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Oral history collection, 1983-1985.

Title: Oral history collection, 1983-1985.

Twenty-nine cassette tapes and user copies of interviews conducted with thirty-one individuals who recall work, the trolley, local merchants and businesses, farming, homes, buildings, trips, special events, and organizations in Northport. Persons interviewed by the Northport Public Library are Jesse Carll, Philip O. Carr, Thomas Chesebrough, Florence Clark, Percy Erwin, Leland Fox, Anton Frederick, Mrs. Charles Hawkins, Louis H. Jones, Hiram P. Ketcham, Hatti Morell, Charles Mott, Edna Olmstead, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Partridge, Edna Pidgeon, Salvadora Porterfield, and Lillian Robbins. Persons interviewed by the Northport Historical Society are Irma Blair, John Blydenburgh, Mabel Carll, Rudolph Ketcham, Vernon Martin, Effie Clerke Mott, Catherine Richmond, Donald and Alma Robbins, Ella Sullivan, Harry Taylor, and Joan and Dorothy Wallace. Interviews have not been transcribed.

ArchivalResource: 29 cassette tapes.

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Warner's Ranch Indian Advisory Commission. Warner's Ranch Indian Advisory Commission reports : Los Angeles, 1902.

Title: Warner's Ranch Indian Advisory Commission reports : Los Angeles, 1902.

Two bound carbon copy typescript reports: Preliminary Report (July 23, 1902) and Final Report (August 26, 1903) of the Warner's Ranch Indian Advisory Commission, containing descriptions of tracts of land surveyed in Southern California and recommendations for the purchase of lands to which the Warner's Ranch Indians, and other Indians of Southern California, could be relocated. Included in the reports are captioned cyanotype photographs taken by Charles F. Lummis of Indians and properties described in the text. The Final Report contains an account of the expenses of the commission. The title page of each report contains a presentation inscription to Hon. Wm. A. Jones, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, from Charles F. Lummis. The Preliminary Report is signed by Charles F. Lummis, Russell C. Allen, and Charles L. Partridge.

ArchivalResource: 2 v. : ill. ; 30 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702150186 View

Partridge, Charles L. Charles L. Partridge papers concerning resettlement of Warner's Ranch Indians, 1901-1924.

Title: Charles L. Partridge papers concerning resettlement of Warner's Ranch Indians, 1901-1924.

Correspondence, official papers, maps, clippings etc. Preliminary report, Warner's Ranch Indian Advisory Commission, with letters from Charles F. Lummis and George Spining pasted in.

ArchivalResource: Originals : 1 box, 1 oversize folder and 1 v. (0.6 linear ft.)BANC MSS C-B 336 : 1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 799:8)BANC MSS C-B 335, copy of scrapbooks 1 and 2, Warner's Ranch Indians, from Box 1 : 1 microfilm reel : negative (BNEG Box 3034) and positive.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/743388652 View

Oakleaf, Joseph Benjamin, 1858-1930. Papers, 1865, 1908-1909.

Title: Papers, 1865, 1908-1909.

The collection includes a letter, January 8, 1865, from Lt. Fenwick Y. Hedley, of the 32nd Illinois, thanking Sheffield for the kind treatment aboard the ship. A second letter January 9, 1865, signed by all officers of the 32nd who had traveled on the Winona, commending all of the Naval crew for their kindness, generosity and gentlemanly behavior. There is correspondence between Oakleaf and Sheffield, of Stonington, Conn., regarding the two documents and the incident discussed. Also correspondence between Oakleaf and Charles H. Partridge of the GAR re: surviving members of the 32nd Ill. Correspondence between Oakleaf and Hardin T. Richardson, who had been a Captain in the 32nd Ill.

ArchivalResource: 18 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53167539 View

Hare, Robert, 1781-1858. Papers, 1764-1859.

Title: Papers, 1764-1859.

This collection consists of letters on personal and business matters. There are drafts of letters to editors of journals on such varied topics as fish guano, slaughterhouses, paper money, and the meaning of the term "Yankee annexations." There are also essays and lectures on topics such as chemistry, storms, slavery, currency, fire-fighting, capital punishment, railroads, the Smithsonian Institution, Michael Faraday, religion and spiritualism, riots in Philadelphia, epidemics, underwater blasting, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. There is some verse.

ArchivalResource: ca. 1200 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122417077 View

Partridge, C. Smiles and tears, circa 1840.

Title: Smiles and tears, circa 1840.

Autograph volume of poetry, parodies, and imitations of Wordsworth, Lord Byron, etc. Apparently written by two daughters of the English surgeon, Richard Partridge (1805-1873) and dedicated to him. Bound in contemporary morocco leather, blind stamped and gilded.

ArchivalResource: 127, [40] leaves ; 27 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/301786277 View