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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Thomas R. Bard letter to Rev. Lawrence F. Bower
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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White informs Bower that he currently has no photograph, but one could be had from "Bell, the photographer of this city." On letterhead of the United States Senate. Typed letter, signed by hand. Includes clipping with photograph of White.
mssHM 21327
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Perkins apologizes for the delay in addressing Mr. Bower's request, but he has been "greatly pressed with business by reason of the long sessions of the Senate." He hopes that Mr. Bower will accept the enclosed photograph. No photograph is included.
mssHM 21316
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The collection consists primarily of correspondence related to Thomas R. Bard's leadership of the Union Oil Company, its subsidiaries, and other enterprises with which Bard was concerned. There are also agreements, leases, financial statements, patents, and reports in the collection.
mssBard1
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The addenda consists of correspondence, letterbooks, account books, and other documents related to the business activities and political interests of Thomas Robert Bard. Subject matter includes the following: The Union Oil Company, its subsidiaries, and the petroleum industry in California; local and national politics from 1870-1915; Indian affairs in the Ventura County area; and land, development, and the growth of businesses in Ventura County.
mssBard2
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Williams responds to Bower's request that he was born in Maine in 1832, moved to California in 1858, and was elected to the Senate in 1886 as a Republican. Signed "A. P. Williams."
mssHM 21337
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Typescripts of letters and reminiscences on the history of Ventura County, California. Includes a series of letters written by Thomas Robert Bard to his mother and sisters from 1865-1869, including references to his time in Soledad, Ojai, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, and near the Mission San Juan Bautista; a letter from Thomas G. Bard to his sister Beryl Bard on the possible connection of Frederick William Seward to the elder Bard's time in California; essays on encounters with Tiburcio Vasquez by a Mrs. De Nure and William Whittemore; and various memoirs on Ventura from about the 1860s to 1880s by Whittemore (including an account of catching California condors), Carrie Hicks, E. M. Sheridan (including an account of the murder of T. Wallace More in 1877), and Hugh Warring.
mssHM 74129-74138