Manuscripts
Thomas Kearny letters
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Stephen Watts Kearny proclamation to the inhabitants of New Mexico :
Manuscripts
Facsimile copy of Brigadier General Stephen Watts Kearny proclamation to the inhabitants of New Mexico that it had been taken by the United States and they should lay down their arms, August 22, 1846.
mssHM 84371
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A.E. (Albert Eugene) Gallatin letter to Robert O. Schad
Manuscripts
Also included with letter is a carbon copy of the reply from Leslie E. Bliss, Huntington Librarian, to A.E. Gallatin, April 21, 1943.
mssHM 63169
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Sir Thomas Phillipps collection of portolan atlases [essay]
Manuscripts
Essay, by Edward Luther Stevenson, giving a brief history of Portolan charts and atlases. Essay also summarizes and describes the twelve manuscript Portolan atlases formerly owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), now at the Huntington Library. Also includes one letter from Edward Luther Stevenson to Leslie E. Bliss, giving the essay to the Huntington Library
mssHM 58295
Cataloging manuscripts in Huntington library, February 1938
Visual Materials
Two women, one seated one standing, behind a desk in a rather cluttered office in the library building. The older woman on the left is wearing a floral dress, while the younger woman on the right wears a dark sweater with a white collar. Label accompanying photograph in album reads "HEH 117a Cataloguing manuscripts in Huntington Library." MS note above photo reads "Cuthbert Noya." Another version of this image is No. 514, Box 1, Pictures Archives. The label for that version reads "Head cataloger of manuscripts and assistant in manuscript alcove. In 1948-49 some 46,000 pieces of manuscript were processed." MS note on verso reads "HEH117a Feb 1938." The two women are Norma B. Cuthbert, seated, and Haydée Noya, standing.
photCL 107 vol13 pg22 (117a)
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Essays and letter concerning Ishi
Manuscripts
This group of items includes two essays and a letter, all of which relate to the Yana Indian Ishi. One of the essays, written by anthropologist Darwin B. Lyon who assisted Professor T. T. Waterman with the examination of Ishi, describes Lyon's experiences with Ishi including the two of them creating a map of the area in which Ishi lived. Lyon also talks about the Indians in California and their history in general. The other essay and letter are written by Alfred Barstow and also talk about Darwin B. Lyon and Ishi; the letter is addressed to Leslie Edgar Bliss of The Huntington Library.
mssHM 68201-68203
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Carey S. Bliss and Leslie E. Bliss papers
Manuscripts
The Carey Bliss files comprise the bulk of the collection. The articles and research files contain work created by Carey Bliss while he was a student at Pomona College and while he was a curator at the Huntington library. The correspondence covers his work as a curator, including a single thank you letter from Richard Nixon for the repair of the Nixon's family bible. The lecture files contain notes for a course that Carey Bliss taught at the University of Southern California on the history of books and printing. These notes include a sheet of papyrus in the folder for lectures three and four. The Rounce & Coffin Club files pertain to Carey Bliss's longstanding membership. The files contain meeting invitations and information on exhibitions prepared by the club, including the annual Western Books Exhibition. The majority of the Leslie Bliss files are correspondence written while Leslie Bliss served as the librarian of the Huntington Library. The Zamorano files contain correspondence to and from Leslie Bliss about books and exhibitions at the Huntington library that were considered relevant to the bibliophilic club's interest. These correspondences also contain information about Leslie Bliss's membership to the club, including letters about his election as an honorary member of the Zamorano's board of governors in 1953. The miscellaneous files contain items that possess uncertain attribution, are attributed other people, or are equally related to Carey and Leslie Bliss. These files contain correspondence from Jacob Bliss who is presumed to be a relative of Leslie and Carey Bliss. The correspondence between Robert O. Schad and Joseph D. Cone is dated during the time Robert O. Schad was the curator of rare books and Carey Bliss was the assistant curator. The correspondence from Will Bradley contains autobiographical information that is related to an exhibition of his work at the Huntington Library in the 1950s. This exhibition was prepared by Carey Bliss. Amelia Baker's nametag dates to when she worked at Caltech's GALCIT wind tunnel and before her marriage to Carey Bliss. The Leslie E. Bliss and Upton Sinclair material deals primarily with the possible acquisition of the Sinclair library and archive by the Huntington Library. The material includes correspondence with Upton Sinclair, his wife Mary Craig Sinclair, Huntington Library Staff, and other Librarians; it also includes essays and printed material by Upton Sinclair. The Upton Sinclair library and archive were ultimately acquired by the Lilly Library, Indiana University.
HIA 34.35