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Oral history interviews of writer Harriet Doerr conducted by historian Steven J. Novak in 1999 on April 13, April 27, May 4, June 8, and June 29. Doerr discusses the Huntington family and growing up and later living in Pasadena; marriage and children; experiences during World War II; U.S. politics; life and travels in Mexico from the 1930s to the 1970s and the family's copper mine; educational experiences; writing and literary career; relationship with the Huntington Library; and her thoughts on aging.
mssHM 84039
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These two letters concern exploration and missionary work in Mexico and California. HM 24690, dated December 27, 1774, is from de Gamboa to the marqués. HM 24691, dated April 11, 1775, is from the marqués to de Gamboa. In Spanish.
mssHM 24690-24691
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This letter is written to John Lee at Theatre Royal, Richmond, Surrey. Kean asks "What day do I open in Cheltenham?" He also complains about money and someone he calls a "stupid son of a bitch." The letter is not dated but the letter has the posted date of 1831, August 1.
mssHM 78383
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Autograph letter, in the third person; with envelope. Also: wooden, gilded picture frame, with glass; originally on display at the Crystal Palace (London, England). Wellington letter and envelope were removed from the frame by Huntington Conservation Department, Jan. 27, 1999.
mssHM 82628
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Letter from Harriet Henderson in Willard, Box Elder County, Utah Territory, to her uncle in Iowa. In the letter Henderson writes of the Civil War and subsequent difficulties in getting cotton, partly prompting Utah Mormons to grow their own crops; of an emigration party headed for the Salmon River gold mines; and of a battle between the California Volunteers and Indians (probably the Battle of Bear River near Franklin, Idaho), following which the Indians were "eager for revenge," making travel in the Washington Territory dangerous. Henderson also describes the Utah Territory and concludes that "we are certainly blessed in this territory with peace and plenty."
mssHM 74520
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Handwriting specimen of Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, plus accompanying letter and transcript prepared by Blumenbach's son. The five-line handwriting specimen is dated 1834, December 28, and is found on a folded sheet with two pages of writing; two lines of this text are in French and three lines, including Blumenbach's signature, are in German. The specimen is annotated and translated into English by Blumenbach's son and by an unidentified person. The second page of the sheet contains a letter from Blumenbach's son to an unidentified recipient addressed as My dear Sir and dated 1836, April 27, describing the handwriting specimen; this letter is in English. Also contains a one-page undated typed transcription and partial translation of Blumenbach's lines and of the start of the son's letter, as well as biographical information about Blumenbach, prepared by an unidentified person; this page contains annotations in pencil relating to the material's archival location.
mssHM 83022-83023