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Mrs. L.E. Jewett letters to her son

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Description: These typescripts from Mrs. L.E. Jewett [Grace S. (Kenville) Jewett] to her son [Homer Lee Jewett] relate to her travels from March 31-August 24, 1912. The first letter begins on March 31, 1912 on the steamer Ivernia. During her trip, she visits Morocco, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Holland, Belgium, England, and Canada. Laid in the typescripts are photographs, postcards, and various clippings. There are also two newspaper clippings depicting the ruins of Cologne, Germany in 1945. Note: These typescripts were originally bound in two suede volumes, which have been discarded. Volume 1 is now in folders 1-7 and volume 2 is now in folders 8-11.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1912, March 31-August 24.
Call number: mssJewettletters
Creator: Jewett, L. E

Margaret ? Letter to Mrs. Dickert. Warmbrunn, Germany

Manuscripts

The collection primarily consists of correspondence related to the Jarman family, Mormon converts who immigrated from England to Utah in the 1860s. It includes statements by Maria Bidgood Jarman Ford Barnes regarding her divorce from her abusive, polygamous first husband; 26 letters sent to Maria from her son Albert while he was serving on a mission trip to England from 1894-1895; and various letters from other family members and friends, including the Dickert family, who describe their life in Germany, and a friend who served on a mission to Switzerland in 1897.

HM 79910.

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Wilson, L.E. 3 letters to Harriet A. (Sturtevant) Pease

Manuscripts

The collection consists of family and personal correspondence, family business papers, manuscripts, ephemera, photographs and books. The collection consists of materials from three generations of the Pease family from 1816 to 1974. The papers are organized chronologically in their respective series boxes. The majority of the papers consists of personal correspondence to members of the family. The correspondence is separated into four main divisions: the correspondence of E. M. Pease, Harriet A. (Sturtevant) Pease, Ned (Edmund Morris) Pease, Jr., and other correspondence. The subject matter of the personal correspondence consists of daily family activities, missionary work on the Marshall Islands, descriptions of raising children, traveling, family health and well-being, and theological/spiritual matters. A large portion of the correspondence consists of letters to and from Harriet A. (Sturtevant) Pease. The subject matter includes family matters, family estate concerns, and missionary work. Notable correspondence includes travel and missionary work letters to friends (letters dated 1877-1894) and consolatory letters after the death of her husband (letters dated 1906). A great deal of the personal correspondence is also authored by Ned (Edmund Morris) Pease, Jr. His correspondence is primarily addressed to his mother, Harriet A. (Sturtevant) Pease, and recounts his daily activities as a medical student, church and spiritual matters, business matters concerning the family estate, and his personal thoughts and desires. Notable correspondence includes his feelings for Clara Bradbury and their marriage (Mar. 3, 1907; Nov. 2, 1910), thoughts about his relationship with his mother (Jan. 22, 1911), arrival of daughter Phyllis (July 13, 1912), and the mention of the infantile paralysis epidemic in Boston, Massachusetts (Aug. 10, 1916).

mssPease family papers

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Theodore Roosevelt, New York, letters to Walter W. Strong

Manuscripts

Seven typescript letters signed and one autograph letter signed (1916 November 13); some typescripts have autograph edits. Letters are addressed to Walter W. Strong, mostly in Chicago, who is referred to in one as Chairman, Progressive County Central Committee of Du Page County (Illinois). The letters concern Progressive Party politics and the 1912 platform, Roosevelt's opinions on being an American and on William Jennings Bryan, who he refers to as "a good-hearted man of precisely the temperament best fitted to make a success as 'barker' for patent medicine" (1916 December 15). Some are written on letterhead for The Outlook magazine or Metropolitan magazine; most letters have addressed envelopes. Dates of letters: 1911 May 11, 1912 November 22, 1913 January 30, 1915 December 31, 1916 April 15, 1916 November 13, 1916 December 15, 1917 January 26.

mssHM 48507 (1-8)

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Res. Mr. Hurlbut, Pasadena, Cal

Visual Materials

Two albums containing ninety-seven photographs, chiefly by amateur photographer S. L. Walkley, of buildings and landscapes in Los Angeles County and San Diego County, California, in 1888. These professional-quality views by Walkley depict newly constructed buildings, street scenes, and the natural landscape, including the flora. These volumes may have been Walkley's own albums as they contain photographs of the construction and finished exterior of his residence on St. John Street in Pasadena, California. The albums include photographs of houses, hotels, streets, and buildings in Pasadena, California and the surrounding towns of Alhambra, San Gabriel, Whittier, and others as well as views of the Arroyo Seco, Little Santa Anita Canyon, Eaton Canyon, and the path to Mount Wilson in the San Gabriel Mountain area. There are photographs of downtown Los Angeles; Hotel del Coronado and Old Town San Diego in San Diego County; and Avalon and Avalon Harbor on Santa Catalina Island. Several photographs show African American trainers with camels and elephants as well as an open circus wagon containing lions (volume 1, items 37-40) These scenes may be associated with the Sells Brothers Circus, which visited Los Angeles in October 1888 (See also volume 2, item 31). There is one photograph of a train labeled "Tia Juana & N.C. & O. Rwy. Train" (volume 1, item 30), presumably referring to the National City & Otay Railroad, a subsidiary of the Santa Fe Railroad, formed in 1886, which connected downtown San Diego with the Sweetwater Dam (San Diego County), La Presa (San Diego County), and Tijuana (Mexico). Two photographs bear the imprint of C.W. Herr and depict street scenes in Provo, Utah and Ogden, Utah (volume 1, items 35 and 36).

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[Res. Mr. T.D. Barnum, Pasadena, Cal.]

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photCL 57

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Roumell, L.E., Mrs. 2 letters (1938-1948) to Frank M. (Frank Marion) King, b. 1863

Manuscripts

Drafts of King's book, Long horn trail drivers, make up the majority of the manuscript material. There is a copy of the manuscript that King sent to the publisher in 1940 and one incomplete draft of the book. In addition, there are a variety of manuscripts written by King relating his memories and stories about the American West and cattle drives, some of which were used in his books or printed in his column "Mavericks." Many of these items are untitled short stories, folklore, and biographies. Other book materials include King's handwritten inscriptions, an incomplete set of chapter drafts from Pioneer western empire builders, and the image proofs. Other items in the manuscript series are short stories, memoirs, and nonfiction writings of King's cowboy friends and associates, which King often quoted for use in his books and articles. There are also nine sketches by R. S. Carroll. The majority of the correspondence expresses interest in King's life in the West, requests, praise, and questions about King's books, praise for his writing and activism on American Indian welfare issues in his "Mavericks" column for the Western Livestock Journal, and submissions of personal stories about life in the American West. The correspondence also includes Kings letters responding to requests for information on his book and the Western Livestock Journal. Prominent correspondents include many of the individuals who King included in his books and articles such as E. A. Brininstool, Chuck Martin, Jeff Milton,Tex Moore and Loraine M. Reynolds. Much of the correspondence provides insight into King's work regarding American Indian rights and welfare issues. In particular, the Loraine M. Reynolds letters highlight her work with the Navajo Indians on the Alamo Indian Reservation and her critique of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Some of the correspondence includes drawings and illustrations of cowboy and trail herding images.

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