Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Photograph of Isaac Chauncey Haight
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
![Biographical sketches and diary of Isaac Chauncey Haight [microform]: 1850-1943](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4DHYW1G%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
Manuscripts
Microfilm of typed biographies on and diary entries made by Isaac Chauncey Haight. Opens with a biography of Haight by William R. Palmer entitled "Men You Should Know: Isaac C. Haight" (typescript of a radio talk given by Palmer over K.S.U.B. in Cedar City, Utah, on July 18, 1943); "The Old Virgin Ditch," a poem by Mable Jarvis; and a brief account entitled "Thales Haskell describes the Tragedy of death of George A. Smith fall 1860." The majority of the reel is the Biographical Sketch and Diary of Isaac Chauncey Haight, 1813-1862, a typescript copied by Brigham Young University in 1940. It includes a brief biography of Haight as well as his diary entries for his 1850-1853 mission to England (including accounts of his overland travel to and from Utah) and some various diary entries made in Utah from 1853-1862. Also includes an index of names and family photographs.
MSS MFilm 00367 item 02
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In this letter to California lawyer Henry Huntley Haight, James R. Mershon writes of commencement festivities at Yale University, and of improvements to the campus. He asks Haight, who may have attended Yale, for a donation to help "the society" at Yale, which Mershon appears to be involved in.
mssHM 27912
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Haight introduces Mrs. Morse, the wife of California physician Dr. J. F. Morse, "one of our most distinguished and successful physicians." She is visiting France, and Haight hopes she is extended "any courtesies which it may be customary." Printed letterhead of the State of California Executive Department.
mssHM 21350
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Manuscripts
A collection of 508 items from 1846 to 1885, which consists of letters, documents and manuscripts related to the life and interests of Henry Huntley Haight. Subject matter includes the political history of California; the development of San Francisco; railroad subsidies; and anti-slavery and secession questions in California. The collection also includes the business papers of Joseph B. Wells and the legal firm of Wells, Haight and Gary. Correspondents frequently represented in the collection include: James S. Bush, Eugene Casserly, Joseph E. Gary, Fletcher Matthews Haight, Samuel Haight, Bayard Taylor and Joseph B. Wells.
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One modern reproduction of a portrait photograph showing Phillip Margetts in middle age.
mssHM 72987
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Visual Materials
Note with item reads: "Chauncey S. Colton, father of Capt. John B. Colton." Photographer's stamp on mat: "M.A. & S. Root, 363 Broadway, N.Y." [Marcus A. and Samuel Root]. Date based on years of photographers' partnership.
(photDAG 12)