Manuscripts
Grant Jackson collection
- Description
The collection consists of manuscripts gathered by Los Angeles collector Grant Jackson which chiefly relate to California and the history of California. Of note in the collection are materials by John A. Sutter, Pío Pico, José Maria Covarrubias, Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, and William Wallace Brier. There is a group of letters and the logbook of the schooner "D.B. Keeler" by William S. Emery. It includes the business papers of the Lompoc Valley Land Co., three documents related to enslaved people in Kentucky and Missouri, and a Seminole Indian blood roll dated 1896. The collection also contains twelve maps for the period 1870 to 1880.
- Date
- 1828-1954
- Call number
- mssJacksong
- Provenance
- Acquired from Opal Jackson, February 1973.
- 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.
- Associated people
- Brier, William Wallace. (1801-1870.)
- Covarrubias, José Maria, (1801-1894.)
- Emery, William S. (1803-1880.)
- Pico, Pío, (1808-1890.)
- Sutter, John Augustus,
- Vallejo, Mariano Guadalupe,
- Associated organization
- Lompoc Valley Land Co.
