Papers of Adolph Sutro, 1853-1931.

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Papers of Adolph Sutro, 1853-1931.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122551711

The collection consists of the personal and business correspondence and papers (including documents and maps) of Adolph Sutro. Subjects in the collection related to San Francisco include businesses, the Sutro Baths, the Cliff House, land development (including Sutro Heights), street railways, politics and the Sutro Library. There are also materials related to mining in Nevada, including the Sutro Mill, the Sutro Tunnel, and the Comstock Lode.

2,786 pieces.17 boxes.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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SNAC Resource ID: 6759480

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Adams, Edward Dean, 1846-1931

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Frink, George W.

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Krauss, Théodore

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United States., Department of the Intérior

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The Alaska Public Works Program was authorized during the 81st Congress through the Alaska Public Works Act, Public Law 264. The Act authorized the General Services Administration to construct public works in Alaska, at a total cost of $70 million, then to sell them to the Territory of Alaska or other public bodies in Alaska at a purchase price that would recover approximately 50% of the total estimated cost. The authority, set to expire June 30, 1955, was extended to June 30, 1959. The program ...

Mercer, Frank B.

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Sutro Tunnel Company

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Sutro, Adolph Heinrich Joseph. From the description of Sutro Tunnel Company collection, 1867-1892 , bulk 1867-1873. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 86093725 ...

Phelan, James D. (James Duval), 1861-1930

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James D. Phelan was a businessman, civic leader, political figure, and philanthropist, of San Francisco, Calif. He served as mayor of San Francisco (1897-1901) and U.S. Senator from Calif. (1915-1921). From the description of James D. Phelan correspondence : ALS and TLS, 1898-1927. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122394967 Biographical/Historical note Phelan was the son of a pioneer California banker....

Sutro Library

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Sutro Baths (San Francisco, Calif.)

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Moss, George, fl. 1891-1895.

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Cliff House (San Francisco, Calif.)

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Sutro, Hugo.

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Cooper, Sarah Brown Ingersoll, 1836-1896.

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Sarah Brown Ingersoll was born on December 12, 1835 in Cazenovia, New York, the eldest in a family of three girls. She attended Cazenovia Seminary, where she met Halsey Fenimore Cooper, and Troy Female Seminary. Halsey and Sarah married in 1855 and moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee, where they worked together at a newspaper called "The Advertiser," Halsey as the editor and Sarah as the assistant editor. They had two daughters: Harriet in 1856 and Mollie in 1861. The family fled the Ci...

Sutro, Theodore, 1845-1927

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Badlam, Alexander, 1809-1894

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Sutro, Charles Walter.

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University of California (System). Regents.

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Glasscock, Carl B. (Carl Burgess), 1884-

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Clinton, Charles A., fl. 1896-1899.

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Sutro, Leah Harris.

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Sutro, Adolph, 1830-1898

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Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro, originator of the Sutro Tunnel in Nevada and well-known figure in San Francisco, born of Jewish parents in 1830 at Aix-la-Chapelle in Germany, left school at sixteen, but continued his education by reading voraciously. From his father, a cloth manufacturer, Sutro learned factory management. After his father's death in 1847, with business ruined by the Prussian war, his mother, having to raise seven sons and four daughters, decided to emigrate to the Un...

Ames, Pelham W. (Pelham Warren), 1839-

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BIOGRAPHY Fisher Ames (1758-1808) was a statesman, Federalist publicist, orator and Congressman. He was elected to Congress in 1789 and served until 1796. In 1805 he was offered the presidency of Harvard, but declined due to poor health and "advancing age" (47). His son Seth Ames married Margaret S. Bradford; their son Pelham Warren Ames served in the navy during the Civil War and was a lawyer. From the guide to the Ames Family Pa...

Sutro, Emil S.

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Raw, R. S.

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Merritt, Emma

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