Haskett Family Photograph Collection, 1897-1943

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Summary

Title:
Haskett Family Photograph Collection
Dates:
1897-1943
Creators:
Haskett Family
Abstract:
The Haskett Collection contains family papers, correspondence, photographs, postcards, scrapbooks, slides, blueprints, and ephemera. Varying widely in their subjects and unified by their passing to Jon Haskett. These documents pertain to the past three generations of the Haskett and Baker families. The families both arrived in California in the late 19th century and were united by the marriage of Clara Beymer Baker to William Blair Haskett, both of Pasadena, California. The materials in the collection date from 1861 to 1928, with the bulk of the collection between 1880 and 1919. Of noted interest is the variety of nineteenth and early twentieth century photography found in the collection, including southwestern U.S. views, portraits of American Indians, European stereoscopic views, and Matthew Brady’s Civil War Generals carte de visite set.
Extent:
12 feet 17 boxes
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Haskett Family Photograph Collection. Special Collections, Honnold Mudd Library, Claremont University Consortium.

Background

Scope and content:

The Haskett collection contains family papers, correspondence, photographs, postcards, scrapbooks, slides, blueprints, and ephemera, from 1861 to 1928. The bulk is between 1880 and 1919. Notable holdings include photographs in reproduction by Matthew Brady, George Fiske, and Abel Briquet, letters between William Blair Haskett and his wife Clara while he was stationed at Army bases in California and Arizona in 1918-1919, the diary of John Myers recording his travels between St. Louis and California by train in 1902, and WWI ephemera. The bulk of the collection covers the period from 1880-1920. offers researchers a glimpse into the lives of different generations of one family.

Biographical / historical:

The Haskett Family Collection contains personal letters, photographs, ephemera and other memorabilia documenting three generations of the Haskett/Baker Family of Pasadena, California. Both families arrived in Southern California in the mid-nineteenth century. The Haskett family moved from Arkansas; the Blair family came from Wisconsin.. The collection covers the period from 1860 to 1920. The bulk of the collection covers the period from 1880-1920. offers researchers a glimpse into the lives of different generations of one family.

Acquisition information:
Acquired in 1995.
Processing information:

Arranged and Processed by Byte Managers

Arrangement:

Series 1. Haskett family correspondence, photographs, and ephemera

Series 2. Photographs

Subseries 2.1 Civil War

Subseries 2.2 Photographs taken by the Haskett family

Subseries 2.3 California, Southwestern States, and Mexico

Subseries 2.4 Photographs of Art

Subseries 2.5 Photographs of Europe

Subseries 2.6 Portraits

Subseries 2.6 Photo Albums

Series 3. Ephemera

Accruals:

No addition to the collection is anticipated.

Physical location:
Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library. Claremont University Consortium.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid created by Russell Michalak
Date Prepared:

2008

© 2008

Date Encoded:
Finding aid encoded by Byte Managers and Russell Michalak 2008

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact Special Collections Library staff.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Haskett Family Photograph Collection. Special Collections, Honnold Mudd Library, Claremont University Consortium.

Location of this collection:
800 N. Dartmouth Ave.
Claremont, CA 91711, US
Contact:
(909) 607‑3977
specialcollections@claremont.edu
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