Manuscripts

1903 December-1904 March

Description: A collection of 233 items from 1901 to 1904, it consists of letters written by William Sampson to his fiancée, Edna Dahl, who was then working in San Francisco. The letters were written during the period of their courtship, 1901 to 1904, and cease after their marriage in 1904. Sampson describes events in Grass Valley, California, and the social life typical of mining towns of that period. Sampson's letters also describe his work at the North Star Mine and frequently mention the mine superintendent, Arthur DeWint Foote, as well as various members of the Foote family, including his wife, Mary Hallock Foote, a writer and artist, and James D. Hague, president of the company that owned the North Star Mine.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1901-1904.
Call number: mssSampson
Creator: Sampson, William (1878-)

1903 March - November

Manuscripts

A collection of 233 items from 1901 to 1904, it consists of letters written by William Sampson to his fiancée, Edna Dahl, who was then working in San Francisco. The letters were written during the period of their courtship, 1901 to 1904, and cease after their marriage in 1904. Sampson describes events in Grass Valley, California, and the social life typical of mining towns of that period. Sampson's letters also describe his work at the North Star Mine and frequently mention the mine superintendent, Arthur DeWint Foote, as well as various members of the Foote family, including his wife, Mary Hallock Foote, a writer and artist, and James D. Hague, president of the company that owned the North Star Mine.

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1901-1903 February

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1904 April-July

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William Sampson letters

Manuscripts

A collection of 233 items from 1901 to 1904, it consists of letters written by William Sampson to his fianc√©e, Edna Dahl, who was then working in San Francisco. The letters were written during the period of their courtship, 1901 to 1904, and cease after their marriage in 1904. Sampson describes events in Grass Valley, California, and the social life typical of mining towns of that period. Sampson's letters also describe his work at the North Star Mine and frequently mention the mine superintendent, Arthur DeWint Foote, as well as various members of the Foote family, including his wife, Mary Hallock Foote, a writer and artist, and James D. Hague, president of the company that owned the North Star Mine.

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Memoirs and letters of Frederic E. Lockley [microform] : 1875-1904

Manuscripts

Microfilm of the memoirs and some correspondence of Fred Lockley. The microfilm opens with two letters from Lockley to his son Fred Lockley Jr. (1871-1958), written from Missoula, Montana, in 1903-1904. It also includes Parts I-V (p.1-255) of Lockley's "Memoirs of an Unsuccessful Man," which were begun in 1901 and cover the period 1824-1875, including Lockley's early life, Civil War experiences, the Civil War period in Kansas, and Lockley's life in Salt Lake City. The microfilm ends with six letters Lockley wrote to his wife Elizabeth Campbell Lockley from Beaver, Utah, in 1875, and which include references to the John D. Lee trial.

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1903 June-1904 December

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The collection consists of the personal and business papers of Henry E. Huntington. There is material related to the Huntington, Holladay (Henry E. Huntington's sister Caroline married Edmund Burke Holladay), and Metcalf families, but most of the collection deals with Huntington's business interests in Southern California, railways, real estate, and industry. There is a series about Henry E. Huntington and his family that includes biographical information, newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, ephemera, and physical objects. There is material related to the Huntington Land and Improvement Company, Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, and the Pacific Electric Railway Company as well as other businesses in Los Angeles County, Orange County, and San Gabriel Valley, California. This material includes business records, account books, annual reports, correspondence, maps, tracts, balance sheets, and others. There is also material related to the founding of the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens including auction catalogs, invoices, receipts, and bills for art and rare books, and information regarding a lawsuit about Huntington's estate tax after his death, and the passing of Proposition 15, in 1930, which exempted The Huntington from paying California property tax. There is also material related to Collis P. Huntington and his business interests and Arabella Huntington. The largest series contains over 22,000 pieces of personal and business correspondence spanning approximately 1790 to 1950. The physical objects include Henry E. Huntington's lunch box, razors, traveling trunk, and other items.

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1903 December-1904 March

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