Manuscripts

Doolittle family geneaological material

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Description: Geneaological material related to the Doolittle family including an essay entitled "The Geneaology of the Doolittle family" by Edwin Doolittle, excerpts from the autobiography of Edwin Doolittle from the 1890s, notes, and a family tree.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1950s.
Call number: mssDoofam
Provenance: Transferred from Rare Books, former call number 494558, July 2007. Gift of Martha Trolles in October 1993.
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Doolittle family collection of prints and ephemera

Visual Materials

Collection contains greeting cards by artist Harold L. Doolittle and wife, Vestina Doolittle, pen and ink drawings by Harold's father, Samuel H. Doolittle, and poetry by Harold and Vestina's daughter, Ruth Doolittle. Majority of the collection are Christmas greeting cards addressed to Harold's sister, Florence L. Doolittle (1885-1971), and her husband, Edwin E. Tarbox (1869-1928) in South Pasadena, California. The greeting cards are organized by date, ranging from approximately 1914 to 1965. Many of the holiday cards are signed by Harold, and include imagery of trees, lakes, forests, landscapes, and scenery from national parks. Some cards also include their original envelopes with notes from Vestina and Harold.Collection also contains documents relating to the Doolittle family history, including an invitation for Samuel H. Doolittle and Esther K. Metzler's wedding in 1878, correspondence between Ruth and her aunt Florence and uncle Edwin, and a family tree tracing relatives from 1812 to 1922.

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Doolittle family collection of prints and ephemera

Visual Materials

Collection contains greeting cards by artist Harold L. Doolittle and wife, Vestina Doolittle, pen and ink drawings by Harold's father, Samuel H. Doolittle, and poetry by Harold and Vestina's daughter, Ruth Doolittle. Majority of the collection are Christmas greeting cards addressed to Harold's sister, Florence L. Doolittle (1885-1971), and her husband, Edwin E. Tarbox (1869-1928) in South Pasadena, California. The greeting cards are organized by date, ranging from approximately 1914 to 1965. Many of the holiday cards are signed by Harold, and include imagery of trees, lakes, forests, landscapes, and scenery from national parks. Some cards also include their original envelopes with notes from Vestina and Harold. Collection also contains documents relating to the Doolittle family history, including an invitation for Samuel H. Doolittle and Esther K. Metzler's wedding in 1878, correspondence between Ruth and her aunt Florence and uncle Edwin, and a family tree tracing relatives from 1812 to 1922.

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Charles S. Greene Notes, Diaries, Writings

Visual Materials

At the end of Box 4 are three notebooks, two dating from the 1890s and one from the 1930s, and 2 diaries (appointment books) from the 1940s. Continuing in Box 5 are folders containing fragmentary writings and notes, both prose and verse, various scratchpads with notes and sketches, and the typescript of Charles' novel Thais Thayer (c. 1916), as well as a typescript of an essay entitled "Symbolism" (1932).

Subseries D.

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Material collected by Robert Weinstein

Visual Materials

The materials collected by Robert Weinstein include autobiographical and biographical material on Peabody; notes and photocopies; an essay on Peabody (presumably by Weinstein); letters; and some of Peabody's lecture scripts. The autobiography is a copy of the original in the International Museum of Photography, and is missing pages 20-24. The biographical material consists of excerpts of letters by Peabody copied by Weinstein; short articles from various publications on Peabody; and a biographical chronology Peabody created for Dartmouth. The notes are presumably those taken by Weinstein, and are accompanied by two photocopies: Log Book of Car 159 (by Fred B. Lichtman), and the 1893 supplement to Representative American Yachts (by Peabody). The scripts are the narrations written by Peabody to accompany his slide lectures on El Camino Real, Southern California, the Grand Canyon, and Zion National Park; each is annotated with slide numbers. The letters include one addressed to Weinstein from Mrs. Leonard (Mildred Peabody) Chapman in regard to Peabody's work with the Los Angeles County Board of Education and reproductions of his work in a book on A.C. Vroman; a copy of a letter written to Peabody by his Aunt Helen, February 8, 1859; a letter addressed to Weinstein from Dick Bartlett, Florida State University, in regard to reproductions of Peabody's work; several letters addressed to Robert Weinstein from various individuals at the Western College Alumnae Association in regard to a proposed article on Peabody by Weinstein; a letter from the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities in regard to both their, and Weinstein's, work on Peabody; and a letter addressed to Weinstein from John Jezierski in regard to an essay on Peabody.

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Richardson family record and miscellaneous family material [microform]: approximately 1884-1894

Manuscripts

Microfilm of various materials related to the Richardson family, including a family record, autobiography, and unidentified diary. The reel opens with a family record kept by William Richardson through approximately 1884. It traces his ancestors primarily in Scotland, and includes birth and death dates as well as information on marriages and children.The reel also contains a brief autobiography kept by Mary Muir Hughes Bunnell (a sister-in-law of William Richardson), including descriptions of Mary's childhood in Scotland, her conversion to Mormonism, her move to Utah, and her marriage to Ross Burton Hughes. The reel also contains a diary kept by an unidentified man in about 1894 (although portions are dated 1884-1885 and 1890, and some pages may be out of order on the reel). It primarily chronicles daily activities in Utah such as agricultural work, attendance of religious meetings, and Church and community affairs. The second half of the unidentified diary is included on MSS MFILM 00160.

MSS MFilm 00180

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Northrop family tree

Manuscripts

Family tree of Joseph Murillo Northrop. The tree begins with family born in the 1700s; it includes members of the Northrop, Murillo, Romero, Ontiveros, Duarte, Rodriguez, and Valenzuela families of California and Mexico.

mssHM 84287

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