Francis P. Farquhar papers, 1862-1952.

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Francis P. Farquhar papers, 1862-1952.

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Correspondence, reports, and other papers related to Francis P. Farquhar's role as member and then chairman of the Historic Landmarks Approval Committee of the California State Chamber of Commerce, Agriculture and Industry, 1932-1952. Includes lists of registered landmarks and rejected applications for registration of landmarks of the 1940s. Includes a diary (1862-1864) of Francis P. Farquhar's father, David Webber Farquhar, kept on his sea voyages from Boston to San Francisco via Panama, and back again. Diary is accompanied by a notebook, presumably belonging to Francis Farquhar, containing biographical notes, a typed transcript of the diary, and ephemera.

1 box (0.5 linear ft.)

California historical society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6714083

California historical society

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Farquhar, Francis Peloubet, 1887-1974

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Farquhar was born on Dec. 31, 1887 in Newton, MA; AB, Harvard Univ., 1909; became public accountant in Boston and San Francisco, 1909-59; also served as an accountant with the US National Park Service, 1922-25; president of the California Academy of Sciences, and California Historical Society; president of the Sierra Club, and editor of the Bulletin, 1926-46; president, California State Board of Accountancy, 1953-54; recipient of the John Muir award for conservation, 1965; made expeditions to Mt...

California State Chamber of Commerce. Historic Landmarks Approval Committee

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Farquhar, David Webber, 1844-1905.

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