Hittell family papers, 1855-1916.

Muir, John, 1838-1914

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John Muir (born April 21, 1838, Dunbar, Scotland – died December 24, 1914, Los Angeles, California), Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, have been read by millions. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which h...

Bancroft, George, 1800-1891

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George Bancroft was an American historian and statesman, and an active promoter of secondary education both in his home state and at the national level. As U. S. Secretary of the Navy under James K. Polk, Bancroft established the Naval Academy at Annapolis and later served as U.S. Minister to Great Britain (1846-1849), Prussia (1867-1871), and the German Empire (1871-1874). He is best remembered however for his 10-volume History of the United States, a work which fellow historian Leop...

Doubleday, McClure & Co

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Jones, William Carey, 1854-1923

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William Carey Jones, 1854-1923, served as the founder and first director of the School of Jurisprudence of the University of California. Prior to the founding of that school in 1912, he served on the faculty of the Departments of Latin and History, as well as the Department of Jurisprudence, founded at the University of California in 1894, largely through Jones' efforts. Jones also served the University of California in many administrative and advisory capacities, and authored The Illustrated Hi...

Kellogg, Martin, 1828-1903

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Professor of mathematics and latin in the College of California, 1860-69; Professor of Latin and Greek and of Latin language and literature, University of California 1869-76. President of the University of California 1890-99. From the description of Correspondence and papers regarding Martin Kellogg, 1939 May 21- 24 & n.d. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 122502259 ...

Davis, J. C. Bancroft, 1822-1907

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Jurist, diplomat, journalist, and court reporter. From the description of J.C. Bancroft Davis papers, 1849-1902. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982285 Biographical Note 1822, Dec. 29 Born, Worcester, Mass. 1844 Admitted to Massachusetts bar 1847 ...

Moses, Bernard, 1846-1930

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Jewish merchant in Baltimore, Maryland; a friend of B.H. Roberts, Mormon Apostle, U.S. Senator, and historian. From the guide to the Correspondence, 1899-1950, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Biography Born in 1846, Bernard Moses attended the University of Michigan and the University of Heidelberg. He began his teaching career at Albion College, and came to the University of California in 1876 as professor of history a...

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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Roosevelt, 26th U.S. president, served 1901-1909. From the description of DS, 1904 March 1. : Washington, D.C. Homestead Certificate. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 15210791 26th president of the United States, 1901-1909. From the description of Theodore Roosevelt letters, 1917, 1918. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 213408920 Roosevelt was then Governor of New York. Chapman was one of the founders of the New York St...

De Young, M. H. (Michael Harry), 1849-1925

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Smiley, Thomas M.

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Davidson, George, 1825-1911

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Biography George Davidson - geodesist, astronomer, geographer and engineer - was born in Nottingham, England, on May 9, 1825. In 1832 he came to the United States with his parents, who settled in Pennsylvania. Upon graduation from Central High School, Philadelphia, he was appointed magnetic observer at Girard College Observatory. In 1845 he began his career with the United States Coast Survey as clerk to Superintendent Alexander D...

Shinn, Charles Howard, 1852-1924

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Shinn, Milicent Washburn, 1858-1940

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Shinn was born in Niles, Calif. She was editor of the Overland Monthly (1883-1894), and was the first woman to receive a PhD at the University of California, in child development. From the description of Milicent Washburn Shinn papers, 1880-1925. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122509063 A native Californian, Milicent W. Shinn was born in 1858 to parents who emigrated from the East and established a farming homestead in Niles, California, where she lived...

Field, Stephen J. (Stephen Johnson), 1816-1899

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Field graduated from Williams College (1837), studied law with David Dudley Field, remaining his partner until 1848. He served as associate justice of the U.S. States Supreme Court (1863-1897). From the description of Letters and autographs of Stephen J. Field, 1875, 1895. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234339000 California lawyer and jurist; U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1863. From the description of Letter : Sacramento, [Calif., to Abraham Linc...

Stebbins, Horatio, 1821-1902

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Unitarian minister; Regent, University of California. From the description of Horatio Stebbins papers, 1868-1902. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 84653414 ...

Hunt, Rockwell Dennis, 1868-

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Historian, educator. Ph. D., Johns Hopkins University (1895). Taught at University of the Pacific, San Jose, Calif. (1896-1902). Principal, San Jose High School (1902-1908). Professor of Economics (1908-1920) and Dean of Graduate School (1920-1945) at University of Southern California. Director of California History Foundation at University of the Pacific, Stockton, Calif. (1946-1954). Author of numerous books and pamphlets on various aspects of California history, including "California and Cali...

Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931

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Educator, author, and naturalist. From the description of Papers of David Starr Jordan, 1861-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068098 Zoologist David Starr Jordan was elected president of Indiana University in 1885. He left IU in 1891 to become Stanford University's first president. Jordan died in 1931. From the description of David Starr Jordan papers, 1874-1929, bulk 1895-1929. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 61225195 American ichthyolog...

Hittell family

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A.C. McClurg & Co.,

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Taylor, Edward Robeson, 1838-1923

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Born in Springfield, Illinois, and trained as a lawyer, Edward Robeson Taylor was elected San Francisco's mayor, serving 1907-1909. A leader in the city's cultural circles, and a San Francisco Public Library trustee, he was also a poet. Taylor died in San Francisco. From the description of Edward R. Taylor letter, San Francisco, to Mrs. Mary Curtis Richardson, 15 June 1915. (San Francisco Public Library). WorldCat record id: 606891533 Edward Robeson Taylor (1838-1923) came t...

Hittell, John S. (John Shertzer), 1825-1901

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J.S. Hittell was born December 25, 1825 in Jonestown, Lebanon County, Pa. His family moved to Hamilton, a town in Southwestern Ohio, in 1832. Hittell graduated from "Miami University" in 1843, and returned to Hamilton to practice law with the office of John Woods. In the spring of 1849, Hittell was in Ottawa, Illinois. On May 1, 1849 he left the bank of the Missouri River with a company of adventurers en route to California. They arrived at the Sacramento River on Sept. 19th. Hittell spent the w...

Harned, Rebecca,

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California academy of sciences

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Online Archive of California

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Barnes, Mary Sheldon, 1850-1898

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Student at the University of Michigan. From the description of Mary Downing Sheldon letter, February 7, 1872. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 83801366 Mary Sheldon Barnes was Professor of History at Stanford University, 1892-1897. The photographs were collected by Barnes and other Stanford faculty and students for her Pacific Slope history class. From the description of Photographs of North American Indians, 1892-1904. (Unknown). WorldCat record id:...

King, Chas. J. (Charles J.)

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United States. General Land Office

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Under regulations approved on March 20, 1915, tracts set aside as villa sites under the provisions of an act of April 12, 1910, within the former Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana, were offered for sale at public auction, beginning at Polson, Montana, on July 26, 1915. The sale was adjourned to Dayton, Montana, on August 6 and concluded at Kalispell, Montana, on August 7, 1915. There were 889 parcels of land, not less than 2 nor more than 5 acres in area, fronting on Flathead Lake, and under ...

Keith, William, 1838-1911

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Hittell, Theodore Henry, 1830-1917

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Hittell was a historian, journalist, and lawyer, of Calif. From the description of Theodore Henry Hittell miscellany, 1857-1917. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122642464 Theodore Henry Hittell was an American author and lawyer. Born in Pennsylvania, he moved to Ohio to attend college, and then followed his brother John to California. He worked as a journalist, practised law, and published several books, including a history of California. Fro...

Rowell, Joseph Cummings, 1853-1938

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Hittell, Elise Wiehe

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