Manuscripts
Later family correspondence, photographs
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William Harrison Gill correspondence and manuscripts
Manuscripts
William Harrison Gill papers consist of letters, manuscripts (including journals and sermons), documents, and photographs (52 Gill family photographs and 6 Indian photograpsh) related to the Gill's activities and family from 1876-1968. Subject matter includes Gill's missionary work in Texas with the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians (1876-1896), in Arizona with the Salt River Pima tribe near Phoenix (1896-1902), and with the Yavapai at Fort McDowell (1902-1906). There are occassional mentions of African Americans and African American churches in letters and journals written from Texas and Oklahoma.
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William Harrison Gill papers
Manuscripts
William Harrison Gill papers consist of letters, manuscripts (including journals and sermons), documents, and photographs (52 Gill family photographs and 6 Indian photographs) related to the Gill's activities and family from 1876-1968. Subject matter includes Gill's missionary work in Texas with the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians (1876-1896), in Arizona with the Salt River Pima tribe near Phoenix (1896-1902), and with the Yavapai at Fort McDowell (1902-1906). There are occassional mentions of African Americans and African American churches in letters and journals written from Texas and Oklahoma.
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Typescripts, ephemera and printed items
Manuscripts
William Harrison Gill papers consist of letters, manuscripts (including journals and sermons), documents, and photographs (52 Gill family photographs and 6 Indian photograpsh) related to the Gill's activities and family from 1876-1968. Subject matter includes Gill's missionary work in Texas with the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians (1876-1896), in Arizona with the Salt River Pima tribe near Phoenix (1896-1902), and with the Yavapai at Fort McDowell (1902-1906). There are occassional mentions of African Americans and African American churches in letters and journals written from Texas and Oklahoma.
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Mount Wilson Photograph Collection
Visual Materials
This small collection contains 17 commercial card photographs taken by Stiffler & Gill around 1896 promoting outdoor recreational activities and the natural scenery around Mount Wilson in the San Gabriel Mountains of Southern California. Many of the scenes include historic camp sites including Strain's and Martin's camps, often depicting people amid tents and engaged in recreational activities. Each of the photographs has the title "On Pasadena and Mount Wilson Toll Road" stamped on the mount. Approximate collection date devised by cataloger; Frank M. Stiffler and R. B. Gill only appear as partners in the 1896 Los Angeles City Directory. Item titles based on handwritten notes on photograph versos; cataloger-supplied descriptions are in square brackets.
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Panoramic photograph of the Hotel Green, Pasadena, California
Visual Materials
A large panoramic photograph of the original Hotel Green building and adjacent park in Pasadena, before the Castle Green annex building and bridge were constructed. In the foreground, people are sitting in a horse-drawn carriage decorated with flowers, possibly for the annual Rose Parade. There are also men and women in Victorian dress standing in front of the hotel or on the pathways in the park, including a man with a bicycle. The bottom right corner is stamped with the photographers' names, Stiffler & Gill of Los Angeles. Approximate date devised by cataloger; photographers Frank M. Stiffler and R. B. Gill only appear as partners in the 1896 Los Angeles City Directory.
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Funada, Kenji. 1 letter to Ruth Gill Hammond along with 2 family photographs
Manuscripts
The Ruth Gill Hammond Papers consists of correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, Home Economics books, and ephemera. The collection is organized chronologically within each respective category. The bulk of the papers consist of correspondence to and from Ruth Gill Hammond. Subject matter of the correspondence covers the daily activities of Ruth Gill Hammond and others, family matters, business and professional matters, and brief descriptions of historical events in Siam (Thailand), China, and the United States. Boxes 1 and 2 contain correspondence to and from Ruth's family, friends, and professional associates. Bertha (Blount) McFarland and Ava (Milam) Clark contribute a bulk of the correspondence. Box 3 of the collection contains notable correspondence between Ruth Gill Hammond and A.R. Hammond which recounts their relationship and thoughts about one another in great detail. Their correspondence also provides details of their daily activities and major events in their lives. Other notable correspondences include letters to and from Ava Bertha (Milam) Clark or "Auntie Muz," who was a very close friend to Ruth Gill and A.R. Hammond. She was also a well-known Home Economics professor and dean at Oregon State University. The collection also contains a few correspondences noting historical events in Siam (Thailand), China, and the United States (1932, June 18; 1932, July 2; 1935, Apr. 27; 1935, Nov. 27; 1940, Mar. 18). Other frequent and notable correspondence names include: Myrtle Viola Candell, Charles Keyser Edmunds, Clara H. Groesbeck, Lucille Barnard Hanaford, James M. Henry, Faye Kilpatrick, Catherine E. Reed, Mildred L. Sipp, and M. Ellwood Smith.
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