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Vose Stearns McCormick family papers
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Vose Stearns McCormick family papers
Manuscripts
This collection primarily documents the activities of members of the Vose, Stearns, and McCormick, dating from 1834 to 1949, and chiefly reflects their life in Los Angeles, California. In particular, this set of papers documents the activities of the Hollenbeck Ebell Club of Los Angeles through the personal documents, correspondence, diaries and photographs of Cynthia Lisetta Vose (born 1839) and her daughter Nellie Stearns McCormick (born 1869). The papers are arranged in three series: Family History, Hollenbeck Ebell Club and Los Angeles Transit Lines Women's Club; Photographs; and Addenda. Within the Family History series (box 1), the items are arranged: manuscripts, correspondence and ephemera. The items are filed alphabetically by name or subject within those subdivisions. Within the Hollenbeck Ebell Club and Los Angeles Transit Women's Club series (in boxes 2 and 3) the papers are also arranged first by creator name, in this case Cynthia Lisetta Vose or Nellie Stearns McCormick, and then by manuscripts, correspondence and ephemera under that subseries. The items are then filed chronologically within the subdivisions of manuscripts, correspondence and ephemera. Box 4 contains photographs. The items within this series are arranged alphabetically by name or subject. The Vose Stearns McCormick family papers contains personal papers in the form of manuscripts, correspondence, ephemera and photographs that document the activities of the family members of the Vose, Stearns and McCormick families. The family's activities documented within this set of papers range from 1834 to 1949. Limited documentation exists of the family's beginning in Stoughton, Massachusetts and their move west and settlement in Lake County, Illinois. The bulk of the documentation covers the family's life in Los Angeles, California. In particular, this set of papers documents the activities of the Hollenbeck Ebell club through the personal documents, correspondence and photographs of Cynthia Lisetta Vose and her daughter Nellie Stearns McCormick. Documentary forms include genealogical lists and narratives, poetry, an autograph book, day books, play scripts, speeches, notes, correspondence, keepsakes, hymn books, linen, education certificates, a penmanship notebook, Los Angeles Railways newsletters, obituaries and newspaper clippings. In particular, prominent within this collection are the poetry and club writings of Cynthia Lisetta Vose and Nellie Stearns McCormick as well as the play scripts and photographs from the historical pageants hosted by the Hollenbeck Ebell Club. There is also limited documentation in regards to the activities of the Los Angeles Transit Lines Women's Club. Other subjects include: agricultural colleges in Mexico, frontier life in Illinois, and rabbit hunting in California. The addenda consists of 31 daily diaries written by Cynthia Lisetta Vose from 1900 through 1932. There are also clippings and printed ephemera related to the Hollenbeck Ebell Club, Los Angeles Railway Women's Club, and Nellie Stearns McCormick.
mssVose Stearns McCormick family
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Clippings
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Related to Hollenbeck Ebell Club, L.A. Railway Women's Club, and Nellie Stearns McCormick
mssVose Stearns McCormick family
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Abel Stearns papers
Manuscripts
Professional and personal papers of Abel Stearns, including correspondence, business records, legal documents, and other manuscripts. The materials in the collection deal with life in California during the Mexican and early statehood periods, including the cattle industry, ranching, real estate, political and social life, and the gold discoveries in Southern California in 1842. Correspondents include Juan Bandini, Cave Johnson Couts, Tomas Eleuterio Estenaga, John Forster, Thomas Oliver Larkin, Perfecto Hugo Reid, Alfred Robinson, and others. Also included are diaries kept in 1879-1905 by Juan Bautista Bandini, son of Juan Bandini, who lived in the Santa Monica area. The collection also contains a group of papers accumulated by John Tracy Gaffey, third husband of Mrs. Abel Stearns. The Gaffey papers contain correspondence, including letters from Stephen Mallory White, papers relating to San Pedro, California and historical sketches. There are also papers related to María Victoria Bartoloméa Comecrabit Reid.
mssStearns
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Hong Family papers
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This collection contains the papers and photographs of the Hong family, a family of prominent Chinese-American community leaders in Los Angeles, California, specifically focused on the papers and photographs of immigration lawyer You Chung Hong (1898-1977), his wife, Mabel Hong (1907-1998) and their two sons, lawyer Nowland C. Hong (born 1934) and architect Roger S. Hong (1941-2006). The papers and photographs are arranged according to creator, followed by ephemera and oversize materials.Note: Within each series of papers there are subseries chiefly consisting of the following record types: Business files consisting of records of each creator's professional papers, including business correspondence. You Chung Hong's business files include papers related to his law office operations, business financial records, correspondence, logs, client lists, visitors' books, leases, deeds, writings, and receipts. Roger S. Hong's business files include architectural project files, biographies, certificates, correspondence, notes, and resumes. Chinatown files reflecting each creator's involvement in the Los Angeles Chinatown community, such as papers related to commercial development, community festivals and events, correspondence, feasibility studies, photos, newspaper clippings, architectural records, financial records, insurance records, property records, menus, and specifications. Chinese American Citizens Alliance (CACA) files reflecting each creator's involvement and participation in the organization. Also included are proceedings from CACA's biennial national conventions dating from 1912 to 2003. Education files reflecting each creator's educational background, including but not limited to their secondary and post-secondary education files. Lecture notes figure prominently in this sub series. Personal files including records related to each creator's personal life, such as correspondence, book catalogs, funeral books, birth certificates, death certificates, passports, photos, notebooks, speeches, writings, and investment records. Political and Community Activities files reflecting each creator's participation within his or her community and political organizations, such as political fund raising, war finance drives, various societies and clubs, student organizations, women's organizations, religious organizations, war relief organizations, and election committees. Photographs Additional textual files containing additional paper files that were housed separately due to processing constraints but typically correspond intellectually to the subseries above.
mssHong Family papers
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Chauncey Edgar Stearns letters to friends and family
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This is a series of letters written by Chauncey Edgar Stearns, describing his experiences during his journey from Illinois to California. The letters are written to friends and family at his home in Vermont, but many are written to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaiah Stearns. The first letter, HM 21283, is dated 1855, October 19, and Chauncey Stearns writes that he has traveled by boat up the St. Lawrence River to Lake Ontario. He became seasick during the voyage, particularly upon reaching the lake. He has gotten work as a clerk at a local store in Lockport, Illinois, but does not know how long he will stay. Of the town, he writes: "although it is a good country it is to sickly I say sickly it is not so with folks that live hear." He urges his brother Henry to stay at home. In HM 21285, dated 1855, December 6, he writes of homesickness: "If I had thirty Dollars and was back to Vermont I would never say any thing more about the West." He begs his parents "do not tell anyone that I want to come home for they would laugh at me when I get home." Stearns was in Iowa in early 1856, and stayed with various friends and relatives in Wisconsin during the spring and summer of 1856, where he worked at farms to save money to finance his travels to California. He writes that he prefers Wisconsin to Illinois (HM 21294, 1856, June 1), and says "I could make up my mind to go home but I shall not at present for the reason I can do better out here than in old Vermont & for that reason I shall stay." By 1858, Stearns has earned enough to buy his own land (HM 21295, dated 1858, November), and by early 1859, he is on his way to Pike's Peak in Colorado (HM 21296, dated 1859, March) before finally heading for California. Stearns seems almost resigned of going to what he calls "the new El Dorado", for as he writes, "there is Gold there without a doubt but not of a sufficient quantity to pay a man for going." By late 1859, he is in Sacramento (HM 21298, written 1859, September 30), and writes that wages are fine, when work can be found. He is very impressed with the bounty of California and its "fertile vallies." However, as he writes in April, 1860, "the society I am mingling with does not harmonize with my feelings" as "gambling and rowdyisms are the principal productions of the mining towns in California & thus it is why so many young men are ruined for life from character as well as health." Of the money made from mining, Stearns remarks, "it is very easy to spend it as fast as it is dug out," but he has not succumbed to the temptations offered in Sacramento. By late 1861 (HM 21303) Stearns declares that California will be his home for the rest of his life, and relocates to San Francisco, where he enlists for three years as a soldier because he believes "it would be better for my health" (HM 21302, dated 1864, August 23). He has had a change of heart, as he writes "should I be fortunate enough to out live the term of my enlistment I shall come home never to leave the Atlantic States again while I live." Regarding his enlistment, he tells his mother not to worry, as "Soldiers here have no fighting to do." In 1866 (HM 21306, written April 17), Stearns writes to his brother "exsposure & hard work has made an old man of me in some respects." The final letter is dated 1867, October 7, and Stearns writes from San Francisco that "I think my health will never be very good again California has been a very hard country with me at times." He laments, one last time, the separation from his family.
mssHM 21282-21308
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Abel Stearns Papers: Addenda 2
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Personal and business correspondence of Abel Stearns, chiefly letters addressed to him. Also included are several documents and receipts for merchandise.
mssHM 57166-57209