Manuscripts
Ernest J. Waddell collection
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Ernest J. Waddell collection
Manuscripts
A collection of manuscripts, photocopies and a photo album related to Ernest J. Waddell and his life. The collection contains various chapters from Waddell's autobiography entitled: "Ernest Remembers His Youth;" the chapters include autograph, typewritten, and photocopied sections. It is not clear if any of the autograph sections were written by Waddell or were written, typed and copied later by a family member. The chapters include growing up in Nebraska, gold mining in the Klondike, and shipping live cattle from Boston to Liverpool, England. The photo album is embossed "W H" on the cover and contains family photographs from trips to Yosemite, Hawaii, Niagara Falls, Florida, Ireland, Scotland, England, and Norway.
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Ernest J. Waddell memoirs
Manuscripts
Memoirs of Ernest J. Waddell about his life in the American Mid-West.
mssHM 84277
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Russell, Majors and Waddell records, (bulk 1838-1868)
Manuscripts
A collection of 508 items from 1838 to 1903, it consists of the business and legal records of Russell, Majors and Waddell. It includes material about freighting operations, the mercantile business, land transactions in Kansas and Missouri, and the Pony Express. The company also hauled supplies for the U. S. Army during the 1857 to 1858 Utah Expedition (Utah War). The material consists of business papers, documents, correspondence (both business and personal), bills, receipts and ephemera. Persons represented in the collection include: Robert B. Bradford, Charles Byers, Alexander Majors, William Hepburn Russell, John W. Waddell, Robert Fielding Waddell, and William Bradford Waddell.
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Ernest Marquez Photograph Collection
Visual Materials
This is a collection primarily of negatives and photographic prints depicting the growth of Santa Monica and Los Angeles from 1860s to 1980s. Many views are cityscapes or street views, showing buildings, storefronts, homes and roads, and documenting the use of railroads, trolleys, streetcars, and automobiles. There are many card photographs by early professional photographers, and also a number of snapshots made by amateurs, some in personal photo albums. The collection's scope also includes early views of many other communities in Southern California (and a few in other states); the beginnings of aviation in Santa Monica, including the first Douglas Aircraft Company buildings; a photo album of residents in Topanga Canyon, ca. 1913; automobile racing in Los Angeles and Santa Monica, 1920s; maritime views; a photo album of U.S. troops in France during World War I; a 1949 real estate development in Apple Valley, California, and others. Besides photographs, a portion of the collection consists of scarce publications and historical ephemera, primarily related to Santa Monica and Los Angeles, including brochures, advertising cards, menus, event programs and other materials. Highlights of the Santa Monica images are aerial views of the buildings along the coast and pier (1920s); several views of the Arcadia Hotel (1880s); the Long Wharf and adjoining railroad and train depot; the first bath houses on the beach; the beach club culture of the 1920s and 1930s; the amusement piers of Santa Monica, Ocean Park and Venice; and the beginnings of the Douglas Aircraft Company. There is a large set of promotional photographs made late 1920s-1930s by Powell Press Service depicting people enjoying Santa Monica's beaches, clubs and outdoor recreation. An important subset within the collection is 407 negatives made ca. 1890 - 1908 by Los Angeles historian and amateur photographer George W. Hazard (1842-1914). Hazard travelled around Los Angeles and vicinity photographing the adobes, houses, streets and storefronts that told the early history of the city. Many of Hazard's negatives have handwritten identifications, naming streets, former homeowners, ranchos, and other historical details. There are a large number of cabinet cards and other card-mounted prints and stereographs. There are 1,264 stereograph prints, highlighted by the works of photographic pioneers William M. Godfrey, Francis Parker, Hayward & Muzzall, and Carleton Watkins. Other formats represented are: glass and film negatives; panoramic prints; 7 photograph albums, photographic postcards, 20th-century color prints and transparencies; and a small number of tintypes, cyanotypes and a set of chromolithographs.
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Wright, J. Harrison. Four letters to Ernest Braunton
Manuscripts
The collection contains 69 items. There are three manuscripts, including an essay about horticulturist Theodore Payne and a poem read before the Illinois Association of Los Angeles, California. The 40 items in the correspondence section are arranged by author. Most of the correspondence is composed of replies to Ernest Braunton's inquiries regarding various horticultural statistic and facts. Other letters, including those from Walter Raymond, are in regard to the operation and dissolution of the Southern California Horticultural Society. The 26 items in the ephemera section are arranged alphabetically by type. The majority of the ephemera are records and documents of the Southern California Horticultural Society. There is also a pamphlet on Point Lomos, California. Subjects in the collection include: history of agriculture in California; Horticulturalists of California; and history of horticulture in California.
mssBraunton papers
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Plate III. Map of the United States
Rare Books
Another copy occurs in: Maury, Matthew Fontaine. Physical Survey of Virgtinia... March, 1869. Second edition, New York, 1869. Note the line of "Equidistance between New York and Norfolk." Apparently pointing out a potentially shorter water route - with a few gaps (like the Rocky Mountains). "Constructed on the Rectangular Tangential Projection, by J. H. Waddell, Asst. Prof. of Drawing, prepared under the instructions of M. F. Maury, LLD. Prof. of Physics, V.M.I." "M. F. Maury, Supt. P. S. Va." Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Azimuthal. Printing Process: Lithography.
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