Manuscripts

Jasper Parish collection

Description: A collection of 34 items from 1804 to 1828; it consists primarily of correspondence, invoices, and receipts documenting business transactions made between Jasper Parish and U.S. government officials on behalf of the Seneca Nation. The Oneida, Cayuga, and Tuscarora nations are also represented among these papers, as well as the Stockbridge Native Americans. Items include: a power of attorney authorizing Jasper Parish as agent and attorney for the Seneca Nation, notifications and accounts of council meetings, treaty negotiations and contracts for lands purchased, and receipts for annuity payments made to the Six Nations by the U.S. government.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1804-1828
Call number: mssParish
Creator: Parish, Jasper (1767-1836)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Acquired from W.C. Wyman, approximately 1920.
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 necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
Associated people: Lewis, Morgan, (1754-1844.); M'Intyre, Arch'd (1772-1858.); Porter, Peter B. (1773-1844.); Williams, Eleazer, (1787-1858.)
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Jasper Parish collection

Manuscripts

A collection of 34 items from 1804 to 1828; it consists primarily of correspondence, invoices, and receipts documenting business transactions made between Jasper Parish and U.S. government officials on behalf of the Seneca Nation. The Oneida, Cayuga, and Tuscarora nations are also represented among these papers, as well as the Stockbridge Native Americans. Items include: a power of attorney authorizing Jasper Parish as agent and attorney for the Seneca Nation, notifications and accounts of council meetings, treaty negotiations and contracts for lands purchased, and receipts for annuity payments made to the Six Nations by the U.S. government.

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Millard Fillmore, Buffalo, New York, letter to General James Grant Wilson, New York :

Manuscripts

Thanking Wilson for the copy of Halleck's Poems. Fillmore praises the poems and corrects Fitz-Greene Halleck's misidentification of Seneca chief Red Jacket as Tuscarora, provides information about his history.

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Jasper O'Farrell papers

Manuscripts

The collection consists of letters, documents, seven sketches, maps, and one manuscript related to the life and business activities of Jasper O'Farrell. The collection's subject matter and contents include rough surveys and sketches of California ranchos and towns, from 1845 to 1850, receipts, bills, etc., 1850 to 1870, and deeds, leases, and other papers pertaining to O'Farrell's land in Sonoma County, 1855 to 1870. There are also letters to O'Farrell about various business, personal and political topics, from 1846 to 1874, and personal letters from O'Farrell to his daughter, Elena, 1871 to 1875. The collection also contains notes and excerpts from printed accounts of O'Farrell's life and copies of letters dealing with the San Francisco survey, from 1924 and after.

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Photographs of California Mission Restoration by Jasper Schad

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This collection contains 150 photographs and 114 negatives of the restoration of some California missions and their surrounding lands from the late 1940s to mid-1950s. The photographs were taken by Jasper Schad, except for two taken by Brother Barnabas of Mission San Luis Rey. The missions that are shown in the photos include San Antonio de Padua, San Buenaventura, San Gabriel Arcángel, San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, Santa Barbara, La Purísima Concepción, San Juan Capistrano, Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, San Fernando Rey de España, San Luis Rey de Francia, and Santa Inés. Unidentified mission photographs are also included. The photographs show a contemporary Native American village; a cemetery; restoration work in progress; restoration workers; fully restored mission buildings; contemporary building additions to the missions; mission dedication ceremonies; aerial views of the mission grounds; chapel interiors; branding irons; a confessional; a baptism fountain; a water spout; a lavendería; reservoirs; bell towers; furniture; mission ruins; and Goodwin Knight, Robert O. Schad, Joseph Scott, and Father Finbar Kenneally, all of whom appear once in this collection. Jasper Schad had indicated in an interview that he had taken these photos as an amateur during a trip his parents had taken him on to fuel his interest in history. The collection also holds ten non-mission negatives, all of which depict California locations; Mr. Schad mentioned that his parents had included these negatives in this collection because it was thought the negatives would be of interest to the Huntington. The negatives show Kennedy Gold Mine, Bale Grist Mill, the sitting room of Andres Pico Adobe, and an unidentified Ventura turn-of-the-century house. Some images exist only in negative format.

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William A. Parish photographs of late-19th century architecture in Southern California

Visual Materials

This collection contains photographs and an unpublished draft typescript on Southern California architecture, 1870-1900, by Huntington Library curator William A. Parish, dating from approximately 1942. Parish traveled all over the region to take photographs of late-19th century buildings, which include churches, houses, businesses, railway depots, warehouses, and schools. There are about 100 black-and-white prints, 8 x 10 inches and smaller, with Parish's identifications written on the back. Images are mostly exteriors with some close-ups of architectural details. The draft typescript, written for a proposed Huntington Library Press book, includes.demographic statistics for Southern California in the late-19th and early-20th centuries, and a list of Southern California architects, some with dates and names of their buildings. Photographs include structures in the Los Angeles area, Pasadena, Ventura County, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Barbara. Some residences pictured are those of Theodore Lukens, Jackson Graves, and Charles Fernald.

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Wilderness Wanderings in Jasper and Mt. Robson Parks

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Volume with typescript detailed narrative and 173 snapshots of camping trip to the Canadian Rockies by Baker, Huck, and Crisp. With a birthday inscription to Baker from Huck, December 1936. Includes several magazine photographs, brochure for Brewster's Rocky Mountain Ranch in Jasper, Alberta, and booklet The Geological Story of Jasper National Park, Canada by E. M. Kindle (National Parks of Canada, Department of the Interior) and a fold-out map of Jasper Park. Narrative includes a list of identified birds, mammals, butterflies, plants, trees, ferns, and shrubs. Leather binding stamped "Grabau."

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