Partington family papers, circa 1892-1946.

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Partington family papers, circa 1892-1946.

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Primarily letters to Blanche Partington from friends in literary and artistic circles in California, including writer Upton Sinclair. Some addressed also to other members of the family: her sisters, artist Gertrude Partington and opera singer Phyllis Partington, her brother, artist Richard Langtry Partington, and their father, artist John H.E. Partington. Clippings and other miscellaneous papers also included.

Originals: 20 boxes, 8 volumes, 2 oversize folders (9.5 linear feet)Selected items from: Box 4: [n.d. 1905] [Carmel] Sterling, Carrie to Blanche Partington, [1905] [San Francisco?, ca.] Sterling, Carrie to Blanche Partington; Box 5: Selected letters, [19]07, Aug. 26. Carmel, Calif., 1910, Dec. 10. Carmel, Calif., 1913, Mar. 19. Carmel, Calif., 1913, Dec. 21. Carmel, Calif., 1925, July 1 (note relating to Ambrose Bierce): 1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 418:8) and positive.

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Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968

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Upton Sinclair was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1878. Sinclair was an American author, novelist, journalist, and political activist who wrote many books in several genres. He is most well-known for his exposé, The Jungle regarding conditions in Chicago's meat packing plants, which influenced the passage of the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906. Much of Sinclair's writing was related to the economic and social conditions of the early twentieth century. He was heavily in...

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Albright, Gertrude Partington, 1874-1959,

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Biographical Information J. H. E. (John Herbert Evelyn) Partington, 1843-1899 Partington ran a successful art school near Manchester, England. Then in 1890 he moved his family to Oakland, California where he founded the Partington School of Illustration in San Francisco. His eldest son Richard Langtry Partington (1868-1929) was his assistant at the school. J.H.E. Partington and his wife Sarah had seve...

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Partington, J. H. E., (John Herbert Evelyn), 1843-1899

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Biographical Information J. H. E. (John Herbert Evelyn) Partington, 1843-1899 Partington ran a successful art school near Manchester, England. Then in 1890 he moved his family to Oakland, California where he founded the Partington School of Illustration in San Francisco. His eldest son Richard Langtry Partington (1868-1929) was his assistant at the school. J.H.E. Partington and his wife Sarah had seve...

Partington, Phyllis,

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Partington, Blanche, 1866-1951

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