Tompkins family papers, 1858-1955.

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Tompkins family papers, 1858-1955.

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Diary (May 20-25, 1858) kept by Sarah Haight (later Mrs. Edward Tompkins) on trip to the Calaveras Big Trees and Yosemite Valley in the wedding party of William C. Ralston and his bride; acceptance (Sept., 1872) by the Regents of the University of California of property in Oakland given by Edward Tompkins to support a professorship of Oriental language and literature; resolutions of condolence, 1873, by the Regents and students of the University on the death of Edward Tompkins; letters addressed to Miss Elizabeth Knight Tompkins. The communications from the University Regents were written and signed by Andrew J. Moulder, Secretary; W.R. Davis, George C. Edwards, D.B. Huntley and Fred V. Holman signed the resolutions from the students.

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Tompkins, Edward, 1815-1872.

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Tompkins, Elizabeth Knight.

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Davis, W. R.

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Holman, Fred.

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Moulder, Andrew J.

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Edwards, George C.

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Tompkins, Sarah Haight.

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Tompkins family.

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E. Thompkins gave U.C. Berkeley $50,000 in real estate to establish the Agassiy Professorship of Oriental Languages and Literature (1872). From the description of Tompkins family papers, 1858-1955. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 26872411 ...

Huntley, D. B.

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University of California (1868-1952). Dept. of Oriental Languages.

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Ralston, William Chapman, 1826-1875

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William Chapman Ralston, San Francisco businessman and financier, was born in Plymouth, Ohio, in 1826. He arrived in San Francisco in 1854, and ten years later, when he organized the Bank of California, he became one of the most important and powerful men in California. He died in San Francisco in 1875. From the description of Letter of William Chapman Ralston, 1865, Sep. 9. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122383437 William ...