Manuscripts

Frank Hinckley papers

Description: The collection consists of letters, diaries (29 volumes), two account books, and documents related to the life and professional activities of Frank Hinckley. Subject matter includes: life in San Francisco, 1863-1866; working for the Western Pacific Railroad Company as a surveyor, 1863-1890; and ranch life in both Hayward and Redlands, California. There are also some materials by additional Hinckley family members in the collection.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1863-1898
Call number: mssHinckley
Creator: Hinckley, Frank (1838-1890)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. George S. Hinckley, May 1935.

Letters from Elias B. Hinckley to Frank Hinckley

Manuscripts

The collection consists of letters, diaries (29 volumes), two account books, and documents related to the life and professional activities of Frank Hinckley. Subject matter includes: life in San Francisco, 1863-1866; working for the Western Pacific Railroad Company as a surveyor, 1863-1890; and ranch life in both Hayward and Redlands, California. There are also some materials by additional Hinckley family members in the collection.

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Letters from Frank Hinckley to his family

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School reports for Seymer Langley

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Facsimile of "Water Record for Mill Creek Water Ditch in the State of California, County of San Bernardino"

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Other family letters

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Ira N. Hinckley papers

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The collection contains five diaries kept by Ira Hinckley during his travels in New Zealand from 1882 to 1884 and in Utah from 1885 to 1887. There are also letters written to Hinckley by fellow missionaries Walter Barber, William Bromley, Bennett Clark, Alma Greenwood, Joseph Morris, Ephraim Ralphs and W.T. Stewart. The collection also contains letters from family members, such as Adelaide Hinckley, his mother Angeline Wilcox Hinckley, his father Ira Nathaniel Hinckley, LaVern Hinckley, Emily Noble and Lucien Noble. Of note in the collection is one letter from a Maori family named Ihaia and another letter from two Maori individuals named Robert Manihera and Horiana Whakamairu. There is also one manuscript about Ira Nathaniel Hinckley. The ephemera includes a newspaper clipping and copies of photographs of the Hinckley family.

mssHM 56927-57020

Frank Hinckley papers

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Letters from Elias B. Hinckley to Frank Hinckley

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