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Description: A collection of approximately 30,000 items from 1798 to 1995, it contains the personal, professional and business papers of educator Thompson Webb (1887-1975) and his wife, Vivian Louise Howell Webb. The letters, manuscripts and documents in the collection concern education, especially the Webb School in Claremont, California; agriculture in the Coachella Valley and Riverside; the town of Claremont, California; and religious organizations. There is also material about the other Webb Schools in Bell Buckle and Knoxville, Tennessee; Scripps College; The Claremont Colleges; and Pilgrim Place, Claremont, California. The collection also includes copies of 56 letters from 1859 to 1862 of Daniel L. Clary, a student who joined the Confederate Army not long after the beginning of the United States Civil War and who died from battle wounds. There is also a significant amount of Webb family correspondence in the collection, in addition to the papers of Thompson Webb's father-in-law, a Los Angeles area minister named Robert Paine Howell. Persons represented in the collection include: Marshall Stimson, Jerry Voorhis, William Robert "Swaney" Webb, Thompson Webb, Thompson Webb (1917-1998), Vivian Louise Howell Webb, William Robert Webb (1874-1960), William Robert Webb (active 1947-1962), and William Robert Webb (1921-). Included in the collection are 10 boxes of minimally processed addenda.

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Type

Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)

Production date

1798-1995.

Call number

mssWebb

Creator

Webb, Thompson (1887-1975)(Opens in new tab)

Provenance

Gift of Thompson Webb, Jr., January 1975.

Gift of Thompson Webb, Jr., March 1981.

Gift of Thompson Webb, Jr., January 1996.

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The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Associated people

Clary, Daniel L., (active 1859-1862.)

Howell, Robert Paine. (1876-1951.)

Stimson, Marshall, (1901-1984.)

Voorhis, Jerry, (1842-1926.)

Webb, Sawney, (1917-1998.)

Webb, Thompson, (1874-1960.)

Webb, Vivian Louise Howell. (1921-)

Webb, William R.,

Webb, William Robert,

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