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L.P. Schmidt papers

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Description: The L.P. Schmidt papers contain correspondence pertaining to the United States' efforts in the Pacific during the Second World War in 1944 and 1945. The collection includes 17 letters written by L.P.Schmidt. James R. Page received 16 of these while the other was received by Annis Van Nuys Schweppe. Because James R. Page kept these letters and donated them to the Huntington Library, letters addressed to Captain Schmidt are not included in this collection. Includes map of bombing targets in the Pacific Ocean.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1944-1945.
Call number: mssHM 80260-80277
Creator: Schmidt, L. P(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of James R.Page, 1945-1946.
Associated people: Page, James Rathwell, (1884-1962,)

A. W. Von Schmidt letter to Julius Von Schmidt

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In this letter to his brother, A. W. Von Schmidt writes of business matters, and hopes that Julius and his wife will come soon to visit. He also writes that a woman named Fanny, who is apparently a mutual acquaintance, has turned "Unitarian."

mssHM 16517

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Schmidt-type telescope blueprint

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Although not identified on the blueprint, based on the dimensions, this print appears to be the Palomar 48-inch Schmidt placed in operation on Mount Palomar, California in 1948. This blueprint was discovered at the Yerkes Observatory; however, it does not have any connection to the Yerkes Telescope. One possible connection is that the Yerkes astronomer and optical instrument designer, Frank Ross, was involved with the optical characteristics of the telescope (Ross, F.E., Astrophysical Journal, vol. 92, p. 400, 1940).

mssHM 83614

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Isaac Swain letters to James Fowler Simmons

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Swain, who lived in San Francisco, wrote these letters to Rhode Island Senator James Fowler Simmons. In the letters Swain discusses business interests he still holds in Rhode Island, politics in California, his lawyer Annis Merrill, the south seceding from the Union, the Fort Sumter situation, and Simmons' speech to Congress regarding secession.

mssHM 67912-67914

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Elbert P. Jones papers

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The collection consists primarily of letters, documents and one volume related to the claim of Elbert P. Jones's heirs, particularly Mrs. Anna M. R. Jones, to Yerba Buena Island, California (approximately 1901 to 1914). The collection also includes records of transfer and diagrams of lots of land in San Francisco sold by Elbert P. Jones, from 1848 to 1851.

mssHM 26592-26607

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Christian T. Christensen papers

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A collection of personal correspondence of Christian T. Christensen, chiefly letters addressed to him. Included are letters received by Christensen on the occasion of his retirement from the Army in June 1865, a few official communications and personal letters received by Christensen during his war service, and a telegram from James T. Holtzclaw negotiating the surrender of Mobile, Alabama (April 1865). The post-war correspondence includes letters from Eunice Ward Beecher and Henry Ward Beecher, Lyman Abbott, William Tecumseh Sherman, and others, chiefly concerning his charity work and Civil War experience. Also included are Christensen's military commissions and other documents, an address entitled "Women's influence" that Christensen delivered at the Working Women's Club on November 10, 1887, and a letter soliciting donations for the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute signed by Booker T. Washington (1904).

mssHM 50580-50642

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Elbert P. Jones papers

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mssHM 26592-26607

L.P. Schmidt papers

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