Manuscripts
Lucia v. B. Batten letters
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Edwin B. Janes collection
Manuscripts
A collection of 238 items which consists of manuscripts and letters assembled by Edwin B. Janes. The first series of miscellaneous manuscripts contains individual letters by American political, military, and literary figures of the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Included in this material is a leaf from the docket of the court in Painesville, Ohio, detailing the conviction of Joseph Smith, Jr., of assault and battery of his brother-in-law Calvin W. Stoddard (April 21, 1835), also documents relating to slavery and abolitionism, a small group of correspondence of John Stuart Skinner, and a group of letters and military records related to the Civil War in Ohio. The second series, arranged alphabetically by author, is the professional and political correspondence of Albert Gallatin Riddle, chiefly letters addressed to him from 1847 to 1870. The third series, arranged chronologically, contains personal, professional, and political correspondence of Andrew J. Williams (1852-1900).
mssHM 25466-25675
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V. A. VanCosen letter to brother and friends
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In this letter to his "Dear Brother, and Friends," V. A. VanCosen is reflective upon his time out West, and recounts a critical incident in the history of the city of San Francisco, the assassination of activist journalist James King of William. The killing incited tumult in the city and ultimately resulted in the formation of the second San Francisco Vigilance Committee.
mssHM 83422
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Bradford, Martin V. B. to James De Barth Shorb
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The collection, which contains 10,844 items, consists of correspondence, letter books, manuscripts, speeches, diaries, account books, published articles, legal papers, financial statements and business records. The 10,528 pieces of correspondence are chiefly addressed to James De Barth Shorb, James M. Tiernan and Maria de Jesus Wilson Shorb. The 17 letter books are related to the business and financial affairs of Shorb and Benjamin Davis Wilson. The 75 manuscripts consist of items chiefly written by Shorb and Wilson family members. The 224 items in the Business Papers include material related to Shorb's many companies including the San Gabriel Wine Company. The following subjects are covered in the Shorb collection: the Shorb, Wilson, and Patton families, David Jacks, Mariano Vallejo, Santa Catalina Island, the Mount Wilson Observatory, California government and politics, African Americans and the Chinese in California, agriculture, the citrus fruit industry, Indians of California, irrigation, lend tenure, mining, railroads, ranching, water rights, and the wine industry. The collection also documents the history and development of the following California cities: Alhambra, Elsinore, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Ramona, San Gabriel, San Marino, and Wilmington.
mssShorb papers
Dolores V. Trejo journal, 1949-approximately 1961
Manuscripts
Dolores Trejo's entries in this notebook cover the years 1949 to 1954, 1958, and 1960 to 1961. The notebook contains the following: list of insurance payments to John Hancock and Blue Cross; list of expenses for repairs on the house Trejo owned and payments from tenants; personal notes on problems with house, including legal problems; notes on employers Trejo worked with, including both difficulties and benefits of work, and salaries; entry relating to Trejo's letter of 1953 to the San Diego Union that favorably describes her crossing the border in 1935; and evidence of her Christian faith. In one of her last entries, Trejo expresses her wish to return to Mexico. There is also one loose sheet which contains a poem.
mssHM 83444
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Mira B. Culin Saunders letters to Andrew F. Rolle
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A group of four autograph letters and 1 postcard written by Mira B. Culin Saunders to Andrew F. Rolle. The letters are personal rather than professional and discuss their shared interests in California; eventually Saunders knew Rolle's mother and there is mention of Mrs. Rolle in multiple letters. There is also one photograph (1931) of San Juan Capistrano Mission and Father St. John O'Sullivan.
mssHM 83797
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Letters and ephemera of Herbert Hoover
Manuscripts
This small group of items includes seven letters by Herbert Hoover to four different addressees: Frederick A. Delano, Bern Dibner, George Zabriskie, and Mr. Hohnhaus (the only letter written while Hoover was President is the one to Delano). There is also a note by Delano regarding the letter he received from President Hoover. Most of the letters are about trivial matters such as Hoover thanking the person for some favor. Also in this small group of items are three signed printed speeches given by Herbert Hoover, including his inaugural address (1929), "This Crisis in American Life" (1948), and "The Inheritance of the Next Generation" (1961).
mssHM 75960-75970