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Index of letters of California pioneers owned by Henry R. Wagner

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Description: Index of letters by California pioneers owned by Henry R. Wagner, which the majority of them are now in the Huntington Library.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: after 1922.
Call number: mssHM 84310
Provenance: Gift of Dr. D. Kaser, Director of Cornell University Libraries, February 1971.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.

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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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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Quarterly of The Society of California Pioneers (1925-1930). 2 items

Manuscripts

The research material includes the material that Read and Gaines collected for their publication of the Bruff journal. The majority of it is arranged alphabetically by topic. This series is made up mostly of research notes by Read and Gaines. The research material also includes copies of the book's acknowledgement, bibliography, introduction, and index as well as Read and Gaines' correspondence with Columbia University Press. There are a few folders of material organized by type: miscellaneous notes (4 folders) and research notebooks (7 items, one of which is in oversize). Correspondence by Read and Gaines are mostly their retained, unsigned, copies. The correspondence is chiefly letters written between them and research libraries or other scholars to obtain information for or to obtain permission to publish material in their book. Notable participants are: Herbert Eugene Bolton, Frederick Coykendall, Edward Eberstadt, Francis Farquhar, Max Farrand, Frederick Webb Hodge, C. Hart Merriam, Herbert Priestley, the Bancroft Library, California Historical Society, California State Library, Henry E. Huntington Library, Library of Congress, United States National Archives, the Newberry Library, Smithsonian Institution, Southwest Museum and Yale University Library.

mssRead papers

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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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Society of California Pioneers. 2 letters (1947) to Ruth Gaines, 1877-1952. Signed by Helen S. Griffin

Manuscripts

mssRead papers

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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

Index of letters of California pioneers owned by Henry R. Wagner

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