Manuscripts
A speech, delivered by a woman, about conditions in California
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H. A. Parker pocket letter book
Manuscripts
H.A. Parker wrote this letter from San Francisco, California to his mother over several days from April 25-27, 1853. The letter is in a letter book and is comprised of 40 pages. He wrote in detail about a visit to Chinatown with friends, including the fishing industry. He described the Chinese community, the climate, and his living arrangements. Written in a Gregory's Express Pocket Letter Book, glossy printed wrappers.
mssHM 75845
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L.A. woman
Rare Books
"[T]he story of Sophie, a twenty-something blonde Jim Morrison groupie gliding through a golden existence in L.A. and Lola, a German immigrant who settles in Hollywood in the twenties to drive Pierce Arrows recklessly down Sunset Boulevard and who knows that Maybelline mascara cakes and Rudolph Valentino are the essence of life. Sophie and Lola, like the many other women who move in and out of this electric saga, know that while L.A. is constantly changing it is essentially eternal; through their eyes we see the mixture of high culture and low, the promises of youth and the fulfillment of nostalgia, the pink sunsets and the palm trees that are L.A. And through this fantastic tale, Babitz shares what it is to be a woman in what she convinces us is the capital of civilization"--Back cover.
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Account of a journey to California
Manuscripts
This narrative, written by an unknown author, details a journey to California via Texas and Mexico, including travel by sea from Mexico to San Francicso. Life in the gold mines is described, as is the return voyage via Panama.
mssHM 4162
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Edward W. Syle letter to "My dear Aunt,"
Manuscripts
Edward W. Syle wrote this letter from "Oakland, near San Francisco," which was where his family settled as he did missionary work with the Chinese community in San Francisco in 1855. In his letter, Syle mentions the S.S. George Law which took him and his family from Shanghai to California. The California weather was "very pleasant" and healthy for the children, but his missionary work was "trying" and "perplexing," unlike his rewarding efforts in China. Syle described Oakland as "peaceful & retired." Once a week, Syle crossed the Bay in a Ferry Boat to teach an evening class to the Chinese, but he spent his Sundays in a "little parish" he had just organized, the Oakland Parish of St. John's Episcopal Church.
mssHM 83406
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Julian, C.C
Manuscripts
Approx. 35 items: LAT news stories and editorials on the businessman and stock promoter C.C. Julian through the mid and late 1920s, ending with 1930. LAT "news" and editorials can both be described as anti-Julian. Also in the file is a 5-pp. segment from a Claremont College thesis submitted in 1929 by John Homer Williams, titled "Attitude toward C.C. Julian," which opens "The Times, one observes, gives special attention to those whom it dislikes. Care is taken to see that publicity given them is of an unfavorable character. C.C. Julian offers a case in point."
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Official map of Chinatown in San Francisco : prepared under the supervision of the special committee of the Board of Supervisors. July 1885. W.B. Farwell. John E. Kunkler. E.B. Pond
Visual Materials
No old shelf mark. A very explicit map. "The colors indicate as follows; General Chinese Occupancy (orange) Chinese Gambilng Houses (pink) Chinese Prostitution (green) Chinese Opium Resorts (yellow) Chinese Joss Houses (red) White Prostitution (blue). The map and colors show only the first or street floor of Chinatown and the occupancy of same." Dupont Street became Grant Avenue, Montgomery St. here became Columbus St. According to Dr. Robert Chandler, Historian for Wells Fargo Co. in San Francisco, "This is quite a famous map. It was part of the Municipal Report for that year and then published separately with the Chinatown Section. . . .SF Call reporter at the time, Ernest C. Stock, declared the basement occupants were even worse..." See RB 80542 for a copy of the Municipal Report. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.
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