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Abstract Dep. of Thos. A. Sanchez [ca. 1868]

This collection is a handwritten abstract of Thomas A Sanchez's deposition on behalf of the land claims of Andres Pico to the Rancho San Fernando, as remembered, ca. 1868. The deponant's recollections of the early days of the Rancho San...

 
Abstract of title [manuscript].

Manuscript, handwritten and typewritten.

 
Across Grand Canyon, 1921

The George W. Nilsson collection contains a typed article (manuscript), "In, Through and Across the Grand Canyon," and photographs, which document Nilsson's trip across the Grand Canyon, August 28-30, 1921. Most of the photographs show scenes from the journey itself...

 
Addison Newell correspondence, 1855-1856.

12 manuscript letters from Addison Newell of Sacramento, and later Pleasant Valley, California, to his brother Charles in Maine and in New York, speaking of mining, agriculture, a projected railroad project, the State Legislature, and general business conditions in California.

 
Adolph Sutro Collection, 1865-1899

Correspondence, deeds, ephemeral materials, pamphlets, printed materials, receipts, typescripts, vouchers.

 
Adolph Sutro correspondence, 1869 Oct. 30-1890 Jan. 17.

Majority of correspondence concerns the building of Sutro Tunnel. Includes newspapers seeking information and offering support on Tunnel project, contact with a manufacturing firm regarding building of mining railroad cars, etc. Last letter concerns excavation work being done on beach...

 
African American Episcopal Church ephemera, ca. 1890s.

There are thirty items in the African Methodist Episcopal Church ephemera collection, including flyers, calling cards, tickets, etc. Some are annotated with names, dates and miscellaneous notes. Provenance of the collection is unknown but likely the collector was in some...

 
Ah Tem vs. Pacheco Pass Wagon Road Co. : collection, 1876.

Pacheco Pass Wagon Road Company employed George H. Jones and William Price to complete a section of road. Jones and Price contracted with Ah Tem for laborers. Various parties went to court concerning payment of wages for those laborers.

 
Alameda City Schools Radio Scripts

Radio programs on Russians in early California, Russians at Fort Ross, Johann Sutter, Stanislaus the Indian Neophyte, Juvenile Delinquents, San Francisco earthquake....

 
Alameda City Schools Radio Scripts, 1938-1940.

Scripts of radio plays broadcast for Northern California school children in the late 1930's and early 1940's.

 
Albert Dressler collection, 1854-1960

Correspondence; business papers; Chinese, military and mining company materials.

 
Albert E. Sederquist Collection, 1920-1959.

Diaries and notebooks, auto record books, records for Highland Park property, photographs

 
Alfred E. Beaumont diary, 1918-1919.

Diary and pay record book kept by Alfred E. Beaumont when he was serving in the 43rd Engineers, Co. F, during the 1st World War.

 
Alverson (Margaret B.) Papers

Account books, correspondence, diaries, files, notes and drafts, photographs, scrapbooks....

 
Amador County Legal Records

Copies of papers filed in court cases; copies of leases, agreements, sales contracts, eviction notices, etc....

 
Amador County Legal Records, 1853-1868.

Leases, agreements sales contracts, eviction notices

 
Ambrose Bierce letters, 1892-1911.

5 letters from Ambrose Bierce along with 5 typescript copies and a referral note to George Sterling letters collection.

 
American Land and Trust Co. Records

The bulk of the collection consists of financial documents, primarily payment receipts, for the period ca. 1887-1911 and scattered later dates. The receipts document most aspects of the corporation: payroll, legal fees, purchases of building materials, advertising costs, etc. In...

 
American Land and Trust Co. Records, ca. 1887-1911

The bulk of the collection consists of financial documents, primarily payment receipts, for the period ca. 1887-1911 and scattered later dates. The receipts document most aspects of the corporation: payroll, legal fees, purchases of building materials, advertising costs, etc. In...

 
Amos Parmalee Catlin Collection, 1850-1900

Business papers, correspondence, legal papers, Natomas Company papers, scrapbooks.

 
Anderson, Kay (Kay F.) Papers, 1940-2002, 1990-2002

This collection has been arranged into the following series: HAIKU MATERIALS: Correspondence with haiku poets; Writing -- haiku and tanka, renga (with Christopher Heron, Francine Porad), haibun, rengay (with John Thompson); Articles; Presentations; Awards; Correspondence as President of the Haiku...

 
Andrew Jackson Gregg Collection, 1885-1917.

Articles, correspondence, ephemera, scrapbooks, speeches

 
Angel de Vera Collection, 1423-1735.

Early Spanish documents concerning the discovery and exploration of America, Mexico and California.

 
Annie Ellicott Kennedy Bidwell Collection, 1842-1918.

Correspondence, diaries, deeds, maps, newspapers, pictures, testimonials.

 
Anonymous letter, April 17, '08, USS Minnesota, written at San Diego 1908.

This collection consists of one letter, written at San Diego, April 17, 1908. The greeting is "Dear Father", the signature is "Yours, Henry." The letter contains a detailed description including small sketches of 4000 "bluejackets" (Navy) and 1000 marines formed...

 
Anthony Lewis Tasheira Collection, 1849-1860.

Business and personal correspondence and a journal kept by Harriet J. Kirtland.

 
Antonio María Suñol collection, 1854-1869.

Four documents relating to Antonio María Suñol, 1854, 1865, 1869. Three of them deal posthumously with matters pertaining to his estate.

 
Appellate decisions, 1951-1975 [manuscript]

Son of California Supreme Court Justice Jessie W. Carter, he was born in San Francisco and raised in Redding. In early years practiced law in Redding and spent eight years as State Senator for Shasta and Trinity counties. In 1950...

 
Arequipa Sanatorium, Ross, California : scrapbook, 1910-1986.

Scrapbook consists of newspaper and magazine clippings; postcards; typescript histories of sanatorium; original typescript and carbon copies of reports of board meetings, treasurer's reports, articles of incorporation, etc.; invitations to exhibitions of pottery; pamphlets and brochures advertising sanatorium; original checks;...

 
Articles of agreement for gold mining in California entered into in the state of Missouri, 1850

Two proposals documenting articles of agreement between financeers and prospective gold miners. The financeers agree to finance the would-be miners in return for a share of the profits from their mining activities once they reach the California gold fields. Neither...

 
Asa Merrill Fairfield Collection, 1904-1928.

Letters of pioneers and early settlers of Lassen County used by Fairfield in preparing his county history

 
Ashes from dead campfires [manuscript] /

Typescript with proofreading marks.

 
Aull, Charles Letters discussing 'Cherokee Bob', 1890.

Two letters from Charles Aull to F.I. Vassault (addressed as F.J. in one letter), dated Aug. 28 and Aug. 29, 1890. Letters are on stationery with the letterhead: Office of the Warden, State Prison at Folsom. They are typescript copies...

 
Author's Manuscripts

Manuscripts by California writers...

 
 
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Bachtal/Humbert family correspondence, 1864 Jan. 8-1871(?) July 17th.

Letters written by Lorain Bachtal and other family members in Nevada City, California to her sister, Mrs. Margaret Humbert in Green Spring, and, later, Elmore, Ohio. Other family members include Margaret's nieces Natilda Hecker, Lillie E. Hecker, Amanda Wagner, and...

 
Bandel (Eugene) Papers

Certificates, correspondence, photographs....

 
Barnum family correspondence, 1875-1879.

Seven letters to and from Billy & Nellie Barnum in Alpine County. Mostly family letters with some references to Mr. Barnum's job with the "Pacific Rural Press" of special interest. Also of note is a letter to Nellie from her...

 
Barrett (Robert) Collection

Newspaper and periodical clippings, copies of court briefs, audio tape: "Hymn of the Embattled Taxpayer," position papers, correspondence, promotional material....

 
Bay Cities Gilder Club Collection, 1930-1932

Photographs, flight logs, scrapbook, clippings, essay, constitution

 
Bay Cities Glider Club

Photographs, flight logs, scrapbook, clippings, essay, constitution...

 
Beal (Johnson) Papers

Letters from family and friends, poll tax receipts....

 
The bean ticket letter collection : an unpublished manuscript by Nellie Blair Greene; edited by Beverlee Calvert, 1930-1948.

During the years 1930 to 1948, Nellie Blair Greene corresponded with her friend, Mrs. Marshall Smith (Delia), in Jackson, Michigan. Mrs. Smith saved Nellie's letters and some years later they were given to Beverlee Calvert, who hoped to publish them...

 
Beeckman (John H.) Papers

Correspondence between John H. Beeckman, his wife Margaret, and other family members....

 
Belcher and Belcher Collection

Correspondence to the law firm of Belcher and Belcher in Marysville, Yuba County, California....

 
Bench books, Oct. 12, 1950-April 20, 1976 [manuscript].

Son of California Supreme Court Justice Jessie W. Carter, he was born in San Francisco and raised in Redding. In early years practiced law in Redding and spent eight years as State Senator for Shasta and Trinity counties. In 1950...

 
Benjamin Francis Mauldin Collection, 1867-1890.

Business papers and correspondence

 
Benjamin Franklin Folger Collection, 1848-1877.

Correspondence, genealogy, photographs

 
Benton (Joseph A.) Papers

Correspondence, journal, sermons, other papers....

 
Bidwell (Annie E.K.) Papers

Correspondence, diaries, deeds, maps, newspapers, pictures, testimonials....

 
Bidwell (John) Papers

Correspondence, notes, legal and business papers....

 
Bidwell (John) Papers : Sutter's Fort Pioneer Collection

Business and personal papers, correspondence, certificates, contracts, receipts....

 
Bill Pronzini Archive, 1967-1986.

Correspondence, manuscripts and drafts, book reviews, photographs, contracts, royalty statements

 
Birmingham (Lillian) Collection

Clippings, correspondence, photos, programs, publicity, scrapbooks, posters, postcards and posters concerning the career of Lillian Birmingham and her daughter Alma Birmingham. ...

 
Bisbee family gold rush letters, 1854-1865

Seven letters from Pine Grove, Sierra County (postmarked Table Rock), dated from Dec. 21, 1854 to Dec. 29, 1865. They are addressed to the Solomon Bisbee family in Sumner, Maine and written by members of the family. Four are from...

 
Bixby (Nelson A.) Papers

Business papers, correspondence....

 
Black, Mary A. Correspondence, 1856.

Four-page letter from Mary A.B. to "Dear Cousin", Charley's Ranch Sept. 1 /56. Accompanied by: Fragment of letter signed "From your undutiful niece Mary"; three-page letter to "Ely Black, Esq.", dated Kingsburg Sept. 16, 1856, from G.B. Underhill; three envelopes...

 
Black Panther Party collection.

The Black Panther Party was founded in October 1966 by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale as an organization dedicated to protecting and uplifting the Black population of Oakland. As the organization grew this focus spread to the rest of...

 
[Bond offerings submitted to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, 1935-1941] [manuscript].

Pacific Lighting Corporation, a holding company was founded in 1886 by C.O.G. Miller and Walter B. Cline in San Francisco. Based in San Francisco, its holdings (primarily gas and electric utility companies) were in southern California.

 
Bradner and Kezia Curtis collection, ca. 1850s.

Miscellaneous collection of items relating to the pioneering family of Kezia and Bradner Curtis. Three bound journals: 1. Entries by both Kezia and Bradner documenting their trip to California around Cape Horn in 1850-1851. 2. Entries by Bradner covering the...

 
 
Brown Family Papers

Correspondence, financial papers, legal papers, business cards, invitation....

 
Brown Family Papers, 1830-1898.

Correspondence, financial papers, legal papers, business cards, invititations

 
Brown (James A.) Papers

Letters, receipts and mortgage papers....

 
Brown, Jared Comstock Letters, 1850-1857.

All but two letters, written by Jared to his father, Charles Brown. Describes voyage around South America; life in Coloma and in California; mentions the violence, politics, Know-Nothing party, 2nd Vigilance Committee's activities; mentions General Richardson, Senator Welles, James King...

 
[Brunswick Consolidated Mining Company letters and description].

The collection is composed of two letters regarding the transfer of property over to the Unevida Gold Mining Company; two maps of the Brunswick Consolidated mine; a description of the Alturas mine; a statement of receipts, disbursements and liabilities; statements...

 
Buck McKee Letters, 1906-1909

Correspondence, business cards, clippings

 
Bud Cary San Francisco opera collection.

Lowell Vernon Cary was born in Sacramento on December 10, 1936 and was raised in that city, where he acted in a number of stage productions during his high school years. He subsequently worked in radio in the San Francisco...

 
Buffalo Brewing Company. Records, 1888-1945.

Ms. records of Company includes 5 volumes of minutes; 1 volume recording stock issued by Company.

 
Building a legacy for the future : litigation practice and service to the Bar, 1952-2000 /

Career, clients, and cases at Morrison & Foerster; president Bar Association of San Francisco, State Bar of California, and American Bar Association. Interviews include recollections of Marshall L. Small, Peter J. Pfister, William Alsup, Preston Moore, Penelope A. Prevolos, Stanley...

 
Bull (William H.) Collection

Sketches, original art work and examples of Bull's work for the Southern Pacific Railroad....

 
Bushnell family papers and gold rush letters, 1848-1860

There are nineteen items in the Bushnell family papers, dating from 1848 through 1860. The gold rush correspondence (1852-1857) includes nine letters from family members in California writing home to Westport, Conn.; all letters have been transcribed. One letter is...

 
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C. C. Young Newspaper Clippings, 1926-1929.

Newspaper clippings collected by Governor C. C. Young

 
C. Moody letter on John C. Fremont stationary, 1856.

Letter written by C. Moody of Marion County, Ohio, to her brother. Letter features an engraving of Republican Presidential candidate John C. Fremont. The end of the letter states "you will see that this sheet and envelope have Fremont stamp...

 
C. W. J. Johnson Collection, 1857-1898.

Accounts, business and personal correspondence, diaries, photographs

 
California Aviation Company letters. 1911-1912

This collection contains the records of the California Aviation Company (CAC), a partnership of two early pilots, Orvar S. T. Meyerhoffer and Edward H. Thompson, which catered primarily to independent "backyard" aviators.

 
California Chamber of Commerce. Records, 1922-

The California Chamber of Commerce archives is a multi-media collection organized into two major series. The media series includes slides, photographs -- prints, negatives and proof sheets -- and film, including videos. These materials document Chamber activities and programs addressing...

 
California. Commission to Revise the Laws of California. [Publications]

Vols 1-64 have cover title California Revision of Laws Commission's reports.

 
[California county charters, 1913-1961.

Senate and Assembly concurrent resolutions approving amendments to the charters of California counties.

 
California Exposition Dedication

Invitation lists, press notices, briefings, program plans, dedication preliminary plans, correspondence....

 
California Exposition Dedication, May 22, 1967.

Invitation lists, press notices, briefings, program plans, dedication plans, correspondence

 
California Historical Society Correspondence, 1886-1888.

Business and member correspondence, invoices

 
California Historical Society Records

Business and member correspondence, invoices....

 
California. Justice Court (Coloma, Calif.) Records of Justice's Court from Oct. 1859 to Jan. 18, 1888.

Handwritten ledgers containing the dockets for the Justice Court, Coloma township. Dockets are for civil cases, assault, battery, debt, etc. Vol. 3 includes a copy of a presidential election ballot; v. 4 includes court accounts, affidavits for estray animals; all...

 
California Legal Records

Deeds, court papers, agreements, bills of sale, mining claims....

 
California Legal Records, 1848-1897

Deeds, court papers, agreements, bills of sale, mining claims

 
California miners' correspondence, 1850-1855.

Two letters sent from Mark Wooster in Sonoma, California, to friends back in Connecticut. The letter of July 7th, 1854 is addressed to F.W. Smith in Humphreysville. The July 27th letter has no address but the salutation reads "Friend Burton"....

 
California Mining Miscellany

Maps and charts of gold mines in El Dorado and Placer Counties, map of chrome mine in San Luis Obispo County, ore receipts from San Francisco mint and Selby Smelting and Lead Co., San Francisco, correspondence from a mining supply...

 
California Mining Miscellany, 1890-1937

Business papers, maps and charts, correspondence, printed materials

 
California Scholarship Federation, 1925-1981.

Awards, information, files, minutes, reports

 
California. State Council of Defense. California War History Committee. Records of Californians who served in World War I, 1918-1922.

In 1918, the California State Council of Defense (first created in 1916) formed the War History Committee for the purpose of asembling the records of the war and preserving all material of historical value relating to California's part in that...

 
California Tax Reform Association Collection

Mass mailings, brochures, clippings, newsletters....

 
California Tax Reform Association Collection, 1976-1979

Mass mailings, brochures, clippings, newsletters

 
California Water Color Society

The California Water Color Society was formed in Los Angeles in 1921 and, by the early 1930s, served as a prime catalyst for what became acclaimed nationally as the "California Watercolor School". After World War II the movement's stylistic cohesiveness...

 
Californians to Defeat Rose Bird

Clippings, press releases, notes, flyers, photographs, reports, audio and video tapes regarding the campaign to remove Chief Justice Rose Bird from the California Supreme Court....

 
Californians to Defeat Rose Bird, 1985-1986.

Clippings, press releases, notes, flyers, photographs, reports, audio and video tapes regarding the campaign to remove Chief Justice Rose Bird from the California Supreme Court.

 
Campbell, George B. Correspondence, 1850 Sept. 24-1874 April 5.

Letters are addressed to his father, James Campbell, and his sister, Rebecca. Bulk of the letters are written from locations in Nevada and Sierra counties (Nevada City, Wolf Creek, Smith Flat, Brandy City, etc.). A few come from locations in...

 
Campodonico Family Papers

Business papers, certificates, correspondence, legal papers and scrapbook of poetry....

 
Campodonico Family Papers, 1870-1900.

Business papers, certificates, correspondence, legal papers and scrapbook of poetry

 
Capitol Restoration

Artifact lists, acquisition lists, photocopies and photographic images of artifacts, accounts of the restoration process, minutes of the Interpretive Steering Committee, floor plans, memoranda and drawings of the historic Capitol Library....

 
Capitol restoration collection, 1979-1980.

Artifact lists, acquisition lists, photocopies and photographic images of artifacts, accounts of the restoration process, minutes of the Interpretive Steering Committee, floor plans, memos and drawings of the historic Capitol Library.

 
Caroline Wenzel Collection, 1890-1969.

Correspondence, greeting cards, clippings, notes, speeches, receipts, State Library School materials, Pony Express information, photographs, notes on historic buildings, Caroline Wenzel School materials, tax receipts; Arthur, Florine, Jennie, George, Robert and Wenzel family materials.

 
Carson Hill Gold Mining Corporation

Application and information cards, bills and invoices, correspondence, daily assay, mill & precipitation reports, detailed company costs, expenditures miscellany, general accounts, journal entries, memos, mining returns, operation & production records, pay roll, requisitions, statement of bullion sent to mint, mill...

 
Carson Hill Gold Mining Corporation Collection, 1917-1942.

Application and information cards, bills and invoices, correspondence, daily assay, mill & precipitation reports, detailed company cost, general accounts, journal entries, memos, mining returns, operation & production records, payroll, requisitions, statement of bullion sent to mint, mill report, timber inventory,...

 
Carter (Oliver J.) Collection

Master calender orders, appellate decisions, opinions, briefs, bench books, correspondence....

Cased photographs selected from the collections of the California History Section of the California State Library

78 cased photographs selected from the collections of the California State Library. Includes daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes (also called ferrotypes) dating from the late 1840s to the mid-1860s. Subject matter is chiefly portraits of California pioneers and mining scenes, mining...

 
Castagna (Edwin) Collection

Clippings, notes, articles, speeches, interviews, correspondence, drafts, manuscripts, periodicals, reprints, genealogy, personal journals, travel journals....

 
Catlin (Amos P.) Papers

Business papers, correspondence, legal papers, Natomas Company papers, scrapbooks....

 
Cecil Trevithick correspondence with Arthur Carol Alvarez, 1934-1937.

Three letters from Cecil Trevithick to Arthur Carol Alvarez and 1 from Alvarez to Trevithcik, the fifth from Alvarez to J.K. Piggott Co. Two envelopes and dealer's summary also included. Trevithick writes about his fascination with the just-completed Golden Gate...

 
Central Pacific Railroad Company Collection

Miscellaneous correspondence, ephemera and papers of the Central Pacific Railroad Company, including one group of letters and reports related to the question of refunding Central Pacific Railroad Company debt....

 
 
Charles and Daniel McCall Collection, 1849-1857.

Correspondence, deeds, photographs

 
Charles Bigelow Cutting Collection, 1859-1910.

Legal papers, certificates, photographs, correspondence, notebook, ephemera, election results, account books.

 
Charles D. Semple Papers, 1847-1870.

Business and family papers, school land warrants

 
Charles E. DeLong Collection, 1853-1869

Diaries, account book, scrapbooks.

 
Charles E. H. Bates family correspondence, 1899-1930 inclusive: 1918-1920 bulk.

The collection documents the experiences of a California family during the First World War era. There are 109 holograph letters written by Charles E.H. Bates beginning in his childhood in Alameda, California, and ending in the late 1920s as he...

 
Charles Gladding Civil War letters, 1862-1900.

This collection consists of letters from Charles Gladding to his wife Ann during the Civil War, 1862-1863. These handwritten letters give insight to the life of a young officer in Civil War camp conditions as his regiment campaigns from Paducah,...

 
Charles H. Purcell Collection, 1936-1951

Correspondence, clippings, resolutions, letters of condolence, photographs

 
Charles S. Miller Civil War letters, 1863.

Letters written from Mississippi and Tennessee. Miller is serving with the Iowa 5th Infantry. Last letter comments on his brother's plans to leave for California.

 
Charles T. Patriarche Collection, 1890-1910.

Correspondence, notes and drafts, receipts

 
Charles William Hendel Collection 1853-1918

Correspondence, business, legal and mining papers, field notes and surveys, miscellaneous mining materials

 
Chiura Obata internment camp prints, 1941-1943.

6 reduced-size color photocopies of Chiura Obata prints.

 
Civil War diaries, 1862-1863

Two diaries, leather bound. 1862 is 'Daily pocket remembrancer for 1862', 15 cm.; 1863 is 'Pocket diary 1863', 12 1/2 cm. Kept by James B. (Berry) Brown as a record of his military service in California during the Civil War...

 
Clapp (Louise A.K.S.) Collection

Correspondence, lectures on art, and photographs....

 
Clarence Lininger letters from the California-Mexican border, 1910-1911

This collection consists of 58 holograph letters, 55 of which were written by Lieut. Clarence Lininger to his wife, Ora, while she was residing at the Presidio in San Francisco, or visiting family back East. Letters from Sept. 15 to...

 
Clarence Urmy Collection, 1900-1923

Business papers, clippings, notes and drafts, poetry, photographs, address books, date books, theatrical programs, theater reviews

 
Clough (Edwin H.) Papers

Correspondence, 1919-1922, notes and drafts of speeches, poetry, scrapbooks....

 
Clough (Frank M.) Papers

Family correspondence....

 
Coit (Lillie H.) Collection

Autograph book, clippings, correspondence, journal, photographs, poetry, scrapbook, sketches....

 
Colburn (Frona W.) Collection

Correspondence, notes and drafts, radio scripts and scrapbook of a California journalist....

 
Commendation to Zachary Taylor, 1847.

Commendation by a group of New Orleans citizens to Major General Zachary Taylor for his service in the Mexican War, February 17, 1847. Mentioned in the document is Louisiana governor Isaac Johnson's inability to preside at the ceremony "on account...

 
Company correspondence, 1855.

Two business letters from the firm of Crosby & Dibblee, dated May 15, 1855 and June 16, 1855, sent from San Francisco.

 
Constitution and minutes of the Sacramento Society for Medical Improvement, 1868 March 17-1924 Dec. 16

Primarily minutes of their meetings, copies of their constitution and its changes; minutes in later years included newspaper clippings reporting contents of their meetings, printed copies of papers read, correspondence, etc.; topics covered at these meetings included discussions of specific...

 
Constitutions and by-laws ... : corporate charters [of various American Indian tribes]

Pamphlets bound together by the library alphabetically by tribe into 6 volumes as follows: v. 1-5, 1935-1951; v. 6, 1943-1966.

 
Cordtz Billboard Advertising Collection, 1916-1958

This collection contains the records of a billboard advertising company operated in San Diego County by over three generations of the Cordtz family. The bulk of the material relates to 1950-1957 and there are ca. 200 black and white photographs....

 
Coronel, Manuel F. (Manuel Franco) Letters to Antonio F. Coronel, 1869 March 7 and 1871 May 20

The two letters from Manuel Coronel to Antonio Coronel are written in Spanish; they have been transcribed and translated. Due to difficulty in interpreting many references, particularly to proper names, much of the content of the letters is somewhat obscure.

 
Corporal Steven A. Scanavino World War I Diary, 1918.

1 manuscript diary dated June to December 1918, in which Scanavino writes about going to France by ship and being on the battle lines, giving detailed descriptions of combat.

 
Correspondence of D.P. Heap, manager of the North Hill Placer Mine, 1901-1903.

Incoming and outgoing correspondence regarding the North Hill Placer Mine near Milton in Calaveras County, ca. 1901-1903. Mostly financial business and production data.

 
Corum Family Collection

Photographs, scrapbooks, genealogical charts, biographical notes, Corum Family Association organizational materials and reports, Boy Scout book binding project, deeds, will, divorce papers....

 
Corum Family Collection, 1844-1986.

Photographs, scrapbooks, genealogical charts, biographical notes, Corum Family Association organizational materials and reports, Boy Scout bookbinding project, deeds, will, divorce papers.

 
Count Gaston de Raousset-Boulbon Collection, 1837-1854.

A collection of carbon copies of transcripts in Spanish from the Mexican archives used in research for the book THE FRENCH IN SONORA.

 
Cox (Palmer) Collection

Thirty-two letters written to Alice F. Daggett (Mrs. John) of Northern California between 1871 and 1924. Includes other correspondence, clippings, pen and ink art originals on paper, "Address to the Citizens of East Quogue Long Island, New York," and "The...

 
Coy (Owen C.) Collection

Clippings, correspondence, pamphlets, manuscripts, plats, building plans, notes and directory information....

 
Cozzens (John B.) Letters

Correspondence, personal balance sheet, New York state legal documents...

 
Crawford (Ellison L.) Collection

Account books, assessor's notebook, typescript of journal, typescript of letters to "Placerville mountain democrat", obituary of Crawford and his wife....

 
Cross (William B.) Papers

Diaries of William Berry Cross, family papers, photographs....

 
Currey, John Papers, 1906-1912

The papers of John Currey represented in this collection include ten items of correspondence written from 1906 to 1912 and a manuscript of his essay titled Political history of California, signed and dated May 21, 1907. Nine letters and notes...

 
Curtis, Ada Florence White, 1882-1982.

The Ada Florence White Curtis collection contains three folders, which include typescripts, photographs, family Bible pages with vital records, and assorted certificates.

 
Cutting (Charles B.) Collection

Legal papers, certificates, photographs, correspondence, notebook, ephemera, election results and account books....

 
Cyrus T. Wheeler Collection, 1855-1930.

Correspondence, business papers, estate materials, John A. McIntire and mining investment materials

 
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Daggett (John) Collection

Business letters, legal instruments, accounts, scrapbooks, certificates....

 
Darling (Ebin O.) Collection

Personal papers, business papers, certificates, correspondence....

 
Darrah, William. Letters, 1840-1854

Two series of letters, one from the 1840s and the other from the 1850s. Typescript of ms. for Introduction, with handwritten notes: Flush times in the diggins; or, lights and shades of Murphy's Camp in the fifties, being the lettters...

 
Dart (John P.) Papers

Letters of John Paul Dart to his brother and sister....

 
Daubenbiss/Smith collection.

Frank Daubenbiss (the donor's great uncle) and Gladys Daubenbiss Thorp (the donor's grandmother) were grandchildren of John Daubenbiss, Soquel pioneer and one of the earliest white settlers in the area. He became a naturalized Mexican citizen before the American conquest,...

 
David Hewes Collection, 1850-1913.

Correspondence and manuscript narrative of the life of David Hewes

 
Davis (Jerome C.) Collection

Business papers, certificates, correspondence, legal papers, printed materials....

 
Davis Louderback Collection, 1864-1901

Correspondence, clippings and invitations, deeds, legal materials, minutes

 
Days of '49 Collection

Correspondence, clippings, brochures, cards, lists, programs, Whiskerino materials....

 
Days of 4̀9 Collection, 1923.

Correspondence, clippings, brochures, cards, lists, programs, Whiskerino materials

 
Decker-Jewett Bank Collection, 1850-1890

Business papers, certificates, correspondence, deeds, mining papers, sales of public land materials, tax receipts.

 
Decker-Jewett Bank Papers

Business papers, certificates, correspondence, deeds, mining papers, sales of public land materials, tax receipts....

 
Delepine (Alphonse A.) Papers

Travel itinerary, correspondence. Original manuscript material is in French; all having been translated into English except a marriage license and about one page of travels. Translation includes material the library did not receive in French....

 
Delepine, Alphonse Antoine Papers, 1848-1852

The collection consists of original manuscripts in French. A journal details Delepine's journey on the Eduoard and his short stay with the California Native Americans. There is also a letter written to his father from Sonora in 1850 giving a...

 
Delepine Papers, 1850-1852.

Notes, itinerary of voyages, agreement, letter, document regarding marriage.

 
DeLong (Charles E.) Collection

Diaries, account book, scrapbooks....

 
Denison letters, 1856-1869.

Samuel Denison letters. Mexico City. 1856-1857. Also, two letters to Thomas Denison from 1868-1869: one from his mother and the other from Marry[?] E. Wainwrights in Shanghai, China. Total 21 letters, 35 pages, and 3 envelopes.

 
Denver (James W.) Letters

Correspondence...

 
DeWitt Clinton Thompson Collection, 1858-1900.

Business, military and family papers

 
DeWitt L. Lee Collection, 1910-1966

Correspondence, clippings, reports, photographs, charts, maps, bulletins, forms, applications

 
Dippel family collection, 1853-1920.

The collection consists of disparate items relating to Phillip Dippel, Sr., and Philip Dippel, Jr.

 
Disposition of F. B. Davis (Jefferson F. Howell) regarding robberies of dredging companies in Idaho and California, 1919.

Copy of dispositions sworn by F. B. Davis (true name Jefferson F. Howell). The dispositions were given to the Sheriff of Weaverville, California, in 1919. Davis recounts several robberies he committed over the course of several years. In each case,...

 
Dobbin (Hamilton H.) Collection

Photographs of San Francisco scenes and subjects, 1915-1925 and photographs of actors, actresses and boxers from this same time period....

 
Documents, 1852-1856.

Rhodes & Co. operated an express service in Northern California ca. 1852-1856; this collection consists of items relating to the company during that period. There are eleven transaction slips (checks and receipts) for the company under various names --eight for...

 
[Documents concerning Gothenburg liquor system] [manuscript].

C.M. Goethe was businessman in Sacramento, California. In 1916 went to Gothenburg to study their method of handling the liquor system.

 
Documents from the Sutro Collection.

Six document facsimile reproductions of letters and paragraphs sent to the Viceroy of New Spain during early exploration of greater California; includes correspondence from early merchant Sebastian Vizcaino and Franciscan friar Fray Junipero Serra. Handwritten on documents 14, 16 and...

 
Documents relating to Pious Fund for missionaries in California, 1785-1788.

Official documents dealing with the Pious Fund set up to provide for missionaries sent to California. In Spanish--one translated.

 
Dolwig (Richard J.) Collection

Files on water: reports, notes, clippings, minutes, correspondence...

 
Dorman, Jerubial Gideon Correspondence, 1850 Jan. 1.

Letter is written to his brother, Peter Dorman, from Weber's Creek. Describes life among gold miners.

 
Dorothy G. Shay and Walter E. Shay World War II collection.

Audio recordings, news clippings, photos, and photocopied documents.

 
Dougherty Family Correspondence

Correspondence and travel diary. Letters describe voyages to the Pacific Coast, daily activities, and comment upon the election of Lincoln and slavery. Diary describes Asa Taylor's 1969 trip east by van to see Taylor family homes....

 
Dougherty family correspondence, 1853-1969.

Correspondence and travel diary. Letters desribe voyages to the Pacific Coast, daily activities, and comment upon the election of Lincoln and slavery. Diary describes Asa Taylor's 1969 trip east by van to see Taylor family homes.

 
Doyle (John T.) Collection

Correspondence, leases, legal materials, notes and drafts, pamphlets, tax receipts....

 
Dr. James A. Brown Collection, 1850-1867.

Correspondence, business card, chinese order book

 
Dressler (Albert) Collection

Correspondence; business papers; Chinese, military and mining company materials....

 
Dwight Stuckey World War II flying ace correspondence 1996-2001.

Folder 1: Allen through Comstock; folder 2: Conant through Farrell; folder 3: Fiedler through Holmes; folder 4: Karr through Reeves; folder 5: Scheible through Yeager.

 
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Earl Craig collection, 1940-1961.

Letters Craig sent to public officials during the 1940s, along with other documents. Reply letter from the White House signed William D. Hassett. Craig was the editor of the Home Front News Letter, and was involved with Thursday Evening Forum,...

 
Early American gazetteer, 1833 and 1853 editions [electronic resource]

System requirements: IBM PC compatible (386 minimum, 486/33 or higher recommended); color VGA monitor; double-speed CD-ROM drive; 4MB RAM, 2MB hard disk space; Windows 3.1 or later.

 
Ebin Orvis Darling Collection, 1858-1888.

Personal papers, business papers, certificates, correspondence.

 
Eddie C. Bateson papers 1987-2002

The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence, notes, maps, photographs, and video tapes relating to Bateson's outings along the Pony Express and Oregon-California Trails 1987-1993, plus genealogies and documents pertaining to J. A. "Snowshoe" Thompson. The collection is divided...

 
Eden Wadsworth Collection, 1857-1891.

Certificates, diary, printed materials, materials about his daughter, Carrie M. Wadsworth

 
Edinger and Johnston Company, 1884-1923.

Correspondence, business and legal papers, certificates, stocks

 
Edinger and Johnston Company Collection

Correspondence, business and legal papers, certificates, stocks, miscellaneous....

 
Edmund Cavileer Hinde Journals.

Large diaries: Vol. 1, 9/20/1849-3/31/1859; Vol. 2, 4/1/1859-9/13/1861; Vol. 3, 9/13/186-fall 1864; Vol. 4, January 1865-1870; Vol. 5, 1892; Vol. 6, 1/1-12/25/1893; Vol. 7, 1894; Vol. 8, 9/20/1903 to 3/1/1904. Small diaries: Vol. 1, 1/1-6/18/1900; Vol. 2, 6/18-9/20/1900; Vol. 3,...

 
Edward O. Strong Collection, 1922-1984.

Photos and negatives of State Printing Plant, correspondence, requisitions, sick leave forms, invasion currency, books

 
Edward Welch Family, 1891-1960.

Edward Harvy Welch was born in Iowa, on December 31, 1870, married Mary A. Hardy (born in California in about 1869) before 1897and subsequently moved to Oakland, California , where he ran a candy store. In 1911 he moved to...

 
Edwin Castagna Collection, 1909-1983

Clippings, notes, articles, speeches, interviews, correspondence, drafts, manuscripts, periodicals, reprints, genealogy, personal journals, travel journals.

 
Edwin H. Clough Collection, 1874-1922

Correspondence, 1919-1922, notes and drafts of speeches, poetry, scrapbooks

 
El Dorado Canal Company records, 1852-1855.

Records of the El Dorado Canal Company kept in small notebook, including articles of incorporation, money paid out, and progress of construction.

 
El Dorado County Deeds

Deeds, grants, bills of sale in Georgetown and Greenwood....

 
El Dorado County Deeds, 1873-1930.

Deeds, grants, bills of sale in Georgetown and Greenwood.

 
Eleanor McKamy Collection, 1845-1901.

Correspondence, funeral notices, memorabilia

 
Ella Sterling Mighels Collection, 1890-1932

Correspondence, notes and drafts, poetry, and materials used in writing the book LITERARY CALIFORNIA.

 
Elliott Family Papers

Letters, diaries, account books, legal papers, photographs, postcards, etc....

 
Elliott Family Papers, 1854-1960.

Letters, diaries, account books, legal papers, photographs, postcards, etc.

 
Ellison Lassell Crawford Collection, 1860-1871.

Account book, assessor's notebook, typescript of journal, typescript of letters, obituary

 
Empire Mill and Mining Company Collection

Correspondence, 1861-1871; 1880-1881...

 
Empire Mill and Mining Company Collection, 1861-18881

Correspondence, 1861-1871; 1880-1881

 
Ephraim W. Morse Papers, 1849-1906

Correspondence, account books, legal papers, express and shipping receipts, Spanish and Mexican documents relating to mines in lower California.

 
The Ernest Bulpitt collection of Inyo/Mono Water wars memorabilia.

Ernest I. Bulpitt was born in Round Valley, Inyo County, California in 1895, and graduated from the University of California in 1918 with a degree in Civil Engineering. This training led him to work in the early development of hydroelectric...

 
Etnyre (Mentor) Collection

Business and personal correspondence; accounts, inventory, legal papers, monthly statements and vouchers for Plumas-Eureka Mine; proofs of labor upon various mining claims....

 
Eudora Garoutte Collection, 1908-1943.

Mary Eudora Garoutte was born in Woodland, California. She began working in the California State Library in 1899. She was first placed in charge of bringing the California newspapers into order, and then of gathering other California material into a...

 
Eugene Bandel Collection, 1853-1889.

Certificates, correspondence, photographs.

 
Eugene William Sawtelle Collection, 1860-1898.

Correspondence, Charles Couvillaud receipts and checks, diaries, scrapbooks of Emma and Mary McKinsey

 
Exactus Photo-Film Corporation Archive

Correspondence, clippings, accounts, receipts, scripts, press releaes, stock certificate, reviews, lists, notes....

 
Exactus Photo-Film Corporation archive, 1914-1940.

Correspondence, clippings, accounts, receipts, scripts, press releases, stock certificates, reviews, lists, notes.

 
Exchange of correspondence relating to the proposed "removal" of the California State capital from Sacramento, 1852 June 30

The story of the migration of California's state capital during the initial years of statehood is well documented. When the 1st Legislature (1849-1850) met in San Jose prior to statehood, it was decided that the location of the permanent seat...

 
Expediente promovido por los hijos de Dn. Tomas O. Larkin, 417, 1860 Oct. 20.

Item consists of official form issued by Office of the Surveyor General attesting that attached sheets are accurate copy of originals contained in their office. Attached sheets consist of correspondence between Larkin and Mexican officials in Monterey regarding the naturalization...

 
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Fairfield (Asa M.) Collection

Letters of pioneers and early settlers of Lassen County used by Fairfield in preparing his county history published by H. S. Crocker in 1916....

 
Fay Brothers Collection

Correspondence and business papers of David, Patrick, Logan, and John Fay....

 
Fay Brothers Collection, 1850-1868.

Correspondence and business papers of David, Patrick, Logan, and John Fay

 
Feather River Canal Company, 1889-1897.

Account books, annual reports, articles of incorporation and bylaws, checks, correspondence, deeds, receipts, reports, stocks, vouchers

 
Feather River Canal Company Collection

Account books (1889-1897), annual reports (1890-1893), articles of incorporation and bylaws, checks, correspondence (1889-1892), deeds, receipts (1893-1898), reports, stocks, vouchers (1890-1897)....

 
Federal Theatre at Treasure Island : Golden Gate International Exposition 1939 : a division of the Works Progress Administration Program [scrapbook].

Scrapbook of articles from various California newspapers dated April 5, 1939 to June 26, 1939. Title and identification of newspapers and dates are typewritten.

 
Financial records, 1880-1893

Ca. 30 items. Incomplete financial records, 1880-1893; bulk 1883. Primarily financial statements from the Nevada City office detailing expenditures (operating costs, payroll, etc.) and income from water sales. Also includes an annotated bill for legal services to establish the company...

 
Folger (Benjamin F.) Collection

Correspondence, genealogy, photographs....

 
Folsom (Joseph L.) Collection

Business papers, certificates, correspondence, Folsom estate materials, Leidesdorff estate materials, legal papers, Pulgas Rancho materials....

 
Francine Porad papers, 1980-2005.

The collection has been organized into the following series: Personal papers: Biographical materials, family photographs. -- Haiku: Articles, children's haiku, contests and awards, correspondence with poets and haiku organizations. -- Renga: Completed renga, correspondence with renga poets. -- Publications: Correspondence...

 
Francis Martin Hilby Collection, d1880-1923.

Business papers, correspondence, pamphlets, photographs

 
 
Fred Uhl Ball, 1945-1985.

Fred Uhl Ball was born in Oakland, California in 1945, son of illustrator and enamelist Kathryn Uhl, and ceramicist F. Carlton Ball. Fred's interest in enamel was fostered at an early age, and he received his bachelor's and master's degrees...

 
Frederick William Macondray Letters, 1850-1862.

Letters to William E. Parrott in Boston

 
Freeman (Otis K.) Collection

Business papers and memorabilia....

 
French Camp letter, 1853.

Letter written in French from an unknown party in French Camp to Monsieur de Boursier de la Riviere, a French official in Mokelumne Hill, dated September 20, 1853. Mentions payment for game and waterfowl delivered to San Francisco, retrieval of...

 
From Everett Wash. to Los Angeles Cal., by wagon, 1911 May 30-Aug 7 correspondence.

Author describes a journey beginning in Everett, through Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, Grants Pass and the Rogue River Valley; entering California in Mt. Shasta area, coming down the Central Valley, crossing to San Jose and following coastal route to Los Angeles....

 
Frona Wait Colburn Collection, 1900-1942.

Correspondence, notes and drafts, radio scripts, scrapbook.

 
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Gallup (Josiah) Collection

Account books, business papers, correspondence, photographs....

 
Gann (Paul) Archive

Campaign materials for State Proposition 13, a property tax reduction initiative passed in 1978, and other propositions, among them Proposition 8, the Victims' Bill of Rights, Propositions 24, 36 and 4, and the 1980 campaign for the United States Senate....

 
Garden Valley Mining Properties Collection

Correspondence, agreements, deeds, leases, lists, and reports concerning Black Oak Mine and Clark Mining Properties, Garden Valley, California....

 
Garden Valley Mining Properties Collection, 1934-1938

Corespondence, agreements, deeds, leases, lists and reports concerning Black Oak Mine and Clark Mining Properties, Garden Valley, California.

 
Garoutte (Eudora) Collection

Correspondence, clippings, certificates, receipts, book lists....

 
 
Gatewood-Goodwyn Duel, 1859.

Correspondence, August-September 1859

 
George E. Outland Japanese Internment Collection 1942-1967.

Contains correspondence, pamphlets, statistical surveys, ephemera: California State documents supporting internment, municipal resolutions supporting internment, citizens' organization documents against internment, citizens' organization documents supporting internment, individual communications to Rep. Outland, Resolution of the California Delegation to the House of Representatives...

 
[George Henry Pierce Civil War Letters, 1861-1862]

This collection consists of correspondence from May 1861 to March 1862, between members of the Hiram Dwight Pierce family of Troy, New York, to son George H. Pierce during his service in the Civil War as a Private, later Colonel,...

 
George Holbrook Baker collection, 1848-1965.

The George H. Baker collection is an eclectic assortment of ca. 130 items associated with Baker. Materials date from 1848 through 1965 but individual dates are widely scattered throughout this period with no continuity. The collection is divided into two...

 
 
George McKinstry Collection, 1816-1890.

Correspondence, business papers, clippings, legal documents, draft of petition to Congress.

 
George Reeb Collection, 1862-1910.

Business papers, correspondence, legal papers, printed materials, Trustee of Hornitos records

 
George Sterling letters, 1905-1925.

Letters, poems, and typescripts.

 
George Wharton James letters, 1902-1923.

23 letters written by George Wharton James on everyday business matters, such as his books, pamphlets, and lectures.

 
George Wheeler Gibson collection, 1857-1866.

The Gibson collection includes both business correspondence of George Wheeler Gibson and personal correspondence from his extended family during the late 1850s and early 1860s.

 
George William Stewart Collection, 1870-1930.

Correspondence, biographical materials, military papers, maps, deeds, diary, photographs, etc.

 
German Letters

The collection consists of several apparently unconnected sets of correspondence written in German and Low German. Letters are addressed to friends and relatives in California mining towns during the period 1852-1888. Several sets were sent to Richard Vorlander in Jackson...

 
German Letters, 1852-1888.

German letters, in the German and Low German languages, written to friends and relatives in California mining towns.

 
Gertrude Atherton correspondence.

Letter and postcard written by Gertrude Atherton.

 
Gibson (George W.) Collection

Personal correspondence to George Wheeler Gibson. Business correspondence to George Wheeler Gibson from D.O. Mills and Co. in connection with Mr. Gibson's interests in Sacramento....

 
Gibson (John C.) Papers

Correspondence....

 
Gildersleeve Berkeley social protest collection, 1966-1976

John S. Gildersleeve was associated with the California State Library from 1936-1947 and served as head of the Acquisitions Section during the later years. When he left in 1947 to accept an editorial position with the University of California Press,...

 
Gillett (James N.) Collection

Correspondence relating to family and social life, business, political matters and law practice. Legal and business papers, ephemera, unidentified and non-California photographs, diaries, scrapbook, poetry and miscellaneous personal papers....

 
Gilman (Thomas) Papers

Letters, bills of sale, poll tax, receipts, subpoena, leases....

 
Gladding, McBean and Company. Archives : job order documents, 1888-1966

The Lincoln plant of Gladding McBean Company kept track of their terra-cotta product orders from ca. 1888 to ca. 1966 by assigning a job order number to each new order, with subsequent orders for the same job using the assigned...

 
Global Haiku Festival (2000 : Millikin University) [Publications]

Items relating to the conference held in Decatur, Illinois, April 14-16, 2000.

 
Goddard (George H.) Papers

Correspondence....

 
Gold rush collection, 1840-1867.

A collection of fifteen items associated with Moses Thorpe. A journal which served as a ship's log was kept by Alden Powers during 1840 and 1841; Moses Thorp was listed as among the crew. Two voyages are recorded: in 1840...

 
Gold rush diary, 1849-1853

Holograph diary ([34] p.), unbound and incomplete; 7 leaves of typed excerpts; photocopies of the ship's passenger list and biographical material, including a brief biographical sketch written by Dudley's great-grandson, George McLean; photograph identified as the Dudley store in Jacksonville.

 
Gold rush letter, 1853 June 5.

Letter with envelope from Stevens in Sonora, Calif., sent to John Adams, Rockland, Maine, and addressed "Dear Cousen". Stevens reports on his current situation, having just concluded an unsuccessful mining venture at Poverty Hill. "I went astern 250 dollars while...

 
Gold rush letters, 1848-1850

Three letters from Jacob Thrailkill to his wife, Sarah, and children in Fort Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa: April 29, 1849 from "Near Council Bluffs, Iowa"; Sept. 16, 1849 from "Columa California"; and Feb. 14, 1850 from "Georgetown sixty miles...

 
Gold rush letters, 1849.

Four letters and a diary-type notebook. The first letter is dated March 4, 1849 and was written en route to California on the Brig Osceola. It is addressed to Brother A [Abrm for Abraham?; also a brother named Alexander] and...

 
Gold rush letters, 1850-1852

There are five letters in this collection accompanied by transcriptions. Four of the letters are from Thomas G. Watters to his wife, Climena Watters, and Melissa Watters in Wassonville, Iowa. The fifth letter is from G.S. Shaff to his brother,...

 
Gold rush letters, 1850-1853.

Twelve letters from Boylan in California to his wife Margaret in Jackson Creek, Illinois; one letter from Boylan to his son, James. The collection documents Boylan's stay in California during the gold rush period, 1850 to 1853. It is clear...

 
Gold rush letters, 1852.

Two letters: Nov. 2, 1852, San Juan del Sud, to "My Dear Sarah" from William; Dec. 12, 1852, Sacramento, to "My Dear Sarah" from William. With typed transcriptions.

 
Gold rush letters, 1852-1853.

Six letters from Edward Clyatt(?) Roberts in San Francisco to his father, Edward John Roberts in London, dated Aug. 14, 1852 - July 10, 1853, with an enclosure in the Aug. 14 letter from E.C.'s doctor, F. Montague. On the...

 
Gold rush letters, 1852-1856.

From February 26, 1852 through March 4, 1856, Henry A. Parker sent these 100 letters home to his family in Pepperell, Massachusetts. Most were addressed "My Dear Mother", although some are directed also to his brother and sister and the...

 
Gold rush letters, 1853

Two letters: Feb. 20, 1853, "In my Log Cabin", to "My Dear Sister" (Mrs. Amelia Bailey, New York City) from Charles C. Newton; Dec. 1, 1853, "Steep Hollow Creek, Up Cal", to "My dearest Sister" (Mrs. H.R. Worthington, Brooklyn, Long...

 
Gold rush letters, 1853-1861. Civil War letters, 1863-1864.

Gold rush letters: A collection of ten letters in two groups, three written in 1853 from the area around Murphys, and the remaining seven written from 1859 through 1861 from Grizzly Flat and Iowa Hill near Colfax. The letters are...

 
Gold rush letters, 1859.

Seven letters from Edwin Fitzgerald in California to his wife, Frank (Frances), in Thomaston, Maine. All written in 1859: May 7 (sent from New York en route), June 3 (San Francisco), June 12 (Contra Costa County), July 24 (San Pablo),...

 
Gold Rush letters and contract, 1848-1858.

8 letters and 1 contract from various sources during the Gold Rush era. All but one have at least a partial typed transcription.

 
Gold rush reminiscences : "An overland trip to the California gold fields".

Typescript copy of Mark D. Manlove's reminiscences "An overland trip to the California gold fields". Seventeen pages, some handwritten annotations. The manuscript is undated so it is not known when Manlove wrote his reminiscences but certainly some passages have the...

 
Golden Gate International Exposition, 1936-1946

Correspondence, legal papers, and miscellaneous corporation papers relating to the establishment, bankruptcy and dissolution of San Francisco Bay Exposition, sponsor of the Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, 1939-1940.

 
Golden Gate International Exposition Collection

Correspondence, legal papers, and miscellaneous corporation papers relating to the establishment, bankruptcy and dissolution of San Francisco Bay Exposition, sponsor of the Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, 1939-1940....

 
Goodwin (John D.) Collection

Correspondence, business papers, legal papers, mining papers, miscellany....

 
Goodyear-Zeppelin airship dock collection, 1920-1959.

The Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation was formed in 1923 as a partnership between the Goodyear Corporation and the Zeppelin Company to build rigid-frame airships in the United States. The company built an enormous hangar in Wingfoot Lake, near Akron Ohio, for this...

 
Gordon (George) Letters

Correspondence....

 
Grass Valley grocer's ledger, 1894-1895.

Daily ledger of items obtained, mostly on credit, by customers who had accounts with the grocer. Some notations are marked "paid." The ledger begins on August 1, 1894 and ends on November 2, 1895.

 
Gregg (Andrew J.) Collection

Articles, correspondence, ephemera, scrapbooks, speeches....

 
Griffitts Family Collection

Announcements, correspondence, and invitations....

 
Griffitts Family Papers

Announcements, correspondence, checks, accounts, postcards, and invitations, 1860-1900....

 
Griffitts Family Papers, 1860-1900.

Announcements, invitations, correspondence

 
Gutleben Collection, 1916-1959.

The C.T. Gutleben Collection consists of the business and personal correspondence of C. T. Gutleben, a project engineer for industrial, governmental, corporate and private construction projects during the years of 1916 through 1959. The collection documents the building of bridges,...

 
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H. Works Gold Rush letter, 1855.

Letter written by H. Works to his brother Rufus of New Sharon, Maine, dated March 4, 1855, in which he talks about prospecting near the Feather River.

 
Haight, Geo. W. (George W.) Correspondence, 1887-1897.

Nineteen letters from San Francisco lawyer, George W. Haight to A.W. Smith in Grand Junction, Colorado, dated 1887 - 1897. All on letterhead printed with "Law offices of Taylor & Haight, 207 Sansome St., E.R. Taylor, G.W. Haight". Fifteen are...

 
Haight (Henry H.) Family Collection

Scrapbooks, photographs, rosary novenas, Wolf Head Society roster....

 
[Haiku booklets] /

Manuscript haiku collections, most with accompanying letters sent to Elizabeth Searle Lamb by John Polozzolo (Zolo) during 1981-1985. All are untitled. Some typescript and some holograph; some illustrated by author.

 
[Haiku broadsides] /

Title supplied by cataloger.

 
[Haiku broadsides] /

Title supplied by cataloger.

 
Haiku Canada : twentieth anniversary holographic anthology /

"Each poem in this box was handwritten and signed by the poet. One hundred seventy-five boxes were prepared and distributed."

 
Haiku North America (1997 : Portland, Or.) [Publications]

Includes: Transmittal letter--Announcement--Program--Newspaper articles--Flyers: Haiku conference webthology.--Towards a defintion of the English haiku / George Swede.--Rengay structure and aesthetics / Ebba Story.--Workshop on Onitsura / Jerry Ball.--The Philosophy and purpose of the tea ceremony / DoShin Tei.

 
Haiku papers, 1982-2004.

The collection consists of John Brandi's working papers relating to his haiku publications. This material was organized by Brandi and his content notes for each folder have been retained. Each folder pertains to one publication and includes items associated with...

 
Haiku Society of America documents.

The Haiku Society of America was founded by Harold G. Henderson and Leroy Kanterman in 1968. This nonprofit organization promotes English language haiku and is open to all who appreciate this form.

 
Hall (William H.) Collection

Correspondence, business and personal papers, notebooks, scrapbooks....

 
Hamilton (Ezra M.) Collection

Manuscript reminiscences of Ezra M. Hamilton, with index and typescript of pages 1-184 and 491-617....

 
Hamilton H. Dobbin Collection, 1880-1930

Photographs of San Francisco scences and subjects, 1915-1925; photos of actors and actresses; photos of individuals.

 
Hamilton (Lorenzo and Lavinia) Letters

Correspondence of members of Hamilton family to Mrs. Hamilton's brother, Joseph Delliber, in Hartford, Connecticut....

 
Hammon papers, 1898-1968

Business papers of three generations of the Hammon family, focusing primarily on the activities of Wendell P. (Philucius) Hammon, 1854-1939, and his son, Wendell C. (Cooper) Hammon, 1890-1966. A grandson, Wendell Hammon, 1918- , was custodian of the family papers...

 
Harriet G. Eddy papers, 1918-1967.

This collection consists of the personal and professional papers of Harriet G. Eddy. It is organized into the following series: Personal, Travel, Professional, Correspondence and Audiovisual.

 
Harry Wertz steamboat runner letters, 1852-1856.

Six letters written by Harry Wertz in California to his sister Mary E. Wertz in Dalton, Ohio, along with an envelope and a poem titled "My Ohio Home." In these letters Wertz writes about which former Ohio residents he has...

 
[Helena Modjeska miscellanea].

Collection consists of playbill for the Fifth Avenue Theatre dated Jan. 8, 1878 for the play Adrienne starring Helena Modjeska, a Los Angeles Express article dated April 12, 1909 titled Solemn funeral services for late Madame Modjeska, an newspaper article...

 
Hendel (Charles W.) Collection

Correspondence, business, legal and mining papers, field notes and surveys, miscellaneous mining materials....

 
Henry Bradley Sheldon Letters, 1851-1858.

Letters of Rev. Henry B. Sheldon to his parents

 
Henry Curtiss Journal, 1852-53.

Journal by Henry Curtiss written during 1852-53.

 
Henry Evans memorabilia, 1962-1971.

Henry Evans was born in Superior, Wisconsin in 1918. He came to San Francisco and opened the Porpoise Bookshop in 1944. Evans subsequently acquired an 1852 Washington hand press on which he printed books and pamphlets. In 1958 he began...

 
Henry H. Haight Family Collection, 1888-1920.

Scrapbooks, photographs, rosary novenas, Wolf Head Society roster

 
Henry Halleck letter to George W. Cullum, 1846.

Letter written on June 20, 1846 from Henry Halleck to George W. Cullum that mentions upcoming U.S. Army expedition to California aboard the USS Lexington. Also covered is promotion for Halleck's newly-written book, and the possibility of more officers being...

 
Henry Maxwell McCartney Collection, 1869-1911

Business papers, charts, correspondence, diaries, maps, photographs, railroad papers

 
Henry Sterling Bloom gold rush letters and Bloom family miscellany, 1850-1867

This collection is a miscellany centering on Henry Sterling Bloom and his family. There are two letters written by Bloom to his wife, Eliza, in Illinois dated 1850 (from Deseret, Utah) and 1851 (from Downieville, Calif.); associated with the Downieville...

 
Henry Syme, 1862-1882.

The documents include extracts of records, abstracts of titles, notices of location and deeds. A certificate application from Lewis Chalmers, Esquire, as an agent for Henry Syme of London, England, lists the mining lodes of the Isabella Gold and Silver...

 
Herbert Lumis collection, 1890-1892.

Four photographs--2 portraits, 1 of Golden Gate Park Conservatory, 1 of California's 40th birthday celebration (September 9, 1890). Four letters--2 from 1890, 1 from 1891 and 1 from 1892 addressed to Fred O. Brown, Colchester, Connecticut. Content includes his impressions...

 
Hero Eugene and Ethel Grace Rensch Collection, 1924-1971.

Research materials collected by Mr. and Mrs. Rensch for HISTORIC SPOTS IN CALIFORNIA and other works and projects.

 
Hewes (David) Collection

Correspondence and manuscript narrative of the life of David Hewes....

 
Hickman Family Papers and Business Records

Business papers, clippings, correspondence, ephemera, estate papers, legal papers, maps, newspapers and poems, Louis M. Hickman Corporation administrative records, legal affairs, correspondence....

 
Hickman Family Papers and Business Records, 1849-1933.

Business papers, clippings, correspondence, ephemera, estate papers, legal papers, maps, newspapers and poems, Louis M. Hickman Corporation administrative records, legal affairs, correspondence.

 
Higby (William) Letters

Letters of William Higby to his mother and father....

 
Higgins, Frank Wayland Letter by Gov. of New York state, Frank W. Higgins dated April 25, 1906 regarding raising sums for money for earthquake relief.

One typewritten letter dated April 25, 1906, with handwritten signature, from Frank W. Higgins, Governor of New York, to Morris K. Jesup, Esq., President of the New York Chamber of Commerce. The letter acknowledges the raising of "large sums of...

 
Hilby (Francis M.) Papers

Business papers, correspondence, pamphlets, and photos....

 
Hiller (Stanley, Sr.) Collection

Business and personal papers of Stanley Hiller, Sr. The collection includes some of Stanley Hiller, Jr.'s papers concerning two of his inventions: a new type of die-casting process and the first practical coaxial helicopter. A separate key to the arrangement...

 
Hinsdale Truman Shepard dairy, 1852-1880.

Shepard's diary of his overland journey in 1852, with entries on an 1880 trip from Santa Barbara to San Francisco added. Also included is an 1871 letter from Ella D. Chase of San Francisco to her niece Emily T. Shepard...

 
Hittell Family Papers

T. H. Hittell's business diary, 1869-74; legal documents relating to the settlement of T. H. Hittell's estate, 1917-19; family business papers; by J. S. Hittell....

 
Horn Family (Maude H.) Collection

Correspondence, diaries, printing samples from "Georgetown Gazette", financial and legal documents, literary productions, clippings, genealogical information....

 
Houghton (James F.) Collection

Correspondence relating to the California lumber firm of Pine and Houghton....

 
Howard Allen Peairs Papers, 1913-1914.

Drafts of three bills introduced by Assemblyman Howard A. Peairs in the 40th State Legislature, 1913-1914

 
Howard Jarvis Collection, 1970-1986.

Clippings, periodicals, awards, audio tapes, video tapes, photographs, correspondence, news releases

 
Humboldt Mining & Tunnel Co. records, 1852-1859.

Records of the Humboldt Mining & Tunnel Co. in Sarahsville, Placer Co. Miscellaneous material entered in one ledger. Includes miners' compact signed by the members; minutes of the company; records of expenses, etc.

 
Hume (Samuel J.) Collection

Business correspondence of Samuel J. Hume with California State Library....

 
Hutchinson (William H.) Collection

Correspondence, background materials, notes and drafts for books on California history, vitae and career related materials at CSU, Chico and aboard ship, reprints of articles and short stories, books, photographs, periodicals, royalty statements, copyright clearances, speeches, microfilm copy of manuscript...

 
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Imperial Valley Water Supply, 1915-1916.

Documents and map relating to a talk given by J. C. Allison on December 18, 1915 about Imperial Valley irrigation and water supply diverted from the Colorado River, particularly regarding flooding and silt deposit. This was during the period when...

 
Ina Coolbrith letters, 1873-1920.

Correspondence (19 letters, 4 cards, and 3 envelopes) written by Ina Coolbrith to several people on a variety of topics.

 
Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.), Alturas Lodge No. 80

Lodge records, 1858-1921: correspondence; I.O.O.F. publications; financial records; annual relief reports listing lodge members; trustees' and treasurers' bonds; committee reports; by-laws and amendments; resolutions, including condolences on the assassination of Abraham Lincoln; 2 gavels; regalia. Proceedings from trials provide an...

 
Ingalls family reminiscences and correspondence.

3 typescripts, at least some of which are from members of the Ingalls family. First is a group of material from E. S. Ingalls: 2 copies of a 3-page journal titled "Journal of incidents enroute from Waukegan, Ill. to Pikes...

 
Ingram (John W.) Collection

Fourteen letters and 16 pages of a diary which was written on the overland journey from Michigan to California....

 
In-Time Press collection, 1940s-2001

The colophon for the publication 'Brief memoir of Mr. Thomas Bewick' states "Letterpress by the In-Time Press which is an occasionally working partnership of Time, Inclination & John Borden". Borden began printing sometime in the 1940s and was still active...

 
Inyo Cerro Gordo mining and Power Company, 1913-1919.

Correspondence, annual reports, forms, certificates, pamphlets

 
Inyo Cerro Gordo Mining and Power Company Collection

Correspondence, annual reports, forms, certificates, pamphlets....

 
I.O.O.F. Alturas Lodge No. 80 collection, 1858-1986.

Lodge records, 1858-1921: correspondence; I.O.O.F. publications; financial records; annual relief reports; trustees' and treasurers' bonds; committee reports; by-laws and amendments; resolutions, including condolences on the assassination of Abraham Lincoln; 2 gavels. Proceedings from trials provide an interesting glimpse at lodge...

 
I.O.O.F. Alturas Lodge No. 80 collection of regalia [realia]

The collection consists of nineteen items of regalia as detailed below. The various styles of draped shawls that comprise the collection are representative of this regalia common to most benevolent societies, including the I.O.O.F. They were worn to indicate rank...

 
I.O.O.F. Capitol Lodge No. 87, Sacramento, CA.

1894 Capitol Lodge No. 87 I.O.O.F., Odd Fellows Temple, Sacramento, CA. 3-page Resolution admonishing a brother lodge for making false assertions about their lodge; 3 illustrated letterheads.

 
Irene Childrey Hoch Shannon Collection, 1928-1936.

Completed questionnaires and letters of American playwrights

 
Isaac J. Frazee correspondence. 1892-1942.

Letters and illustrated envelope. Letters addressed to Frazee from George Wharton James, John Steven McGroarty, and William Wendt. Other correspondents are Antony Anderson, Harry Carr, John Clinton, B.F. Coulter, Bill Henry, Garnet Holme, benjamin Horning, and Frank Miller.

 
Isaac Perkins Letters, 1850-1852.

Letters from Isaac Perkins to his brother Danell in Salem, Mass.

 
Isaiah W. Lees Collection, 1863-1903.

List of shareholders and legal papers, investigative files, photographs, notes, correspondence, resolution book

 
[I.W. Taber medals and lockets] [realia].

Title supplied by cataloger.

 
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J. A. Welch Letters, 1917-1928

Correspondence regarding efforts to build Bayshore Highway and Skyline Blvd.

 
J. C. Morrill Company, 1859-1867.

Account books, 1862-66; correspondence, 1860-67; receipts, 1859-66.

 
J. C. Morrill Company Collection

Account books, 1862-66; correspondence, 1860-67; receipts, 1859-66....

 
Jack London Collection 1893-1977.

Correspondence, articles, clippings, ephemera, pamphlets, personal records

 
James C. Nealon pre- and post- election letters, 1885-1886.

The collection consists of pre- and post-election letters 1885-1886 to James C. Nealon, who was nominated and elected to serve the position of Assessor of San Francisco from 1887-1890. The first letter is a handwritten draft of the announcement to...

 
James Canney letter, 1876 Aug. 16.

Letter from James Canney in San Jose to John Bell. Accompanied by "Bell's Real Estate Circular" dated 1882. Canney invites Bell to come to California and describes the farm equipment business and the status of a Quaker colony in San...

 
 
James Franklin Houghton Collection, 1853-1855.

Correspondence relating to the California lumber firm of Pine and Houghton

 
James Frazier Reed Collection, 1843-1851.

Correspondence, legal papers, appointments, petitions for land timber, deeds, contracts, business and military papers

 
James Gillis and Newton Spencer correspondence regarding James Marshall materials, 1913.

Letter dated February 6, 1913 from State Librarian James L. Gillis to former Public Administrator Newton Spencer requesting authentification of James Marshall materials being offered to the library by John Sipp, plus envelope letter was sent in. Also included is...

 
James Guthrie California Indians letter, 1853.

Letter dated April 14, 1853 from Secretary of the Treasury James Guthrie to R. P. Hammond introducing Edward F. Beale as agent appointed by the President to make certain military reservations available for removal and protection of California Indians.

 
James M. Short Collection, 1859-1887.

Business papers, legal documents, personal papers, letters, receipts

 
James Norris Gillett Collection, 1880-1971

Correspondence, legal and business papers, ephemera, photographs, diaries, scrapbook, poetry and miscellaneous personal papers.

 
James Wilson Marshall collection, 1885-1888.

Papers relating to Marshall's estate, correspondence.

 
Jane B. Hayes cemetery plot, 1865.

Deed written by Peter S. Van Wyck for plot in Lone Mountain Cemetery, San Francisco, of Mrs. Jane B. Hayes dated February 27, 1865. Copied from entry dated May 13, 1857 in Lone Mountain Cemetery Company book of records.

 
Japanese Internment : Tule Lake, 1935-1988.

Mary Oshiro was interned at the Tule Lake Relocation center beginning in 1942. She did watercolors of the camp and its surroundings, and worked as an artist and stencil cutter for the camp newspaper, the Tulean Dispatch.

 
Japanese Relocation Center, Tule Lake Collection

Papers and records arranged in the following subject areas: Age distribution, Athletic teams, Buddhist Reverends and Christian Minister lists, Community Activities Directory, Educational Personnel, Enlistee classification list, equipment list, High school enrollment, project chart, recreational activities list, Rules and Regulations,...

 
Japanese Relocation Center, Tule Lake Collection, 1943-1943.

Age distribution, Athletic teams, Buddhist Reverends and Christian Minister lists, Community Activities Directory, Educational Personnel, Enlistee classification list, equipment list, high school enrollment, project chart, recreational activities list, Rules and Regulations, War Relocation Authority Personnel List, Ward Councilmen List.

 
Jarvis (Howard) Collection

Clippings, periodicals, awards, audio tapes, video tapes, photographs, correspondence, news releases....

 
Jay Eslick collection, 1934-1950.

Jay Eslick was born in Spokane, Washington on August 31, 1901, and in the 1920's became a drummer and bandleader in the Pacific Northwest. By 1928 he had joined a band in Tijuana and subsequently became a popular bandleader in...

 
Jean Jacques Vioget Papers, 1829-1852.

Business papers, certificates and correspondence

 
Jerome C. Davis Collection, 1843-1865.

Business papers, certificates, correspondence, legal papers, printed materials

 
J.H. Mankins' Recollections of Early Days manuscript.

Typescript and manuscript of Mankins' memoir, "Recollections of Early Days", detailing his experiences during the Gold Rush in the 1850s, and in the Visalia area during the 1860s and 1870s.

 
John Albert McIntire Collection, 1880-1931

Business papers, clippings, correspondence, mining information, notes and drafts, photographs.

 
John Augustus Sutter collection, 1839-1880.

Business correspondence, Sutter claim materials, miscellaneous papers. Much of the collection typescripts, photostats, and facsimiles.

 
John Augustus Sutter, Jr., collection, 1850-1890.

Business papers, legal papers, estate matters, manuscript statement of events occurring in Sacramento, 1848-1850.

 
John B. Cozzens Letters, 1846-1875.

Correspondence, personal balance sheet, New York State Legal documents

 
John Barry streetcar and bus memorabilia.

Box 2824: Schedules, transfers, company documents; Box 2825: Schedules, transfers, company documents; Box 2826: Schedules, transfers, company documents; Box 2727: Photos, postcards, and calendars.

 
John Bidwell collection, 1841-1917.

Correspondence, notes, legal and business papers

 
John Bidwell (Sutter's Fort Pioneer Collection), 1841-1902.

Business and personal papers, correspondence, certificates, contracts, receipts

 
John Breuner Company. Records, 1897-1974.

Originally founded in Sacramento around 1856 by John Breuner, company became one of largest furniture stores and chains of the era.

 
John C. Perry manuscript for "Bear Valley Trip", 1899 Aug. 7 - 15.

Mimeograph ms. for "Bear Valley Trip", 12 p. Holograph additions totalling 13 words. Privately printed, 21 copies. A pleasant, occasionally humorous and observant account of a Los Angeles resident's journey to and stay in the San Bernardino mountains.

 
John Charles Meussdorffer Collection, 1862-1895.

Correspondence of the Meussdorffer family and to the J. C. Meussdorffer Hat Mfg. Co.

 
John Daggett Collection, 1864-1919, 1931, 1957

Business letters, legal instruments, accounts, scrapbooks, certificates

 
John Daniel Goodwin Collection, 1857-1885

Correspondence, business papers, legal papers, mining papers, miscellany.

 
John Franklin Miller Collection, 1855-1890.

Business papers, certificates, checks, clippings, letters, calling cards, legal papers, pamphlets, menus, photographs

 
John G. North Collection, 1857-1869.

Business papers, receipts

 
John H. Beeckman Collection, 1849-1852.

Correspondence between John Beeckman, his wife Margaret, and other family members.

 
John L. Cooper diary, 1852.

John L. Cooper's diary for the year 1852, and two-page document containing biographical information and highlights of diary.

 
John Marsh Smith Collection, 1849-1857.

Certificates, correspondence, diary and receipts

 
John Marshall Pierce diaries, 1863-1873.

John Marshall Pierce was born on January 1, 1831 in Glasgow, MO. He traveled overland and arrived in Diamond Springs, CA in October of 1850. He spent the next 25 years mining and gambling in other parts of California as...

 
John Paul Dart Letters, 1849-1856.

Letters of John Paul Dart to his brother and sister

 
John Steinbeck letters.

Correspondence from John Steinbeck to Katherine (Trina) Groves, the daughter of Steinbeck's Stanford professor William Herbert Carruth, from whom he took Verse Writing and Prosody in the spring of 1923. This correspondence was written in the 1960s regarding Steinbeck's work...

 
John Thomas Doyle Collection, 1893-1902.

Correspondence, leases, legal materials, notes and drafts, pamphlets, tax receipts

 
John W. Borden ephemera collection, 1960s-1990s

The John W. Borden ephemera collection consists of ca. 964 items collected by Mr. Borden during the 1960s through the 1990s. During these years he was an active amateur letterpress printer and participated in serveral clubs with a focus on...

 
John W. Ingram Collection, 1850 - 1854.

Fourteen letters and 16 pages of a diary which was written on the overland journey from Michigan to California.

 
Johnson Beal Collection, 1852-1869.

Letters from family and friends, poll tax receipts.

 
Johnson (C. W. J.) Collection

Accounts, business and personal correspondence, diaries, photographs....

 
Johnson (Lester A.) Collection

Clippings, diary, correspondence, photographs, unemployment booklet, deeds, receipts, greeting cards, promisory notes....

 
Jonas Winchester Collection, 1829-1917.

Correspondence, books, pictures, newspaper copies.

 
Jose Tiburcio Vasquez Collection, 1839-1865.

Business papers, correspondence, land grant materials, legal papers, Mission Dolores accounts, receipts, promissory notes, tax assessments.

 
Joseph Andrew Rowe Papers, 1857-1861.

Correspondence, bills and other papers of Rowe and his associates

 
Joseph Libbey Folsom Collection, 1848-1859.

Business papers, certificates, correspondence, Folsom estate materials, Leidesdorff estate materials, legal papers, Pulgas Rancho materials

 
Joseph Melville Kennick Collection, 1933-1980

Correspondence, clippings, certificates, personal papers, speech material, photographs

 
Joseph Moore letter, 1879.

Letter written by Joseph Moore to Mr. Sutro on Risdon Iron and Locomotive Works stationary telling him that Mr. Sharon had agreed to sell two water engines for $50.00 "provided the smallest one is still at the hotel."

 
Joseph Mora Moss Collection, 1849-1915

Business and personal papers of Joseph Mora Moss, including receipt, record, and ledger books, photographs also papers of Joseph Mora Moss III.

 
Joseph P. Wheeler letter, 1854.

Letter written by Joseph P. Wheeler of Sacramento, dated the 28th of an unknown month in 1854, to his brother-in law Samuel Lafayette Brown with a note to his sister Martha (Wheeler) Brown. Wheeler apologizes for not writing sooner, and...

 
Joshua H. Corwin Mexican War letters, 1845-1847.

Letters written by Joshua H. Corwin of Mount Hope, NY to his father and brother during the Mexican War. Corwin was a private in Light Company, Second Regiment, U.S. Artillery. The letters relate his voyage out, his experiences at Corpus...

 
Josiah Gallup Collection, 1852-1860.

Account books, business papers, correspondence, photographs

 
Josiah Johnson Collection, 1880-1886.

Correspondence and receipts

 
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Karma Tenzing Wangchuk (Dennis H. Dutton) papers.

Dennis H. Dutton is a writer, editor, and reviewer, has worked in the library field, and is a Viet Nam veteran. In 1998 he resumed writing Haiku after a 34-year hiatus. While in Viet Nam, Dutton became a Buddhist, is...

 
Katharine R. Maurer Collection, 1913-1977.

Clippings, correspondence, programs, poems, tributes, notes and drafts, pamphlets, reports, photographs.

 
Kenneth Rank - New Idria Mines Collection, 1867-1973.

Correspondence, notes from interviews, foreman's notebook, geology and production reports, annual reports, maps, charts.

 
Kennick (Joseph M.) Collection

Correspondence, clippings, certificates, personal papers, speech material, photographs...

 
Kevin Starr papers, 1969-

Material in this series relates to projects Starr conceived of as publications, even though some were never published, and include speeches when they were a secondary aspect of that project. The series is divided into sub-series that reflect the type...

 
Kilbride (Jerry) Papers

Correspondence, scrapbooks and memorabilia arranged in two series: Haiku Related Materials and Personal Papers....

 
Kilbride, Jerry. Papers, 1950-

Born February 25, 1930 in Denver, Colorado. Attended grammar and high schools affiliated with St. Mel Roman Catholic Parish in Chicago's west side, 1936-1948. United States Army, 1951-1953. Studied at the Kansas City Art Institute, Mexico City College, The School...

 
Kingsley (George L.) Letters

Family and business letters....

 
Kiyoshi and Kiyoko Tokutomi papers, ca. 1940-2003.

The Tokutomi papers fill 50 manuscript boxes with over 6000 items. In addition to documents and correspondence, there are ca. 1000 photographs and some ephemera. Much of the material is in Japanese. The papers are organized into two series: Personal...

 
Knox (John T.) Papers

Knox's legislative files, including letters to and from constituents, related papers, clippings, pamphlets, study reports, copies of bills introduced into the Assembly by Knox, excerpted sections of various codes, etc....

 
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Lamb, Elizabeth Searle. Papers, 1917-

The collection is organized into five series: Correspondence - letters and ephemera from leading Haiku poets; Correspondence: China - documenting Lamb's involvement with the Haiku movement in China; Organizations - correspondence and related materials pertaining to Haiku organizations; Articles and...

 
Lanchlin McLaine Bank Collection

Accounts, certificates, checks, correspondence, deeds, receipts....

 
Lanchlin McLaine Bank Collection, 1860-1883.

Accounts, certificates, checks, correspondence, deeds, receipts

 
Lathill T. Chase letter, 1856.

Letter and typescript.

 
Laurel Rand Mines collection, 1935-1983

This collection consists of records pertaining to mining claims collectively termed the Laurel Rand Mines, located near Laurel Mountain in the El Paso Mining District of eastern Kern County. Claims associated with the site include: Omega, Clark, Alpha, Junction, Meal...

 
Leask Family papers, 1861-2002.

The Leask family papers collection includes several generations of correspondence collected from the lives and works of patriarch Samuel Leask, Sr. and granddaughter, Peggy Leask Epstein:

 
Lee (DeWitt L.) Collection

Correspondence, clippings, reports, photographs, charts, maps, bulletins, forms, applications....

 
Lees (Isaiah W.) Collection

San Francisco Mining Company and California Cygnet Company (1863-1902) list of shareholders and legal papers; Investigative files: Robert W. Souter (1973-1876), Charles G. Mugg (1874-1878, Joseph Wrigley (1858-1872), Piper-Baldwin (1863-1900), Fair-Craven Case (1890s); photographs; notes; correspondence; resolution book....

 
Leonard F. Starks Collection, 1916-1923

Blueprints, correspondence and notes, plans

 
Leslie O. Brooks World War I letters, 1917-1919

55 holograph letters, 48 written by Brooks to family in San Francisco -- most to his sister, Lydia; a few to his brother, Theodore, or to his mother. Letters from Aug. 23, 1917 to Jan. 25, 1918 are from Kelly...

 
Lester A. Johnson Collection, 1918-1961.

Clippings, diary, correspondence, photographs, unemployment booklet, deeds, receipts, greeting cards, promisory notes.

 
Letter from Nevada City, 1852.

Letter to "father and Mother" from Nevada City, dated July 6, 1852, which talks about local conditions, particularly regarding farming and lumber. The writer of this letter is unknown since all but the first sheet is missing.

 
Letter from Placerville, 1854 March 20.

Letter from Placerville, signature indecipherable. Account of sea voyage to Calif., with description of stop in Isle of Gemara (?) and women loading coal on the ship. Talk of agricultural abundance in California and of life at the mines, particularly...

 
Letters Regarding San Francisco Earthquake, 1865.

This collection includes two letters on "Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco Cala." letterhead stationery, and one Western Union telegram. One letter and the telegram are both dated October 21, 1865. The letter is to J.A. Donohoe, Esqr., President of...

 
Letters written during honeymoon trip to California and Oregon, 1872.

Eleven letters dated April to July 1872 from a newly married couple traveling in California and Oregon on their honeymoon trip. Eight are addressed to "My dear Mother" and sent to William's family home somewhere near Poughkeepsie, New York. Two...

 
Lewis Lauriat letters, 1849-1857.

Photocopies and transcriptions of letters, most of which were written by Lauriat from California or aboard ship during his passage, between 1849 and 1857.

 
Lewis Ransome Freeman collection, 1931-1955.

This collection consists of correspondence to and from Lewis Ransome Freeman, dated 1931-1955. 23 letters are incoming from various South American and North American locations; 7 letters are outgoing, written by Freeman to his brother Lynn and to his mother;...

 
Library-Courts Building

Correspondence, blueprints, contracts, photographs, reports, specifications....

 
Library-Courts Building, 1910-1930.

Correspondence, blueprints, contracts, photographs, reports, specifications

 
Lillian Birmingham Collection, 1889-1973

Clippings, correspondence, photos, programs, publicity, scrapbooks, posters, postcards.

 
Lillie Hitchcock Coit Collection, 1865-1880

Autograph book, clippings, correspondence, journal, photographs, poetry, scrapbook, sketches.

 
Littleton family collection.

Diary of Micajah Littleton documenting his overland journey to California from Independence, Mo., May to October of 1850. In addition to a descriptive journal he appended a detailed directional mileage log as if recording for future immigrants. Of special interest...

 
Littleton (James and Micajah) Letters

Correspondence and diary....

 
London (Jack) Collection

Correspondence, articles, clippings, ephemera, pamphlets, personal records....

 
Lorenzo and Lavinia Hamilton, 1851-1869.

Correspondence of members of Hamilton family to Mrs. Hamilton's brother, Joseph Delliber, in Hartford, Connecticut.

 
Lorenzo Palmer Latimer San Francisco earthquake letters, 1906.

The collection consists of eight letters sent to Lorenzo Palmer Latimer after the San Francisco earthquake and fire in the spring of 1906. One is from his brother, Hugh N. N. Latimer, and the remainder are from his students including:...

 
Losh (William J.) Collection

Correspondence, advertising, employee records, legal materials....

 
Lottie Ruggles letters.

Lottie Ruggles' letters to her parents written while on a trip to Europe, sent from Montreaux, Geneva, Pallanza, Milan, Venice, Florence, and Rome between October 17 and November 22, 1909.

 
Louderback (Davis) Collection

Correspondence, clippings and invitations, deeds, legal materials, minutes...

 
Louis J. Stellman Papers, 1910-1989.

Manuscripts for published and unpublished work, postcards, photographs, clippings

 
Louise A. K. S. Clapp Collection, 1834-1849.

Correspondence, lectures on art, and photographs.

 
Lowden (William S.) Collection

Correspondence; copies of land records; survey field notes and tables; stock certificates, receipts; notes on road work, travel sheets, ticket boxes for wagon road companies....

 
Lowden, William Spencer Papers, 1858-1915 [manuscript].

Mr. Lowden came to California in 1849, settling on Lowden Ranch on the Trinity River near Lewiston in 1851. In 1872 he moved to Weaverville setting himself up as surveyor and land attorney. He served as United States Deputy Surveyor...

 
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Mabel Gillis correspondence, 1917-1948.

Correspondence to and from Mabel Gillis, primarily to local and county librarians during the Great Depression. These letters reveal many of the problems facing libraries during hard financial times, among them the common reluctance of elected officials to provide funding.

 
Macomber Brothers, 1866-1867.

Correspondence and receipts

 
Macomber Brothers Papers

Correspondence and receipts....

 
Macondray (Frederick W.) Letters

Letters to William E. Parrott in Boston....

 
Manhattan Silver Mining Company, 1863-1888.

Bills, invoices, correspondence, and other documents relating to the Manhattan Silver Mining Company's operations in and around Austin, Nevada during the period spanning 1863 to 1888.

 
Marcel Mailhebuau, Old Poodle Dog Restaurant.

Box 2748: biography and correspondence; Box 2749: correspondence; Box 2750: trip to France, demise of Poodle Dog, invoices; Box 2751; price lists and invoices; Box 2752: restaurant documentation; Box 2753: legal documents; Box 2754: personal and miscellaneous; Box 2755: Camille's...

 
Mare Island Navy Yard Petition, 1854.

Four page document, addressed to Commodore Smith, Superintendent of Docks and Yards, Washington, D.C. Circa 1854. Testimonial for James Warner, master mason and resident of California since 1849, for a permanent appointment at Mare Island Navy Yard as master mason....

 
Margaret Blake Alverson Collection, 1880-1920.

Account book, correspondence, diaries, files, notes and drafts, photographs.

 
[Maricards]

Title suppled by cataloger.

 
Marion M. Sickler Collection, 1880.

War Department communications to signal Corps Sgt. M. M. Sickler in Sacramento from January 19 to December 9, 1880.

 
Markleeville Sheriff's sale document, 1864 July 14.

Document announcing a Sheriff's sale in Markleeville, Amador County. The Sheriff had confiscated various lots in the city from Mr. A. Von Every to pay off a $249.13 bill Von Every owed. (Markleeville and the land around it was transferred...

 
Marsh (John) Letters

Correspondence....

 
Marshall (James W.) Papers

Papers relating to Marshall's estate, correspondence....

 
Mary Austin letters, 1913-1914.

2 typewritten and hand-signed letters from Mary Austin to James L. Gillis.

 
Mason, Annie. Letters, 1852-1862

Twenty-eight letters, the majority written by Annie Mason, wife of John S. Mason who was serving in the U.S. Army and stationed in California during the period covered in the letters. The first letter is dated January 11th, 1852 and...

 
Mason (Joseph W.) Papers

Correspondence...

 
Mathews and Bradney photographs and albums.

Two 19th century photo albums, and 55 portrait photographs (carte-de-viste & tintype probably from the 1860s) that were formerly in the albums and are mostly unidentified. The subjects of the photos are descendants of the donors. Many have the photographer's...

 
Maurer (Katharine R.) Collection

Clippings, correspondence, programs, poems, tributes, notes and drafts, pamphlets, reports, photographs....

 
Maynard Dixon ephemera.

Mock book paste-up that Maynard Dixon sent to J. Frank Dobie for a book "The Lost Lipans". With envelope with printed Dixon letterhead. Later in the year Dixon visited Dobie, who asked about using some of Dixon's earlier illustrations for...

 
McCall (Charles & Daniel) Papers

Correspondence, deeds, photographs....

 
McCartney (Henry M.) Collection

Business papers, charts, correspondence, diaries, maps, photographs, railroad papers....

 
McIntire (John A.) Papers

Business papers, clippings, correspondence, mining information, notes and drafts, photographs....

 
McKamy (Eleanor) Papers

Correspondence, funeral notices, memorabilia....

 
McKee (Buck) Letters

Correspondence, business cards, clippings...

 
McNeill Club Collection

Correspondence, McNeill News, membership lists, music concert programs....

 
McNeill Club Collection, 1921-1940.

Correspondence, McNeill News, membership lists, music concert programs

 
Meadow Lake Mill and Mining Company, 1865-1866

Correspondence, articles of incorporation, contracts, deeds, mining claims, pre-emption claims, receipts and invoices, stock certificates, surveys.

 
Meadow Lake Mill and Mining Company Papers

Correspondence, articles of incorporation, contracts, deeds, mining claims, pre-emption claims, receipts and invoices, stock certificates, surveys....

 
Memorial Grove Committee Collection

Correspondence, minutes, speeches, manuscripts, receipts, ephemera....

 
Memorial Grove Committee Collection, 1896-1903.

Correspondence, minutes, speeches, manuscripts, receipts, ephemera

 
Mentor Etnyre Collection, 1910-1934.

Business and personal correspondence; accounts, inventory, legal papers, monthly statements and vouchers for Plumas-Eureka Mine; proofs of labor upon various mining claims.

 
Merle Agnes Clark McCaleb/granddaughter of Kitty Brophy

This collection of certificates gives insight to the Michael and Kitty Brophy family and the George and Mary Clark family in the Los Angeles area from the 1850s to the 1940s: grandparents and parents of Merle Agnes Clark McCaleb. Typewritten...

 
Meussdorffer (John C.) Letters

Correspondence of the Meussdorffer family and to the J. C. Meussdorffer Hat Manufacturing Company. Most of the correspondence is concerned with the business....

 
Mexican War letter describing the Battle of the Sacramento, 1847.

Autograph letter by H.P. Heintzelman signed, Chihuahua March 7th, 1847 to his father Doctor John J. Heintzelman of Philadelphia.

 
Mighels (Ella S.) Collection

Correspondence, notes and drafts, poetry, and materials used in writing the book ...

 
Miller (John F.) Collection

Business papers, certificates, checks, clippings, letters, calling cards, legal papers, pamphlets, menus, photographs....

 
Mills, Edgar Papers, 1852-1888.

Papers of Edgar Mills, dating from 1852-1888, bulk 1880s, ca. 120 items. Primarily business papers (1852-1888); some personal correspondence (1879-1887).

 
Milton Mining and Water Company Collection, 1873-1881

Articles of agreement, bills, correspondence, receipts, invoices, deeds, production reports, Nevada County mining records.

 
Milton Mining and Water Company Papers

Articles of agreement, bills, correspondence, receipts, invoices, deeds, production reports, Nevada County mining records....

 
Mining Companies Miscellany

Reports on mining companies, including maps, photos, and broadsides; pamphlets, attorney's briefs for court cases, and surveyor's notebooks....

 
Mining Companies Miscellany, 1900-1935

Reports on mining companies, including maps, photos, and broadsides; pamphlets, attorney's briefs for court cases.

 
Mining papers, 1912-1926

The collection consists primarily of the correspondence of Errol MacBoyle documenting his activities in evaluating, acquiring, and financing mining properties in Grass Valley, Nevada County, California, and in Sonora, Mexico. There are also a variety of mine reports concerning past...

 
Miscellaneous mining documents, 1868-1944.

This collection is an assortment of 233 items relating to mineral and petroleum resources in 18 California counties. In most cases there is only a single document for an entry. Dates range from 1868 to 1944; types of documents include...

 
[Miscellaneous printing jobs designed and printed by Richard J. Hoffman]

Includes Los Angeles City College faculty parking permit, business cards, programs, certificate of awards, club membership certificates. Many are for Los Angeles Junior College/Los Angeles City College and other organizations.

 
Mono County Records

Court cases of civil suits, criminal trials, estate matters, records of county offices....

 
Mono County Records, 1861-1911

Court cases of civil suits, criminal trials, estate matters, records of county offices.

 
Moore, George [Letters].

Some handwritten, some typewritten and signed.

 
Morse (Ephraim W.) Papers

Correspondence, account books, legal papers, express and shipping receipts, Spanish and Mexican documents relating to mines in lower California....

 
Moss (Joseph M.) Papers, and Dr. J. Mora Moss, III Papers

Business and personal papers of Joseph Mora Moss. The collection includes receipt, record and ledger books, photographs as well as papers of Dr. Joseph Mora Moss, III....

 
Motion Picture Industry, ca. 1914-1930.

Correspondence, movie scripts, miscellaneous items relating to motion pictures

 
Motion Picture Industry Collection

Correspondence, movie scripts, miscellaneous items relating to motion pictures....

 
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N. Corbin letters, 1860-1862.

Seven manuscript letters, most written from Sacramento, California (one from Folsom), and dated between April 16, 1860 and April 8, 1862 (with one undated and one partially dated). Letters are addressed from N. Corbin to a woman named Gertrude. The...

 
Nash, John Henry Collection of announcements, 1927-1939.

Printer and publisher of fine press books in San Francisco from about 1895 to 1940's.

 
National Bank of D. O. Mills and Company collection, 1847-1927.

When the California National Bank of Sacramento closed in 1931, this collection was listed among its assets. Materials in the collection had been accumulated primarily during the period when the bank was known as the National Bank of D. O....

 
National Bank of D. O. Mills and Company Records

Letters, deeds, stocks and bonds, pictures, estate papers, checks and other banking items....

 
Nelson A. Bixby Collection, 1860-1890.

Business papers, correspondence

 
Nevada County gold mine deed, 1877.

Deed for sale of gold mine in Empire Flat near the town of Bridgeport in Nevada County, by Ah Moon, et. al. to William Warner, October 20, 1877.

 
Nevada. Executive Dept. Records, 1911-1912.

Collection of forms issued by the State of Nevada, Executive Dept., requesting the signature of the Governor, Secretary of State and Private Secretary of each state, as well as each state's great seal. In addition, a letter from President Taft...

 
New Almaden Mines Collection

Correspondence, account books, production records, vouchers, receipts, invoices, canceled checks, bank statements...

 
New Almaden Mines Collection, 1845-1944.

Correspondence, account books, production records, vouchers, receipts, invoices, cancelled checks, bank statements

 
New Idria Mining Company Collection, 1854-1867.

Accounts, deeds, certificates, statements, mining claims, testimony, letters

 
New Idria Mining Company Records

Accounts, deeds, certificates, statements, mining claims, testimony, letters...

 
New Idria Quicksilver Mining Company Collection #2

Correspondence, reports, records, equipment information and catalogs, maps, photos...

 
New Idria Quicksilver Mining Company Collection #2, 1854-1973.

Correspondence, reports, records, equipment information, catalogs, maps, charts, photographs.

 
[Newspaper articles pertaining to George Moore].

A collection of newspaper articles including several letters to the editor, an essay and a poem by author George Moore as well as book reviews, obituaries, and miscellaneous commentaries on his life and work.

 
North (John G.) Papers

Business papers, receipts....

 
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Oakland Paving Company ledgers, 1909-1923.

2 ledger books: a trial balance book (1909-1912), and a purchasing journal (1922-1923).

 
Occidental Gold Mining Company Records, 1877-1973.

This collection consists of corporate records arranged in the following series. Records from 1877-1897 are sparse, those from 1898-1973 provide a wider range of data.

 
Ogden Hoffman habeas corpus, 1851.

Habeas corpus document issued by Judge Ogeden Hoffman of the United States District Court, Northern District of California, in behalf of Anastasis Chaballa on Dec. 19, 1851.

 
Oliver J. Carter Collection, 1951-1976

Master calendar orders, apellate decisions, opinions, briefs, bench books, correspondence.

 
Otis K. Freeman Collection, 1838-1881.

Business papers and memorabilia

 
Ottley (Allan) Papers

The collection is organized into four series: Personal papers, including correspondence focusing on Ottley's literary and political interests; Articles and speeches, comprised of approximately thirty typescripts; Publications, documenting all phases of the production of John A. Sutter, Jr.: statement regarding...

 
Ottley, Allan R. Papers, 1955-1979.

Alan Ottley was born in Vancouver, B.C. in 1909 but has been a resident of California since he was 13. He graduated from Santa Barbara High School and Santa Barbara State College and completed library school in Riverside. He worked...

 
Owen C. Coy Collection, 1860-1940

Clippings, correspondence, pamphlets, manuscripts, plats, building plans, notes and directory information.

 
Owens Valley Water Wars Reference File and Correspondence from the personal file of Senator, Joseph E. Riley, 1924-1938.

This collection represents California's 28th Senatorial District Senator, Joe Riley's personal file (1925-1938) regarding the "Inyo County Matter," also referred to as the "Owens Valley Water Wars." Included are letters, telegrams, memos, proposals, property appraisal data, contracts, options, offers, counter-offers,...

 
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Pacific Coast League baseball ephemera, 1944-1950.

The Pacific Coast League was formed in 1903 and consisted of baseball teams in California, Oregon, and Washington. After major league baseball came to California in 1958 (and after major league games began to be televised), the Pacific Coast League...

 
Palmer Cox Collection, 1871-1924.

32 letters written to Alice F. (Mrs. John) Daggett of northern California between 1871 and 1924. Includes other correspondence, clippings, pen and ink art originals on paper, "Address to the Citizens of East Quogue, Long Island, New York," and "The...

 
Partner and participant : University of California chancellor's and president's wife, 1984-1995 / 2002.

Family, childhood in North Carolina and New Jersey; meeting Jack Peltason at University of Missouri, marriage and family; faculty wife at Smith College and University of Illinois, 1947-1959; UC Irvine, founding years, 1964-1967; wife of chancellor, University of Illinois, 1967-1977;...

 
Patent issued to Alfred Ropp of Selby, California for roasting and oxidizing furnace, 1899.

Patent document issued by Patent Office with seal and ribbon to Alfred Ropp of Selby, California (who probably worked for Selby Smelters) in 1899 for "roasting and oxidizing furnaces". Accompanied by document discussing the Canadian patent and miscellaneous documents relating...

 
Patent petition for gold washing machine, 1849.

Petition to the [United States] Commissioner of Patents filed by Edward P. Coffin of Nantucket, Massachusetts for a "new and useful improvement in gold washing machines." A 3 -page description of the mechanism is attached to the petition along with...

 
Patriarche (Charles T.) Papers

Correspondence, notes and drafts, receipts....

 
Paul Gann archive, 1978-1989

Campaign materials for State Proposition 13, a property tax reduction initiative; Proposition 8, The Victims Bill of Rights; Propositions 24, 36, and 4, and the 1980 campaign for the United States Senate.

 
Peairs (Howard A.) Papers

Drafts of three bills introduced by Assemblyman Howard A. Peairs in the 40th State Legislature, 1913-1914....

 
[Pencil drawings by Caroline Bacon Coleman, 1864-1868]

This collection consists of twenty-two detailed pencil drawings on a newsprint sketchpad, dated 1864-1868. Identified drawings include Fort Yuma in 1864, General Jillers [sp.?] mansion at the head of the Bayous Burrow, Niagara Falls and Mount Baker from Cedar Hill...

 
Pennell (William D.) Letters

Family letters of William Doyle Pennell and his wife, Delila Ann....

 
Penry (William C.) Collection

Business papers and correspondence in connection with operation of the Amador Dispatch newspaper and the Amador Telegraph Company, both in Jackson, California....

 
Perkins (Isaac) Papers

Letters from Isaac Perkins to his brother Daniel in Salem, Mass....

 
Philip A. Embury World War I collection, 1917-1919.

The Philip A. Embury collection contains an assortment of World War I memorabilia and features the diaries that Embury kept during 1917-1918. The collection is organized into two series: Personal papers and Military papers.

 
Phillips (George S.) Correspondence

Correspondence and diary....

 
 
[Physical accessibility/mobility] : a collection of materials primarily fom the Mental and physical disability law reporter (formerly the Mental Disability law reporter).

An article appearing in the column Summary and analysis (MDLR, Sept./Oct. 1981). (2 copies) -- Removing architectural barriers : the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 / M.F. Raffa. (MPDLR/vol. 9, no. 4) (3 copies). -- California disability coalition pushes for...

 
Pierce (Hiram D.) Letters

Correspondence....

 
Pierson Barton Reading Collection, 1843-1868

Correspondence, family history, California Battalion accounts and correspondence, and grant and ranch materials.

 
Pioneer Congregational Church

Diary of Seth Babson; church records; photocopy of address by Loyal Lincoln Wirt, "Reminiscences of Rev. Joseph Augustine Benton, D.D."...

 
Pioneer Congregational Church Collection, 1849-1878.

Diary of Seth Babson, church records, photocopies of church records.

 
Pioneer Manuscript Collection

Correspondence and miscellany. California and non-California material originally in the possession of California pioneers and early settlers, 1796-1897....

 
Pioneer Reduction Works Collection, 1898-1926.

Correspondence, receipts, accounts

 
Pioneer Reduction Works Records

Correspondence, receipts, accounts....

 
Pittman (Tarea H.) Papers

Collection consists of many groups of photographs commemorating activities and events involving Pittman and the NAACP Regional Office during the years 1951-1970; publications issued by the Office or other organizations active in civil rights during this period; and Pittman's office...

 
Pittman, Tarea Hall. Papers, 1951-1970.

The collection consists of: many groups of photographs commemorating activities and events involving Pittman and the NAACP Regional Office during the years 1951-1970; publications issued by the Office or other organizations active in civil rights during this period; and Pittman's...

 
Placer County Legal Records

Records of court cases, public administrator's reports, road overseer's reports, bonds....

 
Placer County Legal Records, 1851-1856.

Court cases, Public Administrator's Reports, Road Overseer's reports, bonds.

 
Placer County liquor licenses, 1851.

Eleven licenses issued by the Placer County Treasurer during August through November of 1851; each written on a slip of paper varying in size from 6x20 cm. to 15x20 cm. Licenses issued in August were signed by D. Bingham (Douglass...

 
Portuguese Protective and Benevolent Association collection, 1885-1913.

10 assorted items relating to the Portuguese Protective and Benevolent Association including a bankbook, pamphlet with by-laws, dance programs, and several insurance policy documents with seals.

 
Powell (Albert) Papers

Correspondence....

 
Pronzini (Bill) Archive

Correspondence, manuscripts and drafts, book reviews, photographs, contracts, royalty statements....

 
Publications of several chapters of the Ebell Society, 1919-1927.

Collection consists, primarily of publications of the Ebell Society of Los Angeles, with some from the Oakland and Santa Ana Valley chapters. Publications consist of programs, annual announcements, application for membership, by-laws, financial reports, invitations to events, etc.

 
Purcell (Charles H.) Collection

Correspondence, clippings, resolutions, letters of condolence, photographs, graphs...

 
Pvt. Henry. A. Eckhardt 18th Infantry World War I letters, 1916-1920.

Letters and envelopes, cards, photos, pressed flowers, verse and poetry, and a program. This collection consists mostly of letters written by Eckhardt to his girlfriend Marie Jochumsen in San Francisco (the majority during his World War I service). There are...

 
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Questionnaire, 1886 April 23-May 8th.

Collection of questionnaires and their responses. Questionnaire was sent out by P. J. Healy, District Statistician, on April 23rd, 1886 at the request of District Master Workman to gather information on number of Chinese employed, the conditions of that employement...

 
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Rank (Kenneth) - New Idria Mines Collection

Correspondence, notes from interviews, foreman`s notebook, geology and production reports, annual reports, microfilm of Congressional reports....

 
Raousset-Boulbon (Gaston R., comte de) Papers

A collection of carbon copies of transcripts in Spanish from the Mexican archives used in research for the book ...

 
Reading (Pearson B.) Collection

Correspondence, family history, California Battalion accounts and correspondence, and grant and ranch materials....

 
Reeb (George) Papers

Business papers, correspondence, legal papers, printed materials, Trustee of Hornitos records....

 
Reed (James F.) Papers

Correspondence, legal papers, appointments, petitions for land timber, deeds, contracts, business and military papers....

 
Reichhold Papers

The collection is organized into three series: Correspondence --letters and ephemera from leading Haiku poets; Haiku societies --correspondence and related materials pertaining to Haiku organizations; Publications --ms. material from Jane Reichhold's works and from titles published by AHA Books....

 
Reichhold papers, 1979-

The collection is organized into three series: Correspondence -- letters and ephemera from leading Haiku poets; Haiku societies -- correspondence and related materials pertaining to Haiku organizations; Publications -- ms. material from Jane Reichhold's works and from titles published by...

 
Reminiscences, 1879.

Two ms. documents with transcriptions. Each is two pages in length and consists of short factual entries. Marshal follows an idiosyncratic custom of ending each paragraph with the punctuation mark xc. The document referring to his Mexican War experiences has...

 
Reminiscences of overland journeys during the gold rush period, 1912 Sept. 24

Letter (7 p.), two envelopes and two typescripts, one with a brief introduction and footnotes. The letter was written on Sept. 24, 1912 at the request of Goode's sister-in-law, Catherine McRae Goode and sent to her in Carson City, Nevada....

 
[Report and specifications for construction of streets in the City of Los Angeles].

Collection of specifications for construction streets and sidewalks in the City of Los Angeles. Starts with Specifications No. 47 (new series) for the construction of pavement of vitrified brick class B in the City of Los Angeles dated January 21st,...

 
Report on uranium deposit near Enterprise Gold Mine, Madera County, 1955.

Document describing a mining site near the Enterprise Gold Mine in Madera County. The site was being tested for the presence of uranium. The report consists of copies of document, a map and several original photographs.

 
Research material for book on California's first women legislators, 1978-1981

In 1978 Ethel L. Bornefeld published an article "Mrs. Elizabeth Hughes Butte County's Only Woman Legislator" in the Fall & Winter Edition of the Butte County Historical Society's Diggin's (v. 22, no. 3&4). During the next five years or so...

 
[Research material on General Mariano G. Vallejo's bookplate] [manuscript].

Photocopies of notes, correspondence, and articles relating to research on Vallejo's bookplate; for inclusion in new chapter in reprint of "Historic California in bookplates".

 
Reward poster for escapees from Folsom Prison, 1890.

Small reward poster for escapees from Folsom Prison, signed by Charles Aull, warden and dated Aug. 19, 1890. Includes description and very faded photographs (1x1 in.) of four men described as "German, speaks English with broken accent". Captured is scrawled...

 
Richard J. Dolwig Collection, 1950-1981.

Files on water: reports, notes, clippings, minutes, correspondence

 
Richmond, Cyrus C. Papers, 1812-1903, inclusive; 1859-1851, bulk

Six letters that relate to Cyrus Richmond's business dealings in California. Three letters are from Richmond to his family back in Maine. The first, dated June 3, 1849 details his early impressions of life in San Francisco and the impact...

 
[Rights of disabled persons/patients generally] : articles from the Mental and physical disability law reporter (formerly the Mental disability law reporter).

Three articles appearing in the column Summary, analysis and commentary reviewing the Burger court / edited by J. Parry (MPDLR/vol.8, no.6, MPDLR/vol.9, no.1, MPDLR/vol. 10, no.4). -- Developments in Patients' Bill of Rights since the Mental Health Systems Act /...

 
Robert Barrett Collection, 1978-1987.

Clippings, court briefs, audio tape, phone record, correspondence, promotional material

 
Robert Gordon Sproul oral history project /

Interviews with various university officials and friends of Robert Gordon Sproul.

 
Robert McGuffey Mexican War letter, 1848.

Letter written on February 2, 1848, the day that the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ending the Mexican War was signed. Besides describing the Louisiana countryside, McGuffey relates a conversation with General Zachary Taylor.

 
Robert Stacy-Judd Collection circa 1923-1962.

This collection is a sampling of some of the works by Robert Benjamin Stacy-Judd, an architect flourishing in Southern California from the 1920s through the 1960s. These samplings include a letter, a newspaper article, an announcement for a lecture series...

 
[Rounce & Coffin Club announcements].

Title supplied by cataloger.

 
Rowe (Joseph A.) Papers

Correspondence, bills and other papers of Rowe and his associates....

 
Ryerson, John N. Correspondence, 1849 Jan. 7-1854 Oct. 24.

Correspondence discusses family matters and details of Sacramento business. In addition, a letter, unsigned, dated Jan. 7, 1849, from Panama, describing voyage to California.

 
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S. C. Shaw Letters, 1859-1861.

Letters from eastern liquor dealers in New York to S. C. Shaw concerning orders placed with them by him

 
Sacramento Genealogical Society Cemetery Records

Transcripts of sexton's registries from St. Joseph's Cemetery, Sacramento; St. Joseph's Cemetery, Woodland; Citrus Heights Cemetery; Sacramento Memorial Cemetery; and St. Mary's Cemetery, Sacramento....

 
Sacramento Genealogical Society Cemetery Records, 1864-1951.

Transcripts of sexton's registries from St. Joseph's Cemetery, Sacramento; St. Joseph's Cemetery, Woodland; Citrus Heights Cemetery, Sacramento Memorial Cemetery; and St. Mary's Cemetery, Sacramento.

 
Sacramento State College Claim Jumpers, 1956-1958.

Photos, flier, typed description of excursion, ledger book.

 
Samuel A. Shumway diary, 1853.

Dairy written in Pocket Memorandum Almanac, 1853.

 
Samuel Brannan land transfer papers, 1865-1870.

Three documents: transfer of swamp and overflowed lands in San Joaquin County from Samuel Brannan to A.G. Kimbell on Oct. 25, 1865, transfer of same land from Kimbell to John Rueger on June 23, 1866, and transfer of same land...

 
Samuel J. Hume Collection, 1946-1956.

Business correspondence of Samuel J. Hume with California State Library

 
San Francisco earthquake and fire collection, 1906.

This material relating to the San Francisco earthquake and fire is from the local history collection of Santa Barbara bibliophile, Clifton F. Smith. A noted botanist, Smith was also an avid book collector with a particular interest in the history...

 
San Francisco Municipal Railway, San Francisco, California.

Contains a tour brochure, several transfer tickets, holiday tour tickets, tickets for school children, accident report forms, car defect report forms, several leaflets on municipal railway services and how to use them, and a copy of The Bay Area electric...

 
San Francisco Superior Court Cases, 1905-1922.

Selected civil case records from the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco

 
San Francisco Superior Court Cases Collection

Selected civil case records from the Superior Court of the City and the County of San Francisco, 1905-1922....

 
San Juan Water District. Records, 1854-1994

This collection of records from the contemporary San Juan Water District begins in 1854 with one of the state's early ditch companies and concludes in 1994 with the 140th anniversary of the company. There are approximately 600 items in the...

 
Santa Ana Valley Irrigation Company records, 1877-1948.

The Santa Ana Valley Irrigation Company was incorporated in the summer of 1877, acquiring the rights and properties of the Semi-Tropic company. The company covered the territory of the former Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana, including the Olive area, Orange,...

 
Saturday Club Collection, 1893-1946.

The Saturday Club was organized in 1893 to promote the advancement of music in Sacramento. It was active in bringing well-known musicians to Sacramento to perform. It has continued its activities to the present day.

 
Saturday Club Records

Correspondence, constitution, by-laws, regulations, membership lists, musical programs....

 
Savings and Loan Society Records

Records of the Society....

 
Sawtelle (Eugene W.) Papers

Correspondence, Charles Couvillaud receipts and checks, diaries, scrapbooks of Emma and Mary McKinsey....

 
Sawyer, H. C. (Herbert Carleton) Correspondence, 1882 May 19-1885 May 17.

Correspondence covers a period from May 19, 1882 through Aug. 1882 where author describes his army life. Assigned, at first, to Alcatraz Island; then to the St. Helena area where he visited several camps around St. Helena, Clear Lake, Cloverdale;...

 
Scrapbook, 1994.

Title from spine.

 
[Scripps Institution of Oceanography leaflets].

A collection of 29 articles on oceanography, published from 1926 to 1938, from several different scientific journals.

 
Searls & Searls Papers

Assays, correspondence, deeds, minutes of meetings, receipts, reports and stocks....

 
Searls & Searls Papers, 1920-1923.

Assays, correspondence, deeds, minutes of meetings, receipts, reports and stocks

 
Sederquist (Albert E.) Papers

Diaries and notebooks, auto record books, records for Highland Park property, photographs....

 
Selby Smelting & Lead Co. Papers, 1852-1976.

Correspondence, contracts, stock certificates, receipts, invoices, tax records, deeds, leases

 
Selby Smelting & Lead Company Records

Correspondence, contracts, stock certificates, receipts, invoices, tax records, deeds, leases....

 
Semple (Charles D.) Papers

Business and family papers, school land warrants....

 
Settlers Ditch Company. Records, 1874-1900.

The collection consists of a variety of records dating from 1874 to 1900, with the bulk 1875 to 1885. These records have been organized into five series: General Administrative; Accounts of Labor; Legal; Financial; and Related Ditch Companies. Graphics on...

 
Sexton (Warren T.) Papers

Correspondence, records of proceedings of Democratic Party at district conventions in Butte County, abstract of vote (Butte County, 1853-54), bills, receipts, business papers....

 
Shannon (Irene C.H.) Collection

Completed questionnaires and letters of American playwrights gathered by Irene Hoch in writing Modesto, California, Adobe Press, 1936....

 
Shasta County Library Closing

Newspaper clippings, button, bumper sticker, news releases, San Francisco Library bond information, Sacramento Central Library information, correspondence regarding Butte County Library....

 
Shasta County Library Closing, 1987-1988.

Newspaper clippings, button, bumper sticker, news releases, correspondence.

 
Shaw (S. C.) Papers

Letters from eastern liquor dealers in New York to S. C. Shaw concerning orders placed with them by him....

 
Sheldon (Henry B.) Papers

Letters of Rev. Henry B. Sheldon to his parents....

 
Shenk Family Papers

Business and personal papers of John Wesley Shenk, Sr., John Wesley, Jr., Susanne, Mary, William W., and Edmund Shenk and Henry Wilson including correspondence, deeds, receipts, bills, and photographs....

 
Shenk family papers, 1898-1940.

Primarily business papers of J.W. (John Wesley) Shenk, including some letters on letterheads. Early correspondence ca. 1900-1903 with S.W. Fergusson and L.M. Holt relates to Shenk's move from Omaha to the Imperial Valley to participate in the Imperial Land Company...

 
Shikishi collection honoring the tenth anniversary of the Haiku Society of America, 1978

These 24 shikishi, or poem cards, were a gift from the Museum of Haiku Literature in Tokyo to the Haiku Society of America in honor of the Society's tenth anniversary, celebrated in 1978. Twenty-four of Japan's most renowned poets composed...

 
Short (James M.) Collection

Business papers, legal documents, personal papers, letters, receipts....

 
Sickler (Marion M.) Papers

War Department communications to signal Corps Sgt. M. M. Sickler in Sacramento from January 19 to December 9, 1880....

 
Sierra Buttes Gold Mining Company. Records, 1869-1912

This collection consists primarily of financial data in bound volumes reflecting the operations of the last two, of three, owners of the Sierra Buttes Mine during the period 1869-1910. Neither the type of financial data provided or the methodology of...

 
Sincerity Lodge, 1854-1893

Correspondence, petitions, applications, receipts, accounts, reports

 
Sincerity Lodge Collection

Correspondence, petitions, applications, receipts, accounts, reports...

 
Skar Chinese collection.

Large numbers of Chinese immigrants came to California during the early 1850s to hunt for gold, and many stayed to pursue other lines of work. They maintained customs of their homeland, and were also the object of much prejudice and...

 
Smith (John M.) Papers

Letters from Smith to his family describe his trip to San Francisco via Panama, his gold mining and his trip to Oregon. The collection also includes certificates, other correspondence, his diary and various receipts....

 
Snowball, John W., 1860-1905

Business papers, correspondence, legal papers, notebooks and photographs.

 
Snowball (John W.) Papers

Business papers, correspondence, legal papers, notebooks and photographs....

 
Southworth Brothers Papers

Correspondence and business papers of the Southworth brothers....

 
Southworth Brothers Papers, 1850-1877

Correspondence and business papers of Southworth brothers

 
Sowden, William P. Papers, 1872-1920.

The collection consists of the personal and professional papers of William P. Sowden, an attorney and notary public in Dutch Flat, Placer County, California, ca. 1890-1920. The documents relate to Sowden's legal practice as a small town attorney and mostly...

 
Spanish and Mexican Materials

Small collection of letters from various persons, 1780-1850....

 
Specimen collection of haiku periodicals.

A collection of single issues of periodicals publishing haiku or discussion of the haiku movement.

 
Specimen collection of haiku periodicals.

A collection of single issues of periodicals publishing haiku or discussion of the haiku movement.

 
Specimen collection of haiku periodicals.

A collection of single issues of periodicals publishing haiku or discussion of the haiku movement.

 
Specimen collection of haiku periodicals.

A collection of single issues of periodicals publishing haiku or discussion of the haiku movement.

 
Spring Tunneling Company, 1855-1860

Minutes of meetings, laws of company, bills of sale, accounts.

 
Spring Tunneling Company, Nevada County

Minutes of meetings; laws of the company, bills of sale, accounts....

 
Stanislaus Electric Power Company. Records, 1897-1917.

This collection documents the early days of hydroelectric power development in California as well as the infusion of eastern capital into California which occurred in the early 1900s. The collection includes the papers of two California businessmen, Howard P. Veeder...

 
Stanley Hiller, Sr. Collection, 1922-1962

Business and personal papers of Stanley Hiller, Sr., Papers concerning Stanley Hiller, Jr.'s inventions: a new type of die-casting process and the first practical coaxial helicopter.

 
Stanwood letters, 1852-1854.

19 letters and 11 envelopes, mostly written by Nathan S. Stanwood in Sacramento to Nancy Delano in Strong, ME. Another letter is to Stanwood from a woman named Abby (?) in Augusta, ME, and also included is a letter from...

 
Starks (Leonard F.) Collection

Blueprints, correspondence and notes, plans...

 
State Library Collection (SLC)

Small collections of letters, typescripts and other documents....

 
State of California vs. Yuba Goldfields and the United States, 1979-1985

Briefs and court decisions from 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and Supreme Court, listing and analysis of exhibits, exhibits, depositions and trial transcripts.

 
State of California vs. Yuba Goldfields Collection

Briefs and court decisions from 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and Supreme Court, settlement agreement, trial briefs, complaints and answer motion for summary judgment, listing and analysis of exhibits, comments on navigability, plaintiff and defendant exhibits, depositions of witnesses, trial...

 
Stellman (Louis J.) Papers

Manuscripts for published and unpublished work, postcards, photographs, clippings....

 
Stephen Davis letters, 1844-1858.

Stephen Davis was born near Dunstable, Massachusetts on February 16, 1833. After his father's death in 1844 Stephen moved with his mother and siblings to Nashua, New Hampshire, where he worked in a variety of jobs before and after his...

 
Stewart (George W.) Collection

Correspondence, biographical materials, military papers, maps, deeds, diary, photographs, etc....

 
Stickney Family collection, 1848-1972.

Photographs, correspondence, news clippings, programs, booklets, and other documents belonging to Augustus Stickney, Belzora Clark Stickney, Edgar Allen Stickney, and the related Clark, Golden, Rust, Welch, Robbins, Winn, Dada, Emuel, and Renfro families. Numerous family history notes are included throughout.

 
Stow, J. W. (Joseph Washington) Correspondence, 1863-1869.

The collection consists of J.W. Stow's incoming correspondence, 1863 though 1869. There are 36 documents; three are on letterhead. Correspondents are primarily businessmen associated with the Russell and Erwin Manufacturing Company, including A.W. North, P. Oliver, Jason B. Ogden, and...

 
Strong (Edward O.) Collection

Photos and negatives of State Printing Plant, correspondence, requisitions, sick leave forms, invasion currency printed by State Printing Plant, books....

 
Stuart (James E.) Collection

Business letters and diaries....

 
Sutherland, Jasper. Letter from French Gulch, 1888 Nov. 24

One letter on letterhead of the Niagara Mill and Mining Co. from Jas. Sutherland in French Gulch to W. S. Lowden in Weaverville, dated Nov. 24, 1888. The letter is accompanied by six black and white photographs 3 1/2 in....

 
Sutter (John A., Jr.) Papers

Business papers, legal papers, estate matters, manuscript statement of events occurring in Sacramento, 1848-1850....

 
Sutter (John A.) Papers

Correspondence, Sutter claim materials, miscellaneous papers....

 
Sutton & Co. letter, 1855.

Letter embossed with the logo of Sutton & Co. of 84 Wall Street, New York, agents for a dispatch line for San Francisco. The handwriting on the letter, dated June 16, 1855, is such that it is difficult to tell...

 
Sweasey Family Papers

Marriage certificates, picture albums, family memoirs....

 
Sweasey Family Papers, 1850-ca.1948.

Marriage certificates, picture albums, family memoirs

 
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Tahoe Council-Camp Pahatsi Boy Scout ledger 1924-1974.

Boy Scout records kept in a Nevada County Collateral Inheritance Tax ledger. Those from 1924 to 1932 are typed on paper, glued in, and are very detailed, giving the particulars of the yearly summer and winter camps, who participated in...

 
Talisman Press Archives

The collection consists of materials pertaining to titles published by the Press, including research materials, correspondence, typescripts, galleys, annotated printing copies, illustrations, reviews, financial records, etc.; materials relating to proposals for publications that the Press never published; miscellaneous corporate records...

 
Talisman Press archives, 1958-1969.

The collection consists of materials pertaining to titles published by the Press, including research materials, correspondence, typescripts, annotated printing copies, illustrations, reviews, financial records, etc.; materials relating to proposals for publications that the Press never published; miscellaneous corporate records of...

 
Tarr (Benjamin F.) Papers

Correspondence....

 
Taylorsville Store Collection

Deeds, agreements, legal documents, banking records, invoices, receipts, correspondence, accounting records, Taylorsville Creamery records, stock certificates...

 
Taylorsville Store Collection, 1858-1949

Deeds, agreements, legal documents, banking records, invoices, receipts, correspondence, accounting records, Taylorsville Creamery records, stock certificates.

 
Teaching notebook, 1883-1909.

Ella Kelly's teaching notebook consists of 107 pages of notes organized under the following topics: Mental Philosophy; Work of Teacher; Definition of Education; Studies for Training; Reading; Spelling; Language; Grammar; Arithmetic. Pages 110 through 116 include the Constitution of the...

 
[Telephone card haiku] /

Title supplied by cataloger.

 
Thomas Gilman Collection, 1853-1907.

Letter, bills of sale, poll tax, receipts, subpoena, leases

 
Thomas Vano World War II letters, 1944-1945.

8 Letters from Vano, who was stationed in Germany, to family members.

 
Thompson (DeWitt C.) Papers

Business, military and family papers....

 
Tiburcio Vasquez Collection.

1 frame with 5 photographs (3 of T. Vasquez, 1 of Sheriff John H. Adams, 1 of Abdon Leiva); 1 framed photo of T. Vasquez; 1 framed engraving of Judge D. Belden of San Jose; 1 framed photo of the...

 
Trinity Church Collection

Correspondence, account books, membership lists, minutes of meetings, embroidery patterns...

 
Trinity Church Collection, l862-1935.

Correspondence, account books, membership lists, minutes of meetings, embroidery patterns

 
Tule Lake Relocation Center

Personal papers of internees: alien registration i.d.s, housing assignments, work assignments, clothing allowance receipts, recreation passes, co-op memberships, travel permits....

 
Tule Lake Relocation Center, 1942-1945

Personal papers of internees: alien registration i.d.s, housing assignments, clothing allowance receipts, recreation passes, co-op memberships, travel permits. Organization publications: yearbooks, memoranda, "Ben Kiroki's Story", "The American Observer", March 9, 1942 and May 4, 1942, audits of payroll

 
Tuolumne County Water Company check stubs and business papers, 1855-1879.

Payroll stub book, disbound, nos. 1-2243; 3 business letters; 1 shipping invoice.

 
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United Spanish War Veterans and Auxiliary, Paradise, California, records, 1940-1965

Miscellaneous collection of records from the United Spanish War Veterans organizations in Paradise, California. Material is primarily from the women's auxiliary, USWV Auxiliary No. 127; some from the veteran's group, USWV Paradise Camp No. 145.

 
University of California, Berkeley. Institute of Governmental Studies. Correspondence regarding the case of Thomas N. Truax, 1968 Feb. 9-1976 April 20.

Correspondence is between several employees of Institute of Governmental Studies (Stanley Scott and Ora Huth) and Joseph F. Zimmerman (editor, National Civic Review), William N. Cassella, Jr. (National Municipal League) and Warren Schmid (ABAG). Includes newspaper clippings from various Bay...

 
[University of the Pacific scrapbook /

Title supplied by cataloger.

 
Upton Sinclair's End Poverty in California (EPIC) campaign collection, 1934.

The EPIC collection was a gift from the Shaw family. Ida Noble and W. Lawrence Shaw met while Ida was working at the Pomona College Library after her graduation in 1931 and Lawrence was pursuing a degree in library science....

 
Uren manuscript for "Field notes of the town of Dutch Flat [California]", 1871 June 21.

Manuscript of Edward C. Uren's survey of Dutch Flat. Includes 12 square blocks and 204 lots, including Dutch Flat Hotel and "Chinese lot". Each lot includes the owner's name and extensive property measurements.

 
Uriah Wood West Side Irrigation Bill letter, 1878.

Letter by Uriah Wood to Dr. J. Flint urging support of the West Side Irrigation Bill. Wood stated that Miller and Lux wanted to delete the land between the San Joaquin River and the San Joaquin and Kings River Canal...

 
Urmy (Clarence) Collection

The collection includes theatrical and musical announcements and programs and Urmy=s reviews for the period for 1910 through 1922 for works performed at San Jose=s Victory Theatre; also letters on personal and literary concerns for the period from 1900 through...

 
U.S. Land Office, Sacramento, 1858-1908.

Correspondence, deeds, legal papers, mining papers

 
U.S. Land Office, Sacramento (Calif.) Records

Correspondence, deeds, legal papers, mining papers....

 
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Vasquez (Jose T.) Papers

Business papers, correspondence, land grant materials, legal papers, Mission Dolores accounts, receipts, promissory notes, tax assessments....

 
Venice Club documents, 1907.

State of California incorporation papers for the Venice Club, Venice CA, dated July 8, 1907. Also, Venice Club meeting minutes for July 2 and July 11, 1907, dealing with incorporation.

 
Vera (Angel de) Collection

Eighteen early Spanish documents concerning the discovery and exploration of America, Mexico and California, 1523-1735. Count Angel de Vera's family coat of arms: "Vera Ponce de Leon Family", a painted wood plaque; "Knight Commander of Mortalla in the very noble...

 
Victor and Mamie Forni papers, 1900-1949

This collection consists of the correspondence, legal documents, financial records and receipts, and miscellaneous papers of Victor Forni and his wife, Mamie E. Forni. Most relate to mining activities and property in the Georgetown area of El Dorado County. Mines...

 
Vigilance collection, 1856.

Correspondence, statement of ordinance, schedule of arms, items concerning military matters.

 
Vigilance Committee Records

Correspondence, statement of ordinance, schedule of arms, items concerning military matters....

 
Vioget (Jean J.) Papers

Business papers, certificates and correspondence....

 
Volle Family Collection

Family papers including correspondence, greeting cards, business papers, newspaper clippings, diary, graduation and birth announcements, wedding invitations, Golden Sheaf Awards, deeds, naturalization paper, wills, newspapers, photographs, and genealogy notes....

 
Volle family collection, 1838-1978.

Family papers including correspondence, greeting cards, business papers, newspaper clippings, diary, graduation and birth announcements, wedding invitations, Golden Sheaf Awards, deeds, naturalization papers, wills, newspapers, photographs, and genealogy notes.

 
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W. W. Light papers, 1851-1893.

William W. Light was born in Claremont County, Ohio on July 29, 1819, and was a boyhood friend of Ulysses S. Grant. He began studying medicine at age eighteen in Cincinnati, entered the practice of dentistry in 1840, and arrived...

 
Wadsworth (Eden) Papers

Certificates, diary, printed materials, materials about his daughter, Carrie M. Wadsworth....

 
Warner Family Letters, 1871-1901.

Letters written by Mr. and Mrs. William Warner of Sweetland, Calif. to family members

 
Warner Family Papers

Letters written by Mr. and Mrs. William Warner of Sweetland, Calif. to family members....

 
Warren T. Sexton Collection, 1850-1878.

Correspondence, records of proceedings of Democratic Party at district conventions in Butte County, abstract of vote (Butte County, 1853-54), bills, receipts, business papers

 
Welch (J. A.) Letters

Correspondence regarding efforts to build Bayshore Highway and Skyline Boulevard....

 
Wells, Fargo & Company collection, 1853-1906.

Certificates, correspondence, envelopes, receipt books, etc.

 
Wells, Fargo & Company Papers

Certificates, correspondence, envelopes, receipt books, etc....

 
Wenzel (Caroline) Collection

Correspondence, greeting cards, clippings, notes, speeches, receipts, State Library School materials, Pony Express information, photographs, notes on historic buildings, Caroline Wenzel School materials, tax receipts; Arthur, Florine, Jennie, George, Robert and Wenzel family materials....

 
Western Overland Trails Collection manuscript material collected by the Oregon-California Trails Association.

The Oregon-California Trails Association (OCTA) established the Western Overland Trails Collection at the California State Library in 2002. In addition to a substantial collection of published books and pamphlets, the Association donated copies of unpublished material such as diaries, journals,...

 
Wheeler (Cyrus T.) Papers

Correspondence, business papers, estate materials administered by his executor, John A. McIntire, and mining investment materials....

 
Wilkinson, H. F. Correspondence, 1887 Oct. 16 and 1889 Jan. 17

Two letters written by H.F. Wilkinson to Jake and sent from Auburn on Oct. 16, 1887 and Jan. 17, 1889. The 1889 letter is on an engraved lettersheet from Freeman's Hotel with the caption "Formerly Borland". Transcriptions of the letters...

 
Will C. Wood Collection, 1900-1939

Manuscripts of speeches, photos, ephemera, scrapbook, clippings, correspondence, banking papers.

 
William C. Penry Collection, 1868-1895.

Business papers and correspondence in connection with operation of the Amador Dispatch newspaper and the Amador Telegraph Company, both in Jackson, California

 
William Cooper letter to Captain Moses I. Muliken, 1849.

Letter from Pittston, Maine businessman William Cooper to charter captain Moses I. Muliken of the brig Mary Wilder regarding plans to go to California and take part in mining operations, April 13, 1849.

 
William Doyle Pennell Collection, 1849-1885.

Family letters of William Doyle Pennell and his wife, Delila Ann

 
William Earp collection, 1862

The William Earp collection consists of: a leather satchel with "William Earp Pontiac Illinois" written on the side (the satchel he took to California according to family lore); a 90-page diary for the year 1862; three photographs of Earp (one...

 
William G. Clark copybook, Coloma, 1859.

Copybook kept by William G. Clark of Coloma CA. 1859. Includes essays and comment on social events in Coloma during this period, along with poetry and stories.

 
William H. Bull Collection, 1891-1919.

William H. Bull, 1861-1940, arrived in San Francisco in 1894. He was employed by Southern Pacific Railroad as their first commerical artist. He specialized in doing advertising and in painting pictures of California's beauty spots for Southern Pacific's promotional materials....

 
William H. Hutchinson Collection, 1947-1990

Correspondence, background materials, notes and drafts for books on California history; reprints of articles and short stories; photographs; periodicals; books; speeches; membership lists and correspondence for "The Family"; research material; radio and TV scripts.

 
William Hammond Hall Collection, 1817-1915

Correspondence, business and personal papers, notebooks, scrapbooks.

 
William Heath Davis Collection, 1837-1905

Correspondence, legal papers.

 
William Higby Letters, 1837-1859.

Letters of William Higby to his mother and father

 
William Jackson Losh Collection, 1908-1973.

Correspondence, advertising, employee records, legal materials.

 
William N. Davis, Jr. World War II collection.

William Newell Davis, Jr. was born in Kingsburg, CA in 1915 and lived for a number of years in Dinuba. He received a Bachelor's in History from Fresno State College in 1936, a secondary teaching credential from U.C. Berkeley in...

 
William P. Warren family correspondence, 1850-1852.

William's letter home is a capsule summary of his overland journey to California. He describes setting out from St. Joseph after an overturned wagon and broken wheel caused several days of delay. He talks of sickness on the trail and...

 
William R. Bryant World War II collection.

Diary and photographs. Diary covers brief period during 1944-45 (?) when William R. Bryant was stationed in Italy (Foggia?) flying B17 bomber raids. Photographs include servicemen and aerial views of bombing targets. Some newspaper clippings.

 
William R. Olden gold rush letters ; pioneer letters, 1849-1877

Twenty-two letters from William Rodman Olden in California to his family in Bucks County, Pa.; 5 envelopes, 3 imprinted with business logos. The first letter is addressed to his wife and dated from Panama on May 13, 1849. The rest...

 
William Spencer Lowden Collection, 1870-1930

Correspondence; copies of land records; survey field notes and tables; stock certificates, receipts; notes on road work, travel sheets, ticket boxes for wagon road companies.

 
Winchester (Jonas) Collection

Correspondence, books, pictures, newspaper copies....

 
[Winchester Mystery House].

Mrs. Winchester's extraordinary "Spook Palace". Article from: San Francisco Examiner, April 1, 1928, "The American weekly" magazine section, pp 13, 14 and 25.

 
Wine cellar book [scrapbook].

Published scrapbook. with wine labels from France and California wineries pasted and loose.

 
Winfield Scott correspondence, 1847-1848.

Letter guaranteeing safe passage for Mexican soldiers into the capital, accompanied by a typed translation in Spanish. Also a printed "Safeguard" issued by Scott placing a Mexican family and its property under protection of the Army.

 
Wong Mee Shee collection.

Immigration materials of a Chinese woman, identified as Tam Moy on an 1894 Certificate of Residence, and as Mrs. Wong Mee Shee on a 1916 Certificate of Identity and its associated steamer ticket. Also included is a piece of paper...

 
Wood (Will C.) Collection

The main body of the collection is approximately 100 typed manuscripts of speeches written by Wood, circa 1904-1931. There are photographs of Wood, and ephemera, for the period 1900-1939. The collection also contains 50 typewritten manuscripts of Wood's speeches, primarily...

 
Woodward's Gardens collection, 1872-1877.

Correspondence to Robert B. Woodward (although some is addressed to others at Woodward's Gardens) mostly about possible donation or sale of items and animals to the Gardens' collections, and file cards on books acquired for the collection. Many of the...

 
World War I letters, 1917-1919

Thirty-one letters (30 holograph, 1 typewritten) primarily to Lyford's sister Lela, with a few to his mother, Minnie D. and his brother, Per -- all in Martinez, California. Letters beginning on August 27th, 1917 through October 18th, 1917 were from...

 
World War I letters, 1917-1919

The collection includes 96 holograph letters and 61 photographs from Lingard to his family, chiefly his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.T. Lingard in Berkeley, California. Letters from 1917, June 28th through July 29th, were written from American Lake, Washington, while...

 
World War I letters, 1918-1919.

The collection includes 49 holograph letters and postcards written by Newlove to his parents in Arroyo Grande, California. Letters from Feb. 21, 1918 to Apr. 26, 1918 are from Mare Island, California; 2 postcards and a letter dated May 11,...

 
World War I letters, 1918-1919

This collection includes 19 holograph letters written by Ray Sweeney to his mother in San Francisco. Letters written from January through September 5, 1918 were sent from bases in California. A letter misdated June 18 (for Sept. 18) and subsequent...

 
World War I Soldiers File

Newspaper clippings....

 
World War II letters, 1942-1945.

A collection of 416 letters from Robert Grimm to his wife, Margaret. Letters from Jan. 8, 1942 through the end of 1943 were sent during service in the United States. Letters from 1945 were written during eight weeks on a...

 
World War II letters, 1942-1945.

This collection comprises 391 holograph letters, four photographs and 10 photograph negatives sent to Masters' wife, Rebecca Morris Masters in Long Beach, California. Letters from 1942, beginning May 2nd, and throughout 1943 were written while attending Basic Training, Officer Candidates'...

 
World War II letters, 1942-1945.

This collection includes 173 holograph letters and one photograph sent primarily to Emmon's mother, Mina F. Emmons, in Oakland, California, with a few letters to his sister, Eleanor Carpenter, also in Oakland. Letters from 1942, beginning February 23rd, and early...

 
World War II letters, 1942-1945.

This collection includes 207 letters (mostly holograph; some typed) and 12 photographs sent to Kinney's parents, Clinton P. and Maud Kinney of Stockton, California. Letters from 1942, beginning May 21st, were written during training in the United States; letters from...

 
World War II letters, 1943.

115 holograph letters by Varner to Nell Wheat, the woman who became his fiancee during the time of this correspondence. Most letters were sent to her home in Roanoke, Virginia, but some were addressed in care of her brother, Forest...

 
World War II letters, 1943-1945

This collection of letters and memorabilia richly documents the service career of James M. Brown. A scrapbook offers a complete record beginning with correspondence from the Selective Service Board in 1942 and concluding with discharge papers in 1945. In addition...

 
World War II letters, 1943-1945

This collection consists primarily of correspondence from Robert L. Abreu to his wife, Violet M. Abreu, including 239 holograph letters, 3 typewritten letters, 4 telegrams, and various ephemera. During April-June 1943 Robert writes from Laredo, Tex., to Violet in Oakland,...

 
World War II letters, 1943-1945.

The bulk of this collection comprises 138 holograph letters and 9 postcards, 1 photograph and 4 photo negatives sent by George Dein to his wife, Dolores. The letters date from Jan. 5, 1943 through Nov. 5, 1945 and were sent...

 
World War II letters, 1943-1945.

The collection comprises 69 holograph letters and two photographs sent to Hassett's mother, Adele M., and to his father, James B., Sr., in San Francisco. Letters from 1943, beginning Feb. 21st, were written during training in the United States; letters...

 
World War II letters, 1944-1946

This collection consists of 181 holograph letters, 28 typewritten letters, 4 greeting cards and 1 telegram sent by Charlie Widbin to his parents, Elmer and Blanche Widbin in Los Angeles, California. Correspondence from Sept. 14, 1944 through Nov. 15, 1944...

 
World War II letters, 1944-1946.

The contents of this collection includes 70 handwritten letters written by Edward "Bud" C. Wert (US Navy) during training to serve with the Pacific Fleet between 1944 and 1946. Forty-nine letters are written while studying at the Communications School at...

 
World War II letters, 1945-1946.

This collection comprises 309 holograph letters, four photographs andsix photographic negatives exchanged between Adolph F. Harpain and Edna Mae Clark. Harpain's letters from 1945, beginning April 30th, were sent from training camps in Arizona and Illinois to Clark at her...

 
WPA-Federal Arts Projects in Calif. [scrapbook] /

A scrapbook containing articles from various California newspapers, newsletters, and magazines; programs from dedication ceremonies; and other documents related to the Works Progress Administration Federal Art Projects in California.

 
[Wu series] /

Title supplied by cataloger.

 
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Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Company. Records, 1898-1918

The Yellow Aster records are organized into the following series: LEGAL (bulk 1895-1918): Corporate, Property, Legal actions--Yellow Aster vs. O. B. Stanton (1898), Yellow Aster vs. Crane Company (1904). FINANCIAL (1898-1915): Accounting, Debits, Credits, Correspondence--R. L. Burcham to C. W....

 
Young Brothers Letters

Correspondence....

 
Young (C. C.) Newspaper Clippings

Newspaper clippings collected by Governor C.C. Young....