Manuscripts

Mary Elizabeth McGrath letter to George Chinn

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Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1888 September 25.
Call number: mssHM 13761
Creator: Blake, Mary E (1840-1907)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from A.A.A. Conant Sale, #25, November 1923.
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On the wing : Rambling notes of a trip to the Pacific. By Mary E. Blake

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Mary E. Copeland letters to H. Emma Bull

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17 letters from Mary E. Copeland (1838-1898) in National City, San Diego, California, to her cousin H. Emma Bull in Harvard, Massachusetts. The letters begin in January 1870, when the Copeland family had recently moved from Harvard to the San Diego area. The letters focus on news relating to family and acquaintances both in San Diego and Harvard, and include references to Mary's interest in the Southern Pacific Railroad; the newspapers and magazines the family is reading; Mary's various illnesses; Mary's husband Fred Copeland (1833-1906) and his surveying work in Mexico; the Copeland children's education; the desire of Fred's sister to leave Shakerism; and the family's New-Churchmen religious beliefs. Also includes two letters from Mary to other members of the Bull family and one letter from Fred Copeland to "Brother Bull" (T.Bull).

mssHM 72812-72831

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Mary Bowling letter to Virginia

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mssHM 52730

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Mary Austin letters

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These seven letters are to members of the Watterson family of Inyo County, California, including one letter to Mark Q. Watterson, Inyo County Bank owner. He and his brother, Wilfred, got caught up in the California Water Wars. They were both financial and civic leaders who had opposed the Los Angeles Aqueduct and in 1927 their bank collapsed and they were indicted for embezzlement, later tried, and convicted on thirty-six counts. The other six letters are to Mark's sister Elsie Watterson. The letters deal with the water issue, Owens Valley, Inyo Valley, the aqueduct, Boulder Dam, and Mark and Wilfred's incarceration at San Quentin. Mary Austin is offering to help the Watterson family in any way she can and offers to write something about the situation. She also talks about writing her autobiography. There are also two postcards with images of Mary Austin's house.

mssHM 79044-79050

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Mary Austin letters

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Nine letters by Mary Austin consisting of six letters to John Northern Hilliard, dated [October 1913?] (41072); [September-October 1915] (HM 41073); March 16, 1916 (HM 41074); [Spring 1916] (HM 41075); May 24 [1920?] (HM 41076); and undated (HM 41077); one letter to Ida Louise Harrison Hilliard, dated December 5, 1916 (HM 41071); one letter to Grace (Sartwell) Mason, dated December 22, 1915 (HM 41078); and one letter to James "Redfern" Mason, dated May 16, 1915 (HM 41079). The letters primarily discuss mutual friends and Austin's writing projects and activities. The letters to John Northern Hilliard mention Austin's work and frustration with the Western Drama Society and its treatment of Vernon Kellogg, Austin's work with the Panama Pacific International Exposition, a missing part of a manuscript, and the Forest Theatre, as well as an undated note that accompanied a gun that Austin gave Hilliard.

mssHM 41071-41079

Mary Elizabeth McGrath letter to George Chinn

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