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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
This small group of items include: newsletters by John Anson Ford, a copy of a letter by Ford to his friend Marion Gibbon, a copy of a letter by Ford's pastor Dan B. Genung inviting people to a memorial service for Ford, and a program from that memorial service.
mssFord ephemera
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Manuscripts
The collection consists of correspondence, most of which are from Amelia Alderson Opie, to her cousin, Eliza Alderson Briggs (173 letters) and husband Henry Perronet Briggs (100 letters). Many of the remaining letters in the collection are to other Alderson family members. Subjects discussed include the life and affairs of Amelia Alderson Opie and her family and friends, local trips to the country, their social lives and activities, current plays and books, several brief trips to Paris and the Rhineland, local elections, the Quaker philanthropist and writer Joseph John Gurney, and the paintings of Henry Briggs. Other individuals represented in the collection include Pierre-Jean David d'Angers (26 pieces) and William Godwin (1 letter to Amelia Alderson Opie).
mssOP
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Manuscripts
This collection contains mostly letters written to DeVries that express gratitude for a favor rendered or to ask for his political support. Of note are two letters; the first was written by A. F. Hector to Marion DeVries, dated Mar. 3, 1900 discussing mining in Mono County, California; the second was written by William H. Metson to Marion DeVries, which talks about the relationship between Mexico and the United States.
mssDeVries papers
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Manuscripts
The collection consists of 305 letters, indentures, announcements, and receipts. There are also 19 pieces of ephemera and 39 albumen, tintype, and daguerreotype photographs. The majority of the correspondence was sent to John James Speed from business associates and family members. One associate, George James Pumpelly, wrote 99 letters to Speed between 1853-1863. Pumpelly's letters discuss finances, the possible purchase of coal mines, and various ventures Speed was involved in at the time. Speed received several letters from supporters after his appointment to the Legislature in 1832. There is an unsigned speech given by Speed at the Republican National Convention held in Baltimore, MD, in June 1864. Several subjects touched upon in the speech include President Lincoln, Vice-Presidential nominee Andrew Johnson, and the Civil War. The photographs include portraits of Ezra Cornell and his wife along with a few images of some of the Speed family including John James Speed and his son and daughter, Frederic and Cornelia Speed.
mssHM 61156-61460
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Manuscripts
The collection consists of 305 letters, indentures, announcements, and receipts. There are also 19 pieces of ephemera and 39 albumen, tintype, and daguerreotype photographs. The majority of the correspondence was sent to John James Speed from business associates and family members. One associate, George James Pumpelly, wrote 99 letters to Speed between 1853-1863. Pumpelly's letters discuss finances, the possible purchase of coal mines, and various ventures Speed was involved in at the time. Speed received several letters from supporters after his appointment to the Legislature in 1832. There is an unsigned speech given by Speed at the Republican National Convention held in Baltimore, MD, in June 1864. Several subjects touched upon in the speech include President Lincoln, Vice-Presidential nominee Andrew Johnson, and the Civil War. The photographs include portraits of Ezra Cornell and his wife along with a few images of some of the Speed family including John James Speed and his son and daughter, Frederic and Cornelia Speed.
mssHM 61156-61460
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Manuscripts
This collection consists primarily of the correspondence between William H. Widman and J.F. Towle, both of whom worked for the South Hite Mining Company. J.F. Towle, the assistant secretary, frequently wrote to William H. Widman, the superintendent at the Hites Cove mine. Their correspondence mainly covered stock transactions and reports of how the company was doing financially. In addition to this there are letters from stockholders to Widman, a few personal pieces of correspondence, and a copy of James D. Hague's The Hite mine (Boston, 1878).
mssHM 65061-65101