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Clarence D. Herriott letter

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Description: Autograph letter on stationery of the Toyo Kisen Kaisha (Oriental Steamship Company), written by the Reverend Clarence Herriott to his brother Paul aboard the ship SS America Maru, near the Hawaiian Islands, on his way to missionary work in China. Herriott comments upon his encounters with Chinese steerage passengers, his perceptions of the Chinese as a race, and his missionary work among them. He also refers to his brother's future.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1903, September 1.
Call number: mssHM 83465
Creator: Herriott, Clarence D(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased by Nick Aretakis on behalf of The Huntington from PBA Galleries, Sale 647, Lot 37, July 12, 2018.
Dimensions: 21 cm :

Edward W. Syle letter to "My dear Aunt,"

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Edward W. Syle wrote this letter from "Oakland, near San Francisco," which was where his family settled as he did missionary work with the Chinese community in San Francisco in 1855. In his letter, Syle mentions the S.S. George Law which took him and his family from Shanghai to California. The California weather was "very pleasant" and healthy for the children, but his missionary work was "trying" and "perplexing," unlike his rewarding efforts in China. Syle described Oakland as "peaceful & retired." Once a week, Syle crossed the Bay in a Ferry Boat to teach an evening class to the Chinese, but he spent his Sundays in a "little parish" he had just organized, the Oakland Parish of St. John's Episcopal Church.

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Draft of novel, notes, letters to Clarence King, ephemera

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A collection of approximately 752 items from 1859 to 1902, which consists of the scientific and professional papers of Clarence King. The material includes correspondence, notebooks, letter books, notes, surveys, sketches, manuscripts, photographs, and ephemera. The 43 scientific notebooks in the collection include material on the California Geological Survey of 1864 to 1866, and the United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel from 1867 to 1872. The collection also includes correspondence between James D. Hague and G. P. Putnam's Sons regarding Hague's publication of Clarence King's Memoirs (1904). While the collection is rich in detail about King's many professional activities, most of the personal dimensions of his life (such as his marriage to Ada Copeland, an African American resident of New York City, their five children, and their subsequent life together, which he concealed for decades) are not reflected in these papers.

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Photograph of Clarence King

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Clarence King papers

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Charles Fletcher Lummis letter to Ora Oak

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Letter with autograph signature on Out West letterhead to Ora Oak, commenting on the situation between his brother Henry Oak and Hubert Howe Bancroft on the publication of the Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft and Henry Oak's assertations that Bancroft did not give him credit for actually writing several of the volumes (see: Literary Industries in a New Light. San Francisco : Bacon Printing Company, 1893). Lummis goes on to relate that he wishes to see more of brother's work and that he might consider contributing to Out West.

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D. Townsend letter to Elizabeth Owens

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In this letter addressed to "Sister Elizabeth", D. Townsend writes of his life in Sonora. There have been so many shootings as of late that the townspeople have taken the law into their own hands and lynched several of those responsible, often without trials. Townsend has recently done very well as part of a gold mining company. He writes that many miners go home to fetch their families and relocate to California permanently. Signed "your well wishing Brother." Includes lithograph titled "A View of the Elephant," depicting the various experiences of a typical California miner.

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Clarence D. Herriott letter

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