Rare Books
Two cavalry episodes in the Palestine campaign, 1917-1918
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San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Much of the collection consists of correspondence from the offices of the Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. in Los Angeles, California to its mining facility in Randsburg, California. The correspondence (including telegrams) often discusses billing expenses, supplies, and the operations of the mine. Individuals frequently represented in the correspondence include Albert Ancker (Vice President of Yellow Aster), Arthur Asher (President of Yellow Aster), H.L. Bennett, Rose La Monte Burcham, J.H. Farrell, Mr. Manby, George W. Paymal (Superintendent of the Yellow Aster), George W. Schilling, and Mr. Woodling.
mssHM 64149-64257
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This collection consists chiefly of magazines containing the first appearances of works by American author Jack London. The collection includes 130 periodicals with London's short stories, serialized versions of his novels, and essays, with the bulk dating from the late 1890s to the 1910s. In addition, there are 20 pieces of ephemera and miscellaneous printed items about London's work and life, including materials prepared by London enthusiasts through the 1970s. The items were compiled by Donald French, a collector of Jack London materials in Northern California. Periodicals: Most of the periodicals contain the first appearances in print of stories by London, and the earliest item in this collection is the September 1897 issue of The Owl containing the story "Two Gold Bricks," followed by 1899 issues of Overland Monthly and The Black Cat. More than thirty periodical titles are represented including Century,Cosmopolitan, McClure's Magazine,Overland Monthly,The Saturday Evening Post, and the Youth's Companion. There are also essays about socialism by London in The Comrade: An Illustrated Socialist Monthly,The Independent, and The International Socialist Review. In addition, there are some writings about London, including biographical writings by London's second wife Charmian London in The Century (1921) and Rose Wilder Lane in Sunset (1917). Ephemera: The 20 pieces of ephemera include pamphlets and printed material related to London's life and work that were primarily produced by London enthusiasts, dating from 1901 to 1976, including a United Artists movie poster for the 1943 film "Jack London" and some later publications of his work, such as a 1951 comic book version of The Sea Wolf.
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Manuscripts
The collection consists primarily of military records accumulated by the headquarters of Union Army General Joseph Hooker from October 1861 through September 1864, along with two documents from the 1870s. The papers relate to the battles of Antietam, Brandy Station, Second Bull Run, Fair Oaks, Chancellorsville, Fort Donelson, Fort Henry, the Seven Days Battles, Malvern Hill, South Mountain, and Williamsburg, as well as the Siege of Yorktown. They focus on the Union Army’s Peninsula Campaign of 1862 and Gettysburg Campaign of 1863, with most events taking place in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. The records document the movements of the XX Corps of the Army of the Cumberland, the Army of the Potomac, and the III Corps of the Army of Virginia. Materials include correspondence, general orders, dispatches, telegrams, reports, reconnaissance reports, and lists of battle casualties and prisoners taken. The collection contains records involving senior military leaders, including William Averell, Daniel Butterfield, George H. Chapman, Joseph Dickinson, Abner Doubleday, Thomas Eckert, George W. Getty, Ulysses S. Grant, Henry W. Halleck, Samuel Heintzelman, R. B. Marcy, George McClellan, George Meade, Henry Naglee, Alfred Pleasonton, John Sedgwick, Daniel Sickles, Edwin Stanton, George Stoneman, John D. Tidball, William Whipple, and Seth Williams. Other military figures mentioned include George Custer, Jeb Stuart, and James Longstreet. Several items are copies of dispatches and telegrams to and from President Abraham Lincoln, who is also mentioned elsewhere in the papers. The collection documents escaped enslaved people in military camps, including some who worked for the Union Army, as well as enslavers seeking them. Free African Americans and African American troops are also mentioned. Additional subjects include Port Tobacco, Maryland; the Rappahannock River region, Virginia; cavalry operations; Sickles' Excelsior Brigade; the military use of balloons; courts-martials; and disciplinary incidents involving drunkenness, desertion, and other infractions. The collection also contains hand-drawn and printed maps of military movements and battles, several Civil War–related books owned by Joseph Hooker, and a printed series of General Orders.
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Manuscripts
Enclosed in: October 18 letter was in letter from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1897 October 22; November 29 letter was in letter from Henry E. Huntington to Collis P. Huntington, 1897 December 17. Also: copy of estimated cost of a line from the Southern Pacific mines at Douty to…Commencement Bay….Washington. Subjects: Northern Pacific Railway Company.
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Visual Materials
A portfolio of 12 photographs of trees, taken in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and California in 1964 - 1965. The prints are various sizes and mounted on paper embossed with the photographer's stamp. A four-page preface consisting of a title page, list of photographs, and statement by George A. Tice dated November 9, 1969 accompanies the photographs.
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Visual Materials
Photographs of the 6th U.S. Cavalry troops in Texas near the Mexico border during the Mexican Expedition (or Punitive Expedition) against Pancho Villa, 1916 to 1917. The operation was conducted by the U.S. after Villa's raid on Columbus, New Mexico, in 1916. The photographs include soldiers and camp tents in the desert, horse corrals, troops drilling and on patrol in the mountains, men making adobe bricks, and a soldier posing with his gun pointed at the camera. Most of the images have captions written in the negative, and several are photographic postcards. All identified locations are in Texas: Marfa, Pecos Canyon, Dick Love's Ranch, and the Sierra Blanca train depot.
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