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Our ancestors : a genealogical and biographical magazine

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    Genealogies - Magazines

    Manuscripts

    The Arthur Ito papers consist of material related to his early life in Mexico, service in the World War II, and career in the floral industry.

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    Genealogical and biographical materials

    Manuscripts

    Consists of: Biographical sketches of Cave J. Couts (a and b) (5 pieces) Baptismal records, wedding announcements, etc., of Couts, Bandini families, 1857-1940 (22 pieces) Miscellaneous biographical and genealogical material re Couts, Bandini, etc., families (25 pieces) Newspaper clippings re Couts, Bandini, etc., families (57 pieces) List of books at Rancho Guajome, after 1941 (20 pieces) School papers, 1838-1882 (41 pieces including 25 pieces of school papers of Cave J. Couts a while at the United States Military Academy, 1838-1843) Recipes, 1851-approximately 1930 (6 pieces)

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    -----. Biographical and Genealogical Notes

    Manuscripts

    This collection contains 40 items (17 manuscripts, 4 letters, and 19 pieces of ephemera) by or related to Ellen Steele Sturges (1837-1930) of Michigan, Montana, and San Bernardino, California, and her family. Items chiefly consist of manuscripts of short stories written by Sturges, as well as two hymns. There is also a short 1-page autobiography by her father, Ebenezer Steele, and a small collection of genealogical and biographical notes detailing Ellen Steele Sturges's family and David Brainerd Sturges's life. One letter in the collection is a rejection notice from S.S. McClure Limited and includes an edited copy of "The Little Somnambulist." An 1852 letter contains a report by Ebenezer Steele regarding his missionary work in 1852 with an Ojibwa tribe in Michigan at "Na-yuh-mah-kauny" (or Naomikong). There is also a short note from Ellen's stepmother, Phebe Steele, recounting Ebenezer Steele's recollections of "Training Day" in Massachusetts. The ephemera includes Ellen Steele Sturges's nursing certificate, a Montana homestead certificate from 1877 to David Sturges, and a Confederate States bond issued by the Central Business College of Sedalia, Missouri, from 1864. There is also an obituary for Ellen Steele Sturges, a photograph of David Brainerd Sturges, two photographic postcards of their house in San Bernardino, California, and a view of buildings in Virginia City, Montana, by photographer O.C. Bundy, circa 1875.

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