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Homer E. Jenne journal

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Description: Homer E. Jenne started his journal January 1, 1880. The Jenne family lived in Soquel, California. Although Homer helps out on the family ranch, he is a certified teacher and taught at several rural schools in Santa Cruz County. Jenne discusses his search for employment; studying for and taking teachers' exams; his hardships as a teacher; his courtship of and marriage to his neighbor Millie Cahoon; a trip to Portland and Dalles, Oregon and Washington State; visits to Santa Cruz; and his purchase of a ranch in Ben Lomond, California. Homer sold books to earn extra income as well as invented a calculating machine, for which he was pursuing a patent when the journal ends. The last 26 pages of the journal are Jenne's financial accounts for the years 1880-1882.
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Production date: 1880-1882.
Call number: mssHM 66660
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Homer Laughlin business records, (bulk 1919-1950)

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This collection provides documentation on the history of the Laughlin Building, the Grand Central Market and Homer Laughlin and his business activities. There is also some material related to Homer Laughlin, Jr., Homer Laughlin, III, and businessman Beach D. Lyon. There are a few items that were used for advertising the Grand Central Market.

mssLaughlin

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Homer A. Parmelee diary

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In his diary, Homer A. Parmelee writes of his experiences as a Union recruit during the American Civil War. On October 7, 1862, he writes that he has been sworn into Union service. In the next entries, he describes his experiences training in New York, then writes of his traveling by boat to the Mississippi River, where he was stationed at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, taking part in drills and standing watch. He describes his involvement during the siege of Port Hudson, where he was wounded in the arm on May 27, 1863. He was transported to a Baton Rouge hospital, where he writes of his discovery and receiving daily news of the ongoing conflict. He writes of his return to duty several weeks later, and he was pleased to receive his discharge in July 1863. He describes his journey home, where he was part of a group of returning soldiers welcomed by a large crowd. The final entries document Parmelee's ensuing activities, mostly concerned with his doing odd jobs such as building chimneys and plastering, and records of his pay. Also included is a hand-drawn map of an unspecified battle site, and what appears to be a table of locations visited and distances traveled.

mssHM 79380

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Theodore Roosevelt, New York, letters to Homer Calvin Davenport and Homer Clyde Davenport :

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Seven letters written on letterhead for The Outlook magazine, Office of Theodore Roosevelt. The first five letters are to political cartoonist Homer Calvin Davenport (1867-1912) regarding publishing and financial matters and the death of Davenport's father. The final two letters are most likely to Davenport's son, Homer Clyde Davenport Jr. (1896-1918) and are brief responses to his letters. Letters dated: 1910 July 27, 1910 August 6, 1910 December 20, 1911 May 2, 1912 February 16, 1913 September 10, 1914 May 27.

mssHM 53319

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E. Holbrook journal

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This manuscript is a collection of pages from the journal of E. Holbrook. The pages are dated between 1846 and 1863, and appear to have been removed from longer manuscripts. Most of the journal describes Holbrook's travels through California and attempts at searching for gold. He sees soldiers at drill and participates in the 1854 state election. In July 1857, he writes of the robbing of a Chinese camp by men disguised as Indians and Mexicans. When witnessing a hanging in December 1858, Holbrook writes, "its time public executions were done away with." In 1859, he returns home to New York. In 1861, Holbrook calls the period of secession "exciting and important months in the history of our country and of liberty universally."

mssHM 2280

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Homer Laughlin business records

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mssLaughlinrecords

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Homer D. Crotty papers and addenda

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The Homer D. Crotty papers and addenda are one unified collection of papers with two separate organizational schemes.

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