Barbara R. Warner research collection mssWarner
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The Huntington Library
Title: Barbara R. Warner research collection
Creator:
Warner, Barbara R., 1924-
Identifier/Call Number: mssWarner
Physical Description:
2 Linear Feet
(2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1976-1988
Abstract: This collection consists of Barbara R. Warner's research concerning the Bear Flag Revolt.
Language of Material: The records are in English.
Access
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information.
Publication Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material,
nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and
obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
Preferred Citation
Barbara R. Warner research collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Barbara R. Warner, 1977-2003.
Biography
Barbara R. Warner was born in 1924. She was the author of The Men of the Bear Flag Revolt and Their Heritage, printed by Arthur
H. Clark, 1996.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of Barbara R. Warner's research concerning the Bear Flag Revolt. Most of her letters are addressed
to Ray Allen Billington at the Huntington Library. Other letters are addressed to Martin Ridge and D.H. Woodward. In Warner's
letters, she explains her research and encloses Xerox copies of clippings, genealogical material, journals, wills, and photographs
related to the Bear Flat Revolt.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
General
Former call number: mssWarnercollection.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Bear Flag Revolt, 1846
California -- History -- To 1846
California -- Politics and government -- 1846-1850
Letters (correspondence)
Research (documents)
Billington, Ray Allen, 1903-1981
Ridge, Martin
Box 1
Research material
1976-1980
Box 1, Folder 1
Ephemera related to Sonoma, California
1976-1988
Scope and Contents
Gifts of Barbara R. Warner, December 1988 and April 2003.
Box 1, Folder 2
Warner, Barbara R., 1924-. Letter to Ray Allen Billington, 1903-1981
1977, July 25
Scope and Contents
Enclosed: Xerox copies of material relating to the Griffith and Taplin families; photograph of Calvin Chesterfield Griffith,
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Chesterfield Griffith, and Lydia M. (Sensibaugh) Griffith
Box 1, Folder 3
Warner, Barbara R., 1924-. Letter to Ray Allen Billington, 1903-1981
1977, Nov. 10
Scope and Contents
Enclosed: Another letter of same date. Enclosed: Xerox copy of clipping regarding Edwin R. Pickett; Xerox copy of letter from
Raymond R. Hellman to Barbara R. Warner, July 23, 1977
Box 1, Folder 4
Warner, Barbara R., 1924-. Letter to Ray Allen Billington, 1903-1981
1978, Feb. 10
Scope and Contents
Enclosed: Photograph (3 and 1 negative) of Samuel Neal; Henry Beeson, Ben Dewell, Henry Porterfield, June 14, 1896; Henry
Beeson and Bear Flat [1896?] and clippings
Box 1, Folder 5
Warner, Barbara R., 1924-. Letter to Ray Allen Billington, 1903-1981
1978, Feb. 11
Box 1, Folder 6
Warner, Barbara R., 1924-. Letter to Ray Allen Billington, 1903-1981
1978, Apr. 4
Scope and Contents
Enclosed: Letter (Xerox copy) from W.N. Davis, Jr. to Barbara R. Warner, Mar. 2, 1978 and copy of Napa County Historical Society
Tidings, Feb. 1, 1978
Box 1, Folder 7
Warner, Barbara R., 1924-. Letter to Ray Allen Billington, 1903-1981
1978, May 2
Scope and Contents
Enclosed: Xerox copy of letter, Apr. 27, 1978, from Barbara R. Warner to Newman A. Hall
Box 1, Folder 8
Warner, Barbara R., 1924-. Letter to Ray Allen Billington, 1903-1981
1978, June 15
Scope and Contents
Cataloger's note: List of Camron family not found, Oct. 1979
Box 1, Folder 9
Warner, Barbara R., 1924-. Letter to Ray Allen Billington, 1903-1981
1978, Aug. 4
Box 1, Folder 10
Warner, Barbara R., 1924-. Letter to Ray Allen Billington, 1903-1981
1978, Oct. 14
Box 1, Folder 11
Warner, Barbara R., 1924-. Letter to Ray Allen Billington, 1903-1981
1978, Oct. 19
Scope and Contents
Enclosed: Xerox copies of clippings
Box 1, Folder 12
Warner, Barbara R., 1924-. Letter to Ray Allen Billington, 1903-1981
1978, Dec. 19
Scope and Contents
Enclosed: Xerox copies of passports for Cyrus Alexander, William Chard, and clippings
Box 1, Folder 13
Warner, Barbara R., 1924-. Letter to Ray Allen Billington, 1903-1981
1979, Mar. 14
Scope and Contents
Enclosed: Xerox copies of 22p. of material and Feb. 1978 issue of Wagon Wheels
Box 1, Folder 14
Warner, Barbara R., 1924-. Letter to Ray Allen Billington, 1903-1981
1979, Mar. 15
Scope and Contents
Enclosed: Xerox copies of speech by Earl Warren, June 14, 1946, Program at Sonoma, Mar. 10, 1946, and clippings
Box 1, Folder 15
Warner, Barbara R., 1924-. Letter to Ray Allen Billington, 1903-1981
1979, Apr. 18
Scope and Contents
Enclosed: Xerox copy of will and inventory of Ira Bedwell, Dec. 2, 1824
Box 1, Folder 16
Warner, Barbara R., 1924-. Letter to Ray Allen Billington, 1903-1981
1979, Sep. 7
Scope and Contents
Enclosed: 2 photographs- William E. Taylor and Nancy Griffith Taylor
Box 1, Folder 17
Warner, Barbara R., 1924-. Letter to Ray Allen Billington, 1903-1981
1979, Dec. 5
Scope and Contents
Enclosed: Xerox copies of obituaries of Edwin R. Pickett, George Francis Taylor, and Ross Francis Taylor
Box 1, Folder 18
Warner, Barbara R., 1924-. Letter to Ray Allen Billington, 1903-1981
1980, Apr. 1
Scope and Contents
Enclosed: Xerox copy of pages from James and Robert Aull's ledger from Lexington, Mo., 1830-1833
Box 1, Folder 19
Warner, Barbara R., 1924-. Letter to Ray Allen Billington, 1903-1981
1980, July 16
Scope and Contents
Enclosed: Genealogical papers of Griffith, Hudson, and Bedwell families. Gift of Ray Allen Billington, Aug. 4, 1980
Box 1, Folder 20
Warner, Barbara R., 1924-. Letter to Ray Allen Billington, 1903-1981
1980, Oct. 15
Scope and Contents
Enclosed: Xerox copy of printed "Brief Sketches of Origin of the Yount Family in America and Yount family genealogy. Cataloger's
note: The 1936 article from the St. Helena Star not found in letter, Oct. 1980
Box 2
Research material
1980)-[undated]
Box 2, Folder 1
Warner, Barbara R., 1924-. Letter to Clifford Merrill Drury, 1897-1984
1980, Nov. 13
Scope and Contents
Enclosed: Xerox copies regarding Hudson and Bedwell families and religion on the frontier
Box 2, Folder 2
Warner, Barbara R., 1924-. Letter to Ray Allen Billington, 1903-1981
1980, Dec. 9
Scope and Contents
Enclosed: Xerox copies Arrow Rock Tavern and Marriage Records of Lafayette County
Box 2, Folder 3
Material concerning members of party of Bear Flat Revolt and their families
1981, Aug.
Scope and Contents
Xerox copy. Gift of Barbara R. Warner, Oct. 1981
Box 2, Folder 4
Warner, Barbara R., 1924-. Letter to Martin Ridge
1981, Sep. 11
Scope and Contents
Enclosed: Xerox copies regarding Hudson and Bedwell families and Bear Flag celebration in Santa Rosa, California
Box 2, Folder 5
Warner, Barbara R., 1924-. Letters to Raymond F. Wood
1981, Sep. 16 and 20
Scope and Contents
Enclosed: Xerox copies of material related to Orman W. Ewing and Hudson family. Gift of Barbara R. Warner, Oct. 1981
Box 2, Folder 6
Warner, Barbara R., 1924-. Award to Mabel Crotty Billington: [speech?]
1981, Sep. 27
Scope and Contents
Xerox copy. Gift of Barbara R. Warner, Oct. 1981
Box 2, Folder 7
Warner, Barbara R., 1924-. Letter to Martin Ridge
1982, June 7
Scope and Contents
Enclosed: Xerox copy of Doniphan's Expedition Co. B. Gift of Barbara R. Warner, July 1982
Box 2, Folder 8
Warner, Barbara R., 1924-. Letter to Martin Ridge
1982, Oct. 13
Scope and Contents
Enclosed: Xerox copies of material related to Joseph Rutherford Walker, 1798-1876 and copy of letter from [Ardes?] Walker.
Gift of Barbara R. Warner, Oct. 1982
Box 2, Folder 9
Warner, Barbara R., 1924-. Letter to Martin Ridge
1982, Dec. 10
Scope and Contents
Enclosed: Xerox copy of photograph of William Gordon. Gift of Barbara, R. Warner, Dec. 1982
Box 2, Folder 10
Warner, Barbara R., 1924. Letter to Martin Ridge
1983, Jan. 12
Scope and Contents
Regarding military escort for the 1848 emigration headed by James Clyman. Gift of Barbara R. Warner, July 1982
Box 2, Folder 11
Newspaper clippings
1983
Scope and Contents
Gift of Barbara R. Warner, Nov. 1977
Box 2, Folder 12
Warner, Barbara R., 1924-. Letter to Robert Middlekauff
1984, May 31
Scope and Contents
Enclosed: Forting at Sonoma – the Untold Story of the Women and Children of the Bear Flag Revolt, 1846-1847 and newspaper
clippings
Box 2, Folder 13
Warner, Barbara R., 1924-. Letter to D.H. (Daniel Holt) Woodward, 1931-2007
1984, Aug. 28
Scope and Contents
Enclosed: Xerox copies of material relating to frontier law. Gift of Barbara R. Warner, Aug. 1984
Box 2, Folder 14
Cleverdon, Muriel Forsythe. Letter to Barbara R. Warner, 1924-
[1984]
Scope and Contents
Enclosed: Xerox copies of research material. Gift of Barbara R. Warner, Sep. 1984
Box 2, Folder 15
Deaths and Burials of Men Associated with the Bear Flat Revolt in California, June 1846: [photocopies]
1988, Nov.
Scope and Contents
Gift of Barbara R. Warner, Nov. 1988
Box 2, Folder 16
Warner, Barbara R., 1924-. Letter to D.H. (Daniel Holt) Woodward, 1931-2007
1988, Dec.
Scope and Contents
Enclosed: Xerox copies of material relating to Captain John Grisby to Captain John B. Montgomery. Gift of Barbara R. Warner,
Dec. 1988
Box 2, Folder 17
Mothersead, A.J. Travels and Incidents of [Charles] Day and [A.J.] Linevilles' Train from Gentry Co., Mo.
[undated]
Scope and Contents
Enclosed: Xerox copies of research material. Gift of Barbara Warner, Oct. 1984
Box 2, Folder 18
Warner, Barbara R., 1924-. Robert Faires Grigsby journal one
[undated]
Scope and Contents
Enclosed: Xerox copies of Grigsby journal, 1859. Original owned by Enid Williams
Box 2, Folder 19
Warner, Barbara R., 1924-. Robert Faires Grigsby journal two
[undated]
Scope and Contents
Enclosed: Xerox copies of Grigsby journal, 1859. Original owned by Enid Williams
Box 2, Folder 20
Warner, Barbara R., 1924-. A Collection of Historical Sketches of Slusher Community
[undated]
Scope and Contents
Enclosed: Xerox copies related to Slusher community
