Manuscripts

Meiner ABC facsimile

Description: Materials related to the Barrows, Weyse, and Wolfskill families papers, including a diary written in German describing Julius Weyse's voyage from Germany to San Francisco, mortgage documents, and a small Bible with an inscription about the marriage between Henry Barrows and Juana Wolfskill. Four cased photographs depict Juana Wolfskill Barrows, Henry Barrows, and William Wolfskill. Also included is a modern facsimile of the Meiner ABC German alphabet graphic designed by Julius Weyse in 1856; facsimiles of letters and photographs held with family members; copies of correspondence from the Homestead Museum in City of Industry, California; and copies of articles about family members.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 2017
Call number: mssBWW
Provenance: Gift of Joan Hedding, August 2025.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Barrows, Weyse, and Wolfskill families papers

Manuscripts

Materials related to the Barrows, Weyse, and Wolfskill families papers, including a diary written in German describing Julius Weyse's voyage from Germany to San Francisco, mortgage documents, and a small Bible with an inscription about the marriage between Henry Barrows and Juana Wolfskill. Four cased photographs depict Juana Wolfskill Barrows, Henry Barrows, and William Wolfskill. Also included is a modern facsimile of the Meiner ABC German alphabet graphic designed by Julius Weyse in 1856; facsimiles of letters and photographs held with family members; copies of correspondence from the Homestead Museum in City of Industry, California; and copies of articles about family members.

mssBWW

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Family papers and photographs

Manuscripts

Julius Weyse diary and translation, mortgage deeds, cased photographs, family Bible, family facsimiles and Homestead Museum facsimiles.

mssBWW

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ABC TV Interview

Manuscripts

A copy of a summary of an interview given by Otis Chandler to ABC TV in March 1977.

mssLAT

The ABC of Lettering for Public Schools

Visual Materials

One envelope of instruction sheets on lettering. The majority of the 19 sheets appear to be components of The ABC of Lettering for Public Schools by Schuyler Bull, of Rochester, New York. This set is composed primarily of lettering sheets (of alphabets, numbers, and phrases) and some printed instruction text written and copyrighted by Schuyler Bull. Additional sheets are included also, but these appear to have come from other sources. Accompanying these sheets is an envelope addressed to Miss Mabel Spofford.

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Scott Vineyard 68 88/100 acres

Manuscripts

Survey made at the request of H.D. Barrows as described in a Deed from J.R. Scott to Wm. Wolfskill. Color highlighting; bearings, distances; southern city limit; one structure. Alt title supplied by cataloger.

mssSolano SR_Map_0357.01

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Departments - Circulation - ABC Southern California Newspaper Comparison

Manuscripts

Approx. 40 sheets of information, in various combinations of circulation information for all southern California newspaper, from very small ones (Tulare Advance-Register, circulation. 5,200, 3/31/'65) to LAT (circulation. 830,000, 3/31/'65). 1 other item in folder--LAT "Timely Bulletin: total circulation and subscription /copy cost of Southern California ABC newspapers," publication date 2/1977. All compiled by the Audit Bureau of Circulations.

mssLAT

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