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Rodman M. Price papers
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John R. Brooks. Letter to Rodman M. Price. New Orleans, La
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The collection consists of letters, manuscripts, documents and maps related to the life and business affairs of Benjamin D. Wilson. Subject matter includes business and social life in California (1850-90), Indian affairs in Southern California (1852-56), the wine industry, the Santa Fe trade, the estate settlement of Solomon Sublette, and the early history of Pasadena, San Marino, and Wilmington, California. There is also a great deal of personal correspondence from Wilson's wife Margaret S. Hereford Hereford Wilson, his daughters Maria de Jesus Wilson Shorb, Ruth Wilson Patton, and Annie Wilson, his son John B. Wilson, Ruth's husband George S. Patton, Sr., and many of Margaret's Hereford relatives. Also included are diaries kept by Margaret, Ruth, and Annie Wilson. Other individuals represented in the collection include Phineas Banning, Edward Fitzgerald Beale, Joseph Lancaster Brent, Cave Johnson Couts, Stephen Clark Foster, John Charles Fŕemont, John S. Griffin, William McKendree Gwin, Benjamin Hayes, Henry Edwards Huntington, George S. Patton, Jr., and Jonathan Trumbull Warner.
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Mary Eleanor Bissell Papers
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This collection chiefly contains correspondence and documents created by the Connecticut ancestors of Pasadena, California, socialite Mary Eleanor Bissell, the most prominent of whom are her great-grandparents, Eleanor Mills Bissell and Thomas Bissell (active 1796-1848). The collection contains around forty pieces of correspondence relating to her great-grandparents as well as over a hundred items relating to the Bissell family business. The business papers include court summons, bills of sale, receipts, promissory notes, quit-claim deeds and an account book, all dated between 1738 and 1836. The collection also contains documents on the genealogy of the Bissell family in Windsor, Connecticut, as well as eighteen photographs of family and friends. A one volume guest book for Bissell's home in Pasadena, an autograph album, three lantern slides of Bissell's rose garden, one piece of correspondence, and a college diary are the only items in the collection that specifically pertain to Mary Eleanor Bissell.
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Papers of Eleanor Bissell and family
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A one volume guest book, an autograph album, three slides, one piece of correspondence and a college diary are the only items in the collection that specifically pertain to Mary Eleanor Bissell. The remainder of the collection concerns her relatives, the most prominent of whom are her great-grandparents, Eleanor Mills Bissell and Thomas Bissell (fl. 1796-1848). The collection contains around forty pieces of correspondence relating to her great-grandparents as well as over a hundred items relating to the Bissell family business. The business papers include court summons, bills of sale, receipts, promissory notes, quit-claim deeds and an account book, all dated between 1738 and 1836. The collection also contains documents on the genealogy of the Bissell family in Windsor as well as eighteen photographs of family and friends.
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Hugh Rodman letter to D. M. Renton
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A collection of correspondence and business records dealing with the history of Santa Catalina Island, California. The vast bulk of the collection consists of letters between D. M. Renton and William Wrigley concerning operations of Wrigley enterprises on Santa Catalina Island, including Renton's ongoing management of the multiple enterprises on the island. Renton's letters detail visitation, public services ranging from food to entertainment, development of new facilities from the Casino ballroom to an on-island hospital; the letters also describe construction work to improve access to clean potable water, and the mining operations for lead, silver and zinc, and the ongoing labor to extract them. The letters also describe the Hollywood studios using the island for filming and the use of the island for baseball training and games. The letters also include correspondence with Ferdinand Ellerman, Herbert Hoover, Lawrence Mott, Johnny Noble, Joseph H. Patrick, Hugh Rodman, John Wayne, Ada Elizabeth Wrigley, and Philip Wrigley. The business records include monthly expense and revenue reports for the island, meeting minutes and correspondence for the Santa Catalina Island Company.
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Orrin M. Peck papers
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This collection consists mainly of the personal correspondence of Orrin M. Peck (1860-1921) and his sister, Janet M. (Janet Moore) Peck (b. 1878). As an artist Orrin was in contact with and befriended many other artists of the time, and the collection contains correspondence from Edwin Austin Abbey (1852-1911), Pablo Casals (1876-1973), John Drew (1853-1927), Neville Lytton (b. 1879), Carl von Marr (1858-1936), Lillian Nordica (1857-1914), Joseph Pennell (1857- 1926), and John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), as well as references to Sir Hubert von Herkomer (1849-1914). As the Peck family moved in the various social circles of the elite in San Francisco, the letters often discuss the political environment in the city during the 19th and 20th centuries as well as national politics during this same time period. Thus there is correspondence from Frances Folsom Cleveland (1864-1947), John James Ingalls (1833-1900), Henry C. Ide (1844-1921), and Lou Henry Hoover (1874-1944). References may also be found regarding Enrique Loynaz del Castillo (1871-1963), James D. Phelan (1861-1930), Lillie Hitchcock Coit (1843-1929), and John D. Spreckels (b. 1853). Orrin M. Peck and Janet M. Peck were quite social, with Orrin spending many evenings at the Bohemian Club and Janet throwing dinner parties, they associated with a variety of people such as Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell (1857- 1941), Charles A. Dana (1819-1897), Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951), Lou Henry Hoover (1874-1944), William Orton Tewson (1877-1947), and Frances Evelyn Maynard Greville, Countess of Warwick (1861-1933). An additional note, many correspondents refer to Janet as "Jen, Jenny, or Jennie." There are 119 letters in the collection from Phoebe Apperson Hearst, which span the dates of 1885-1917. These letters discuss her philanthropy in the fields of art and education, life in California, her son William Randolph Hearst, her travels to different countries in Europe and Asia, and national politics. Throughout the collection correspondents make numerous references to the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906, to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, and to their opinions and activities in regards to World War I and II. Lastly two letters contain references to Henry E. Huntington (1850-1927), one from a man with the last name Deven written to Orrin M. Peck in 1906 in regards to his art and literary collections and the other from Margaret H. Peck dated August 30th, but with no year, in regards to his developments in Pasadena, California.
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Frank M. King Papers
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The collection contains 3,932 items spanning the years 1880-1953 in 20 boxes. The bulk of the material spans 1935 to 1953. There is one item from before 1900 which is a facsimile of a land resolution from 1880. The papers are divided into three series and one sub-series: Manuscripts (Boxes 1-2), Correspondence (Boxes 3-18), Correspondence: Book Requests (Box 19), and Ephemera (Box 20). The Manuscript series is arranged alphabetically by author. Drafts of Frank M. 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 Frank M. 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 Frank M. King's handwritten inscriptions, an incomplete set of chapter drafts from Pioneer Western Empire Builders , and the image proofs for Western Empire Builders. 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. Frank King's Diary is blank except for a single entry on January 1, 1947. There are also nine sketches by R. S. Carroll (two of which are in Oversize). The Correspondence series is arranged alphabetically by author. 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 Frank M. King's 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 Bob Beverly, J.F. Hinkle, Jack Kinney, Chuck Martin, Jeff Milton, Tex Moore, R.P. Pankey, Jack Potter, Cole Railston, and Loraine M. Reynolds. In addition, the correspondence from Erle E. Howe, Loraine M. Reynolds, Laura Mohl, and "Sunflower" provides insight into Frank M. 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. Finally, the correspondence of R.A. Griffin, Tommy Madeiros, Lee M. Rice, and Shorty Wallin includes pen and pencil drawings and illustrations of cowboy and trail herding images. The Correspondence Sub-series is arranged alphabetically by author. All of the items are requests for King's various books addressed to both Frank M. King and to the Western Livestock Journal. Some of the book requests include personal notes that did not contain substantive details warranting inclusion in the correspondence series. The Ephemera is arranged alphabetically by type. Materials include items regarding the copyright agreement and applications for King's books, Weekly Market Reports by the Arizona Cattle Growers Association, book announcements and advertising, and newspaper and magazine clippings. Subjects include American Indian education; American Authors; American West Authors; E. A Brininstool; Cattle brands; Cattle trade; Cherokee Indians; Cheyenne Indians; Jesse Chisholm; Chisholm Trail; John Collier; Cowboys; Frontier and pioneer life; Crow Indians; Democratic Party; Hopi Indians; horses; Indian reservations; Indians of North America; Jesse James; Bruce Kiskaddon; Klamath Indians; Chuck Martin; Jeff Milton; Tex Moore; National Congress of American Indians; Navajo Indians; Con Price; May Davison Rhodes; Robert F. Wagner; Will Rogers; John K. Rollinson; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Sioux Nation; John H. Slaughter; Texas Cowboy Reunion; Trail of Tears; Bureau of Indian Affairs, Five Civilized Tribes Agency; United States Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes; Pancho Villa; Western stories, American West Folklore.
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