James D. Hague Papers Addenda: Finding Aid mssHague1
Gayle Richardson
The Huntington Library
June 2022
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San Marino, California 91108
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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: James D. Hague papers addenda
Creator:
Hague, James D. (James
Duncan), 1836-1908
Identifier/Call Number: mssHague1
Physical Description:
58 Linear Feet
(67 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1836-1941
Abstract: A collection of material related to the
American mining engineer James Duncan Hague; an addenda to the James D. Hague
papers.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. James D. Hague papers addenda, The Huntington Library, San
Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gifts of James Hague, 1970-1977.
Biographical / Historical
James Duncan Hague (1836-1909) was an American mining engineer. He was born in Boston,
Massachusetts, and graduated from the Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard in 1855 and did
graduate work in chemistry and minerology in Göttingen and Freiberg, Germany. After
returning to the United States in 1859, Hague was selected to explore several equatorial
coral islands in the Pacific Ocean in search of phosphate deposits. He was associated with
Edwin J. Hulbert in the discovery and early development of the Calumet and Hecla copper
mines in Michigan; in 1867, he was made first assistant to Clarence King on the United
States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel. He later became a consulting mining
engineer in San Francisco and developed many mining enterprises, including the North Star
Mine in Grass Valley, California. In April 1872, Hague married Mary Ward Foote (1846–1898),
sister-in-law of Mary Hallock Foote (1847-1938); the couple had three children: Marian Hague
(1873–1971), Eleanor Hague (1875–1954), and William Hague (1882–1918). Hague died August 3,
1908, at his summer home in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
Scope and Contents
The addenda contains correspondence, business papers, estate material, diaries, account
books, scrapbooks, photographs, and other material related to the work and family of James
D. Hague. Other Hague family members represented in the addenda include Marian Hague, his
son William Hague, and Mary Hallock Foote. Subjects included in the collection: Clarence
King, mining, engineering, Guano Island, South Seas (Oceania), Japan, and the Lick
Observatory. Also found in the addenda is a small group of papers of Horace F. Cutter of San
Francisco, a friend of Clarence King; and a small group of papers of Edward Singleton
Holden, who was an astronomer and Hague family friend. Holden was director of the Lick
Observatory, president of the University of California, and librarian of West Point. The
addenda also contains unprocessed folders and boxes of ephemera and realia including a
chemical set, ore specimens, and printed material; photographs in Boxes 57-63 were
transferred to the Photo Archive.
Processing Information
Processed by Huntington Library Staff, circa 1980. In 2022, Gayle Richardson created the
finding aid derived from a legacy summary report.
Arrangement
Arranged by subject and format.
General
Former call number: mssHague papers addenda.
Related Materials
The James D. Hague papers (mssHague) and the Clarence King papers (mssKingcr).
Related Materials
Boxes 57-63 housing photographs were transferred to the Photo Archive: James D. Hague
photograph collection (photCL 358).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Mines and mineral resources -- California, Northern
Mines and mineral resources -- Mexico
Mines and mineral resources -- West (U.S.)
Mining engineers -- United States
California -- Description and travel
Japan -- Description and travel
Oceania -- Discovery and exploration
Diaries -- United States
Family papers -- United States
Letters (correspondence) -- United States
Notebooks -- United States
Photographs -- United States
Professional papers -- United States
Scrapbooks -- United States
Cutter, Horace F.
Foote, Mary Hallock, 1847-1938
Hague, Marian, 1873-1971
Hague, William, 1882-1918
Holden, Edward S. (Edward
Singleton), 1846-1914
King, Clarence,
1842-1901
Box 1
William Hague (a) and genealogical papers
Box 2
James D. Hague correspondence: A-Ci
Box 3
James D. Hague correspondence: Co-E
Box 4
James D. Hague correspondence: F-Harriet Hague
Box 6
James D. Hague to Mary Foote Hague
1870-1875
Box 7
James D. Hague to Mary Foote Hague
1892-1898
Box 8
James D. Hague and Mary Foote Hague
Box 9
James D. Hague correspondence: Sarah Hague-M
Box 10
James D. Hague correspondence: N-Z
Box 11
Manuscripts, letters of introduction, printed invitations
Box 13
Letter books and notebooks
Box 15
Bank books, cancelled checks
Box 16
Estate of James D. Hague: receipts, checks, etc.
Box 18
"Doubtful Islands" (duplicate copies)
Box 19
"Doubtful Islands:" printed material and photographs
Box 20
"Doubtful Islands:" clippings
Box 20a
Scrapbooks: Botanical and Japan
Box 23
Pocket diaries: series I
1858-1872
Box 24
Pocket diaries: series I
1871-1887
Box 25
Pocket diaries: series I
1888-1902
Box 26
Pocket diaries: series I
1903-1908
Scope and Contents
Includes: Series II 1879-1906
Box 27
William Hague (b) family correspondence
1889-1904
Box 29
Business correspondence: A-L
Box 30
Business correspondence: M-Z
Box 32
Engineering and mining notebooks
Box 33
Estate, biographical notes, childhood drawings
Box 35
Scrapbook of Harvard mementos
Box 36
Marian Hague correspondence: A-G
Box 37
Marian Hague correspondence: H
Box 38
Marian Hague correspondence: I-U
Box 39
Marian Hague correspondence: V-Z; miscellaneous
Box 41
Address books, ephemera, etc.
Box 44
Pocket notebooks
1874-1920
Box 45
Pocket notebooks
1921-1941
Box 47
Horace F. Cutter papers: A-H
Box 48
Horace F. Cutter papers: J-Z; biographical and printed material
Box 49
Edward Singleton Holden papers: letters from Marian Hague
1899-1908
Box 50
Correspondence, manuscripts, etc.
1911-1914
Box 51
Pocket diaries, photographs, printed material
Box 52
Photograph album-chiefly South Sea area and miscellaneous scrapbook
Box 53
Two photograph albums: California and Lick Observatory
Box 54
Scrapbooks, clippings, etc.
Box 55
Miscellaneous printed items
Box 56
Joshua Clapp Stone: diaries
1849-1868
Box 57-63
Photographs: these boxes transferred to Photo Archive
Box 64
Printed pictures, chiefly European scenes belonging to Marian Hague,
etc.
Box 67
Mary Hallock Foote: photocopies of letters
Box 68
Mary Hallock Foote: photocopies of letters
Box 69
Mary Hallock Foote: photocopies of letters; miscellaneous pieces, unsorted and
undated letters
Box 70
Mary Hallock Foote: photocopies of letters; miscellaneous pieces, unsorted and
undated letters
Box 71
Typescript of selected letters of Mary Hallock Foote
