Manuscripts

William Hayes Hilton sketches

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Description: Nine sketchbooks containing sketches done by William Hayes Hilton during his travel around California, Arizona, Nevada, and Mexico from 1850-1870. The most common subjects of his drawings are gold miners in California; San Francisco and Monterey, California; and Tepic and Mazatlan, Mexico. His sketches include people, churches, and landscapes, and in several of them he drew the indigenous people of California and Mexico as well as Chinese people in California. Several of the sketchbooks have loose sketches and are in fragile condition.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1850-1870.
Call number: mssHilton
Creator: Hilton, William Hayes (1829-1909)(Opens in new tab)

William Hayes Hilton letter to "Friend Quackenbush,"

Manuscripts

In this letter to the otherwise unnamed "Friend Quackenbush," William Hayes Hilton writes of happenings at Rock Spring Drill in Silver Hill, and of his ongoing problems with the owning and operating company. Hilton appears to have or have had a position of authority in this company.

mssHM 31264

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William Hayes Hilton letter to "Quackenbush,"

Manuscripts

In this letter addressed to "Friend Quackenbush," William H. Hilton writes of mining details and mine operation in Silver Hill and Rock Springs District in California.

mssHM 16693

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William Hayes Chamberlin journal

Manuscripts

The first volume is No. 5 of several copies Alexander Rea Chamberlin made of his great-grandfather's journal. It includes a facsimile copy of the original journal as well as facsimile copies of the journal as it was printed in the Lewisburg, Pennsylvania newspaper, Chronicle. in 1849 and 1850. Chamberlin's journal covers his overland journey to California in 1849. The volume also contains later entries from a diary Chamberlin kept in 1853 to 1857 while living in California. These entries also include a trip Chamberlin took back East by ship. While in New Orleans he makes several specific comments on the slaves he sees.

mssHM 82522 (a+b)

Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills

Visual Materials

View of the Beverly Hilton Hotel, automobiles, and parking lot located at 9876 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills, California.

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Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills

Visual Materials

View of the Beverly Hilton Hotel, automobiles, and parking lot located at 9876 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills, California, with a sign for "Minute Man Service."

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Alexander Edouart sketchbooks

Manuscripts

The sketchbooks include portraits of gold miners, men on horseback, and California Indians; sketches of mines and mining towns; and landscape scenes throughout northern California including Fort Bragg, Mattole Valley, Cape Mendocino, the Round Valley Indian Reservation, and Shelter Cove. The sketchbooks include draft sketches for Edouart's paintings "Blessing of the Enrequita Mine" and "Fort Bragg." Also included is a hand drawn map of the area included in the sketches

mssHM 64142-64143

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