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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Dane Family Papers
- Description
This collection contains the papers of the Dane family who settled in California during the Gold Rush period. The bulk of the papers consist primarily of personal correspondence written by and to members of the Dane family. Many of the letters discuss family matters, and the largest group of letters were written by Ada Nutting Baker, the sister of Lois Nutting Dane, in Decatur, Michigan. There are also letters (1863-64) by James W. Nutting which discuss the Civil War. The collection also includes business papers, as well as notes and source material used by George Ezra Dane in editing A Sojourn with Royalty and Other Sketches by "Old Block" (San Francisco: G. Fields, 1936).
Some notable items include:
Champney, Jessie. Letter to Beatrice J. Dane ref erring to experiences of A. D. Champney with Pres. James K. Polk. December 12, 1935. Dane, R. M.Letter concerning his opinion of President Lincoln. March 30, 1861. Nutting, James W. Letters to members of his family written during the Civil War period. May 15, 1861 to November 1, 1864.List of Correspondents
Adams, A. (1 pieces), 1889 Adams, Alden (1 piece), 1866 Backus, Mrs. E. (1 piece), 1884 Baker, Ada (Nutting) (414 pieces), 1854-1902 Baker, Charles T. (4 pieces), 1858-1887 Bardwell, J. L. (1 piece), 1893 Barmenter, Ann R. (1 piece), 1856 Barnum, Mary (1 piece), 1897 Bartle, W. T. (1 piece), 1893 Bell, James (15 pieces), 1893-1896 Bell, Lucy (Nutting) (21 pieces), 1859-1894 Berger, Dollie (2 pieces), 1890-1891 Berlin, Joseph F. (3 pieces), 1894-1901 Beushoff, Claudine (Stevens) (2 pieces), 1895 Bidwell, Jennie H. (2 pieces), 1881-1900 Blackface, Josephine H. (1 piece), 1896 Brodrick, H. M. (1 piece), 1897 Burke, Nell (Nutting) (22 pieces), 1859-1883 Chadwick, Marie (1 piece), 1898 Champney, Jessie (11 pieces), 1876-1935 Champney, Mary E. (2 pieces), 1890-1891 Champney, Ruth E. (11 pieces), 1885-1889 Crook, Enola L. (1 piece), 1869 Dane, Alice Bell (3 pieces), 1880-1881 Dane, Ezra (10 pieces), 1872-1884 Dane, George (1 piece), 1854 Dane, James Rufus (16 pieces), 1884-1885 Dane, Lois (Nutting) (26 pieces), 1864-1884 Dane, Lucius Nutting (17 pieces), 1883-1885 Dane, Lucy A. (1 piece), 1866 Dane, Myron Ben (4 pieces), 1860-1870 Dane, R. M. [Roxanne, wife of Rufus Dane] (4 pieces), 1861-1896 Dane, Rufus (3 pieces), 1861-1876 Dawson, Lucy (2 pieces), 1882-1883 Day, Marion W. (1 piece), 1893 Dibble, Bessie (2 pieces), 1898-1899 Dodge (2 pieces), 1866 Dryer, W. H. (1 piece), 1884 Eastman, E. P. (1 piece), 1864 Elsbree, Susie (1 piece), 1898 Field, Anna M. (2 pieces), 1869-1870 Field, Mrs. Ralph A. (1 piece), 1880 Fitts, Carrie L. (1 piece), 1873 Frary?, F. (1 piece), 1859 Grantz, Mary J. N. (3 pieces), 1898-1900 Graves, Lille (2 pieces), 1898-1933 Graves, Lizzie A. (1 piece), 1901 Harmon, F. W. (1 piece), 1863 Harmon, MRs. F. W. (2 pieces), 1882 Holton, Cornelia (15 pieces), 1876-1891 Holton, Elcy C. (3 pieces), 1890-1896 Holton, George M. (9 pieces), 1883-1899 Howard, M. Louise (1 piece), Hubbard, Lou (1 piece), 1894 Hutchins, George Edward (1 piece), 1894 Inch, Carrie E. (1 piece), Ingraham, Irving E. (1 piece), 1899 Jane, C. D. (1 piece), 1888 Jefferds, Bessie A. (1 piece), 1896 Jodon, Robert and Anna (1 piece), 1901 Johnson, Julia E. (1 piece), 1901 Johnson, L. A. (1 piece), 1880 Kennan, ? Jean McCormick (1 piece), Keyes, Julia M. (1 piece), 1877 Kingsley, Etta L. (9 pieces), 1866-1875 Kirkwood, Anna (Dane) (68 pieces), 1876-1934 Lawton, J. L. (1 piece), 1896 Loomis (1 piece), Ludovici, Julius (1 piece), 1900 McGilvray, Dotte (2 pieces), 1899 Maclean, Dollie (1 piece), 1886 Mapes, Fanny? (2 pieces), 1889 Marriner, Maude M. (1 piece), 1890 Mayberry, Emily G. (1 piece), Meeker, Anna L. (1 piece), 1894 Morgan, Lulu V. (1 piece), 1897 Morgan, Rose E. (1 piece), Moss, Olivia H. (2 pieces), 1886 Moss, Ora (3 pieces), 1886-1893 Nutting, Carrie L. (2 pieces), 1887-1896 Nutting E. F. (2 pieces), 1881-1894 Nutting, Eliza B. (2 pieces), 1872-1873 Nutting F. A. (1 piece), 1898 Nutting, James W. (17 pieces), 1856-1874 Nutting, Nell (Warner)? (4 pieces), 1871-1872 Nutting, Lucius (1 piece), 1863 Overacker, H. (1 piece), 1880 Phelps, D. S. (2 pieces), 1887-1888 Preston, Lizzie M. (1 piece), 1873 Rawson, Cynthia (Nutting) (5 pieces), 1858-1876 Rust, Carrie Stuart (4 pieces), 1855-1856 Rust, Edawrd P. (1 piece), 1880 Rust, Mollie E. (1 piece), 1889 Sawyer, Harriet A. (6 pieces), 1896-1901 Sawyer, Harriet P. (3 pieces), 1899-1901 Seliax?, Ella C. (1 piece), 1898 Sewell, Eldora (3 pieces), 1895 Slocum, Fannie B. (1 piece), 1895 Slocum, Ida B. (3 pieces), 1876-1893 Stickney, Carrie F. (2 pieces), 1864-1870 Washington College (Alameda County, California) Principal (2 pieces), 1878-1880 Webb, Mida F. (1 piece), 1900 Wickson, E. J. (1 piece), 1884 Winter, Maude J. (3 pieces), 1895-1896Miscellaneous items include:
Envelopes. 102 pieces. (In Box 15) E Clampus Vitus. Certificate of membership of Henry E. Huntington Library. 1937 January 27. (Box 17) Journal (1854-1857). (Diary of a lawyer in Sacramento and San Francisco who was interested in politics, church services, and temperance.) (Box 17) Materials in Box 16: Dane, Ezra. Narrative of Journey Across the Plains to Calif., 1849-1852. August 8, 1919 Dane, Ezra. Indenture for part of San Pasqual Rancho. 1889 February 12. Dane, George Ezra. Letters, notes, photostats, clippings etc. used in preparation of "Sojourn with Royalty" and. "Sketches of Old Block." About 65 pieces. Dane, George Ezra. Notes for dissertation on E Clampus Vitus. Dane, George Ezra. Letters, notes and photostats assembled by G.E. Dane and used in editing Mark Twain's Letters from the Sandwich Islands. Delano, Alonzo. Last will and testament. 1874 January 13. (photostat). E Clampus Vitus. Constitution, rules, roll of members etc., and clippings. E Clampus Vitus. Papers of E Clampus Vitus, Le Broke Lodge No. 107, 303. 1886-1894. 4 pieces. Meek, William Bull. Reminiscences of Camptonville, Calif (Book 3) Business letters and telegraa1s. 1875-1897. 17 pieces. Bills and receipts. 1875-1897. 32 pieces. Poems, clippings, etc. About 19 pieces. Unsigned and unidentified letters. 31 pieces.
