath Mss 357. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
396 black/white snapshots, captions in English, of the voyage out, including Cape St. Vincent, Gibraltar, Marseilles, Port Said, Indian Ocean, Colombo, Sumatra, Penang, Singapore, and Hong Kong. China images include Shanghai (Bund, street scenes, funeral, boats and river),Tientsin (border regiment,...
Photograph album containing 34 black and white small format photographs and one pencil drawing. Locale appears to be northern China and Mongolia. Chinese are in Qing period attire. Scenes of city gates and walls, ships at port or river banks,...
Archive/collection of Margaret Gillespie Fagg, wife of Rev. Dr. John Gerardus Fagg, missionary to China and minister of the Middle Collegiate Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of New York City. Included in the collection are: Seven diary journals, over 100 photographs...
Purchase, Pat Zadina Books, 2006. .05 linear feet (1 folder).
Large album contains 141 black and white photographs (some loose), possibly taken by a staff member of a British legation in China. Images include river and canal views; temples, churches, priests; chancery and related buildings; scenic views; horse races, tennis,...
25 black/white photos, captions in English, of lakes, rivers, boats, tea houses, pagodas, and streets scenes with local inhabitants. Locations include Mootoo, Soochow, Tahu Lake, Hangchow, Shanghai, Ningpo, and Nanziang.
Cite as: [Identification of item], China photograph album, SC 1014. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Two albums, captions in English, no dates.
missionary calendars, ...
Album contains 48 black and white photographs, primarily of boats on the Yangtze River. Other images include men engaged in "deck cricket" onboard the H.M.S. Royal Arthur; a sporting event with tug-of-war and hurdles; houses; temples; scenic views. Album probably...
Three cards, one for the play "My Partner," one for linen goods, and one for laundry service (with stereotypical character), all ca. late nineteenth century, apparently New York and Boston. Asian American Fund Purchase, June 2000. Pegasus ID: ALP1559-1561. Alpha...
1 b/w 8" x 8" [copy] print of father feeding son, n.p, n.d. Could just as likely be in China.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Chinese ceremonial papers Printers Mss 67. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
One document (ADS) sent by one En Ze to one Mei Zhang, acknowledging receipt of one brick of gold, to be deposited in various banking institutions. Qing Dynasty, 1904. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
many photos.
Purchase, eBay
Cite as: [Identification of item], Chinese woodblock print book collection, Printers Mss 68. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Engraving of Staircase Hall, at Christchurch College, Oxford. No alpha list.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Christian Anti-Communism Crusade collection, ARC Mss 11. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Black and white portrait, on foam board, of Chris Brun, Head of UCSB Special Collections, ca. early 1960s-1989. Oversize boxed. Alpha list.
Includes copies of early Christian Science serials.
One card (TNS) to Tom Willis, UCSB Audiovisual Department, re taping of lectures. Santa Monica, 27 Jan. 1961. Alpha list.
One signed black and white portrait photo (stamped Gilberts of Goleta) and one black and white photo of a line drawing of Isherwood , 1965-1966. Alpha list.
(1890-1957). Printed essay "A Bookseller's Breviary," with holograph inscription, Nov. 1936.
One letter (TLS) to Professor [?] Wells, responding to his request to reprint the essay "A Casual of the Sea." New York, 26 June 1928.
One letter (ALS) re gift of photographs to the cathedral library, from the Duke of Northumberland. Salisbury, [England], 27 Sept. 1920. Found in Wordsworth's The Old Service Books of the English Church (London , 1904). Alpha list.
10 color examples of work by Santa Barbara-based Chroma Litho printers. Found in misc. mss map drawer. Map cabinet 20/6. Alpha list.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Cilley [Greenleaf] papers, Wyles Mss 124. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Printed broadside of a two-feature event at the Palace Theatre, with Fiestas Trained Animal Circus and Lew Wallace's "Ben Hur," with lecture by Prof. Wayne. Alpha list.
One handwritten invoice re furnishing half bushel of lime to repair the barracks in the citadel of Detroit [part of the Northwest Territory of the United States since 1796], 14 Oct. 1797. Alpha list.
Constitution and By-Laws, incorporated Nov. 2 , 1936, and revised Feb. 8 , 1960. Alpha list.
13 items - bills, notes, letter, re Purchase of guns from Baltimore arms dealer, Magruder, Taylor & Roberts. Includes mention of Colts, Whitneys, Smith & Wessons, as well as cartridges and powder flasks. Some orders are from Southern buyers in...
One of Gen. Jubal A. Early, 7 Sept. 1885, and one of Gen. Gabriel Rene Paul, 1 Jan. 1864.
The collection mainly contains engravings, lithographs, and color prints of Civil War battles and battlefields, from diverse sources. Includes original printed items (some disbound), as well as later (some recent) reproductions.
35 printed cards, with color illustrations, containing biographical sketches of prominent Union and Confederate officers such as Admiral David G. Farragut, General James A. Garfield, General William T. Sherman, and General Pierre G. Beauregard, ca. late 1800s.
"A few facts to be considered before voting for President," 1864.
"Died, Near the South-side Railroad, on Sunday, April 9th, 1865, The Southern Confederacy, Aged Four Years ...," printed by James B. Rodgers, Philadelphia. Has old Wyles broadside catalog number: b E 489 D5.
Two printed poems, "Meagher's Letter on the American War," written from the perspective of Irish soldiers fighting for the Union, and "A Dream of Napoleon." Liverpool, ca. 1864-1865.
"Proclamation of Emancipation . . . by President Lincoln, January 1st, 1863." Advertisement for copy of the document, lithographed by Rosenthal, and published by L. Franklin Smith, Philadelphia, ca. 1865.
4 lithograph reproductions of Civil War era ordnance drawings.
"Soldier's Depot - Wash & Bath Room (Basement)," by Major & Knapp, New York, printed for D. T. Valentine's Manual, 1864.
"Famous Union Battle-Flags." [same as Wyles SC 557?]
4 items. Found in unsorted Wyles SC.
Nine letters (ALS), acquired as a lot, but only some related to each other. .02 Linear feet (1 folder).
One unused Civil War cover, 1861, with the verse"Jeff Davis and Stevens may come with their troops, But when our boys give them a set to, Their proud flag of treason they'll twist into ropes, And bang them upon their...
Includes U. S. fractional currency and Confederate currency [revise].
Roll of men on extra duty at post bakery in Houston, Texas and Salem, Dent County, Missouri. Aug. 1862.
One document (ADS): Morning Sick Report of the 1st Brigaded of General Ruggles Divison. [Tangipahoa?], Louisiana, 30 July 1862.
One document ( ADS), signed by 34 men who declare they have received $150 for enlisting. Marshfield, Massachusetts, 15 Sept. 1862.
Special Requisition No. 40, for wagon tongues, horse shoe nails, horse collars, paper, envelopes, pens, and other. Gainesville, Virginia, 22 Oct. 1863.
Manifest for steamer at Jacksonville, Florida, April 1864. Found in unsorted Wyles SC. Alph list.
One document (ADS), U.S.S. Powhatan, requisition from the engineer's department for naval stores. Key West, Florida, 1 Apr. 1864.
General Orders, No. 15 (printed) re level of pay equal. Head Quarters, 3rd Division, 18th Corps d'Armee. Camp Hamilton, Virginia, 1 May 1864.
Annual Report, Fifth Company, Court Martial for 1864." New York, 1 Jan. 1865. [Oversize boxed].
. Two items: Volunteer Enlistments. Buffalo, New York, 1863.
Eight documents (ADS): Final statements of colored volunteers, 1864.
16 documents (ADs): Reports of enlisted men employed as servants, cooks, waiters, and hostlers. Various Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Tennessee regiments, 1865.
Five items, including one special order re equipment apparently pertaining to the 30th U.S. Colored Troops, ca. 1860-1865.
U.S. documents pertaining to various regiments and units of government, acquired from multiple sources.
Various designs, used in the Civil War and printed by Hapgood, Boston.
Collection of engravings, Union and Confederate officers, 1860s.
Ten items, carte de visite size, mainly of Civil War figures.
Collection of four items, including questionnaire re Ash Palmer; document "Schedule of Coupons..." presented for payment to Ezra Lincoln, Assistant Treasurer, U.S., Boston, 1863; and photo of George Armstrong Custer in uniform.
Two letters (ALS) from [Al??] to his sister Maria, requesting news and other personal matters. Found in unsorted Wyles SC.
Leather field surgeon's pocket instrument kit, from the Civil War era, containing reusable hypodermic needle, knives, needle and thread, and other unknown instruments.
Color lithograph "Famous Union Battle-flags," by A. D. Worthington & Co., Hartford, CT, n.d.
Author's signature illegible.
Two printed items, ca. 1861-1865. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
One hand-drawn map in pencil of Winchester, [VA], with location of various Union regiments, on the reverse of a printed broadside, "Carrier's Annual Address to the Readers and Friends of the Wiinchester Republican, January 1, 1862." Includes note from a...
Includes printed maps and drawings, from diverse sources.
One handwritten sheet, ink on paper, of "Just before the Battle Mother," by George F. Root, n.d. [Oversize boxed].
Muster rolls from various regiments.
Philadelphia, 19th Ward Bounty Fund, with list of committee members and receipts with amounts and names of recruits, 1864.
Twelve documents: Pensions, 1884-1889, n.d. [for several Civil War ? veterans].
17 printed copies, with captions, from the Photographic History of the Civil War. Patriot Publishing Co., 1910. [Ovesize boxed].
15 print reproductions from The Photographic History of Civil War (1910). [Oversize box].
Ten cartes de visite, including soldiers in uniform, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and John Wilkes Booth.
Printed poem, "A Mother's Prayer for 1863," by A. V. P. [?]. West Chester, 2d month [Quaker date], 1863.
"A Soldier's Dream before a Battle." Camp Smith, Tennessee, Oct. 28, 1864.
Five-page handwritten draft of an untitled poem that the unidentified author says was based on a series of dreams. N.p., Feb. 25, 1865.
Handwritten poem: "The Land of Rest," 22 Sept. 1865.
]. "Taking Up Quarters," with handcolored engraving of the U.S.A. General Hospital, Patterson Park, Baltimore, ca. 1861-1865. 02 linear feet (1 folder).
. Two handwritten Civil War era poems, one entitled "Increase Our Pay and Rations" and the other written on board the gunboat 'Osceola' the night before the fight, ca. 1861-1865.
Printed pamphlet: "Souvenir: Poetry of the War," for an event described as "The Spectacular and Historical Allegory." Includes numerous advertisements for Grand Rapids, MI businesses, 1891.
Printed cartoon entitled "The Peninsular Campaign," with Gen. McClellan seated backward on a donkey, extensive captions and sign reading "Harrison's Landing, July 7, 1862."
One October 1864 election poll-book for Company H, of the 192nd Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, held at Gallipolis, Ohio. In-hand as of 8/3/11. Oversize boxed.
Includes engraved group shots and composite images, mainly of generals, cabinet members, politicians.
The collection mainly contains engravings, lithographs, and color prints of Civil War scenes (other than battles) such as views of forts, artillery emplacements, ships, officers' quarters, McLean's House at Appomattox, and domestic scenes. Includes both originals and reproductions, ca. 1860s-1980s,...
Maps, flyers, and other ephemera, ca. 1960s.
One Civil War sketch map of Vicksburg and one carte-de-visite photograph of Fred B. Shell, a war correspondent for Harper's Weekly who was with Ulysses S. Grant's army during the Siege of Vicksburg in 1863.
Reference to evacuation of Columbus (Ohio) and promotion of Major General Buell. .01 linear feet (1 folder).
Holograph Civil War era letter written from the Planter's Hotel, mentioning the evacuation of Columbus and the promotion of General Buell, and discussing the high cost of writing paper and the prevalence of shinplaster currency.
Various etchings, engravings, lithographs. [Oversize boxed].
Broadside, with lyrics to "New Patriotic and Comic Song, on the Sinking of the Pirate Alabama, by the U.S. Gunboat Kearsarge ...," written by Silas S. Steele, 1864.
Broadside, song lyrics of "A Nation Mourns Her Martyr'd Son," 1865.
"The Battle of the Wilderness." One leaf, with [hand-colored?] illustration. Published by Charles Magnus, 12 Frankfort St., N.Y., n.d.
Three holographic copies of Civil War era songs, titled "The Prisoner's Hope," "The Soldiers Are Coming Home," and "The Sour Apple Tree," the latter regarding the capture of Jefferson Davis.
One printed item, "Songs for the Crisis," ca. 1861-1865. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
Includes individual and composite engravings. [Oversize boxed].
Unbound scrapbook format, with typescript accounts, clippings, memos, newsletters, and other ephemera, ca. 1933-1934. Gift of G. B. McReynolds of SB
49 letters, written to Clara A. Nichols, mainly from family members [see dealer description} ...
Manuscript and typed letters written from June 28, 1930 to July 15, 1931 by Clarence V. Carruth, Jr. of Scarsdale, NY and New York City, while traveling as a young American utilities executive with portfolio to purchase existing utilities in...
33 black and white photographs of the Hartman Exploration & Development Company's coal mining operations at the Clark Ranch, north of Denver. Colorado, near Lafayette. Includes images of ranch buildings, the initial drilling, starting the375 foot mine shaft, timbers used...
119 original black and white photographs , mostly taken in East Africa by a British Army Lieutenant from 1941 to 1943, most captioned as well as five original views of Victoria Falls circa 1906. Photographs vary in sizes, the smallest...
Holograph letter written at Harrison's Farm, near Norfolk, Va.
Interviewer: David R. Russell Interviewee(s): Claude Clark. Transcript: Transcripts : yes, for tapes 1-2. Related materials: some background/research material.
Interviewer: DER? Transcript: None found. No paper files found. Related materials: None found. Arrangement: Paul Williams, n.d.: A19659-60/CS (digitized).
(1889-1961). Five letters (ALS) from English novelist to J. G. Wilson, mainly re sending copies of Houghton's books to various parties including the Queen of Yugoslavia , 1932 , 1943-1949. Alpha list.
[Congressman from Ohio]. Printed Civil War speech, delivered in the House of Representatives, Feb. 3, 1862.
(1841-1904). One letter (ALS) from English theatre critic, playwright, and travel writer Clement Scott, to J. L. Toole, asking him to forward [an article?] to the editors of the Dramatic College Annual. [London?], 18 June 1866. Alpha list.
California
Contains black and white snapshots and a few commercial photos, some captions (in English), as well related brochures, maps, coupon books, menus, and other ephemera of a trip apparently taken in conjunction with an international gathering of physiologists. Locations, mostly...
Collection of 35 assocrted photograph of various performers in Barcelona and region, circa 1910-44. Includes five real-photo cards, 19 publicity photos and nine other photos. Also 11 illustrated posters from various shows, 1943-1944 featuring Trio Kariki.
Holograph letter written at Hilton Head, S.C., requesting overdue statements of hospital discharges.
74 picture postcards, most black and white, of Cambodia (Phnom Penh), Laos, and mainly Vietnam (Hanoi, Haiphong, Hue, Saigon), many of local inhabitants, daily activities, street scenes, dances, and buildings.
Derwent letter facsimile and accompanying essay, from University of Arizona Library, 1977.
Mainly 19c U.S. coins, some with holes drilled in them; also a few Chinese coins.
Three letters (ALS) re family history. Baltimore, 1886-1887. Alpha list.
Holograph letter written by a superintendent of the United States Sanitary Commission requesting the discharge of a rebel prisoner.
22 b/w snapshots, with inscriptions, mainly group photos, missionary families, and street scenes, most in or around Cali, Colombia. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
229 B+W photographs, varying sizes, all small-format, of people and locales in Colorado and Wyoming. Rural scenes, family snapshots, some photos relating to oil industry and mining. Locales mentioned include Craig, Mule Creek (Colorado) and Jackson Hole (Wyoming).
Business card of Frank Smith. Colorado City, Colorado, n.d.
(From the dealer description) Correspondence between Seth Taber and David B. Suave, officers of the Flora Bell Mining Company from 1911-1916. Twenty seven letters, primarily correspondence of Taber and Suave with three letters from D. E. Carpenter of Scranton, PA,...
Eleven-page scrapbook with dried and pressed samples of Colorado wild flowers, with names such as "Prickly Poppy" and "Butterfly Flower." Found in Romaine Travel box, 8/13/09. Alpha list.
One letter (ALS) from the Adjutant General's Office, War Department, in response to a question from George May Powell, reporting that on or about Apr. 1, 1862 there were 2,300 colored troops from Delaware, 26,000 from Kentucky, 9,500 from Maryland,...
Preliminary report compiled by N.L. Taliaferro for C. F. Nickle of Commonwealth Petroleum Corporation., covering sites in Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino Counties in California. "Based on field examination made during the latter part of November, 1919." Includes information...
The collection includes correspondence, newsletters, articles, fundraising proposals and publicity.
One printed postcard soliciting Civil War photographs and prints. Boston, Aug. 1904.
Conference Brochure, November 19-21
99 b/w images, captions in English, of local inhabitants, desert, oases, wells, irrigation, early all-terrain vehicles, camels, caravans, tents, street scenes, markets,mosques, city gates, and ruins of southern Tunisia and Algeria, beginning with Tozeur, then el Oeud, Ferjane, Touggourt, Ouargla,...
Printed engraving, portraits of Jefferson Davis and other Confederate leaders, 1864.
Includes documents, correspondence, currency and photographs.
$20 bill.
Etching by Charles B. Hall, 1897. [Oversize boxed].
Includes individual and composite engravings. [Oversize boxed].
Printed bond with handwritten additions, in the amount of $5000, signed by Robert Tyler, Register of the Treasury. Richmond, Oct. 1, 1862.
Twelve Civil War era lithographs, "approved by the War Department."
1 holographic document, State of Connecticut to Barlow & Babcock for printing costs, 1785.
Four Civil War documents (ADS): Circulars re various matters such as wearing uniforms when off duty, 1865.
[Winchester, VA]. Civil War regimental newspaper, vol. 1, no. 2, 22 Mar. 1862.
One note (AN), "With the author's compliments & sincere respect," to poet, novelist, and literary critic Andrew Lang, [ca. 1911]. Found in Constance Mary Pott's Francis Bacon and His Secret Society (London 1911). Alpha list.
Disbound printed documents, first and second parts, 4 pp. Stamp of Bibliateca Particular. Cordoba (Spain), [ca. 1700s]. Transferred from uncat Special., 10/2/09 Acquired 1969. Alpha list.
First monthly report of the Contention Gold Mines Company in Colorado containing information about the company's stocks, operational costs, and a financial prospectus for Contention stock at founders' price.
One note (ANS) by Ina Coolbrith (1841-1928), poet and niece of Joseph Smith (founder of Mormonism). Purchase, n.d. Alpha list.
Printed pamphlet for "Self Respecting, Self Supporting, Small Salaried Women," San Francisco, CA, ca. 1899-1900. Gift of Allen Adrian. Alpha list.
One matted b/w photograph, inscribed "To Hon. Cecil R. King, with highest esteem, Cordell Hull."
(Secretary of State). Telegram to Rita Fikkert, advising that Gloria Fikkert and grandparents are well and remaining in the Netherlands. Washington, D.C., 13 July 1940. See also: Rita Fikkert Collection (Bernath Mss 26 and PA Mss 8). Alpha list.
(1710-1753). 1 ALS. London, 18 July 1740. [Returned to Foot Collection].
Miscellaneous letters (ALS) from various unidentified correspondents, most re personal, financial, and legal matters. Alpha list.
Three typed letters between Joseph H. Barnard and Stanley F. Horn dated 2 May 1944, May 13, 1944, and 27 May 1944. The letters pertain to Barnard's book "The Army of Tennessee" and include Horn's anecdotes, gathered during his time...
Original studio audio and video recordings for KQED (San Francisco, Calif.) television special "Corridos."
Collection contains several sightseeing guidebooks and bulletins featuring photos of landmarks, travel information, maps, and other data.
A group of eight catalogs and related ephemera (circa 1940s)pertaining to costumes, fabrics etc., many seemingly connected to theater and dance suppliers. Includes sheets with swatches of decorative fabrics and samples.
Parts 2 and 3: Nos. 111 and 130 of the Tract Society of the Medodist Episcopal Church. New York, ca. 1830s. Transferred from uncat. Special, 10/2/09. Alpha list.
One note (AN), re sending a review copy of The Bounty of Sweden, 13 July 1925, and one list of hand printed books, [ca. 1947]. Printers Collection. Alpha list.
Contents include black and white photographs, color photo postcards, booklets, flyers, cards, and receipts, often with typed captions, mainly from a January 1942 Havana trip, along with photo postcards from the return trip through Florida (Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Palm Beach,...
Six images, Santiago and Havana, Cuba. Purchase, Howard Karno
Cite as: [Identification of item], Cuba [Havana] photographs, Wyles Mss 111. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Photo album with 33 B+W photos. This is most likley the S.S. Yorck, a steamship built in 1906 by F. Schichau Shipyard, Danzig, Germany for Norddeutscher Lloyd (North German Lloyd), for the Bremerhaven to New York service. Under the command...
Two albums with 61 black and white photographs, some duplicates, some captions in English, apparently taken by an American tourist on a visit to Cuba. Includes images of Havana Harbor, boats, Havana coast, Moro Castle, Fort Cabanas, rural areas, banana...
Three mounted black/white albumen photographs, pack mules transporting sugar cane after the Spanish American War. Alpha list.
From dealer description: Photo album: Summer 1936 in a Cuban resort. A photograph album measuring 7 by 10 inches. Contains 32 leaves, each with a 4 3/4 by 7 1/4 inch photograph tipped-on, and one extra photo. A penciled inscription...
Holograph letter written in Washington, D.C.
Scrapbook, mostly photos, from Peru; and 1 folder of family correspondence, telegrams, and biographical notes, mainly relating to Lauro Curletti, ca. 1921-1926, 1969. Also, letterbook of José /Giuseppe Curletti, 1869-1870, written in Spanish and Italian, with letters from South American...
Two partial, printed, mounted bills stating that "The Possessor of this Bill, shall be paid by the Treasurer of the Colony of Connecticut, Nine Pence, Lawful Money, by the first Day of January, A.D. One Thousand, Seven Hundred and Eighty-two..."...
"Grand Banner of the Radical Democracy, for 1864." Hand-colored lithographic print, 1864. Item 2681 in Currier & Ives: A Catalogue Raisonne. [Oversize boxed].
One hand-colored print by N. Currier, "Bombardment of Vera Cruz, March 25th, 1847." [Oversize, boxed].
Holograph letter written on back of gold wrapping paper at camp in Mississippi.
Includes some Montecito images. Arrangement: artificial collection assembled by dealer; some groupings of items. Includes some Montecito, CA images.
(1809-1884). Calling card of Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor of the reaper, with address of 20 East Burton Place, [Chicago], n.d. Alpha list.
One letter (ALS) to UCSB Librarian, Allen B. Veaner, decling invitation to be 1983 Corle speaker. Berkeley, 21 June 1982. Alpha list.
(David Herbert). One bookplate, n.d. Alpha list.
One letter (TL) and one typed form , 1937, together with a page of notes re detention by U.S. Customs Service of a package containing the book The Paintings of D. H. Lawrence, based on a controversial 1929 London exhibit....
159 items: Primarily correspondence and research files (including notecards, typed transcripts, clippings and photostats) relating to Alpheus Thompson, a Maine sea captain who moved to Santa Barbara and married a daughter of Carlos Antonio Carillo. Brown edited the book China...
One holograph letter written and signed by D. T. Van Buren, Colonel and A. A. G. (Assistant Adjutant General), from Head Quarters, Department of the East, New York City, to First Lieutenant R. G. Wells about dispatching two orderlies whose...
Vicksburg, Mississippi). Newspaper, July 2, 1863 issue, printed on blank side of wallpaper. [Oversize boxed].
Interviewer:?, Oct. 3, 1972. Transcript: None found. Related materials: None found.
Two holograph letters of a predominantly personal nature, written to his wife.
[Civil War Major General]. Three letters (ALS) to A.G. Peterson mainly about financial difficulties and a letter to the editor of the National Tribune from an unidentified writer, pleading Sickles' case, all 1913. Also, an obituary from the National Tribune,...
Correspondence and financial materials, including Civil War era, of Daniel S. Hardenberg, Assistant Surgeon of the 56th New York Infantry. .05 linear feet (1 folder).
(1782-1852). Autograph of American statesman Daniel Webster, on envelope with Washington, D.C. stamp, Mar. 13, [1842]. Alpha list.
Album with pasted-in photographs and clippings from newspapers and copies of flyers including underground leaflets. (Ephemera and clippings in Danish language, some in Norwegian). Contains also: National Air Force, air balloons, helicopters, various Danish, German and British aircraft, the sinking...
(1883-1966). One letter (TLS) from Dard Hunter, American authority on printing, paper, and papermaking, to Matthew J. Bruccoli, American scholar and professor of English, re visit of latter. Chillicothe, Ohio, 4 June 1962.
This small collection consists of assorted postcards depicting Scottish entertainer Sir Harry Lauder (1870-1950), best known for his humorous songs sung in Scottish brogue, recording for most of the major recording companies including the Gramophone Co., The Victor Talking Machine...
Speech, September 9
[Massachusetts Cavalry, 1st Regiment (Vol)]. One Civil War document (ADS): descriptive list of a detachment of recruits being transferred to Camp of Rendezvous (Barrett is the only person listed), 4 Jan. 1864.
Two letters (TLS) from David Davies to A. F. Pollard and one letter (TL) response from Pollard, re Davies' book, The Problem of the Twentieth Century , 1930. Found in Davies' The Problem of the Twentieth Century. Alpha list.
(1801-1870). One photoengraving. [Oversize boxed].
Printed address, memorializing Civil War admiral Farragut.
(1862-1943). Bound volume, holographic writing in German, entitled "Mechanik," lectures of German mathematician David Hilbert, while he was at the University of Göttingen, 1905-1906. Alpha list.
Oration delivered to the 1st South Carolina Volunteers, at Middlesex Center, 4 July 1862.
Four items, ca. 1970s, from or by American poet David Kheridian, including one letter (TLS), mimeographed poetry magazine: Mary Fisk School Poetry, flyer, and wedding invitation. Alpha list.
Box 1 located at Annex 2. Inquire at Special Collections for access.
The collection includes research files used in writing "Fort Laramie and the Changing Frontier (Official National Park Handbook, 1983), correspondence, diaries, and treaties.
Typescript of article by Lavender, "How Historical Can a Historical Novel Be?" along with signed copy of the 1982 issue of Soundings, describing Lavender's appointment as William Wyles Collection consultant, and including a bibliography of Lavender's publications. .02 linear feet...
The collection contains several maps prepared for publications of David Myrick, on western railroad history, ghost towns, and San Francisco.
Correspondence, documents and related materials, re Kenya. Alpha list.
Vitae, Notes on Transpersonal Psychology; Misc. Unpublished Papers; Underground Magazine, Vols 1-4 [writing as z. Dee]
One letter (ALS) from Harold S. Edwards (Marysville, CA, 5 June 1957, thanking Lavender for introducing his son to the Concord Philosophers, along with a leaf from a scrapbook with clippings about the Concord School of Philosophy and Henry D....
Clippings, ca. 1931, about Jordan, Stanford University's first president, and other Stanford ephemera, including three picture postcards of 1906 earthquake damage. Alpha list.
Holograph diary of F.B. Davis, a Union sailor who served on the USS Quaker City. The first dated entry is for Jan. 1, 1863; the last is Dec. 31, 1863. His diary begins at his home in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. In...
One letter (TLS) to Hamilton Von Breton re regional foreign policy conferences. Washington, [D.C.], 14 Jan. 1963. Alpha list.
London, 1653. [Gt. Brit. Sovereigns, etc. 1649-1658 (Oliver Cromwell)]. Printed by Henry Hills and William du-Gard. Wing C-7077. Oversize boxed. Alpha list.
Program and other material relating to the 250th anniversary celebration of the town, 1886. Laid in: Proceedings at the Celebration of the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town of Deham Massachusetts [Main F74.D3 D5]. Purch
Broadside, with portraits of Lincoln, George Washing, Andrew Johns, Sherman, Grant, Sheridan, Porter, Faragut, and Dahlgreen, n.d. [Wyles Map Cabinet 1/1].
. Correspondence, newsletters, lists, clippings and articles, many by Haverland., a former UCSB librarian, about the early days of the William Wyles Collection. Donated in the memory of Della B. Haverland and Stella Haverland Rouse. Latest donation by S. Raby,...
Guest Pass, Seventh Session, with engraved portrait of Woodrow Wilson. San Francisco, 28 June 1920. Alpha list.
One letter (TLS) to Allan and Mrs. Nevins, re trip to Pasadena, the Huntington, Santa Barbara, and elsewhere, doing research. Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, 12 June 1960. Alpha list.
One letter (ALS) to Dave [?], re an interview he conducted with her and her impressions of L.A. New York, n.d.
One letter (ALS) on Denishawn letterhead stationery, to Miss Wirt Hicks, thanking her for becoming a founder subscriber to the Denishawn Magazine. New York, [ca. 1924-1925].
Poetry and ephemera by Holt, sent to Philip Whalen. Alpha list.
One poem, "For IV." Santa Barbara
Interviewer: David Russell. Interviewee(s): Dennis Lynds. Transcript: Yes, for Tapes 1-8. Related materials: Background/research materials.
Pamphlet and map from the Diamond Oil Company of San Francisco.
Portfolio of German Southwest Africa (now Namibia) color prints. Purchase, Breuer
Santa Barbara organization. Interviewer: Dale Carlisle? [check tapes]. Interviewee(s): Dennis Karczag, David Green, Mr. [?] Tulsi. Transcript: None found. Related materials: Org chart, grant proposal, Speakers' Bureau list. Related collection: Direct Relief International Collection (SBHC Mss 22; Dennis Karczag Papers...
Discharge certificate for Corporal Frank A. Hofmann in Peter Snooks' Company Q, 56th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, who was enrolled on December 25th, 1862 to serve two years during the war. The certificate states that Hofmann is hereby discharged from...
Discharge certificate for Private H. V. Latham signed by Charles A. McCall on official stationery of Mount Pleasant, U. S. Army General Hospital from Washington, D. C. and signed by C. A. McCall (Charles A. McCall), Assistant Surgeon U. S....
Printed Civil War document: "Argument for absent owners in the matter of the Newborn seizures," re merchandise seized by combined U.S. Government land and naval forces in and around Newborn, North Carolina in March, 1863. Found in unsorted Wyles SC.
Photographic scrapbook of the 1974 theatrical production based on the Tragical history of the life and death of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlow conveived and directed by Arthur Joe Lopez and photographed by Ernest A. Smith and John Rodriquez.
Relating to land owned by William Lock the Elder and William Lock the Younger in Kerry County, Ireland, during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Alpha list. [Oversize boxed].
Mainly financial and legal documents, most from U.S. east coast. Alpha list.
Mainly financial and legal documents, most from U.S. east coast. Alpha list.
Mainly financial and legal documents, most from U.S. east coast. [Oversize boxed]. Alpha list.
Mainly financial and legal documents, most from U.S. east coast. Alpha list.
Holograph letter written on the south side of the Rappahannock.
One letter (TLS) from Don Farran, President of the Iowa Authors Club, to Carl Van Doren, promoting Farran's Ballad of the Silver Ring. Hampton, Iowa, April 18 , 1935. Also one 1935 newsclipping re Iowa Authors Club. Laid in Don...
One charcoal drawing, with quote by Bert Kessler, from Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology. Transfer from Main, via Carol Gibbens, through Jane Faulkner, 5/1/06. Oversize, Map Cabinet 20/6. Alpha list.
From his vantage point as University Librarian, Professor Donald C. Davidson traces the evolution of the UCSB Library, explaining the origins of each collection and describing the trials he faced in keeping pace with the academic needs of a growing...
Scrapbook and loose papers, including correspondence, travel accounts, b/w snapshots, documents, maps, and tourist brochures, mainly about trips to Mexico, including Guyamas and Hermosillo areas. Alpha list.
Correspondence, notes, flyers, clippings and other printed material, color prints, and a few microcassettes, primarily relating to Don Hamilton's work as a homeless advocate.
Picture postcards, b/w and color, many mailed, with messages.
One typescript in binder and one set of handwritten notes in binder, re Lewis' The Bents and the St. Vrains as Pioneers in the Trade of the Southwest. Dissertation, UC Berkeley, 1924.
Typescript copies of reminiscences and family history, early 19c to mid 20c, re Jacob Glendenin Adams, Nancy Hamilton Adams, Joseph Copley Alter, Wells E. Bigelow, Ralph Oliver Reiner (Santa Barbara resident), and Marjorie Ward. Includes accounts of 19c journey to...
Album of several hundred black and white snapshots, with typescript captions in English, compiled by the son of a missionary family posted to Colombia. Includes many images of the Cali and Bogota areas; also some of Costa Rica, El Salvador,...
Holograph letter written at the Cumberland Hospital in Nashville regarding family news.
One photograph album, ca. 56 b/w photos, along with 5 loose b/w photos, taken by a missionary school teacher at the Dorchester Academy in the African American community at McIntosh, Liberty, County, Georgia, ca. 1890s.
Collection of Vaudeville performer Dorothy Rae (born Dorothy Pfeiffer; also performed as Dorothy Adams), originally of Chicago, Illinois. The collection is primarily photographs, a 1927 National Vaudeville Artists Year Book and other ephemera. In the Year Book Rae is listed...
Collection of correspondence from Dorothy Pound, wife of Ezra Pound, to Kirgo's Books, re purchases. Washington, [D.C.] , 1950-1953. Accessioned 6/18/84. Alpha list.
[wife of explorer/journalist Henry Morton Stanley]. One letter (ALS) to Mr. Thomas, re husband's lecture tour, her nomadic life, other authors, and plans for the summer. Midland Hotel, Bradford, England, 15 May 1891.
Writings, biographical and promotional materials, workshop materials, and audio cassette recordings from Jacobs, a humanistic educator whose work focused on movement and expression.
The collection consists of audiocassettes and transcriptions of Maria Velasco's opening remarks, the slide lecture and event publicity (handbill, press release and news articles.).
Papers of Santa Barbara theater director and author. Harmer directed plays at the Alhecama theatre in Santa Barbara, Calif., edited a Santa Barbara bilingual magazine Don Quijote and later became the chief information officer for the Naval Construction Battalion Center...
As a student at the University of Kiel, Professor Douwe Stuurman recalls his experiences in Nazi Germany and how Hitler's programs compromised the academic integrity of the university. He describes his military assignments during World War II, which led to...
Holograph letters written to his brother, Philip, during December, 1861 and January, 1862. All were written from Camp Griffin, Virginia, with one adding the address of Head Quarters, 6th Maine Regt.
2 ALS, from Edith G. Hawthorne, 1935, and Millicent Todd Bingham, 1945; and 1 print, "Vine", a page from A Common Botany, designed, engraved, and hand-printed on Sekishu, a Japanese rice paper, by Walter Stein, Boston, 1956. [move to othe...
The manuscript portion of the collection contains two hand-printed leaves, on Japanese rice paper, from A Common Botany (1956).
48 black and white photographs by a member of a British expedition in the mountainous area of Hindu Kush (now northern Pakistan/Afghanistan), near the Russian frontier, including images of Drosh fort and bazaar, mountain views and passes, river gorges, bridges,...
Photograph album of a Dutch traveler from his trip to Dutch East Indies, dated Mendoet (village of Mendut), July 1923, measuring approximately 5.25 x 7 inches (13 x 17.5 cm). Contains 20 sepia photographs, measuring approximately 3.25 x 4.5 inches...
136 black and white mounted photographs, printed Dutch captions, in an album entitled "Banka-Album," presumably referring to Bangka Island, east of Sumatra and site of one of the world's largest tin-mining operations. Locales include Muntok, Djeboes, Blinjoe, Soengeiliat, Merawang, Pangkalpinang,...
One letter (TLS) to Harold S. Chase re gift of two volumes of Edward Borein's (Santa Barbara artist) reproductions. White House, Washington, [D.C.], 11 May 1953. [from CDCC]. Alpha list.
One letter (TLS) to Paul C. Stark re Advisory Board of the National Council for Community Improvement. White House Washington, [D.C.], 24 June 1954. Alpha list.
Handwritten diary, in ink, approximately 129 pages, Sept. 5 - Nov. 23, 1862, by E. C. Ambler, Chaplain with the [New York?] 69th Regiment. Writing from Annapolis, talks about parole camp, widespread illness, visits to the hospital, camp news and...
270+ black and white prints and color slides. Locations include Bali, Burma, Cambodia (Angkor Wat), Laos (Vientiene), Malaysia (mainly Malacca and Penang), Shanghai, and Thailand (including South Thailand - Kra Isthmus). Images feature street scenes; agriculture, countryside, and river views;...
Two handwritten ledgers with manuscript documents and maps pertaining to the E. Conway & Company purchase of lands in Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, and Contra Costa counties, with early information about oil development in California.
Holograph telegram written and signed by E. G. Wheeler, Major Commanding Post., on official stationery of the South-Western Telegraph Company, from Okolona, [Mississippi] to Capt. L. D. Sandidge about having no reliable news, [with the enemy] reported to advance by...
[Civil War Union Sergeant, E.S. Maryland, 2nd Regiment (Vol)]. One document (ADS), re payment of transportation charges. Baltimore, 10 May 1864. Moved to SC 544.
Holograph letter written from Boston, regarding the visit of his son, Robert S. Littell, to Washington, D.C.
Cite as: [Identification of item], E. R. Jim Blakley Backcountry oral history collection, SBHC Mss 81. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
(Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court). One holograph speech re new UCSB campus, [ca. 1956]. Alpha list.
(Governor of California). One letter (TLS) to Victor G. Loly re recommendation to State Board of Cosmetology. Sacramento, December 19 , 1947. Alpha list.
One letter (TLS) to [Curtis] Freschel, re successful investments. Santa Barbara, CA, 25 July 1922.
Three large-format manuscript documents dated 1785, 1799, and 1809 representing legal contracts known as indentures. Issued in New Jersey.
232 black and white photographs in three albums, apparently spanning the German and British colonial periods. Images include indigenous peoples; markets; colonial officers; boats and railways; street scenes; countryside views; animals including cattle, lions, elephants, and antelopes.
Photo album with 49 B+W photos taken during a journey on an unnamed German steamship ( North German Lloyd registry), originating in Europe in 1930. Scenes of various locales in Europe and Asia including Gibraltar, Stromboli, the Suez Canal, Singapore,...
Third Ohio Infantry.
One document (ADS) to Captain Thomas Harris re stores shipped on board the ship Juno. Boston, 17 January 1799.
5 albums and xx loose photographs, incl. a few panoramas. Includes images of what appear to be oil wells - taken by the photographer who may have been associated with one of the oil companies? Not sure yet if all...
One note (ANS) from American writer and philosopher Saltus to [?] Allen re a libelous aricle about Saltus. Laid in Eden: An Episode. [11 Apr. 1888]. Alpha list.
Correspondence and autographs from actors and actresses, to a San Francisco autograph collector. Alpha list.
(1729-1797). 3 ALS, 1781, 1793. [Returned to Foot Collection]
(1816-1906). One letter (ALS) to a Mr. [?] Baxter, inviting him to visit and have lunch. Boston, Feb. 25, 1888. Found in Samuel de Champlain, Voyages, ill. by Slafter (1880). Alpha list.
(1810-1876). Holograph poem, untitled and undated, by the Massachusetts Unitarian parish minister and author of the carol "It Came upon the Midnight Clear." Alpha list.
(1819-1861). Newspaper supplement, with text of speech by Randolph, Californian and southern sympathizer, at the Theatre in San Jose, [CA] 1861. [Oversize boxed].
Three letters (TLS), to Harriet von Breton, re oil spill issues, 1969. Also, one note (TNS) re water quality improvement act, 1969. Alpha list.
One holograph letter written and signed by E. Schriver, who at the time was Captain at Headquarters of Eastern Department of the U.S. Military, to Major R. L. Baker about receiving Baker's report and asking him whether he has sent...
Two Lincoln photos (copies), with accompanying letter (TL) by Jay Monaghan (1957), explaining the context in which they were taken, and one letter (ALS) from V. S. Lovell to J. H. Williamson (1892), talking about one of the photographs.
One letter (ALS) from Edward A. McClemand's father to Mrs. Julia Trumbull, re appointment of Edward to the Military Academy at West Point. Springfield, IL, Apr. 13, 1866. Found in unsorted Wyles SC.
Six letters (ALS) by circus writer Seago to [Raymond Toole-]Stott, mainly about articles he is working on. Laid in correspondence to: Toole-Stott Circus Collection]. Alpha list. Transfer to Toole-Stott?
One black and white inscribed photograph of western artist Edward Borein. Santa Barbara, California, 16 Sept. 1930. [Oversize boxed].
Poster advertising The Pinto Horse, by Charles Elliott Perkins; illustrated by Edward Borein. First edition was published in 1927. Alpha list.
Two prints: "Moving Camp" and "Blackfeet Women." [Oversize boxed].
Correspondence, telegrams, assessments, contracts, inspections, reports, and other material relating to U.S. business interests in Latin America pertaining to property and commodities such as rubber, bananas, coffee, and coal, much of it apparently relating to the activities of Edward C....
Collection of copies of documents from Mexican War and Civil War, ca. 1846-1861. Originals in the National Archives.
Holograph letter written by Edward D. Baker, a friend of Abraham Lincoln and a Senator from Oregon, stating his desire to sell notes to raise five hundred dollars. He asks the letter's recipient to be his agent.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Edward David Isenberg / Isla Vista Town Crier collection, SBHC Mss 73. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
[Lieutenant, New York Cavalry, 5th Reg. (Vol.), Co. F]. Copies of Civil War correspondence, 1861-1863.
One document (ADS) re the history of the Independent Corps of Cadets (Guards of the Governor) of Massachusetts and their role in the Civil War, n.d. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
(1822-1909). One letter (ALS) re his study of Spanish language and paper on the archives of Spain and Mexico. Boston, 24 Nov.1879. Alpha list.
[American author and Unitarian clergyman]. One letter (ALS), responding to unknown woman's letter and sending her some religious tracts he has written. Intervale, N.H., Aug. 10, 1908.
Urban renewal. Interviewer: DER and Joe Bill. Interviewee(s): Edward J. Logue. . Transcript: Uncorrected transcript.
One sheet, ink on paper, by British craftsman Edward Johnson, considered one of the fathers of modern calligraphy. Transferred from Special Collections cataloging backlog. Alpha list.
Surgeon's journal, much of it written by Dr. Hill's orderly, Mr. McEvoy, 1861-1863. No publication without written permission of the donors. .05 linear feet (1 folder).
Architectural history - introduction to design, of Gropius and Broyer. Interviewer: David Russell. Interviewee(s): Edward Larabee Barnes. Transcript: Unedited first draft.
Collection contains audiotapes of UCSB English professor, Edward Loomis, including master tapes of tape collages (Zendada, Utopia) and long form poems (Tex-Mex Iliad, Everyman, Archiolator). Also included are reels of found sound source material, inverviews (Kenneth Rexroth), monologues, dialogues, and...
(1866-1934). Two letters (ALS) and accompanying newspaper clipping, from American author and poet Edward Lucas White, to Santa Barbara resident Roger Boutell, thanking him for his appreciation of his (White's) work , 1925-1927. Alpha list.
(1866-1934). Four page typescript carbon re the Robertson brothers, adventurers and merchants in Paraguay, as noted in the dedication to Edward Lucas White's El Supremo: A Romance of the Great Dictator of Paraguay (1916). Laid in El Supremo: A Romance...
One typescript note (TNS) re autograph volumes of Captain Bissell and World War I.. N.p., 15 Nov.1928.
Rewards of merit, weekly report, and catalogue of Ellington School [Connecticut], where Manning attended. Alpha list.
38 slide carousels containing 2000+images of Edward Mendell's travels around the world, photographing endangered species for the World Wildlife Fund, and also of people in far-flung places such as Bhutan, Burma, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Iceland, Mali, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Orissa...
Typed letter on official stationery of the United States Shipping Board, Washington, by Edward N. Hurley thanking Dan D. Griffiths of the Chicago Athletic Association for his congratulations.
One letter (TLS) to Elizabeth M. Spencer, re bibliographical fine points and book collecting. Philadelphia, 9 Oct. 1928.
One letter (TLS) to John A. Berger, re book collecting. Philadelphia, 17 Apr. 1929. Alpha list.
Collection of recent copy prints and identification list, with geographic locations, including California. Source unknown, for the originals and the copies.
One letter (ALS) from Santa Barbara author and first headmaster of Laguna Blanca School, Edward Selden Spaulding, to Alice (Mrs. Thomas) Driscoll, talking about stories he has written. [Santa Barbara, CA] , 1968. Laid in Spaulding's Venison and a Breath...
(1900-1949). One letter (TLS) from Secretary of State Edward Stettinius to G. William Gahagan, Assistant to the Director, Pacific Bureau - Office of War Information, San Francisco, thanking Gahagan for courtesy cards to the Press Club and Bohemian Club. Washington,...
One document [ADS], U. S. land grant in Kansas, 5 Feb. 1890. [Oversize boxed].
Award ceremonies, for 9th-13th Contests, 1972-1976. Transcript: None found. Related materials: Corle Contest and Lecture files in University Archives. Arrangement: Chronological
Calling card and autograph, January 18, 1865, of Edwin Booth, famous nineteenth century American actor and brother of John Wilkes Booth.
One letter (TLS) from John Lipsey, Western Books, re mutual friend and proposed visit , 1955. Laid in: Patrick Floyd Garrett, Pat F. Garrett's Authentic Life of Billy the Kid [Spec, Wyles F786.B6 G7 1927]. Alpha list.
Typescript and manuscript text re Stoughton's Civil War career, which ended after being captured by John S. Mosby at Fairfax [VA] Court House. See dealer's description for further details.
(1844-1915) [Artificer, New York Engineers, 50th Regiment (Vol), Company B]. Papers, including Civil War diary (1865), discharge, and typescript biographical sketch.
Clippings and related material re donation of tapestry to UCSB Library Curriculum Lab , 1968. No alpha list.
One letter (TLS) to Allan Nevins thanking him for his encouraging comments about Wolf's Rosenbach biography. Philadelphia, January 16 , 1961. Found in Wolf's Rosenbach: A Biography (Cleveland , 1936). Alpha list.
95 b/w ... (see dealer's description)_.
Album contains 230 black and white snapshots with brief captions in English on the backs of a few. Album possibly belonged to a postwar U.S. civil service worker, and many photos include colleagues/friends sightseeing and at parties, as well as...
Ten black/white, captions on back, people at work and scenes of Egypt. Purchase: Margolis and Moss
Collection contains 49 color postcards, 2 black and white postcards, 8 black and white stereoviews, and 3 double-sided color stereoviews. Stereoviews feature ancient sites in Egypt (Cheops, Heliopolis, Luxor, Giza, Memphis), Cairo, and other locations in Egypt; as well as...
English and French
(1856-1915). One letter (ALS) to William [Winter?], on personal stationery watermarked with his portrait. [Roycroft], East Aurora, New York, 7 March 1912.
Includes KKK related photos and membership cards. Also photos of African American classmates. Graduate in 1929 but a few 1930 items included.
Album contains 169 black and white photographs and postcards of the Middle East belonging to a British female traveler. Captions are handwritten in English. Includes images of excavations at Ur; British diplomatic and army personnel and their wives; archeological sites...
One letter (TLS), appeal for support of the United Nations Fund, signed by Eleanor Roosevelt and Ralph J. Bunche. New York, 17 Nov. 1950. Found in one of the [?] Kelley books. Alpha list.
(1820-1879). Photocopies of typescripts "Journal of a Journey to California from Lake County, Illinois, 1850," and "1859: Journal of Incidents Enroute from Waukegan, Ill. To Pikes Peak Gold Diggings."
Sample Ballot. Alpha list. [Oversize, map cabinet 20/6]
Broadside. State of California, Executive Department, 1860. [Wyles Map Cabinet 1/1].
Two National Union tickets for Abraham Lincoln / Andrew Johnson and one Democratic ticket for George B. McClellan / George H. Pendleton. Also one clipping of Civil War era poems. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
Two local Republican tickets and one national electoral ticket for Grant and Colfax, ca. late 1860s-early 1870s.
One letter (TLS) to J. E. Gay, Union League Club, re promotion of a Col. Wheelan. War Department, Washington, [D.C.], 9 Nov. 1901. Alpha list.
[Pennsylvania Infantry, 110th Regiment (Vol), Company A]. One Civil War document (AD): Clothing Account, 1863-1865.
Photocopies of typescript transcriptions of correspondence from geologist and chaplain at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1818-1820. Gift of Judith M. Ishkanian. No alpha list.
Correspondence to Bartlett, poetry editor of Etc., from Sy Gressor, James Laughlin, Tyndale Martin, Paul Ramsey, Knute Skinner , 1964-1966. Alpha list.
(pen name Eleanor Norton). One letter (ALS) to Mrs. [Wefer?], one clipping, and one postcard (1953), all re Stern and her work on Mahatma Gandhi. Laid in Stern's The Women in Gandhi's Life (1953). [ARC?]. Alpha list.
Life history of an English suffragette who moved to California. Subjects include suffrage, Margaret Sanger, birth control movement, Anglo-Irish relations, Greenwich Village, Pasadena Playhouse, and Santa Barbara. Interviewer: Joyce Baker, Aug. 1976; Diane Nassir, Mar. 3, 1977 Interviewee(s): Elizabeth G....
One handwritten letter (ALS) from [?] to Elizabeth L. Lincoln of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, re news of mutual friends or family. Hillsboro, [?], May 13, 1844. Removed from Montgomery Collection (Wyles Mss 9). Alpha list.
Eight postcards, with messages, and four snapshots, from Japan, Philippines, India, Tibet, China, and Burma. Purchase. Alpha list.
One letter (ALS) to Mr.[?] O'Day re her book Abelard & Heloise (San Francisco: Paul Elder , 1911, c. 1907). Alpha list.
One typescript manuscript by Ellen Beckman re Kansas in the 1850s.
Interviews with the UCSB Dean of Women, re her career 1934-1974, including a stint during WWII when the Dept. of the Interior requested her services as administrator of temporary housing in Washington, D.C., for wartime employees. Also traces her academic...
Portrait of the organizer of the 11th New York Volunteers Infantry Regiment (New York Zouaves), who had studied law in Lincoln's law office, helping him with the 1860 presidential campaign and accompanying him to Washington, and who was the first...
One letter (TLS) from Vice-Chancellor Noble and accompanying map of University of California, Santa Barbara College. Goleta, California, October 3 , 1958. Laid in Santa Barbara Community Study, conducted by the Pereira and Luckman firm. (LD800.S292 P4 1958). Alpha list.
Interviews with the UCSB provost and professor of zoology, re his life, the University of California in the 1930s, and his academic career at UCSB. UCSB's Noble Hall is named after him. Interviewer: Rick W. Sturdevant, UCSB Library Oral History...
One printed Civil War broadside, "Standard--Extra. Hillsdale, November 7, 1863...," giving names [including Reynolds] of those drawn in the Hillsdale Co. [MI] draft. This copy from the family of Reynolds.
Documents, letter, and clipping about East African affairs. Acquired, along with a number of books, mainly Africana, from Huxley. Alpha list.
One letter (ALS) from Hocking (Professor of Romance Languages at Northwestern University) to Aaron Schaffer (Professor of Romance Languages at University of Texas, Austin) re Hocking's book on Ferdinand Brunetière. Evanston, Illinois, March 20 , 1936. Alpha list.
(1838-1909) [Captain, New York Infantry, 140th Regiment (Vol), Company D]. Civil War diary, 1863, and four documents (AD), mostly accounts, ca. 1863-1864.
One printed engraving, "Signing the Emancipation Proclamation" and two copies of the same image, "The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the Cabinet," [1862-1863].
Copy designed by Bruce Rogers, n.d. [Wyles Map Cabinet 1/1].
One holograph letter written by Emily B. Perry in response to Mary's inquiry about a Mr. Vinton. She claims to have no knowledge of him but she did meet the Rev. Francis Vinton, Assistant Rector of Trinity Church, New York...
One letter (ALS) in French from French pamphleteer, diplomat, spy and political adventurer de Launay, in a hand difficult to decipher. N.p., 6 febrier [ca. late 1700s-early 1800s]. Alpha list.
[Lieutenant, New York Infantry, 120th Regiment, Company D]. Copy of Civil War manuscript re spending last year of war in Washington, [D.C.].
Partial leaf of a printed document, in English and French, with subheadings such as "The King's Pardon to his People of divers Debts...". Provenance unknown. Alpha list.
The collection contains fourteen printed English almanacs, bound together in one volume, with titles such as: "The Gentleman's Diary, or the Mathematical Repository; The Ladies' Diary": or, Woman's Almanack"; "Parker's Ephemeris, Poor Robin; The English Apollo, or, Useful Companion" and...
29 early eighteenth century mounted portraits of earlier seventeenth century figures, prominent in the English Civil War, several done by Michael van der Gucht. Oversize, boxed. Alpha list.
Five early eighteenth century mounted portraits of earlier seventeenth century figures, prominent in the English Civil War. Oversize, boxed. Alpha list.
58 engravings, people and places, including a number of London.
One engraved check with a portrait of Native American Seneca chief Red Jacket from Mohawk Valley Bank, State of New York, No. 814, signed by F. E. Spinner with pay to the order of Dexter Burton for $62.31. Spinner was...
Three items, with copies of signatures, for George Rogers Clark, Simon Kenton, and Isaac Shelby.
Unknown male. Found in unsorted SC.
. Three engravings: "Plan of the Principal Floor ..." and "Plan of the Ceilings...", B. H. Latrobe and Chas. Bulfinch, principal artchitects, ca. early 1800s; also "Interior of the Hall of Representatives," ca. mid 1800s. [Oversize boxed].
15 engravings of Winchester, England (town, cathedral, Market Cross, and other), ca. late 1700s to mid 1800s. Alpha list.
(1896-1964). Papers, mainly letters, picture postcards, business cards and other ephemera, ca. 1935-1957. Includes one letter from Fidelino de Figueiredo (laid in Figueiredo's Pyrene) , 1935; two letters (ALS) from Robert H. Lowie (laid in Lowie's The Origin of the...
Correspondence and leaflets
Carbon typescript re the Socialist Party - Social Democratic Federation of Ohio and Fromm's socialist manifesto, as delineated in his Let Man Prevail, ca. 1961. Found in Let Man Prevail (1960). Purchase , 1969. Alpha list.
Typed and handwritten "Catalogue of Books belonging to E. F. Ward," also including lists of other family member, many titles religious in nature, n.d. Connection to abolitionist Ward family unknown.
One letter (ALS) from Alfred and Else [Gellhorn ?]. In German. Barcelona, 14 Dec. 1964. Alpha list.
Two bound volumes, numerous 'bound-with' items.
Two scrapbooks containing black and white snapshots, postcards, maps, currency, pressed flowers, menus, and correspondence, all with typed captions, detailing a trip on the S.S. Contessa from New Orleans to Cuba, Panama and canal zone, Nicaragua, and Honduras. Journey appears...
Three bound volumes relating to Christian mystic Ruth Robinson Starns, known as Estreletta, Keeper of the White Rose Grotto, as compiled by Bennett William Palmer. Included are correspondence to/from/about Estreletta, a biographical sketch by Palmer, a typescript autobiography by Estrelletta,...
Cite as: [Identification of item], Ethel Leatherbee collection, Mss 65, Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Ethiopia Manuscript and Printing Collection.
Purchase, Pablo Butcher, £252
(comp.). One bound typescript, Unpublished Letters of Officers in the Little Big Horn Campaign, n.d.
Correspondence, articles
Correspondence, articles, clippings, and other ephemera mainly relating misattribution of Abraham Lincoln quotations. .2 linear feet (1 folder). NYT issue, Nov. 20, 1864 separated to newspapers section.
Primarily correspondence, including some from the Civil War era, Includes letter (ALS) from American transcendentalist W[illiam] H[enry] Channing, then in Switzerland, to his uncle, Rev. Dr. [?] Channing of Boston, 1835. The Channing and Eustis families appear to be related,...
Holograph letter written at camp near Kelly's Ford, Va.
One letter (ALS) to W. Higgins, re Tempest's World War I history of the Sixth Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment. Bradford, [England], Aug. 6 , 1921. Alpha list.
Broadside announcing sale of "a negro girl named Mary, aged about 13 years," by executors of estate of Squire C. Titus, Clay County, Missouri, 1860. [Oversize boxed].
Printed catalogs for exhibitions on books, graphic arts, papermaking, presses, printing, typography, and related topics, ca. 1940s-1970s.
Album contains 94 black and white snapshots of the French Colonial Exposition on the outskirts of Paris in 1931. The exposition displayed the spoils of the French colonies, including indigenous peoples, traditional crafts, and reproductions of buildings. Images include buildings...
Several printed items, including a 17 mm sound recording (La Brebis Galante de Benjamin Péret), exhibition catalog, cards, pamphlets, stamps, and other emphemera relating to the Exposition, held in Paris. Alpha list.
Volume 1.1 of a 'zine by and for Progressive Generation Xers.' Santa Barbara, CA, Mar. 1996. Alpha list.
One note (TNS) to Dr. Rene Taupin, re possibility of English translation of Taupin's work. Rapallo, Italy, 12 Feb. 1930.
One note (TNS) to M. J. Tambimuttu, asking if they have met. Rapallo, Italy, 4 March [1939]. Alpha list.
One note (ANS) to Arioste L. Finlay, Greenwich Village poet and protege of Pound, requesting poems from Finlay and other personal matters. Washington, D.C., 26 Dec. 1947.
1 typescript manuscript, "Firdusi: Complaint of his Old Age," translated by Basil Bunting and with holograph notes by Ezra Pound and Louuis Zukospskyl, ca. 1932. Alpha list.
One typescript ms signed, with holograph annotations, "HAFIZ: Ghazal," a literal translation between the couplets, n.d. Alpha list.
One letter (ALS) to unknown party, soliciting support for his bid for Comptroller. Mohawk, Sept. 22, 1875. Found in unsorted Wyles SC.
96 black and white snapshots, most Tanganyika (Tanzania) and some Uganda, taken by C.M.S. (Church Missionary Society) .... Locations include: [see dealer description for details].
One lengthy letter (ALS), six leaves, from author F. Scott Fitzgerald to [Maxwell] Perkins, thanking him for agreeing to publish his first book ["This Side of Paradise", 1920] and wondering if it will be possible to bring it out soon,...
Album contains 200 black and white snapshots taken by a British soldier of the 2nd Essex Regiment, stationed in the Northwest Frontier Province of British India (now Pakistan). Images include scenic views; portraits of fellow soldiers, local peoples, Indian and...
One typescript carbon, "Placerville Highway," re early development of roads over the Sierra Nevada Mountains. N.p., ca. latter 1920s.
Broadside, n.d.
200+ small tracts published by the Faith, Prayer, and Tract League of Grand Rapids, Michigan, mainly in the Silent Evangelist and Scripture Postcard series, with titles such as "Born Again," "Where Will You Spend Eternity?" and "Where Is Happiness?"
mainly files assembled re Waco, but also folders on Evangelical Ministries to New Religions, Friends of Freedom, Hare Krishna, Islam, Religious Freedom Acts, Solar Temple, and Unification Church.
Leaflets, newsletter
One note (AN) from Fanny Corbeaux, saying she is pleased that Mr. Abington is interested in her papers on "The Rephaim." [London], Feb. 10, 1892. Found in Marie Francoise Catherine Doetter Corbaux's The Rephraim, and Their Connection with Egyptian History...
[sic]. Autograph book, [ca. 1879-1883]. Moved to Wyles Mss 28.
(1915- ). 2 letters (TLS) from Brodie re her Corle lecture
One letter (ALS) with three pen and ink sketches, from F. C. Burrow, apparently an aspiring artist, to a Miss Kate, asking about an advertisement. London, Apr. 24, 1890. Alpha list.
Bound volume, with handwritten entries, re a predominantly Massachusetts family, ca. 1880s. Alpha list.
One document: deed, 31 leaves, sale of the land Aldeaseca de la Frontera to Juan de Bracamonte y de Guzman, senor de Penaranda, signed 'Yo el Rey." Madrid, 16 Dec. 1574. Gift of Mark Lansburgh. Alpha list.
(King of Spain, 1683-1746). Bound, holographic copy of a set of Ordenanzas for Santiago, New Spain, 1733. In Spanish. Alpha list.
. Includes genealogical lists, copy of will for John Ferree, two black and white photographs: one of Captain John A. Ferree and one of Milissa Jamison Ferree, and a Civil War letter from Camp Carrington, Indianapolis, 16 Feb. 1865.
Poster , 1954. [SBHC}. [Oversize Map Cabinet 20/6]. [merge with other fiesta posters?]
Mainly papers presented at the conference, held in Solvang, California, May 16-17, 1991. Also relate files on the conference? How arranged?
Handmade wooden cover. Broad time span, ca. WWII, then earlier, then later again with Christmas cards at back.
Five letters (ALS) from George W. Clark, Co. E, 1861-1863, and two letters (ALS) from Alexander Smart, Co. F, 1862. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
65 black and white photographs of the First Provisional Aero Squadron, based at Columbus, New Mexico, near the Mexican border. Includes images of planes in flight, crashed planes, support vehicles, hangars, and squadron members. .05 linear feet (1 folder).
Typescript brief of Otto Eisenschiml's testimony re General Porter's Civil War era courtmartial proceedings, n.d. Also, one letter (ALS) to Lt. Col. Daniel Ruggles, 1859. .05 linear feet (1 folder).
Four holograph letters written and signed by Fletcher Webster. The first letter, dated April 8th, 1841 and signed by F. Webster, Chief Clerk, State Department, is to P. R. Fendall, Esq. to request that he informs Webster of any progress...
Interview with UCSB's oldest alumni." Interviewer: Etta Bellekitchen, 12/11/79-12/12/79. Interviewee(s): Florence Clark Meredith. Arrangement: A19806-07: Dec. 11, 1979; A19808-09: Dec. 12, 1979.
[Note topics covered in transcript]. Interviewer: Lisa Fujimoto Interviewee(s): Florence Nakano Tsunoda Transcript: several versions in hard copy; one version, 76 pp, on S drive; two 3 ½" disks; one version on cd (in box). Related materials: None found.
Circular for the American Film Manufacturing Co. (Chicago), distributed by Film Supply Company of America, [1912]. Includes: "Daughters of Senor Lopaz", "The Power of Love," "Nell of the Pampas," and "The Heart of a Soldier." 1 folder ([4] p.). Alpha...
One stereoview of Ford's Theater, exterior, Washington, D.C., n.d.
(1882-1950). One black and white mounted photograph, "Review," with three cowboys herding cattle. Globe, Arizona, [ca. early 1900s]. [Oversize boxed].
Confederate ammunition report for Fort Powell, commanded by Major W. C. Capers, for the week ending Saturday, 30 April 1864. Submitted by Lieutenant Ed. G. Jeffers, Acting Ordnance Officer.
Color lithograph, "Appearance of Fort Sumter on Tuesday Afternoon Nov. 10, 1863." [Oversize boxed].
Journal from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, [Canada], with record of family births, deaths and other events, ca. 1782-1791.
Interviews with Father Geiger re his life, history of the Franciscan order, history of the Santa Barbara Mission, and Father Junipero Serra. Interviewer: Duane Dillon, 1975. Interviewee(s): Father Maynard Geiger. Transcript: 27 pages.
Collection of fragments of Civil War letters and writing excercises, apparently related to a soldier in the 91st Pennsylvania Vols., Co. F., ca. 1861-1862.
Interviewer: Unknown. Interviewee(s): Fran [Tawaniac/Tawaniak?] Transcript: None found. Related materials: None found. Arrangement: May be chronological.
Two photograph albums, more than 200 black/white photos, no captions except for one dated March 1916. Includes images of France and Algeria during World War I era, with images of local Arab population, street scenes, and soldiers in Algeria, as...
Life history of an artist, composer, poet, educator, writer, and reformer. Subjects covered include New York City, Columbia University, Shipping Board, and women's suffrage. Interviewer: Jane Allen Kenamore, 1975. Interviewee(s): Frances Geschickter Gledhill, Donald Gledhill, Lillian Chodrow, Jane Sunderland. Transcript:...
American bookplates, ca. 1890s-early 1900s, collected by the Holden family, including nine portfolios of bookplates, mainly from Massachusetts and New York areas, many by Edwin Davis French. Also, two typescript notebook indexes to the bookplates, and related correspondence from other...
Interviews re Holden's life and opera singer Lotte Lehmann. Interviewer: D. Russell, 8/19/92-11/17/93. Interviewee(s): Frances Holden; Halldor Hansen; Dorothy Wagge, Margaret Specht, Bill and Martha Longmire. Transcript: Frances Holden: Life with Lotte. Several versions of heavily edited transcripts. Don't find...
Correspondence, photographs and other person/family material of a former Presidents of the UCSB Library Friends group and companion of opera diva Lotte Lehmann. Part of a much larger bequest of books, many of which are in Special and some in...
Photographs, postcards, travel brochures, maps, and other ephemera assembled by Frances Marvin of San Francisco, from multiple trips to Mexico in the immediate post- World War II era. Locations visited include ...
Holograph letter written on official stationery of the President's Office, Massachusetts Institute of Technology by Francis A. Walker to Dr. Yarli about recommending Prof. Goodale for membership in the St. Botolph Club.
One holograph letter written and signed by F. E. Spinner, former U. S. Treasurer, aged 89 years, in Pablo Beach, Florida to General Charles W. Darling of Utica, New York. The letter states that Spinner is incompetent to perform the...
Six letters (ALS) from Francis Granville Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere, British politician, writer, traveller and patron of the arts, to Miss July Pole Carew of Devonport, England, re personal experiences and lighthearted matters, 1864-1865. Each envelope has a sketch...
ca. 1857-1894. 13 ALS by Parkman, historian and author of The Oregon Trail, to various addressees, one genealogy of Parkman, two pamphlets on Parkman and two miscellaneous pamphlets.
One document, warrant for payment to Francis Purcell, by Act of Parliament. Whitehal[l], [London], 26 June 1679. Alpha list.
(1896-1917). One letter (ALS) from clergyman Ernest Morris to unknown recipient, mainly re his sons, especially the poems of his younger son, Francis St. Vincent Morris who died during World War I. Ashbourne, August 15, [1918?]. Found in The Poems...
Vita and articles
The collection includes exhibits, screenplays, film treatment notes, sketches and photographs.
Printed broadsheet, in Spanish, list of prohibited books, signed by D. Diego de Montes, Sec., July 31, 1815. Oversize Map Cabinet 20/6. Alpha list.
Notes, clippings and articles re Rabelais, compiler unknown, ca. latter 1800s-1940s. Alpha list.
One letter (TL), carbon, to Brentano's, Inc. of Chicago, re copy of his book The Overland Stage to California and his earlier life. Topeka, Kansas, June 8 , 1925. Found in his Overland Stage...(1901). Alpha list.
Interviewer: David E. Russell Interviewee(s): Frank K. Kelly.
Ten pieces of Presidential campaign literature , 1936. Alpha list.
One signed black and white photograph. Portrait by Harriss & Ewing, photographers, ca. early 1940s. Gift of Milton Weinstein. Alpha list.
Engraving, inscribed by FDR, to Alexander Weinstein. Gift of Milton Weinstein. Alpha list.
Etching by Leon A. Perskie, with inscription from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Alexander Weinstein. Deframed 5/6/06. Found in workroom. Gift of Milton Weinstein. Oversize. How related to SC 932?
Two men and one woman in uniforms of unidentified fraternal organization. [Oversize boxed].
Cite as: [Identification of item], Fred Adams / Feraferia collection, ARC Mss 27. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
. Publications, courses, 2 e-meters (list provided by the Oxaals)
(1903-2000). One letter (TLS) from British Methodist minister, hymnwriter, and poet Fred Pratt Green re his recent poetry, to Tom [T.S. Eliot?]. Muncaster, York, Oct. 16 , 1963. Laid in Green's The Skating Parson (1963). Alpha list.
One letter (ALS) to Mr. [?] Seidler and carbons of two letters (TL) from Seidler, re Puleston's book, African Drums , 1930. Alpha list.
Collection of letters written by magician and juggler Harry Helms of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1914-1915, and novelty manipulator Harry Opel of Toledo Ohio, 1921-1927, to magician and juggler Fred S. McFall of Geneseo, New York.
Twelve World War II era newspapers issued by U.S. Psychological Warfare units, mostly German language. Includes issues of Bayerischer Tag, Feldpost, Frankfurter Presse, Freiheit für Oesterreich, Kölnischer Kurier, and Die Mitteilungen. Alpha list.
Copies of 4 paintings. [Oversize boxed].
Laid in item. May want to add future Goudy items to this.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Frederick and Laura Perls Gestalt Therapy collection, HPA Mss 55. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Lithograph portrait, lithograph, n.d.
Photocopy of typescript, "Recollections on a friendship with Flora Haines Loughead," by Frederick H. Bock. Lompoc, CA July 26
Holograph letter written and signed by Frederick J. Turner, on official stationery of the Harvard Commission on Western History, to Professor Hockett about being touched by his letter and being honored by Hockett's proposed inscription of his new book "Western...
[also known as Diedrich Koster?]. Collection of five documents re German military service, U.S. naturalization, and enlistment in Pennsylvania Infantry, 11th Regiment, Company D. during Civil War, 1845-1907.
Interviewer: Edwin Clausen, Santa Barbara, July 12, 1978. Interviewee(s): Frederick L. Moore.
One letter (TLS) from Frederick Law Olmstead [son of the famed American landscape architect], Berkeley, 6 April 1945; and one note [TN] "A Notable Lawsuit: The Story of Captain Kidd's Treasure and F. L. Olmstead's Lawsuit against the Astor Estate,"n.d....
One Civil War era printed pamphlet issued by Olmsted as Secretary of the Relief Service of the Sanitary Commission, 1862. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
(1821-1895). One letter (ALS) to a Mr. Warren-Vernon, 2 Aug. 1891, and one letter (ALS) a Mrs. Venables, 9 Mar. n.y., about health and other personal matters, from English poet Locker-Lampson. Alpha list.
Mainly to wife. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
Trip to West Indies, Venezuela, and Florida. .05 linear feet (1 folder).
One letter (TL) from Bernard Herrmann and Fred Steiner to Guy Della Cioppa; two letters (TLS) from Bernard Herrmann to Fred Steiner, one letter (TLS) Christopher Palmer to Fred Steiner, photocopies of two letters (TLS) Fred Steiner to Bernard Herrmann,...
1document re renting rooms for colored schools, Disrict of West Tennessee. .01 linear feet (1 folder).
Correspondence and documents of the United States Consul to London during the Civil War. ..05 linear feet (1 folder).
Six black and white albumen photographs of unidentified family, laid in Daniel Sickels' The General Ahiman Rezon and Freemason's Guide (Sweet HS457.S56 1904). Alpha list.
One bound volume.
Three items.
Handrwritten slips to accompany French wax cylinders, possible Pathe cylinders. Approximately 300 slips of varying sizes, but typically about 21cm x 13cm.
Possible land grant or mercantile document. Purchase, Doris Harris
Handcolored engraving "La Vue de Roy," ca. latter 18th century. 1 folder. [Oversize boxed]. Alpha list.
15 documents and broadsides, ca. 1790-1793. [Printers Collection]. Alpha list. [Oversize Map Cabinet 20/6].
See dealer description. AOF = French West Africa.
Cite as: [Identification of item], French West and North Africa photograph album, SC 1045. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
One notebook with handcolored drawings and captions in German of Kitzbühel [Austria] ski resort, Dec. 27 , 1931-Jan 13.1932. Von Boschan gave a collection of books to the UCSB Libraries, ca. 1967-1968, some of which are located in Special Collections....
Mainly tapes of Friends sponsored events and lectures. Interviewee(s): [speakers].
Speech, possibly by Father Maynard Geiger, on the early books in the California missions, delivered Jan. 16 , 1968. Found in unsorted SC.
One letter (ALS) to Paul Mills. Northridge, CA, 31 Oct. 1957. Laid in Roter Mond, Weisses Wild (Spec, Printers Z276.5 .G644 1955). Alpha list.
One letter (ALS) to Walter Crane, English artist and book illustrator, complimenting him on his work and saying he is forwarding some sketches to him. South Hampstead, [England], Nov. 11 , 1911. Alpha list.
Pamphlets and ephemera from the UCSB Library's Local History File, re the Santa Barbara-based long-range research and planning component of the General Electric Company, and protests against it, ca. 1972-1973. Alpha list.
Three letters (two TLS and one ALS) from Brugada to the duc de Bauffremont re literary matters, including the literary review Zodiaque. Ile Maurice [Mauritius] , 1925. Found in Zodiaque: Cahiers Litteraires Trimestriels (Ile Maurice 1925), nos. 1-3. Alpha list.
One letter (ALS) to C. G. Pervear of East Andover N.H. re political squabble. United States Senate Chamber, Washington, D.C., 27 Feb. 1878.
One brief holograph letter written from Washington D.C., regarding Anthony's request for information.
Correspondence, financial records, legal documents, and reports relating to Gabriel Colvin Wharton's career as a civil engineer specializing in railroad construction. Wharton was a VMI honors graduate and Civil War Confederate brigadier general with the Virginia 45th Infantry, but the...
Mainly letters from Sheldon, with the Corralitos Company in Chihuahua State, Mexico, to family, about personal affairs and local news such as an earthquake in 1887. .05 linear feet (1 folder).
Broadside, 1896. [Wyles Map Cabinet 1/1].
Two signed, typescript poems, "7.IV.64" and "The Bed in the Sky," ca. 1964.
Drafts of manuscripts, research files, publicity, photographs, and other materials of Santa Barbara suspense/thriller writer Lynds (formerly Gayle Stone).
Engraved portrait, [ca. 1860s].
Two engraved portraits, [ca. 1850s-1860s].
Six engraved portraits of Jackson in uniform, some Civil War era.
Catalogs and ephemera relating to the Topanga Center in Los Angeles.
Printed document: Courts martial of Private George Marston and Private Thomas Schortal. Washington, [DC], Dec. 15, 1868. Found in unsorted Wyles SC.
Five black and white portraits of General Stone and family, ca. latter 1800s. In- hand as of 6/16/11. Ovesize boxed.
Photocopies of: a letter (ALS) from Libbie Bacon Custer, 1867; Union Pacific Railroad notices and time cards, ca 1872; typescript copies of letters from William W. Bellnap re George A. Custer, 1876; "Notes on the country in the vicinity of...
Holograph general order and letters signed by D. G. Farragut, a flag officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War who became its first Rear Admiral, Vice Admiral, and Admiral. The general order, written on behalf of...
Printed General Orders no. 153 from Headquarters, Department of the South, Hilton Head, S. C. about the failed attack on Forts Johnson and Simpkins [Battery Simpkins, James Island, S. C.]. The account states that on July 3d, 1864, the 52d...
Printed General Orders no. 4 from Headquarters 2d Brigade, N. G. S. N. Y. [National Guard State of New York] to request the 2d Brigade to parade, fully uniformed, armed, and equipped, for practice in Evolution of the Line, School...
Printed order stating the terms of a convention on the part of General E. K. Smith, commander of the Trans-Mississippi Department, and Major-General E. R. S. Canby, commander of the Military Division of West Mississippi, to surrender their forces and...
Printed General Orders nos. 23, 24, 239, 85, 86, 88 from Headquarters Department of Cumberland. General Orders nos. 23 and 24, dated respectively Nov. 27th and 28th, 1862, are by command of Major General Rosecrans and Assistant Adjutant General and...
Two Chaucer leaves from the sixteenth century blackletter folios: one from the undated edition printed ca. 1551 and one from the 1561 edition which was read by Shakespeare. 1 of 88 commemmorative copies printed by Duncan H. Olmsted and Roger...
One letter (TLS) to Scottish concrete poet and artist Ian Hamilton Finlay and six accompanying examples of concrete poetry by Decristel, which he hopes Finlay willl consider publishing in his journal [Poor. Old. Tired. Horse]. Innsbruck, Austria, May 12 ,...
One Civil War era document (ADS): Duplicate application to President Lincoln for post of U.S. District Attorney for Minnesota. St. Paul, Minnesota, with long list of petitioners supporting the appointment, Mar. 1861.
1 letter (ALS) to [?] Wyant, thanking him for signing book. Bombay, India, 27 Oct. 1944. Laid in St. Geroge's With Lyre and Saxophone (Spec PR9499.3.S23 W59 1943). Alpha list.
Cite as: [Identification of item], George and Vivian Obern collection, SBHC Mss 32. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Printed miscellany/ephemera about Custer, including newspaper articles., [dates?] [Oversize boxed].
[Massachusetts Artillery, 1st Regiment, F Company]. One Civil War era document (ADS): Receipt for property of deceased soldier Kennison. Washington, [D.C.], 12 Jan. 1866.
One photograph [carte de visité] of Civil War General George McClellan and wife, n.d., with letter of verification from Lincolniana expert H. E. Baker to William Wyles, 1939. Apparently
Copy of unpublished typescript by liaison officer and journalist Bailey, entitled False Dawn: Liaison Officer to the Red Army. This manuscript appears to be an English version of Bailey's book Verbindungsmann, published posthumously in German. Collection also includes a biographical...
Holograph letter written on behalf of and signed by George Bancroft from 1623 H. St., Washington, D. C. to Messrs. D. Appleton & Company to request that a Supplement to the Popular Science Monthly No. 6, which he never received,...
One letter (ALS) to [Augustine?] Birrell re political strategies. London, 12 Mar. 1930. Also an undated invoice to Shaw and a b&w print of Shaw. Alpha list.
One note (ANS), re advice on successfully establishing new magazines, to J. S. Vader, Leisure Magazine (Australia), 26 Jan. 1947. Alpha list.
1 offprint of Harry Steinhauer, "'Faust' and 'Peer Gynt'," with lengthy handwritten critique by Shaw, 2 September 1928. Returned to Steinhauer papers (FacP 19) on 7/12/04.
Two black and white photo postcards of George D. Brewer, one with Eugene V. Debs, [ca. early 1900s]. Alpha list.
2 scrapbooks of woodcuts, clipped from various unidentified sources.
One holograph letter written and signed by George E. Metcalf to his father Dr. A. B. Metcalf about his experience in the Mexican War, including General Twiggs ordering his soldiers not to charge a 3rd fort after taking the 1st...
One letter (ALS) to Epes Sargent, re book he is sending (Ephemera), 27 Nov. 1852. Alpha list.
Includes typescripts of lecture series, pamphlets and other printed materials by Los Angeles area New Thought practitioners George Edwin Burnell and Mary Lamoreaux Burnell (founders of the Burnell Foundation), and Genevieve Burnell Forgey / Robinson.
Mainly relating to Glaser's Civil War [Missouri State Militia] Service.
Typescript copy of a letter to Captain Drinkwater, with drawing re cannon design. Woolwich, [England], April 20, 1785. Original in the possession of a K. Lionel [Fortes?] of Reading [England]. Found in John Spilsbury's A Journal of the Siege of...
One holograph letter written and signed by the Earl de Grey (George F. S. Robinson) to Mr. Field on mourning stationery, dated two days after the treaty settling the Alabama claims was signed. It states his delight to hear that...
Two printed drawings by German artist, one b/w entitled "Two Nudes" and another color, of boats and New York skyline. Also a b/w greeting card, with printed drawing of boats and New York skyline, n.d. Laid in George Grosz', Drawings...
One disbound photo album containing 115 black/white images, various sizes, of family and friends, Santa Barbara and Montecito scenes including Santa Barbara Mission and Riven Rock, President McKinley's visit to Santa Barbara, San Francisco, ca 1900-1905.
One brief holograph letter written from Louisville, Kentucky, responding favorably to an autograph request to benefit the Suffering Widows and Orphans of Deceased Soldiers.
Includes diary of 1917-1918 events, a few documents, and two photograph albums, 1917-1919. See dealer description for details.
One holograph letter written and signed by George Henry Preble from Cambridge, Massachusetts to William B. Sewell, Esq. in Kennebunk, Maine about his move from the Navy Yard to Cambridge to serve on the steamer Narragansett in the Pacific for...
Correspondence, 1863-1865. Photocopies of original letters (in German) and typescript translations.
One letter (ALS) from German-British poet and author George Ives to a Mrs. Lloyd, re various matters including origins of certain quotations and copy of an unidentified book by Ives that he is sending. London, October [1946?]. Alpha list.
One [wedding?] photograph postcard of Mr. and Mrs. George J. Gray, 21 July 1921. Laid in Gray's John Siberch: The First Cambridge Printer, 1521-1522 (Printers Z232.S56 G73 1921). [Printers]. Alpha list.
life history, esp. WWII and White Rose. Interviewer: David E. Russell Interviewee(s): George Wittenstein, Transcript: Numerous versions. Edited version: George J. Wittenstein and David E. Russell, Civil Courage (Santa Barbara: University of California Santa Barbara Library, 2011) is only version...
[Lieutenant, U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery, 10th Regiment; U.S. Colored Infantry, 77th Regiment]. Five Civil War documents (ADS), re return of stores and court martial trial, 1865-1866.
George Leonard and David Russell, George Leonard-A Life (Santa Barbara: UCSB Oral History Program, 2004.) 485 pages. The oral history presents a view of the major forces that shaped the second half of the 20th Century. A southerner by birth,...
Primarily correspondence, re Gibson's collection of Lincolniana.
Proposal
Three engraved portraits of McClellan in uniform, 1861, 1864, n.d. [Oversize boxed].
Political cartoon, "How Columbia receives McClellan's Salutation from the Chicago Platform," referring to McClellan's 1864 Presidential race to end the Civil War by compromising with the South.
One letter (TLS), thanking unknown correspondent for interest in his work. Laid in Moore's A Mummer's Wife. London, 18 Dec. 1928. Alpha list.
List of ancestors, [ca. 1890s]. Laid in bible [Baltimore, 1834?]. Alpha list.
California Gold Rush letter (ALS) to N. Haskell in Ohio, mainly about gold mining , the changing fortunes of the author, and money to be made from high prices for livestock and grain in Suisun, California (between Sacramento and San...
One letter (ALS) from George R. Noyes, re his Congreve essay and other writing, to Walter [?], May 24 , 1936. Laid in Blok's The Rose and the Cross (PG3453.B6 R613 1936). Alpha list.
One letter (ALS) to father, mother and sisters re voyage to Melbourne, Australia, 29 May -- 4 August 1853. Upon arrival, says most of the ship's passengers were heading immediately for the mines [a gold rush was underway in New...
One letter (ALS) from portrait painter Romney to John [?], re commissions he is working on or has refused, 1794. Laid in William Hayley's The Life of George Romney (Chicester, 1809). Alpha list.
Eleven holograph letters written and signed by George Taylor to his family about his experience as a private in Company D of the 104th Illinois Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War. The eleven letters include personal correspondence about family...
Short handwritten Civil War era poem, 1861.
5 documents re additional bounty for Civil War service, to Gardiner, a private in Company G, Third Regiment, R.I.H. Artillery Voluneers, 1866-1867. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
Correspondence and documents of an Ohio soldier. .05 linear feet (1 folder).
One printed engraving of George Washington in uniform, by A. B. Durand, from the full-length portrait by Col. Trumbull, belonging to Yale College, [ca. 1800s]. Alpha list.
Album of George Wesley Davis, with images of the 1895 Santa Barbara Flower Show, other Santa Barbara locales, a newspaper clipping by Davis about a trip to Cuba around the time of the Spanish American War, and related commercial photographs...
One inscribed greeting card, n.d. Alpha list.
Tyepscript poems, with holographic corrections. Santa Cruz [CA] , 1972. Alpha list.
Black/white photo, ca. 15" x 19 1/2 ", panorama of the village of Gergetek, caption in Cyrillic, possible Russian/Serbian region. [Oversize, boxed]. Alpha list.
Cite as: [Identification of item], German East Africa photograph album, Bernath Mss 296. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
138 photographic postcards, most black and white but a few chromolithographic of Dar-es-Salaam and other parts of German occupied Tanganyika (now Tanzania), prior to and during the East African campaign of World War I. The majority are German postcards, unused,...
18 black and white snapshots, some with captions in German, several of group dancing, some World War I era with men in uniform. Purchase with large unrelated batch of photographs/albums, eBay
Cite as: [Identification of item], German Family photograph album, Bernath Mss 341. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
16 b/w and 8 color, most from Album Nr. 8 "Deutschland erwacht", with printed captions on the reverse, depicting scenes of the Third Reich and Adolf Hitler, ca. 1920s-1930s. Purchase, eBay
48 black and white albumen prints from a disbound album mainly of colonial German soldiers (Schutztruppe) in present-day Namibia. Photos primarily of soldiers, animal transport, Windhoek buildings, Angola mission station, Herero inhabitants, Okawayo military station, and Otjimbojo mines. Also includes...
From dealer description: Photo album with 33 photo engravings and 87 original photographs. Oblong album, 24 x 32.5 cm., engravings and photographs all have the same size (208 x 295 mm.) with a printed caption underneath and a printed plate...
Incomplete set (numbered 1-100) of small stereoviews and accompanying viewer, titled "Der Kampf im Westen" (the battle in the west) published by Raumbild-Verlag Otto Schönstein K. G., Munich, circa 1940. Photos are black and white with captions in German on...
[178th New York]. Eleven Civil War era letters addressed to family, 1864-1865. [about what?].
One holograph letter written in Peterboro, N. Y. and signed by Gerrit Smith about enclosing a Compensation Certificate, his sister's side of the family, and his late father's estate.
Leaflets
Copies. [Oversize boxed].
180+ b/w snapshots, including some Klan parade photos.
48 black and white albumen prints, captions of English, most in and around Kumasi [spelled Coomassie in album], ... Unidentified British army officer.
One letter (ALS) from Amanda [?],Harriet, describing the appearance of a ghost. New York, 22 Feb. 1848. Alpha list.
[Civil War officer, Missouri Infantry, 10th Regiment, Companies B and D]. 36 Civil War documents (ADS), mainly invoices, lists, and special orders, 1862-1865. Also, a list, apparently of Company B's whereabouts 1862-1863. [Map Cabinet 1/1 ].
Holograph letter written to Adj. Gen. Hillhouse, Albany, N.Y.
One black and white Civil War era portrait, dated 1918. [Oversize boxed ].
Five engravings (three hand colored), mainly of women's dress, probably from Godey's Lady's Book. Provenance unknown. Alpha list.
Album, which belonged to British Captain Godfrey Drage, contains 134 black and white photographs of Burma with handwritten captions in English, accompanied by additional loose photos and clippings. Images include numerous shots of local peoples; mountains, rivers and other scenic...
Three round, gold adhesive railroad seals with embossed inscriptions and spiked edges. Inscription on first seal: Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad Company Ltd., Incorporated, New Jersey, 1904. Inscription on second seal: Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad Company, Nevada, 1905. Inscription on third seal:...
One color and two black and white prints of the Southern Pacific Railroad depot in Goleta, California. Found in misc. mss. map drawer. Map cabinet 20/6. Alpha list.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Goodall (Robert) - Taliesin Photograph collection, Mss 222. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Six letters (ALS) and one note (ANS) to various individuals, 1923-1947, n.d. Includes response to would-be author on novel writing and critiquing unfinished work. Also, one signed manuscript poem " Sea Piece." Alpha list.
One bound volume, with numerous signatures by Slovene women, asking Woodrow Wilson's daughter [Eleanor Wilson McAdoo?] to influence her father to help Slovenes they say are suffering under Italian rule. Ljubljana, Marca, [Slovenia] , 1919. Alpha list.
One printed document, signed by Governor Walker of Virginia, re ratification by the General Assembly of the State of Virginia, of the 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution of the United States. Richmond, 18 Feb. 1870.
Album contains 195 small black and white snapshots, captioned in English and taken on separate trips to Jamaica (September 1922) and Africa (New York to Matadi, Belgian Congo, Mar. 13-July 13, 1930). Jamaica images feature Jamaican children; shipboard views; shots...
Four items printed by Graham Mackintosh and one broadside, "The Man with Three Names," dedicated to Lew Archer and him. Gift of Robert E. Bason, ca. 2005. Alpha list.
G.A.R. broadside, "Program of State G.A.R. Encampment, McMinnville, Oregon, June 20-23, 1899."
Worn at Baxter Springs, Kansas, by John S. Shirley, Co. A., 4th Iowa [Cav.?], n.d.. Probably a Dept. of Kansas, rather than national, encampment.
Two printed programs: Anniversary Birthday Banquet, 1900, and Annual Memorial Services, 1902.
Invitation to the 20th National Encampment, San Francisco, CA, 1886.
One sheet of stationery from the Office of the Grand Marshal, Grant Memorial Day, San Francisco, 1885.
Printed facsimile. [Oversize boxed]. [check if significant printer].
Souvenir album, with images from various key points in the life of Ulyssees S. Grant's life.
Eight b/w albumen cabinet size and larger photographs assembled by Montana cattleman Granville Stuart while he was ambassador to Uruguay. Includes images of Uruguayan officers, Montivideo scenes, and the U.S.S. iron warship "Newark", moored off Montivideo in 1894. .05 linear...
Fragment of a document to George III re distemper among horned cattle, 15 January 1745. Alpha list.
One printed advertisement, with engraving, re the Improved Chicago Stop Cylinder. Kansas City, ca. 1885. Laid in Great Western Type Foundry, Pony Specimen Book and Price List (Printers Z250.G784 1885). [Printers]. Alpha list.
Stereographic silver gelatin photographs of the visit of the Great White Fleet of the United States of America to Australia. Rose Stereograph Company, Melbourne, 1908. 35 original stereographs by Australian photographer George Rose. Images are of a goodwill visit to...
Photographs, deeds and other legal documents re Griggs and Hanford families some pertaining to Santa Barbara, CA and residence at 905 E. Haley St., ca. 1870s-1921. Santa Barbara photographers include Hayward & Muzzall, M. A. Rees, and Sturtevant. Purchase, accessioned...
One Guards and Pickets pass No. 804 issued to Mr. Nolt, with expiration date March 31st, 1865, from Headquarters Provost Marshal General, Defences South of Potomac in Alexandra, Virginia, by Command of Colonel H. H. Wells, Provost Marshal General and...
Cite as: [Identification of item], Guggenheim Brothers / Chile Mining photograph album, Bernath Mss 343. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Scrapbook [of what?]
[Civil War Confederate General]. Portraits. [Oversize boxed].
Three leaves, various dates and printers. Alpha list.
One letter (TLS) from Davenport to Robert [?], re various personal and current topics, together with offprint his article "Persephone's Ezra," about certain writings of Ezra Pound, 1969. Transferred from uncat. Special, 10/2/09. Alpha list.
Four documents and one blueprint re workings of the goldmine, owned by William M. Gwin, located near Valley Springs, California, ca. 1874-1886.
[Corporal, New York Volunteers, 76th Regiment, Company F; later, Judge]. One typescript ms re escape from the Confederate prison camp at Andersonville, n.d.
One letter (ALS) to an unnamed woman, re her gift to him, projects he is working, and upcoming travels. Spade House, Sandgate, [U.K.], 1 June 1904. Laid in George Gissing, Veranilda: A Romance (PR4716.U47 1904). Alpha list.
Scrapbook of a trip from San Francisco to Yokohama on the S.S. Tenyo Maru, items including passenger list souvenir, telegrams, menus, Yokohama map, brochures and programs for July 4th celebrations, receipts, railway schedules, Nikko Hotel ephemera and map, programs from...
12 printed items, the work of H. T. Burleigh, an African American composer, singer, and pupil of Anton Dvo?ák. Burleigh introduced Dvo?ák to spirituals and Dvo?ák used some in works such as the "New World Symphony." .05 linear feet (1...
Leatherbound volume, in Arabic/[Persian?] script, with illuminations.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Hainan photograph album, Wyles Mss 115. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Color poster of the rock musical "Hair," with cast photo and lyrics, printed by Theater Publications Division of Pisani Printing Company, for Berkeley Co-op, in Cooperation with ACT, San Francisco California. Found in misc. mss map drawer. Map cabinet 20/6....
Pages 53-54 of an early printing of the English Voyages. Deframed 5/2/06. Found in workroom. Ink notation: Atherton Gallery, Menlo Park. Alpha list.
Holograph letter written on behalf of and signed by Hamilton Fish on official stationery of Department of State, Washington, [D. C.] to the Honorable Robert J. Walker about receiving Walker's note of the 20th and in compliance with his request,...
Printed program, ca. 1873, "Slave Songs of the South, by the Hampton Colored Students," including note that Hampton [located in Hampton, Virginia] is "Devoted to the preparation of Colored Teachers for the Colored Race and to Industrial Education" and that...
Printed pamphlet. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
Photo album containing 26 (2 detached) hand-colored photographs 3?x5?" or 6x4 of Mission style home; circa 1920, southern California (Santa Barbara?). Ink stamp of the Brock-Higgins Studio of Santa Barbara on back of photos.
One letter (ALS) to Miss [?] Langdale thanking her for pictures. Santa Fe, 8 Sept. 1951. Laid in The Grist Mill (Printers Z239 R9 L6). Alpha list.
Two holograph poems on one leaf, "Search after Happiness" and "Solitude," Aug. 4, 1795. Gift of Pearl Chase. Alpha list.
(1745-1833). One letter (ALS) from English religious writer and philanthropist Hannah More (or Moore) to a Miss Leeves, 17 February 1826, re health, religious and other personal matters; also one engraving, a portrait of Moore, n.d. Alpha list.
Correspondence of a Savannah, Georgia family, much of it Civil War era to and from Edward J. Harden and his son, William Harden, ca. 1852-1874.
(1934- ). One letter (TLS) to Reverend and Mrs. F. W. Britton re American writer Ellison's disappointment with his screenplay for Joe Levine's production of The Oscar. Sherman Oaks, California, 13 March 1984.
One document: Appointment as second lieutenant, by President William H. Taft, 30 July 1912. [Oversize boxed]. Poss. entry in accession log, 1/24/85.
flyers and brochures
Re Harold S. Chase, his coming to SB, Hope Ranch development, role in public affairs, including earthquake and depression relief, fundraising for Cottage Hospital, wildlife conservation, , and family life. Interviewer: Ronald L. Nye, 4/26/75-5/15/75 Interviewee(s): Mrs. C. H. Cannon...
One letter (TLS) from perennial presidential candidate Harold Stassen to Theodore Bailey re Stassen's communication with Premier Stalin, together with related address, statement, and transcript , 1947-1950. Alpha list.
Valley, and U.S. Frigate St. Larence Sinking the Privateer "Petrel", Aug. 1, 1861.
One envelope addressed to Lili E. Stephens of Princeton, Illinois, with later ink notation "Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe's autograph." Envelope is stamped Mandarin, Florida, where the Stowes maintained a winter residence. Removed from Montgomery Collection (Wyles Mss 9). Alpha list.
One letter (ALS), signed H. B. Stowe, to an unnamed friend, offering best wishes for the New Year. Mandarin, Florida, 11 January 1880. Alpha list.
One note (ANS), signed H. B. Stowe, reflecting upon the death of Uncle Tom, from chapter 41 of Uncle Tom's Cabin, n.d. Found in CDCC. [Laid in Pearl Chase's copy of U T C?]. Tattle-taped. Alpha list.
Fifty pages of clippings and programs owned by and about theater actor and manager Harrington Wheeler of Lancaster, PA, and later, Wilimington, DE.
Mainly Civil War era documents, 1862-1865, 1907.
..05 linear feet (1 folder).
In this oral history, Harry and Sandra Reese, the owners of Turkey Press, provide an insiders view of the art of printing. Also about their education and early careers. Interviewer: David E. Russell, ca. 1991. Interviewee(s): Harry and Sandra Reese....
Transcript: edited and finished version, Education of... Related materials: Sawyer MA Thesis on Ashmore; Book collection, some in Special; Ashmore (Harry S.) Collection (Mss 155); CSDI Collection (Mss 18).
(1878-1969). One letter (TLS) from American clergyman Fosdick to Mrs. R[ita] Fikkert, thanking her for support of his "National Vespers" radio program. New York City, Oct. 2 , 1941. Alpha list.
Isla Vista files kept by Girvetz, a UCSB Philosophy professor, as a member of the Committee of 50, and also including clippings and other ephemera.
One note [ANS] from Sophie L. Knox, wife of Santa Barbara author Harry H. Knox, to Ellen [?], conveying greetings and wishing they could visit again, n.d. Laid in Knox', On the Lost Enjoyment of Wines (TP548.K565 1942). Alpha list.
Growing up in New York, Great White Fleet, Teddy Roosevelt... Transcript: Yes - two versions. Related materials: None found.
One b&w photo of Truman greeting the New Zealand prime minister at San Francisco, 1945; one letter (TLS) to William Gahagan, thanking him for booklets and noting Gahagan's mother is sister of Jay Wilson, 1953; and one letter (TLS) to...
Nineteen open-reel films on humanism, zen, yoga, etc.
Correspondence between American writer Taylor (incl. works on Frank Norris and Sinclair Lewis) and American writer Reginald Hunter, together with drafts of introductions to books, and other, some relating to Taylor family history ca. 1942-1944. Gift of Harvey Taylor, accessioned...
Interviewer: David E. Russell, [2001?]. Interviewee(s): Harvey Wheeler. Transcript: Harvey Wheeler, A Source Book for Radicals (Santa Barbara: UCSB Oral History Program, 2001), 350 pages. Related materials: CSDI Collection (Mss 18).
Approximately 180 b/w snapshots...
One commercial b/w photo, no. 53, n.d.
Holograph letter written by John Hay, U. S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, to Richard C. Parsons, U. S. Representative from Ohio, on official stationery of the American Embassy, London. The letter describes embassy personnel as overworked and asks Parsons...
1 letter (TLS) from John K. Fairbank, Harvard University, to Alex de Conde, UCSB Professor of History , 1971, re accompanying Boatner resume and typescript critique of Barbara Tuchman's Stillwell and the American Experience in China, based on Boatner's first-hand...
Interview with the UCSB professor and former head of the Department of Natural Resources. Subjects include Stanford University, David Starr Jordan, Pacific College of Osteopathy, and UCSB. Interviewer: Gibbs M. Smith, UCSB Library Oral History Program, 1972. Interviewee(s): Hazel W....
One letter (TLS), an aerogramme from [?] Dent of J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., Publishers, to John Coulthard of San Francisco, re Heath Robinson who had illustrated a number of children's books for Dent. London, 23 August 1962. Alpha list.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Hebrew early manuscript and printing collection, Printers Mss 49. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
(1925-2003). One black and white photograph of German writer Heinz Piontek, laid in his Eh de Wind umsprang (PT2676.I55 E32 1985). Alpha list.
(1872-1961) One letter (TLS) from American editor, bibliographer, and library educator, Helen E. Haines, to Dr. Sweet, re his analysis of Mourning Becomes Electra. Pasadena, Jan. 15 , 1932. Laid in Eugene O'Neill, Mourning Becomes Electra (New York: H. Liveright,...
One letter (TLS) to Mrs. David Ellis Lit, re book The Eleanor Roosevelt We Knew, Sept. 19 , 1963; also one letter (ALS) to Harriette von Breton, soliciting gifts for the Harlem School of the Arts, Inc. New York, 23...
(1830-1895). One note (ANS) by the American author, best known for Ramona, sending regards. Colorado Springs, 24 Dec. 24,1873. Laid in Jackson's Verses (Sweet PS2107.V4 1874). Alpha list.
Interviews with a Japanese Niseii family.
Holograph letter written on stationery of the 15th Vermont Regiment, Company A.
[Earl of Nottingham]. One letter (ALS), addressed "My Lord," mainly re his sister's problems and her death. 7 Apr. 1679. Gift of G. Titus Purchase. Alpha list.
Handcolored plate, "Nouvelle carte pour conduire a la connoissance de la marine et a demontrer la plus part des instrumens ...," vol. 7, no. 42, of the Atlas Historique, published by Henri Abraham Chatelain, 1712. Gift of Virginia Backus Vanocur,...
One letter (ALS) to Mr. Dole. [Rondont/Rondout?], New York, 4 Jan. 1910. Laid in Henry Abbey, The Dream of Love (Cambridge, Mass.: Riverside Press, 1910). Alpha list.
One mortgage document, conveying property from Henry Adams to Oliver S. Williams. New York, 14 Dec. 1837. Alpha list.
[U.S. minister to Brazil, 1844-1847; Governor of Virginia, 1856-1859; one of last acts as Governor was signing death warrant of John Brown]. One letter (ALS) from J[ames] C. Pickett to Wise, forwarding a letter from another party re information about...
(1618-1685). 1 document (ADS) re order for payment for a diamond ring, 21 July 1680. Alpha list.
One letter (ALS), re ... Savannah, Ga., Feb. 22, [1865].
Engraved portrait by J. B. Longacre from a painting by W. J. Hubard, n.d.
New-York Weekly Tribune, June 19, 1849 issue, with a very favorable review of Thoreau's A Week on the Concord and Merrimac Rivers on page 1. [Oversize, Map Cabinet 20/6]. Accompanied by envelope with sender Goodspeed's Book Shop (Boston), to David...
Printed ephemera.
Manuscript. Purchase from Robert F. Batchelder, various donors fund
Ms "The Art of Walking."
Holograph letter from Henry F. Broyles, a former Confederate soldier in the 7th Virginia Cavalry, Company D, discussing his Civil War experiences and requesting money. Written from Shenandoah Junction, W. Va.
Photocopies of Around the Horn to California letters by Henry F. Converse of Springfield, Illinois, to various relatives, arriving in Sacramento, late 1850.
[Captain, U.S. Infantry, 11th Regiment (Vol)] (1837-1897). Collection of 33 Civil War letters and documents, mainly reports re recruiting efforts, 1861-1862.
Twelve Civil War letters (ALS) and nine accompanying envelopes, mostly to and from his father, mainly re daily life and military engagements, 1862-1864.
[Lieutenant, Iowa Infantry, 35th Regiment, Company D]. Civil War diary, 1862-1863.
One printed broadside poem, "Gulf-Weed," for the Third Annual Reunion of the Society of the Army and Navy of the Gulf, Newport, July 7th, 1871.
[71st New York]. Four Civil War documents, including three discharges certificates, 1861-1863. [Oversize boxed].
One letter (TLS) from S. Halvorsen and accompanying b/w photographs of whales and Akutan Whaling Station, Alaska, 7 Sept. 1937. Gift of Henry L. Ewald, n.d.. Alpha list.
General commission merchant and slave dealer. .01 linear feet (1 folder).
Citizenship application, 1866; photocopy of translation of 1867 journal describing journey from St. Cloud, Minnesota to Helena City, Montana; reprint of C. S. Kingston, " The Northern Overland Route in 1867: Journal of Henry Lueg," Pacific Northwest Quarterly (July 1950)....
One holograph inspection report of Confederate Brigadier General Samuel J. Gholson's brigade of Mississippi calvary. Written by Major Henry M. Bryan at Montgomery, Ala. The report outlines the brigade's organization, assesses the men and supplies, and discusses desertions.
Three letters (two ALS and one TLS), and two notes (ANS) (postcards) from Miller, whileat Big Sur, to Corle. Talks about visit from Corle, mentions Merle Armitage and Fraenkel, discusses his book The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder,...
13 letters (ALS) to John Martin, mainly about Black Sparrow publishing his work, 1978-1979. Also, two holiday greeting cards, with Miller poem, from Capra Press to Martin, 1981, 1984. Alpha list.
Typescript carbon, with names and addresses of individuals, mainly U.S. but some France and England, some crossed out, arranged alphabetically by surname, ca. 1949. Includes names of other authors such as Maxwell Anderson and Lawrence Durrell, and Santa Barbara publisher...
One printed leaf, signed by Miller, about the nature of love, n.d. Gift from Lost Horizon Bookstore, 11/20/02. Alpha list.
One letter (ALS) to D. Ray re Miller's manuscript, Hour of Man, inability to speak in public, and hectic schedule. N.p., 28 August 1956.
One letter (ALS) to a Mr. Skrochi re sale of Miller's books and other matters. Pacific Palisades, California, Nov. 28, 1975. Alpha list.
One printed postcard with holograph note re purchasing his paintings. Big Sur, California, 31 July 1944.
One black and white publicity photo by Cedric Wright and one clipping, laid in Miller's Opus Pistorum (PS3525.I5454 O64 1983). [Peatman Collection]. Alpha list.
Three letters (2 TLS and 1 ALS) from British typographer, journalist, designer, and novelist Harling to editor Tom Balston, about corrections made by Balston to Harling's work. London , 1951-1952. Alpha list.
One letter (ALS) to [Muriel Stuart?], n.d. Laid in Savage's Richard Middleton, the Man and His Work (1922). Alpha list.
One note (ANS) to Mr. J. S. Thomas re looking over a proof [of something he had written?]. [New York], 13 Apr. 1891.
One letter (TL) from Donald Davidson, UCSB University Librarian, and one letter (TLS) response, re the popularity, but poor physical quality of the low cost edition of Nevins and Commager's Pocket History , 1960. Alpha list.
One document, a one-sheet passport for Thomas, signed by United States Secretary of State, Hamilton Fish, 1876. Alpha list. [Oversize boxed].
One signed receipt: "Received of Ticknor & Fields, Five hundred Dollars, Copyright on twenty Thousand "Household Poems." Boston, Mar. 15, 1865. Gift of Roger Camp
[15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry]. Autobiography, bound carbon typescript, mainly life in nineteenth century Massachusetts, but also including some Civil War experiences. Linwood, Massachusetts, 1920.
(1807-1882). One check, signed on back by Longfellow, 25 June 1877, and one note (AN), not in Longfellow's hand, commenting on prior lecture, 6 Jan. 1882. Alpha list.
(1807-1882). One signed holograph poem, "Bayard Taylor," n.d. Alpha list.
One signed holograph poem, 24 Sept. 1879, accompanying one note (ANS), 24 Jan. 1880. [From CDCC, possibly sent to Harold Chase]. Alpha list.
(1807-1882). One cabinet photograph of Longfellow at about age 70, ca. 1870s. Imprint of Beacon and Strand, London. Reverse contains brief biography.
Autograph by Henry Ward Beecher dated 1867 in Brooklyn, N.Y.
[U.S. Senator, Vice President]. Clipping of Civil War speech in the Senate, 21 Feb. 1863.
Trachles, Travails and Triumphs of Henryk Minc. Oral history conducted by David E. Russell, Santa Barbara: Davidson Library Oral History Program, 1997. 460 pages.
One note (ANS), one signed letter (ALS), and three unsigned letters (TL) by Wells' secretary, all to Augustine Birrell, English politician, barrister, academic and author. [London] , 1930. Alpha list.
One note (ANS) from Wells, saying he doesn't do autographs "... but in England just now we have a sort of kindess for Canada," likely alluding to war support. Feb. 1916. Laid in Wells' This Misery of Boots (Boston ,...
Author's original typescript manuscripts for "The Problem of the Troublesome Collaborator" [1930] and "The Business of Mankind," n.d. "Business"
[U.S. Food Administrator]. Signed certificate of appreciation to Camille Pruett, [ca. 1918], and accompanying letter from State Teachers College and Junior College, Santa Barbara , 1925. Alpha list.
One letter (TLS) from Herber Hoover, as President of the Board of Directors for Better Homes in America, to Pearl Chase, re the 1925 Better Homes in America campaign. Washington, D.C., 23 Oct. 1924. Probably from CDCC. Alpha list.
[ Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce]. Three letters (TLS) to Pearl Chase re Better Homes in America campaigns. Washington, [D.C.] , 1925-1926. [From: CDCC]. Alpha list.
UCSB Nobel Prize Winner. Transcript: Yes.
Papers of Herbert Kroemer, UCSB professor of electrical & computer engineering and recipient of the 2000 Nobel Prize in physics. Collection includes lecture notes and other teaching materials, correspondence, lab notes, reports, and reprints of published articles.
One Civil War printed document with holographic additions, discharge papers for Civil War Union soldier, Co. G, 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry, 1865. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
(1882-1964). One letter (TLS) to John A. Kouwenhoven, re work of the Roosevelt Memorial Association, Inc. , 1921; one letter (TLS) from Hagedorn to newspaper columnist Manchester Boddy, and one carbon copy response, re concept of progress and Hagedorn's poetry,...
Newspaper articles and essay re high school teacher Herndon Smith's local history writing project in Centralia, WA, ca. 1942-1958. Found in Herndon's Centralia: the First 50 Years (1942). Alpha list.
Series of 12 black/white panoramic photographs, with captions, mainly of the plaza and surrounding mining area of Mineral del Monte, in the State of Hidalgo, Mexico. Alpha list.
Conference Program
Galley proofs of End to Torment: A Memoir of Ezra Pound, by Doolittle,an American poet, novelist, and memoirist
One letter (TLS) from Joseph Gregg Lane to a Mrs. Hollander, re Hinton Helper's The Land of Gold, written in 1854 and containing the memorable phrase "It is my unbiased opinion that California can and does furnish the best bad...
Cite as: [Identification of item], Hiroshi Takeda oral history, OH 91. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Lacquer photo album with image of Mt. Fuji on cover and 125 black and white photographs and a few postcards. Photos taken by an officer of the post-war occupation forces. Most apparently of construction and newly built structures (including interior...
One volume (modern leather binding), thought to be a 17th century holographic copy of the 1595 Historia de Gabriel de de Espinosa: pastelero en Madrigal, que fingio ser el rey don Sebastian de Portugal, y asimismo la de fr. Miguel...
1 bound volume, handwritten Spanish text in ink, with title as noted: Historia Lexegnina del Duende Politico de los anos 1735, 1736, 1737.
Four facsimiles of printed maps and views of Chicago (1779-1857), Honolulu (1854), Kobe (1865), and Tokyo (1854). Found in misc. mss map drawer. Map cabinet 20/6. Alpha list.
32 black/white slides, drawings and photographs of the history of the book throughout history, with emphasis on early 20c printing and bookmaking technology.
Clippings on historical recordings gathered by William R. Moran from the monthly periodical Hobbies : the magazine for collectors (Chicago, Il. : Lightner Publications). The collection consists of seven bound volumes ranging from 1935 to 1985 and three boxes of...
11 cabinet card portraits, nine cartes de visite portraits, and one landscape cabinet photo of William Hollister in a grove, in front of his house.
Purchase, Carmen Valentino, 2005. .05 linear feet (1 folder).
Five holograph letters about the reunion of the 4th Massachusetts Regiment Infantry. The first holograph letter consists of seven notes to Doctor J. F. Gould [Joseph F. Gould] in South Boston, Massachusetts in response to his postal card regarding the...
One holograph letter written by Joseph Holt as Postmaster General to Professor C. Schaeffer states his willingness to serve as a reference regarding Schaeffer's qualifications for a position his friends are seeking for him. A second holograph letter signed by...
Album of 29 black and white albumen photographs of landscapes, street scenes, monuments, and people in Jericho, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Samaria, Shiloh, Damascus, Athens, Baalbek, Mt. Sinai, Mt. Carmel, and Mt. Hermon. Likely put together from local photographers' work for or...
(1899-1977). One letter (ALS) from lithographer Homer H. Boelter, to an unnamed friend, re his lithography work and sending holiday greetings. Hollywood, CA, January 1956. Laid in [?] (Printers Z242.5.B98 1955). Alpha list.
Includes typescript itinerary for trip Feb.-Mar. 1911.
(1799-1850). One letter (ALS), in French, to Monsieur [?], re Balzac's La Comédie humaine. 13 avril (April) 1844. Gift of Mrs. Edwin Corle. Alpha list.
Three letters (ALS) from Ann (Sturgis) Hooper [wife of Masachusetts Congressman Samuel Hooper] and daughters Annie and Alice, Aprill 1861. Written to Samuel Hooper at the outbreak of the Civil War and describing the uncertain climate in the Washington area...
In hand as of 6/16/11.
Holograph letter written and signed by Horace Greeley from New York to W. W. Corbett, Esq. in Chicago, Illinois on official stationey of the New York Tribune. The letter states that he waited to answer Corbett's letter until he could...
[Civil War Union Lieutenant, 8th Ohio Vols]. One cover letter (ALS) by Ledyard Bill to Benson J. Lessing, a handwritten account Horace Harper Bill's service in the Civil War, and a sketch of his sword and belt. New York, 1867....
Two holograph letters written by Horace Maynard as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee. One letter is addressed to A. J. Fletcher, Tennessee Secretary of State, and concerns "copies of obituary Resolutions", the other is about...
20 letters (ALS), most 1865, to/from Horatio N. Greenlief (14th Maine Infantry) and his wife and children, one carte de visite of him and one of his wife, and a heart-shaped wicker basket that originally housed the materials. The correspondence...
One holograph letter written and signed by Horatio Seymour in Utica, New York to J. R. Simm, Esq. about not giving a lecture at Simm's place since he has declined to lecture for the year.
One letter (ALS) to Lord Rosslyn, re books he is sending, including some of his favorite poems. [London], July 31, 1889. Alpha list.
Printed envelope of House's Printing Telegraph (New Orleans), a device invented by Vermonter Royal E. House, and three paper tapes with printed messages to a Samuel Shapter, re business matters, [ca. mid-latter 1800s]. Alpha list.
Depicting his U.S. Secret Service career.
Holograph letter written in Augusta, Maine, expressing his regrets that Gen. Tyndale was refused permission to visit Washington, D.C.
Hollywood, early 20th century, with Max Sennett, D. W. Griffith, etc. From DER list: "As an employee in the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress, Walls recounts his struggle to develop a film division with the library, his efforts...
Holograph letter written to accompany a list of deceased soldiers of the 8th Connecticut Infantry Regiment for the quarter ending Sept. 30, 1863.
Papers of composer Hubert Klyne Headley, including scores and parts, correspondence, photos, and clippings. Includes score and parts to California Suite and Argentango.
Life history, including time at UCSB, his writings, etc. ? Interviewee(s): Hugh Kenner. Transcript: None found yet.
Two letters (ALS) from English writer, literary critic, biographer, poet and religious writer Fausset to [E. H. W.?] Meyerstein. Saffron Walden, Essex, UK , 1946 , 1947. Alpha list.
(1863?-1903). One letter (ALS) from underwriter in Lloyd's and novelist Scott, re changes to his book, Slave of the Lamp. Merstham, Surrey, [U.K.], 21 Aug. 1891. Alpha list.
Holograph letter written at Camp Arlington, Virginia, to Sevilla Smith.
Leaflets, flyers
Includes tapes labeled Hpsy dinner, n.d. (1), Hpsy, n.d. (6), George Brown, 1986 (1); Thomas Greening, 1986 (1); Paul DuBois and Jane Hutchins, n.d. (1); Michael Murphy, n.d. (2); Stanley Keleman, 1986; Saybrook Institute, n.d. (1); Maria Watts - Rollo...
One note (ANS) to unidentified senator introducing Mr. Humphreys who will undertake the examination that the senator requested. Washington, D.C., Jan. 30, 1899. Found in unsorted Wyles SC.
From dealer description: A collection of 414 photographs concerning political and historical events that took place in Hungary in 1944 through 1946. There are four groups of photographs in the collection, the largest of which contains 161 photos and portray...
Newsletter
Broadside. [Oversize boxed].
Broadside. [Oversize boxed].
Broadside. [Oversize boxed].
10 documents, broadsheets and flyers, related to hypnotism, ca. 1904.
Holograph letter written and signed by I. A. Terry to J. I. Frost in Monroe, Michigan about a letter from Vera-Cruz that claims an extra session of the Mexican Congress has been called to consider the affairs of Texas and...
Four letters (ALS) from I. R. (Ike) Thompson to William L. Vennard, 1861-1862. Includes description of 10 ½ day coach ride to Salt Lake City and account of the area.
Printed illustrations, mostly Lincoln portraits, from her Early Life of Abraham Lincoln (1896).
Interviews with principal players in orchestras conducted by Stravinsky during his Los Angeles years. Done in conjunction with the Igor Stravinsky Festival held in Santa Barbara, ca. Apr. 30 - May 6, 1995. Interviewer: David E. Russell, ca. Apr. 30...
In hand as of 6/16/11. ++ oversize boxed.
Programs and publications re Abraham Lincoln, ca. 1990s. .1 linear foot (1 folder).
One unsigned holograph speech about accepting the nomination for the Illinois State Senate as part of the Republican Party. The speech praises the principles of the Republican Party and its members, including Abraham Lincoln and General Grant.
The New York Journal & Patriotic Register, September 20, 1796, 4pp., disbound. Along with considerable news regarding the ongoing French Revolutionary War (Bonaparte is mentioned in one story), the back page includes two illustrated(with stock figures) runaway slave advertisements (and...
(Leroi Jones). One typescript signed poem, "Biography," 1983. Purchase
Reproduction of original watercolor. Limited edition, No. 34 of 200. [Wyles Map Cabinet 1/1].
Incomplete printed text of an anti-abolitionist tract addressed primarily to the "Freemen of Tennessee," n.d.
Purchase, Fine Books Oriental
241 hand-colored photographs with captions in Russian, featuring scenes of Agra, Benares, Bombay, Delhi (India), and Colombo, Kandy (Ceylon). Includes two additional black and white photos of sea anemones. Images include landmarks such as the Taj Mahal, scenic views, elephants,...
Large album contains 170 black and white photographs, primarily of India (Dehli, Acre, Bombay, Simla, Benares) and Ceylon (Colombo). Other locations include Australia (New South Wales, Sydney), Egypt (Suez Canal), Fiji, Greece (Corfu), the Himalayas, Hungary (Budapest), Italy (Rome, Naples,...
22 black and white photographs, a few with captions in English, showing the Kamarhatty (West Bengal) Jute Mill, jute flats, a snake charmer, a side-wheeler, earthquake damage on Bentinck St. (Calcutta) from the 8.7 magnitude 1897 Assam earthquake. Also views...
Album, compiled by American G.I., contains 153 small black and white snapshots, some with captions in English. Photos primarily feature local population, many at work; street views of Calcutta; and village scenes. Most photos taken at the Bengal Air Depot...
Cite as: [Identification of item], India manuscript and printing collection, Printers Mss 50. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Includes images of tea plantation, mountainous terrain.
58 black and white snapshots likely taken by a British soldier, with numerous images of colleagues, camps, countryside including hill country, a few images with Indians at everyday activities, some captions, locations include Seringapatam (Mysore), Ramsami, Cawnpur, Ghora Decca Road,...
Collection contains printed ephemera relating to India, including: booklet commemorating the Golden Jubilee (1894-1944) of the Appah & Co. firm; maps of India, Calcutta and Howrah.
Broadside, 1852, with lyrics to song by George Bombarger, including references to then recent Mexican War.
28 views, ... .05 linear feet (1 folder).
Album contains 167 black and white photographs of various sizes, with captions written in French. Locations include Cambodia and North Vietnam (Hanoi, Tonkin). Images feature Buddhist artwork, temples and statues; vegetation; animals; ocean; homes; agriculture; boats; and the village life...
Cite as: [Identification of item], Indochina photograph album, Bernath Mss 375. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Leather-bound photo album dated circa 1950 ( per dealer estimate). This date would place the photographs as being contemporaneous with Indonesia's independence from the Netherlands (declared 1945, acknowledged 1949). Contains 57 black and white photographs, no captions or references to...
Book made of bone covers with hand carved lizards, pages of tree bark with accordion folds and hand painted drawings and diagrams, including stylized insects, symmetrical designs, and zodiac calendar used to determine auspicious days for weddings, funerals, and other...
169 b/w photographs, captions in Dutch, of destroyed and rebuilt sugar, rubber, and coffee factories and plantations during the early period of Indonesian independence. Includes images of Krian, Djatibarang, Pangka, Karang Soewoeng (sugar); Agrabinta, Tendjo Resnu, Pasir Badak, Tjikareo, Sankyang...
2 items; one rib and one thigh bone.
Flyer answering frequently questions re history and goals of the IWW. Chicago, n.d. Alpha list.
Album consists of 44 photos mounted 1-3 to a page on one side of leaves. Size of photos varies but most range from 8 x 6cm. up to 11 x 8cm. one is much larger than the rest at 18...
Newsletter and flyers
Conference prgram
Programs and flyers
Newsletter and flyers
Includes articles, lectures, meeting handouts - some of which are copies of articles/writings by theologians such as Reinhold Niebuhr.
In-hand as of 6/16/11.
Conference programs, flyers
Printed brochure with photographs and description of the Ceremonial.
Coerrespondence, flyers
198 albumen photographs, no captions, beginning with images of Iowa (signs indicating Keosauqua and Eldon - street scenes, family, houses, bicycle riders, African Americans, parade with tractors, soldiers, Native Americans, and women on bikes); later images of unidentified areas of...
Two diaries, apparently by a lawyer who represented various soldiers. Bloomfield, Iowa, ca. 1861-1864.
[Private, Indiana Infantry, 63rd Regiment (Vol), Company G]. One Civil War document: Discharge, 3 June 1865.
Album contains 48 black and white photographs with pencil captions in French, taken primarily in Tehran (Iran). Images feature street scenes, buildings, construction, local peoples, markets, schools, cafes in Iran; a few shots in Zurich, Bern (Switzerland), Vienna (Austria), Lyon...
Album of 195 black and white photographs, mostly snapshots by a U.S. soldier, presumably stationed at Andimeshk judging by clippings pasted in back. Images primarily are of fellow soldiers, scenic views, vehicles, local peoples, and architecture. One photo features several...
Cite as: [Identification of item], Iraq Glass Slide collection, Bernath Mss 272. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Includes many images of Baghdad, Basra, and Samarra, after defeat of the Turks in WWI. Captions in English.
One holograph letter written from San Francisco to E. W. Stoughton, attorney, regarding a visit from Lord Loftus of Australia.
One letter (ALS) to [?] Bryce, re book Richman has written, 29 Oct. 1911. Laid in Richman, California underSpain and Mexico (1911).
Two letters (TLS) and one note (ANS) from American author Irving Stone to Donald Davidson, UCSB University Librarian, re National Library Week. Beverly Hills , 1962. Alpha list.
(1554-1614). 1 ALS. London, 1 September 1611. [Returned to Foot Collection]
One letter (ALS) to her cousin Ellen, including mention of Samuel P. Colt, industrialist and politician from Rhode Island. Nice, France, 29 Mar. n.y. Alpha list.
Two charred items: partial draft board list and a sheet of Bank of America stickers, along with a typed note from weatherman-5 about the history of the items. Gift from "Weatherman 5" to UCSB Archives, with note addressed to [Lori]...
Includes "The People, Yes: Isla Vista" and "7776" pins. The number 7776 refers to the number of UCSB students who signed a petition calling for an open hearing in the case of Professor William Allen, a popular Anthropology professor who...
Replica of "Bank of Amerika" poster, in form of a check, with image of bank burning in background, ca 1969
Scrapbook of Isobel Field Strong, daughter of Fanny Stevenson and stepdaughter of Robert Louis Stevenson. Includes photographs of Carpinteria area, some of Serena, the Field home
Seems to be a mercantile ledger book, listing food products, and entries of 'consigned' and 'received' throughout. Inside front cover has notation (translated) "From the [?] of the accounts made with Barolomeo [?] in the house of..."
One letter (ALS), in Russian 1978. Laid in Gamalei's Razvitie khlorenkhimy lista (QK746.G36 1978). From the Katherine Esau Collection. Alpha list.
One printed letter to the "Soldiers of the Army of the Valley," admonishing them for leaving the battle at Bell Grove on Cedar Creek (Oct. 22, 1864) to engage in looting. Head Quarters Valley District, Oct. 22, 1864. Cat. no.:...
One letter (TLS) to Dawson's Book Shop of Los Angeles, re Los Angeles Times delay in publishing his book, [My Seventy Years in California]. Los Angeles, Oct. 19 , 1927. Alpha list.
Holograph letter written by J. C. W. Brenan from New Orleans informing his father of his imminent departure on the Steamer Granada for Nicaragua to join General William Walker's army, in which he was promised the position of Lieutenancy in...
One handwritten letter (ALS) from Pierce to Katie Child of Genoa Illinois, discussing her trip to San Francisco and her new position as a teacher in Genoa. Jackson, [IL?], Apr. 21, 1867. Removed from Montgomery Collection (Wyles Mss 9). Alpha...
1 letter (ALS) from Congressman Briggs to a Mr. [Pevare?], saying he will send the document requested. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., Jan. 31, 1880. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
[Civil War Union Captain, 1st Ohio Artillery, Battery H]. One Civil War document (ADS), to Captain A. G. Mason, re arrest and detention of a mule team, 3 Feb. 1863.
Letters in difficult German script, at least some from J. F. Lüning, some during Civil War era but Civil War content unclear. Some mold problems, not all removed, stored in poly bag. In hand as of 10/27/10 - provenance unknown....
[Sargeant, New York Infantry, 89th Regiment, Company K]. Civil War correspondence to his family, 1861-1862, 1865.
One carbon copy letter (TL) to Stanley F. Horn, author of The Army of Tennessee and one letter (TLS) response from Horn, both 1944, re Barnard's reminiscences as veteran of the 5th Cavalry, formerly the 2nd Cavalry, organized by Jefferson...
One letter, (ALS) responding to an unknown correspondent re the description of "the little chapel" in his book, John Inglesant. Lansdowne, [England], [4 December] 1898. Found in: J. Henry Shorthouse, John Inglesant (London, 1882). Alpha list.
[Rear Admiral, Commanding South Atlantic Blockading Squadron]. Fifteen Civil War documents, mainly orders to Acting Master Benjamin Dyer, Commanding the U.S.S. 'Home,' re matters such as transferring men and equipment to other ships, and being appointed a member of Naval...
Printed poem titled "The Glorious 22nd," written by J. J. Snook, a former Union soldier of the 22nd Michigan Infantry. The poem describes General George Henry Thomas' selection of the 22nd Michigan for his headquarter guard.
[Civil War Union Colonel, 20th Maine Vols]. Photocopy of one letter (ALS) to Lieutenant George B. Herendeen. Field near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 6 July 1863.
[Col.]. Engraved portrait, n.d.
Three letters (ALS), from various correspondents, thanking him for the unorthodox work he has sent them , 1910-1911. Alpha list.
Holograph letter from attorney J. T. Copeland to General N. M. Carr, regarding a letter from General Boynton and the reputation of General Rosecrans. Written from Orange Park, Fla.
This oral history/video project was completed in conjunction with the acquisition of the J. V. Todd Record Collection; the project, which was completed at the Todd residence in Seattle, Washington, involved the production of a 90 minute video of the...
One letter (ALS) from ex-C.S.A. Minnick to his daughter Mary B. Poppenheim re copies of book relating to Civil War era Rock Island Prison, Mar. 4, 1919. Found in unsorted Wyles SC.
Papers
One note (TNS) re his next novel, All on the Never-Never. Castle Hedingham, Halstead, Essex, n.d. Alpha list.
Pre-World War II period, mainly in the U.S. Marine Corps, on the U.S.S. Honolulu. Includes numerous photos.
Holograph letter written at the Hermitage recommending a good plantation manager to Maj. Gen. Pillow.
Holograph letter written and signed by Jacob J. Weaver from Uniontown, Maryland to Mrs. Wilmot G. Holmes in Charleston, South Carolina to inform her that her copy of "Manual of Military Surgery", written by his late friend Dr. Julian Chisolm,...
[1st Lieutenant]. One printed document [DS]: Special Orders No. 211 re officers reporting to Retiring Board. Washington, D.C., 19 Aug. 1870.
(1896-1963). Typescript carbon, "Le Probleme de la Connaissance et la Theorie Quantique," by French engineer and writer, Jacques Spitz, n.d. Alpha list.
Autograph, n.d. Alpha list.
One b/w mounted photograph, ca. 7 1/4" x 12", date?.
One handwritten telegraph message to John Sherman, Secretary of the Treasury, re case of a Mrs. Martha A. Walker. House of Representatives, 5 Apr. 1880.
Two engraved maps of Anacapa Island, by artist Whistler, 1854. Gift from Michele Aldrich
Bound holographic love poems, many to Hannah [Blakely?], and essays on themes like matrimony, [ca. early 1800s]. Probably part of the Eric Walter Bligh Collection - note by Bligh laid in the volume. Alpha list.
[Civil War Union Private, 1st Rhode Island Detached Militia, Company K]. Photocopies of 11 letters (ALS) to his mother, 1861.
Mention of Malta and Constantinople on eve of Crimean War. Purchase, HCA
One Civil War era holograph letter written at Camp Bigelow, South Carolina, concerning military camp life.
One letter (ALS) from Barrie, the Scottish author, dramatist, and creator of Peter Pan, to [Augustine?] Birrell mainly about his stay in Brighton. [Brighton?], 27 Mar. 1930. Alpha list.
(1879-1958). Three letters (TLS), to George Sterling, 1920; [?] Weymer, 1927; and Boyd [?], 1934. Alpha list.
One limited edition portrait, by the illustrator Frank C. Pape , 1930. Alpha list. [Oversize boxed].
Print of author James Branch Cabell, by Frank C. Papé , 1930. One of 210 impressions. Oversize boxed. Alpha list.
218 color slides, most around an American-run mission, possibly Baptist, in the Central African Republic, many of construction projects including hospital, churches, and houses. Very few captions, few locations noted (one is Kpokpo). Includes images of markets, local inhabitants and...
One document (ADS): Last Will and Testament. Marblehead, Massachusetts, 1 July 1734. Purchase, Mar. 11
Two documents (ADS), re petition of James Chase to King Charles II, for payment of money owed, 1673. Purchase, G. Titus. Alpha list.
Thirteen items of Barbara DeWolfe's grandfather, James Dewing, including a photograph, materials relating to his service in the 18th Regiment of Connecticut Infantry, Company A, during the Civil War (discharge papers, widow's pension, GAR receipts), publishing/piano manufacturing business in San...
Contains items relating to the service of James F. Aduddell, Sergeant in Company F, 17th US Infantry during the Spanish-American War. There are 11 letters from Aduddell written from Columbus, Ohio, New York, Puerto Rico and the Philippines. There are...
Manuscript letter signed by Colonel James F. Curtis, written to accompany a list of deceased soldiers of the California 4th Infantry for the quarter ending June 30, 1865. List is not included. Written from Drum Barracks, California.
[Captain, Ohio Infantry, 70th Regiment, Company B]. Civil War collection, including extensive correspondence (mainly to wife), along with diary, documents and newspaper accounts of the unit's activities, ca. 1861-1866.
HPA. Oral history of Dr. James F. T. Bugental. Interviews with the humanistic-existential psychotherapist and first president of the Association for Humanistic Psychology. Interviewer: David E. Russell, 1986, 1989-1990. Interviewee(s): James F. T. Bugental. Transcript: Unedited and edtied rought drafts....
Special supplement of the Austin American-Statesman (Austin, Texas), October 25, 1964, dedicated to Dobie, folklorist and newspaper columnist who wrote about rural and early days of Texas. [Oversize boxed].
Includes material relating to Bugental's work as a consultant, as well as examples of his lectures, teaching, writing.
. [U.S. Congressman and Secretary of State]. One black and white cabinet card size portrait, n.d.
One holograph letter written from New York, regarding Austin's request for autographs for his collection.
Holograph letter written and signed by James Grant Wilson on official stationery of the Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission, from its headquarters at Tribune Building, New York to the Honorable Joseph H. Choate. The letter states that it is the desire of...
[Civil War Union Captain, New York Infantry, 10th Regiment (Vols)]. 2 ADS and envelope, 1862, 1863. [moved to Wyles Mss 87 on 7/13/06]
[Private, Illinois Cavalry, 8th Regiment, Company K]. One Civil War document (ADS): Discharge, 23 Apr. 1862.
(1865-1935). One b/w photo, one letter (ALS), one picture postcard, and one memorial service program at the University of Chicago, with "Quotations from the Works and Letters of Dr. Brested" by Robert M. Hutchins, ca. 1900-1936. Alpha list.
One letter (ALS) on Pear Tree Press stationery, to [S. Winard], re publishing concerns, [1929]. Laid in Miles Tomalin, Fool's Luck, Ten Poems. Alpha list.
Nine letters (ALS), most to friend P. J. [?] re printing and personal matters. Purchase from Heritage Bookshop, accessioned 10/26/83. Alpha list.
Three letters (TLS) from American poet and book publisher Laughlin to Bill Butler about publishing matters, including news about Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Gregory Corso. New York , 1965-1966. Alpha list.
(1873-1942). Collection, ca. 1911-1942, of printed poems by James Leroy Stockton, poet, educator, and Vice-President of Santa Barbara State College (ca. 1921- 1925); also "Santa Barbara Alumni Chapter, Phi Delta Kappa, Songs," with words by Stockton, and obituary. Transfer from...
[Lt. Gen.]. Two engraved portraits, [ca. 1862].
Holograph copy of Civil War poem "The Blue and the Gray," 1867, by Private Dalzell. Note states that Dalzell originally wrote the poem in February 1867. This copy is dated July 16, 1917.
[First Corporal, Iowa Infantry, 30th Regiment (Vol), Company B]. One Civil War document (ADS): Appointment, 1 Dec. 1863.
Autograph, reading "Department of State, James Madison," [ca. 1801-1809]. Alpha list.
Certificate of Register. Cincinnati, Ohio, 27 May 1824. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas , 1968. Alpha list.
[Governor of Pennsylvania]. Broadside, "Inaugural Address of Governor Pollock, of Pennsylvania: Delivered at Harrisburg, on Tuesday, the 16th day of January, 1855." [Oversized, boxed].
Six letters [ALS] from James S. Gray, private in the 25th Maine Infantry, Co. K, including descriptions of camp life, nearby regiments, southern plantations. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
Large album contains approximately 160 black and white photographs taken primarily in China and the Philippines, with others presumably in Argentina. China photos include numerous street views featuring buildings, carts, rickshaws, local peoples; harbor views of junks and other boats,...
Approximately 890 black and white prints, most 8x10, taken in many countries. Most taken by Charles Phelps Cushing and distributed by James Caleb Sawders. A few photos give Sawders credit alone. A few others were taken by Jack Lewis, distributed...
Early Santa Barbara and Goleta Valley blacksmith. Interviewer: Prob. Gibbs Smith, 21 June 1969. Interviewee(s): James Smith. Transcript: Yes, but doesn't look long enough for 120 minute tape. Related materials: None found.
One letter (TLS) from Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, Battle Creek, Michigan, 10 July 1938, re medical research. Also one b/w portrait of Case , 1905; one b/w photo of Case with [x-ray machine ?] , 1917; and one later color...
Three notes (ANS) from the American publisher Fields [Ticknor and Fields] to [Henry Wadsworth] Longfellow, 1874, and others, 1879, n.d. Alpha list.
(1894-1961). One letter (TLS), signed by American author, cartoonist, and wit James Thurber and Elliott Nugent, to William Ashworth, Santa Barbara State College, English Department, granting permission to read selections from the play, The Male Animal, in his classroom. New...
One letter (TLS) to Mrs. F. Maurice French, in response to earlier letter from her (carbon), thanking her for the gift of Maxl, apparently a piece of driftwood more-or-less in the shape of a dog; both letters written very much...
One letter (TLS) to John Moore, re James Truslo Adams' cousin Frederic L. Adams (a son of Henry A. Adams), an Episcopal clergyman and playwright who end up living in southern California and who got into various sorts of trouble....
[New York Infantry, 136th Regiment (Vol), Company G]. One Civil War document (ADS): Discharge, 26 Dec. 1862.
One holograph letter written and signed by J. W. Ripley in Augusta, Maine to Mr. Bond and Sons, watchmakers in Boston, to ask that they deliver a watch to Mr. James Baker. Two telegrams written on official stationery of the...
Family and local history collection of b/w photos and clippings relating to the Calkins family and Santa Barbara area, including Zaca Lake Ranch.
One photograph album and associated prints, various locations and content, including WWII soldiers; four handwritten journals/notebooks in German (see notes on contents with each).
Album with 79 snapshot and commercial black and white photos. Mostly Tokyo street scenes, including Asakusa. Owner unclear but likely a soldier or military dependent. Tourist attractions (sumo wrestlers, mud baths, fisherwomen of Onjuku, etc.) and local scenes. Six photos...
Album contains 237 small black and white snapshots and commercial photographs of Japan and China, with penciled captions in English. Locations include Nikko, Mount Koya, Lake Biwa & Hikone, Takayama (Japan), Peking (China). Images include portraits of families the photographer...
Cite as: [Identification of item], Japan and China picture postcard album, Bernath Mss 309. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
22 black and white snapshots. Probably celebrating some festival [which?]. All images seem to be of same event. Stamp in album says London, front cover says Photographic Souvenirs, so taken by British visitor? No captions. Location unknown, but wooded hills...
Album contains 137 black and white and hand-colored photographs, with a few captions in English. Images include markets and vendor stalls, including dolls, textiles, fish; rice paddies, harvest, and processing; men, women, and children in traditional clothing; gardens and scenic...
18 hand-colored images; Kimbei Kusakabe, photographer. .05 linear feet (1 folder).
Cite as: [Identification of item], Japan photograph album, Wyles Mss 109, Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Japan photograph album, Bernath Mss 299. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
140+ black/white snapshots of Japanese men, women, children and a Japanese wedding party. Captions on back of a couple of prints only. Purchase: eBay
About 166 black and white snapshots of post-World War II Japan, taken presumably by an Army officer. Some captions, in English, on backs of photos. Identified locations include Ise Grand Shrine (Mie Prefecture); Kōshien, Takarazuka, Nishinomiya (Hyōgo Prefecture); Kure (Hiroshima...
23 black and white snapshots, no captions, with images of geishas, theatre, gardens, flooded streets, Sumo wrestling, groups of men, women and children, location unknown. Difficult to date, but one photo includes European whose dress suggest 1920s or thereabouts.
Appears to be documentation of a shipwreck, damage to ship, and repair along Japanese coast, but a European (possibly British or American) in many photos, who may have been the captain, overseeing the work. No captions, but note in English,...
Cite as: [Identification of item], Japan, Siberia, and U.S. photograph album, Bernath Mss 354. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Large lacquer album contains 185 black and white photographs, compiled by an American G.I. most likely associated with Tokyo Army Hospital. Photos show post-war Tokyo street scenes, buildings, docks and shipboard views; military personnel in uniform and staff; and a...
Two scrapbooks with hotel brochures, ... from a tour around Japan, and stops in China and Korea, 1936
Interviewee(s): Frank Morri and Sigeniko Meano; Cathy Chiu; class discussion.
Two ink on paper examples of calligraphy, one of a poem by Otaki Ringetsu (1791-1875), Kyoto female poet. Alpha list.
Large family album contains 174 black and white snapshots and commercial photographs. There are many professional portraits, including large groups, husbands and wives, young children, and sibling portraits. Some photos mark occasions, including what appear to be a wedding and...
many photos and photo albums; substantial internment material including correspondence, newsletters, and photographs.
Eight black and white negatives.
[see description in Schedule and Report].
All hand-colored prints.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Japanese woodblock print book collection, Printers Mss 61. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
100 card set, almost complete, with 97 of 100 picture cards and 99 of 100 of script cards; housed in original wooden box.
1964 portfolio calendar with woodblock prints for each month.
Two fan albums featuring 28 separate Meiji/Taisho era Japanese artists, as well as eight Hiroshige reprints. Fan albums, created as marketing tools, were a compilation of a season's available designs, commissioned by some of the most eminent artists of the...
Interviews and talks by Monaghan re Lincoln scholarship, American western history, and development of the William Wyles Collection at UCSB. Interviewer: Gibbs M. Smith, UCSB Library Oral History Program, ca. 1975. Transcript: for tapes 1 & 2 only. Related materials:...
Souvenir programs from Jazz and popular music concerts including Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Stan Kenton, Nat "King" Cole and Sarah Vaughan, Lionel Hampton, Jan Garber and The Mills Brothers, Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians.
Six letters (TLS) from correspondents including Witter Bynner, Joseph Henry Jackson, Henry Miller, Charles Nordhoff, and Wallace Stegner. The April 7, 1947 Miller letter, mainly concerning his book Into the Night Life, is to Merle Armitage, who added a note...
(1820-1897). One holograph poem by English poet and novelist Ingelow, n.d. Alpha list.
Two-volume, clothbound, holographic manuscript on the life of Leonardo da Vinci, in french, with 1884 date inscribed on the front of volume one.
Papers of Santa Barbara City Council member and Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors member.
Pamphlets, newsletters, and other ephemeral underground press material.
Family and local history, mainly Santa Ynez Valley, including experiences as a teacher and, later, curator of the Santa Ynez Historical Museum. Interviewer: William Shanbrom, for UCSB Oral History Program, 1975 Transcript: Transcript: Should be, or research paper based on...
(1980-1973). One letter (TLS) from Jeannette Rankin, pacifist and first woman to be elected to the United States House of Representatives, to Albert Krichmar, UCSB librarian, sending regrets she cannot help in compiling a bibliography on the women's rights movement...
Engravings of Jefferson Davis and wife, along with autograph and note (ANS) by Jefferson Davis, all mounted and framed.
Two Civil War era political cartoons, including one by Currier & Ives. [Oversize boxed].
Portraits. [Oversize boxed].
52 black and white photos, with captions in Danish, showing the Jendarata rubber plantation and factory in Lower Perak, then part of the Federated Malay States (now Malaysia), which was established by Danish engineer Aage Westenholz, uncle of Karen Blixen...
Includes library correspondence, records, and newsletters, as well as family photographs, financial records, and thesis of Jens Nyholm, Chairman of the UCSB Library Friends and a book collector. Accompanies a collection of books, mainly European literature.
Three black/white albumen prints of Jerusalem scenes, plus two prints of Cairo and one of Palermo. Purchase, Margolis & Moss
One letter (TLS) from Jess Adkins, of Jess Adkins & Zack Terrell Amusement Enterprises (Cole Bros. Circus and Clyde Beatty's Gigantic Trained Wild Animal Exhibition) to James V. Chloupek of Oakland, CA, re the circus business as it pertained to...
Holograph journal of Jesús Ramos, written in Spanish and includes mostly lists of expenses. Journal consists of two notebooks bound together by a red thread.
Album of 271 black and white photographs and other ephemera put together by Jesse Bottomley while on a West Indies and Panama Canal cruise on the S. S. Haiti from August 20 to September 7, 1936. Some are professional/commercial photos...
(1824-1902). One letter (ALS) to Mrs. Gorham, providing an introduction for her nurse and a Mr. Milo Wilson, and commenting on Mrs. Gorham's garden. Los Angeles, 14 July 1902.
Set of 12 black and white photo postcards and accompanying multi-language descriptive pamphlet , 1965. Alpha list.
12 advertising cards for Jewish businesses in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. Purchase, HCA
111 original press photographs housed in two portfolios depicting Jewish immigration to Palestine during the 1930s, the Arab revolt of 1936, American anti-Nazi protests in support of Jewish rights, the liberation of the notorious Belsen concentration camp in 1945, post-war...
Includes issues of Fun Letsten Churbn: Tsaytshrift fur Geshikhte fun Yidishn Lebn betn Natsi-Rezshim - The Last Extermination: Journal for the History of the Jewish People During the Nazi Regime (ed. by Israel Kaplan; Munich, 1946-1948); Nuestra Ayuda (Mexico: Sociedad...
Mainly "War Service Record of Soldiers, Sailors and Marines" forms, completed in 1920 for the Pennsylvania War History Commission, and supporting documentation. Includes information for Captain Jacques M. Swaab of the 22nd Aero Squadron, noted as one of the ten...
Four letters by Ordinary Seaman Jim Gifford of the USS bark Release, written while serving off the North Carolina coast, while helping blockade the coast. [Expand].
One letter (TLS) to Mr. [?] Norbutt, re the writing process, 5 Feb. 1979. Purchase from Maurice Neville, 1979. Alpha list.
(1841-1913). One letter (ALS) from F. M. DeWitt to Charles W. Kozlay, and related material regarding inscription in Miller's book, First Fam'lies of the Sierras, laid in that book , 1911. Gift of Pearl Chase. Alpha list.
Report, Memos
Printed song and jokebook issued by Joe Davis Inc., Music Publishers, 1658 Broadway, New York City.
One engraving, in uniform, with inscription re making all heads same size (for composite image?), n.d..
Interviewer: DER. Interviewee(s): Joe Schwartz. Transcript: None found. Related materials: Published material by JS.
About 400 separate images (many copy negatives and copy prints) compiled by Santa Barbara photographer Joel Conway, the bulk relating to the aviation activities of the Christofferson brothers and the Loughead (Lockheed) Aviation Company (headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA for...
Interviews with the Santa Barbara photographer and collector of historical photographs, re development of his collection, early motion picture and television history and stars, including Flying A Studio in Santa Barbara and 1950s House on Un-American Activities. Interviewer: Prob. Gibbs...
One holograph letter written and signed by J. R. Poinsett to David Currier, Esq. of Salem, Massachusetts about having received Currier's letter and enclosing a report from the Commissioner of Pensions accompanied by regulations that Currier must comply with to...
One leaf from Natural History, printed by Johann Froben, Basle, 1525. This leaf and the accompanying description came from a copy of Otto F. Ege's Original Leaves from Famous Books. Special has a copy of this work but this leaf...
101black and white snapshots, various sizes, some with captions in English, most noting family first names and one of Grandpa Johanson. Includes images of men, women and children (many of Bud and Helen) in groups and individually, on farms in...
notes with collection say this relates to the Standard Oil Company Expedition of 1913-1914. Another note says Mongolia Oil Co., acreage leased from Chinese Government. How are these related? Very few captions (in English), some printed on the negatives.
117 black/white photos, with handwritten captions at end of album, of the travels of American seaman John A. Rice. Includes images of Japan, China (Shanghai), Hong Kong, and Philippines, most apparently ca. 1932. [expand - see dealer's description].
Biographical notes, letters, photo, journal articles
HPA. The oral history was recorded during a weeklong visit to the archive in 1992. It provides a comprehensive assessment of the life and career of Virginia Satir, including a review of her medical history by Stolzenberg, who was her...
History of the Lisle Fellowship, Inc. Interviewer: [DER?] Apr. 1, 1992. Related materials: Four chapters re Lisle Fellowship and copy of spiral bound A Tiger by the Tail: The Story of the Lisle Fellowship, Inc. Dewitt C. Baldwin, with Patricia...
(1820-1905). One letter ( ALS) from John Bartlett, American writer and publisher, best known for his Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, to the Rev. Cameron Mann, re error in Bartlett's Shakespeare Concordance that Mann has uncovered. Cambridge, [MA], 20 March 1896. Alpha...
Two flyers re Federal Trade Commission (1918) and The Workers Party (n.d.). Laid in Batdorf's The Workers Party (1918). Alpha list.
Broadsides, prospectii, flyers, announcements, quartos, and other printed matter relating to radical poet, steel mill worker, teacher (San Francisco State and elsewhere), rancher, descendant of the New England abolitionist Beecher family, and printer John Beecher and his poetry. Several items...
[General CSA]. One engraved portrait.
Three letters (ALS) from Bellows to unidentified friend, ca. 1900, and one b/w photo of [William?] Bellows , 1933. Also one printed appreciation of John Bellows , 1931. Alpha list.
One printed essay, "The Confederate Diplomatists and Their Shirt of Nessus," n.d. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
Two letters (ALS) from the editor, author, diplomat, anti-slavery and free trade advocate, one discussing at length the shortcomings of an article on Thomas Jefferson, to Chas. Scribners & Sons, 1881-1882.
Holograph letter written on official stationery to Frank B. Tinnelli by John C. Black, as Commissioner of the Department of the Interior Pension Office in Washington, D. C., requesting information regarding Tinnelli's full military service in the Union Army or...
Three engraved portraits, [ca. 1850s-1860s].
Life history of the UCSB speech professor and administrator, including work with the Navy and development of State College of Santa Barbara into a university. Snidecor Hall is named after him. Interviewer: L. Cheek (?), UCSB Library Oral History Program,...
One silk bookmark, with image of Fremont and inscription "Liberty Union: Free Speech, Free Men, Free Territory, Fremont." Possible souvenir of Fremont's Republican Party presidential race in 1856.
[General]. One black/white 5 1/4" x 8" mounted print of Fremont, in later life, "in front of the tree used by Him as his headquarters in 1846, which was afterwards named in honor of him." Santa Cruz, California, 1896.
One holograph letter from John D. Phelan to General Braxton Bragg, written in Montgomery, Alabama. Phelan discusses the death of his son, Watkins Phelan, a captain in the Confederate army.
One letter (ALS) from customer John Bap[?] re Shea's book History of the Catholic Missions among the Indian Tribes of the United States, 1529-1854. Bangor, Dec. 19, 1854. Found in Shea's History ... Alpha list.
Primarily of Civil War related material, including typescript copy of diary and various originals and copies of documents, ca. 1780-1781, 1864-1936.
Interview with the 1977 Russell A. Buchanan Award (for graduating senior majoring in history or history of public policy), re family history, growing up in a Catholic family in the 1960s, life in the 1960s and 1970s, including Vietnam War...
One letter (ALS) from author John Dos Passos to Michael Heskett (Santa Barbara, CA) re 1920s literature, disagreeing strongly with the characterization of it being the 'lost generation'. Westmoreland, VA, Apr. 22, 1966. Also, photocopy of one letter (ALS), to...
One letter (ALS) and one note (ANS) to General Thomas H. Hubbard, re verse Norcross has written, 1912, n.d.. Laid in Norcross' Verses and Translations by a Union Soldier (1912).
Photocopies of 5 Civil War ALS, 1863-1864.
(1803-1889). Collection of Civil War era documents and correspondence re Monitor and other naval vessels, ca. 1862-1866. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
Ms biographical note (AN) in French, on English sculptor and draughtsman Flaxman, [ca. 1833]. Found in Thomas Piroli's Atlas Dantesque de la Divine Comédie (Milan, 1822). Alpha list.
Correspondence, documents, b/w photos, flyers, pamphlets and other printed material relating to the life of a Santa Barbara architect, including his academic days at Grinnell College and Columbia University, his military service during WWI, and his professional association with the...
One letter (ALS) from British artists Furnival to Ian [?], on back of broadside announcement for Semiotic Drawing , 1965. Alpha list.
One Civil War document: Commission, 1863. [Oversize boxed].
One letter (TLS) from New Hampshire politician Winant to Lawrence S. Mayo, re help in editing and publishing the diary of Winant's brother Cornelius. Concord, N.H., April 23 , 1929. Alpha list.
One letter (ALS) to Mr. [?] Dawson excusing himself [from an invitation?]. London, 19 July 1927.
One document (ADS) re a legal case involving Philadelphia merchant, John Goddard,and other parties, ca. 1814. Alpha list.
One carte de visite photograph of Whittier later in life, about age 70, ca. 1870s. Imprint of Warren, Boston. Whittier was active in the abolitionist movement.
1861-1883, n.d. Eight items, including two letters (ALS) to Whittier re requests for autograph and opinion about correspondent's poetry, one 1883 letter (ALS) from him re letters he received in memory of an unknown individual, lists, and one cabinet size...
(1807-1892).. One letter (ALS) from American Quaker poet and abolitionist Whittier, to General Vallejo, addressed as "Dear friend,"saying problems with his eyesight limits what he can write but he is happy to supply the verses requested. Danvers, MA, 25 Jan....
Civil War era documents and letter, 1863-1867.
[Private, Pennsylvania Infantry, 150th Regiment (Vol), Company K]. Civil War collection, including correspondence, documents and photograph, ca. 1862-1864. Article on the collection appears in UCSB Library's Soundings, May 1971.
Articles, Vitae, Biographical Notes
Five documents (ADS), from a Wexford County [Ireland] justice of the peace, re judicial matters such as handing over individuals to the county jail. Alpha list.
The collection contains an edited copy of the catalog of books printed by John Henry Nash of San Francisco, printing specimens, prospectuses, offprints, and related ephemera, the bulk from the 1920s-1930s. Much of the design work for Nash was done...
One letter (TLS) from Nell O'Day, librarian for San Francisco printer John Henry Nash to N. C. Holmes, responding to query about the printing of Margaret Collier Graham's Gifts and Givers, Mar. 30,1928. Alpha list.
[Captain]. Photostat of typescript statement, "An Unpublished Lincoln Story," re sending steak to President Lincoln for his breakfast, taken from an autobiography by Woodworth, who was in charge of beef supply for the Army of the Potomac during the Civil...
[Massachusetts Infantry, 21st Regiment (Vol)]. Civil War diary - ms and typescript copies, 1861-1862.
One printed botany volume with extensive handwritten annotations , seemingly sightings of different plants around Weymouth and other areas of southern England, ca. 1835-1863. Volume begins with p. 213, no title, likely volume 2 of 2 volume set. Bookplate of...
Over 100 written leaves (tissue copies of his letters, in English) from the chief engineer of a project to construction a railroad from Port of Mejillones in present-day Chile (then controlled by Bolivia) to the Caracoles mines in La Paz...
One letter (TLS) from the Chairman of The Times (London) to C. E. Wright of Hollywood, CA, re sending him a copy of Britain's Homage. London, January 1953. Alpha list.
One letter (TLS) to Harry Owsley, holiday greetings. Headquarters Punitive Expedition, U.S.A., Colonia Dublan, Mexico, 3 Jan. 1916. Alpha list.
(1860-1948). One letter (TLS) from Pershing, on General of the Armies stationery, to The Academy Press, thanking them for book they have sent. Washington, [D.C.], April 30 , 1923. Alpha list.
(1862-1933). One letter (ALS) from American author John Jay Chapman to M. Jusserand re his war play. Tarrytown-on-Hudson, July 6 , 1930. Alpha list.
Album and accompanying documentation for a soldier who was assigned to Fiji during World War II, injured, and returned home to McCloskey General Hospital in Texas with honorable discharge. Album contains black and white photographs, postcards, booklets and printed ephemera,...
Life history, with the former aircraft company president and aeronautical engineer, re history of Northrop Aviation and the "Flying Wing," Interviewer: Dick Thurston. Interviewee(s): John Knudsen Northrop. Transcript: Three typescript versions. Related materials: The 3 cds are in the box...
Four letters (ALS) with Edward E. Bradbury and Postmaster, Richmond, Virginia, re Civil War experiences and long lost book, 1880.
One letter (ALS), re business matters at a local land office. Lancaster [PA?], 29 May 1806. Alpha list.
Five b/w photos and one earlier photogravure of artist John Marin. Gift of John Gillespie. Alpha list.
Four proofs of engravings on boxwood by John Maximus, privately printed by William Edwin Rudge, Sons, New York City, ca. 1936; one proof, from a brush drawing by John Maximus, lithograph end papers for Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada, by...
One letter (TLS) to John Coulthard, thanking him for kind words about his book. Tewkesbury, England, 29 May 1962. Laid in Your English Words: A Book about Them. Alpha list.
(Viscount, 1838-1923). Six letters (ALS) to [?] Birrell, re personal matters , 1904- 1923. Alpha list.
Two letters (ALS) , 1910 , 1914 from John Morley to Augustine Birrell, laid in Birrel's copy of Morley's book Miscellanies, Fourth Series (1908). Alpha list.
(grandson of William Penn; Lt. Governor of Pennsylvania, 1763-1771, 1773- 1776). one letter (ALS) to General William Thompson (1736-1781), regretting that Thompson will not be able to dine with him, 18 [June 1781?]. Alpha list.
Mainly articles and microcassettes (interviews by Hall?) re various groups such as Heaven's Gate and Aum Shinrikyo.
[Private, New York Infantry, 42nd Regiment (Vol), Company C]. One journal, earliest entries dealing with Civil War service, 1861-1921.
One carte de visite photograph of Ruskin at about age 40, ca. 1860s. Imprint of Elliot and Fry, London.
Slides, pirnts, negs, and related.
Civil War correspondence, discharge, clippings of letters printed in an unidentified newspapers, and handwritten poem, "Marching through Georgia: A Ballad of 1863," of a private in the Iowa Cavalry, 4th Regiment (Vol), Company A.
One letter (ALS) from author Sanford to Harden Goldstein, responding to request for information about his earlier publications. Encino, California, 12 May 1947. Alpha list.
One holograph poem, untitled. Arlington, Mass., November 1879. Alpha list.
(1827-1916). One holograph poem, "At Sea." Arlington, Mass., 31Jan. 1880. [CDCC]. Alpha list.
Mainly [Self Esteem ?] Committee meetings and Self Esteem Task Force, plus two phone interviews with Mrs. John Vasconcellos (mother). Interviewer: David E. Russell, [1993] Interviewee(s): Mrs. John Vasconcellos [mother of John Vasconcellos] Related materials: JV HPA collection - there...
One letter (TLS) to Captain Robert Catlin re copies of journal Kearney's father kept in Africa. New York, 7 Nov. 1889.
(1863-1919). One letter (ALS) to Dona Carolina [?] re his forthcoming book, The Trail of the Lonesome Pine. Big Stone Gap, Virginia, 30 Sept. 1908. Alpha list.
One letter (ALS) to [Robert] Sweet re Lloyd's writing and religious issues, Apr. 30 , 1935. Laid in Lloyd's Dawn-thought on the Reconciliation: A Volume of Pantheistic Impressions and Glimpses of Larger Religion (Sweet BL220.L6 1904). [Sweet]. Alpha list.
Pen and ink drawing by American illustrator John Wolcott Adams, "New York in 1660." Laid in Maud Wilde Goodwin's Historic New York: The Half Moon Papers (New York: Putnam's , 1901). Alpha list.
The collection includes original acetate disc recordings from the collection of Dixieland trumpeter Johnny Lucas, including acetates of Lucas' bands, airchecks of the Bing Crosby show and other unidentified recordings.
Some correspondence but mainly Robitscher's writings, primarily on psychiatry and the law.
One holograph letter written in Grafton and dated 7th March 1865 by Jon Warren about enclosing a check for Mrs. A. E. Warren and her children, who are also his grandchildren. A holograph receipt written in Grafton to Mr. Jonathan...
Holograph letter written at camp near Black River.
Family album containing 162 black and white snapshots of Jerash, Zarqa, Amman, Suweileh (Jordan) and Jerusalem, Bethlehem (Israel), with captions in English. Many photos feature the same woman and several little boys, most likely wife and children of the photographer....
107 black and white photos (removed from album) taken presumably by an American diplomatic employee in Jordan. Includes two large photos of the embassy staff with some people identified on the backs. Also includes two color postcards of Jordan, a...
(Pennsylvania Congressman). Collection of papers relating to the Thirteenth Amendment (prohibiting slavery and involuntary servitude): two letters (ALS) to Joseph Bailey and related manuscript copy of "Resolution of thanks for the vote in favor of the Amendment of the Constitution...
Dialogues between Campbell and Keleman, conducted over a period of several years. Transcript: Yes - need copies. Book based on these (see notes). Related materials: Keleman tapes (OH 12) and mss.
(1836-1914). One black and white portrait (mounted photograph of a painting), of the British politician and statesman, with autograph attached, n.d. Alpha list.
(1897-1965). Four letters (TLS) to Charles A. Pearce, re the publishing industry, 1938-1939, n.d. Alpha list.
Two holograph letters written by Joseph Hawley, dated 1865 and 1896. The former is addressed to Mrs. J. Eaton of West Meriden, Connecticut and concerns the death of her husband and the crimes of Henry Longdon, Hawley's former orderly. The...
[1814-1879; Civil War Union General]. One letter (ALS) to James W. Denver (California Congressman), seeking aid for appointment in the Paymaster General's Department, at a time after he had resigned from the army and failed at farming. San Francisco, 2...
Correspondence
Cite as: [Identification of item], Joseph P. Vargo China photograph album, Bernath Mss 288. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
One document (ADS), Civil War era loyalty statement, 1862. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
Joseph T. Bill was an urban planner who held a number of pivotal positions, in California and Washington, DC, after World War II. During his career, Bill served as Executive Director of the Community Redevelopment Agencies in Sacramento and Los...
One letter (ALS) re settling a debt. N.p., 23 July 1792. Alpha list.
Copy of one Civil War era letter (ALS) to her father, Mar. 2, [1862]. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
Correspondence, legal and business documents, insurance policies, receipts, and other materials relating to Josiah B. Wiggin, of Stratham, New Hampshire. Provenance unknown. Alpha list.
(1819-1881). One signed holograph poem, "Graduation." New York, 12 Feb. 1880. Alpha list.
(1823-1887). One letter (ALS) from American author Cobb to T. Barstow, responding to request for an autograph. Newark, New Jersey, 27 Dec. 1856. Purchase, accessioned Apr. 17
Five items, mainly Christmas cards, including one signed, "Best wishes to Harry McGuire." Alpha list.
Playbills for productions at the Boston Museum, featuring music director Julius Eichberg, a prominent Jewish violinist, composer, orchestra leader, founder of the Boston Conservatory of Music, and General Supervisor for the Boston School System. Includes "The Enchantress," Mar. 19, 1862;...
[Ohio Infantry, 128th Regiment]. One Civil War document (ADS): Mustering Out, 13 July 1865.
Manuscript (The Doorway) and leaflets
One 10" x 13" b/w portrait of unidentified man, sitting at desk. Credit line: Karsh, Ottawa. Penciled notation: No - 17. Deframed 5/3/06. Found in workroom, provenance unknown. Alpha list. Oversize.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Kashmir photograph album, SC 1100. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
39 b/w photos, many with captions in English. Includes images of Nagin Bagh lake (with houseboats), mountain trekking via Erin Valley, Kishin Ganga, Sarbal Valley, Haramukh, Gangabal, Gurez, Chorwan, Kaobal Pass, Kinari Darkush; also log, rope, and snow bridges.
Album contains 75 black and white photographs, possibly taken by a British official stationed in India. Photos are primarily of landscapes and scenic mountain views, and local peoples in traditional clothing. Several photos feature a highly decorated bearded man who...
One hand-colored plate from Versuch einer geognostisch-botanischen Darstellung der Flora der Vorwelt, a two volume set published 1820-1838. Alpha list. [Oversize boxed].
One letter (AL) to Katharine E. Beecher, wife of William Beecher, Apr. 17, 1836. Alpha list.
Interviewer: David E. Russell, Sept. 8, 1988-July 17, 1991. Interviewee(s): Katherine Esau, UCSB Chancellor Vernon Cheadle, Dr. Ray Evert, and Dr. Jennifer A. Thorsch (Dr. Esau's last doctoral student). Related materials: UArch Fac Pap Arrangement: Jennifer A. Thorsch - July...
(1890-1977). One letter (ALS) from Santa Barbaran McKinley Helm to American poet Katherine Garrison Chapin, praising her poems. Santa Barbara, 7 March 1962. Laid in Katherine Garrison Chapin, The Other Journey: Poems New and Selected (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press...
Interviews with UCSB librarian McNabb, re her times at Columbia Library School, Greenwich Village in the 1930s, Kansas City Public Library, and the UCSB Library. Interviewer: Gibbs M. Smith, UCSB Library Oral History Program, 1971. Interviewee(s): Katherine McNabb. Transcript: Transcript:...
DER interview of Kay Willis, with Cynthie Hoie, at the Willis residence, SB. Mostly about Japanese American parents and WWII internment. Interviewer: DER Interviewee(s): Kay Willis and Cynthia Hoie Transcript: Tape 3 (revised); also 91 pp. transcript (partially revised). Would...
Earth Read-out" column, mimeograph format, by Yippie activist Lampe. Berkeley, CA , 1969-1970. Alpha list.
One letter (ALS) to Paula Gillett, along with clippings about the Manzanar Relocation Center and a pamphlet on Sino-Japanese conflict. Manzanar, CA , 1942. Alpha list.
Includes images from South Dakota, North Dakota, Arkansas, and New Orleans.
Collection of copies of black and white photographs, provenance of most unknown, used in Goode's California's Black Pioneers: A Brief Historical Survey, ca. 1974. Alpha list.
Handwritten review [attributed to Millar] of Spectrum, the UCSB student literary magazine, ca. 1957.
Three original leaves from the Book of Amos, the Book of Daniel, and the Book of Ezekiel. Gift in memory of Roger Wayne Knight. [Oversize boxed]. Alpha list.
One holograph letter written by King Wyles in Washington, D.C., to his brother, R. B. Wyles, stating that he is engaged in Brigadier General [Andrew] Porter's office.
Three holograph letters, all written to various sources in May 1864, regarding his promotion and command.
Manuscript diary in German, inscribed "Meine Leiden & Freuden," ca. 1879-1950; later years in New Berlin, New York. Alpha list.
Ten mounted black/white photographs ... .05 linear feet (1 folder). Putchase, Chapel Hill Rare Books, 2006.
32 numbered pamphlets published by the Supreme Council, Knights of Columbus, Religious Information Bureau (St. Louis), with titles such as "The Infallible Church: Truth or Trickery," "Is the Catholic Church a Menace to Democracy?" and "Let Us Judge Catholics by...
Papers of cellist Kolia Levienne, including concert tapes, biographical information, programs and photographs.
One printed volume, with illuminations, a commentary on the Koran, 1245 A.H. (A.D. 1829-1830).
Single leaf from a Koran, possibly Persian, ca. 1200. Written in Cufic characters on recto and verso. The style of calligraphy suggests Mashad (Persia), although possibly from Arabia or Egypt. Description accompanying leaf notes that a few leaves from this...
Leatherbound volume, with accompanying note saying the Koran was written in Khartoum, Sudan, and finished in 1964. Bound in traditional Koranic form. Written in Sudani hand, "a script in its own right in which much Mahdist literature was written and...
Leatherbound volume, in Arabic script, with illuminations.
3 albums, b/w, apparently taken by [?] Botnick, see vol. 1 for poss. unit.
Disbound album contains 150 black and white snapshots, captioned on backs in English, of American soldiers in Korea. Photos include arrival of soldiers on the U.S.N.S. Gen. Edwin D. Patrick; railroads, tanks, cars, airplanes, helicopters; Korean civilians, including children; war...
Ephemera, including silk sash, medallion, convention badge, felt patch, and "Women of the Ku Klux Klan KREED."
Two b/w photographs, one a portrait, the other holding a horse, with child in background, from a disbound album, place unidentified. Also, possibly related b/w photo of officer on horseback, ca. 1890s. Oversize boxed. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
Album contains 69 black and white photographs, some loose, taken primarily in Kulu, a town in north India near the foothills of the Himalayas. Images include indigenous people, many in traditional dress; ceremonies; villages; temples - including what appears to...
Folio, with example of Barcelona commercial poster art, before nationalization of the Spanish tobacco industry. No. 53 of 350. Gift of Allan Adrian for one millionth book celebration. Not accessioned until 6/16/11. Map Cabinet 20/6.
Two letters (ALS), signed Roomiah, apparently affiliated with the American Bible Society, talking about printing the Old Testament in 'ancient and modern' languages, spreading the gospel to areas such as "the Nestorians of the Koordish mountains,' and ongoing competition with...
One mounted copy of a b/w photo, "Old Cheyenne 'Two Moons,' Blind and Aged," 1910. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
One pamphlet, 1924, by L. D. Carman, about a man who impersonated Corbett, the soldier who killed John Wilkes Booth. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
One note (ANS) from L. D. Coffman, President of the University of Minnesota, re the Minnesota Plan. Oct. 18 , 1934. Alpha list.
One holograph letter written and signed by L. E. Pierson in April on Sandwich Islands to his brother about his whaling experiences in King George Sound, New Holland, New Zealand, Chatham Islands, and Society Islands.
Four handcolored prints of ships: "Le Humboldt," "Pêche a la baleine," "Steamer le Franklin," and "Vaisseau mixte de 1er rang courantau plus près tribord amures," [ca. mid-1800s]. Gift of Virginia Backus Vanocur, in memory of her parents Barbara and Standish...
Cite as: [Identification of item], L. Lee Morehouse Peru Mining papers, Wyles SC 1040. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
85 b/w images, no captions, mostly snapshots taken by L. Lind, a sergeant with the Swedish Red Cross. Includes views of Berlin monuments, war ruins, malnourished children, street scenes, cemeteries, destroyed tanks, and the Circus Barlay (one photo with Lind...
[Brig. Gen.] Copy of Civil War document [ADS], communications with Major McKee re surrender of Fort Redoubt [Pensacola, FL]. Yazoo City [MS], 5 Mar. 1864.
Mailings
One letter (ALS) from unidentified party re deposits of coal, 11 Sept. 1873. Found in unsorted Wyles SC.
Holograph letter written and signed by Lambert W. Steele of Company I, First Connecticut Artillery at Camp Ingalls, Arlington Heights, Virginia to his friend Mary. The letter states that he's glad to have received her letter and it has been...
Two documents, dated 1824 (Certificate #100, Yates County, New York, signed by James Monroe) and 1833 (Cerificate # 1511, Owen County, Indiana, signed by Andrew Jackson . [Oversize boxed].
Holograph letter signed by Joseph Lanman, Rear Admiral of the United States Navy, to Vice Admiral David D. Porter about Ensign M. R. S. Mackenzie having signed the Declaration to become a member of the Naval Association. It states that...
lengthy description by dealer.
132 b/w photographs and 9 picture postcards, few captions in English, of a an unnamed American couple on tour, beginning in Cuba and continuing on to Guatemala, El Salvador, and Antigua. Includes streets scenes, buildings, and local inhabitants, coffee, tobacco,...
Found item, provenance unknown. ++ Oversize boxed.
One b/w 8" x 10" mounted print of Yellowstone River, 1906.
Two mounted black and white panoramic photographs: "The Old Lubar Cow Camp, Little Dry, Cohagen, Mont. Built in 1884" and untitled scene with horses in foreground and trees in background, probably also Montana, n.d. [Oversize boxed].
One black/white framed photograph, by western photographer Huffman, of a cowboy on horseback, and cattle, n.d.
2 ALS from Benet (uncle of Stephen Vincent Benet) to Mrs. Louis V. (Frances) Twyeffort , 1943, and 1 ANS stating that only 50 copies of A Portrait and a Poem , 1934, were printed and distributed to friends and...
Letters to Powell, primarily about his Le monde passe: A Remembrance of Duncan Brent.... [1983]. Gift? 1/18/85 [see access. Log]. Letter from Powell is date Dec. 8
One letter (TLS) from UCLA Librarian Powell to Mrs. Edwin Corle, re Edwin Corle's latest book The Gila , 1951.
(1860-1955). One letter from English educator, philosopher, and Unitarian minister Jacks to unknown recipient, thanking him for his kind words about Jacks' book, possibly the Alchemy of Thought (1910). Oxford, Dec. 19 , 1911. Alpha list.
The collection primarily contains interviews (tapes and transcripts) with Lawrence Willson (UCSB Professor of English), about his life and family history, education and teaching experience, UCSB campus history and politics, his philosophy of education, and thoughts about nineteenth and twentieth...
(1858-1924). Calling card of the grandson of Napoleon Bonapart'e brother, Lucien Bonaparte, n.d. Alpha list.
Composite engraving, with Jefferson Davis and Confederate generals including Robert E. Lee, Thomas J. Jackson, and P. T. G. Beauregard, [ca. early 1860s].
Lee Bakker, US Air Force, CBI (China-Burma-India theater, WWII)
Collection of correspondence, reviews and related materials, mostly photocopies, to and from various poets and editors, pertaining to Mallory's Painted Cave Books of Goleta, CA, and elsewhere, ca. 1973-1975. Alpha list.
One original typescript copy of 91739, a book of poetry published by Water Table Press, and one holographic copy, written on blank pages of another work, ca. 1971.
Typescript poem, "Bukowski - New Years Eve," 1972. [Note: copy restrictions]. Alpha list.
Holograph letter written at Head Quarters asking the Secretary of War for winter supplies.
Transcript: Yes - fact checking copy in box; earlier versions in files copied from office computer. Related materials: Some research/background materials.
Collection of materials related to the carrers of opera composers Gilbert & Sullivan.
One note (TNS from Woolf, as editor of The Political Quarterly, to [Jacob Peter] Mayer, asking him to review a book. Sussex [England], 10 Apr. 1951. Laid in: F. A. Hayek, John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor: Their Correspondence and...
Engraved portrait, [ca. early 1860s].
Includes images of Baku oilfields and earthquake of 1907.
One letter (ALS) from Lillie [?] to brother Maurice about personal matters and mutual acquaintances. San Diego, April 6, 1895. Alpha list.
Carbon copy of typewritten letter by Hudson to family members about his trip from Seattle to Nome, Alaska to work for the Hammon Consolidated Gold Fields.
One holograph Civil War era letter written from Havana to Daniel Rolfe of Wall Street, New York. The letter describes market conditions in Havana and high prices to be obtained for goods such as ham, lard, butter, beans, and potatoes.
One holograph letter fragment from an unknown Union army soldier in the New York Infantry, 134th Regiment, Company F, regarding a visit to his cousin, Charlie Rossiter. Letter written from a camp near Falmouth, Virginia.
Holograph letter from R. H., a Union army soldier, to his sister, Miss E. M. Folsom, written from a camp at Boonsborough, Md. He describes long marches and a bout of illness, and mentions being at Gettysburg.
One incomplete holograph letter written in Janesville, Wisconsin by an unknown former Civil War soldier. He describes a campaign with General Philip Sheridan in Virginia, during which he observed two young officers, Wesley Merritt and George Armstrong Custer, in action.
One holograph letter about a meeting with Andrew Lincoln Lyon in Asbury Park, New Jersey during which he mentions General Lyon being a leader in Missouri and saving the border state to the Union, being a descendent of the Lincolns,...
Two Civil War era holograph letters. One letter, from W. H. Parker, pertains to a recommendation for his son, John E. Parker, a corporal in the 6th Regiment of Vermont Volunteers, Company A. A second letter, from Tom Warren, concerns...
Collection consists of two Civil War era letters addressed to Turtullus King of Trumansburg, New York. In one, Henry [?], a Union army soldier stationed in Centreville, Virginia, describes his experiences. A second letter from E. Marshall of Clarkson, New...
Two Civil War era letters to William Nolton. One is from his brother, Byron, a Union soldier in the New York Infantry, 147th Regiment, concerning camp life in Virginia. A second is from his cousin, Molie, regarding personal matters.
[1782-1868; Massachusetts Governor, 1825-1834; Whig member of U.S. Congress, 1835- 1841]. One letter (ALS) to Patience Earle, re abolition of slavery. Washington, [D.C.], 20 Feb. 1837.
Broadside, n.d. [Wyles Map Cabinet 1/1]. [portrait?]
Descript. /Summary (520): Travel diary of German-Jewish immigrants Leon and Rita L. Levis,a father and daughter from Visalia, Tulare County, California. From the dealer description: "Deeply observed and wonderfully detailed travel diary, February 29, 1904-November 5, 1904, kept by Rita...
Album contains some 70 photos and 30 postcards relating mainly to Foochow (Fuzhou) China and environs as taken or collected by Dr. Lewis Hodous during his years serving as a Protestant missionary in this area of China's southeast coast. The...
One letter (ALS) to [Clifton] Fadiman, thanking him for the review of The City in History. Amenia, New York, 12 Apr. 1961. Purchase, Nov. 2
1 printed engraving, "Officers of the United States Army and Navy Prisoners of War, Libby Prison, Richmond, Va.," with lists of officers, by rank, 1864. .01 linear feet (1 folder). Oversize, cabinet 1/2.
One printed engraving of the Southern Fertilizing Co. building, better known as Libby Prison during the Civil War. Richmond, Virginia, [ca. 1880s]. Alpha list.
Two diaries, apparently different authors. First, diary of an unidentified minister, includes account of voyage from Baltimore (June 1862), stop in England, continuing voyage past Teneriffe (Canary Islands), to Bathurst (Gambia), arriving in Liberia (Dec. 1862). Second, diary of newly...
Four ribbons, all same. Gift of Mrs. Ralph Maxwell, n.d. Alpha list.
One printed program, "The Evolution of Minstrelsy," performed by the Liberty Minstrels as a benefit for the Liberty Fire Company, No. 2, of South Bethlehem, PA, April 24-25, 1908. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
Holograph letter written by Francis Lieber, a German-American educator and author of Instructions for the Government of Armies of the United States in the Field, General Orders 100 (1863), to Dr. Bigelow about a note he sent in response to...
Life history, life in Germany, emigration to Shanghai during WWII, coming to US after WWII, life in California,education and work in libraries, trip back to East and West Germany in 1973 with memories of earlier days and changes. Interviewer: Rick...
One portrait [printed engraving], by H. B. Hall, "From a recent Photograph by Brady," n.d.
Broadside, on linen. Barre, Mass., n.d. [Oversize boxed].
Bibliography and articles
One autograph of German operatic singer Lilli Lehmann. Dresden, 1885. [From CDCC]. Alpha list.
One issue of the Monthly Letter of the Limited Editions Club. Laid in Ltd. Ed. item from Bob Bason. May want to add any future Ltd. Ed. ephemera to this.
Mounted copy of newspaper article by Robert S. Harper, re Lincoln 1860 campaign photographs. [Oversize boxed].
33 glass slides pertaining to Abraham Lincoln (mainly Lincoln sites and illustrations of Lincoln throughout his life) and 13 glass slides of Ulysses S. Grant (illustrations of Civil War period and later). Slides are color and black/white. Companies include: A....
Carte de visite of political cartoon lampooning Lincoln who is shown picking a banjo, with a straw hat and the Emancipation Proclamation in his satchel. Elements of the press spun a simple story of Lincoln, who was visiting the troops...
Color picture postcard, 1909.
(derived from dealer's description) Civil War photographic album, "Soldier Are You Hungry"; cartes de visite of Northern generals including a Gardner inauguration cdv of Abraham Lincoln and a Brady cdv of General George McClellan. Album presented by a Captain James...
One printed document, by Leverett Saltonstall, Governor of Massachusetts, 1941.
Three card files, mostly handwritten slips of paper, describing legal cases Lincoln was involved in, arranged into 2 series, 1 chronological and 1 alphabetical by surname of litigant. Also one issue of Illinois Bar Journal (Sept. 1943), with list of...
The collection contains early information about acquisitions, holdings, maintenance and development of the Lincoln Library, assembled by William Wyles in the early years, and predecessor of the William Wyles Collection. Included are accession and acquisitions books, visitors' registers, and brochures...
One brochure for the Illinois Commission, New York World's Fair, 1964-1965. [Oversize boxed].
"Attention! The People!! A. Lincoln, Esq'r., of Sangamon County, one of the Electoral Candidates, will Address the People This Evening!!..." Facsimile of 9 Apr. 1840 broadside. [Oversize boxed].
Cite as: [Identification of item], Linda Benet Graham Mackintosh collection, Printers Mss 60. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Printed poem, Hampstead, Nov. 1832. Gift of Sara Miller McCune. Alpha list.
One letter (TLS) and one notebook, by Vietnam War surivivor Linh Duy Vo, with color photographs, correspondence and printed poem "The Girl in the Photograph," referring to the Pulitzer Prize winning photo of Kim Phuc, taken in Vietnam, June 8,...
Holograph list of stores to be transferred by Redfield Proctor, Quartermaster U. S. Army, to Lieut. B. P. Pitkin, Quartermaster U. S. Army, at Chain Bridge, written on official stationery of the Quartermaster's office. The list is labeled as No....
Holograph lists of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage transferred to Lieutenant L. T. Hayman [Luther T. Hayman] by Lieutenant W. B. Kemper [Wiliam B. Kemper] of the 9th Cavalry M. S. M. [Missouri State Militia] at Columbia, Missouri. The lists...
The collection includes letters and documents mainly from the Colonial Period, acquired from diverse sources. A document regarding George Washington, signed by John Hancock, 17 July 1776. Clippings of marriage and death notices regarding the Slosson-Vanderwater Families.
Leaflets and articles
Correspondence and typescript notes, ca. 1930s-1940s by an historian who wrote extensively on Kansas, Lincoln, and the Civil War.
Typescript bibliography
Two letters (ALS) , 1921 , 1924. Laid in Montross' Town and Gown and The Crimson Cloak. Alpha list.
Single issue of the newspaper. Found in unsorted SC. Alpha list.
One disbound album, "Souvenir of Lookout Mountain," with 12 mounted albumen photographs, [ca. 1890s].
Holograph letter written at Fort Columbus to the recruiting officer in New York City informing him that the enlistment period is three years.
Autograph and engraved portrait, n.d. Gift of Dr. George Hand, n.d. Alpha list.
Holograph letter written and signed by L. Thomas to Captain J. B. Grayson about orders to be issued for the movement of troops at Toluca, Lerma, and Pachuca to En Cerro via Perote. The letter asks Grayson to issue orders...
Collection contains eleven open reel tapes of a lecture series on the Los Alamos National Laboratory, co-sponsored by the Departments of Chemistry, History, and Physics and the College of Creative Studies.
Copies of two printed maps of Los Olivos, published by the Los Olivos Land Association. Found in misc. mss map drawer. Oversize boxed. Alpha list.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Lotte Lehmann oral history, OH 108. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Research files for Brown's DMA dissertation, primarily surveys of Lehmann's former students on their years of study with Lehmann.
Typescript English translation by opera singer Lotte Lehmann of a segment of Johann Strauss, Die Fledermaus, n.d.. Laid in Die Fledermaus, English version by Ruth and Thomas Martin (M1503. S912 F42 1951). Alpha list.
Interviewee(s): Lou Cannon, Harland Braun, David Broder, Carl Cannon, David Cannon, Jack Cannon, Judy Cannon, Bruce Lake, Lee Miller, Peter Silberman, Clinton Wooster. Transcript: Drafts by DER assistants; transcripts also done by outside vendor. Related materials: Related collections: Cannon- Reagan...
[Captain, 1st California Regiment and Pennsylvania Infantry, 71st Regiment (Vol)]. Correspondence between Dudley J. Ledwell and Jay Monaghan about Ledwell's research on his great-grandfather Bieral, a native of Chile who had gone to California during the gold rush and later...
2 photo albums and loose photos totaling 173 photographs assembled by English Civil Engineer Louis H. Bainton while working in South America for the London firm C. H. Walker, Ltd., as the Chief Mechanical and Electrical Engineer on port construction...
re life, including at UCSB, teaching, English Department, literature. Interviewer: Ava Kahn and Terri Schorzman. Interviewee(s): Louis and Mrs. Lancaster. Transcript: Raw transcripts of 1981-1982 interviews, and edited transcripts (of different interviews?).
One document ( ADS), bill of sale, Madison Parish, 24 July 1852.
Holograph letter written from New Orleans, describing the beauty of the area.
UCSB. Life histories. Pioneer Merchants: The Kelley Family, 1981, 320 pp. As a struggling businessman, Lloyd Kelly describes the problems he faced in running a family business during the Depression and how he built Kelley's Corner, a Santa Barbara landmark,...
(1802-1896). One letter (ALS), engraving, and death notice for Paige, author of History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, ca. 1896. Alpha list.
[Surgeon, Massachusetts Infantry, 11th Regiment (Vol)]. One document (ADS): General Orders No.8, re assignment to duty. Headquarters, Hookers Brigade, Camp Union, 16 Aug. 1861.
Holograph Civil War era letter written by Lyman B. Ray, a Union soldier in the 104th Regiment, New York Infantry, from the Sixth and Master Street hospital in Philadelphia. Ray describes how he came to the hospital, his recuperation, and...
Invoice from a produce and provisions firm for shipment of eggs. March 1, 1867. Alpha list.
One letter (ALS) from Lynd Ward, American artist, book illustrator, and Executive Secretary of the American Artists Congress, a New York-based group formed in 1936 to oppose the spread of fascism, to Art Young, Honorary Chairman of the group, re...
[U. S. Senator]. One letter (TLS) to Mr. and Mrs. J. N. McNabb, re concern about fiscal responsibility. Washington, [D.C.], 2 July 1959. Gift of Katherine McNabb. Alpha list.
One volume, with short entries written on blank pages of a Counting House Almanac, Albany, New York. Alpha list.
[Major General, C.S.A.]. One letter (ALS) to Col. C. C. Jones, re speech of Butler's, published in the Charleston News and Courier. Washington, 3 Dec. 1889.
Three black and white photographs, ca. 1890s-1900s, two of mining operations, possibly in the Cerro de Pasco area of Peru. Laid in Dairo Arrus' El Callao en la epoca del coloniaje antes y despues de la catastrofe de 1746 (Main...
Articles and book reviews; Institute for Humanistic Studies
Holograph Civil War era letter written by Martin Miller, a sergeant in the 7th Illinois Infantry, describing camp life and his experiences as a new recruit. Written from Camp Yates, Springfield, Ill.
Autograph album, of friends, begun in Missouri in 1882 and ending in Santa Barbara, CA in 1888.
Log, 1 July 1912. Gift of William P. Wreden , 1968. Alpha list.
(1906-2004). Four letters (TLS) , 1964-1965, from French writer Madeleine Henrey, to Jeanette Selfridge, mainly re books she has sent to Selfridge and Selfridge's kind remarks about them. Alpha list.
Series of interviews with Odunde for the University Art Museum, transcripts forming the basis for the exhibition catalogue Ceramic Gestures, New Vessels by Magdalene Odundo. Interviewer: David E. Russell, ca. 1994-1995. Interviewee(s): Magdalene Odunde.
[Grand Army of the Republic]. General Orders, 1868-1872.
Six tintypes of Murray and Curit family members, taken by A. S. Davis & Co., ca. 1898-1900.
Federation of Malaya Police records relating to the Malayan Emergency declared by the British in response to a post-WWII guerilla war for independence by the Malayan Communist Party (MCP), mainly made up of ethnic Chinese members. Includes 99 b/w photographs...
Album contains 43 black and white snapshots, with captions in English on glassine interleaving sheets. Photos are primarily of street scenes featuring shops, buildings, local peoples and children.
Newsletter
19 pamphlets by Manley Palmer Hall, many published by the Philosophical Research Society (Los Angeles), with titles such as "The Occult Anatomy of Man," "The Riddle of the Rosicrucians," and "The Sacred Magic of the Qabbalah."
(1890-1974). One letter (ALS) from Komroff, an American writer of plays, novels, and screenplays, to American historian Allan Nevins re Komroff sending him a copy of his book The Grace of Lambs. New York, Aug. 18, 1925. Found in Komroff's...
Collection of correspondence, photographs, newsletters and related materials. Alpha list.
"Map of Pioneer Trails, 1541-1867." 1 item, printed 1972. .01 linear feet (1 folder). Oversize, cabinet 1/1.
Two-page Civil War era map from Harper's Weekly, pp. 181-182, ca. 1864. Found in unsorted Wyles SC.
Holograph letter written from the Head Quarters of the 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Washington, D.C.
Two hand-colored maps of Peru: "Carte du Pérou Pour l"histoire Générale des Voyages ...," vol. 11 (or II), page 376, by Benard Direxit, [ca. 1600s?]; and "Carte du Perou, se trouvent les Audiences de Quito, Lima et la Plata...," by...
Two mss giving volume by volume listing of the contents of Gazette de Beaux Arts and L'Art, ca. 1859-1894. Alpha list.
Six letters (ALS), in French, to [?] Stirling, ca. 1908-1909. Laid in Poete's Les Primitifs Parisiens. Alpha list.
The collection includes an interview log, interview release forms, interview transcripts, diskettes, program of the CFMN Silver Anniversary Program, and diskette printouts.
Holograph letter written by William L. Marcy from Washington, [D. C.] to Reuben Withers, Esq. granting Withers the authority to endorse a bank note in the amount of $1,018.00.
Correspondence, Christmas greetings and watercolor sketches by Santa Barbara book artist, book plate designer, and printmaker Margaret Ely Webb (1877-1965), as well as essays by/about her.
One autograph book and one photo (carte de visite), ca. 1880s. No prominent names noted. .05 linear feet (1 folder).
An American teacher at Mbooni Mission, Kenya photo album. Undated but circa 1927. Over 100 snapshots approximately 7.5 cm x 10 cm. About 70 are mounted (four per page with corner mounts) in a large (oblong 28 cm.) album. Almost...
Cite as: [Identification of item], Margaret Orchard Pearce photograph albums, Bernath Mss 332. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
One letter (TLS) to Robert B. Sweet re his article concerning birth control technique. New York, 1 Nov. 1932. Alpha list.
Interviewer: David E. Russell, [1998-1999?]. Interviewee(s): Margarita Suarez. Transcript: Corrected transcript in binder.
One letter (ALS) to her cousin, re family matters, n.d. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
1 letter (ALS), in Spanish, written on her behalf by her daughter, to her brother, re death of family members including her husband, Jose Maria (a prominent judge and legislator). Santa Barbara, Oct. 1871. Includes translation. Purchase from Joan Perkal
About Carl Rogers. Interviewer: David E. Russell, 4 June 1991. Interviewee(s): Maria Bowen. Related materials: Carl Rogers Collection (HPA Mss ) and Carl Rogers Oral History.
Seven items, including correspondence, advertisement, magazine article, Christmas message, and litho portrait of British birth control advocate Marie Carmichael Stopes, found in books by her, ca. 1930s-1940s. Alpha list.
Small scrapbook with clippings, many from a column in the Santa Barbara Daily News entitled "In the Oilfields," with latest news on drilling on the Santa Barbara Mesa and Ellwood fields, as well as Ventura (incl. [Robert] Moran's Oil Ridge...
1970s and 1980s. Correspondence and related printed ephemera, re Scottish history. Accompanies a book collection on the same topic. Alpha list.
The oral biography traces Garcia's academic career from the University of Texas, El Paso, where he completed his undergraduate work and earned an MA in history, to his first teaching position at San Jose State. It also covers his doctoral...
(1858-1948). One note (TNS) from British art critic and scholar, to Clement Shorter, re sending copies of his (Spielmann's) works. Uplands, Folkestone, [England], 1 May 1924. Laid in The Title Page of the First Folio of Shakespeare's Plays. Alpha list.
Correspondence and reports, much of it relating to women's issues and women's clubs, including the California Federation of Women's Clubs; also several essays or speeches on various writers, artists, and historical figures. Alpha list.
Vitae, leaflets, articles
From dealer description: Collection of 102 letters written by Marjorie Davys from Peking to her home in England. The letters in this collection are hand written (just one is typed) and are from two to ten pages in length (most...
(Sir) (1862-1943). One letter (ALS) from Mark Aurel Stein, Hungarian archaeologist, later British citizen and professor at various Indian universities, to Alexander H. Godfrey, thanking him for his interest in Stein's work and mentioning he is heading back to India....
Pamphlets, articles, brochures, annual reports, and other printed materials (copies and originals) about the Radhasoami religious groups and leaders such as Kirpal Singh, Darshan Singh, and Faqir Singh, collected by UCSB professor Juergensmeyer. Accompanying books have been cataloged separately.
About 100 printed self study courses and other pamphlets by Mark-Age (Miami and Fort Lauderdale, FL), most channeled through Nada-Yolanda (Pauline Sharpe) and with an emphasis on flying saucers, meditation and psyhic development, and raising of man's spiritual consciousness.
32 b/w 3 3/4" x 5" copy prints of gold mining by Marshall Bond and others, mostly at Midlle Buttes, near Mojave, California. Prints were copied in 1970 - originals still with family?
Holograph letter written by James Marshall, author of The Nation's Grief : Death of Abraham Lincoln, to Mr. W. E. Woodward concerns his stay at Fort Monroe and about copies of his sermon being sent to Woodward, to patients of...
Paper, teaching materials
Research files on film composer Bernard Herrmann compiled by UCSB music librarian Martin Silver, including correspondence, programs, manuscripts and notes .
Slide presentation called "Portraits of Peacemakers," including slides and transcript.
(1887-1973). Four letters (ALS) from American author Chase to Mrs. Roger Boutell, Jan.-Mar. , 1938. Laid in Chase's Dawn in Lyonesse [Spec PS3505.H48 D3]. Alpha list.
Strip of three photographs found in Wills' A Winter in California (F 866 W73). Alpha list.
One letter (ALS) from Allen to Newell [?] re invitation to spend Thanksgiving together. Abington, [MA?], Nov. [17?], 1850. Removed from Montgomery Collection (Wyles Mss 9). Alpha list.
Holograph Civil War era letter written from Middlebrook, Missouri, describing a visit to the camp of the 18th Indiana Volunteers. Papp describes viewing drilling exercises, dining with the officers, and visiting a local geologic curiosity.
(ca. 1623-1682). One document (ADS) from English Quaker and writer Mary Penington, to her grandchild or grandchildren, re family history and religious practices of the day, ca. latter 1600s. First pages faded and almost illegible. Provenance unknown [part of Foote...
One note (ANS) from American writer Andrews to a Mrs. Reynolds, re a visit to New York and thanking her for selling an unknown item, n.d. Laid in Andrews' The Perfect Tribute. Alpha list
Color engraving, "Mrs. President Lincoln," by Kimmel & Foster, n.d. [Oversize boxed].
Portrait, "Mrs. Lincoln," engraved and published by William Sartain, Philadelphia, n.d.. [Oversize boxed].
One Civil War document (ADS): Return of Deceased Soldiers. Newport News, Virginia, 11 June 1865.
Two Civil War documents (ADS), one re return of deceased soldiers and the other re cost of furnishing transportation to a Sergeant E. Hansen, 1864.
30 black and white snapshots of Marysville, California and surrounding area. Includes images of integrated baseball team, railroad station, tracks, tunnel digging, and locomotive 2580, telegraph and cable office, family and friends, names unknown.
Holograph letter written by George C. Mason to Gertrude from Newport, R. I. about not having the desired information relating to Temperance Graul, who died on May 19, 1792 at 83 years old.
Broadside, "Fourth of July! Anti-Slavery Celebration," n.y. [Oversize boxed].
One document (ADS) from Holden Township, Worcester County, re survey of plot of land, 2 May 1791. Alpha list.
One Civil War document (ADS), re issue or transfer of ordnance stores, 30 Sept. 1864.
Bound, with some loose material.
(1760-1839). One note (ANS), requesting a visit, 6 Feb. 1829. Purchase, 1975. Alpha list.
One document (ADS), copy of distribution for the estate of Egner Mathias, as decided in orphans' court, possibly Cecil County, Maryland, Sept. 14, 1812. Alpha list.
(1822-1888). One short manuscript poem, signed, 12 August 1883. Alpha list.
Interviewer: David E. Russell, Santa Barbara, CA, Mar. 12, 1996. Interviewee(s): Maurice B. Mitchell. Related materials: SBHC Mss and CSDI (Mss 18).
Eight articles, pamphlets, memorial service program, and other material related to Maurice William's work and influence on Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, "Father of the Chinese Republic." Laid in William's Sun Yat- Sen (1932). Alpha list.
One printed proclamation re authorities and citizens maintaining order. [Mauritius Collection]. Alpha list.
Two manuscripts detailing the retail activities of the Regal Shoe Company.
[see lengthy descript. by dealer]
(1881-1961). One letter (ALS) from Polish-American painter Max Weber, to a Miss Van Denburg, [1915], re his booklet on Cubist poems, and an exhibition catalog from Montross Gallery , 1917. Laid in Weber's Essays on Art. See accession log 7/26/84....
(1884-1947). One letter (TLS) from Charles Scribner's Sons literary editor Maxwell Perkins to Gilbert [?], re various publishing concerns. New York, Jan. 8, 1934. Alpha list.
One letter (TLS) to Mr. [?] Baird of the Talisman Press, re purchase of historical publications and her writing, including her novel, First the Blade. Pacific Palisades, California, 16 Apr. 1963. Alpha list.
One black and white print. [Oversize boxed].
Uncorrected page proofs for Father Maynard Geiger's Indians of Mission Santa Barbara... (Spec F869.S45 G3848 1960). From CDCC. Alpha list.
One holograph letter written and signed by Norman McLeod, a Congregationalist minister, to Rev. Dr. Leonard Bacon about being rejoiced that the first Church of Jesus Christ, (Congregational) Utah can be represented in the National Council and Dr. Mechling, a...
Broadside, with numerous portraits, n.d. 2 copies. [Oversize boxed].
Interviews with the second wife of Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, including discussion of his life, her family and early years in Louisiana, work in Huey P. Long's administration, marriage to C. Girard Davidson (an official with the Bonneville...
The collection contains 104 black and white photographs (with some duplicates) taken by photographer Merl LaVoy in China during the 1920s and 1930s. Many of the photos are taken in the Nanjing (Nanking) and appear to be from the era...
One letter (TLS) from University of Wisconsin professor Curti to UCSB history professor Wilbur Jacobs, re Jacobs' treatment of Frederick Jackson Turner's frontier theory. Madison, Wisconsin, 26 Oct. 1967. Alpha list.
Parker was a corporal from Vermont. Most entries (Jan. 1864-Jan. 1865) are in pencil, some very faint. .1linear feet (1 folder). Includes transcription of diary done by researcher.
Gray clothbound notebook with 111 leaves of which 32 (64 pages) contain handwritten (pen/pencil) entries, drawing and tables relating to mining and metallurgy topics. Companies and locations include: Palmerston Plant, New Jersey, Canadian Metal Co. of Frank, Alberta, Veteran Mine,...
Broadside, printed by John C. Totten, New York, [ca. early 1800s].
One seated portrait, location unknown. .01 linear feet (1 folder).
Copies of documents from AGN, Californias, vols. 31, 33, and 35.
Six photo postcards: three color, three black and white. Includes images of batteries in action, field wireless, engineers building pontoon bridge, and train with troops. Found in unsorted Wyles SC.
22 b/w and 1 color photograph postcards, some with messages though not mailed. Includes images of Mexican Army and rebel soldiers, street and plaza scenes, "Indians with Maderos Army," cavalry, fighting, bodies and war damage. Bernath Collection. Purchase, Bernath funds
Six items - lists, notices, payments pertaining to the royal army in Mexico. Purchase, Howard Karno
Cite as: [Identification of item], Mexico photograph album, Bernath Mss 302. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
56 b/w photograph postcards, some stamped and with messages; images of street scenes, people, churches and other buildings, waterways, gardens. Locations include Acapulco, Cuernavaca, Mexico City, Oaxaca, Popocatepetl, Taxco, and Xochimilco. Bernath Collection. Purchase, Bernath funds
Cite as: [Identification of item], Mexico Pipeline photograph album, Bernath Mss 338. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Contains the following items: American Automobile Association. Mexico by Motor (1952). 176pp. Travel guide: border crossing information, travel tips, listing of accommodations, places of interest, and list of useful Spanish words and phrases. de Gante, Pablo C. La Ruta de...
Photo album with b/w photos of Vera Cruz, Queretaro, Guadalajara, Colima, Mazatlan, Guayanas, and other parts of Mexico, as well as San Antonio and New Orleans. Includes images of buildings, street scenes, ports, railway lines, and people.
Articles and Bibliographies for Art Education; Manuscripts and Leaflets
Typescript poem, "Rimbaud at Marseilles," [1961?]. Found in Mott's collection of poetry, The Cost of Living (1957). Alpha list.
Album of cartes-de-visite of midget performers presented to Bettie Clapton from her friend patti Cobbs, Memphis, Tennessee, May 19, 1868. Includes 16 original cartes-de-visite of various circus performers, including Commodore Foote, Iliza Foote, Sophie Schultz, Baron Littlefingers his family and...
Correspondence, diaries, photographas, poems, scrapbook, Sierra Club trip notes, and other material relating to Santa Barbara resident and author Mildred Cooley Tallant.
Military discharge certificate to certify that Private Henry A. Schmook of Company A, Third Infantry Regiment National Guard of the State of New York, who was enrolled on the 24th of November 1868, is hereby discharged from service in the...
Holograph order written and signed by Colonel H. J. Madill, Commanding Brigadier, from Headquarters, [141st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment], 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Corps., to Captain George W. Cooney, C. S., 1st Brigade, about issuing to fatigue party two hundred...
Two holograph orders written and signed by Jonathan Hoffman of the Army of the Cumberland. The first order is to Brigadier General Newton in Chattanooga, Tennessee about Newton's telegram having been received, the troops being under General Rousseau and their...
Military pass no. 4578 from Office of the Provost Marshal in St. Louis, Missouri to Mrs. F. H. Pieper to grant her permission to pass beyond the limits of the City and County of St. Louis to Illinois. The pass,...
Two black and white photographs of unidentified mills, ca. 1908, n.d. Found in unsorted SC. Alpha list.
Album contains 83 black and white prints of the Miller Plantation Company of Cuatotolapam, Veracruz, Mexico, depicting sugar cane production and refining, and related ranch activities. Includes views of the fields, factory interiors, indigenous workers, and machinery.
Holograph letter written at Augusta House to E.W. Jackson, Esq.
One Spanish-American War letter (ALS) on behalf of Captain John A. Miller to his wife, noting Miller had just led a military engagement, without any loss to his company. Camp Dewey, near Manila, 3 Aug. 1898. Stamp: Wilson Collection [?].
Interviews about printing, with a former printer associated with the William Edwin Rudge firm and Viking Press. Interviewers: Chris Brun and Hobart Skofield, 1971-1973. Interviewee(s): Milton and Evelyn [?] Glick Transcript: Yes - 16 pp. [of tape 1 - June...
Cabinet Card Photograph, horizontal image of a 5 Blackface Minstrel Band. The men are dressed in top hats, vests, and suits, with fiddles and banjos in the photo. Back marked, J. Brown Photographic Artists 3 Kinmel St. Rhyl. c1880. [From...
One small broadside advertising "Duncan Clark's Lady Minstrels, Jan. 13th" [ca, 1870].
Articles, leaflets; audiocassettes
Descript. /Summary (520):
Collection of loose pages from the New York literary newspaper, variously titled The New Mirror, Weekly New Mirror, The Monthly New Mirror, and Mirror Library, 1844. Found in unsorted SC. Alpha list.
Found in unsorted SC.
Merged with SC 665 on 8/6/09.
Merged with SC 665 on 8/6/09.
Merged with SC 668.
Collection of tapes from various sources, various interviewers and interviewees, usually one or two tapes that don't otherwise get their own #. Interviewer: Various. Interviewee(s): Various. Transcript: None known. Arrangement: Alphabetical, by surname or title.
Photos, most black and white snapshots, from various sources, , often not identified but interesting images - incl. aerial views, architecture, automotive, aviation, boats / ships, bridges, children, destruction, double exposure, families, fire, groups, holidays, humor, landscapes / scenery, men,...
Photo postcards and art postcards of scenes in Netherlands, Germany, Austria, [and Switzerland?]. In hand as of June 24
96 black and white snapshots, captions in English, with images of Italy (Florence, Venice, Milan), England (London), New York City, Panama Canal, Nicaragua (Corinto), Mexico (Mazatlan), California (Nordhoff - Ojai Valley many on horseback, Santa Barbara), and Alaska (Inland Passage,...
A Twenty-Five Year Perspective of Mississippi's First Head Start Program: An Oral History of a People's Movement, 1989 pp 140 The interviews for this project were conducted in Mississippi as part of the Jackson State University/UCSB Age Of Segregation Oral...
Written in an early document hand, the contents refer to the transfer of property to the monastery of Saint Peter and Julian, martyr, and describe the bounds of the land. Probably Italian. The document is signed by Andreas, monk and...
135 black and white photographs, printed and numbered captions in English. Locations include Mongolia (wrestling, festival, musical instruments, holiday costume, pilgrims in temple yard, view of Linsi, desert, oasis, and settlements, Buddhist temples and priests,); China (Chenhsiangtun, River Taitzu, Mancu...
One letter (TLS), in German, to UCSB Prof. Richard Exner re her writing. Furth, 3 Mar. 1989. Laid in Ritzer's Hermann Broch und die Kulturkrise... (Spec PT2603.R657 Z83 1988). Alpha list.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Montana Mining Photograph collection, Wyles SC 1050. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
.Mainly pamphlets published by Oxford ...
Holograph letter written in Newport, regarding his receipt of a letter from Robt. Denniston.
Pamphlet, with advertisements for other publications and products offered by the N.Y. Novelty Co., ca. 1896.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Morocco photograph album, Bernath Mss 342. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
433 black and white snapshots in two albums, documenting a voyage by ship to Morocco. Photos feature street scenes; boats and seaside views; local peoples; a parade with many men on horseback; buildings, arches, fortifications; market places; and group photos...
"Taped interview of offer of faculty award for purchase of books, Special Collections Office," Apr. 22, 1968 Interviewer: Chris Brun. Interviewee(s): Morris Ernst. Transcript: Yes (7 pp) - in box. Related materials: Yes - Mss 27.
Holograph letter written by William H. Morris on official stationery of the Custom House, New York, Surveyor's Office, to Major General J. B. Carr congratulating him on his election win.
One letter (TLS), in Hebrew, to Elan Goldman and others, conveying greetings and thanks for their letters. Translation included. Ministry of Defense, Israel, 12 Nov. 1973. Alpha list.
One black and white mounted photograph, possibly Fort Sumter in background, with group of African Americas, some in uniform, and white officer, other white men and women behind them. Possible colored regiment from Civil War? In-hand as of 6/16/11. Oversize...
Album contains 20 albumen prints with captions in English, detailing the construction of railroads to and from Beira (Mozambique). Photos also include scenic views, hunting parties, railway workers, and native peoples. Album most likely belonged to an engineer working on...
Three letters (photocopies), 1850s-1870s. Found in unsorted Wyles SC.
Side A: Interview with Richard Ollard, historian and editor of the Collins Publishing House and Mrs. [Marian] Ollard, history teacher, re growing up in England and the publishing business, Feb. 21, 1977. Side B: Ollard lecture on Samuel Pepys, Feb....
Bound typescript of The Great Spanish Anti-Pope (Pedro de Luna: Benedict XIII) , 1938. Pertains to the late 1300s - early 1400s. Alpha list.
Manuscript travel diary kept from February 13 to April 8, 1913 and accompanying photograph album by Mrs. Eli W. Henrick of Watertown, New York while traveling with her husband and friends in the Caribbean aboard the S.S. Magdalena. Diary observations...
One letter (TLS) to Mark Weinstein, thanking him for his thoughts on JFK's speeches. Washington, [D.C.], 19 Oct. 1960. Alpha list.
One holograph "Book of Recipes," compiled by Mitchell, 1853-1857. Also contains gardening tips and household remedies, including recipes for cough syrup and a treatment for dysentery. Alpha list.
[1829-1908]. One mounted b/w 3 3/4" x 4 1/2" photograph of newspaper editor and journalist Murat Halstead, leaving the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis convention, 9 June 1892.
Mainly printed ephemera relating to David Myrick and other members of his family, mainly resident at one time or another in the SB area.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Myrl Scott Myers China photograph album, Wyles Mss 114. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
College lectures from Civil War era, ca. 1860s.
One letter (TLS) to UCSB Chancellor Vernon I. Cheadle, re books that Native American author Momaday is giving to Cheadle. Santa Barbara, 14 June 1968. Laid in Momaday's The Journey of Tai-Me (Spec, Printers Z478.86 U56 M66 1967). Alpha list.
One black and white photograph, signed portrait of poet Nancy Buckley. Laid in Buckley's Cameos: A Book of Poetry (San Francisco: Cloister Press , 1926). Alpha list.
One printed document signed, re Knap as proprietor of Hale's Patent for a spring baggage rack and driver's seat, and of Draper's Patent for a baggage rack and mail box, ca 1810s.
One document (ADS), authorization to Rothschild Brothers, Paris, to pay Mr. J. Davis ?120. London, 16 Apr. 1822. Alpha list.
One printed flyer from abolitionist Parker Pillsbury, soliciting subscriptions for the Standard, the official newspaper of the American Anti-Slavery Society, ca. 1865- 1870.
One tintype of seven standing and seated women, unidentified, most holding books. Purchase Historic Collectible Auctions
33 glass slides (positives), a few duplicates, mainly Hunkpapa and Lakota Sioux. Also one Hopi and two Ute. [expand].
Three color lithographs for the Santa Fe Railroad, entitled "The Blanket," (c1928), "The Smoke Ceremony" (c1933), "The Chant" (c1934). Oversize boxed. Alpha list.
Eight stereoviews, some color lithographs. .05 linear feet (1 folder).
Two b/w mounted prints of unidentified boats, ca. 1900.
150+ black and white negatives primarily of German soldiers, Nazi officials, and Hitler Youth all in uniform. Many appear to be on parade or in the field. Includes two images of a plaque in Russian and German on "liberation from...
[General]. Three notes (ANS), responding briefly to notes from others. Portland, Maine, 1879, 1883, 1895.
One letter (TLS) from Barrett, Editor of Drainage, to Mr. Finlay, re Aram Saroyan poems. Cambridge, Mass., 3 July 1967. Alpha list.
First page of Genesis, from the copy in the Library of Congress. Gift of Wallace Hebberd. [Oversize boxed]. No alpha list.
One b/w 8" x 10" glossy print of the main street and inhabitants, ca. 1910s-1920s.
Broadside. [Oversize boxed].
Holograph letter written on official stationey of the Office of the New Granada Canal & Steam Navigation Company, 4 Wall Street, New York by Henry Wells, President, to Captain J. T. Morrill of the Steamship Osprey. The letter authorizes Morrill...
One bound volume and seven loose documents: Company Orders, with names of men ordered and directed to report for duty, 1839-1850.
Printed engraving of the port, 1873.
42 picture postcards, most black and white, exteriors and interiors of buildings associated with Abraham Lincoln's early adult life, n.d.
Broadside. [Oversize boxed].
One Civil War document (ADS): Special Requisition for Stores, 14 Aug. 1863.
One Civil War document (ADS): Monthly return of soldiers present or absent for May 1864.
Civil War clerk's book, with lists of soldiers, stores, and other, 1864.
Set of 16 letterpress proofs of images and descriptions of nineteenth century railroad engines. Privately printed by Huxley House for New york York Central Railroad , 1938. Design, illustration and typography by John Maximus. Gift of John Maximus. Oversize, boxed....
Wood engraving, "The Meeting of the Friends, City Hall Park," apparently relating to the New York Draft Riots of 1863. [Oversize boxed].
One document (ADS) from Major General Kenner Garrard, 1862, and one newspaper account of the regiment's activity in the war.
Four Civil War documents (ADS), 1863.
One Civil War document (ADS): Monthly Return of Clothing, Camp and Garrison Equipage for March 1863.
Four cyanotype picture postcards, Bluxfields, Nicaragua, 1909. Alpha list.
Interviews with a Greek immigrant who settled in Santa Barbara. Interviewer: David E. Russell, Aug. 2000-Apr. 2001. Interviewee(s): Nicholas [aka Nick] Dumas [originally Dumakis]; Lena Dumas. Transcript: Various versions. Files from blue Mac downloaded to oral history section of S...
Purchase, Pablo Butcher, 2008. Bernath and Friends funds.
48 black and white snapshots, likely taken by a British miner or geologist, including images of a trek to prospect for minerals, Baro market place, Kano horse race, Calabar sports, cattle and sheep from the northern Nigeria at Ibadan, views...
Date of 1946 on one photo. Jeeps also look like that period, probably surplus from WWII.
96 engravings and lithographs, mixed formats and sizes, including British, French, American (Connecticut - esp. Hartford, Massachusetts, New York - esp. Albany and New York City), with images of buildings, several of Napoleon Bonaparte (including two political cartoons), other prominent...
. One stereoview of mounted troop, in formation. Underwood & Underwood, 1898.
Examples, some dups, of Noel Young's printing work for various presses, including Capricorn Press...
In this series of interviews, Noel Young recounts the trials he faced in establishing Capra Press and his association with Henry Miller and other authors. Interviewer: David E. Russell, 9/24/83-11/2/83. Interviewee(s): Noel Young. Transcript: Several versions. Final version: Noel Young...
ISKCON related materials.
One copy of a typed essay signed by Norman Shapiro re his method of producing drawings. Brightwaters, New York, Nov. 1985. Laid in Norman Shapiro, Daring Durea (Printers Z257.S439 1985). [Printers]. Alpha list.
38 b/w snapshots, captions in English, of local inhabitants, desert, oases, village, market, and street scenes from Morocco (Amizmiz, Fez, Marrakesh, Taza), Algeria (El Oued, Khabylie, Tlemsen, Touggourt) and Tunisia (Kairwan, Tunis). Bernath Collection. Purchase, Boston Book Company
96 b/w images, minimal captions in English, of local inhabitants, city views, street scenes, ports, boats, Roman ruins, in Algeria (Timgad, Lambise, Constantine, Tebessa), Tunisia (Dougga), and Morocco (Fez).
One Civil War document (ADS): Special Orders No. 21, by order of Major William H. Moore, signed by Henry Hallam, Adjutant, 2 Mar. 1865.
Signed [?] by President Theodore Roosevelt. In-hand as of 6/16/11. Oversize boxed.
Album of 120 black and white snapshots and photo postcards, most likely belonging to a British serviceman stationed in the North West Frontier province of British India, now Pakistan. Images include scenic views of Razmak, Manora Island, Khyber Pass, Peshawar;...
Three signed petitions to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies, to secede from the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, n.d. Alpha list.
many other images in early part of album, incl. Hawai, Philippines, Hong Kong, Kowloon, Shanghai, Yokohama...; also biplanes.
Holograph note written on United States Military Telegraph Office letterhead in response to letter from Gen. Franklin.
Holograph note written and signed by Wendell Phillips states "Liberty first, Union afterward", dated May 26, '61.
Interviews with Michael Coffey, Daniel Ellsberg, and David Krieger. Interviewer: David Russell. Interviewee(s): Michael Coffey, Daniel Ellsberg, David Krieger. Transcript: For tapes 1-6 only. Where are the rest? Related materials: Articles, newsletters, etc. about/by NAPF.
One black and white photograph of author, painter, and sculptor Nura Woodson Ulreich, New York , 1935. Laid in Ulreich's The Buttermilk Tree (Printers Z257.U47 1934). Alpha list.
One framed hand-colored leaf, with heading "Das sechst alter" = the sixth older [elder?]
Deeds and other documents from Massachusetts. Alpha list.
[Civil War Union General]. Portrait. [Oversize boxed].
Typescript (photocopy) of 1960 account by O. W. [Oggie] Petersen of his early years in Nebraska, including life in a sod house, [ca. late 19th century]. Also copy of homestead claim of his father, Carl M. W. [Petersen], 1888. Found...
Holograph thank you letter written from Washington, D. C. on Congressional stationery.
Catalogs and ephemera from the Oasis Center for Human Potential in Chicago.
Printed obituary of Lieutenant Horace Sargent Dunn, written by Mr. G. S. Hillard and appeared in the Boston Courier of May 28, states that his remains were committed to the grave on Saturday. It also mentions that Dunn was the...
Printed obituary of Mary Todd in the American Presbyterian newspaper with details of her life and family history. The obituary, composed by her son-in-law or daughter-in-law, indicates that she was a native of Louisa County, Virginia; the wife of Dr....
One Civil War era photoengraving, with images of nine Union officers, 1861. [Oversize boxed].
Papers re:Wataru Ohashi
80+ black and white snapshots, no captions, most seemingly from about the same time period, Mansfield, Ohio photographer (P. Bahl) printed on back of an earlier cdv. Many images of children and young adults, recreational activities, automobiles, houses and woods...
[Unidentified]. Oil Painting. [Oversize boxed].
Three mounted images. .05 linear feet (1 folder).
Interviewer: David E. Russell, 2000. Interviewee(s): Fermina Murray, Cathy Jo, Raphael Trancoso, Al Jaramillo, Gil Garcia, Joe Kunze. Transcript: Fermina Murray - Architectural Review; Cathy Jo -The Pagliotti Family: An Italian American Story; Raphael Trancoso: Ranch Foreman and Pioneer Merchant;...
Copy of "Memoirs and Memories of Oliver J. Stough, 1828-1925," written by Isabella Churchill, descendent of Stough. Includes Mexican War and Civil War accounts. Gift of SB resident Florence Casebeer, daughter of Isabella Church. Alpha list.
One signed holograph poem. Beverly Farms, Massachusetts, 27 Sept. 1879. [From: CDCC]. Alpha list.
(1809-1894). One letter (ALS) and one signed holograph poem, "Under the Violets," for bereaved parent.. Boston, 19 Jan. 1880. Alpha list.
Eight black and white photographs of faculty and students, including rattan furniture weaving and artwork.
Japanese woodblock prints, watercolor, and map, most depicting arrival of Perry and his fleet, and aftermath (see list for details).
Collection of albumen photographs, 10 images of 1897 Moki Snake Dance (stamp of G. Wharton James, Pasadena, Cal. on most); 3 images of Oraibi women and children, gathering of clans, n.d.; 1 image of group of men, including James, E....
Order from Secretary of State, New Hampshire, to select men of Concord, to hold meeting to vote for electors of President and Vice President of the United States, 27 September 1856.
Printed order on official stationery of the Ordnance Office, War Department in Washington, D. C., dated [March] 29, 1864, states that a request has been sent to the Paymaster General of the Army that the stoppage of pay on the...
Holograph military order by from Head Quarters, Eastern Division in Troy, N. Y. pertaining to the resignation of Captain R. Anderson from his stafff appointment at the Head Quarters and the announcement of Captain E. Schriver as the new Chief...
Holograph ordnance report, written on official stationery labeled Form No. 7--(a.) (For issues or transfers of Ordnance Stores), with quantities of military supplies, such as sabres, belts, knots, revolvers, belt holsters, halters, horse brushes, saddle blankets, etc..The report, signed by...
One b/w 3 3/4" x 10 1/2" print of Vista House, Crown Point, Columbia River Highway, taken by Cross & Dimmitt, Portland, Oregon.
Broadside. [Wyles Map Cabinet 1/1].
Two b/w 3 1/2" x 11 1/2" prints of Illecillewaet River and Little Yoho River, taken by Pittsbury Picture Company, San Francisco, 1906.
Photocopy of an overland journal, from Nauvoo, Illinois to California, 1849. Provenance unknown.
Three holograph letters written to his cousin during his service in the 4th Illinois Cavalry Regiment, and the 3rd Colored Cavalry Regiment.
(1892-1969). One letter (ALS) from English writer to Ted [?], thanking him for the book he has received and briefly discussing his own writing. Eckington, Derbyshire, 6 January n.y. Alpha list.
(1914-1970). One letter (TLS) from American anthropologist Oscar Lewis, to Walter E. Stoddard re Book Club of California membership. San Francisco, 26 May 1936. Laid in Lewis, Sea Routes to the Goldfields. Alph list.
160 original photographs, some panorama shots, and chromolithographs, as well as route maps, postcards, and menus of a voyage on the S.S. Grosser Kurfürst of the Norddeutscher Lloyd Line, from Bremerhafen (Germany) to Scotland (Edinburgh), Iceland (Reykjavik and Tröllafos), Spitzbergen,...
Four diaries by Ottile Sutro, an American concert pianist living with her sister Rose (also a pianist) in Berlin during the beginning of World War I. Entries describe day to day experiences of the effects of the war on Berlin,...
"Original Leaves from Famous Bibles, Nine Centuries 1121-1935 A.D." Broadside. Includes list of leaves contained in two separate series, issued in 1936 and 1938, by Otto F. Ege, Cleveland School of Art, lecturer on the historyu of the book, School...
Confederate broadside verse. In hand as of 6/16/11. Oversize boxed.
17 items, including correspondence, checks, letterheads, logos, receipts and vouchers relating to Wells Fargo, Overland Stage Line, Pony Express, Judge Carter, Ben Holladay, and Nat Stein. .05 linear feet (1 folder).
One letter (ALS) to A. Gross re a billing issue for a book subscription. New Orleans, 18 Nov. 1887. Merged with SC 388.
Five letters (ALS) from the former Civil War Confederate general to Charles Scribner's Sons and their salesman, A. Gross, re a subscription for an eight-volume set of books. New Orleans, 1887-1888.
One letter (ALS). Knoxville, TN, Sept. 24, 1847. Found in unsorted Wyles SC. Alpha list.
Includes images of China, Korea, Japan, Philippines, and Hawaii.
130 black and white and sepia-toned photographs taken during a tour of New Zealand, Polynesia, New Hebrides (Vanuatu), New Caledonia, and Australia, with captions in French. Includes native villagers in natural costume (fishing, weaving, tattooing), volcanic regions, missions and villages,...
Broadside, 1874, re the side-wheel steamship Senator, traveling to Santa Barbara, San Pedro, and San Diego. Reprinted by the Los Angeles Corral of "The Westerners," ca. 1948. [Oversize boxed].
Five printed color packing labels for lemons packed by the Limoneira Co. of Santa Paula, California. Gift of Sally Weimer, 6 July 1989. Alpha list.
Five printed color packing labels for lemons packed by companies in Santa Barbara County, California. Purchase, Gaylord's Mercantile, Old Sacramento shop, ca. 2005. Alpha list.
Two holograph letters written to his wife regarding camp life and requesting that she write about how the crops are doing.
Unknown artitist and title, shows boy at door kissing hand of woman, with angry man holding rope, approaching the boy. In-hand as of 8/3/11.
Photograph album contains 71 black and white photos, captioned in English, by a British serviceman at a hill station in British India, now Pakistan. Images include churches and other buildings, local peoples, a religious festival, livestock, river and scenic views,...
118 large black and white photos of European staff; indigenous personnel; buildings and barracks, including interiors; tankers (loading petroleum, etc.); drilling derricks; cracking installations; pipelines; boats on the Musi River. Several group photos of staff, and children from a local...
Album contains 244 color postcards, mainly of Palestine, with some additional postcards of Lebanon, Syria, and Egypt. Most descriptive information on the postcards is in German; some also include French and English. Images include sights, scenes and local peoples in...
31 b/w images, including snapshots of Canal Zone, 1909; unidentified mounted albumen prints of apparently a Southwest town and inhabitants (signs are in English); and two of a boy on horseback.
One black/white panoramic photograph: Cucaracha Slide - Culebra Cut. .01 linear feet (1 folder). Photo deframed 11/25/03. Oversize, map case.
One black/white panoramic photograph of Panama Canal under construction, showing equipment used in excavation. .1 linear feet (1 oversize framed item). Vault.
Eleven black and white photographs, including picture postcards and one stereoview, of Panama Canal construction, hotels, Hospital Ancon, Santa Anna Church, and Cathedral Plaza.
Stereo viewer and 48 accompanying black and white stereo glass slides, with views of the Panama Canal and its environs.
Descript. /Summary (520): Bound photo album dated circa 1912 (per dealer estimate). Note: The Panama Canal Zone was acquired via purchase by the U.S. in 1904 and reverted to the government of Panama in 1999. The Panama Canal construction project...
Revised printed color plan for exposition to be held in Buffalo, May 1 - Nov. 1 , 1901. Found item, provenance unknown. Alpha list. ++ Oversize boxed.
Examples of handmade and other fine papers from around the world, along with materials on papermaking. Related cataloged items (including works by Dard Hunter) can be searched on Pegasus.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Paris Universal Exposition 1867 collection, Mss 223. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
One handwritten letter (ALS) from Parker to [B. Henrey?], soliciting political help in Illinois. Charleston, IL, May 11, 1854. Removed from Montgomery Collection (Wyles Mss 9). Alpha list.
One thin bound volume, with holographic notes on the Presidents and advisors/counciollors of the Inquests at the time of their exile by Louis XV in 1732. Stamped "Collection de Dumont Villeneuve." Alpha list.
Partial holograph millitary order signed by Edward Robinson, by order of Brigadier General Julius Stahel, states that Aquia Creek Station will furnish all details for fatigue and guard duty; all the fatigue parties from the Third Division which are now...
[Governor of California]. Mimeograph script for KEYT [Santa Barbara television station] for program "Campaign Special #1," showcasing local developments during his tenure, Sept. 25 , 1962. Alpha list.
17 b/w photographs.
Approx. 270 mostly color lithograph cards.... From Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont,Wisconsin... advertising products such as Merchant's Worm Tablets, [think about org. by company name, like Romaine and others].
Manuscripts and Leaflets
No. 75 of 110 of "Light in the Woods." Deframed 5/3/06. Found in workroom, provenance unknown. Alpha list. Oversize.
Typescript copy of "Writers and the Faith. Katherine Mansfield," ca. 1945. Alpha list.
22 documents. .05 linear feet (1folder).
Holograph letter written at Head Quarters on the Rapidan River requesting that General Thomas help return an absent private to his regiment.
23 reproduction proofs, various subjects including Vietnam, elections, and prison conditions, by Los Angeles Times political cartoonist, Paul Conrad. Accompanied by a letter from Conrad and an essay on cartooning. Gift of Herb Simpkins
Carbon-copy typescript of Ellerbe's The Winds Are My Shelter: The Autobiography of a Comparatively Free Man.
One letter (TLS) from businessman and book collector Lemperly to E. H. Sauer, re collecting prints and proofs. New York, May 7, 1908. Alpha list.
Two printed playbills, Sam S. Shubert Theatre (New York City) and Auditorim Theatre (Rochester, NY). Purchase, HCA
Notes and article about the Santa Barbara News-Press and Paul VeblenÆs involvement in the John Birch Society æskirmishÆ; letters and copies of letters to Veblen from Pearl Chase, along with her copy of Seven Hundred Chinese Proverbs, inscribed to Veblen.
Brochures and flyers
Collection of ten letters and documents removed from the Community Development and Conservation Collection [also known as the Pearl Chase Collection, SBHC Mss 1]. Includes items from [?] Bryce, Theodore E. Burton, R. Choute, Hamilton Fish, John Hay, Augustus Post,...
Carbon copy of a letter (TLS) from Pearl Chase to John A. Hussey, Historian, National Park Service, San Francisco, re birth of Isabel Larkin, believed to be first child born in California of American parents. Santa Barbara, September 1962. Found...
Interviews with Pearl Chase about her life, Santa Barbara history in the early 20th century, her longstanding involvement in community development efforts. Also, tapes of events involving and honoring her. Interviewer: Gibbs Smith, ca. 1972-1973. Other tapes, 1968, 1974, and...
Two Civil War documents (AD): Clothing Accounts for John Ruggles (deceased), George H. Shippey, Elliot Bayer, and James Smith (all deserters), 1862.
Two Civil War documents (AD): Clothing Accounts for Henry Dengler, Robert A. Donaldson, William English, and James English, 1863.
One Civil War document (AD): Clothing Accounts for John W. Swartz and William Stininger, 1864-1865.
One letter (ALS) to Miss Mary E. Hand, re his book Sanctuary: A Bird Masque, along with publisher's advertisements for Sanctuary, ca. 1914 , 1916. Alpha list.
One letterpress advertisement of books in print and terms of purchase, 19 June 1974. Laid in Jerome Rothenberg, A Poem to Celebrate the Spring & Diane Rothenberg's Birthday (Perishable Press
Eight black and white photographs (cartes de visité size), of Peruvian Indian men and women, several by photographer Ricardo Villaalba, some studio, others outdoors.
About 270 images, including original prints, captions in German, and picture postcards, many in color.
(1790-1868). One note (ANS) to P. R. [Fendall?], re corrections he is to make [for a publication?], 6 Mar. 1839.
[New York Dragoons, 1st Regiment, Company I]. One Civil War era document (ADS): Receipt for property of deceased soldier Gerin. Washington, D.C., 12 Jan. 1866.
(1731-1773). Msg/oversize?
Notebooks ...partner of Allen Ginsberg.
Typescript manuscript of "Training in Plantsmanship." Santa Barbara, California , 1941. Alpha list.
Manuscript and typescript drafts of Santa Barbara author, scholar, and translator Peter Whigam's verse translation of Dante [Alighieri's] Cantos [Divine Comedy], photograph, three letters (ALS), resumé, memorial booklet by Ralph Sipper, and bibliography. Gift of Ralph Sipper
One holograph petition to Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, for Mr. Moses F. Webb of the City of New Brunswick to be considered as a candidate for the United States Marshalship for the State of New Jersey. Mr....
Ten page history of the Salisbury, CT Pettee family and Santa Barbara descendant Frank Pettee. Found with Frank Pettee's Retracing My Steps: An Autobiography (Santa Barbara: Schauer Pringtin Studio , 1959). Alpha list.
Two holograph letters written at the 93d U.S. Colored Infantry camp requesting his friend write to him more often and with more information.
Holograph letter written at Camp Butler, Newport News, Va., regarding the appointment of surgeons in the army.
One document (ADS), 4 August 1717. [where and about what?]. [not found as of 7/16/09]
One letter (TLS), to Patricia Cronshaw, re her visit to the University of Hull, 14 Apr. 1981. Alpha list.
Correspondence to Philip James from Bernard Herrmann and from CBS Radio regarding the American School of the Air and the 1940 School of the Air program.
One letter (ALS) from Phil Walker, Professor of French at UC Berkeley, to Harry [?], mentioning campus riots. Berkeley, CA, July 15 , 1969. Alpha list.
One letter (ALS) from Phil [Whalen] to Tom [Clark ?] re a review being printed and Whalen's trip to Rome. Zen Center, San Francisco, Sept. 9
Album contains 100 black and white commercial photographs with brief descriptive titles in English on each. Photos feature landmarks of Manila, including churches, parks, bridges; rice paddies in Ifugao and other agricultural scenes; boats and houses along the Pasig River;...
Mimeograph copies of two plays about the Philippines by Alvah Dale Riley, who spent a number of years there. Titles are: "Amok: A Philippine Tragedy - in Seven Scenes," and "The Barong: A Play of the Southern Philippines: In Three...
34 black and white photographs, most snapshots, of Philippine-American family/families in Pasadena, California. Includes several images of pilots and plane, automobiles, individual men and women (some named - one with musical instrument), groups in front of the Church of the...
Album contains 227 black and white photographs and photo postcards of a family working and traveling in the Philippines, Japan, and another unnamed location presumably in the United States. Album begins with large format photos and several panoramas of the...
80 photographs, most black and white, a few hand-colored, about 70 of Phillipines, with remaining 10 of Japan, very few captions. Phillipine images include street scenes, houses and other buildings, agriculture, rivers, bamboo bridges, port, boats (incl. U.S. military vessel),...
Cite as: [Identification of item], Philippines photograph album, Bernath Mss 289. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Album contains 481 black and white photographs taken in the Philippines, primarily in Manila, Baguio, and San Juan. Images include churches, old Spanish forts, bridges, cemeteries, monuments; ships coming to and from the Philippines; indigenous peoples, village scenes, agriculture, and...
Two photo albums with approximately 100 black and white photographs recording the travel of Americans in the Philippines from 1922 to 1924. The travelers sailed on the S.S. Pompey from Jolo to Cebu and on to Zamboanga. Family names used...
Cite as: [Identification of item], Philippines photograph collection, Bernath Mss 301. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Five black/white numbered photographs, ca. 4" x 6", mainly of soldiers and storm-damaged buildings; one of local farmer and water buffalo plowing. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
Eight sepia photographs, ca. 5" x 8", mainly local village, street, and river scenes, including Joung women and children from Albay, Luzon. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
21 lithographs, from etchings by Romeo Gilbert, including "Fort Malate after the bombardment,"Remains of the Castilla," "A modern gun and magazine on the walls of Manila,""Iron Bridge on the Pasig river," and other scenes of buildings, bridges, streets, fortifications,and coastline....
Collection contains three travel guides, relating primarily to the city of Baguio; a viewbook of the Philippines, Japan, and the Pacific; and an issue of The Bounding Billow, a publication for American "Men-o'-Warsmen," commemorating the Battle of Manila Bay.
Bound, typescript 'newsletters'
Portraits. [Oversize boxed].
One engraving, carte de visite size, of Sheridan in uniform, with stamp of Joseph Ward, Boston, on reverse.
Handwritten copy of a letter written from San Francisco, agreeing to recommend Breckenridge to the Khedive of Egypt or the Sultan of Turkey.
One indenture, on vellum, for brew house and three lots of land, from Jacob Phillippi and wife, to Christian Phillippi, Heidelberg, Dauphin County, [Pennsylvania]. Found in misc. mss. map drawer. Map cabinet 20/6. Alpha list.
Holograph letter written in Boston, regarding a letter and money sent by Mrs. Halsted for the freedmen.
[Captain, Massachusetts Volunteers, Provost Marshall]. One Civil War document (ADS): Guard Pass issued for William B. Newman, 6 Jan. 1862.
Small black and white photographs apparently taken at an early version of a photo booth, most teen/early adult men and women, some identified, showing the fashions of the day, location unknown.
Cite as: [Identification of item], "Photo Nadal Saigon" Vietnam Album, Bernath Mss 379. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
One b/w 11x14 print of unidentified bearded man, copyright notice at bottom, looks like 1898. In hand; provenance unknown. [Oversize boxed?]
Photograph, otherewise unidentified. [Oversize boxed].
Photograph, 8x10 b/w, tribe, location, and photographer unknown, n.d.
Photograph, 8x10 b/w, of a mule train, loaded with lumber and building supplies, winding down snowcovered trail, location and photographer unknown, n.d.
Photo book from the 1946 convention of the International Brotherhood of Magicians with sixty photos by Irvin Schankman with captions.
Sketchbook with 195 original color drawings, mainly of ornaments, by Pickford Waller, collector and designer of bookplates, 1921. Alpha list.
One original color poster of the San Franciso based Pickle Family Circus, appearing in Santa Barbara, Sept 12-13, [ca. 1980]. Found in misc. mss map drawer. Map cabinet 20/6. Alpha list.
Holograph letter written in St. Louis concerning the possibility that Missouri may join the Confederacy.
Two letters (ALS), in French, with English translations, from French sculptor Roche to Cornelia B. Tafe, Director of the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy , 1916 , 1917. Alpha list.
One pamphlet entitled "Manx Wild Flowers," by Ralfe, with correspondence and notes also bound in, ca. 1911-1912. Alpha list.
In hand as of 10/27/10 - provenance unknown. Alpha list - title only.
General and Special Orders, Headquarters, Department of the Monongahela and Susquehanna, seven leaves re recruitment of soldiers, with printed newspaper advertisements attached.
Correspondence, treasurer's report, and other printed material re gold mining in Ecuador, ca. 1895-1916. Otis S. Gage was involved in the activities of this and the United States Gold Dredging and Rubber Company (SC 1060).
Original sketches and hand colored prints from Les Chapeaux de la Femme Chic. Gift of Robert E. Bason, apparently originally purchased by/for his wife Carol Bason Alpha list.
Two scrapbook leaves, with printed poems pasted in, from newspapers such as the Barnstable [Massachusetts] Patriot. Found in misc. mss. map drawer. Oversize boxed. Alpha list.
38 b/w photos, most 8x10, most relating to the Police Gazette (New York) and its staff, with various celebrities and sports figures such as Babe Ruth, Joe Dimaggio, Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams, Rocky Graziano, Sugar Ray Robinson, Jersey Joe Walcott,...
The Imperial Shaving Shop, Satirist, 1st February 1813. Hand colored. Alpha list.
THE MAIN - E - ACS - OF 1855 _ PURITANISM REVIVED _ EVIL EFFECTS OF THE JUG LAW, re prohibition law of the time. Portland, Maine. Alpha list. [Oversize boxed].
Also includes a few color slides and a 16mm film (Agfa Safety film).
Cloth [?], n.d. [Oversize boxed].
Photographs, (mostly B+W, various sizes and formats) of unidentified individuals, churches, schools; newspaper clippings: The Peoples [sic] Bulletin, 1917, published in Portland, The Black Worker, identified as the "Official Organ of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters," 1943, (published in...
Individual and small sets of posters from multiple sources, most U.S. and a few British. Includes items relating to book arts, book fairs, Johannes Gutenberg, printing, and publishers/publishing.
24 black and white photographs, many with same G.I., including images of war damaged Catholic church, other buildings, countryside, several with Japanese men, women, and children, location unknown.
Photographs of French actors, singers and composers taken from an album of Felix Potin potraits.
Photocopies of correspondence between Ezra Pound and John Theobald , 1957-1958, together with an essay by Theobald on the history of the Exchange [removed to Mss 99 /put originals in vault]
13 unidentified b/w mounted photographs, many with women carrying babies and small children on their backs. .05 linear feet (1 folder).
One printed pamphlet, "Who's Going to Win? Statistics for the Presidential Campaign, 1888." Waterbury Watch Co., 1888. Alpha list.
Portfolio of 16 steel plate portraits, with facsimile autographs, ca. late 1800s. Includes Lincoln and Grant.
Booklet of engraved portraits, ca. 1881.
Clippings, newsletter
. Printed annual session minutes for Primitive Baptist associations, arranged alphabetically by name of the association, located in several states including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
see Selvaggio description.
One print: "Breech Loading Carbines, submitted by Inventors to a Board of Officers convened by order of the Secretary of War at the National Armory, Springfield, Mass., USA, on the Fourth of January 1865." [Oversize boxed].
Woman - reclining nude. In hand as of 6/16/11. Oversize boxed.
One printed circular: "The Cavalry Fight on the Right Flank at Gettysburg, July 3d, 1863," soliciting funds for the Monumental Shaft, Feb. 20, 1885. Found in unsorted Wyles SC.
1 printed engraving, "Surrender of Fort Donelson, February 16, 1862 ... View of Principal Fortifications, including the Water Batteries ...". .01 linear feet (1 folder). Oversize, cabinet 1/1.
Mainly prospectuses and sample sheets for facsimile editions of famous works such as the Gutenberg Bible. Also, some broadsides and other specimens, primarily of 20c American printers.
Three British rural scenes. In hand as of 6/16/11. ++ Oversize boxed.
Six broadsides, proclaiming days of fasting and thanksgiving. Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, 1868-1869. [ Wyles Map Cabinet 1/1].
Brochures and flyers
Printed revised proof of the National Platform for the Prohibition Party, compliments of James Black, Chairman of the National Committee, Lancaster, PA, [ca. late 1800s]. Gift
Found in unsorted Wyles SC. Alpha list - title only.
Holograph note written on January 2, 1849 and signed by Shelton Watters & Co. about paying A. Richie one hundred and sixty dollars next December 25th for the hire of two slaves, Anderson and Walker. A short message written across...
Newsletters and other ephemera pertaining to psychosynthesis, a transpersonal psychology emphasizing personal growth.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Psychosynthesis Research Foundation records, HPA Mss 54. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Interviews conducted by UCSB graduate students as a class project in the public history program.
UCSB Public History Studies [PHS] Program project. Mainly interviews with Santa Barbara area fire department, forest service, and government employees re fires and firefighting,. Also some interviews re water rights and shortages, the 1925 Santa Barbara earthquake, and zoning/building code...
interviews with Santa Barbara business, conducted as part of the UCSB Public History Studies, State Street Oral History Project, 1976-1977. Interviewed were Charles Clapp, Ray Guzman, Tom Kleveland, Dave Macciante, Tony Martin, Y. C. Osuna, Pete Padilla, Isabel Selover, San...
Cite as: [Identification of item], Puget Sound Christian Indian Mission photograph album, Wyles Mss 129. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
One letter (ALS) to a Mr. Wilkinson, re selling books and antiques. Stancombe Park, 4 July 1858. Fouond in John Aiken, General Biography; or, Lives of the Most Eminent Persons, vol. 1 (London 1818). Alpha list.
Correspondence to Stephen Hay, UCSB Professor, and related materials re Pyarelal's objections to Ved Mehta's articles on Mahatma Gandhi in the New Yorker, ca. 1976-1977. Gift of Stephen Hay
One document (ADS), order to her notary, Diego Ramirez re how she lost a pearl, part of a rosary, and how the Queen's Chamberlain, Sancho de Paredes, should not be held responsible. Seville, Spain, 15 February 1502. Gift of Mark...
Several flyers and examples of printing, n.d. 1 folder. [Oversize boxed]. Alpha list.
2 negative albums containing 212 images, with indexes, taken by [British?] naturalist R. A. Lever of ...
One certificate, admitting Parsons as an Attorney and Counsellor of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1857. Alpha list.
[B.?]. One letter (ALS) re his writing, 31 Mar. 1910. Purchase. Deaccession?
"Sarah Bush Lincoln: an account of Lincoln's stepmother." Reprint from The Sohioan (February 1941).
40 black and white photos, in school notebook, apparently compiled by R. G. Herrington in 1934, with handwritten captions, mainly of Japanese bombardment and attacks on Shanghai, as well as earlier images of Chinese pirates being executed. .05 linear feet...
One printed document, "Copy of a Memorial forwarded in February, 1872, to the Right Honorable W. E. Gladstone, M.P., First Lord of the Treasury," re the importance of English author R. H. Horne's literary works and public service. Alpha list.
One document (ADS), in Spanish, re a marriage. Santa Barbara, 28 April 1852. [SBHC]. Alpha list.
Civil War journal, 1861-1862, letter and circular, together with typed transcript and family information.
[Civil War Confederate General]. Portrait. [Oversize boxed].
Scrapbook (mainly picture postcards, travel brochures) and related correspondence.
One bound volume, with pencil and water color sketches, many of boats, buildings, and people; also several recipes in a separate section of the volume. Date inside cover, January 1, 1815. Alpha list
Autographs and messages from friends, relatives, teachers, many of whom were members of the Santa Barbara Jewish community of the latter nineteenth century.
. 78 booklets published by the Radio Bible Class (Grand Rapids, MI), most by Richard W. De Haan, with titles such as "Eternal Destinations," "The Other Side of Death," and "The Time of Christ's Return."
Includes number of copy prints of earlier photos, sold by a railroad photo dealer. Arranged by name of railroad.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Railroad ephemera collection, Wyles Mss 154. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
One letter (TLS) from Unitarian minister and lecturer Henry Clark, praising Ralph Bradford for his book, In the Image of Man (1933). Alpha list.
Flyers and articles
One black and white cabinet photo of a painting of Emerson, labeled "Bruckmann's Collection," n.d.
Collection of 61 carbon copies of typewritten letters, memoranda, and reports, June 4, 1904 to August 23, 1913, on the construction of the United States' naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and its water supply in Oriente Province, originally belonging...
Holograph letter written at the Frankford Arsenal to Major R.L. Baker of the Watervliet Arsenal, West Troy, N.Y.
Audio and video recording of the teachings of the spirit Ramtha, channeled by JZ Knight.
Auction broadside, "Grand Auction Sale at Los Alamos, the chief town in the northern part of Santa Barbara County...," by Easton, Eldridge & Co., 1888. Includes map of the subdivision. Oversize, map cabinet 20/6. Alpha list.
20 black and white photographs, with captions, of various activities including cattle herding, plowing, and hide tanning. Apparently historical recreations, ca. 1950s-1970s, which were photographed and distributed to institutions such as the Ventura Schools Visual Aids Department, which is where...
Holograph letter written by D. C. Randolph in Richmond to S. D. Cabanip in Huntsville about the arrival of Mrs. Harrison and the selling of Dolly, who is reported to be in good health.
Six letters (TLS) from historian Billington to Wilbur Jacobs, Professor of History at UCSB, re history conferences, talks, historians, and personal matters. Gift of Wilbur Jacobs. Alpha list.
(Judge). Correspondence, clipping and three typescript essays re deer in California, one entitled "Deer of Santa Barbara," ca. 1953. Alpha list.
Seven letters (TLS) and one letter (ALS) from Bradbury to UCSB librarians, re his Corle lecture and its publication in the Library's Soundings, 1974-1975; also two letters (TLS) to Bradbury re the Soundings article, 1975. Alpha list.
One letter (TLS) to Matthew J. Bruccoli and one letter (TLS) from Bruccoli, with typescript response by Ray Bradbury, 1976, re publication of Bradbury's Moby Dick screenplay and rights issues involving John Huston. Alpha list.
Two albums with more than 200 black and white snapshots, many with captions in English, most in and around Casapalca (known for its silver and zinc mines) where Ray apparently worked for a mining concern. Includes many images of family,...
Telegram to H. L. Hitchcock of Santa Barbara, the first plane-to-ground commercial radio message, June 27 , 1929, together with a Santa Barbara News-Press article detailing the story, Feb. 2 , 1958. Alpha list.
Five letters (ALS and TLS) , 1944, from Raymong A. Stephanak, former proof-reader at Conde Nast, to Irving Rigby, re his World War II experiences in the Pacific theater, mainly New Guinea, along with examples of Japanese currency and a...
The collection contains academic writings, research files, correspondence, and related of Thomas M. Raysor (Coleridge/Wordsworth/Shakespeare scholar; Harvard grad; University of Nebraska faculty) and family correspondence, mainly to Ellen Devereux Koopman Raysor (wife of Thomas; Radcliffe grad), some 1930s and WWII...
Gift of Mrs. Catherine Maxwell (8/24/77), who retains the original.
Office of Lloyd's American R. R. Weekly receipt, signed for J. T. Lloyd by W. M. Walker, indicating that money was received from Mr. Samuel Breese in advance for a copy of Lloyd's Farmer's, Railroad, Telegraph and Express Map of...
Two copies of a holograph receipt written on official stationery of the Transportation Department, Mississippi River, Assistant Quartermaster's Office. The receipt is identified as Book F No. 124 and is received of Captain G. A. Pierce, Assistant Quartermaster U.S. Army,...
Letters and documents mainly relating to financial matters of the Mobile & Ohio, and the Louisiana & Missouri Railroad companies. .05 linear feet (1 folder).
Record of Missionary Labors. Bound ledger, with diary of activities in England, 1916- 1918.
Stampers (metal parts) for HMV and Victor 78rpm issues.
One b/w 6 1/2" x 8 1/2" print of automobile and passengers driving through tunnel cut in tree, ca. 1910s- 1920s.
Newsletters and flyers
Typescript draft of novel, "Down to Earth," by blind author
Holograph letter written at Huntersville, Arkansas.
Holograph list of names summoned by the Republic of Texas for jury duty on a slave trial.
One printed document [incomplete], "Investigation of Public Printing," the minority view submitted by Mr. King, Chairman of the Subcommittee charging, among other things, that "moneys drawn from the public treasury under color of law, ostensibly to pay for executive printing...
Seven printed items, including notices, instructions, and electoral slate, 1880. Alpha list.
One holograph letter written and signed by Rev. D. Ripley Sr. from Wesleyville, Erie County, Pennsylvania to the Christian Commission, an organization that provided supplies, medical services, and religious literature to Union troops during the American Civil War. The letter...
One letter (ALS) to Lathrop from unidentified author. New Haven, [CT], Apr. 4, 1825. Found in unsorted SC. Alpha list.
Interviewer: DR? 4/17/89-4/20/89.
One holograph letter written and signed by Reverdy Johnson to a lawyer regarding a case, possibly the Dred Scott case, that might go the Attorney General for consideration.
(1891-1979). Autobiographical UCSB Friends of the Library speech by Rexford Tugwell, member of the FDR Brain Trust and, later, active in the Santa Barbara- based Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (CSDI), [ca. 1960s-1970s]. Alpha list.
One document (AD): Roster, 1 Jan. 1864.
[see Valentino's description]
The collection includes correspondence files, legal documents, transcripts, photographs, news clippings and ephemera. The preponderance of the Ricardo Cruz Papers, 11 boxes, the Legal Files series, represent his legal cases as a Los Angeles attorney.
Holograph letter written in New York City asking if Erastus Corning had received a package he had sent.
(1935-1984). One note (ANS) by American writer Richard Brautigan, re one of his poems, 12 May 1975. Laid in Brautigan's Please Plant This Book (Santa Barbara, CA: Graham Mackintosh , 1968). Alpha list.
Two documents, one-sheet passports for Parsons, signed by United States Secretary of State, William Seward, 1861. Alpha list. [Oversize boxed].
(Texas Governor, 1874-1876). One letter (ALS) to Charles B. Pearse, re financial claims against the state. Executive Office, State of Texas, Austin, Texas, 16 Oct. 1874.
One letter (ALS) Blackmore, English novelist best known for Lorna Doone, to Alfred Hunt, asking about Hunt's new book and talking about other personal matters. [London], July 12, 1877. Alpha list.
One holograph Civil War song, patriotic to the Union cause, written on board the U.S. Steamer Osceola the night before the battle of Fort Fisher.
Discharge papers for Private Richard Drummond, of the 21st Regiment, Alabama Volunteers, Company K, on surgeon's certificate of disability. Signed by Assistant Adjutant General John Withers.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Richard Flacks papers, UArch FacP 48. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
[123rd Pennsylvania Vol., Co. G]. One Civil War document: Appointment as first lieutenant, 21 Aug. 1862. [Oversize boxed].
Articles
One letter (TLS), signed "Dick Nixon," to T[homas] M. Storke, Santa Barbara News-Press, re advance copy of his book Six Crises. 19 May 1962. Alpha list.
Copy of a letter (TLS), signed "Richard Nixon," to Maude Barnard of Santa Barbara re her book Within the Walls of Peking, written during the height of the Watergate scandal and wishing Barnard "...the peace, joy and fulfillment you so...
(1871-1931). Two letters (ALS) from English biographer Northcott, to Dr. Wyatt Wingrave, re Wingrave's reminiscences of Adah Isaacs Menken, American Jewish actress, painter, and poet. Southbourne, [England], 8 and 10 October 1921. Found in Northcott's Adah Isaacs Menken (London ,...
[Corporal, Kentucky Infantry, 5th Regiment (Vol), Company B, Louisville Legion]. Civil War correspondence, ca. 1862.
One note [TN], in English, "Cuts for Rosenkavalier," n.d. Laid in Strauss' DerRosenkavalier (M1503.S916 R6 1943). Alpha list.
One note (AN), in English, content unclear, n.d. Laid in Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxox [vocal score] (M1503.S916 A7 1944). Alpha list.
Two holograph letters written from Philadelphia and signed by Richard Vaux, former Mayor of Philadelphia and a member of the U. S. House of Representatives, to Dr. Cohen. The first letter is about Mr. Sage being with Jen and having...
Holograph letter written at Fort Marshall, Maryland, describing the fort.
[Private, U.S. Cavalry, 5th Regiment]. One Civil War era document (ADS): Discharge, at end of three year enlistment period, 1864-1867.
The collection represents a small gathering of correspondence and research files and an extraordinarily large collectinof original work containing thousands of images created by Rini. The manuscript material includes correspondence, photographs and slides, and original work produced by the artist.
A collection of 34 of Ward Ritchie's Laguna Verde imprints with some correspondence laid in, a handwritten list of imprints through no. 24, a newspaper article about Ritchie, and a matted black and white print of Ritchie. A more detailed...
Holograph letter written at the regiment hospital camped near Bell Plain, Virginia regarding hospital work and hot air balloons.
Indenture, Great Britain, 1805. Includes typescript transcription. Gift of Mrs. W. Edwin Hobson
Photocopy of one letter ( TL)S to Robert Lomas, re Civil War experiences and reply from Lomas, 1886, 1887.
One letter (ALS) from author Robert B. Douglas, to a Mr. Keeson re a ticket for a lottery conducted in conjunction with the Paris Exhibition of 1889. Paris, 23 December 1897. Alpha list.
About 200 b/w photographs, many commercial, captions in English compiled by United States Merchant Mariner Robert Bennet. Includes images of Egypt (Cairo, Pyramids, Alexandria), Lebanon (Beyrouth/Beirut), Palestine (Haifa, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem), Syria, Italy (Naples), Gibraltar, Marseille, Morocco (Casablanca), Algiers, and...
(1812-1889). One stamped envelope, addressed to Miss (?) Field, Aubrey House, Notting Hill, England, 1871. Alpha list.
(1812-1889). One holograph poem signed, from "Garden Fancies: The Flower's Name." London, 7 Aug. 1883. Alpha list.
Re Santa Barbara Navy Pier.; Harbormaster, S.B. Interviewer: Psuic, May 1, 1984 - May 8, 1984. Interviewee(s): Gene M. Harris; Okley G. Braaley; Transcript: None found. Related materials: Copy of front pages of MA thesis. Arrangement: A19789/CS: Interview with Gene...
One letter (ALS) from English-born American Unitarian clergyman, to unnamed friend, reflecting upon days gone by. New York, Dec. 21 , 1908. Found in unsorted SC. Alpha list.
(1823-1912). 1 note (ANS), 1867, and 1 letter (ALS), n.d. (Transferred from SC 60).
Article, leaflet
Mss, also related collection of printed works, mainly first JS first editions [how many?]; also see a couple of association sets, i.e. owned by Sanford.
Copy of Currier & Ives, "Surrender of Genl. Lee, at Appomattox C. H. Va. April 9th, 1865." [Oversize boxed]. [is this a contemporaneous copy or recent copy?]
Portraits. Mainly engravings from diverse sources. [Oversize boxed].
Facsimile of 1 ALS to nephew Fitzhugh Lee. Lexington, Virginia, 19 Sept. 1870.
Holographic copies of 2 Civil War ALS to Jefferson Davis and the People of Maryland, 1862.
Photostat of 1 Civil War ALS to James A. Seddon, Secretary of War, re cold weather and need for shoes and warm clothing for troops, 1863. [same as Wyles SC 387?].
[Civil War Union Lieutenant, New York 10th Infantry, Recruiting Office]. 14 Civil War documents (ADS), including vouchers for office supplies, police utensils, recruiting supplies, and commutation of quarters (lodging), 1863-1864.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Robert Hill De Wolfe papers, UArch FacP 9. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Interview with the Vice President and Treasurer of the University of California, about his career at UC, how Santa Barbara became part of the UC system, and the acquisition of the Goleta campus of UCSB. Interviewer: Robert Mullin. Interviewee(s): Robert...
Photocopies of Fred Hurst Civil War correspondence, mainly 1861-1863, and Selim E. Woodworth diary, re Donner relief party, winter of 1846-1847. Permission to quote requires written authorization by Mills. Agreement suggests Bancroft also may have copies, or perhaps originals (see...
In recalling his youth on the Sisquoc Ranch, Robert O. Easton recaptures the real life experiences he used in writing his novels. He also describes Harvard University during the Depression, where he edited The Harvard Lampoon, and recalls his military...
One note (ANS) from Charles Clay, re names of sisters mentioned in Lord Houghton's Gleanings from Beranger (1889). [London], 21 July 1962. Alpha list.
As librarian for the University of Dublin and the Huntington Library, Robert Dougan recounts such experiences as the rebinding of the Book of Kells and his efforts to augment the Huntington's extensive collections. He also introduces the reader to the...
One note (TNS) to Eleanor Howard, re her review of The Journey. Laid in Smith's The Man with the Gold-Headed Cane. New York, January 27 , 1944. (PS3537.M752 M3)
Autograph from American author Robert Penn Warren, on postcard sent to Ken E. Gerkort, Harvard, NE, November 27, 1972. Alpha list.
Materials donated by Robert Reasoner, founder the National Council for Self-Esteem and president of the International Council for Self-Esteem, relating to the California Center for Self-Esteem, National Association for Self-Esteem, International Council for Self-Esteem, and his own work. Also includes...
One lengthy letter [ALS] from Robert S. Wharton, former Civil War Union officer and traveler, to his sister Lizzie Wharton of Pennsylvania. The letter includes nine sketches, some in color, and describes life among Confederate expatriates who have settled in...
Files of Zeiger, an Old Catholic bishop
From dealer description: Collection of 16 glass negatives comprising eight plates taken onboard Terra Nova and seven negatives of other vessels (possibly seen during the outward voyage). Of the plates taken onboard Terra Nova, the subjects include a study of...
Bob Tannenbaum with David E. Russell, Bob Tannenbaum: An Unfolding Life, Integrating the Personal and Professional (Santa Barbara: UCSB Oral History Program, 1995) pp. 389. Following the printing of a limited hardbound edition, the UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management...
(Secretary of War). One letter (ALS) responding to request of J. J. Jones of Chicago, re current government employment of Augustus Funk. Washington, Mar. 14, 1883. Found in unsorted Wyles SC.
Typsescripts and Articles
Holograph letter written at Tyler, Texas to the State Treasurer, regarding Randolph signing Gov. Roberts' name to a draft for back salary.
Collection of nine lack and white photos, some at Tor House and some inscribed to Harry Taylor. Alpha list.
One [typewritten/handwritten?] ms, cowboy poetry with watercolor illustrations, 1937
(1891-1955). One black and white photograph, portrait taken shortly before his death, Mar. 1955. Alpha list.
Framed sepia portrait, with inscription to Frankie [?], 1915.
One holograph letter written and signed by Roger A. Pryor in New York about his opinions on a book and its publishing.
Six letters (TLS and ALS) and notes (ANS), including one from J. B. Priestley (Mar. 25, n.y.), mainly to Boutell, the owner of Tecalote Bookshop, Santa Barbara, ca. 1933-1939. Alpha list.
63 brown-tone photographs by Roger Tredwell (1885-1961), taken while he was U.S. Consul General at Large for Central Asia and Africa. Includes scenes and people of Morocco, Egypt, Kenya (Mombasa), Madagascar (Tananarive and elsewhere), Mauritius, Mozambique, South Africa, Angola, São...
"Sator Arepo Tenet Opera Rotas." Illuminated, calligraphic manuscript, [date?].
One letter (TLS) from Margaret Mallory, 1984, and copies of two other letters (TLS), one to Mallory, 1982, all dealing with an unpublished manuscript about the Metropolitan M:useum, New York, by Roland Redmond, President of the Board of the Metroplitan...
The collection includes correspondence to T.S. Eliot, Eleanor Roosevelt,Adali Stevenson, and Virginia Woolf.
One letter (TLS) re his book Minos the Incorruptible. Barnstaple, North Devon, 1 June 1950. See also: Mss 63.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Romania [Slatina] photograph album, SC 980. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Contains 1990 slides that depict Macrocystis forests, marine biota, California islands and mainland, San Diego and salmon in Alaska .
One letter (TLS) to Vernon I. Cheadle, Chancellor of UCSB, re role of athletics in universities, 27 January 1972, along with program for his inauguration ceremonies, 4 Jan. 1971. Alpha list.
One printed pamphlet, with introduction by President Theodore Roosevelt and list of 300 words spelled phonetically, as arranged by the Simplified Spelling Board and Adopted by the U.S. Government. Found in-house
The collection includes slides, photographs, correspondence, reviews and news releases.
9 letters and invoices from Dawson's Book Shop re various orders. UCSB Libraries may have some of the volumes. [Removed to Curletti Collection File, 3/21/01].
Newsletter, flyers, clippings
Diary, partly relating to Santa Barbara, 1870.
Items from joint meetings of the San Francisco and Los Angeles book collector clubs. [Printers Collection]. Alpha list. [Oversize boxed].
Mounted photograph of an 1861 drawing showing the company in formation, next to log cabin barracks.
Album and loose black and white snapshots and commercial photos, mainly taken by a member of the allied forces towards the end of, and immediate aftermath of World War II. 200+ images, including local population of Kiriwina (Papua New Guinea),...
Derived from dealer description.
One letter (TLS) to Henry Whitney Cleveland, re Frank Leslie's [illustrated newspaper] illustrations of the death of Jefferson Davis. Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C., 11 Feb. 1890.
Interviews with the UCSB history professor and administrator, re career at Stanford University in the 1920s-1930s, and at UCSB. In 1974, the UCSB Alumni Association established the Buchanan Award in honor of Dr. A. Russell Buchanan, who for 35 years...
Holograph letter written at Camp Smith, Va.
Five black and white photographs (cdvs), portraits of young Russian men in various uniforms.
Album contains 38 prints with brief captions in French. Photos are mainly of street views and buildings around Kemlya and a few from Obrochnoye - church, houses, kitchen & "icebox" buildings, pharmacy, photography laboratory, horse-drawn carriages - and portraits of...
Also images of other countries (see notes).
One introductory note (ANS), re correspondence between Rutland's grandfather, the 4th Duke of Rutland and William Pitt the Younger, re Home Rule and the Irish Parliament, Jan. 1890. Laid in the published volume of Correspondence... Alpha list.
One letter (ALS) to his brother, Allan E. Nash, re opportunities in California. San Diego, 3 Aug. 1875.
Holograph Civil War era letter written by S. H. Allen to his brother, James P. Allen, a soldier in the 2nd Regiment, New York Veteran Cavalry. He relates news from home and discusses personal matters.
Printed pamphlet, "List of Passengers, Officers, and Crew of the Ship Magnolia, on Her Voyage from New Bedford to San Francisco in 1849, as derived from various unofficial sources," n.d. Found in unsorted Wyles SC. Oversize boxed.
Collection of English bookplates, directed to UCSB [?] by New Yorkbookseller S. R. Shapiro. Includes 21 quarto albums and three folio binders, late 17c to late 19c., with the bulk 18c Nearly 1500 in all. Includes bookplates of Horace Walpole,...
Holograph letter to Justice Samuel Blatchford, regarding the publication of Crawford's book, The Genesis of the Civil War. Letter written from New York.
One letter (ALS) from Ernest Fred Manfred requesting, and receiving, an autograph from Sitwell. New York, January 1, 1944. Alpha list.
One letter (TLS) and two printed poem cards, n.d., to Harvey Taylor of Los Angeles, asking how much it would cost for him to set the poems to music. Laid in Miller's Candle's Radius (PS3525.I559 C36 1930z). Purchase , 1968....
Cite as: [Identification of item], Saipan, Philippines, and Guam photograph album, Bernath Mss 298. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
16 b/w snapshots, including aerial views of POW camp and local Saipan population. Purchase, eBay
The collection includes correspondence, photographs, slides, news clippings, reports, sketches, mural concepts, films, audiocassettes, one original silkscreen print titled "Viva la Raza", and other documents.
Dec. 23 , 1893 issue of the War Cry (San Francisco, CA).
57 black and white photos mounted on 6 detached album pages. Photos show inhabitants and locales in Samoa and Fiji. Scenes depicting indigenous peoples and their activities as well as some westerners; also images of villages, beaches, a market place...
Collection, with one inscribed b/w photograph, 1962, and correspondence, mainly regarding requests for use of UCSB's copy of Beckett's manuscript Eluetheria, with signed responses by Beckett, 1966, 1972, 1974.
1 letter (ALS) to Alice J. Hyde, who had been a fellow passenger on a voyage to the Hawaiian Islands, re sending sword he had promised. St. Louis, 11 Apr. 1867. Published in Mark Twain's Letters, Vol. 2: 1867-68, edited...
One note (ANS), "...Never put off till tomorrow what can be put off till day after tomorrow just as well." Hartford, Nov. 1879. [CDCC]. Alpha list.
[Fife Major, Illinois Infantry, 138th Regiment (Vol)]. Five Civil War documents, including appointment and discharge documents, 1862-1864.
.[83rd Indiana Vol.]. Photocopies of correspondence, mostly Civil War era to his wife, ca. 1857-1865.
I'm OK, you're OK course
[Civil War Union Major General]. One photo engraving, carte de visité size.
One printed document with signed inscription, re oath of allegiance to King Charles, 1661, together with one letter (ALS) from the Department of Manuscripts, British Museum, verifying its authenticity , 1933. Also, one document (ADS), re naming of clerks and...
Cite as: [Identification of item], Samuel Seabury Naval papers, Wyles Mss 112. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
[U.S. Navy, Paymaster]. Twelve Civil War documents: eleven guards' passes and one check, 1863-1865.
(1772-1834). One note (ANS), comparing the poems of [George] Crabbe and [Robert?] Southey, n.d.
15 items. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
Drafts and proofs of Dr. Orent's book, Stress and the Heart.
Calendars
[Sargeant, New York Infantry, 122nd Regiment (Vol), Company K]. Papers, including two Civil War letters (ALS) 1862, family history, and carte de visite of Truesdell in uniform.
Document dated Apr. 25, 1868. Gift of Carol Storke who had gotten it from Cynthia Huntting (a cousin?), Apr. 2
[Santa Barbara]: [collection of thirty-two original photographs of Santa Barbara, Lompoc, and surrounding area, Including scenes of towns, agriculture, settlers, schools, amusements, etc.] [Santa Barbara County, ca. Ca. 1880-1915]. Thirty-two original photographic prints, measuring from 3¼ x 5¼ to 8...
Articles, biographical sketches, clippings, and other material relating to Santa Barbara authors, much of it used in compiling Santa Barbara authors list.
Large, ca. 30" x 80" map, with hand-colored key and shadings of areas owne/operated by oil companies of the time. Oversize, map cabinet 20/6. Purchase: Lost Horizon
One document (AD) listing original pledges for the college, 1869. The college has no connection to the present University of California, Santa Barbara. Alpha list.
Mimeographed school project organized by Hanne Sonquist, with lists of local organizations and services provided
Six original color posters, mainly of Jim Salzer Presents events at the Santa Barbara Fairgrounds. Headliners include Eric Clapton, Cream, The Fugs, Jethro Tull, Led Zepplin, and Vanilla Fudge. Found in misc. mss map drawer. Map cabinet 20/6. Alpha list.
One letter (ALS) from Thomas Irvine (Santa Barbara) to C. H. Peters (Carson City, Nevada), re a financial matter, 3 April 1897. Also one letter (TL) from State Bank & Trust Co. (Carson City) to Thomas P. Hawley (Santa Barbara),...
Records of Santa Barbara daily newspaper that began publication in 2006 and ceased publication in 2012. Collection includes a near complete archive of PDF copies of the newspaper as well as a large photo morgue. Print copies of the newspaper...
50 b/w photographs, many relating to the 1925 earthquake.
Two illustrated brochures extolling the virtues of the school's location and curriculum. Includes class lists. Alpha list.
Programs from the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
Bulletins of the Santa Barbara Jazz Society, the Santa Barbara Dixieland Jazz Society, Channel Cities Jazz Society, and the Southern California Jazz Society. Also contains dealer record lists, a photo album, and clippings.
Eleven issues of the Santa Barbara Libertarian newsletter
Poster for the 25th anniversary of the Museum , 1941-1966. [Oversize Map Cabinet 20/6]. Alpha list.
One black and white poster of oil rig and oil spill on water's surface, with caption "January 28 , 1969." Found in misc. mss map drawer. Map cabinet 20/6. Alpha list.
One scrapbook with clippings tracing the history of the Santa Barbara Oil Spill of January 1969. The clippings cover the period from January to May 1969, most from the Santa Barbara News Press, but also including California Oil World, El...
189 black and white photos, various sizes and formats, apparently taken in Santa Barbara and environs, circa 1901-1903 (cf. date on SB Chinatown photo and date of T. RooseveltÆs trip to Santa Barbara.) Includes assorted photos of otherwise unidentified people...
One black and white panorama, showing harbor, city, mission, and electrical poles [Santa Barbara received electricity in 1887]. Found in misc. mss map drawer. Map cabinet 20/6. Alpha list.
Single items and small groups of photographs, acquired from various sources, most by purchase. Additions to the collection are anticipated.
Picture postcards, black/white and color, of various Santa Barbara area scenes, acquired over the years from various sources. Includes Santa Barbara and Montecito residences and gardens, harbor and beaches, foothills, birdÆs eye views, Santa Barbara Mission, and former Riviera campus...
Invitation, 23 May 1912. Gift from Hilda [?]
Newsletters, wine labels, articles/clippings, and other ephemera relating to vintners in the Santa Barbara County area (including Santa Ynez Valley, Lompoc, Santa Maria). Materials continue to be added to the collection.
Found item, provenance unknown. Alpha list - title only. ++ Oversize boxed.
Facsimile announcement from the Cercle Francais of Harvard University , 1906, with pencilled annotation: Bruce Rogers , 1918. [Printers]. Deaccession?
One black and white panoramic photograph. Found in misc. mss map drawer. Tear in middle. Map cabinet 20/6. Alpha list.
199 black and white snapshots from a disbound album, captions in English on the back of many photographs, taken by an unidentified American involved in developing the early oil industry in Saudi Arabia at a time when U.S. interests, particularly...
(Virginia, Nevada). Daily report and vouchers, 1876-1898. .05 linear feet (1 folder).
Handwritten geometrical definitions, scientific and mathematical problems and equations, with drawings; also including notes on railroad curves and superstructures. Author unknown, possibly from Philadelphia area (notebook includes table of time differences, using Philadelphia as the baseline), ca. mid 19th century....
Holograph letter written at Camp, near St. Genevieve, Mo.
Holograph letter written by the Assistant Secretary of War informing Dr. Swinburne that the examination of applicants for brigade surgeons was taking place.
Correspondence, notes, reports and aerial photographs re Elwood Oil Field [Santa Barbara, CA], including images of Coal Oil Point and Goleta Point (now USCB).
Scrapbooks assembled by collector Leland Green, including clippings, programs, photographs related to San Francisco Bay Area concerts and vocalists.
Scrapbook of of recital programs of lyric tenor Albert Rappapport and his wife Cecilia Roth Rappaport. The Rappaports concertized widely, performing programs of Jewish music and performing works with composer Aleksandr Grechaninov.
Scrapbook of variety show and concert programs from the San Francisco Bay Area and Christchurch, New Zealand. Also contains handwritten concert programs, ship menus, and the program for a July 4, 1918 San Francisco keel laying ceremony.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Sea Mosses of Santa Barbara Album, SBHC Mss 77. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
This journal was written by an unknown, peripatetic first mate from March 25, 1838 through August 9, 1839. He describes his journeys aboard several ships, recounting weather conditions, daily activities, and sights and customs of the places he visits. Observations...
Flyer, directory and journal
Pamphlets, articles, typescripts, drawings, and other material relating to a range of religions acquired by Selina Dorhrman, a disciple of Karpal Singh.
Articles, papers about Clinton Valley Center
60 black and white photographs, captions in French, loose and in one album. Images feature primarily religious subjects such as churches, missions, and clergy, and including the construction and consecration celebration of a cathedral; children; parades; markets; local peoples at...
[Captain]. One engraving, "Ruins of Old Fort Mackanack, 1763."
Seven World War II era documents, including five War Emergency Bulletins and others about evacuation of Japanese children and air raid signals , 1941-1942. Alpha list.
Holograph letter written to Judge Peabody from Washington, D.C., concerning a request for the heirs of a New Orleans citizen.
One letter (ALS) to Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, re his work as messenger for the Senate and the book of poetry that he sent. Washington, [D.C.], 26 July 1913. Alpha list.
Pages 1-2 of early printing of The Life of Timon of Athens. Deframed 5/3/06. Found in workroom, provenance unknown. Alpha list.
?" Broadside, supporting the John C. Fremont/William L. Dayton ticket, 1856. [Wyles Map Cabinet 1/1].
re Marine Sciences. Transcript: Typescript of unedited rough draft for tapes 1-9. Related materials: None found.
182 b/w snapshots, mainly Shanghai, taken by an American serving in the U.S. Navy.
Black full leather album 29 x 18.5 cm., with 33 black and white photos of Shanghai, China in the 1920s. The verso of each photo has a pencil caption of the image in English, a few showing a blue rubber...
Proof of Children of Divorce.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Sheridan Jenkins Guatemala Coffee Plantation correspondence, Wyles SC 1056. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
One letter (TLS) to Mr. [?] Loveman, re book on Hart Crane. Iowa City, 23 Nov. 1974. Laid in Paul's book, Hart's Bridge. Alpha list.
One printed Civil War document: Clothing allowance, authorized by L. T. Thustin, Acting Chief Paymaster, Department of the Cumberland. Louisville, KY, July 7, 1865.
Collection of engravings, mainly British and American ships, some Civil War era, many clipped from newspapers, ca. 1800s-early 1900s.
One letter (ALS) from British zoologist Harmer to [?] Beddard re best ways to construct an index. Cambridge, [England], Sept. 2, [1901?]. Alpha list.
One letter (TLS) to Dr. Edwin Beer, requesting response to issue of promoting friendship between America and the Orient. New York, 19 Mar. 1914. Laid in Gulick's The American Japanese Problem (1914).
[Rep. from Maine]. "Reconstruction - The President and Congress." Printed speech delivered by Perham in the U. S. House of Representatives, Apr. 21, 1866.
11 black and white albumen prints, some captions in English, possibly taken by a British artillery officer. Includes images of Sierra Leone artillery, groups of Europeans, local men and women, Sierra Leone railway, and panoramic view of the Engineer's bungalow....
Contains albumen prints of camping trip by unidentified young men and women in the Sierras. Also strips and other small photos of a number of individuals. .05 linear feet (1 folder).
Cite as: [Identification of item], Silva [Zelta] Korea and Japan photograph albums, Bernath Mss 328. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
[New Jersey, 25th Regiment (Vol), Company H]. Two Civil War letters (ALS) and one handwritten account described as "a record of the prinicipal events since I have been a soldier," 1863.
(1779-1889). One letter (ALS) to Edward C. Biddle re letter of introduction for a Mr. Della Costa. United States Senate Chamber, Washington, 25 May 1874.
One note (ANS) to unknown recipient, discussing when he will be in Edinburgh. Edinburgh, [Scotland], 26 Aug. 1923. Alpha list.
(1799-1877). 1 map, "Geological Plan of the Port of San Francisco, California," coloured by Lieutenant E. Belcher, [Dec. 1826]. Purchase , 1963. Alpha list.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Siskiyou County - California ranching photograph album, Wyles Mss 148. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Two cdvs of Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence, described as a redeemed slave child, 5 years old, from Virginia. Baptized in Brooklyn, at Plymouth Church, by Henry Ward Beecher, May 1863. .01 linear feet 91 folder).
Printed and manuscript documents, including Purchase and shipping of slaves, tax forms, slave hires, estate appraisal., slave burials. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
Broadside, 1846. [Oversize boxed].
Holograph letter written from Washington.
Two albums, plus loose letter and two loose matted photos. German language captions.
Printed "Transportation Circular." Columbus, Ohio, 1874.
Pamphlets, brochures, newsletters, and other printed material by and about Soka Gakkai International (SGI).
Blank certificate distributed by the United States Christian Commission for the bearer to receive coal from the Young Men's Christian Association, No. 1011 Chestnut Street, [Philadelphia] between the hours of 2 and 6 P. M.
One handwritten letter (ALS) from Robinson, to Gershom Flagg, re problems with a book order. Crown Point, Lake County, Indiana, Dec. 23, 1846. Removed from Montgomery Collection (Wyles Mss 9). Alpha list.
One handcolored Civil War era song sheet, "Victory at Last [Fort Sumter]," n.d.
24 printed song sheets, mostly nineteenth century British parodies of American Negro dialect.
Humanistic psychology.
5 paige boxes of record disc and cylinder dealer catalogues, correspondence, and notes relating to the collection activities of Verne Todd. Todd's cylinder and 78 rpm record collection is one of the core collections in the UCSB historical record disc...
32 black and white snapshots...
Album contains one large photograph by George Washington Wilson of the A.M.S. Dunottar Castle at Cape Town, 51 smaller photographs of view of South Africa with captions in English, and four postcards. Locations include Port Elizabeth, East London, and Durban....
Collection contains printed ephemera relating to South Africa, including: maps of Cape Town area and South African Republic; guidebooks to Pretoria and South Africa; and a booklet on medicinal springs.
36 stereoview cards and viewer manufactured by Underwood & Underwood of New York. These were the first of two series on the Boer War published in 1900. The last two photos are of [Piet] Cronje at the Modder River and...
From dealer description: Photo album contains approximately 250 original photographs that are individually mounted and mostly captioned and dated in pen and ink. An early 20th century travel voyage around the world, with the expedition mainly focused on the continent...
263 black and white and sepia-tone photographs of various sizes with captions in English. Album also includes maps and color postcards. Photographs were taken of the west coast of South America in March-September 1914, including Jamaica, the Panama Canal, Bolivia,...
209 black and white photographs, captions in English, by unknown individual touring several South American countries. Many images of local residents, street scenes, buildings (cathedrals, residences), markets, and day to day activities, starting in Valparaiso (Chile), La Paz (Bolivia), Lake...
mainly Brazil (Amazon) and Trinidad.
3 albums, ca. 1900
140+ b/w photographs of a voyage, probably by a British passenger embarking at London, on the New Zealand ship S.S. Rakaia. Images along the way include Tenerife (street sweepers, bullock cart, bull ring, harbor, panorama of Santa Cruz; fruit hawkers...
44 black and white photos, captions in English on reverse, perhaps taken by a Rev. or Mrs. Saunders, who seemingly were Southern Baptist missionaries in South China, teaching at a school of academy in Yingtak (Kwangtung Province). Includes images of...
see notes with album
One printed railroad brochure and timetable re "Morning Daylight" route from San Francisco to Los Angeles, 20 Nov. 1940. Laid in Lillian Stephenson De Waters, The Seamless Robe (ARC BX6943.D495). [ARC]. Alpha list.
Purchase, khtreasures via eBay, 2007. Wyles funds. .05 linear feet (1 folder).
One printed broadside titled Southern Prisoners' Relief Fund about the dire conditions of Confederate war prisoners in the Northern states during the Civil War and asking contributions from Southerners living in Europe to help them. It was printed in Liverpool,...
Cite as: [Identification of item], Southern Rhodesia photograph album, Bernath Mss 325. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
64 b/w photographs, primarily family (name unknown), including scenes from Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg)and images of the countryside. Highlights include several images of male and female Soviet soldiers ca. World War II (known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War),...
20 stereoviews and cabinet cards, mainly Cuba and Philippines.
Eight page document (AD) re abolition of the inquisition. Found in unsorted SC. Alpha list.
Four printed variants of a 23 Feb. 1813 decree, in Spanish, abolishing the Spanish Inquisition tribunals and describing the system to succeed them. Cadiz, Spain, 1813. Alpha list.
Two matted color prints, of the "U.S.S. Maine" and the "Olympia" (Admiral George Dewey's flagship), ca. 1898-1899. [Oversize boxed].
11 mounted b/w photographs. .05 linear feet (1 folder).
Correspondence, journals, ledgers, logbooks, photographs and other material relating to the Spaulding family of Boston who, later (1929-1931), also maintained a home in Santa Barbara. Of particular interest is the 1849 California gold rush era diary of Mahlon Day Spaulding...
Holograph letter written at Camp Grover, Orffutts Cross Roads.
Holograph letter written from Head Quarters, Department Northern Virginia requesting officers to proceed to Goldsboro, N. C. and report for duty to Major General D. H. Hill and Major J. W. Ratchford by command of Gen. Lee and signed by...
Holograph Special Order no. 598, dated August 26th, 1862 and written on official stationery of Headquarters South Western Division, Missouri, Springfield, is about E. B. Payne [Eugene B. Payne], who organized and served in the first company of Union troops...
Holograph military order written on official stationery from the War Department, Adjutant General's Office, signed by Adjutant General Lorenzo Thomas. Special Orders No. 164 grants a two-week leave of absence to Captain Joseph H. Bradley of the 5th New York...
Holograph military order written on official stationery from the Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, signed by Assistant Adjutant General John Withers. Special Orders No. 291 is a transfer order for William Langan of Company H, 12th Louisiana Volunteers Regiment, transferring...
Holograph military order written on official stationery from Head-Quarters, Department of South Carolina, Ga., & Fla., Charleston, S. C., signed by Assistant Adjutant General John M. Otey, by command of General Beauregard. Special Orders No. 5 requests Private J. Rowe...
Printed Special Orders no. 74, from the War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, [D. C.], authorizes members and Recorder of the Board of Officers to draw commutation of fuel and quarters while on duty. The members and Recorder were convened...
Three holograph letters written to his friend during his service in Company D of the 13th New Jersey Infantry Regiment. They were written in Virginia from February to September, 1863.
One letter (ALS) to Mrs. [?] Hatch thanking her for the gift of her book of poems. October 10, n.y. Found in Kellogg's Out of the Deep (Santa Barbara: Schauer Printing Studio, 1944). Alpha list.
Cite as: [Identification of item], S.S. Carinthia World Cruise photograph album, Wyles Mss 116. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Engraving by George E. Perine & Co., New York, [ca. 1860s].
One letter (ALS) from unknown author to Rev. C. B. Perry of Baltimore, MD, re placement of two boys in St. Mary's Academy, upon recommendation of a Mr. Flowers, who the author does not know "... but am of the...
Mainly latter 19th century to mid 20th century U.S. stamps with images of Lincoln, Washington, and other historical figures.
Collection re commemoration of Abraham Lincoln and Civil War, ca. 1950s-1990s.
Leaflets, Correspondence
HPA related. Interviewer: David E. Russell, [1989?]. Interviewee(s): Stanley Keleman; Richard Wiseman. Transcript: Yes. [found various versions of the edited history, but no transcripts, and no dates for the interviews, as of 4/12/11].
Materials relating to Keleman, a prominent figure in the field of somatic therapy and director of the Center for Energetic Studies in Berkeley, where he teaches and maintains a private practice.
Scrapbook relating to the design of Anna H. Dorsey's Origin of the Star-Spangled Banner, 1947. Alpha list.
Printed flyer, list of Engineers, Signal Corps, Cavalry, Infantry, and Artillery, with location of regimental headquarters and companies, along with similar information for troops in Philippine Islands, Cuba, and Porto Rico. Adjutant General's Office, June 26, 1902. [Oversize boxed].
Mimeograph typescript draft of California: The Dynamic State (1966), with chapters by Wallace Stegner, "California!"; Louis H. Heilbron, "Higher Education for the Millions"; William L. C. Wheaton, "Peril and Promise"; Herbert L. Phillips, "A Bucketful of Smoke"; Hugo Fisher, "Water...
Flyers, handbills, newspapers, articles, newsletters, correspondence, and other ephemera primarily relating to protests and related activities in Berkeley, CA, in 1969, apparently compiled the Stephen and Margaret Gibbens family of Berkeley. Also two 1963 unsigned cards from Joseph Kennedy and...
[Surgeon, 15th Wisconsin Infantry (Vol)]. Two Civil War diaries, with short autobiographical sketch, 1862-1865.
Holograph letter written at Sparta, Georgia, regarding family news.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Stereoview collection, Mss 256. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
18 stereoviews, mostly Japan - modern copies.
Nine black/white stereoviews of western scenes, including two by J. J. Reilly, Yosemite Valley, CA (mountain scenes), one by M. M. Haseltine (Soda Springs, Tolumne Valley), and five by R. E. Wood, Landscape Photographer, Santa Cruz, California (surveyor's camp, Camp...
Ten letters (ALS) from Cuban firms to Stevenson, re sugar and molasses trade. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
(1873-1947). One mimeograph copy of an untitled 156 page work by American author and one-time (1903) Santa Barbara resident, Stewart Edward White. Includes chapter headings such as "Creative Living," "Discomfort and Unhappiness," and "The Group Idea." Burlingame, CA, Dec. 1...
Three holograph letters written and signed by Stewart L. Woodford and one typed letter signed by him. The first letter, dated May 22, 1873 and written on official stationery of the Law Offices of [Wm. Henry] Arnoux, [Thomas G.] Ritch...
Life history of the UCSB professor of Confluent Education and clinical psychologist. Interviewer: David E. Russell, 7/12/90-8/23/90. Interviewee(s): Stewart Shapiro. Transcript: Stewart Shapiro with David E. Russell, Humanizing the Classroom (Santa Barbara: Davidson Library Oral History Program, 1991), 180 pages....
One letter (TLS) to Harriette Von Breton, re offshore oil and gas deposits. Department of the Interior, Washington, [D.C], 25 April 1968. [see SBHC Mss]. Alpha list.
Holograph diary of Alonzo G. Stockwell, a Union soldier who served with the 39th Massachusetts Infantry, Company G. The entries are for 1864 and also include notes on the Memoranda pages and end-papers.
Financial and legal documents (leases, deeds, wills, indentures, property lists, account book), mainly from Warren County, New Jersey. Note says sep. deed, John P. Wells to Peter Shults, in oversize drawer [?], not found as of 7/21/09. Gift from Alan...
see dealer's description. Note companies represented.
Signed mimeographed poem by American novelist, poet, and short-story writer Struthers Burt, entitled "The Grove - 1940," read first at Land of Happiness Camp, Bohemian Grove. Found in Bejamin Allen Perrington's Saul (San Francisco , 1940). Alpha list.
One letter (ALS) from Orkney native Stuart D. Drever to F. E. Beddard, editor of the Progressive Science Series, re a claim in The Book of Whales that the inhabitants of Orkney eat whales, which Drever says is mistaken and...
Typed speech by Jesse Stuart titled "Abraham Lincoln and the Lincoln Memorial Tradition" about the history of Lincoln Memorial University, Abraham Lincoln's early life and his association with the school, and Stuart's visit to Lincoln's hometown of Springfield, Illinois. The...
One letter (TLS), flyers, and newspaper from the Santa Barbara Friends of SNCC. Letter on stationery with list of Faculty Friends of Civil Rights, including E. Noble, W. Frost, H. Steinhauer, H. Girvetz, and R. Michaelsen. Alpha list.
Nos. 1 and 2, Smithsonian Institution
Album (green hardbound labeled "Holiday Pictures") contains 84 black and white photographs in "windows" through which photos may be removed. Some photos have handwritten captions on back. Scenes of indigenous people and westerners (the latter mostly unidentified, although there is...
Clippings, correspondence, legal documents, and related material (some copies) pertaining to voter registration standards, tests, and procedures, including residency requirements, applied by California registrars to persons age 18-20. Alpha list.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Sumatra photograph album, SC 1013. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
(1841-1908). One letter (ALS) from American poetry and prose writer Spalding re her health, together with printed poems, and obituary, [ca. 1890s-1908]. Alpha list.
Report on railroad construction in the Swakopmund district of German Southwest Africa (now Namibia). Purchase, Breur
Approx. 46 printed items, most pamphlets...
Commonplace Book, with handwritten and printed quotations and poems, by Sybil Waller, English designer, interior decorator, and daughter of Pickford Waller, ca. 1910s. Re date, contains entry for Siegfrid Sassoon, well-known WWI poet.
"The Lincoln Statue. An Ode," ca. 1871. [Oversize boxed]. [broadside?]
Holograph letter written by T. M. Bowen on imprinted stationery from the Territory of Wyoming, Executive Department, Secretary's Office, Cheyenne to his mother regarding his trip west to Cheyenne, Wyoming, including stops in Cleveland, Ohio, Lafayette, Indiana, St. Louis, Missouri,...
Recording of the services, almost unintelligible. Related materials: SBHC Mss
One letter (TLS) to Mrs. [?] Woods, saying he would be delighted to come to tea. Cambridge, 5 Nov. 1932. Laid in Eliot's Poems Written in Early Youth [Spec PS3509.L43 A17 1967]. Alpha list.
See dealer description.
[Private]. One letter from T. T. Houston on the U.S.S. Southamption, anchored at the Navy Yard, to parents mostly about personal matters. New York, 5 Apr. 1854.
One holograph letter written from Newport, Rhode Island, relating news of his wife, Mary, and praising Miss Wellington's writing.
"Dear Friend: A Letter from Henry Miller to Charles Bukowski," August 22, 1965. A printed holiday greeting, 1987, by Michael J. Sherick and Table-Talk Press, from an original in UCSB Special Collections. [Printers Collection]. Alpha list.
1 ALS, photocopy, Dec. 15
Promotional piece [14 pp.] describing past performance and opportunities at Casmalia, Santa Maria Oilfields, Santa Barbara County, California. (.01 linear feet) 1 folder. Alpha list.
Two leaves.
South India (Tamil Nadu) manuscript, 114 leaves tied together with cord, describing various religious practices.
Horoscope, on seven palm leaf strips, attached by cord.
16 cm x 16 cm, rural scene, with man and woman. Found in unsorted SC. Alpha list.
Newsletter
Three letters (ALS) to Don Fitch, UCSB librarian, re his poetry and other matters
The Family Temperance Pledge and a program featuring Tennyson Smith, promoted as the renowned English Temperance Evangelist , 1905. Alpha list.
Ten post cards in paper sleeve with title: Ten Soldiers of the Civil War, Set Number 2. Each post card has a brief historical description and a label for each soldier as follows: 1. Infantry Private (1863), Waul's Texas Legion...
" Printed essay, from a paper read before the Fruit Growerws' Convention at San Jose, in November, 1893. By A. L. Bancroft, of San Francisco and Contra Costa County, the originator of the System. Found in Romaine Trade Catalog Collection....
Typescript (mainly carbons) of scenes from Tennessee Williams' one-act play "Ten Blocks on the Camino Real," which was written in 1946, published in 1948, and expanded in the 1952 "Camino Real" version. Also, related notes, including one from literary agent...
Holograph letter written on State of Indiana, Executive Department stationary regarding the delayed payment by the State of an ammunition bill submitted by the City of Louisville, Kentucky.
150 + b/w snapshots, including Klan photos.
One holograph note written and signed by Thaddeus Stevens in Lancaster, Pennsylvia for the amount of $344.16. Stamped on back of note: Lancaster, Pa., Apr. 12.
Typescript report presumably by the Engineer Branch JUSMAG (Joint US Military Assistance Group) in Ratburi (Ratchaburi), Thailand, which coordinated with the Engineer Department of the Royal Thai Army. The report includes information about the current economy, industry, government, transportation and...
104 black and white, and 1 color print, almost all lacking captions, likely Bangkok and environs. Many images of Pro-Group Kids organization (adults and children), large formal party (possibly wedding), individual and group photos, parades, military (incl. women), publicity shots...
Printed proclamations from various states, 1891. [Oversize boxed].
Primarily Civil War related items, including correspondence, clippings, essay, and programs of the Gettysburg Blue and Gray reunions. .05 linear feet (1 folder).
Holograph letter written and signed by Theodore W. Weld, one of the leading architects of the American abolitionist movement, to the Hon. F. W. Bird, an antislavery leader, state legislator, and paper manufacturer of East Walpole, Massuchusetts. The letter, written...
The oral history traces the life and career Theodore Harder, who served the campus as coach and athletic director. The stadium was built in 1966 and is named after Theodore "Spud" Harder, a former coach of the Gauchos' football team....
Typescript copies of Confederate Civil War correspondence and other material related to Theodore Moreno. Originals lent by Elizabeth Caretto, 1976.
One letter (TLS) to Mrs. Mary E. Gardiner, thanking her for kind words, on Republican State Committee letterhead . New York, 17 Nov. 1898. Also a program for memorial services of Roosevelt, 9 Feb. 1919. Alpha list.
1 typescript, A Simplified Grammar of the Literary Tibetan Language. Santa Barbara: Tibetan Text Society , 1946. Alpha list.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Theron Apollonio Collection: Pershing Expedition/World War I /Kenya, Bernath Mss 389. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
One manuscript poem, "Palabras Carinosas," copied from Cloth of Gold and Other Poems (Boston, 1874). [From CDCC]. Alpha list.
One typescript manuscript, "A Classical Tea Party," and two small handwritten lists, n.d. Laid in Bulfinch's The Age of Fable... (BL310 B8 1913). Purchase
Holograph letter written by Thomas C. Brownell from Hartford, Connecticut to Charles N. Bancker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania regarding the college education of Bancker's son, including details about tuition fees.
One document (ADS), "In Memorium," for a seaman from Dover, Maine, who had served on the Sloop of War "Dale", part of the Pacific Coast Squadron, 1846-1849, [ca. 1885].
One letter (ALS) re claim of R. S. Nelson for money due him. [Illinois?],25 July 1850.
One letter (ALS) from Thomas Donaldson to [?] Burton, re Donaldson's book, possibly Architectura Numismatica (1859). [London], 4 March 1873. Alpha list.
Album of 129 black and white photographs documenting an American Geographical Society expedition to the Colombian Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains in March 1939. The purpose of the expedition was to make a topographical map of the area. Photographs...
(1830-1897). One letter (ALS) from Isle of Man poet, scholar, and theologian Thomas Edward Brown , to classicist Hastings Crossley, re his travel plans and wondering if they might meet up. Isle of Man, July 8, 1894. Alpha list.
[Captain, New York Infantry, 69th Regiment (Vol), Company K]. One Civil War Document (ADS): Pass, 15 Aug. 1861.
African American journalist, grew up in Harlem, Founding editor of the Reporter newspaper, 1944, the only San Francisco black paper at the time. Remained as editor when it merged with the Sun several years later, to become the Sun-Reporter. Interviewer:...
One letter (ALS) to Thomas C. Sharp, mainly discussing a case in which he is to make application to appear before an unidentified Board. Quarantine Hospital, St. Louis, 2 Feb. 1869.
Article, lists, index; Rogers and Maslow correspondence
One mimeograph copy of a lengthy letter to Thomas M. Storke, editor of the Santa Barbara News-Press re railroad development in California, 1963. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
One carte de visite photograph of Huxley at about age 40, ca. 1860s- 1870s. Imprint of Elliot and Fry, London.
(1825-1895). One letter (ALS), declining speaking engagement, 31 Aug. 1893. Laid in A Manual for the Anatomy of Vertebrated Animals (Spec QL 805 H983). Alpha list.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Thomas Huxley / William Henry Flower correspondence, SC 857. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
[Major]. Photographic copy and typed transcript of a Civil War document (ADS): Official Report, Campaign Army of the Border, re campaign in pursuit of rebel force commanded by Major General Sterling Price. Headquarters, Department of Kansas, Fort Leavenworth, 1 Dec....
Holograph letter written on War Department stationery informing Captain Ellsworth that he would be getting a promotion.
Black and white photographs of trips to Africa, Tibet, Java and other locations, mainly for hunting trips. Most photos feature an unidentified man with his movie camera. Includes many post-hunt trophy photos. Also includes a letter from Lowell Thomas to...
Includes scrapbook, speeches, photo, miscellaneous articles by Thomas M. Storke and copies of awards presented to him, and numerous condolences to his wife re his death.
Four letters (TLS) to Thomas M. Storke,ca. 1955-1971, including one from Ronald Reagan , 1968, sending a copy of Lee Edwards' biography of him. Alpha list. Alpha list.
(1875-1955). One letter (TLS) to E. Seligman, re his Joseph novel and question about Passover festival. Pacific Palisades, California, 23 Mar. 1947. Gift of Mrs. Edwin Corle, in memory of Amy Nyholm. Alpha list.
One letter (TLS) to Clifton Fadiman, regretting he cannot commit make a definite commitment of contributing to an anthology, since he is preparing for an extensive lecture tour. Zurich, ca. 1933-1938.
(1779-1852). One letter (ALS) from Thomas Moore (aka Thomas Little and Thomas Brown), Irish poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer, to a Mrs. Belcher, mainly about his book, possibly Lalla Rookh: An Oriental Romance. London, May 29, 1817. Alpha list.
An Ode. Set to music by Mr. Gover. Commemoration of the enactment of Parliamentary reform, Derby, August 7, 1832. (Printed during the Procession). Alpha list.
(1st Earl; 1631-1712). 1 ADS, 1692, and 1 ALS, 1693. [Returned to Foot Collection]
Cancelled check from Sheriff Thomas P. Johnson to R. B Turner & Co., for $26.11. San Francisco: Palmer, Cook & Co., Bankers, Sept. 19, 1853. Found in unsorted Wyles SC.
[Brigadier General, C.S.A.]. One document (ADS), re repayment of debt to Central Bank of Georgia, n.d.
Personal and professional papers of Thomas Yeomans, founder and director of the Concord Institute, an educational institute founded in 1990 to provide post-graduate professional training in global/spiritual psychology and group leadership. Collection includes course planning materials in psychosynthesis, sound recordings...
Possible freeman of color asking for work in Wilson County, Tennessee. .01 linear feet (1 folder).
Five documents (ADS), relating claims on the estate of an early Santa Barbara resident, 1855. From Lot 173 of an unidentified auction. The lot originally had six items, including one from 1844. Gift of the Friends of the UCSB Library
Annotated typescripts of three books by Szasz: Psychiatric Slavery, Heresies, and The Myth of Psychotherapy.
"Order of Services at the First Anniversary of the Kidnapping of Thomas Sims, April 12, 1852." Broadside. [Oversize boxed].
(1864-1914). One letter (ALS) from Spencer, a Roman historian and American Vice-Consul in Capri to Bob [?] about their friendship and his recent life in Capri. Capri, 23 February 1902. Found in Jerome's Aspects of the Study of Roman History...
Two notes (ANS), one by Thomas W. Knox, Civil War journalist, re matter of changing a ticket, and the other by E. Knox [?]. N.p., n.d.
[Civil War Union General; 1813-1879]. One document (ADS): Report of persons (mainly teamsters, also wagonmasters, clerks, blacksmiths, wheelwrights, and saddlers) and articles hired for Nov. 1861. Quartermaster, U.S. Army, Hiltonhead, South Carolina.
Holograph letter written on imprinted stationery by T. W. Higginson to Miss Reed stating his criticisms of her manuscript. Higginson was an American writer, biographer, Unitarian minister, and Colonel of the first Negro regiment in the Union Army (1862-64), who...
Holograph letter written at Camp Davis, Columbus, Ky., requesting to return to duty.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Thoreau Edition oral history, OH 141. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
(1897-1975). One letter (ALS) from American playwright and novelist Wilder, to Mary Cheadle, recalling his early days at Thacher School in the Ojai Valley. Edgartown, MA, August 17
Lithograph, ca. 1863. [Oversize boxed].
Album contains 87 black and white photos, captioned in English, of Tientsin (now Tianjin), Nanking (now Nanjing), the Hai and Yangtze Rivers, Taku Bar Port, and Peitaiho. Album most likely belonged to an American or British man living abroad in...
(1852-1931). One note (ANS) from wood engraver Timothy Cole to Mrs. Lloydabout sending some prints, 27 Dec. 1929.
Tintypes, showing range of subjects and formats.
Poster, with "All the typefaces in the known world." San Luis Obispo, CA, n.d. Printers Collection. [Oversize Map Cabinet 20/6]. Alpha list.
Special Committee for the Study of the Tokachi Offshore Earthquake, Hokkaido, Japan, occurring Mar. 4, 1952, with report issued June 17, 1952. 225 black and white photographs, captions in Japanese, with English translations. Images include ... (see Selvaggio description).
Large album contains over 300 black and white photographs, clippings and other ephemera relating to the military career of a lieutenant in the 753rd Field Artillery Battalion during World War II. The first section covers Bruce's time in officer candidate...
Writings, mainly poetry broadsides and handmade booklets, along with a clipping about him; lived in Isla Vista ca. 1982. Special also has copies of his books. Also, printed poem and letter to Special Collections staff member Rosanne Barker, 1986.Alpha list.
Eleven letters to the Tournaphone Music Co. (and later the Hammond Reed Co.) of Worcester, Massachusetts with inquiries on parts, repairs, and music for their Tournephone and Aurephone organettes.
Depression era $1 trade warrant, issued by the Trade Warrant Committee, Monterey-Pacific Grove Chambers of Commerce, to be used in lieu of cash before September 30, 1933. Alpha list.
80 black and white snapshots of the early days of the Bechtel Company's construction of the Saudi Arabia portion of the Trans-Arabian Pipeline (Tapline), carrying oil via a 30 inch line to tankers in the Mediterranean. Includes images of marine...
Transcribed diary of Colombus Cecil Stephens, titled "Trip Across the Plains 1857", about his and his family's journey from Ohio to California. The diary describes their camping experience at various locations across the plains and their encounters with other travelers,...
Ephemera, newsletters, and publications.
One holograph travel pass written and signed by E. D. Townsend by order of Assistant Adjutant General from the War Department, Adjutant-General's Office, Washington, [D. C.] to grant permission to Reverend Mark Trafton of Albany to travel to Fort Monroe...
Canvas-backed wall hanging, with branches showing images and statistical information for each of the individual states, ca. 1846. .05 linear feet (1 folder). Oversize, cabinet 1/2.
One black and white panorama of the Truman-Barkley inauguration, taken by Tenschert, Washington, D.C. Found in misc. mss map drawer. Map cabinet 20/6. Alpha list.
Photostat of typescript and TLS to Jay Monaghan, 1961, re Turley family history. The Turley family ended up in El Monte, California. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
Satirical pamphlet, spoofing various prevalent civic public addresses, including those advocating prohibition. Purchase, Schoyer's
Individual and small sets of prints from various sources, various geographic regions, various time periods.
Holograph note written from Point Lookout prison camp for Confederate soldiers.
[Colonel]. Typescript biographical sketch of Lincoln scholar Herzog.
One letter (AL) to the Editor, Fate, re Kundalini yoga. Lucknow, India, 28 Oct. 1977. Laid in U. A. Asrani, Yoga Unveiled (ARC B132.Y6 A76 1977). [ARC]. Alpha list.
Mainly clippings and copies of articles, videotapes, and audiotapes by and about 'anti-guri' philosopher U. G. Krishnamurti.
One stereoview of the Civil War survivors of the Massachusetts 54th, marching in parade, Washington Street, 17th July 1875. Photographer: g. J. Raymond & Co., Boston. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
One stereoview of thedeck of the ship, U.S.S. Santee, taken by W. M. Chase, ca. 1900.
Printed announcements, invitations, keepsakes, and other printed items, ca. 1960s-1980s, created for events at the UCLA library and elsewhere.
Flyers, etc.
Interviewer: David E. Russell, 1997-1998? Interviewee(s): Alec Alexander, Mortimer Andron, William F. Kennedy, Walter Mead, John Sonstelie. Transcript: None found. No paper files found. Arrangement: John Sonstelie, n.d.: A19629/CS (digitized)
15 typescript carbon letters (TL), mainly between Uintah and Ouray Indian Agency officials, Fort Duchesne, Utah, and the U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Washington, D.C., concerning a dispute between Special Agent F. A. Baker and Superviser in Charge, Jewell D....
Studio photograph of two young men and one young woman.
4 albums/scrapbooks.
." Printed program, re General Grant's funeral cortege, New York, 1885.
One document (ADS): Pardon for John Higgs (alias John Hasson), signed by Grant as President, and by Secretary of State Hamilton Fish. Washington, D.C., 13 Dec. 1873. [Oversize boxed].
Two notes: an invitation, 1865, and a scrap of paper signed by Grant shortly before his death, 1885.
One letter (AL) to Frederick P. Stanton re appointment to see the President, signed by his private secretary. Washington, D.C., 1 Mar. 1882. Accession log 1/23/85.
Holograph letter written from New York City, declining an invitation to attend the twentieth anniversary of the Union League Club.
Portrait, with attached autograph. [Oversize boxed].
Portraits and other scenes with Grant in them. [Oversize boxed].
Holograph letter written to the governor of New York informing him of the death of a mutual friend.
Holograph ms, an English translation of the first six pages of the first part of what appears to be Marivaux's unfinished novel, La Vie de Marianne (1731-1741), by an unknown translator, ca. latter 1800s. Alpha list.
55 black and white photographs, no captions, most images of the same groups of unidentified young men and women, at leisure, some with baseball gear, playing tennis, engaged in gymnastics, and other mostly outdoor activities.
2 b/w portraits. Found item, provenance unknown. Oversize boxed.
One stereoview, No. 31a - "Reynold's and Dowling's Camp, Quaking Asp Hill," n.d.
Two small, printed Civil War era cards, issued by the Union Volunteer Refreshment Committee of Philadelphia, with engravings of the Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon and Hospital on the front. On the back are names of officers and committee members and...
Three letters (one TLS and two TL), and one typescript extract from a report re Arkanasas Civil War veterans.
. First day cover. Postmarked Norfolk, Virginia, 30 May 1951.
Report No. 476: Surveyor's Office--West of Lake Michigan, March 24, 1836. Accompanies Map of the Territory of Wisconsin, by David H. Burr (Spec Wyles G4120 1836 .B8).
One Civil War document (ADS): Invoice of Stores. New York, 12 Nov. 1861.
One Civil War document (ADS) re receipt of military stores. New Orleans, 29 June 1865. Second copy of document in Wyles SC 186. Filed with Wyles SC 186.
Holograph letter written on behalf of and signed by Martin Maginnis, Commanding Major of the 11th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, from Gallatin, Tennessee to Second Auditor, Treasury Department in Washington, D. C., about transmitting the "Quarterly Return of Deceased Soldiers" of...
Holograph letter about quarterly return of deceased soldiers written on behalf of and signed by Everett W. Foster, Major Commanding the Regiment, from Headquarters 3rd Minnesota Infantry, Little Rock, Arkansas to the Honorable B. B. French, Second Auditor, Washington, D....
Holograph letter about the quaterly return of deceased soldiers written on behalf of and signed by William B. Gere, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding Regiment, from Headquarters 5th Regiment Minnesota Volunteers, Young's Point, Louisiana to the 2nd Auditor, Washington, D. C., dated...
Holograph letter written on behalf of and signed by Hiram P. Grant, Commanding Major and Lieutenant Colonel of the 6th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, from Head Quarters 6th Minnesota Volunteers in the Field [of] Alabama to Second Auditor of Treasury in...
Holograph letter written and signed by Alex Wilkin, Commanding Colonel of the 9th Minnesota Infantry, from Head Quarters 9th Minnesota Volunteers in St. Peter, [Minnesota] to Second Auditor Treasury in Washington, D. C. about transmitting a "A Return of Deceased...
Broadside, with statistical tables on population, railroads, canals, steam-boat routes, mountains, and rivers. New York, 1845. [ Wyles Map Cabinet 1/1].
One printed broadside, "International Exhibition, Philadelphia," 1876. [Oversize boxed].
Typed letter on official stationery from the Department of State, Washington, regarding the appointment of Mr. Herbert H. D. Peirce as Third Assistant Secretary of State of the United States. The letter is signed by John Hay, who was Abraham...
One printed broadside issued for the State by Border State Lodge, No. 3, of the City of New York in New York on January 4, 1864. The broadside contains a resolution in the House of Representatives, introduced on December 14,...
Correspondence, prospectii and other printed material re investing in a gold mining venture in Ecuador, ca. 1909-1911.
48 b/w photograph, mainly Olangapo area. Includes images of African American Maxim Gun Platoon, horses and pack mules, soldiers on leave, barracks, local population, street scenes, beaches and harbor, typhoon damage. Purchase, Boston Book Company
Six holograph letters written on behalf of and by various personnel of the United States Navy Department, Washington, [D. C.]. The first letter, dated May 31, 1847, is written on behalf of and signed by John Appleton, Acting Secretary of...
Printed regulations governing the admission of candidates into the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. A "Qualifications" paragraph is signed by Isaac Toucey, Secretary of the Navy.
Holograph telegram written on official stationery of the Navy Department in Washington, [D. C.] to D. H. Craig, Telegraphic Agent Associate in New York, about not publishing the letter to J. B. Sardy and four letters dated August 20, Aug....
Holograph letter of agreement between Edward B. Taylor, Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Northern Superintendency, and Robert I. Thomas of Washington, D. C.. The letter states that Thomas would agree to perform his duties as a physician for the...
150+ pamphlets and tracts published by the Unity School of Christianity (Missouri).
Collection contains 176 mostly open reel tapes of lectures, meetings, speeches, and other events at UCSB. Notable speakers include Spiro Agnew, Mircea Eliade, Ram Dass (Richard Alpert), Buckminster Fuller, Ronald Reagan, Paul Tillich, and UC administrators Charles Hitch, Clark Kerr,...
Flyer and schedule of classes
115 color slides and album containing 137 black and white prints, one color print, and a map of the Sudan Railway relating to an expedition to Africa. Locations include Faiyum, Zeuglodon Valley, Egypt; Nuba Hills, Sudan; Rift Valley, Turkana, Kenya;...
Cite as: [Identification of item], University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Physics collection, UArch 124. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
One printed card by American Typewriter Shorthand, using a Sinclair letter as an examploe for conversion to shorthand, ca. 1930. Alpha list.
One anti-Sinclair flyer in the shape of a dollar-bill, with slogans such as "One SincLiar Dollar," "Good only in California or Russia," and "A Vote for Sincliar will put California on the bum and the bums on California," printed in...
(1878-1968). One note (TNS) from American author Upton Sinclair to Dr. Sweet, re receiving Sweet's prior note. Los Angeles, 4 February 1933. Laid in Upton Sinclair, The Jungle (New York: Doubleday, Page & Co. , 1906). Alpha list.
One letter (ALS) to Malcolm Edwards, science fiction editor, saying it is unlikely she will be coming to Brighton conference. Postmarked Portland, OR, 5 Mar. 1979.
Mainly relating to excavating/bridge building, give kilometer markers (from where?), including Tacuari Bridge over Tacuari River. Probably compiled by an employee of the unidentified company engaged in the bridge building.
6 printed items.
One Civil War document (ADS): Special Orders from General Superintendent of Freedmen re change of command. Memphis, 6 Feb. 1864.
Three immediate post-Civil War documents re accusation against Sgt. Alexander Shepard and 15 members of Company L, 4th U.S.C. Hvy. Artillery, for stealing $6,000 in gold from a Tennessee resident. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
One document: Way-bill for Sacramento-Marysville run, 14 Dec. 1866. [Oversize boxed].
also includes ca. 1918-1919 photos from around Quantico and elsewhere.
Collection of Spanish American War era documents mainly relating to flagships in the North Atlantic, Hong Kong, and the Phillipines, ca. 1898.
Photograph album containing 50 captioned photos, primarily of the U.S. naval presence in Managua during the U.S. occupation of Nicaragua. Mounted on the front cover is a large color illustration depicting three American soldiers talking to three Nicaraguan children standing...
Photo album contains 238 black and white and color photographs of a post-war mission to Japan and nearby countries. Album belonged and is inscribed to Josiah E. Dubois (Jr.), a staff member of the U.S. Reparations Mission to Japan. Photos...
One printed document, Senate Bill 376, "To facilitate the settlement of paymasters' accounts." 40th Congress, 2d Session, 2 Mar. 1868.
One notebook: Muster Roll, including lists of officers, petty officers, seamen, ladsmen, Marines and others on the U.S. Steamer Shaumut, flagship of York River flotilla, commanded by John G. Walker during the Civil War, [ca. 1865].
Three printed forms, not filled in. In-hand as of 6/1611. Oversize boxed.
Holograph letter written in the office of the Dept. of the Interior, Washington D.C., regarding photographs that he's sending.
Civil War ship's logbook, 1862-1863.
Found in unsorted SC. Alpha list - title only.
216 b/w snapshots taken by Catholic missionary Valerian Schott ...
Carbon typescript: Memoirs of the Vallejos, based on documents and recollections of Dr. Platon M. G. Vallejo (son of Gen. Mariano Vallejo), 1914. Mainly depicting life in Alte California of the 1830s-1840s.
39 black and white photographs, most snapshots, few captions in English, loose and in an album, many of women and children. Purchase with large unrelated batch of photographs/albums, eBay
Holograph letter written from the Headquarter's of the 56th N.Y. Regiment regarding the promotion of a soldier.
One letter (ALS) from Vander Poel, to Joe [?] inviting him to visit. Roslyn, Long Island, Dec. 1 , 1939. Alpha list.
One letter (ALS) from A. [Vanderhorst ?], re the Council "drawing an ordinance for the better government and regulation of the Negroes in the city..." (said city unidentified - possibly New York?), 21 Nov. 1785.
Color lithographs and biographical sketches of Artists, Huntsmen and Country Gentlemen, Men of the Day, and Statesmen series appearing in Vanity Fair, ca. 1870s-1900s.
52 black and white snapshots, most in an album, several of the Curaçoische Petroleum Industrie Maatschappij (CPIM) oil refining facility, and oil rigs and workers at the Venezuelan lake of Maracaibo; also street scenes, shops, local population, port, ships.
Approximately 243 black and white images, various sizes, captions in English, most of the area in and around Caripito, apparently taken by one of a group of oil workers. Includes photos of local population, living quarters, and street scenes, oil...
Family history and Santa Barbara reminiscences. Interviewer: Diane Nassir, Feb. 4, 1977 and Feb. 18, 1977. Interviewee(s): Verne Linderman. Transcript: Transcript: Yes. Related materials: None found.
oral history is part of the Vernon I. Cheadle Oral History Project. As former Chancellor of the University of California at Santa Barbara, his 15-year tenure was marked by rapid campus growth as well as student unrest. Cheadle was an...
One letter (ALS) to E. Dwight Kendall notifying him that he has been unanimously elected a member of the association. Boston, 13 Dec. 1890.
One letter (TLS) from Baum, Paramount Publix Corporation, to Harry Lichtig , re opera production. Hollywood, 7 Nov. 1931. Purchase, accessioned Jan. 16
(1802-1885). One letter (ALS) in French, to John Wilks, referring to a number of his [Hugo's] works, 19 Feb. n.y. Alpha list.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Vietnam / Indochina Subject collection, Bernath Mss 319. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Vietnam Coal Mining photograph album, Bernath Mss 384. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Album contains 34 black and white photographs with captions in French. Photos feature street scenes; gardens; river boats; indigenous people; villages, agriculture and country scenes; actors and musicians. Locations include Hanoi, Tonkin, Plei-Ku, Huế, and the Annam region.
Bernath Collection.
Three printed Vietnam War era items, including "Cease-Fire Order of the South Vietnam Liberation Armed Forces" and "What's in it for you, G.I." Alpha list.
40 page ritual book, with handwritten Chinese characters, used by the Zhao Hill people of Yen Bai Province, Vietnam, to predict fortunes, to determine auspicious days (for marriage ceremonies, business transactions, etc.), to predict and control the weather, and to...
Color [lithograph?], print on paper, by Bosqui Eng. & Print Co. [active ca. 1863- 1906]. Found in misc. mss map drawer. Another copy in Bancroft Library, online in Calisphere. Map cabinet 20/6. Alpha list.
Created on stone by S. W. Rowse; lithograph by E. W. Bouvé's Lithography, Boston, n.d. [Oversize boxed].
Bound volume with hand-colored collotypes of Philippine scenes.
One printed circular, re the Fugitive Slave Law. Boston, 3 Mar. 1851. 1999
"Address at Requiem for Thomas Stearns Eliot," Church of St. Stephen, South Kensington, London, 17 Feb. 1965. Part of a larger printed parish monthly newsletter.
62 b/w photographs, mostly snapshots. Bought in two batches on eBay
One Civil War note (ANS) from Samuel Sheppard re removal of rails from fence. Near Moonfield Virginia, 10 Aug. 1864.
Interviews and events re family therapist Virginia Satir. Interviewer: David E. Russell, [1989]. Interviewee(s): Virginia Satir. Transcript: Virginia Satir with David E. Russell, A Conversation with Virginia Satir (Santa Barbara: Davidson Library Oral History Program, 1989), 23 pages. Related materials:...
"A Catalogue of Optical, Mathematical, and Philosophical Instruments, Made and Sold by W. and S. Jones," No. 135 (London, ca. 1799). Part of vol. 5 of Lectures on Natural and Experimental Philosophy (London 1799). Gift of Larry Badash
One holograph letter written from Hartford, Connecticut, expressing regret that he cannot attend a Sixth Army Corps reunion.
Satirical reworking of popular songs of the day, including such titles as "Take Your Three Crank Platforms and Begone." Purchase, Schoyer's
Two Civil War era holograph letters written by W. C. Holliday, chaplain of the 90th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. In one, written near Ooltewah, Tenn., he describes a trip to Chattanooga and seeing General William T. Sherman. In the second letter,...
Horse racing records, photos, and clippings from Rancho San Julian, nr Lompoc.
Holograph letter written from Jersey City, discussing personal and family affairs. Dimock mentions that his regiment may be ordered up at any time.
One Civil War era holograph letter written from Newton, Iowa. Drew explains his wish to volunteer for an Iowa company and discusses the organization of armed militias in Missouri, threatening to invade Iowa.
One note (ANS), 1862; one letter (ALS), 1877; one envelope; one manuscript account "Brownlow's connexion with The Bridge Burning in East Tenn., Nov. 8, 1861..." See also: Wyles SC 916.
One Civil War era note (ANS) and 1 b/w photo (carte de visite), ca. 1862. One b/w photo (carte de visite) of Captain [?] Schindel on reverse of same sheet, n.d. Also, one photo (carte de visite) of Mrs. Brownlow...
50 original sepia and black and white photographs with captions in album by W. G. Wilson, illustrating a cruise around South America in 1930. Includes nine photos of Havana (Cuba), six photos of Lima (Peru) and eight photos of La...
One holograph bill from the town of Pembroke to Dr. W. H. H. Bryant for services and expenses as Recruiting Agent from Aug. 6/64 to Feb. 1/65. It lists the date, the number of days served, the number of recruits,...
Bulk of diary, including photos, traces tour through Iraq. Also Egypt, Palestine, and Syria. Arrangement: Bound volume.
Typescript, photos, documents, and correspondence re Walter (Wally) Hitshew Jones, Jr. life, much of it spent abroad in places like Eritrea, French Morocco, Yemen and Europe, for many years as an official with the Bechtel Corporation.
One letter (ALS) on letterhead stationery, to Elmer (?), conveying best wishes to Jack (John J.) Mitchell and the Rancheros Vistadores, n.d.
Four letters (TLS) and one letter (ALS) to Laurence Brander, re his biography, Maugham's Then and Now, and other matters. Villa Mauresque, 1954-1958, n.d. Also one picture postcard, portrait of Maugham. Alpha List.
(1874-1965). One letter (TLS) to Louis Blevine, saying that at his age, 91, he no longer can answer extensive questions. Villa Mauresque, 21 Feb. 1964. Alpha list.
One signed black and white photograph of a painting of Maugham, with accompanying letter by Alan Searle, Maugham's secretary, to Ray Johnson, UCSB Manuscripts Curator , 1969. Alpha list.
One brief holograph letter written from San Francisco to an unknown recipient, regarding an appointment with a Mr. and Mrs. Holliday.
One holograph letter written from Washington, D.C., regarding Vallejo's request for an example of Abraham Lincoln's signature.
One holograph letter written from New York City to Mrs. [Rebecca Ord] Peshine. Sherman recounts his memories of Peshine's mother, Maria de las Angustias de la Guerra Ord, from his time in California.
Two holograph letters to David Milliken, Jr., Secretary of the Union League Club in New York City. Sherman declines two social invitations, including a reception for the inauguration of the Statue of Liberty.
Interview with Jackson re his career as a history professor and practicing public historian, and his reflections on the emergence of public history programs in the U.S. Interviewer: David E. Russell, 6/16/94 (tapes 1-3) and July 8, 1997 (phone interview,...
One printed ticket form, for free seat in reclining chair car, 1906.
Four letters (TLS) from various government officials, including Secretary of the Treasury, McAdoo, re Browne's international review Renaissance , 1918-1919. Alpha list.
One letter (TLS) to TM [Storke?] re publishing last volume of Bancroft's History of California. Santa Barbara, 23 November 1970. [See also SC 162]. [SBHC]. Alpha list.
One letter (TLS) to Robert Kirsch of the LA Times, thanking him for his admirable reviews, 1977. Also one letter (TLS) to Chris Brun, UCSB Special Collections, re Stegner's recent Corle lecture, accompanied by transcript of same, entitled "The Long...
Holograph letter written in Montgomery, July 31st [1865?] concerning Southern sentiments after the Civil War.
Abstract of Title , 1905. Alpha list.
Collection of ephemera relating to Walt Whitman, including engraved portraits, publication and lecture notices, ca. 1880s-1890s. Gift of Charles E. Feinberg. Alpha list.
Two framed engravings of Whitman, "From the Walt Whitman Collection of Charles E. Feinberg."
Map , 1934, laid in Starr's Guide to the John Muir Trail... (Spec F868.S5 S75). Alpha list.
1 typescript collection of poems, "Letzte Postkartengedichte," signed by the author, Christmas 1974. Deaccession?
Correspondence, notes, clippings, and other California and Western-history related items, ca. 1910s-1950s, assembled by Sacramento resident and autograph collector Walter E. Stoddard. Also includes 1872 Bank of California check issued by the Mariposa Mill Company of Virginia, Nevada. Some items...
One letter (ALS) re order , 1968. [Printers].
Vitae/bibliography; Audiocassettes
(1867-1922). Publisher's flyer, in German, with biography and list of works by German industrialist, politician, writer, and statesman Walther Rathenau. Laid in Kritik der Dreifachen Revolution: Apologie (1919). Alpha list.
4 glass plate negatives of the 50th anniversary of the Waltons, said to have run the first drygoods store in Santa Barbara.
Seven pamphlets, American and British, most issued or reprinted by the War Resisters League (NY), including a biography of the organization; also the Central Board for Conscientious Objectors (London). Provenance unknown. Alpha list.
[Civil War Union Captain, 6th Ohio Cavalry, Co. B]. One handwritten review of Major H. B. McClellan's Life of J.E.B. Stuart of the Confederate Cavalry, ca 1885, and an undated clipping of Stuart's death notice.
Tracts and pamphlets by the Jehovah's Witnesses publishers, with titles such as: "End of Axis Powers," "God and State," and "Refugees."
[Unidentified]. Watercolor, U.S. flag flying, mountains in background, n.d.. [Oversize boxed].
Photocopy of a letter (TLS) from Les Whitten to Harry [?] re Watergate era burn bags, together with a brown paper bag containing red printing: "FBI BURN BAG, FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY, PATRICK GRAY, ACTING DIRECTOR." Washington, D.C.
46 black and white photographs, some albumens, with images of a rural family, sev. of children, the farmstead, horses, buggies, new farm house, log cabins, mountains, waterfall, river, women with rifle and pistol in holster, antler stack, hay baling, and...
Holograph letter written at Louisville Head Quarters concerning the recruitment of Kentucky troops.
List of 13 passengers travelling via stagecoach on the United States Mail Line, Portland and Yreka on Sunday, August 11, 1867. Bill details their fares paid and destinations. 11 Passengers listed by name and two listed as only "John China,"...
Black and white picture postcards, Belvedere and Tiefurt castles and other unidentified buildings, admission tickets, and other ephemera. Provenance unknown. Alpha list.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Weingand et al, v. County et al (Channel Island Drilling). collection, SBHC Mss 31. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Publisher's advertisement for "Danger Signals No. 2," ca. 1894, including Phillips' 1880 testimony concerning the dangers of secret societies, especially the Freemasons.
More than 500 black and white photographs, most snapshots, with extensive captions in English, taken by an American couple who spent a year in the area around San Pablo and Concepcion, where Wesley Fisher apparently worked for the South America...
Photograph Album of Travels in West Africa in 1936, featuring Belgian Congo, Uganda, Niger, Ghana (Gold Coast), Nigeria, Ivory Coast, and Sudan. Album contains 127 original B + W photographs of travels in West Africa in 1936, featuring Belgian Congo,...
Federal Register notices, petition, letters, memos, reports document the process of declaring steelhead to be an endangered species, following federal procedures and guidelines.
Album contains 156 black and white uncaptioned photographs of what appears to be early Kingston (Jamaica). Images feature both local and British men, women, and children; villages, markets, houses, post office, Royal Mail Steam Packet Company building, street views; men...
Four handcolored photographs, n.d.
Two b/w photos: log bridge on the Oregon and Overland Trail, and a Pony Express stable, ca. late 1800s-early 1900s. Old Wyles cat. #: pw F593 04 and 04w.
One Civil War era document: Receipt for transportation of one box of books from Boston. Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 8 July 1861.
201 black and white photographs, mostly snapshots, captions in English, of a tour throughout the West, by what appears to be a family or families, perhaps by rail. Locations visited include Grand Canyon, AZ (group in western wear, at the...
Talks given at Westerners meetings. The Westerners were a group started in Chicago in 1944, for anyone interested in Western American history. The organization, now known as Westerners International, continues to be active, with chapters in many U.S. cities and...
[see dealer's notes]
16 masters' and shippers' manifests (14 with revenue stamps) for outbound vessels from New Bedford, Massachusetts, destined for the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Also, related manifests listing provisions for ships bound for destinations such as Brazil and Africa. .05 linear...
Holograph letter written in Washington recommending that R.A. Sorelund be in charge purchasing horses in Northern New York.
Uncut pages from a Tennessee Whig tract, n.d.
Holograph letter written and signed by William B. Whiting, a Lieutenant and Commodore in the U. S. Navy, from Delafield, Waukesha County, Wisconsin to his cousin in Cooperstown, New York. The letter is about an offer he received from Harpers...
Found in unsorted SC. Alpha list - title only.
Interview with Santa Barbara rare book dealer Genns re childhood in New Jersey-New York in 1910s, World War I, Greenwich Village in the 1920s-1930s, prohibition, jazz greats, Washington, D.C. during the New Deal, and FDR. Interviewer: Gibbs M. Smith, Feb....
One document (ADS), text in Latin, 1593. [describe subject matter].
One letter (ALS) to Mr. Hays re Rowfant Club. New York, 2 Feb. 1927. Alpha list.
Includes numerous photos of Eskimo population, sled dogs, deer as pack animals.
Holograph copy of a story by Dahl, "Elfriede: Ein Märchen," in German , 1922, together with a printed leaflet entitled "Maria," also by Dahl, n.d. Gift of Len Menard, n.d. Alpha list.
re career, association with Los Alamos and Oppenheimer, C14 dating. Interviewer: Greg Marlowe, 1975-1977. Interviewee(s): Willard F. Libby; James Arnold Transcript: Transcript: Yes. Arrangement: A19707/CS: Greg Marlowe interviewing Libby at UCLA, Dec. 26, 1975; A19708/CS: Greg Marlowe interviewing James Arnold...
[Private, Wisconsin Infantry, 20th Regiment (Vol), Co. K]. Photocopy of one Civil War Letter (ALS) to schoolmate. Brownsville, Texas, 16 Nov. 1863.
[Private, Maine Infantry, 23rd Regiment (Vol), Company B; Rhode Island Cavalry, 3rd Regiment (Vol), Company E]. Civil War correspondence to Miss Josie Hall, 1863-1864.
15 items, mainly correspondence re Custer, Sitting Bull, etc. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
Four letters (TLS) from William Allen White, American author, politician, and editor and owner of the Emporia Gazette [Kansas] to/about Southwest artist, illustrator and Santa Barbara resident Fernand Lungren, re Lungren's work and personal reminiscences of times with him ,...
One holograph letter written and signed by William Augustus Stearns, president of Amherst College from 1854 to 1876, to Rev. Cousin about receiving a copy of the Southern Review that contains an article by Cousin in which he portrayed someone...
One letter (ALS) from William Bellows to an unknown recipient, asking if he would hand an enclosed copy of Bellows' book on Sir Edmund Gosse to the literary editor, for review in the Birmingham Post. Eastgate, Gloucester, 7 June 1929....
Engraving of "The Just Upright Man is laughed to scorn," 1825. Found item with CB slip; provenance unknown. Alpha list. Oversize boxed.
(1806-1876). Four letters (ALS): two from Joseph Reed, 1816 and 1829, and two from William Bradford Reed, 1849 and ca. 1857-1858. All laid in William Bradford Reed's President Reed of Pennsylvania: A Reply to George Bancroft and Others.
One invoice for shipping of cotton and potash from port of New York, 18 Apr. 1809. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
One holograph letter signed by William C. Thompson, Captain of the Steamer "Sarah Sands", from San Simeon Bay, [California] to the Pastor of Mission San Antonio about running out of coal and other supplies and sending three representatives, Francisco Rice,...
(1883-1963). One signed typescript poem, "The Stone Crock," by American poet William Carlos Williams, n.d. Gift of Alan Stephens
(1824-1889). One note (ANS), with a quote from his Woman in White. London, 11 Dec. 1879. Alpha list.
Two holograph Civil War letters from William D. Dixon, [lieutenant colonel, 6th Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserves?] In one, written from Harrisburg, Dixon describes the outfitting of the troops. In the second letter, written from a camp near Harrison Landing, he describes...
Civil War correspondence of Thompson, a major with the U.S. Infantry, District of Washington, Paymaster, mostly to his wife, 1864-1865, and one poem, 1828.
(1837-1920). One letter (ALS) to Mrs. [?] Kahn, including lines from his poem "The Thorn.". Boston, 11 Jan. 1880. Alpha list.
[author and literary critic]. One letter (ALS) to Mr. [?] Thomas, talking about water pipes freezing in the house he is renting. 18 Jan. 1892.
One note (AN), declining invitation. 19 Mar. 1892.
One framed drawing by William Dole, UCSB Professor of Art, dated Dec. 9, 1956.
"Illinois and Lincoln." Printed poem, signed by Barton, n.d.
Two manuscript volumes representing the records of parishioners of the Church of San Bartolomeo in Apice, by Domen-Antonio Mazzucchi, Rectors and others. Volume 1 - 1708-1719. Volume 2 - 1730.
[Private, Iowa Infantry, 10th Regiment (Vol), Company E]. Diary of a Union Civil War soldier, who took part in Battle of Chattanooga; also an account of farming activities in Iowa after the war, 1863-1868.
Printers. Interviewer:? Interviewee(s): Fred Rudge and William Edwin Rudge III.
(Brother Antoninus). Ms draft and related correspondence regarding article, based on his 16 Apr. 1976 Corle lecture, appearing in December 1976 issue of UCSB Library's Soundings. Alpha list.
(Brother Antoninus). One letter (ALS) to Sister Magdalen Mary, including story about God being female and black. St. Albert's, Oakland, 27 Nov. 1961.
One letter (ALS) to David Magee, re Everson's book A Privacy of Speech. Berkeley, [ ca 5 July 1949]. Alpha list.
Printed prospectus for Canticle to the Waterbirds, signed by American poet and small press printer Brother Antoninus, aka William Everson. Berkeley: Eizo, [1968]. [Printers Collection]. Alpha list.
Cite as: [Identification of item], William F. King Civil War correspondence, Wyles SC 1059. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
[Captain, New York 21st Brigade and 13th Division of Infantry]. One document (ADS): Brigade Order, re resignation of Captain Orendorff, 26 June 1847. From: CDCC.
Form testimony letter by William G. Brownlow, Governor of Tennessee, to commission Absalom Goforth as Justice of the Peace in the 15th Civil District of the County of Washington elected on the 3rd of March 1866.
[Sergeant, 12th West Virginia Volunteers, Co. A]. Three Civil War diaries, 1862- 1864 (extensive descriptions of daily life and military engagements); five accompanying letters (ALS); list of those present and absent on 21 May 1864; essay on the soldier; and...
[Civil War Union General]. Correspondence, ca. 1828-1886. .05 linear feet (1 folder).
One holograph letter written by William Halsted at Trenton, New Jersey, summarizing his legal and political career and his efforts to raise the First New Jersey Cavalry.
One letter (ALS) from Lambert's wife, Herminia V. Lambert, to Judge William H. [Staake?] re tribute to Lambert. Laid in In Memoriam William H. Lambert. Germantown, 15 Feb. 1913.
Two letters from English writer Hayley: one ALS to Pitt [William Pitt the Younger?] re a pension for his friend William Cowper, Sept. 9, n.y. and one ALS to Lady Hesketh, asking assistance for novelist Charlotte Smith, Aug. 12, 1794....
Cite as: [Identification of item], William Henry Ellison papers, UArch FacP 10. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Mainly to father. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
One black/white photographic portrait of Herzog, a Lincoln collector, n.d. The Wyles Collection has books donated by Herzog, as well as a 1949 five-disc set of sound recordings, "Speaking of Mr. Lincoln," by him. [Oversize boxed].
Engraving, signed "Sincerely Yours, Wm. H. Taft." Barmore Publishing Co., New York. Pencil notation, "Eighth proof from the copper plate - Schneider." Gift of Frederica Poett, Santa Barbara. Deframed 5/2/06. Alpha list. ++ Oversize boxed.
One typed schedule of President William Howard Taft's trip to New York and Passaic, May 9-10, 1910, which includes a visit to the Actors' Fund Fair at the 71st Regiment Armory in New York, a banquet of the Board of...
(1834-1924). One letter (ALS) from Jack, a Scottish professor of mathematics and member of the publishingi firm Macmillan & Co., to [?] Bryce, re advice about publishing a book on [William Makepeace] Thackeray . Glasgow, April 13, 1895. Alpha list.
[General, CSA]. Two engraved portraits, n.d.
(1911-1972). Small collection of correspondence of American poet and biographer Flaccus (to Herbert West), typescript poems, and clippings, including obituary, ca. 1930-1972. Alpha list.
Four letters (ALS) re apprenticeship of William Leadbetter, to and from correspondents William Gatchele, Jacob Martin, Ephraim Harper, and Roger North. [Ireland], Aug.-Sept. 1709. See also: Ballitore Family Papers (Mss 3). Alpha list.
. Copy of typescript "Reminiscences of a Treasury Clerk in War Times," re Civil War experiences and meeting Abraham Lincoln in 1864. Written and read at the Abraham Lincoln one hundredth birthday dinner meeting, [Chester County, PA], 12 Feb. 1909...
One letter (TLS) to Judge Paul J. McCormick re the motion picture industry. Laid in Seabury's Motion Picture Problems. New York, 1 June 1929. Alpha list.
[U.S. Secretary of State, 1877-1881]. One note (ANS) to an unknown party, saying that a letter has gone forward and that he cannot attend a meeting as he is going to Washington. 16 Dec. 1882 or 1883.
Cite as: [Identification of item], William McCord Spanish-American War papers, Wyles Mss 157. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
(1834-1896). One letter (ALS) to [C. E. Keahes?], re printing matters. Kelmscott House, 23 Apr. [ca. 1893]. Also, two letters (ALS) by Emery and Dorothy Walker, re Morris' ideals being upheld. , 1927 , 1933. Alpha list.
Holograph letter written by William N. Boynton, 1st Lt., Comdg. Co. F 27th Iowa Inf., titled "Certified Statement of Camp and Garrison Equipage Lost in Store or by Transportation". The letter, written in Clinton, Iowa, states that a Camp &...
[Civil War Union Captain, Ohio Infantry, 42nd Regiment (Vol), Co. C]. Collection of correspondence to family members, 1862-1864. Photocopies of typescript copies.
One letter (ALS) to H.F. Campbell, re memoir of his father, Civil War Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston. Laid in The Life of Albert Sidney Johnston [Wyles E467.1 J73 J6]. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
Cite as: [Identification of item], William R. Boggs correspondence, Wyles SC 1058. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Collection of WWII-related materials, including: "Pla Packet" cards, a set of 55 cards for use in aerial identification (via silhouettes) of Allied, Japanese and German aircraft; "Flying for Victory," a service diary for the Air Force, (unannotated); Literary Digest "War...
[Connecticut Infantry, 5th Regiment (Vol), Band]. One Civil War document (ADS): Discharge, 7 Sept. 1862, and pencil sketch map of Bull Run, n.d.
Two holograph letters written by W. S. Rosecrans on official stationery of the House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. to Herbert Smith, Esq. in San Francisco, California, and one telegram composed and sent by W. S. Rosecrans on official stationery...
One note (ANS) to Lena and Joe Petracca, bon voyage wishes. Malibu, 15 Mar. 1958. Alpha list.
One letter (TLS) to a Miss Hale, re type of article he might write for Town and Country. Villa Mauresque, September 1, 1937. Alpha list.
One holograph letter written and signed by William Sprague from Washington about a tariff bill to impose a 2 cent per pound duty on cotton. He claims that legislators have a poor understanding of the subject and all hope of...
One engraving, carte de visite size, of Sherman in uniform, with stamp of Joseph Ward, Boston, on reverse.
One b/w cabinet card size photograph of Sherman in uniform, later in life.
Printed portraits and other scenes with Sherman in them. [Oversize boxed].
One printed document with holographic additions, discharge papers, 1883. .02 linear feet (1 folder).
Album, with holographic letters and remembrances, apparently from members of the Yale class of 1828. Presented by Mrs. E. Kendell Rogers, n.d.. Alpha list.
One handwritten poem, untitled, Rydal Mount, 26 Dec. 1844 and one colored engraving of Wordsworth, both matted and framed. Alpha list. [Oversize boxed].
Illuminated manuscript honoring Wyles, made in the Santa Barbara State Teachers College Art Department, 1934. [Oversize boxed].
Nine picture postcards of Arizona, Utah and Canada, addressed to Mrs. William Wyles, ca. 1904.
Three black and white portraits of Mr and Mrs. William Wyles. [Oversize boxed].
I.O.O.F. tribute in memory of Mathews. Meriden, Connecticut, 28 Oct. 1903.
Two post-Civil War letters (ALS), including one to Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, then a U.S. senator, asking for copies of the appendix to the report of the Joint Committee on Army which Burnside had submitted to Congress in Dec. 1880.
(1881-1968). One typescript poem, "Two Marys," with handwritten corrections, n.d.. Also two b/w photos of Mary Austin, 1928, and Mary Lawton, n.d. Alpha list.
28 black and white photographs, no captions or dates, likely compiled one of the women shown in the album who took part in a hunting, fishing, hiking, and camping trip in the West, probably somewhere between northern California and Washington....
One note (ANS), verifying the signatures of Woodrow Wilson, Marshall Foch, and Hanford McNider in a copy of The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Laid in the New Testament... Long Beach, California, Sept. 11 , 1930....
Holograph letter written at the Head Quarters of the 76th Regt., Ohio Volunteers at Camp Shellwater, regarding the rule of promotions.
Holograph note written in Troy, New York.
. 59 pamphlets by Duane Edward Spencer, based on radio messages from the Word of Grace program (San Antonio, Texas), intended to aid in the study of key words of Scripture.
41 b/w in album and 15 loose b/w relating to children's program. Includes a few of African-American children from [Wheeling?].
56 numbered pamphlets in the Fruitful Life Series, with individual titles, by Howard C. Estep, President of the World Prophetic Ministry, Inc. (Colton, California).
One document (TD): Memorandum No. 677, Subject: Movement of Troops. Headquarters Ninetieth Division, Camp Travis, TX, May 30 , 1918. Found in unsorted SC. Alpha list.
Several dozen color posters from the U.S., Canada, and Great Britain.
Album of 291 black and white photographs taken by an American soldier of the 1891st Engineer Aviation Battalion working on the Stillwell Road in Burma. Images include hunting trophy photos, airplanes, fellow soldiers, temples, villages, agriculture, local peoples, construction and...
54 b/w snapshots, possibly southern China, with images of local scenes and military, including European [Britsh/American?] soldiers.
From dealer description: World War II era photo album from US naval ship "no. 142" with 84 black and white photos on 13 pages. The photos record visits to North Africa, Egypt, India and Burma. Images include mosques, Sphinx, pyramids,...
Album contains over 130 photographs, sketches, and clippings, mainly images of the western desert and Libya, Egypt, and some of Jerusalem, apparently taken by a British soldier (most likely RAF officer) who was also associated with a theatre troupe. Includes...
Dropped by the U.S. Army Corps on flights over Japan just before the dropping of the atom bombs - warning the Japanese that the hour of the Empire's defeat was soon at hand. Includes illustration of a clock, with hours...
Several ration books and loose stamps belonging to the Garcia and Nunley families. Left at library info desk, possibly by La Vera Garcia, date unknown. Alpha list.
Two partially used ration books from Chicago, issued by the Office of Price Administration. Gift of Allen Adrian
American Airlines Guidebook. Found in unsorted SC. Alpha list.
Four photo postcards of Vernon and Corunna, Michigan, one addressed to Mrs. Frances A. Wyles of Santa Barbara, CA, Sept. 12, 1908.
Collection of 16 facsimiles of broadsides in the Yale Collection, issued by their Friends group as Christmas keepsakes, ca. 1960-1975. .05 linear feet (1 folder).
Portfolio of twelve water color views, photographed and published by F. Jay Haynes & Bro., ca. late 1800s-early 1900s.
12 black and white photographs taken by various U.S. Army photographers and including images of Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell performing and visiting wounded GIs.
No captions, Europeans in a few images, dress suggests ca. 1900 (related to compiler?), very sharp images, b/w snapshots all same size, one of series of cannons, military officers on horseback, soldiers marching (1905 Russo-Japanese War period?), street scenes, local...
Printed flyer, "Information to Visitors: How and When to See Yosemite to the Best Advantage," [ca. 1870s].
Two black/white panoramic photographs: (1) Grizzly Giant Tree, Mariposa Grove. Pillsbury Picture Co., No. 1005. Oldest living sequoia, located at Wawona. The image also shows visitors, standing, on wagons, and bicycle, by the trees. Deframed, in Oversize Map Case. (2)...
Cite as: [Identification of item], Yugoslavia photograph album, Bernath Mss 352. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Two albums containing approximately 300 photographs and accompanying manuscript illustrate the travels of a French explorer, G. Geraud, who was commissioned by the French Governor of Indochina to explore Yunnan. Geraud traveled through the western province of Yunnan starting from...
One b/w print of Zane Grey and J. A. Wiborn on the beach, together with copies of three clippings re his trip to New Zealand, Australia and Tahiti, ca. 1930. Laid in Grey's Tales of Tahitian Waters (New York ,...
629 b/w photographs in an album inscribed by Zane Grey to his secretary Mildred Smith, noting "This is a photographic record of our wanderings from May until Nov. 1923...". Includes Southwestern scenes, Pacific Northwest hunting, and deep-sea fishing scenes.
Album contains clippings and 34 black and white photographs documenting the construction of the Zihuatanejo Railroad and showing views from along a section of the route from Tacambaro to Uruapan. Images include scenic and street views of Tacambaro; railroad officials...
Four lists of new books (mainly religious) at the Zion Research Library [Brookline, Mass.] , 1932, and one printed document re terms of use for the library, n.d. Laid in Zion Research Library, Catalogue of the Zion Research Library (ARC...