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Partington family papers
BANC MSS C-H 84  
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  • Access
  • Accruals
  • Acquisition Information
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  • Biographical Information
  • Preferred Citation
  • Processing Information
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Separated Material
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    • Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library
    Title: Partington next hit family papers,
    Creator: previous hit Partington next hit family
    Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS C-H 84
    Physical Description: 25.75 linear feet (15 cartons, 13 volumes, 3 oversize boxes, 1 box, 3 oversize folders; 1 Digital Object (1 image))
    Physical Description: 2 sound discs (vinyl) 78 r.p.m.
    Date (inclusive): 1864-1987
    Date (bulk): 1864-1933
    Abstract: The correspondence and papers of the John Herbert Evelyn previous hit Partington next hit , his wife Sarah, and their children: Blanche previous hit Partington next hit , Gertrude previous hit Partington next hit Albright, Phyllis previous hit Partington next hit , and, to a lesser extent, Jack (John) previous hit Partington next hit , Sr., Richard Langtry previous hit Partington next hit , Edward previous hit Partington next hit , Kate previous hit Partington next hit , and Jack previous hit Partington next hit , Jr..
    Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
    Language of Material: English .

    Access

    Collection is open for research.

    Accruals

    No additions are expected.

    Acquisition Information

    The previous hit Partington next hit family papers were purchased by the Bancroft Library from Jack previous hit Partington next hit , Sr. in 1957. Additions were gifted by Nellie Barnes, Jack previous hit Partington next hit , Sr. and Hedwig Evelyn Albright in between 1977 and 1995. More additions were gifted to the Bancroft Library in 2021 by Gretchen van Nuys, Susanne van Nuys, Carol van Nuys, and Diana Houston.

    Alternate Forms Available

    The following items were microfilmed in 1997: Letters from Joaquin Miller to Blanche previous hit Partington next hit , 1898-1910 (Carton 6, folder 18; BANC FILM 2207); Letters from Ambrose Bierce to Blanche previous hit Partington next hit , 1892-1913 and undated (carton 5, folder 38-41; BANC FILM 2211); Letter from Ambrose Bierce to Gertrude previous hit Partington next hit (carton 9, folder 31; BANC FILM 2211); Letters from Ambrose Bierce to John Herbert Evelyn previous hit Partington next hit , 1892-1893 (carton 1; folder 64; BANC FILM 2211); Letters from Ambrose Bierce to Kate previous hit Partington next hit , approximately 1900 (carton 14, folder 16; BANC FILM 2211); Letters from Ambrose Bierce to Richard previous hit Partington next hit (carton 14, folder 6; BANC FILM 2211); selected letters from Carrie Sterling to Blanche previous hit Partington next hit (C-H 84 mf); and letters from Upton Sinclair to Blanche previous hit Partington next hit (X-X FILM 5). Note that additions to the collection and additional processing since the microfilming in 1997 may have revealed more letters from Ambrose Bierce to the previous hit Partington next hit family.
    Digital reproductions of selected items are available.

    Biographical Information

    John Herbert Evelyn previous hit Partington next hit (1843-1899) was a painter in the Manchester School of Painters, which was founded in 1870 by artists in Manchester, England who were disgruntled with the traditional Victorian art education they were receiving at the Manchester Art School. previous hit Partington next hit and his fellow painters were interested in painting and drawing from life and were strongly influenced by French painting, especially the Pont-Aven School. J.H.E. previous hit Partington next hit opened the Stockport Art School, modeled on the Academie Julian in Paris, in the late 1880s.
    In 1865, J.H.E. previous hit Partington next hit married Sarah Ann Mottershead. They lived in Stockport and, for a time in the 1880s, on the Isle of Man. John and Sarah had seven children: Blanche, Richard Langtry, Edward, Gertrude, Jack (John) Allan, Phyllis, and Kate. In 1890, previous hit Partington next hit moved his family to Oakland, California, where they mingled with local artists and writers, including Ambrose Bierce, Jack London, George and Carrie Sterling, and Joaquin Miller. J.H.E. previous hit Partington next hit established himself as a local portrait painter and painted portraits of both Bierce and Miller. In 1895, J.H.E. previous hit Partington next hit and his son Richard Langtry previous hit Partington next hit founded the previous hit Partington next hit School of Illustration on Pine Street in San Francisco. Daughter Gertrude taught classes in the school. Many of the previous hit Partington next hit children went on to have successful careers in the arts.
    Blanche previous hit Partington next hit (1866-1951) was a music and drama critic for The Call newspaper in San Francisco. She was the friend and confidante of many literary figures including Ambrose Bierce, Jack London, Joaquin Miller, and George Sterling. She was also a noted Christian Science practitioner in San Francisco.
    Richard Langtry previous hit Partington next hit (1868-1929) taught at the San Francisco School of Illustration and did some newspaper illustration until 1906, when the school was destroyed in the San Francisco earthquake and fire. Richard then moved back to Oakland, where he served as curator of the Piedmont Art Gallery. In 1916, he moved to Philadelphia and became a much-respected portrait painter of Philadelphia society.
    Gertrude previous hit Partington next hit Albright (1874-1959) was a painter and etcher who studied with her father as well as in Europe (between 1900 and 1912). She was a well-known local painter and one of the only woman magazine and newspaper illustrators on the west coast. Gertrude married artist Herman Oliver Albright (1875-1944) in 1917. Albright's first wife, Kate Peterson, died in 1907. Hedwig Evelyn Albright was Gertrude's and Herman's only child.
    Phyllis previous hit Partington next hit (1883-1933) was an opera singer whose career started in 1912-1913 on a road tour of Gypsy Love, a Broadway adaptation of Franz Lehar's Zigeunerliehe. In 1913, Phyllis went to Europe to study under Salvatore Cottone and Jose Mardones. While in Europe, she adopted the stage name Frances Peralta. Upon returning to the United States in 1915, Peralta sang soprano roles with Opera companies in Boston, Saint Louis, Chicago, and Memphis. In 1920, Peralta joined the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, where she remained until 1930. Her most famous role was Dorabella in the U.S. premiere of Cosi fan Tutte in 1922. Phyllis previous hit Partington next hit died in 1933 in New York City.
    Jack (John) A. previous hit Partington next hit , Sr. (1889-1944) built a career as an operations manager for theaters such as San Francisco's Imperial Theater and New York's Paramount.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], previous hit Partington next hit family papers, BANC MSS C-H 84, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

    Processing Information

    Collection fully processed in 2012 by Lara Michels. Additions processed by Lara Michels in 2021.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Correspondence and other papers of John Herbert Evelyn previous hit Partington next hit and Sarah previous hit Partington next hit and their children: Blanche previous hit Partington next hit , Gertrude previous hit Partington next hit Albright, Phyllis previous hit Partington next hit , Jack (John) previous hit Partington next hit , Sr., Richard Langtry previous hit Partington next hit , Edward previous hit Partington next hit , and Kate previous hit Partington next hit . Correspondence is mostly between members of the previous hit Partington next hit family, but the collection does include incoming correspondence from prominent California artists and writers. Particularly noteworthy in the correspondence are the following: J.H.E. previous hit Partington's next hit letters to his wife, Sarah, from his painting excursions throughout Britain and Europe during the 1870s and 1880s; letters to the Partingtons, especially Blanche, from Ambrose Bierce, Jack and Charmian London, George and Carrie Sterling, Upton Sinclair, Joaquin Miller, and the family of Samuel Bancroft (Delaware textile industrialist and early collector of Pre-Raphaelite art); the letters Gertrude previous hit Partington next hit sent to her family during her art studies in Paris and other European cities between 1900 and 1910; and the letters Phyllis previous hit Partington next hit wrote from New York and other cities during her travels and performances with various opera companies between 1913 and 1930. Other materials in the collection include notes and notebooks, sketches and sketchbooks, scrapbooks, clippings, biographical files, and ephemera. These materials document, among other things, J.H.E. previous hit Partington's next hit career as painter and director of art schools in Stockport, England and San Francisco, California; Blanche previous hit Partington's next hit work as a Bay Area music critic and her relationships with prominent writers and artists; Gertrude previous hit Partington's next hit work as a painter and newspaper illustrator; Phyllis previous hit Partington's next hit opera career under the stage name Frances Peralta; and John A. previous hit Partington's next hit career as a theatrical producer.

    Separated Material

    Photographs have been transferred to the Bancroft Library's pictorial collection (BANC PIC 1957.008-.013, BANC PIC 1957.017--POR, BANC PIC 1988.049--AX).
    Manuscripts of poems by George Sterling were removed from the previous hit Partington next hit family papers and added to the Sterling Collection (BANC MSS C-H 60).
    Inscribed books have been removed from the collection and cataloged separately.

    Publication Rights

    Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. For additional information about the University of California, Berkeley Library's permissions policy please see: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/about/permissions-policies

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Albright, Gertrude previous hit Partington next hit , 1874-1959--Correspondence.
    Albright, Herman Oliver, 1875-1944--Correspondence
    Bancroft, Joseph, 1875-1936--Correspondence.
    Bancroft, Samuel, 1840-1915--Correspondence.
    Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914?--Correspondence.
    London, Charmian--Correspondence.
    London, Jack, 1876-1916--Correspondence.
    Miller, Joaquin, 1837-1913--Correspondence.
    previous hit Partington next hit , Blanche, d. 1951--Correspondence.
    previous hit Partington next hit , J. A. (John Allan), 1890-1944--Correspondence
    previous hit Partington next hit , J. H. E., (John Herbert Evelyn), 1843-1899--Correspondence
    previous hit Partington next hit , J. H. E., (John Herbert Evelyn), 1843-1899--Family--Archives
    previous hit Partington next hit , Kate, b. 1871--Correspondence.
    previous hit Partington next hit , Phyllis, 1883-1933--Correspondence.
    previous hit Partington next hit , Richard Langtry, 1868-1929--Correspondence.
    previous hit Partington next hit , Sarah Ann, d. 1909--Correspondence.
    Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968--Correspondence.
    Sterling, George, 1869-1926--Correspondence.
    Bancroft family
    previous hit Partington next hit family--Archives
    Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
    previous hit Partington next hit School of Illustration
    Stockport Art School
    Art schools--California--San Francisco
    Art schools--England--Stockport
    Art--Collectors and collecting--Delaware--Wilmington
    Art--England--19th century
    Art--Great Britain--19th century
    Artists--California--San Francisco Bay Area
    Christian Scientists--California
    Illustrators--California--San Francisco Bay Area
    Music critics--United States
    Opera--United States
    Painters--California--San Francisco Bay Area
    Painters--England--19th century
    Painters--Great Britain--19th century
    Theater critics--United States
    Women artists--California--San Francisco Bay Area
    Women in opera
    Clippings
    Diaries
    Family papers
    Letters
    Scrapbooks
    Sketchbooks
    225 Search hits
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    [Online Content] Collection Contents
    John Herbert Evelyn Partington.,
    Correspondence., [3 hits]
    Notebooks, Sketchbooks, Writings, and Other Papers., [3 hits]
    Sarah Partington.,
    Outgoing Correspondence, [10 hits]
    Incoming Correspondence, [1 hit]
    [Online Content] Blanche Partington.,
    [Online Content] Correspondence., [15 hits]
    Notebooks/Diaries and Notes,
    Other Papers, [4 hits]
    Gertrude Partington Albright and Herman Oliver Albright.,
    Correspondence, [9 hits]
    Other Papers, [16 hits]
    Phyllis Partington,
    Correspondence, [7 hits]
    Other Papers,
    Other Partingtons,
    Jack (John) Partington and Family, [15 hits]
    Richard L. and Ida Partington, [9 hits]
    Kate Partington, [8 hits]
    Edward Partington, [2 hits]
    Hedwig Evelyn Albright, [2 hits]
    Family Subject Files, Postcards, and Miscellany, [4 hits]
    2021 Additions,
    John Herbert Evelyn Partington, [2 hits]
    Sarah Partington, [2 hits]
    Blanche Partington, [5 hits]
    Gertrude Partington Albright and Herman Oliver Albright, [2 hits]
    Phyllis Partington, [2 hits]
    Other Partingtons, [16 hits]
    Family Subject Files, Postcards, and Miscellany,
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