Manuscripts

J. Yorba letter to Messrs. Ryan & Parsons

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Description: This report from J. Yorba to Messers Ryan & Parsons of Los Angeles described the suitability of the land in the municipality of El Salto, county of Palenquestate in the state of Chiapas for the cultivation of coffee, rubber, cacao and other tropical products. Included in the report is a geographic description of the area with climate, demographics, agricultural products, wages and labor conditions.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1897, October 20.
Call number: mssHM 16375
Creator: Yorba, J(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Florence Kreider, June 26, 2015.

J. M. Seibert letterbook

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The letterbook includes both personal and business correspondence of J. M. Seibert, the Wells, Fargo & Company general agent in Mexico City. Subjects discussed are: William Jennings Bryan, Edward Henry Harriman, John J. Valentine, and real estate, copper, gold, and silver mining, coffee plantations, and business schemes in Mexico. There are also detailed descriptions of Mexico, and more specifically, Mexico City. The majority of the letters deal with Seibert's personal investments and business dealings; although some of the discussion pertains to Wells, Fargo & Company's investments and real estate purchases

mssHM 63953

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C.W. Watkins letter to J. Thomas

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Watkins writes that he is doing well, but not as well as he had hoped. He is in on two claims at around two hundred dollars each, but is not sure where he will go next, for "claims in this part of the mines is failing fast." He is enjoying the California climate, but there are "hardly any wimin girls Darn scarce." With negative photostat facsimile.

mssHM 16533

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Report Throop College of Technology, Pasadena California: A Report to accompany the general Block Plan showing the disposition of present and proposed buildings, a bird's eye view based upon the Plot Plan and sundry sketches of various individual buildings

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Architectural report for the campus of the Throop College of Technology, later known as the California Institute of Technology. The report details existing buildings and then addresses issues in four major categories: Practical Requirements, Climate, Ethnic Background and Tradition, and Atmosphere. The Practical Requirements are broken down into- Artistic, Scientific, Administration, Engineering, Athletic, and Residential.

mssHM 70171

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J. H. Simpson letter to Edward M. Kern

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Simpson informs Kern that had he heard of Kern's plans to return to St. Louis earlier, Simpson would have hired him as an assistant, and sends his regrets. He also writes that Kern should soon receive a congressional copy of the Navajo report.

mssHM 20645

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J. J. Abbott letter to J. P. Carpenter

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Letter, written by J. J. Abbott to his friend and fellow teacher in Alabama, J. P. Carpenter. Abbott describes his journey to Mississippi, the city of Hudsonville, the school at which he is working, some school clubs that he founded, and his intent to attend Andover Theological Seminary in Massachusetts. Abbott also gives opinions about the South, slavery, and abolitionists.

mssHM 84005

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Geoffrey Parsons papers

Manuscripts

The collection primarily consists of Geoffrey Parsons' correspondence with Allan Nevins, Frank C. Dodd, Tyler Dennett, and others regarding his work on a biography of William McKinley. Also included are a few personal papers, excerpts from a diary of Charles G. Dawes regarding McKinley's assassination, and extracts from State Department dispatches concerning the Spanish-American War. In addition, the collection contains a William McKinley typescript letter signed to A. Wakeman, 1900 November 19 (HM 39628) and a typescript report of William McKinley's speech on Rutherford B. Hayes to the Hayes Club in 1876 (HM 39625).

mssHM 39625-39685

J. Yorba letter to Messrs. Ryan & Parsons

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