Papers of W. R. McNair, 1897-1935.

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Papers of W. R. McNair, 1897-1935.

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Professional and personal papers of William Righter McNair. Included are his notebooks and correspondence, chiefly letters addressed to him. Correspondents include friends, colleagues, patients, business associates, and family members, particularly his mother Mary Stevens McNair, sister Mary Stevens McNair Funk, and his brother Donald Wallace McNair, a California agriculturist and dairy scientist. The letters discuss various aspects of everyday life in California and Pennsylvania, religion, Freemasons, politics and current affairs, including Word War I, science, literature, travels in the United States and Europe, etc. Included are letters from E. Belsito, a friend of W. R. McNair and a Los Angeles artist who studied in Rome in 1922-1929 and Henri V. Berghall, a Finnish immigrant living in San Diego in 1915-1915. There are a few letters by Ernest E. Dawson, the owner of Dawson's Book Shop, and Charles Fletcher Lummis.

Approx. 450 pieces.6 boxes.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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Lummis, Charles Fletcher, 1859-1928

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Charles F. Lummis (1859-1928) was born in Lynn, Massachusettts. He became an editor for the Los Angeles Times on February 1, 1884, working for Harrison Gray Otis. He promoted interest in the American Southwest with his photography and articles. Lummis helped found the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles and the School of American Research in Santa Fe. The items from librarian Mary Sarber concern her research of Mr. Lummis' writings. From the guide to the Charles F. Lummis Collection, S27...

Funk, Mary Stevens McNair, b. 1882.

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McNair, W. R. (William Righter), 1874-1935.

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William Righter McNair (1874-1935), a Los Angeles, Calif. physician and businessman. He was born in Hazelton, Pa., son of Thomas S. McNair and Mary Stevens McNair. Having received his M. D. from the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, he came Glendora, Calif. in July 1899. For ten years, he successfully managed his mother's fruit ranch there. He then was owner and manager of McNair Lemon Packing House, and also owned a chemical company and a drug store. He was the first to use disinfectants...

Dawson, Ernest E.

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Berghall, Henri V.

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Belsito, Elda

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McNair, Mary Stevens.

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McNair, Donald Wallace, 1800-1944.

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