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Title: Palmer Family Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1800-1960
Collection number: 515
Creator:
Palmer Family
Extent: 47 boxes (23.5 linear ft.)
11 oversize boxes
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Henry Austin Palmer came to California in 1862 and was employed in a banking and assay office in Folsom until 1864, and then
spent a year in assaying in Michigan Bluff. He became the first cashier of the Union National bank, established in 1877, serving
as president from 1882-86, while also serving as vice president and treasurer of the Union Savings Bank. The collection consists
of photographs, correspondence, diaries, glass slides, glass plate negatives, ephemera, and memorabilia of the Harold King
Palmer family of Los Angeles.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
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[Identification of item], Palmer Family Papers (Collection 515). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Henry Austin Palmer was born in 1842, a native of Stonington, Connecticut; worked there as an express agent, then a clerk
in the U.S. custom house; came to California in 1862 and was employed in a banking and assay office in Folsom until 1864,
and then spent a year in assaying in Michigan Bluff; worked as cashier in U.S. Mint at San Francisco, 1865-67; cashier at
banking house of Banks & Company until 1869 when he organized and was appointed cashier of the Union Savings Bank of Oakland;
became the first cashier of the Union National bank, established in 1877, serving as president from 1882-86, while also serving
as vice president and treasurer of the Union Savings Bank; in 1867, he married Jane O. Day; their children were Theodore S.,
Elizabeth Day, and Harold King Palmer; in 1882, along with C.T. Mills and M.L. Wicks, Palmer incorporated the Pomona Land
and Water Company; in 1884 served as vice president, and then president until 1887; also became the owner and incorporator
of the Pomona Bank in 1883.
Collection consists of photographs, correspondence, diaries, glass slides, glass plate negatives, ephemera, and memorabilia
of the Harold King Palmer family of Los Angeles. Includes materials of Elizabeth Day Palmer, Henry Austin Palmer, the Beggs
and Rex family, and the Hart family. Also includes a photograph album of Elizabeth Day Palmer with photographs taken on a
trip to Chile, ca.
Date: 1903
.
Arranged in the following series:
- Harold King Palmer (Boxes 1-7).
- Palmer family (Boxes 8-17, 21-24, 35-49).
- Elizabeth Day Palmer (Boxes 18-20).
- Henry Austin Palmer (Boxes 25-30).
- Beggs family (Boxes 31-33).
- Hart family (Box 34).
- Photograph album of Chile (Box 50).
- Rex and Beggs family photograph album (Box 51).
- Glass plate negatives (Boxes 52-58).
Palmer family--Archives.
Palmer, Henry Austin--Archival resources.
Palmer, Harold King--Archival resources.
Palmer, Elizabeth Day--Archival resources.
Beggs family--Archives.
Hart family--Archives.
Rex family--Archives.
Diaries.
Photographs.
Photonegatives.