Shorb, Ethel Rebecca. Notes on the Life and Acquaintances of the Wilson and Shorb Families of San Gabriel, California

Shorb, Ethel Rebecca. Notes on the Life and Acquaintances of the Wilson and Shorb Families of San Gabriel, California | Collections | The Huntington

Description: The collection, which contains 10,844 items, consists of correspondence, letter books, manuscripts, speeches, diaries, account books, published articles, legal papers, financial statements and business records. The 10,528 pieces of correspondence are chiefly addressed to James De Barth Shorb, James M. Tiernan and Maria de Jesus Wilson Shorb. The 17 letter books are related to the business and financial affairs of Shorb and Benjamin Davis Wilson. The 75 manuscripts consist of items chiefly written by Shorb and Wilson family members. The 224 items in the Business Papers include material related to Shorb's many companies including the San Gabriel Wine Company. The following subjects are covered in the Shorb collection: the Shorb, Wilson, and Patton families, David Jacks, Mariano Vallejo, Santa Catalina Island, the Mount Wilson Observatory, California government and politics, African Americans and the Chinese in California, agriculture, the citrus fruit industry, Indians of California, irrigation, lend tenure, mining, railroads, ranching, water rights, and the wine industry. The collection also documents the history and development of the following California cities: Alhambra, Elsinore, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Ramona, San Gabriel, San Marino, and Wilmington.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: [Approximately 1950?]
Call number: mssShorb papers
Creator: Shorb, James De Barth(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Edith Shorb Steele, June 30, 1950.; Gift of Shorb Steele, June 1955, June and July 1978.; Purchased from Ethel Rebecca Shorb, March and May 1959.
Associated people: Ames, Pelham W. (1839-); Bancroft, Hubert Howe, (1832-1918.); Banning, Phineas, (1830-1885.); Bard, Thomas Robert, (1841-1915.); Crocker, Charles F. (1816-1899.); Del Valle, Ignacio. (1805-1885.); Field, Stephen J. (1820-1891.); Gwin, William McKendree, (1842-1920.); Hearst, George, (1831-1908.); Hellman, Isaias W. (1821-1900.); Howard, Charles Webb, (1850-1927.); Howard, O. Shafter. (1830-1885.); Huntington, Collis Potter, (1850-1920.); Huntington, Henry Edwards, (1843-1929.); Jackson, Helen Hunt, (1833-1916.); Kinney, Abbot, (1848-1917.); Morrow, William W., (1837-1917.); Mosby, John Singleton, (1856-1927.); Newlands, Francis G. (1820-1891.); Otis, Harrison Gray, (1824-1893.); Patton, George S. (1835-1914.); Sherman, William T. (1822-1894.); Shorb, J. Campbell. (1844-1926.); Stanford, Leland, (1835-1916.)
Associated organizations: San Gabriel Wine Company.; Southern Pacific Company.
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