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Nicoll family papers, (bulk 1820-1910)
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Rich family photographs
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Modern reproductions of 25 black and white photographs showing members of the Rich and Hunter families. Individual portraits include several of Charles Coulson Rich in middle and old age, three photographs of Sarah DeArmon Pea Rich in her 60s and 70s, and a photograph of Sarah Jane Rich Miller in her early 80s. Other portraits show Joseph C. Rich at age 19 (taken during his work on his father's mission to England in 1860), as a young attorney, at about the time he became judge of the Fifth District of Idaho, and with his wife, Ann Eliza Hunter Rich. Additional photographs depict Ann as a young girl, Joseph and Ann's three children (Edward, Susanna, and Sarah Jane), Ann's father Edward Hunter (taken in Salt Lake City in 1881), and Ann's mother Ann Standley Hunter. Also included are six family tree style pages with photographs depicting Charles Rich's wives and children, including his first wife Sarah DeArmon Pea, second wife Eliza Ann Graves (1811-1879), third wife Mary Ann Phelps (1829-1912), fourth wife Sarah Jane Peck (1825-1893), fifth wife Emeline Grover (1831-1917), and sixth wife Harriet Sargent (1832-1915).
mssHM 72988 (1-25)
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McKelvy family papers, (bulk 1861-1910)
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Miscellaneous personal, professional, and business papers of Col. Samuel McKelvy, Samuel McKelvey, Jr., Jerome A. Quay, and other family members. Included are some letters written during the Civil War by Col. McKelvy, his children Samuel McKelvy, Jr. Hugh Roden McKelvy, and Marion Pride McKelvy Quay; dispatches, communications, and other official correspondence received by Col. McKelvy during his service as U.S. Marshall, and personal letters of various members of the extended McKelvy family and the related families of Pride, Quay, and Franks
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Speed Family Papers
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The collection consists of 305 letters, indentures, announcements, and receipts. There are also 19 pieces of ephemera and 39 albumen, tintype, and daguerreotype photographs. The majority of the correspondence in the collection (179 letters) was sent to John James Speed (1803-1867) from business associates and family members. George James Pumpelly wrote more letters than any other associate, sending 99 letters to Speed between 1853-1863. He talks about business finances, owing and collecting money, and various business ventures that Speed is involved in at the time. Some of his letters discuss investigating the purchase of coal mines and Speed's attempt to build a telegraph line from St. Louis, Missouri, to the West coast. Several of the letters sent by various people during 1832 congratulate Speed on his appointment to the New York State legislature. Ann Speed (d. 1881) writes 5 letters to her husband during the period while he is in the legislature and living in Albany, New York. Her family also corresponds with her husband, and her father, Charles Horton Morrell, wrote 13 of these letters. Morrell and his son, Lewis H. Morrell (Ann's brother who sends 2 letters) refer to Speed as "Son" and "Brother," respectively. Speed receives 5 letters from his cousin, Joshua J. Speed; he also receives a few letters from his children. Most of these letters discuss family matters, travel plans, and the weather. Perhaps the most noteworthy item in the collection is an unsigned speech made by John James Speed (1803-1867) at the National Republican Convention in June 1864 in Baltimore, Maryland. He touches on several subjects including President Abraham Lincoln, Vice-Presidential nominee Andrew Johnson, and the Civil War. He also mentions the death of his son, William Johnson Speed (1832-1863) at Gettysburg. The collection also includes 29 indentures written during the early 1800s between John James Speed (d. 1860) and others. Three folders containing ephemera include invitations to a Fourth of July celebration (June 1822) and a New Year's Day (Dec. 1822) party. The collection also contains 39 photographs (Boxes 6-7). A few of the Speed family members have been identified including John James Speed (1803-1867), Cornelia Speed (1847-1884) and Frederic Speed (b. 1841). There is also a photograph of Ezra Cornell (1807-1874) and one of Mrs. Cornell in Box 7. Note: The maiden name of Ann Speed, the wife of John James Speed (1803-1867), was Anne Sophia Morrell, and she signed each of her letters using her married name. She appears in this collection as: Ann Speed, d. 1881.
mssHM 61156-61460
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Stoneman family papers addenda
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The Stoneman family papers consist of diaries, family and official correspondence, photographs, ephemera, memorabilia, and genealogical and historical research files from the family of George Stoneman, 1822-1894 and his wife, Mary Oliver Hardisty Stoneman, 1836-1915. The earliest letters are written by Mary O.H. Stoneman's father, Henry Hardisty, Jr. There are two letters from 1832 and the remainder are from his European travels from 1851 through 1852. The correspondence concerns family news and descriptions of his travels in Scotland, Ireland, England, France, Germany, Italy, Greece, and Egypt. There are four letters written by the still life painter and portraitist, Andrew John Henry Way, who appears to be related to Mary O.H. Stoneman. Although there are very few surviving personal and military material related to George Stoneman, 1822-1894, there are a few letters to his wife, Mary O.H. Stoneman from 1883 through 1888. Other correspondence related to George Stoneman, 1822-1894 includes his appointment as United States railroad commissioner and reinstatement to the Army retired list in 1888. Other Stoneman family material includes: Adele Stoneman Schmidgall, Cornelius McLean Stoneman, George J. Stoneman, Julia H. Stoneman, George B. Stoneman, Robert M. Stoneman, Mary Lejeal Stoneman McGinnis, and Virginia Hardisty Stoneman. Most of the correspondence was compiled and organized by George J. Stoneman's daughter, Virginia Hardisty Stoneman. These files also include, but not limited to, printed ephemera, notes, and letters to and from Virginia Hardisty Stoneman. There are fourteen diaries belonging to Mary O.H. Stoneman. Stoneman's first diary begins in 1882, a year before her husband becomes Governor of California, and concludes in 1887. The later diaries detail her trip through Europe from 1902 through 1905. There is also a diary written by Katherine "Kitty" Cheney Stoneman, concerning her European travels from 1894 through 1895. A journal of interest may be Mary O.H. Stoneman father's journey around the word on ships Rolla and Birmingham. Henry Hardisty, Jr., 1808-1855, begins his trip from Baltimore, Maryland and proceeds to Cape Horn. He stops in Cobija, Bolivia, Lima, Peru, Coquimbo, Chile, and Huasco, Chile. On April 16, 1831, Hardisty finds himself in the middle of a "revolution" in Peru. He writes, "…of all public commotions I ever heard of this certainly capped the climax." Hardisty also travels to Honolulu where he witnesses the construction of a wall; meets the father of 37 children by different wives; and describes his encounter with the king "Called upon the King - Kow Kioli - at his palace and find him lolling upon a bed of mats with a motley group of men, women and children," (Aug. 13, 1831). Hardisty's journal abruptly ends, shortly after arriving in Canton, China at the end of September 1831. The donor compiled a portfolio of correspondence, documents, legal documents, photographs, and printed ephemera related to George Stoneman, 1822-1894. These items have been re-housed in a binder. The oversize items are housed separately. The collection also includes a typescript of Civil War Letters of Margaret Sumner McLean; a visitor book with over approximately 600 visitors to the Stoneman's estate "Los Robles"; photographs; clippings; memorabilia; textbooks; and buttons with shoulder marks belonging to George Stoneman, 1822-1894. The 2021 addenda includes a letter by John Bell Hood, two letters by Robert E. Lee, a photograph of George Stoneman and Mary O. H. Stoneman, and a file of correspondence related to the dedication ceremony of Camp Stoneman, Pittsburg, California, in 1942.
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Noble Family Papers
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Personal and professional correspondence of the Noble family, mostly Edward Noble and his son Patrick Noble, as preserved by Patrick Noble's family. The collection also includes a group of letters addressed to Edward Noble's uncle John Noble (1774-1819), and the correspondence of Floride Calhoun (1792-1866) and James Edward Calhoun (1826-1861), wife and son of John C. Calhoun, about the administration of Calhoun's estate and property. There are also several documents about slaves owned by the Calhoun, Cuningham, and Pickens families as well as legal documents used in various law suits brought about by the various family estates and property. John Noble's correspondence includes letters from his brothers Alexander, Ezekiel, and Patrick. In his letters, Alexander Noble discusses the disposition of the estate of Nicolas Cooper; his business affairs, including management of the Vienna Plantation, cotton trade, and family slaves (including news of a fire set by the enslaved woman Hannah). Ten letters by Patrick Noble (1805-1818) describe his studies at Princeton and his trip home in the fall of 1806; admission to the bar, partnership with John C. Calhoun, his legal practice, and state and national politics. Also included is the letter to Patrick Noble from John C. Calhoun (1828, Sep. 19, NBL 165), discussing the tariff controversy. Correspondence of Edward Noble includes his letters to his wife and son; his business correspondence, including communications with the Calhoun and Clemson families, and letters from his friends, family members, colleagues, and political allies, including John Bratton and Francis Wilkinson Pickens. The letters of Edward Noble and Patrick Noble (1849-1920) describe Patrick's school studies; Edward Noble's trip to New York, Washington, D.C., White Sulphur Springs, Virginia, in the summer of 1860; the South Carolina Secession Convention in Charleston (December 1860-March 1861); Noble's service in the Confederate Army (February 1862-June 1863); the politics of Reconstruction in South Carolina and particularly in Abbeville (including the activities of the local Ku Klux Klan), Patrick's life in California, news of friends and family. Other prominent participants include: Thomas W. Bacot, South Carolina lawyer and politician; Andrew Pickens Calhoun, son of John C. Calhoun; author Floride Clemson; professor R. Means Davis; businessman and Senator James G. Fair; General John T. Morgan; businessman J. Mora Moss; Mexican journalist Manuel Payno; Francis W. Pickens, South Carolina representative; Charles P. Stone, U.S. Army officer; and Major Jasper S. Whiting.
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Charles Wolter papers, (bulk 1833-1881)
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A collection of 448 items from 1792 to 1970, which contains letters, five letter books, documents, two account books, 11 scrapbooks, and photographs related to the life of Charles Wolter and the Wolter family. There are materials related to Wolter's land and business interests in early California including Monterey, Rancho Los Tualrcitos, Rancho El Toro, and Rancho Lupyomi. Correspondents include William Antonio Richardson, David Spence, and Edward Vischer. There is also memorabilia related to Harry Meiggs Wolter as a baseball player and coach. He went with the U.S. baseball team to participate in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, and the collection contains an album from the Olympic Games with autographs of various participants, including Jesse Owens. The collection also contains genealogical materials for the Wolter family, including many scrapbooks assembled by Irene Hogan Wolter, wife of Harry Meiggs Wolter.
mssHM 45506-40681