Manuscripts
Ephemera: Marriage Certificate of William Henry Mayo and Ella A. Curley (1866). 3 items
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Ephemera: Tintype of William Henry Mayo [c.1863]. 1 item
Manuscripts
The mansucripts include William H. Mayo's diaries; a ledger of the medical office of Harry N. Mayo (1902-1903), and three memoirs recorded by Lesley Woodruff Ritter.
mssHM 70372-70384
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Etha Mayo Woodruff Memorial Collection of Family Papers
Manuscripts
The collection covers the Mayo and Woodruff families from the Civil War to World War I. The collection is arranged in the following manner: Manuscripts, Correspondence and Ephemera. Each series is arranged chronologically. The collection deals with four general topics: the American Civil War, the American West, physicians and World War I. American Civil War Three of the family members talk about the American Civil War. General topics covered by these authors include: President Abraham Lincoln and President Jefferson Davis; General Ulysses S. Grant and Civil War hospitals. The two diaries by William Henry Mayo detail two years of his experience with the 8th Regiment of Louisiana Infantry and Army of Northern Virginia. William talks a lot about marching from camp to camp, his feelings about the North and the war, ladies he meets along the way, the looting and burning of property, as well as fighting in battle and seeing friends of his die in front of his eyes. He specifically talks about Gettysburg (Little Round Top) and the Battle of the Wilderness, General Robert E. Lee and various other officers he sees on the battlefield and the conditions he sees while in Richmond, Virginia. William spends much of his time wounded or sick (he sprained his ankle at Gettysburg) so he writes often about traveling to and from his regiment to the nearest hospital; he travels through Virginia, Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama detailing what he sees and the people he meets. (There is a tintype of William Henry Mayo in the ephemera of this collection. His third diary, written in 1868, covers his life in Louisiana as a farmer.) In the memoirs of Russell O. Woodruff, Lesley Day Woodruff Riter, talks about Woodruff's experience in the war with the 15th Illinois Infantry Regiment and U.S. Army, Department of the Tennessee. She mentions specifically the hospital administrator Mary Ann Bickerdyke, Stephen A. Hurlbut, William Tecumseh Sherman, and the battles of Fort Donelson and Vicksburg. Russell spent time in Andersonville Prison in 1864 and Riter talks much about Russell's recollections of his time in the prison. The American West Two items deal with the American West as experienced by Edward Day Woodruff. Both his own memoirs and "Through the Years. Stories that My Daddy Told Me," by Lesley Day Woodruff Riter, detail Woodruff's experiences in Wyoming, Montana and Colorado in the latter 19th century. In these manuscripts Woodruff and Riter talk about Fort Laramie, Wyoming, the Chinese in Wyoming and the Rock Spring Massacre, mining, outlaws, the building of railroads, mountain men and trappers, the Oregon Trail, as well as the Shoshoni Indians and Chief Washakie. Edward also talks a lot about his brother John Dwight (J.D.) Woodruff and his activities as a trapper and Indian fighter. Physicians The ledger of Harry Nathaniel Mayo lists patients' names, addresses, diagnoses (mostly tuberculosis), and treatments. World War I In his five letters to his sister and brother-in-law, Edward R. Woodruff, talks about his time at Kelly Field waiting for an assignment from the United States Army. He talks about life at the camp, his fellow soldiers and their barracks. These letters are written on Knights of Columbus letterhead. The sixth letter in the correspondence is by Lesley Day Woodruff Riter to her brother, Edward R. Woodruff. In this letter she talks about the distribution of her parents' property and her life in Salt Lake City. In the ephemera section, there is a photograph of Woodward Bruce Mayo in an Army uniform taken in 1920. The ephemera includes a tintype of William Henry Mayo, a marriage certificate for William Henry Mayo and Ella A. Curley, newspaper clippings, photographs of the Mayo and Woodruff families (and two photographs of Native Americans performing sun dances) and a printed obituary of Edward Day Woodruff published by the Utah Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.
mssHM 70372-70384
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1866-1897; Ephemera
Manuscripts
The collection is arranged chronologically and includes 56 items including 7 pieces of ephemera. The first four items are land grants and plats for land in Georgia (1832-1843). The majority of the rest of the collection is correspondence between Evertson family members with three distinct sections: Mexican-American War, Civil War and California. There are four letters concerning John R. Evertson's work which was somehow related to the Mexican-American War. In his letters he talks about the war, General Zachary Taylor, Antonio Santa Anna, and the battle of Buena Vista. These letters also discuss family matters and there are letters by John R. Evertson to two of his sons warning them to be diligent, do their school work and listen to their Mother while he is away. The second section consists of twelve letters from various correspondents to Evert C. Evertson while he was being held as a political prisoner in Carroll and Point Lookout prisons in Washington, D.C. and Maryland from 1863 to 1865 (there is one note by Evert). The letters by family friends, mostly William H. Richards, discusses their attempts to free Evert from prison and clear his name and express their sympathy with his situation. Richards also talks about the family situation in California at the time. (The collection also includes three documents related to Evert's release from prison including a letter of exemption from the Confederate States of America's War Department Bureau of Conscription, a parole and a pass for Evert issued by the United States' Office of the Provost Marshal General - all dated 1865). The third section of correspondence relates to John R. Evertson, Jr.'s life in Havilah and San Francisco, California in April-December 1866. These letters which are written to his mother, sister and brother-in-law in Los Angeles, talk chiefly about Evertson's search for stable employment, his attempts at mining (gold and quartz), his bad health and his general depression about his current situation. He often mentions Los Angeles in his letters. The last few items of the collection include documents about real estate in Los Angeles and a letter related to the estate of John R. Evertson.
mssHM 70414-70462
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Ephemera: Biographical Information (1984-1997). 3 items
Manuscripts
The papers include 43 pieces of correspondence and ten pieces of ephemera. The majority of the correspondence is written by Elza Ivan Edwards and is personal in nature; however, several of the letters discuss in detail the activities and publications of the Los Angeles and San Bernardino Corrals of the Westerners and the Death Valley '49ers. The letters also discuss Edwards' various books on Death Valley as well as the publications of George Koenig, Anthony Kroll, and Earl F. Nation (fellow writers and the addressees of Edwards' letters). One letter by Edwards recounts a hiking trip in Nevada and provides a good description of the area around Dayton, Nevada as well as the ghost towns Delamar and Genoa. The ephemera includes biographical information about Edwards and newspaper clippings.
mssHM 65769-65811
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Ephemera: Stock Certificates (1929-1933). 5 items
Manuscripts
The collection is single-item cataloged and contains 759 items including 92 manuscripts. Most of the manuscripts are documents regarding the advertising, circulation, and financial concerns of The Los Angeles record, The San Diego sun, and The San Francisco daily news from the early 1910s. The other substantial manuscripts are diaries of Adaline Rhoads and Roscoe Maxwell Rhoads detailing the social life and customs of late-19th century Indiana and early-20th century Southern California. Adaline Rhoads wrote about her daily chores, the activities of her children and her travels. Roscoe Maxwell Rhoads also details his attempts to mend his health through exercise, various diets, bathing in magnetic wells and two visits to the Battle Creek Sanitarium in the late 1890s. Roscoe Maxwell Rhoads also detailed the family's journey from Anderson, Indiana to San Diego, California and their later move to La Jolla, California. The collection contains 102 pieces of correspondence, the majority of which are addressed to Horace Emerson Rhoads regarding the newspaper business. There are also a significant number of letters from Horace Emerson Rhoads regarding the newspaper business and the San Diego Athletic Club. There are letters concerning San Diego and California politics, including three letters regarding the purchase of an airplane for the governor of California. Rhoads received letters on the subject of honorary membership in the Los Angeles Record Newsboys' Club. The collection also contains letters regarding participation in La Jolla events and politics.
mssHM 70519-70711
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Ephemera: Newspapers (1898). 2 items
Manuscripts
The Diaries series contains 22 diary transcripts of daily diary entries by Charlotte Close Knapp Dole, George H. Dole and Clara Rowell Dole (covering 1850-1884). Charlotte Dole's diary talks about her husband's work as a missionary, other missionaries, church meetings, the Punahou School, and Hawaiian royalty. George H. Dole's diaries include a trip to the United States in 18640-1865, as well as details about his work on several sugar and rice plantations including crop numbers, Chinese workers, effects of weather, etc., and events taking place in Hawaii. The Family Correspondence series contains 128 pieces of correspondence, the majority of which are written by Clara Rowell Dole to her husband, George, her sons, Walter and Herbert, and brother-in-law, Sanford B. Dole. Most of these letters were written from her home in Kapaa, Kauai, while her husband was away and her children were attending Oahu College (Punahou School). She talks about her daily activities, the school, her children, an outbreak of measles, the Chinese, Japanese and Portuguese workers, and some about Hawaiian royalty and government. There are five letters written by Sanford B. Dole, three to his brother George and two to his nephew Walter, and he is the addressee of nine letters. The rest of the correspondence includes letters by Clara and George's children and family and friends. The majority of these letters written by their eldest son, Walter, are from his time at Cornell University. Details about ship arrivals and departures are included in both the diaries and correspondence series.
mssHM 76328-76510