Manuscripts
Index of letters of California pioneers owned by Henry R. Wagner
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Henry Raup Wagner scrapbook
Manuscripts
Wagner's scrapbook contains notes and document facsimiles for his various publications on New Mexico printing (the majority of them were for his article published in 1937). The facsimiles are of official announcements by New Mexico governors Manuel Armijo and Francisco Sarracino, and copies of the newspaper Sante Fe Republican. There are also facsimiles of items printed by Father Antonio Jose Martinez, an early printer in New Mexico. The scrapbook also contains several letters between Wagner and other historians and writers regarding New Mexico printing and history including Edward Eberstadt, Herbert O. Brayer, and Lansing Bloom. The documents are in English and Spanish.
mssHM 68047
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Map of land owned by R. Simon in Alameda County, California
Manuscripts
Map of land owned by R. Simon, part of the A.M. Peralta portion of the San Antonio Rancho, Alameda County, California. Surveyed by L. Castro in July 1885.
mssHM 84249
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Wagner, Henry R
Manuscripts
The collection contains over three hundred folders of correspondence that are arranged alphabetically by correspondent in fifty-eight boxes. The collection ranges from 1878 to 1972, with the bulk of the correspondence being from the years 1900 to 1979. The correspondence includes letters, telegrams, postcards, photographs and one record disc (box 26). The correspondence is mainly related to the library collection itself or to the library as an institution. The letters include commentary on the collection, the acquisition and transfer of items, inquiries about the holdings of the library, letters of thanks and congratulations from visitors, financial transactions, and letters between members of the staff. Box 52 contains miscellaneous files labeled as crank files which are often unsolicited.
HIA 31.1
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Thomas J. Beall letter to H.R. Wagner
Manuscripts
Letter from Thomas J. Beall to H.R. Wagner, replying to Wagner's request to the Lewiston Morning Tribune for copies of the "Craig article" (possibly Beall's article 'Recollections of William Craig,' published March 3, 1918).
mssHM 74117
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Index Rerum
Manuscripts
Manuscript (holograph, signed) commonplace book, "Index rerum," containing an index to Thoreau's Journal, a library catalogue, original compositions, and reviews of books. Partly in pencil. Laid into the volume is a letter to Thoreau from Ticknor & Fields, 1862 April 11 (incomplete); a list of books from Thoreau's library by Elizabeth J. Weir; and a list of "Books in my possession," by F. H. Bigelow, 1872 June.
mssHM 945
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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