Manuscripts
1873
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Thomas Balch Elliott papers
Manuscripts
The collection consists of letters, chiefly from Daniel M. Berry, describing Southern California and the events leading to the founding of Pasadena. There is also a manuscript by Thomas B. Elliott titled, "History of the San Gabriel Orange Grove Association." The collection also has 12 photographs, including those of Thomas Balch Elliott, his wife Helen, son Whittier, and daughters Agnes, and Helen Elliott Bandini, and her husband Arturo Bandini (son of California politician and ranchero Juan Bandini), their children Ralph Bandini, Elliott Bandini, Georgia Elliott, and Judge Elisha Oscar Crosby.
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Katherine Wagner research material regarding Juan Bandini
Manuscripts
Collection includes material compiled by Katherine Wagner regarding Juan Bandini, a Peruvian-born early California public figure, politician, and ranchero, who helped develop San Diego, California. The items include a composite map showing the location of the "Last Chance" ranch of Juan Bandini in San Diego County, California, and two family trees of the Bandini and Arguello families.
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A sketch of the life of Captain Elisha Stephens
Manuscripts
A biographical sketch of Elisha Stephens written by Thomas A. Baker who began to hear Elisha Stephens' life story when he was 15 years old. The manuscript deals primarily with the passage over the Sierras and the lack of credit at the time given to Stephens for the accomplishment.
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Robert Symington Baker papers
Manuscripts
The collection contains letters and documents related to Robert Symington Baker's involvement with petroleum and sheep and wool industries in California (1866-1888), mining interests in California and Utah (1877-1879), the city of Santa Monica (1877-1879), and the Ranchos Jurupa, Santa Monica, San Vicente, and Temescal. Significant persons represented in the collection include: Arturo Bandini, Robert Symington Baker, Edward Fitzgerald Beale, Simeon Porter Christy, Charles Henry Forbes, Sanford Lyon, Alfred Robinson, John Henry Wise, and Arcadia Bandini Stearns de Baker. There are also some materials related to the firm of Christy & Wise and to the Baker Block, which was built upon the site of El Palacio, Arcadia Bandini Stearns de Baker's home with Able Stearns.
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1879 July 1-1881 November 23
Manuscripts
The collection contains letters and documents related to Robert Symington Baker's involvement with petroleum and sheep and wool industries in California (1866-1888), mining interests in California and Utah (1877-1879), the city of Santa Monica (1877-1879), and the Ranchos Jurupa, Santa Monica, San Vicente, and Temescal. Significant persons represented in the collection include: Arturo Bandini, Robert Symington Baker, Edward Fitzgerald Beale, Simeon Porter Christy, Charles Henry Forbes, Sanford Lyon, Alfred Robinson, John Henry Wise, and Arcadia Bandini Stearns de Baker. There are also some materials related to the firm of Christy & Wise and to the Baker Block, which was built upon the site of El Palacio, Arcadia Bandini Stearns de Baker's home with Able Stearns
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1878 April 3-1878
Manuscripts
The collection contains letters and documents related to Robert Symington Baker's involvement with petroleum and sheep and wool industries in California (1866-1888), mining interests in California and Utah (1877-1879), the city of Santa Monica (1877-1879), and the Ranchos Jurupa, Santa Monica, San Vicente, and Temescal. Significant persons represented in the collection include: Arturo Bandini, Robert Symington Baker, Edward Fitzgerald Beale, Simeon Porter Christy, Charles Henry Forbes, Sanford Lyon, Alfred Robinson, John Henry Wise, and Arcadia Bandini Stearns de Baker. There are also some materials related to the firm of Christy & Wise and to the Baker Block, which was built upon the site of El Palacio, Arcadia Bandini Stearns de Baker's home with Able Stearns
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