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Herman Drew Nichols collection, 1861-1960's
BANC MSS 92/910 cLOCAL
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Title:

Herman Drew Nichols collection, 1861-1960's

Creator/Contributor:

Nichols, Herman Drew., creator, Collector

Creator/Contributor:

Kellogg,Catherine Raynor Edmands.

Creator/Contributor:

Kellogg, Sheldon Ingalls.

Creator/Contributor:

Ferrell, Robert N.

Creator/Contributor:

Francis, Eric.

Creator/Contributor:

Tubbs family.

Abstract:

Consists of Herman D. Nichols memorablia and ephemera, including yearbooks, report cards, menus, and war ration coupons. Includes geneological information and ephemera relating to the Nichols, Kellogg, and Tubbs families, with diaries by Catherine Rayner Edmunds Kellogg (1861) and Sheldon Ingalls Kellogg (1875). Also includes a handwritten notebook describing emigration from Australia to California and memories of early San Francisco inscribed by author Eric Francis, and a reprinted drawing of Edwin Booth's cottage in San Francisco, with annotations by Francis describing its history and neighbors. Finally, contains items relating to California and San Francisco history such as advertising cards, mining stocks, a chart of California businesses, and a photocopy of a journal kept by Robert N. Ferrell describing his sea voyage from New York to San Francisco in 1849.

Date:

1849 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Tubbs family
American Factors, Ltd.
Castle and Cooke Inc.
B. F. Dillingham Co.
Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.
C. Brewer and Company.
Theo H. Davis & Co.
Technical High School (Oakland, Calif.)
Piedmont Grammar School (Piedmont, Calif.)
Australians -- California
Voyages to the Pacific coast
San Francisco (Calif.)
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Commerce

Type:

Genealogies.
Diplomas.
Advertising cards.
Diaries.
Postcards.
Menus.
Stock certificates.
Ephemera.

Physical Description:

print
1 box and 1 oversize folder (.45 linear ft.)

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS 92/910 cLOCAL

Origin:

California