Manuscripts
Hannah Milhous Nixon letter to Elisabeth F. Payne
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Richard M. Nixon letter to Donald E. Pearson
Manuscripts
In this typewritten letter, Nixon is thanking Donald E. Pearson for his support. Signed "Dick Nixon." On "Richard Nixon" letterhead. With envelope.
mssHM 84335
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Roberta Nixon photographs and letter regarding Grace Burke Hubble
Manuscripts
This group of items, which belonged to Roberta Nixon, includes 6 photographs and 1 letter. The photographs include: 1 photograph of young Grace Hubble, 1901; 1 photograph of Edwin and Grace Hubble, and Betty Baldwin in Arizona, 1937; 1 photograph of an unidentified man and possibly Ida Crotty, 1969; and 3 photographs of Roberta Nixon, 1977-2019. In the thank you letter from Ida Crotty to Roberta Nixon dated 1980 March 29, Crotty reveals Nixon was the only person with Grace Hubble when she passed away in 1980.
mssHM 83864-83870
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Hannah Hough reminiscences
Manuscripts
Typed four-page manuscript by Hannah Hough about her trip from New York to San Francisco. She talks about the troubles she had on her journey, her arrival in California and her family's difficult life there, and their return to Illinois.
mssHM 84376
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James Mills letter to H.W. Nixon
Manuscripts
Letter from James Mills, Jr., to H.W. Nixon of the Citrus Historical Committee giving a brief biography of Mills' father, James Mills Sr. The biography focuses on Mills Sr.'s experiences with the citrus industry in California, including his various business associates and organizations. Written on James Mills Orchards Company letterhead.
mssHM 73660
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Hannah Penney Green letters to John Witham Penney
Manuscripts
In her letters to her brother, Green talks about her difficult life: she does a variety of jobs to earn money, she often worries about money and obtaining her husband's pension (she hired a lawyer), family problems, moving often for work, etc. She also talks about vising a tin mine near Perris and, in her last letter, she describes her experience with the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.
mssGreen letters
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Maria F. Watts letter to "Mrs. Foster,"
Manuscripts
Maria Watts thanks the otherwise unidentified Mrs. Foster for her visit, and offers advice for her possible move to the California town of Oakland, including details concerning the purchase of property. She advises Mrs. Foster not to delay, for she believes the price of land will increase sharply in the very near future.
mssHM 31265