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Horatio N. Rust Photograph Collection: John Brown Collection
Visual Materials
A collection of photographs, prints and ephemera pertaining to abolitionist John Brown and his family. Images include portraits of Brown, his family members, supporters and other abolitionists; participants in the raid on Harper's Ferry and officials involved in Brown's trial; views of Harper's Ferry and buildings related to the raid; and views of Brown's grave and home in New York. There are also several views of Jason and Owen Brown's Las Casitas homestead in the mountains near Pasadena, California, and a scene of mourners gathered at Owen Brown's grave. The collection was compiled by Horatio Nelson Rust (1828-1906), who was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, and became a friend and supporter of John Brown. He also helped raise funds for Brown's family after John Brown's death, and was a friend to Brown's children Ruth, Jason and Owen, who moved to the Pasadena area in the 1880s. Rust was an early Pasadena resident and booster, as well as a U.S. Indian agent, collector of archeological artifacts and horticulturist. A few additional items in the collection were acquired from other sources and transferred to the collection at various times.
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Horatio N. Rust Photograph Collection: Trip to Arizona
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A collection of photographs made during Horatio Nelson Rust's 1895 trip from Southern California to Arizona to see the Hopi Snake Dance at Walpi. Rust, a former U.S. Indian agent and artifact collector, was accompanied by Mrs. Thaddeus (Leontine) Lowe, A. C. Vroman, and Charles J. Crandall. Vroman made the majority of the photographs, with the remainder produced by Crandall, who is visible with his camera in some scenes. There is one photograph of scenery (48) credited to F. H. Maude; it is unclear when it was taken. Views include Hopi and Navajo Indians and scenes of pueblo life; the Snake Dance at Walpi; the Grand Canyon; the Petrified Forest; desert landscapes; a group portrait of Mojave Indians at Needles, California; and several views of Rust and his fellow travelers with guides, wagons and supplies. Also included are Rust's notes on "Elevations on the line of the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad" and his business card. One of Vroman's photographs (40a) has a signed note from George W. Ingalls, U.S. Indian agent. There is also one view (19b) of a rock memorial in Arizona for Col. C. "Kit" Carson.
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Horatio Alger papers
Manuscripts
The majority of the collection pertains to Joseph P. Loeb (1883-1974) and his attempts as an amateur book collector to procure editions of Horatio Alger's work. There are various letters to book dealers and collectors and numerous notecards on the provenance of individual Alger items. The collection contains around ninety letters written by Alger, the vast majority of which went to his friend, Irving Blake. Other addressees include Ernest Burks, Payson Smith, and William N. Washburn. Alger's correspondence addresses literary topics, his position with the New York tribune, and health and family matters. The collection also contains one manuscript poem by Alger: "Strive and Succeed! The world's temptations flee."
mssHM 32600-32688
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Horatio Seymour letters
Manuscripts
Twenty-five (25) of the letters are written by Horatio Seymour from his home in Utica, New York. They are addressed to various New York politicians including five Governors of New York: John Thompson Hoffman, Samuel J. Tilden, Lucius Robinson, Grover Cleveland, and David B. Hill. Other recipients include President James Buchanan and Canal Commissioner Adin Thayer. The majority of the letters are recommendation letters written by Seymour for various people to obtain various government positions. There is some discussion of New York politics and a letter about charges brought against "Mr. Johnson the Canal Superintendent on this section of the Erie Canal." There is one letter by Senator Francis Kernan to Governor Robinson that includes a handwritten note by Seymour and a letter by John Baxter, Chief of Police of Utica, New York to Governor John Thompson Hoffman asking for a pardon for Thomas Rigney that has note by Horatio Seymour, William J. Bacon, and John F. Seymour. Two letters include notes by New York Congressmen Richard D. Davis and William Fiero Russell.
mssHM 69394-69420
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Horatio Nelson papers
Manuscripts
Mostly letters from Nelson to William Locker, Lady Hamilton, Prince William Henry, and others reflect Nelson's career from 1777, particularly the Baltic Expedition, the Battle of Copenhagen, and the Battle of Trafalgar; various minor encounters between British and enemy warships; Prince William Henry, later King William IV and his naval activities; family and personal affairs, especially in connection with Lady Hamilton
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Horatio N. Rust Photograph Collection: Photographic album of Artifacts, and Indians of California, Southwest and Great Plains
Visual Materials
Album which includes many views of Indian artifacts, such as arrowheads, pottery, metal and stone relics, some of which were excavated by Rust himself, as he describes in captions. There are also views of skulls excavated in Missouri, 1879, by Rust. Rust's handwritten captions identifying items and where they were found, by himself or others, are of particular interest in this collection. The album also contains photographs of Indians from Great Plains and western tribes, and Indian schools in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and Perris, California. There are two striking "before and after" photographs of Chiricahua Apache children sent to Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania. Also of note are many views of Southern California Indians, including portraits of Cabazon, Soboba, Luiseno and Cahuilla tribe members, some partially identified by family names: Estudillo; Victoriano of Soboba; Lugo (or Lubo); Casero; Costo; Pablo "Chief of Cahuilla"; Silvestre. Other subjects included: two group portraits of Yuma Indian men, 1891; studio portraits of Keokuk (Sauk); Billy Bowlegs (Seminole); Ouray and Ignacio (Ute); reproductions of drawings of Indians on horses; reproductions of 17th-century deeds related to John Pynchon and colonial Deerfield, Massachusetts; a John K. Hillers photograph of John W. Powell, George W. Ingalls and others in Colorado, 1873; scenes of the Indian Council at Pala, California, 1886; Old Creek Indian Council House, Okmulgee, OK; and portraits of Sam Temple and the Cahuilla woman known as "Ramona," who inspired characters in Helen Hunt Jackson's novel, "Ramona."
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