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Title: Alice Wolfskill Weyse Correspondence,
Date (inclusive): 1859-1943, bulk 1859-1897
Collection number: 112
Creator:
Weyse, Alice Wolfskill
Extent:
2 boxes (1.0 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Alice Wolfskill (Barrows) Weyse was the granddaughter of William Wolfskill, a Southern California pioneer, and the daughter
of Juanita Wolfskill Barrows and Henry D. Barrows. Henry Dwight Barrows arrived in Los Angeles, California in 1854. He was
a teacher, County School Superintendent, U.S. Marshal (1861) and businessman. The collection consists primarily of letters
from relatives and friends to Alice W.B. Weyse.
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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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
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A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Brainerd Dyer, 1946.
[Identification of item], Alice Wolfskill Weyse Correspondence (Collection 112). Department of Special Collections, Charles
E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Weyse was the granddaughter of William Wolfskill, Southern California pioneer; she was the daughter of Juanita Wolfskill Barrows
and Henry D. Barrows; married to Henry Guenther Weyse.
Henry Dwight Barrows arrived in Los Angeles, California, 1854; taught in Southern California three years; married Juanita
Wolfskill, November 14, 1860; served as County School Superintendent; appointed U.S. Marshal by President Lincoln (1861) and
served four years; formed a partnership with J.D. Hicks, 1864, selling tin and hardware; manufactured pipe, ca. 1874; lived
with his daughter Alice for several years contributing to the Historical Society and continuing his strong interest in Los
Angeles.
Collection consists primarily of letters from relatives and friends to Alice W.B. Weyse. The collection also includes correspondence
of Henry D. Barrows, related ephemera of the family of Alice W.B. Weyse, and a report titled
The correspondence and letters of Henry Dwight Barrow (1879-1897), written by Elsa Fichtuer, May 10, 1943. H.D. Barrows' letters provide accounts of early Southern California life.
Letters from Henry Dwight Barrows to his daughters, Alice Wolfskill Barrows (Mrs. Henry Guenther Weyse) and Ada F. Barrows
(Mrs. Rudolf Weyse), and from Alice and Ada Barrows to their parents. Also correspondence from Henry Guenther Weyse to Alice,
his wife, from various friends to Alice, and miscellaneous correspondence of Henry G. Weyse. The collection also contains
bills, checks, menus, photographs, etc. 1879-1897. (Material found in Santa Monica by Lieutenant D.D. Rasco and presented
to the Library by Professor Brainerd Dyer, January 1946.
Arranged in the following series:
- Correspondence of Alice Wolfskill (Barrows) Weyse, arranged by correspondents and dates (Box 1).
- Misc. correspondence, papers (Box 2).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Weyse, Alice Wolfskill--Correspondence.
Barrows, Henry D.--Correspondence.
Pioneers--California--Correspondence.
Letters.