Manuscripts

Julia Bodman and Edward W. Bodman papers

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Description: Collection of correspondence between Edward W. Bodman, his wife, Julia Bodman, and his mother Grace Bodman. There is also a diary by Julia Bodman, kept while traveling through France, Italy, and England in 1907. There are several journals and other manuscripts by Edward W. Bodman's father, Luther Whitney Bodman, also kept while traveling abroad.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1907-1963.
Call number: mssBodmanje
Provenance: Gift of Alfred Goodman, December 1975.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
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Bodman family papers, (bulk 1893-1938)

Manuscripts

Correspondence, diaries, photographs, and genealogy documents of Edward Bodman and Julia Barry Bodman, and the Barry and Bodman families. Collection includes travel diaries and photo albums documenting trips to Algeria, the Caribbean, China, Egypt, France, Great Britain, India, Indonesia, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Switzerland; as well as Arizona and the American west. Other materials include personal letters between Edward Bodman and Julia Barry Bodman, additional family correspondence, and photographs of the Bodman family home in Pasadena, California.

mssBodman

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Julia Minot Wilde Hall Papers

Manuscripts

The papers of Julia Minot Wilde Hall are arranged in the following series: 1. Manuscripts (Box 1); 2. Correspondence (Boxes 1-3); 3. Ephemera (Box 3). The Manuscripts series is arranged chronologically and consists of diaries kept by Julia M. Wilde Hall from 1855-1859. In the diaries, Hall talks about her day-to-day activities in Sacramento, Ca. It appears that she lived in a hotel called the Orleans Hotel. She talks about household chores, church, dinner parties, the weather, and her husband Andrew. This series also includes a family records notebook which traces the ancestors of Julia's family back to 1605 in England. The notebook includes newspaper clippings and obituaries relating to the deaths of Martha C. Hall, John W. Hall, and Andrew W. Hall. Lastly, there is a eulogy of Rev. John Wilde, the father of Julia, which is about 34 pages long. The Correspondence series (1850-1941) is arranged alphabetically by author and consists largely of letters from Julia to her husband Andrew. There are a small number of letters from Julia's family including her father, mother, brother-in law, and sisters to her and her son John. This series also includes documents pertaining to Ellis Spear, husband of Susan Mehitable Wilde Spear and the brother-in-law to Julia. Spear was head of the United States Patent Office in Washington, D.C. Franklin S. Farquhar made several inquires after Spear, sending letters to the War Department in Washington D.C. asking about Spear's military history and about his time at Bowdoin College in Maine. The series includes correspondence written between Farquhar and various parties inquiring after Ellis Spear and his time spent in the military and at Bowdoin College, Maine. The ephemera is a single sheet of paper listing the family's expenses during 1856.

mssHM 71750-71877

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Giovanni Lavagnino papers

Manuscripts

A collection of 43 items from 1860 to 1929; it consists mostly of business records from the various mining companies that Giovanni Lavagnino worked for, including minutes from meetings, account books, and stock certificates. There are also several Lavagnino family documents from the time Giovanni lived in Italy, as well as his personal notes concerning mining techniques and technologies, smelting, metallurgy, and ore dressing. The collection also includes the diary of Mary Lorena Lavagnino that she kept from 1895 to 1919 while her husband was away traveling on business.

mssHM 63883-63925

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Correspondence, Hall, Julia to Andrew W. Hall, 1852-Aug.-1863, Sep

Manuscripts

The Manuscripts series is arranged chronologically and consists of diaries kept by Julia M. Wilde Hall from 1855-1859. In the diaries, Hall talks about her day-to-day activities in Sacramento, Ca. It appears that she lived in a hotel called the Orleans Hotel. She talks about household chores, church, dinner parties, the weather, and her husband Andrew. This series also includes a family records notebook which traces the ancestors of Julia's family back to 1605 in England. The notebook includes newspaper clippings and obituaries relating to the deaths of Martha C. Hall, John W. Hall, and Andrew W. Hall. Lastly, there is a eulogy of Rev. John Wilde, the father of Julia, which is about 34 pages long.

mssHM 71750-71877

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Wilde, Julia Miranda. 2 letters (1862-1864) to John W. Hall

Manuscripts

HM 71874-71875.

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Manuscripts and Correspondence, Adams – Hall, Julia to Andrew W. Hall, 1852, May

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